Movable Exercise Console With Translation and Rotation Viewing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise devices often prevent users from viewing display information when they dismount to perform exercises away from the device, such as stretching or weightlifting, due to components obstructing the display's rotation or visibility.
Innovation Solution
A movable display system with a translation mechanism allowing lateral movement and a rotation mechanism enabling the display to change positions, ensuring unobstructed viewing even when the user is not directly facing the device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display is fixed in position and orientation, then the device structure is simple, but users cannot view the display when performing exercises away from the device
Solution Approach 1:
The display is transformed from a fixed component to a movable one, capable of both lateral translation and rotation. The translation mechanism allows the display to move side-to-side, while the rotation mechanism enables it to pivot between facing the device front and facing lateral directions, adapting to user positions during exercise
Solution Approach 2:
The display movement is extended into multiple spatial dimensions: lateral translation along the x-axis and rotation around the z-axis. This two-dimensional movement capability allows the display to reach various viewing positions and orientations that would be impossible with a single-degree-of-freedom mechanism
2Ease of operation
If the display is made movable to allow viewing from different positions, then user accessibility is improved, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The display positioning system is divided into two independent functional modules: a translation mechanism for lateral movement and a rotation mechanism for angular adjustment. This segmentation allows each mechanism to be optimized independently and simplifies the control system, as the two movements can be controlled separately rather than as a coupled complex mechanism
3Adaptability or versatility
If components are added to enable display rotation, then display visibility is improved, but components may obstruct the display in certain positions
Solution Approach 1:
The support structure holding the display is made dynamically adjustable through the rotation mechanism, allowing it to pivot between different angular positions. This dynamic adjustment enables the display to be oriented away from obstructing components when in lateral viewing positions, and to face forward when in the central position, eliminating obstruction issues across all operating positions
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AI summary
A console for an exercise device includes a translational mechanism and a rotational mechanism. During operation, a component of the exercise device may prevent rotation or at least partially obscure the user's view of the display. The translational mechanism may move the console out of the way of the component so that the console may be moved and the display visible to the user when performing an exercise activity while dismounted from the exercise device.