Patent ID: 6561952
Filing Date: 2003-05-13
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A turning control device for a virtual stationary bike comprising:a video monitor, a computer program, and a bike body with a steering handle; wherein a control case is situated at a lower end of said handle, and a sensor contained in said control case has an output terminal connected to said computer program so that said handle controls said computer program, said computer program is connected to a video monitor positioned so that it can be seen by a user, said monitor shows images of a rider on a bike on a road, the images changing according to signals sent from said computer program activated by said handle, and said sensor comprises two circuit boards with a gap therebetween, a plurality of light emitting electronic elements are fixed on said circuit boards to emit light, and a shade plate is positioned between said two circuit boards and moved by a transmitting rod of said handle, said shade plate being separated from said two circuit boards and having a plurality of openings to correspond to said electronic elements, said shade plate being moved with said transmitting rod of said handle when said handle is turned so that shading locations of said electronic elements is varied to form changing signals to be transmitted to said computer program so as to alter images of said rider and said bike shown on said video monitor.