Rotating Display for Exercise Data Alignment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional training computers, such as wrist and bike computers, often have displays that are not aligned with the user's line of sight during physical exercises, requiring users to break their technique to view the information.
Innovation Solution
An apparatus with a display that can rotate mechanically or through software processing to adapt the display view orientation, allowing users to conveniently view data without repositioning the device, utilizing a bezel or sensor inputs to determine and adjust the display orientation.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the display is fixed in a single orientation, then the device structure is simple, but the display cannot be aligned with the user's line of sight during exercise
Solution Approach 1:
The display device is made dynamically adjustable through mechanical rotation capability, allowing the display orientation to change based on user needs during exercise. The rotating mechanism enables the display to adapt to different viewing angles while maintaining a relatively simple overall device structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The solution adds rotational freedom in the horizontal dimension, transforming the display from a fixed single-orientation state to a multi-orientation state. This dimensional change allows the display to align with the user's line of sight without significantly complicating the device structure.
2Ease of operation
If the display rotates mechanically, then the display can align with user's eyes, but the device structure becomes more complex
Solution Approach 1:
The rotating display mechanism is designed to be user-operable without requiring external assistance or complex control systems. Users can manually rotate the display to their desired viewing angle, and the system automatically maintains the selected orientation, making the device serve itself rather than requiring additional complexity for control.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple display orientations are provided, then readability during exercise is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The display system transitions from a static single-orientation configuration to a dynamic multi-orientation system. The rotating mechanism allows the display to adapt its orientation based on user needs during exercise, providing multiple viewing angles without requiring a completely complex control system.
Solution Approach 2:
By adding rotational freedom in the horizontal dimension, the system provides multiple display orientations (0 degrees, 45 degrees, 90 degrees, 135 degrees) without significantly increasing device complexity. This dimensional addition allows the display to align with the user's line of sight during various exercise positions.
Data Source
AI summary
An apparatus includes a housing and a fixing mechanism configured to attach the housing to an object. The housing includes a display device and at least one processor configured to receive measurement data in a measurement mode during a physical exercise, to process the received measurement data, thus generating exercise data characterizing the exercise, and to display the exercise data through the display device during the physical exercise. The display device is configured to provide a plurality of display view orientations associated with different rotation angles between a first display view orientation, defined by attachment of the fixing mechanism to the object, and a 90-degree rotation from the first display view orientation. At least one function of the processor is associated with the rotation of the display view.