Patent ID: 6881176
Filing Date: 2005-04-19
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An exercise assistance apparatus which has an exercise equipment provided with a movable section for a user to perform a moving operation in a loaded state and a detection section for detecting the movement of the movable section, said exercise assistance apparatus comprising: a monitor for displaying images which is installed at the front side of said exercise equipment; storage means for storing at least image data to express a traveling path and a predetermined number of opponent characters to be displayed on said traveling path, and the data regarding movement of an opponent character in association with a road data from a start point to a goal point; exercise equipment control means for performing variable control for the load status of said exercise equipment; opponent movement control means for controlling the traveling positions of said predetermined number of opponent characters on said traveling path with sequential updating, in accordance with the movement data of the opponent character stored in the storage means; self position calculation means for calculating a virtual self position of the user on said traveling path from the detection content of said detection section and the load status controlled by the exercise equipment control means; and image display means for displaying the traveling path ahead of said self position and opponent characters at an updated traveling position on said traveling path ahead of the self position, and displaying the degree of difficulty to pass said opponent character.