Patent ID: 6733419
Filing Date: 2004-05-11
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An exercise pattern control system for connecting rod locus-type exercise apparatus comprised of:a key-based inputting and entering unit having a power supply switch and figure input keys; a controller that consists of a programmable memory operations unit module, a display unit driver module, an image-audio player and display module, a virtual reality interactive control module, a user database storage module, an exercise physiology operations module, an exercise locus pattern database, an exercise step distance database, a programmed/manual exercise resistance adjustment module, and a programmed/manual elliptical locus exercise module; an exercise resistance adjustment device, the said exercise resistance adjustment device receiving commands directly from the said controller to adjust exercise resistance; a heart beat sensor, the said heart beat sensor connected to the said controller to facilitate signal transmission and, furthermore, furnished power controlled by a power supply and a primary voltage circuit control; a connecting rod length position sensor, the said connecting rod length position sensor connected to the said controller via an analog/digital converter and a differentiating comparator circuit to facilitate signal transmission and, furthermore, furnished power controlled by a power supply and a primary voltage circuit control; a leg angle speed sensor, the said leg angle speed sensor connected to the said controller via an analog/digital converter and a differentiating comparator circuit to facilitate signal transmission and, furthermore, furnished power controlled by a power supply and a basic voltage circuit control; a connecting rod adjustment device that consists of a motor driver, a speed reduction mechanism, a coupling structure, and a transmission structure, the said motor driver connected to the controller to facilitate signal transmission, with the said transmission structure extending the length of the connecting rod.