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

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11771978-B2
Application number	US-202117505269-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2021
Priority date	May 29, 2018
Publication date	Oct 3, 2023
Grant date	Oct 3, 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. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor of a smart device of a user, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
wirelessly connect, within a time period, the smart device of the user and a smart mirror of the user to define a first wireless connection, the smart mirror configured to display workout content;
wirelessly connect, within the time period, the smart device of the user and a first wireless device of the user to define a second wireless connection;
in response to a loss of the first wireless connection during display of a workout and after the time period, automatically and repeatedly attempt, at a first interval, to reestablish the first wireless connection during a first time period;
when the first wireless connection is not reestablished within the first time period, automatically ceasing to attempt to automatically reestablish the first wireless connection;
in response to a loss of the second wireless connection after the time period, automatically and repeatedly attempt, at a second interval, to reestablish the second wireless connection during a second time period; and
when the second wireless connection is not reestablished within the second time period:
attempt to discover a second wireless device; and
wirelessly connect the smart device and the second wireless device in response to the second wireless device being discovered.

2. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , further storing code to synchronize data between the smart mirror and the smart device in response to the first wireless connection being reestablished within the first time period, the data including at least one of (1) timer data associated with display of the workout, or (2) user interface information associated with the smart device.

3. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code to synchronize the data between the smart mirror and the smart device includes code to synchronize the data between the smart mirror and the smart device discontinuously.

4. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 2 , wherein the code to synchronize the data between the smart mirror and the smart device includes code to synchronize the data between the smart mirror and the smart device with a timing based on a time at which the first wireless connection is reestablished.

5. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising code to cause the processor to:
when the second wireless connection is not reestablished within the second time period:
discover the second wireless device at a first time and a third wireless device at a second time after the first time; and
wirelessly connect the smart device and the second wireless device, but not wirelessly connect the smart device and the third wireless device, in response to the second wireless device being discovered before the third wireless device.

6. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , further comprising code to cause the processor to:
when the second wireless connection is not reestablished within the second time period:
discover the second wireless device and a third wireless device;
cause display of an indication that the second wireless device and the third wireless device have been discovered;
receive a user selection of the second wireless device; and
wirelessly connect the smart device and the second wireless device, but not wirelessly connect the smart device and the third wireless device, in response to the user selection.

7. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device is a first biometric sensor, and the second wireless device is a second biometric sensor.

8. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device is a first wireless speaker, and the second wireless device is a second wireless speaker.

9. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein the first wireless device is a first biometric sensor, the second wireless device is a second biometric sensor, further comprising code to cause the processor to:
wirelessly connect, at the smart device of the user and within the time period, the smart device of the user and a first wireless speaker of the user to define a third wireless connection;
in response to a loss of the third wireless connection detected at the smart mirror after the time period, automatically and repeatedly attempt to reestablish, at a third interval, the third wireless connection during a third time period; and
when the third wireless connection is not reestablished within the third time period:
attempt to discover a second wireless speaker; and
wirelessly connect the smart device and the second wireless speaker in response to the second wireless speaker being discovered.

10. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the user is a first user,
the first wireless device is a first biometric sensor, the second wireless device is a second biometric sensor, and
the smart mirror of the first user receives biometric data of a second user during the workout,
the non-transitory processor-readable medium further comprising code to cause the processor to:
send, from the smart device of the first user to the smart mirror of the first user, data of the first biometric sensor or data of the second biometric sensor to cause the smart mirror of the first user to display a representation of the data of first biometric sensor or a representation of the data of the second biometric sensor while also displaying a representation of biometric data of the second user.

11. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 10 , wherein:
the code to send includes code to send data of the first biometric sensor or data of the second biometric sensor to cause the smart mirror of the first user to display the representation of the data of the first biometric sensor or the representation of the data of the second biometric sensor while also displaying (1) the representation of biometric data of the second user from a first biometric sensor of the second user or (2) a representation of data from a second biometric sensor of the second user if a wireless connection of the first biometric sensor of the second user was lost.

12. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the first interval is equal to the second interval, and
the first time period is equal to the second time period.

13. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the first interval is not equal to the second interval, and
the first time period is not equal to the second time period.

14. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the first interval, the second interval, the first time period and the second time period are each defined before the time period and automatically by the smart mirror of the first user.

15. The non-transitory processor-readable medium of claim 1 , wherein:
the first interval is a first predefined interval,
the first time period is a first predefined time period,
the second interval is a second predefined interval, and
the second time period is a second predefined interval.

16. A non-transitory processor-readable medium storing code representing instructions to be executed by a processor of a smart device of a user, the code comprising code to cause the processor to:
wirelessly connect, at a smart device of a user and within a

Assignees

• Curiouser Products Inc

Inventors

• Putnam Brynn

Classifications

• A63B71/0622 Primary

  Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user · CPC title

• A61B5/0079

  using mirrors, i.e. for self-examination · CPC title

• A61B5/024

  Measuring pulse rate or heart rate · CPC title

• A61B5/4884

  inducing physiological or psychological stress, e.g. applications for stress testing · CPC title

• A61B5/7435

  Displaying user selection data, e.g. icons in a graphical user interface · CPC title