Movable Exercise Display Layout for Compact Multi-Area Workouts
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing exercise apparatuses with image displays require significant space for users to perform both primary and secondary exercises comfortably, as the display must be rotated or adjusted to maintain visibility, often resulting in obstructed views and inconvenient operation.
Innovation Solution
An exercise apparatus with a movably connected image display that can shift between positions, allowing the display to face rearward and adjust its angle to ensure the user can view instructional images comfortably during both primary and secondary exercises without obstruction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the image display is rotated horizontally to allow users to perform secondary exercises in different areas, then the versatility of the exercise apparatus is improved, but the total usage space increases and the space requirement for locating the exercise apparatus increases
Solution Approach 1:
The image display is made movable rather than fixed, allowing it to be repositioned between a first position (facing rearward for primary exercises) and a second position (facing forward for secondary exercises). This dynamic repositioning capability enables the display to adapt to different exercise types without requiring permanent allocation of multiple spatial zones, thereby reducing the total usage space while maintaining versatility.
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of expanding the usage space horizontally by rotating the display to different angular positions, the invention moves the display in the longitudinal dimension (forward and backward along the longitudinal axis). This dimensional shift allows the display to serve different exercise areas without increasing the lateral footprint, effectively resolving the contradiction between versatility and space occupation.
2Adaptability or versatility
If the image display is rotated horizontally to face different areas for secondary exercises, then the adaptability is improved, but the device complexity increases due to rotation mechanisms and positioning requirements
Solution Approach 1:
The display is equipped with a moving mechanism that enables it to shift between predetermined positions (first position for primary exercises, second position for secondary exercises). This dynamic positioning system provides the necessary adaptability for different exercise types while maintaining relatively simple implementation compared to complex horizontal rotation mechanisms, thus improving adaptability without excessively increasing device complexity.
3Area of stationary object
If the image display is positioned to allow users to perform secondary exercises adjacent to the exercise apparatus, then the space efficiency is improved, but the user comfort deteriorates due to obstructed views and inconvenient operation
Solution Approach 1:
The movable image display can be dynamically repositioned to a second position that is specifically optimized for secondary exercises. At this position, the display faces forward and is located at a height and distance that provides unobstructed views and convenient operation for users performing secondary exercises adjacent to the apparatus. This dynamic adjustment ensures both space efficiency and user comfort are achieved simultaneously.
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AI summary
An exercise apparatus comprises an exercise apparatus body and an image display connected to a frame of the exercise apparatus body. The image display can move between a first and a second position via a connecting component. When the image display is located at the first position, a display surface of the image display faces rearward, and the center point of the display surface is located in the width region of the exercise apparatus body for a user viewing a video image to perform a first exercise by using the exercise apparatus in a first exercise area. When the image display is located at the second position, the center point of the display surface is located outside the width region of the exercise apparatus body for the user viewing the video image to perform a second exercise in a second exercise area, which is outside the first exercise area.