Adaptable exercise system and method

摘要

A system and method for correlating a video content presentation rate with an exercise machine operation rate is disclosed. A preferred embodiment of the apparatus is an interactive video system that adapts easily to use with a wide range of gym equipment utilizing a video presentation device that includes an accelerometer and/or camera. The camera embodiment utilizes vision algorithms to determine periodicity and motion orientation prior to modifying the input as a function of the type of exercise equipment is being utilized, in order to determine a cadence. In one embodiment the camera does not rely on seeing the limbs being exercised but utilizes the observation that even highly trained athletes have a degree of extraneous motion of their theoretically immobile body parts during exercise. A prerecorded video presentation is modulated by sensing proximate vibrational energy to determine cadence in the case of the accelerometer.

主权项

1. A system to control a video content while the content is viewed during use of one of a plurality of different exercise machines comprising: a display device including a first display in electronic communication with a processor, a sensor in electronic communication with the processor, and a set of machine code adapted for operation on said processor and implemented to modulate the presentation of the video content at least in part as a function of cadence or intensity of user exercise on any of the plurality of different exercise machines, said cadence or user intensity, as determined by data from the sensor, wherein the sensor is a camera.