Systems, methods, and devices for simulating real world terrain on an exercise device

摘要

An exercise system includes one or more exercise devices that communicate via a network with a communication system. The communication system stores and/or generates exercise programming for use on the exercise device. The exercise programming is able to control one or more operating parameters of the exercise device to simulate terrain found at a remote, real world location. The exercise programming can include images/videos of the remote, real world location. The control signals and the images/videos can be synchronized so that a user of the exercise device is able to experience, via the changing operating parameters, the topographical characteristics of the remote, real world location as well as see images of the location.

主权项

1. An exercise system that simulates a real world exercise route, the exercise system comprising:
an exercise device comprising a movable element that is movable in performance of exercise by a user, the exercise device having one or more operating parameters that are controllable by user defined exercise programming, the exercise device comprising a support base that rests upon a support surface, an upright support structure mounted on the support base, and a resistance assembly that provides resistance to movement of the movable element; a display that presents display programming to the user during performance of exercise; a remote communication system that communicates with a user of the exercise device to enable the user to select a starting point and an ending point for a real world exercise route of the user defined exercise programming and generates the user defined exercise programming, the user defined exercise programming including (i) one or more control signals representative of changes to be made to the one or more operating parameters to substantially simulate topographical characteristics of the real world exercise route, and (ii) the display programming that includes images of the real world exercise route, wherein the one or more control signals control the operating parameters of the exercise device while the display programming is presented to the user on the display, and wherein the remote communication system generates the exercise programming from data stored external to the remote communication system; wherein the exercise programming is adapted to adjust a tilt of the upright support structure and the resistance provided by the resistance assembly based upon the topographical characteristics of the real world exercise route and the user's weight such that the remote communication system changes the tilt based on the topographical characteristics and the user's weight at the same time the display programming of the simulated real world exercise route depicts a change in terrain.