Patent Application
20090017991
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a fitness equipment meter apparatus, and more particularly to a meter apparatus having an AV OUT component that works with any AV IN display device available in the market for displaying exercise statuses, and the meter has a USB socket for storing exercise data anywhere, analyzing the data in a personal computer and communicating with a trainer via network.
2. Description of the Related Art
Since present fitness equipments such as treadmills and fitness bikes are not restricted by outdoor environments and exercisers can obtain the required exercise and fitness effect through the fitness equipments, therefore these fitness equipments become very popular.
The fitness equipment basically includes related electronic control elements such as sensors for detecting exercise data of speed, mileage and heartbeat, etc, inputting the data into a meter 10 and displaying the data on a small LCD panel 11 as shown in
Further, most present fitness equipments come with an application of a magnetic control resistance load device which has a function similar to a variable speed used for changing the resistance for the jogging or stepping exercise to meet the physical fitness of different users, so as to achieve the best exercise status and display the resistance of the exercise on the small LCD panel 11.
However, the size of the small LCD panel 11 on the meter 10 is very small, and users have to lower their head to view the meter 10 inconveniently during the exercise, and thus such fitness equipment cannot be used for many other applications due to the limitation of their display mechanism. Obviously, the poor display mechanism of the prior art fitness equipment requires improvements.
Therefore, it is a primary object of the invention to provide a fitness equipment meter display storage apparatus, and its meter has an AV OUT control element that can operate with any large display having an AV IN display device, so that a user can know about the exercise and the overall physiological condition while doing exercises and make adjustments anytime to achieve the best exercise effect.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a fitness equipment meter display storage apparatus, and its meter has a USB socket for storing exercise data, carrying the exercise data anywhere, analyzing the data in a personal computer, or interacting with a trainer/doctor via a network, so as to perform a complete analysis and evaluation to achieve the bidirectional communication effect.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objects, a fitness equipment meter display storage apparatus in accordance with the invention includes:
a) a fitness equipment body; and
b) a meter installed on a frame at the front of the fitness equipment body and having a button/signal input unit disposed on a surface of the meter for transmitting a signal to an internal microprocessor; characterized in that the meter comprises:
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A fitness equipment body 20 includes but not limited to a treadmill in this embodiment, but any other fitness equipment such as a fitness bike is intended to be covered by the scope of the present invention.
A meter 10 is installed on a frame 21 at the front of the fitness equipment body 20, and a surface of the meter 10 has a button/signal input unit 12 for setting a user's value and transmitting different parameter signals to an internal microprocessor 13. The meter 10 may or may not adopt a small LCD panel 11 on the surface of the meter.
The microprocessor 13 as shown in
An AV OUT control element 101 is connected to the microprocessor 13 for outputting data of the microprocessor 13 by audio and video signals.
A large display device 16 has an AV IN control element 161, which is connected to the AV OUT control element 101 of the meter 10 through an AV signal line 15 and provided for displaying a user's exercise status. The large display device 16 as shown in
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Further, the heartbeat detection mode can be set to wireless transmission, so that a heartbeat detector 50 is worn at a user's wrist or tied to a user's chest. When the heartbeat detection unit 51 detects a heartbeat frequency signal, a wireless transmission circuit 52 sends out a signal, and a wireless receiving circuit 19 installed in the meter 10 transmits the received signal to the processor 13, so that the user's heartbeat changing chart can be displayed on the large display device 16, and users can know about their exercise status synchronously.
With the aforementioned technical measures, the present invention has the following effects and improvements.
1. The invention installs the AV OUT control element 101 connected to the microprocessor 13 in the meter 10, and thus the invention can be used with any display device having an AV IN control element, such that users can know about the exercise volume and the whole physiological condition while doing exercises, so as to make an appropriate adjustment for the best exercise effect.
2. The invention installs the USB socket 17 connected to the microprocessor 13 on the meter 10, for facilitating an electric connection to the portable storage element 30, and storing the data temporarily stored in the microprocessor 13 into the portable storage element 30. After the data is accumulated for a period of time such as a week, a month or a year as shown in
Many changes and modifications in the above-described embodiments of the invention can, of course, be carried out without departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended claims.
