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Exercise machine with adaptive interfaceExercise machine with adaptive interface description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20090156363, Exercise machine with adaptive interface. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
The present invention relates to an exercise machine with an adaptive interface. Modern exercise machines for performing aerobic type exercises, such as treadmills, exercise bicycles, elliptical movement machines, rowing machines and the like, are equipped with interactive interfaces which allow the checking of the parameters relating to the exercise being performed (time, distance covered, calories used, and others) as well as allowing management of these parameters using active controls, so that the exercise is performed in the desired ways, if necessary preset by the use or his trainer. Nowadays such interfaces preferably consist of a “touch screen” display, which forms a surface in which there are both “virtual” push-buttons for actively controlling machine functions and, where required by the user, entertainment elements such as television programs, films selected by the user, or other items. In practice, it was found that the prior art interactive interfaces are not without disadvantages, particularly when the above-mentioned exercise is performed on a treadmill. While exercising by walking or running on the treadmill, the user\'s balance and/or his central position on the belt may be altered by viewing moving images and/or by staring at images positioned along the lateral edges of the display screen. It was found that an image at the side of the screen, especially in “wide” format screens, obliges the subject to divert his gaze to the side or even to turn his head to the side in order to keep his gaze central. These two conditions induce or promote neuromotor reflexes which, acting on the symmetry of the step action tend to alter the balance, causing the user to knock his arms against the treadmill lateral handgrips, or his feet against the guards at the sides of the belt. Said situation may even involve a risk of falling, with possible injury to the subject. Moreover, while running on the treadmill, the speed causes, through a greater frequency of steps for higher speeds, a greater frequency of oscillations by the subject\'s body (and therefore head) along the vertical axis. Therefore, the running speed also affects the frequency of the variations of the angle of incidence of the gaze on a fixed screen: higher speeds correspond to more frequent variations of said angle of incidence. Compensating adjustment by the eye muscles so as to keep the image fixed on the retina may therefore be insufficient. At higher running speeds a user will have greater difficulty clearly perceiving the image on the display. In addition, as the speed and therefore the frequency of body oscillations increase, it is more difficult to use one\'s fingers to precisely operate the machine control push-buttons located on the display. At present, to overcome these disadvantages, the general tendency is to increase the dimensions of the machine control push-buttons, consequently increasing the surface area of the display and therefore the machine dimensions. Said partial solution to the problem is no longer acceptable. The technical purpose of the present invention is therefore to overcome the above-mentioned disadvantages, by providing an exercise machine with an adaptive interface which allows the user to keep his gaze on the display while exercising, even with moving images, without feeling troublesome sensations and without risking loss of balance, in particular if the exercise machine is a treadmill. Within the scope of said technical purpose, the present invention has for an aim to provide an exercise machine with an adaptive interface which allows the user, while exercising, to operate the controls on the screen easily and without any difficulty, even when exercising at high speeds, and even in critical situations such as those involving sudden loss of balance, or the like, in particular if the exercise machine is a treadmill. Another aim of the present invention is to provide an exercise machine with an adaptive interface which allows the user to concentrate better and to “immerse himself” in the multimedia content which can be shown on the display while exercising, above all at low speeds. Yet another aim of the present invention is to provide an exercise machine with an adaptive interface which has a simple structure, is easy to make in practice, operates safely and effectively and is relatively inexpensive. Said purpose and aims are all achieved by the present exercise machine with an adaptive interface, comprising at least one processing unit designed to manage and control the machine, sensor means for transferring information about the machine operating state to said processing unit, at least one user interface equipped with means for displaying the machine current operating state and manual control means for the machine functions, comprising optimization means, controlled by the processing unit and designed to modify the display means and the manual control means when there are variations in at least one machine operating parameter detected by the sensor means. The technical features of the invention, with reference to the above aims, are clearly described in the claims below, and its advantages are more apparent from the detailed description which follows, with reference to the accompanying drawings which illustrate preferred, non-limiting embodiments of the invention provided merely by way of example without restricting the scope of the inventive concept, and in which: Continue reading about Exercise machine with adaptive interface... Full patent description for Exercise machine with adaptive interface Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims Click on the above for other options relating to this Exercise machine with adaptive interface patent application. 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