Patent ID: 7354380
Filing Date: 2008-04-08
Classification: A61B,A63B,G16H,H04N

Abstract:
1. Motivational fitness apparatus for a person to use while exercising with an entertainment device having a power supply, at least an audio output operable to be set at a given volume which is a comfortable listening volume, said apparatus comprising: a controller for ramping up and ramping down the audio output above and below said given volume, a processor operable to generate a command signal directed to said controller, and a monitor operable to generate heart rate data of the person, said processor operable to first establish a target range of data, and second to receive said heart rate data from said monitor and periodically compare said data with said target range of data, and to generate a command indicative of the variation of said heart rate data relative to said target range, and to direct said generated command to said controller, said command operable to ramp up the volume of the audio output above said given volume when the heart rate data is above said target range and to ramp down the volume of the audio output below said given volume when the heart rate data is below said target range.