The present invention relates to a workout system and, more particularly, to a workout system including an electronic chip within a pair of shoes linked with a handheld device.
Physical exercise is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and overall health and wellness. It is performed for various reasons, including strengthening muscles and the cardiovascular system, honing athletic skills, weight loss or maintenance, and merely enjoyment. Frequent and regular physical exercise boosts the immune system and helps prevent the “disease of affluence” such as heart disease, cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and obesity. It may also help prevent depression, help to promote or maintain positive self-esteem, improve mental health generally, and can augment an individual's sex appeal or body image, which has been found to be linked with higher levels of self-esteem.
As can be seen, there is a need for interactive devices that may be used for exercise.
In one aspect of the present invention, a workout system comprises: a pair of shoes, wherein at least one of the pair of shoes comprises an electronic chip comprising an impact detector and a wireless transceiver; and a handheld device comprising a processor, a wireless transceiver, a global positioning system, and a monitor, wherein the wireless transceiver of the handheld device exchanges data with the wireless transceiver of the pair of shoes wherein the monitor displays at least one of an amount of impacts detected by the impact detector, a location of the handheld device, a distance traveled of the handheld device, and a speed of the handheld device.
These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the following drawings, description and claims.
The following detailed description is of the best currently contemplated modes of carrying out exemplary embodiments of the invention. The description is not to be taken in a limiting sense, but is made merely for the purpose of illustrating the general principles of the invention, since the scope of the invention is best defined by the appended claims. Broadly, an embodiment of the present invention provides a workout system including athletic shoes equipped with lights powered by batteries for safe night time running, and an electronic chip that contains information that may be fed into a hand held monitor. The monitor may control the lights and can transmit music or other information to wireless ear buds for the exerciser's enjoyment.
The electronic chip and the night lights may be built inside of the shoe. The hand held monitor allows viewing the exercisers' workout progress by time and distance. The present invention may include a Global Position System (GPS), night time workouts, and the exerciser may download and listen to music with the wireless ear buds. The shoe transmits the information and saves it to the monitor. The features may be activated from the workout monitor.
The system has batteries inside the shoe and has an informational chip inside of the soul. The chip may transmit the information to the monitor. The monitor has the GPS system and workout programs. The monitor also may include enough memory to save workout progress and download music. To use the present invention, the exerciser turns on the monitor, puts on the shoes, calibrates the GPS system and sets the features the user would like to use.
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The processor may also transmit data indicating that a particular threshold has been met, and upon the receipt of this data the force feedback sensor, in the pair of shoes, may generate vibrational feedback to the user while turning the lights on and off. The vibrational feedback may comprise of a shake a jolt felt by the user through the heel, the middle, or front portion of the shoe. For example, a user can set a goal connected to the workout program, and upon reaching the goal the processor will send an instruction to the pair of shoes to generate the vibrational feedback. A threshold may also be indicative of a user reaching a target point in a video game. A target point may be connected to, for example, a bump on a road, shooting an item, hitting a wall, or other similarly programmable virtual reality concepts in a gaming system. A threshold may also be indicative of a target point in a movie or music video, such as certain sounds or beats. The monitor 22 may display at least one of an amount of impacts detected by the impact detector, a location of the handheld device 12, a distance traveled of the handheld device 12, and a speed of the handheld device. The present invention may include additional features.
In certain embodiments, the handheld device 12 may include a memory. The memory may store music data. In such embodiments, the system of the present invention may include an output, and headphones 14 connectable to the output. The headphones 14 may be wireless and the output may be the wireless transceiver. The handheld device 12 may further include a heart rate monitor. The shoes 10 of the present invention may further include safety lights 18.
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The system may comprise of a wireless transformable game device. The wireless transformable game controller may comprise of a detachable member with a first end and a second end. The first end of the wireless transformable game device may be affixed to a first controller and the second end may be affixed to a second controller. The first and second controllers may include a force feedback sensor, an input interface on its outer surface and a speaker component on it's inner surface. The input interface may be used to transmit a set of instructions to the handheld device. The speaker component may be used to transmit sound to a user.
The processor of the handheld device may transmit data to the wireless transformable device indicating that a particular threshold has been met, and upon the receipt of this data the force feedback sensor, in the pair of shoes, may generate vibrational feedback to the user while turning the lights on and off. The vibrational feedback may comprise of a shake a jolt felt by the user through the heel, the middle, or front portion of the shoe. For example, a user can set a goal connected to the workout program, and upon reaching the goal the processor will send an instruction to the pair of shoes to generate the vibrational feedback. A threshold may also be indicative of a user reaching a target point in a video game. A target point may be connected to, for example, a bump on a road, shooting an item, hitting a wall, or other similarly programmable virtual reality concepts in a gaming system. A threshold may also be indicative of a target point in a movie or music video, such as certain sounds or beats. When in use, a user of the wireless transformable device may use the device similar to the manner in which one would use a pair of headphones. When in need, the user may detach the controllers from the detachable member and use the controller to communicate with the handheld device while using a program. The programs on the handheld device may consist of a workout program, a music program, a game program, and a video program. The video program may include music videos and movies.
The computer-based data processing system and method described above is for purposes of example only and may be implemented in any type of computer system or programming processing environment, or in a computer program, alone or in conjunction with hardware.
The present invention may also be implemented in software stored on a computer-readable medium and executed as a computer program on a general purpose or special purpose pose computer. For clarity, only those aspects of the system germane to the invention are described, and product details melt known in the alt are omitted. For the same reason, the computer hardware is not described in further detail. It should thus be understood that the invention is not limited to any specific computer language, program, or computer. It is further contemplated that the present invention may be run on a stand-alone computer system, or may be run from a server computer system that can be accessed by a plurality of client computer systems interconnected over an intranet network, or that is accessible to clients over the Internet. In addition, many embodiments of the present invention have application to a various range of industries. To the extent the present application discloses a system. the method implemented by that system, as well as software stored on a computer-readable medium and executed as a computer program to perform the method on a general pail pose or special purpose computer, are within the scope of the present invention. Further, to the extent the present application discloses a method, a system of apparatuses configured to implement the method are within the scope of the present invention.
It should be understood, of course, that the foregoing relates to exemplary embodiments of the invention and that modifications may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as set forth in the following claims.
This application claims the benefit of priority of U.S. provisional application number 62/114,946, filed Feb. 11, 2015, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. This application is a continuation in part of nonprovisional application number 14,81,0076, filed Jul. 27, 2015, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference. This application is a continuation in part of nonprovisional application number 14,81,0076, filed Oct. 12, 2021, the contents of which are herein incorporated by reference.
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62114946 | Feb 2015 | US |
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Parent | 14810076 | Jul 2015 | US |
Child | 17561864 | US |