Perforated Tread Belt Display Visibility
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional exercise devices lack an integrated display system that provides users with immersive and interactive workout experiences, as the existing displays are often obstructed by the moving parts or not conveniently located for the user's view during exercise.
Innovation Solution
Incorporating a display into the exercise deck or console of devices like treadmills, elliptical trainers, and stationary bicycles, with a perforated tread belt allowing visibility of the display and coordinating images between deck and console displays to simulate outdoor environments and provide workout information.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If a display is incorporated into the exercise deck, then user engagement and visibility of workout information is improved, but the display may be obstructed by the moving tread belt
Solution Approach 1:
The tread belt is designed with a perforated structure that allows the display to be visible through the belt itself. The perforations in the tread belt create openings that permit light to pass through, enabling the user to view the display content while the belt remains in motion. This resolves the contradiction by allowing the display to be both integrated into the moving belt structure and remain visible despite the belt's movement.
Solution Approach 2:
The display is positioned in a different spatial dimension relative to the tread belt movement. By placing the display adjacent to or below the tread belt and using the perforated structure, the display is visible from the user's perspective without being blocked by the belt's motion. This dimensional arrangement allows the display to function independently of the belt's linear movement.
2Ease of operation
If the display is located adjacent to the movable engagement surface, then unobstructed visibility is achieved, but the display structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The display is merged with the tread belt structure by incorporating it into the deck adjacent to or below the belt. The perforated tread belt itself becomes part of the display system, allowing the belt to serve dual purposes: as the moving engagement surface and as a structural element that frames or supports the display. This merging reduces the need for separate, complex display mounting structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The tread belt structure serves multiple functions: it provides the moving engagement surface for the user, and simultaneously acts as a structural framework for the display. The perforated design allows the belt to be both functional and display-supporting, reducing the need for additional dedicated display structures and simplifying the overall system.
3Adaptability or versatility
If images are coordinated between deck and console displays, then immersive experience is enhanced, but synchronization complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display system uses feedback from the exercise device's operational parameters (such as speed, distance, and workout progress) to dynamically coordinate images between the deck and console displays. The system continuously monitors the exercise state and adjusts the display content accordingly, creating a synchronized immersive experience that responds to the user's real-time activity without requiring complex manual synchronization.
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AI summary
Display on exercise device. In one embodiment, an exercise device includes a frame, a movable engagement surface connected to the frame and movable in the performance of an exercise, and a display located adjacent to or below at least a portion of the movable engagement surface relative to the ground.