Exercise system with display programming

摘要

An exercise system presents display programming at a rate that is commensurate to a user's exercise rate. The user's exercise rate is monitored and compared to a default exercise rate. When the user's exercise rate is above or below the default exercise rate, the presentation of the display programming is adjusted to maintain a temporal relationship between the user's exercise rate and the display programming. The presentation of the display programming can be adjusted by periodically skipping or pausing frames of the display programming to increase or decrease the duration of the display programming.

主权项

1. An exercise system, comprising:
a movable element that is movable in the performance of an exercise, the movable element having at least one selectively adjustable operating parameter that selectively alters an exercise rate of a user relative to a default exercise rate; and a display that presents display programming to the user, the display programming comprising a plurality of consecutive frames, the display programming having a default display rate that corresponds to the default exercise rate, the display programming being adjustable to correlate the display programming with the exercise rate of the user, the display programming being adjusted by an amount that is commensurate with a difference between the exercise rate of the user and the default exercise rate by periodically pausing the display programming when the exercise rate of the user is less than the default exercise rate and greater than zero to correlate the display programming with the exercise rate of the user; wherein the periodic pausing of the display programming includes presenting at least one frame at the default display rate between a first paused frame and a second paused frame within the plurality of consecutive frames when the exercise rate of the user is maintained at a rate that is greater than zero and less than the default exercise rate.