Exercise promotion, measurement, and monitoring system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10195483-B2
Application number	US-201615195565-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 28, 2016
Priority date	May 26, 2011
Publication date	Feb 5, 2019
Grant date	Feb 5, 2019

Abstract

An exercise system comprising: an exercise cycle comprising a crank, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user; and a sensing unit coupled to the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information related to at least one crank measurement and to transmit the information related to the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication. In some embodiments, the remote device is a mobile device. In some embodiments, the at least one crank measurement comprises a rotational speed of the crank or a force applied to the crank. The remote device can display information related to use of the exercise cycle based on the information received from the exercise cycle.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An exercise system comprising:
a) an exercise cycle comprising a crank, a resistance hub, and a tab, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user, and the crank and the tab are coupled to the resistance hub; and
b) a sensing unit coupled to the tab of the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information of at least one crank measurement via the tab and to transmit the information of the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication.

2. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the remote device is a mobile device.

3. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit is configured to measure a torque by measuring a force exerted by the tab.

4. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the tab is under the hub.

5. An exercise system comprising:
a) an exercise cycle comprising a crank, a resistance hub, and a tab, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user, and the crank and the tab are coupled to the resistance hub; and
b) a sensing unit coupled to the tab of the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information of at least one crank measurement via the tab and to transmit the information of the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication, wherein the sensing unit comprises a thin-film polymer sensor.

6. An exercise system comprising:
a) an exercise cycle comprising a crank, a resistance hub, and a tab, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user, and the crank and the tab are coupled to the resistance hub; and
b) a sensing unit coupled to the tab of the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information of at least one crank measurement via the tab and to transmit the information of the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication, wherein the sensing unit comprises a polymer conductive strain sensor.

7. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the sensing unit is configured to perform real-time sensing.

8. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the information is monitored by the remote device.

9. The exercise system of claim 1 , wherein the information is monitored by a care provider in a real-time manner.

10. An exercise system comprising:
a) an exercise cycle comprising a crank and a resistance hub, wherein the crank is configured to be rotated by a user, and the crank is coupled to the resistance hub; and
b) a sensing unit coupled to the exercise cycle, wherein the sensing unit is configured to sense information of at least one crank measurement and to transmit the information of the at least one crank measurement to a remote device via wireless communication, wherein the sensing unit comprises a thin-film polymer sensor or a polymer conductive strain sensor.

Assignees

• Univ California

Inventors

• Kaiser William J
• Au Lawrence
• Batalin Maxim A
• Bui Alexander A
• Dobkin Bruce H
• Xu Xiaoyu
• Jordan Brett
• Thomas Seth

Classifications

• G06Q50/22

  Social work or social welfare, e.g. community support activities or counselling services · CPC title

• G06F19/3481

  Physics · mapped topic

• A63B2230/75

  calorie expenditure · CPC title

• A63B2220/54

  Torque · CPC title

• A63B22/0007

  by alternatively exercising arms or legs, e.g. with a single set of support elements driven either by the upper or the lower limbs · CPC title