| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 482007000 | Rate of movement | 31 |
| 20080200309 | Waist exercising device - A waist exercising device has a housing case holding a transmission motor that drives a gear box via a decelerating machine. The gear box is connected with a shaft that leads a guiding portion to perform a circular motion. The user's waist is then guided to perform a swaying motion. | 08-21-2008 |
| 20080287262 | CONTROL SYSTEM OF AN ELECTRIC TREADMILL - The present invention provides an auto-control system of an electric treadmill, which includes at least a speed control unit, a slope control unit and a calorific capacity setting unit. After the value of calorific capacity setting unit is set, the speed control unit and slope control unit allow for automatic matching of an operational value according to the set-value. When either the speed control unit or slope control unit is activated with varying values, the other one will be automatically adjusted. A predefined value of energy consumption through the calorific capacity setting unit can be set, while the control system enables automatic matching of the speed and slope, so that the user achieves the preset energy consumption within a preset period of time. Moreover, if either speed or slope is manually adjusted, the other option will be automatically adjusted to maintain the preset value of energy consumption. | 11-20-2008 |
| 20080293545 | Training Apparatus - A device for use with an exercise apparatus consisting of at least one hanging, length-adjustable and lockable rope ( | 11-27-2008 |
| 20090036272 | Automatic Speed Control Apparatus for Treadmill and Control Method Thereof - The present invention provides an automatic speed control apparatus for a treadmill and the control method including a deck, a track belt of endlessly rotating on the upper and the bottom face of the deck, and a driving unit for driving unit for driving the track belt comprising: at least one front load sensor located in the front part of the track belt for measuring load from a user on the track belt; at least one rear load sensor located in the rear part of the track belt for measuring load from the user on the track belt, wherein the proceeding speed of the track belt is controlled based on the user's location or movement on the track belt by comparing the measured values from the front load sensor and the rear load sensor and catching the user's location based on the comparison therebetween, whereby the proceeding speed can be automatically controlled corresponding with the user's running speed without the user's direct operation. | 02-05-2009 |
| 20090124461 | ISOKINETIC EXERCISE EQUIPMENT - Isokinetic rehabilitation apparatus including a motor-driven pedal assembly having associated therewith a pair of foot pedals and at least one hand engagement element and a computerized motor controller operative to drive the motor-driven pedal assembly at a generally constant, selectable speed, generally irrespective of the extent to which forces are applied to the pedal assembly. | 05-14-2009 |
| 20090186746 | Wave Motion Exercise Apparatus and Method - An apparatus and method for performing an exercise features a platform configured to support a person performing the exercise and to move with a wave-like motion. The platform may be configured to move with two simultaneous wave-like motions in two degrees of freedom selected from pitch, roll and yaw to render the motion more difficult for the person to predict. The wave-like motion causes the person to utilize his or her sense of balance and to exercise related muscles and groups of muscles. | 07-23-2009 |
| 20090215588 | Device and Method for an Automatic Treadmill Therapy - A method to control the velocity of a treadmill according to the walking velocity of the person that is using the treadmill. A reaction force is measured, which occurs when a longitudinal repulsion force is created between the treadmill ( | 08-27-2009 |
| 20090239708 | Heart pulse detector with speed control for treadmill - The present invention offers a heart pulse detector. Two pairs of contact electrodes mounted on each handrail of treadmill separately. A electrocardiography heart pulse detector built in the control panel of the treadmill has input terminal which electrically connected to the contact electrodes. A front end circuit within the heart pulse detector receives the electrical cardio signals of a user from the input terminal and preprocesses the electrical cardio signals for later processing by the reminder functional blocks of the heart pulse detector. A hand touching detection circuit assembly in the heart pulse detector is also connected to the input terminal. The hand touching detection circuit sense the signals from the input terminal and send out hand on/off data for using to control the speed of the treadmill and to control the operation of the heart pulse detection. | 09-24-2009 |
| 20100210419 | TREADMILL WITH AUTOMATIC SPEED CONTROL, CONTROL MODULE OF THE SAME AND CONTROL METHOD OF THE SAME - The present invention provides a treadmill with an automatic speed control function, including: a body having a belt for supporting an exerciser; an exerciser detecting portion installed in a predetermined area of the body to detect movement of the exerciser; a driving motor coupled to the body to drive the belt; a control portion for generating a control signal for adjusting a rotation speed of the driving motor based on a signal received from the exerciser detecting portion; and a motor driving portion for adjusting the rotation speed of the driving motor according to the control signal received from the control portion, wherein a provision braking torque provided corresponding to the control signal is varied as the rotation speed of the driving motor is reduced. The treadmill quickly follows acceleration or deceleration of an exerciser, realizes a feeling like what an exerciser has while exercising on the ground to thereby improve an exerciser's exercising feeling, accepts various exercising patterns of an exerciser, resolves a problem in that a motor driving portion is tripped due to a load caused by quick deceleration, and pre-processes measured values of an exerciser's position to resolve a problem in that a speed of a belt can not be controlled due to measurement errors contained in measured values. | 08-19-2010 |
| 20100304932 | Method of controlling an exercise apparatus - A method for controlling an exercise apparatus via a control interface of an exercise apparatus, including steps of controlling a touch screen to display an information field, and then monitoring the touch screen to detect whether a touch has occurred on the surface of the touch screen and whether the touch is located in an input zone which has a plurality of sensing areas in the information field. A user can use one of specific actions, such as drag, to move a first tag in the input zone from a first sensing area to a second sensing area. And one of the steps of the method relocates the first tag proximate to the second sensing area to have a portion of the first tag to point at the second sensing area. Then, the final step of the method operates the exercise apparatus from a first condition using a first value corresponding to the first sensing area to a second condition using a second value corresponding to the second sensing area. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110071002 | REHABILITATION SYSTEM AND METHOD USING MUSCLE FEEDBACK - There is provided a machine for rehabilitation or exercise, comprising: a frame; a first arm movably secured to the frame via a first actuator; a first force sensor for measuring a force exerted by a user on the first arm; and a control unit adapted for controlling a displacement speed for the first arm via the first actuator as a function of the force and for increasing the displacement speed of the first arm via the first actuator when the force is superior to a target force. In one embodiment, there is further provided an electromyograph for location on the exercised muscle for measuring an electrical potential generated by the muscle and for lowering the target force when the electrical potential is superior to a predetermined maximum electrical potential. There is further provided a method for operating an exercise machine and a system for exercising a muscle. | 03-24-2011 |
| 20110086742 | REHABILITATION AND EXERCISE MACHINE - An improved rehabilitation and exercise machine is provided which allows a person with physical limitations, disabilities or chronic conditions to use the machine in order to rehabilitate their muscles, improve joint flexibility, and enhance cardiovascular fitness. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110294624 | Rehabilitation and Exercise Machine - An improved rehabilitation and exercise machine is provided which allows a person with physical limitations, disabilities or chronic conditions to use the machine in order to rehabilitate their muscles, improve joint flexibility, and enhance cardiovascular fitness. | 12-01-2011 |
| 20120165158 | Wearable and convertible passive and active movement training robot: apparatus and method - In respects of limitations and problems of motor function training devices, the present invention provides a wearable and convertible device and a method for controlling combined motor function training. This device integrates the functions of both passive stretching function in the existing CPM devices and additional active assistive training function. Without a force/torque sensor element in the device, the present passive stretching control can still be adapted to hypertonia (high muscle tone or stiffness of joints) of the limb, and the present active assistive control can still be implemented for enhancing voluntary active movement from patients. With such present method, much more applications of active assistive training are supported at substantially no additional cost. On the other hand, the safety of such stretching devices without using force/torque sensor is improved, which assists in increasing the efficiency of the device of the present invention. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120277062 | ELLIPTICALLY BASED ROBOTIC GAIT TRAINER (EBRGT) - A robotic module which can be attached to an exercise apparatus provides enhanced physical therapy for victims of stoke or other maladies or accidents by simulating normal or arbitrarily modified profiles of angular position of an extremity such as a foot in accordance with a position of that extremity along a locus of repetitive motion. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120316035 | EXERCISE APPARATUS AND A BRAKE MECHANISM - There is provided a continuous motion exercise apparatus for exercising a limb of a patient comprising a housing ( | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130345025 | EXERCISE APPARATUS - Exercise apparatus ( | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140005002 | DETECTION DEVICE AND MONITORING SYSTEM FOR DETECTING AN EXERCISING STATE | 01-02-2014 |
| 20140094345 | ACTIVE ROBOTIC GAIT-TRAINING SYSTEM AND METHOD - The present invention relates to active robotic gait training system and method which enables more active gait training based on remaining gait ability of patients with gait disorders by estimating the gait cycle through measurement of slope of the lower leg, operating the hip joint and the knee joint by an actuator depending on the gait cycle and operating the ankle joint by functional electric stimulation (FES). | 04-03-2014 |
| 20140106937 | CHASING TRAINING DEVICE - An athletic training device to develop speed and agility. A robot can be programmed or remote controlled to move in an erratic manner so that it can be chased by an athlete. An on-board shut-off unit stops the device when it is removed by the athlete chasing the device. | 04-17-2014 |
| 20140296034 | DETECTION APPARATUS OF A TRANING MACHINE - A detection apparatus of a training machine has a shifting device, four sensors and a controller. The shifting device is mounted on an exercise device along a circular motion trace divided into four segments. The four sensors are respectively mounted on the body and correspond to the four segments. The controller determines multiple exercise states, including the rotation speed, the rotational direction, the first rotation speed, the second rotation speed and the force exerted on the exercise device, according to detecting signals from the sensors at a same time. The structure of the detection apparatus is simplified for ease of use. | 10-02-2014 |
| 20150360110 | TRAINING AID FOR BOXING - A boxing trainer is provided. The boxing trainer may include a housing and a controller. The housing includes a plurality of targets. Each of the plurality of targets includes a target pad and a light operable to illuminate the target pad. The controller includes a plurality of target commands. Each target command is linked to and corresponds with one of the targets. Therefore, activating one of the target commands will activate the light of one of the target pads that the target command is linked with. | 12-17-2015 |
| 20160023049 | Position Sensor on a Treadmill - A treadmill system includes a deck, an endless tread belt covering at least a portion of the deck, a position sensor that senses a position of a user when the user is on the tread belt, and a control module that adjusts a speed of the tread belt in response to an output of the position sensor. | 01-28-2016 |
| 20160059071 | Method of controlling an exercise apparatus - A method for controlling an exercise apparatus via a control interface of an exercise apparatus, including steps of controlling a touch screen to display an information field, and then monitoring the touch screen to detect whether a touch has occurred on the surface of the touch screen and whether the touch is located in an input zone which has a plurality of sensing areas in the information field. A user can use specific actions to operate the exercise apparatus from one condition of using a first speed value to another condition of using a second speed value. | 03-03-2016 |
| 20160121168 | JUMP ALL - A system for jumping rope comprising an electronic box with a rotatable circular groove to which a hook is anchored to hold one end of a jump rope, with the other end of the jump rope hooked on to one of a plurality of hooks anchored to a telescoping pole mounted on a tripod with rotatable wheels. The electronic box is mounted on a telescoping pole attached to a stand with rotatable wheels and a central pivot section to fold the structure for easy transport and storage. A remote control having a power button, speed control and a magic eye provides power to the electronic box through a second magic eye located on the electronic box, to rotate the circular groove and start the elliptical motion of the jump rope for the use of the participant. | 05-05-2016 |
| 20160129311 | AUTOMATIC SYSTEM AND METHOD TO CONTROL EXERCISE MACHINES - Method and system for operating a fitness exercise equipment are provided. In a preferred embodiment of the present disclosure, a system for operating a fitness exercise equipment comprises a processor and a memory device electronically coupled to the processor, the memory device storing instructions which, when executed by the processor, direct the processor to acquire an initial exercise parameters entered by a user, determine an initial exercise program based on the initial exercise parameters, and initiate movement of the fitness exercise equipment in correspondence with the initial exercise program, where the instruction to acquire the initial exercise parameters comprises instructions to detect commands entered by the user via built-in touch screen of the fitness exercise equipment, wherein instructions to detect commands entered by the user via built-in touch screen comprises detecting a curve drawn by the user on the built-in touch screen. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160151661 | High Efficiency Treadmill Motor Control | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160158622 | WALKING TRAINING SYSTEM - A walking training system according to the present invention includes a belt conveyor on which a trainee walks, a frame, a sensor, and a control device. The frame, positioned on both sides of the belt conveyor, allows an assistant to place each of the feet thereon. The sensor measures the presence state of a foot on the frame. The control device determines whether there are three or more feet on the frame based on the measurement result of the sensor and, if it is determined that there are three or more feet, performs abnormal-time control. | 06-09-2016 |
| 20160166881 | Bike System For Use In Rehabilitation Of A Patient | 06-16-2016 |
| 20160375307 | WEARABLE DEVICE NORMALIZATION OF FITNESS EQUIPMENT SETTINGS AND CHARACTERISTICS - Systems and methods may provide for obtaining first wearable sensor data associated with a first fitness session and first fitness equipment and obtaining second wearable sensor data associated with a second fitness session and second fitness equipment. Additionally, an effort normalization may be conducted between one or more settings of the second fitness equipment and one or more settings of the first fitness equipment based on the first wearable sensor data and the second wearable sensor data. In one example, a user prompt is generated during the second fitness session via a user interface of one or more of the second fitness equipment or a wearable device based on the normalization. | 12-29-2016 |
| 20160375339 | ELECTRONIC DEVICE AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING THE ELECTRONIC DEVICE - A method for adjusting a working state of an electronic device includes setting a reasonable value range of feature data of a user, and acquiring current feature data of the user from the camera device. The current feature data is compared to the reasonable value range of feature data. A working state of the electronic device is changed when the current feature data is out of the reasonable value range of feature data. | 12-29-2016 |
