Patent ID: 6376936
Filing Date: 2002-04-23
Classification: A63B,Y10S

Abstract:
A switching apparatus for switching on a TV as a reward when a user is achieving a predetermined performance level on an exercise apparatus, said switching apparatus comprising:a pulse generator for generating pulses commensurate with the amount of work expended by the user on the exercise apparatus; a wireless transmitter for transmitting said pulses; a wireless transceiver TV module for receiving said pulses from said transmitter; said transceiver module including: a pulse counter for counting said pulses received from said transmitter; a power sensor for sensing the power status of the TV; a comparator circuit connected to said pulse counter and said power sensor such that when said power sensor senses the status of the TV as being inactive, said comparator circuit compares said pulses counted by said counter with a threshold level which corresponds with said predetermined performance level so that when said pulses reach said threshold level, a signal is generated and when the power sensor senses the status of the TV as being active, the comparator circuit compares the pulses with the threshold level such that when the pulses reach a level that is less than the threshold level, a further signal is generated, said module transmitting said signal and said further signal accordingly; and a wireless receiver disposed in operable proximity to the TV the arrangement being such that when said receiver receives said signal, the TV is activated and when said further signal is received by said receiver, the TV is inactivated such that overriding the status of the TV is inhibited so that watching the TV without reaching the predetermined performance level is prevented.