US 11,986,700 B2
Virtual shifting for exercise devices
Gary Warren, London (GB); Meir Machlin, Tel Aviv (IL); and Adrian Bennett, London (GB)
Assigned to Zwift, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed by Zwift, Inc., Long Beach, CA (US)
Filed on Dec. 31, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/567,072.
Prior Publication US 2023/0211208 A1, Jul. 6, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/06 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01)
CPC A63B 24/0087 (2013.01) [A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); G06F 30/20 (2020.01); A63B 22/0605 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0675 (2013.01); A63B 2214/00 (2020.08); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An exercise device for engaging in an exercise, the exercise device comprising:
a communications interface for receiving instructions from control software controlling operation of the exercise device;
a resistance device applied to the exercise device for increasing or decreasing resistance for the exercise under control of the control software; and
the control software operating to generate a simulated haptic movement, using the resistance device, by temporarily altering the resistance applied to the exercise device by the resistance device; wherein the simulated haptic movement is a simulated gear shift or simulated braking, and the temporary alteration to the resistance applied to the exercise device by the resistance device is at least one rapid near-cessation of resistance followed by an increase or reduction in the resistance applied immediately preceding the simulated gear shift or simulated braking.