Movable Frames for Haptic Simulation in Incline Exercise Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Exercise devices fail to provide a seamless integration of visual and auditory simulations with haptic feedback, leading to a disconnect between the user's sensory experience and the simulated outdoor activity.
Innovation Solution
Incorporation of a movable frame relative to a base using incline motors and actuators to provide haptic simulations, synchronized with video and audio information, enhancing the user's immersion in the simulated environment.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If video and audio information are presented to simulate outdoor activity, then visual and auditory immersion is improved, but haptic feedback remains disconnected creating a sensory disconnect
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines video, audio, and haptic feedback systems into a unified simulation environment. The haptic feedback system is integrated with the visual and auditory components to create a cohesive sensory experience, merging previously separate subsystems into a coordinated whole that delivers synchronized multi-sensory output.
Solution Approach 2:
The exercise device is enhanced with multi-functional capabilities by adding haptic feedback to the existing video and audio simulation systems. This allows a single device to provide visual, auditory, and tactile simulation functions simultaneously, creating a comprehensive outdoor activity replication system.
2Adaptability or versatility
If haptic simulation is added to exercise devices, then user immersion is enhanced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The frame is designed to be movable rather than fixed, allowing dynamic adjustment of the exercise device's position and orientation. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different exercise routines and simulate various outdoor terrain conditions, enhancing versatility while managing complexity through controlled mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
An actuator serves as an intermediary component between the control system and the movable frame. This mediator translates control signals into precise mechanical movements, simplifying the overall system architecture by providing a dedicated interface that manages the complexity of frame actuation while enabling sophisticated haptic simulation capabilities.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the frame is made movable to provide haptic feedback, then haptic simulation capability is improved, but structural stability may be compromised
Solution Approach 1:
The frame transitions from a static to a dynamic structure that can move controlled amounts during exercise routines. This dynamic design allows the frame to achieve haptic simulation capability through controlled movement while maintaining stability through precise actuation and appropriate structural design that ensures stability when movement is not required.
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AI summary
A haptic simulation exercise device includes a frame, a base supporting the frame, and an incline motor. The incline motor is configured to move the frame relative to the base to provide haptic simulation during a workout routine. An actuator moves the frame faster than the incline motor to simulate outdoor conditions during a workout routine.