Patent Application
20250065213
The present invention relates to the field of interactive workout devices. The present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device. Moreover, the present invention also provides a visual target assisted workout device that projects an image as visual targets and can be used either indoors or outdoors.
During the present era of busy and stressful lifestyle, many people turn towards aerobic exercises to maintain their physical and mental fitness. Exercise is one of the important parts of lifestyle modification. Exercise is known to reduce weight gain, obesity, muscle mass maintenance, reduce fatigue, boosts cardiovascular system, improves lung health, improve energy levels, and can help prevent or reduce certain chronic health conditions. Exercise also improves mental health by reducing anxiety, depression, and negative mood and by improving self-esteem and cognitive function. Moreover, exercise can provide antioxidant protection, can delay the sign of aging, helps brain health and boosts memory.
Daily physical workout is also important for the athletes and sportsperson to practice their daily drills and improve themselves. Many a times, users prefer to own certain equipment or register themselves for the online classes for their daily workouts. Multiple Gymnasium facilities are also available where the laymen/athletes can get proper equipment and can train with the help of professional trainers. However, these methods can get tedious or boring after a while and reduce the consistency of the users. They always face a constant need to stimulate their mind and body through creative and innovative forms of exercise. Therefore, it is easier to make exercise a regular part of lifestyle if you enjoy/have fun doing it. Moreover, the athletes cannot get the detailed report and analysis (SWOT analysis) of their skills such as agility, reflexes and stamina while working out on their own or in the gymnasium.
Although different types of interactive machines are available in the market, most of them fail to specifically interact with the users in real-time in the manner of providing visual targets and making the machine user-friendly. Many of conventionally available machines prefer physical targets like cones and pods which decreases the flexibility of target positions and number of drills. Some of the conventionally available interactive exercise machines also use additional lenses and wall projectors to project the targets which ultimately makes them more expensive.
Therefore, there is a need to provide an interactive exercise machine that interacts with the user in real-time in the manner of providing visual targets, can be used by a layman or an athlete for a target assisted workout wherein the targets are the image projected by a light source instead of the physical targets, without the need of a lens or wall projector and thereby, making it affordable and compact.
A US patent application U.S. Pat. No. 6,430,997B110 discloses a system and method for tracking and assessing movement skills in multidimensional space. The invention provides an accurate stimulation of sports to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three-dimensional positional changes in three or more degrees of freedom (three dimensions); and computer-controlled sport specific cuing that evokes or prompts sport specific responses from the player that are measured to provide meaningful indicia of performance. The sport specific cuing is characterized as a virtual opponent that is responsive to, and interactive with, the player in real time. The virtual opponent continually delivers and/or responds to stimuli to create realistic movement challenges for the player.
However, the invention does not provide a machine that provides visual targets to the user and determines the position of the user and track their movements. This invention also fails to eliminate the need of a projecting screen or a wall to project the laser target. In addition, this invention fails to capture the form of the user while performing the workout.
Another such US patent application US2022074716A1 provides a target system that can detect the location of a projectile disposed within a target and subsequently alter an image being displayed on the target in response to the location of the detected projectile. The target system can include a sensor, an image source, a portable electronic device, and a computing device. The sensor can be positioned on the target to detect the location of the projectile on a face of the target. The image source can project an image onto the face of the target. The portable electronic device can receive input from a user to dictate the image(s) displayed on the target. The computing device can be communicatively coupled to the sensor, the image source, and the portable electronic device and cause the target system to detect the location of the projectile and subsequently alter the image displayed on the target in response to the location.
Although the invention described here mentions the image being displayed as a target, it fails to provide a visual target to the user without the need of a projecting screen or a wall. This invention also fails to provide an interactive exercise machine that determines and track the position of the user. In addition, this invention also fails to provide an interactive exercise machine that analyzes the agility and reflexes of the athletes and provide them with their detailed skill analysis report.
Existing technologies used for a visual target assisted workout device suffers from all or at least any of the below mentioned disadvantages:
Thus, there is an unmet need to develop an invention that suffices the purpose of providing a visual target assisted workout device and more particularly, a visual target assisted workout device that can be used either indoors or outdoors as it eliminates the need of a projecting screen or a wall.
Accordingly, the object of the present invention is to provide a visual target assisted workout device. In an aspect the present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device that can be used either indoors or outdoors.
It is another object of the present invention to provide a visual target assisted workout device that projects a visual target for the users.
In yet another object, the present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device that determines and tracks the position of the user in real-time with reference to the location of said visual target assisted workout device.
In yet another object, the present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device that tracks the position of the user to provide the consecutive visual target and thereby, interacts with the user in real-time.
In yet another object, the present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device that analyzes the skills of the user in real-time by computing the acceleration, velocity, agility and reflexes of the user during the workout.
It is yet another object that the present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device that captures/records the form of the user while performing the workout.
It is yet another object that the present invention provides a visual target assisted workout device that ensures the correctness of the form and techniques of the users during the workout.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a visual target assisted workout device that can be configured to any smart devices to control the operation of said visual target assisted workout device. Thus, it is an object of the present invention to provide a visual target associated workout device that is user-friendly.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a visual target assisted workout device that is cost-efficient by eliminating the need of additional lenses to project the target.
It is yet another object of the present invention to provide a visual target assisted workout device that is compact, portable and can be carried anywhere.
The present invention relates to an interactive exercise machine and provides a visual target assisted workout device. The present invention projects an image as a visual target for the user. The target is projected without the limitation of the orientation of the surface and therefore, the present device can be used either indoors or outdoors without the need of a projecting surface. The present invention also determines the position of user in real-time, measures the distance travelled by the user during the course of workout and the time taken to travel that distance and therefore, computes the velocity, acceleration, reflexes, and stamina of the user. Moreover, the present invention facilitates the provision to record the form of the user throughout the workout, compares it to the previously recorded video and thus, ensures the accuracy in the form of the user during the workout. The present invention thereby, provides a visual target associated workout device that is simple, user-friendly, cost-effective, compact and portable.
The present invention provides a visual target associated workout device. The present invention provides a visual target associated workout device that can used either indoors or outdoors. Further, the present invention of a visual target associated workout device is a simple, user-friendly, cost-efficient, compact and portable device. The present invention therefore, provides a technically advanced and substantially efficient solution to the problems of prior art.
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Said Projection means (102) is placed on the top of a Support structure (108). Said Projection means (102) facilitates the projection of a visual target and determines the position of the user on the basis of said target.
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Said Light source (103) is, but not limited to a laser light projector and a video projector. Said light source (103) is connected to sensor (104) on one end and on the other hand, is connected to plurality of motors, Motor X (106) and Motor Y (107). Said Light source (103) projects the plurality of visual targets at different positions for the users. Said visual targets are projected on any surfaces such as, but not limited to ground and/or a floor and therefore, eliminates the need of a projecting screen and/or a wall.
Said sensor (104) is, but not limited to a LIDAR sensor, distance sensitive cameras and a depth camera sensor that always measures the distance between the user and the previously projected visual target as well as the distance between the user with reference to the Support structure (108). Said sensor (104) is connected to the light source (103). Said sensor (104) determines the position of user in real-time during the workout. Said sensor (104) verifies if the user has reached the visual target or not. Said sensor (104) determines the distance travelled by user during the course of workout and the time taken to travel that distance.
Said Holder (105) holds the Light source (103) and the sensor (104) such that the Light source (103) and the sensor (104) are projecting a parallel field of vision and thereby, defines the position of the projection of Light source (103).
Said plurality of motors, Motor X (106) and Motor Y (107) are, but not limited to servo motors or any other motor and/or actuator. Said plurality of motors are connected to power source (113) and configured to facilitate the provision of rotational motion to the Light source (103) along the first axis by Motor X (106) and along the second axis by Motor Y (107).
Said Motor X (106) is directly connected to the sensor (104) and the Controller (109). Said Motor X (106) facilitates the rotational motion of the Light source (103) along a first axis wherein the first axis is orthogonal to the longitudinal axis of the Support structure (108). Said Motor X (106) determines the distance of projection from the light source (103).
Said Motor Y (107) is connected to the sensor (104) and Controller (109). Said Motor Y (107) facilitates the rotational motion of the Light source (103) along a second axis wherein, the second axis is collinear to a longitudinal axis of the Support structure (108). Said Motor Y (107) determines the position of simultaneous target projections.
Said Support structure (108) provides a heighted base to the projection means (102).
Said Controller (109) controls the operations that are, but not limited to interpret if the user has reached the target through the readings of sensor (104) and simultaneously control the rotation of motors to project the next visual target at the desired position. Said Controller (109) is connected to Light source (103) and sensor (104) on one end, and to Motor X (106) and Motor Y (107) on another end.
Said Storage means (110) is connected to the Controller (109). Said storage means (110) is, but not limited to an external SD card and facilitates the storage of the visual target projection information associated with the degrees of rotation of plurality of motors, Motor X (106) and Motor Y (107) to project the visual target at the desired position.
Said input means (111) is connected to the controller (109) through the wireless means (112). Said Input means (111) is a smart device including, but not limited to a smartphone, a tablet, a laptop, or a smart watch. As an alternative, the controller (109) may be connected to the plurality of input means (111) to create a simultaneous to & fro communication and establish synchronized working between plurality of said input means (111). Said Input means (111) provides the communication that is, but not limited to allow the user to communicate with the present device to choose from the preset drills available or to make their own drill. to monitor the heart rate and/or pulse of the user during the course of workout; depending upon the smart device connected. The drills are the methods or instructions of workout where the users can decide the time limit, number of targets or the difficulty level of their workout.
Said Wireless means (112) is, but not limited to a Wi-Fi or a Bluetooth connection and provides a wireless connection to efficiently develop a mode of communication between the Controller (109) and Input means (111).
The present visual target assisted workout device (101) is connected to the Power source (113). Said Power source (113) is but not limited to a lithium ion battery. Said Power source (113) is connected to the Controller (109), Light source (103), sensor (104) and the plurality of motors, Motor X (106) and Motor Y (107).
Said Video capturing means (114) is connected to the Controller (109) and captures the form of the user during the course of the workout. Said Video capturing means (114) is placed in the holder (105).
Said Processing means (115) is connected to the Controller (109) and storage means (110). Said Processing means (115) compares the video captured by the Video capturing means (114) to previously captured videos and ensures the correctness of the form and technique of the user during the workout.
The detailed stepwise working of the present invention (101) is explicated herein. The present invention (101) works simultaneously and parallelly, and thus provides a substantially efficient visual target associated workout device.
Selecting the preset drill, User A travelled the distance of 20 meters in 8 seconds whereas, the User B travelled the same distance in 10 seconds. As the velocity of the user A remains constant throughout the workout, the stamina was ranked 7/10. On the other hand, the User B started the workout fast but gradually the velocity decreased due to which the stamina was ranked 5/10. The present invention thus, efficiently and accurately measures the distance travelled by the user during the course of workout and the time taken to travel that distance and thereby, computes the velocity and stamina of the user as mentioned in Table 1.
The present invention of a visual target associated workout device has multiple advantages over the prior art:
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202221001096 | Jan 2022 | IN | national |
| Filing Document | Filing Date | Country | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|
| PCT/IN2022/051098 | 12/19/2022 | WO |
