US 11,731,025 B2
Method and device for controlling acoustic feedback during a physical exercise
Thomas Fritz, Karlsruhe (DE); Eric Busch, Leipzig (DE); Silvio Borchardt, Leipzig (DE); and Dirk Gummel, Leipzig (DE)
Assigned to MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., Munich (DE)
Appl. No. 16/641,982
Filed by MAX-PLANCK-GESELLSCHAFT ZUR FÖRDERUNG DER WISSENSCHAFTEN E.V., Munich (DE)
PCT Filed Aug. 27, 2018, PCT No. PCT/EP2018/073016
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Feb. 25, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2019/038452, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 28, 2019.
Claims priority of application No. 17187876 (EP), filed on Aug. 25, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2020/0254325 A1, Aug. 13, 2020
Int. Cl. A61H 3/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); G06F 3/16 (2006.01); G10H 1/00 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 21/02 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/0622 (2013.01) [A61H 3/008 (2013.01); A63B 21/00043 (2013.01); A63B 21/02 (2013.01); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 24/0075 (2013.01); A63B 71/0686 (2013.01); G06F 3/165 (2013.01); G10H 1/0008 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0625 (2013.01); A63B 2220/802 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); A63B 2220/836 (2013.01); G10H 2220/201 (2013.01); G10H 2220/371 (2013.01); G10H 2220/395 (2013.01); G10H 2250/035 (2013.01)] 26 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of providing acoustic feedback during a physical exercise, the method comprising:
providing several audio clips having a synchronized beat, wherein the several audio clips having a synchronized beat exhibit repeated temporal events that relate to identical intervals therebetween or a recurring pattern of maximum acoustic amplitude or timbre events;
capturing a sensor signal by a sensor attachable to an elastic member of an exercise device;
receiving the sensor signal from the sensor, the sensor signal having a sensor signal range divided by first and second thresholds into at least three sensor signal sub-ranges; and
outputting an audio signal in response to the received sensor signal, the output audio signal comprising one or more of the audio clips;
wherein, when the received sensor signal exceeds the first threshold, at least one of the one or more audio clips is discontinued and/or at least one additional audio clip of the audio clips is initiated in synchronization with the one or more audio clips; and
wherein, when the received sensor signal falls below the second threshold, at least one of the one or more audio clips is discontinued and/or at least one additional audio clip of the audio clips is initiated in synchronization with the one or more audio clips.