Body exercise device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9925084-B2
Application number	US-201514629084-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 23, 2015
Priority date	Sep 18, 2012
Publication date	Mar 27, 2018
Grant date	Mar 27, 2018

Abstract

A body exercise device includes a seat portion having a seat face, a pair of left and right airbags and a pair of front and rear airbags causing the seat face of the seat portion to be left-right and front-rear inclined, and an air supply unit that supplies pressurized air to the airbags. An air supply/discharge switching unit switches between supplying air to and discharging air from the airbags, and a pressure detection unit detects pressure in the airbags. A balance determination unit, in a process of supplying air to or discharging air from the right and left or front and rear airbags according to the switching operation of the air supply/discharge switching unit, determines the left-right or front-rear balance state of the user based on a difference in pressure change in the pair of left and right airbags or the pair of front and rear airbags.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A body exercise device comprising:
a seat portion having a seat surface for a user to sit on;
a pair of left and right airbags and a pair of front and rear airbags provided such that the pair of left and right airbags are located on left and right sides with respect to a center of the seat surface and that the pair of front and rear airbags are located on front and rear sides with respect to the center of the seat surface in order to cause the seat surface of the seat portion to be inclinable in a left-right direction and/or in a front-rear direction;
an air supply unit configured to supply compressed air to the pair of left and right airbags and the pair of front and rear airbags;
an air supply and discharge switching unit configured to switch between supplying air to and discharging air from the pair of left and right airbags and the pair of front and rear airbags;
a pressure detection unit configured to detect pressure in the pair of left and right airbags and the pair of front and rear airbags; and
a balance determination unit configured to, in a process of supplying air to or discharging air from the pair of left and right airbags or the pair of front and rear airbags using a switching operation performed by the air supply and discharge switching unit, determine a left-right balance state or a front-rear balance state of the user based on a difference in pressure change over time in the pair of left and right airbags or the pair of front and rear airbags, detected by the pressure detection unit,
wherein stretches and/or exercises that correspond to a result of determination performed by the balance determination unit are output to the user by a display.

2. A body exercise device comprising:
a seat portion having a seat surface for a user to sit on;
a pair of left and right airbags and a pair of front and rear airbags provided such that the pair of left and right airbags are located on left and right sides with respect to a center of the seat surface and that the pair of front and rear airbags are located on front and rear sides with respect to the center of the seat surface in order to cause the seat surface of the seat portion to be inclinable in a left-right direction and/or in a front-rear direction;
an air supply unit configured to supply compressed air to the pair of left and right airbags and the pair of front and rear airbags;
an air supply and discharge switching unit configured to switch between supplying air to and discharging air from the pair of left and right airbags and the pair of front and rear airbags;
a pressure detection unit configured to detect pressure in the pair of left and right airbags and the pair of front and rear airbags; and
a balance determination unit configured to, in a process of supplying air to or discharging air from the pair of left and right airbags or the pair of front and rear airbags using a switching operation performed by the air supply and discharge switching unit, determine a left-right balance state or a front-rear balance state of the user based on a difference in pressure change over time in the pair of left and right airbags or the pair of front and rear airbags, detected by the pressure detection unit,
wherein stretches and/or exercises that correspond to a result of determination performed by the balance determination unit are presented to the user.

Assignees

• Omron Healthcare Co Ltd
• Omron Tateisi Electronics Co

Inventors

• Tanaka Kenshin
• Ogawa Hiroshi

Classifications

• A63B23/0244

  with signalling or indicating means, e.g. of incorrect posture, for deep-breathing exercises · CPC title

• A63B2225/54

  Transponders, e.g. RFID · CPC title

• A63B21/068

  using user's body weight · CPC title

• A63B2225/01

  Special aerodynamic features, e.g. airfoil shapes, wings or air passages · CPC title

• A63B21/0088

  by moving the surrounding air · CPC title