REAL TIME SIMULATION USING POSITION SENSING

摘要

PCT No. PCT/US97/07721 Sec. 371 Date May 22, 1998 Sec. 102(e) Date May 22, 1998 PCT Filed May 8, 1997 PCT Pub. No. WO97/41925 PCT Pub. Date Nov. 13, 1997An interactive exercise system including exercise equipment having a resistance system, a speed sensor, a controller that varies the resistance setting of the exercise equipment, and a playback device for playing pre-recorded video and audio. The controller, operating in conjunction with speed information from the speed sensor and terrain information from media table files, dynamically varies the resistance setting of the exercise equipment in order to simulate varying degrees of difficulty while the playback device concurrently plays back the video and audio to create the simulation that the user is exercising in a natural setting such as a real-world exercise course.