COMPUTER CONTROLLED EXERCISE MACHINE

A computer controlled exercise machine in which the user selects an exercise mode and its profile by programming the computer (10). Signals are produced by the program to control a resistive force producing device (54). Sensors produce data signals corresponding to the force applied to an actuating...

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Main Authors RODNEY E. SCHWARTZ, GARY D. STEWART, JOHN K. GEIST, GARY M. ORMAN, TODD M. JOHNSON, PATRICIA B. ORMAN, JOSEPH WESTLEY LAMBRIGHT, GARY D. JORGENSEN
Format Patent
LanguageEnglish
Published 21.07.1988
Edition4
Subjects
AMUSEMENTS
APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING
ARTIFICIAL RESPIRATION
BALL GAMES
BATHING DEVICES FOR SPECIAL THERAPEUTIC OR HYGIENIC PURPOSESOR SPECIFIC PARTS OF THE BODY
GAMES
HUMAN NECESSITIES
HYGIENE
MASSAGE
MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE
PHYSICAL THERAPY APPARATUS, e.g. DEVICES FOR LOCATING ORSTIMULATING REFLEX POINTS IN THE BODY
SPORTS
TRAINING EQUIPMENT
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Summary:A computer controlled exercise machine in which the user selects an exercise mode and its profile by programming the computer (10). Signals are produced by the program to control a resistive force producing device (54). Sensors produce data signals corresponding to the force applied to an actuating member (36) of the system, velocity of movement and angular position which are continuously sampled at a high rate by a microprocessor (24) operating under control of the program. The sampled data values are used to update and display performance results for the exercise and to compute the values of other parameters and, in some exercise modes, to control the amount of the resistive force (54).
Bibliography:Application Number: AU19880010601