Reflective video display apparatus for interactive training and demonstration and methods of using same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11623129-B2
Application number	US-202117504066-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 18, 2021
Priority date	May 29, 2018
Publication date	Apr 11, 2023
Grant date	Apr 11, 2023

Abstract

A smart mirror can show live or recorded streaming video of an instructor performing a workout in a package that is attractive and unobtrusive enough to hang in a living room. The smart mirror includes a mirror surface with a fully reflecting section and a partially reflecting section. A display behind the partially reflecting section shows the video when the smart mirror is on and is almost invisible when the smart mirror is off. The smart mirror also has a speaker, a microphone, and a camera to enable a user to view the video content and interact with the instructor. The smart mirror may connect to the user's smart phone, a peripheral device (e.g., a Bluetooth speaker) to augment user experience, a biometric sensor to provide biometric data to assess user performance, and/or a network router to connect the smart mirror to a content provider, an instructor, and/or other users.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An apparatus, comprising:
a communications interface to receive heart rate data associated with a user and broadcast exercise content;
a display operatively coupled to the communications interface, the display configured to display to the user the broadcast exercise content and the heart rate data associated with the user;
a mirror disposed in front of the display, the mirror to reflect an image of the user opposite the display, the broadcast exercise content appearing one of superimposed on or adjacent to a portion of the image of the user reflected by the mirror when the broadcast exercise content is displayed by the display; and
a processor operably coupled to the display,
the processor configured to receive via the communications interface the heart rate data associated with the user while the broadcast exercise content is displayed to the user,
the processor configured to evaluate an exercise performance of the user by determining a difference between a heart rate of the user and a target heart rate from a target heart rate range for the user,
the processor configured to determine, based on the heart rate data, that the heart rate of the user is outside the target heart rate range for the user, and
the processor configured to modify, in response to determining that the heart rate data is outside the target heart rate range for the user, the displayed broadcast exercise content to bring the heart rate of the user to within the target heart rate range for the user.

2. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast exercise content includes previously recorded broadcast exercise content.

3. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the broadcast exercise content includes real-time broadcast exercise content.

4. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:
the processor is configured to cause display, on at least one of the display or a smartphone of the user, of an indication of the exercise performance of the user.

5. The apparatus of claim 4 , wherein:
the processor is configured to display the indication of the exercise performance by displaying the heart rate of the user and/or the target heart rate.

6. The apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display is configured to display at least one of historical exercise performance or historical heart rate data of the user.

7. A method, comprising:
receiving, at a processor of a smart mirror, via a communications interface of the smart mirror and when broadcast exercise content is displayed via a display of the smart mirror, heart rate data associated with a user, the smart mirror including a mirror disposed in front of the display, the mirror configured to reflect an image of the user, the broadcast exercise content appearing one of superimposed on or adjacent to a portion of the reflected image of the user when the broadcast exercise content is displayed by the display;
evaluating an exercise performance of the user by determining a difference between a heart rate of the user and a target heart rate from a target heart rate range for the user;
determining, via the processor and based on the heart rate data, that the heart rate of the user is outside the target heart rate range for the user; and
causing modification of the broadcast exercise content when displayed, via the processor, in response to determining that the heart rate data is outside the target heart rate range for the user, to bring the heart rate of the user to within the target heart rate range for the user.

8. The method of claim 7 , wherein the broadcast exercise content includes previously recorded broadcast exercise content.

9. The method of claim 7 , wherein the broadcast exercise content includes real-time broadcast exercise content.

10. The method of claim 7 , further comprising:
causing display, on at least one of the display or a smartphone of the user, of an indication of the exercise performance of the user.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising:
displaying the indication of the exercise performance by displaying the heart rate of the user and/or the target heart rate range for the user.

12. The method of claim 7 , wherein the display is configured to display at least one of historical exercise performance data of the user or historical heart rate data of the user.

13. A non-transitory, processor-readable medium storing instructions to cause a processor to:
receive, at a smart mirror, via a communications interface of the smart mirror and when broadcast exercise content is displayed via a display of the smart mirror, heart rate data associated with a user, the smart mirror including a mirror configured to reflect an image of the user, the broadcast exercise content appearing one of superimposed on or adjacent to a portion of the reflected image of the user when the broadcast exercise content is displayed by the display;
evaluate an exercise performance of the user by determining a difference between a heart rate of the user and a target heart rate from a target heart rate range for the user;
determine, based on the heart rate data, that the heart rate of the user is outside the target heart rate range for the user, and
cause modification of the broadcast exercise content when displayed, in response to determining that the heart rate data is outside the target heart rate range for the user, to bring the heart rate of the user to within the target heart rate range for the user.

14. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the broadcast exercise content includes previously recorded broadcast exercise content.

15. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium of claim 13 , wherein the broadcast exercise content includes real-time broadcast exercise content.

16. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium of claim 13 , further storing instructions to cause the processor to:
cause display, on at least one of the display or a smartphone of the user, of an indication of the exercise performance of the user.

17. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium of claim 16 , further storing instructions to cause the processor to:
display the indication of the exercise performance by displaying the heart rate of the user and/or the target heart rate range for the user.

18. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium of claim 16 , further storing instructions to cause the processor to cause display of at least one of historical exercise performance or historical heart rate data of the user.

Assignees

• Curiouser Products Inc

Inventors

• Putnam Brynn

Classifications

• G09B19/0038

  Sports · CPC title

• H04N21/47205

  for manipulating displayed content, e.g. interacting with MPEG-4 objects, editing locally · CPC title

• H04N21/4126

  The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones · CPC title

• H04N5/445

  for displaying additional information (H04N5/50 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G16Y10/70

  Broadcasting · CPC title