US 12,102,879 B2
User-paced exercise equipment
William Denton, Omaha, NE (US); Molly Schieber, Omaha, NE (US); and Casey Wiens, Omaha, NE (US)
Assigned to Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed by Board of Regents of the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE (US)
Filed on Nov. 23, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/533,837.
Application 17/533,837 is a continuation of application No. 16/341,365, granted, now 11,185,740, issued on Nov. 30, 2021, previously published as PCT/US2017/057050, filed on Oct. 17, 2017.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/410,116, filed on Oct. 19, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0152457 A1, May 19, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/00 (2006.01); A63B 22/02 (2006.01); A63B 22/04 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 24/0087 (2013.01) [A63B 21/00076 (2013.01); A63B 22/025 (2015.10); A63B 24/0062 (2013.01); A63B 22/04 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0065 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0093 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 2220/05 (2013.01); A63B 2220/10 (2013.01); A63B 2220/22 (2013.01); A63B 2220/30 (2013.01); A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/56 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01); A63B 2220/836 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01); A63B 2230/00 (2013.01); A63B 2230/04 (2013.01)] 19 Claims
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1. A control apparatus for exercise equipment, comprising:
a sensor system to generate data representative of a user of the exercise equipment when the exercise equipment is operating at a first equipment velocity, wherein the sensor system includes a first sensor set to generate data representative of a body position of a user of the exercise equipment and a second sensor set, different from the first sensor set, to generate data representative of a leg position of the user, when the exercise equipment is operating at a first equipment velocity;
velocity generation circuitry to generate a second equipment velocity for the exercise equipment based at least in part on the body position and the leg position of the user by generating an increased equipment velocity, relative to the first equipment velocity, when the body position and the leg position of the user indicate a positive change in user velocity and by generating a decreased equipment velocity, relative to the first equipment velocity, when the body position and the leg position of the user indicate a negative change in user velocity; and
velocity adjustment circuitry to cause the exercise equipment to operate at the second equipment velocity.