Equipment Control Patents (Class 482/4)
  • Patent number: 11896875
    Abstract: A torque measurement system and method for providing real time tracking and motor control for adjusting standard and dynamic torque-to-linear forces in an electromechanical motor. The system includes sensors for measuring data, load wedges affixed to a rotor, a slip bearing for measuring forward and reverse forces of the rotor section, a tracking measurement unit adapted to measure raw data, a wireless radio, an internal processor, and a tracking processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Assignee: Dynamic Accession, LLC
    Inventors: Shawn A. Hendricks, Christopher M. Toner
  • Patent number: 11890507
    Abstract: Systems and methods are described for providing asynchronous race functionality and simulation for users of exercise equipment. In some aspects fitness performance data may be obtained, corresponding to performance of a race course by a user using exercise equipment, where the fitness performance data is sampled at a sample rate selected based on a type of the exercise equipment. The fitness data may then be modified and used to simulate the user performing the race course by providing the movement data to and concurrently with a second user performing the race course using second exercise equipment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 30, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Ergatta, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas Aulet, Alessandra Gotbaum, Prasanna Swaminathan
  • Patent number: 11890499
    Abstract: According to one example, an exercise system includes a vertical housing, a first weight system coupled to a first upper weighted touchpoint, a second weight system coupled to a second upper weighted touchpoint, a third weight system coupled to a first lower weighted touchpoint, and a fourth weight system coupled to a second lower weighted touchpoint. The exercise system further includes a control system that is configured to cause the first weight system to provide weight to the first upper weighted touchpoint independent of each of the second, third, and fourth weight systems, and cause the third weight system to provide weight to the first lower weighted touchpoint independent of each of the first, second, and fourth weight systems. The first upper weighted touchpoint and the first lower weighted touchpoint may allow the user to exercise the first arm and the first leg of the user simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2023
    Date of Patent: February 6, 2024
    Assignee: Offset Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Salvatore LoDuca, Matthew Fisher
  • Patent number: 11883711
    Abstract: Provided herein are embodiments of a barbell spotting apparatus having all the benefits of a free-floating, unconstrained barbell in both the horizontal and vertical axes with the safety of a dedicated spotting mechanism, while addressing safety, noise, and space concerns raised by typical barbell apparatus. The embodiments herein permit a loaded barbell to be positioned in line with the axis of motion of the lift to be performed at both the beginning and end of the lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Bradley Davis
  • Patent number: 11865400
    Abstract: An exercise machine has a flywheel, a rotary input member, and a clutch mechanism that is positionable in a freewheel position in which rotation of the rotary input member causes rotation of the flywheel and wherein thereafter ceasing rotation of the rotary input member permits continued rotation of the flywheel. The clutch mechanism is alternately positionable in a direct drive position in which rotation of the rotary input member causes rotation of the flywheel and wherein thereafter ceasing rotation of the rotary input member prevents continued rotation of the flywheel. Advantageously, movement of the clutch mechanism from the freewheel position to the direct drive position is prevented when rotation of the rotary input member is out of synchronization with rotation of the flywheel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 28, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Life Fitness, LLC
    Inventors: Andrew Muhic, Joseph J. Gajewski
  • Patent number: 11857843
    Abstract: A torque measurement system and method for providing real time tracking and motor control for adjusting standard and dynamic torque-to-linear forces in an electromechanical motor. The system includes sensors for measuring data, load wedges affixed to a rotor, a slip bearing for measuring forward and reverse forces of the rotor section, a tracking measurement unit adapted to measure raw data, a wireless radio, an internal processor, and a tracking processing unit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 8, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2024
    Assignee: Dynamic Accession LLC
    Inventors: Shawn A. Hendricks, Christopher M. Toner
  • Patent number: 11850466
    Abstract: According to one example, an exercise system includes a vertical housing, a first weighted touchpoint coupled to the vertical housing and configured to allow a user to exercise one or more muscles on a first side of the user, a first weight system coupled to the first weighted touchpoint, a second weighted touchpoint coupled to the vertical housing and configured to allow the user to exercise one or more muscles on a second side of the user, and a second weight system coupled to the second weighted touchpoint. The exercise system further includes a control system configured to cause the first weight system to automatically provide a first heavier weight to the first weighted touchpoint for a first exercise and further cause the second weight system to automatically provide a second lighter weight to the second weighted touchpoint for the first exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2022
    Date of Patent: December 26, 2023
    Assignee: Offset Ventures, LLC
    Inventors: Salvatore LoDuca, Matthew Fisher
  • Patent number: 11833394
    Abstract: A resistance exercise system having, in certain embodiments, a DC power supply system, a DC motor connected to the DC power supply system, a drive section connected to a drive element, a resistance delivery element connected to the drive element, and an extractable exercise resistance delivery section, a predetermined variable resistance section intermediate the DC power supply system and DC motor, an electrical condition sensor, and a variable resistance section control in communication with the electrical condition sensor and the predetermined variable resistance section. In some embodiments, the resistance exercise system includes a computing facility providing the ability to configure the exercise system to provide predetermined static or variable exercise resistance during exercise, and for example, during a positive or negative exercise stroke. Some embodiments allow users to create and, if desired, display varying and complex resistance exercise routines with or without use of resistance weights.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2021
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Inventor: John M. Bird
  • Patent number: 11833393
    Abstract: A system and method for improving completion of an exercise is disclosed herein. In one embodiment, a method of a control system to improve compliance with an exercise plan for an exercise machine includes receiving one or more load measurements from one or more load cells of the exercise machine. The method also includes comparing the one or more load measurements to one or more target thresholds, and determining whether the one or more load measurements exceed the one or more target thresholds. Responsive to determining that the one or more load measurements exceed the one or more target thresholds, the method also includes causing a user interface to present an indication that the one or more target thresholds have been exceeded and an exercise is complete, wherein the exercise is included in the exercise plan.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 5, 2023
    Assignee: REHAB2FIT TECHNOLOGIES, INC.
    Inventors: Colin James Smith, Michael Bissonnette, Steven Mason, James D. Steidl
  • Patent number: 11826603
    Abstract: The present invention includes a rehabilitation apparatus that can assist a patient that has been impaired, injured/traumatized, or subject to degenerative conditions in his or her lower limbs. The apparatus may be designed to exercise the extension and flexion movements for a patient's leg after knee surgery. A thigh support link may be connected to an upper leg link, which is connected to a lower leg link for supporting the patient's leg during the extension and flexion range of movements. A foot plate with wheels may be connected to the lower leg link, and the wheels enable the foot plate to slide along a base as the patient moves in both directions. A sled or connector provides a flexible connection between the thigh support link and the base, which allows the thigh support link to travel along the base in conjunction with the foot plate wheels. The present invention provides adjustable, constant resistance as the extension and flexion exercises are done.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 28, 2023
    Inventor: Jamie Alvarez
  • Patent number: 11810173
    Abstract: A flowerbed sales order system including a user terminal, a server apparatus capable of communicating with the user terminal, and an arrangement identificator that identifies arrangement of different colors and/or different types of plants for each of a plurality of regions included in a flowerbed, in which the user terminal includes an order placement request transmitter which transmits an order request of the flowerbed having the arrangement identified by the arrangement identificator by an operation of a user, and the server apparatus includes an order placement request receiver which receives the order request of the flowerbed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2023
    Inventor: Suiko Tanaka
  • Patent number: 11794068
    Abstract: An exercise machine monitoring and instruction system for the movement of an element of an exercise machine by an exerciser and providing automated feedback to the exerciser to help improve the exercise in real-time. The exercise machine monitoring and instruction system generally includes an exercise machine having a movable element that moves between a first position and a second position in a reciprocating manner, a sensor that detects a real-time position of the movable element, a processor in communication with the sensor to receive the real-time position data from the sensor related to a position of the movable element and a feedback device in communication with the processor that provides real-time instructions to the exerciser on how to adjust their workout to achieve a desired result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2023
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, Andy H. Gibbs, Samuel D. Cox, Todd G. Remund
  • Patent number: 11798672
    Abstract: The present disclosure relates to devices and processes for monitoring attributes of a user's physical activity (e.g., workout) or inactivity, and to user interfaces (e.g., an activity indicator) for displaying the same. In some examples, a device determines whether physical activity corresponds to a first type based on a first set of criteria, and whether physical activity corresponds to a second type based on a second set of criteria. In some examples, the device controls an inactivity timer that measures user's inactivity. In some examples, the device displays a first visual representation of an attribute or amount of a first type of physical activity, and a second visual representation of an attribute or amount of a second type. In some examples, the device displays a third visual representation of an attribute or amount of a third type of activity. In some examples, the third visual representation corresponds to user's inactivity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2023
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Jay Blahnik, Gary Ian Butcher, Kevin Will Chen, David Chance Graham, Daniel S. Keen, Justin Shane Rushing, T. Allan Shortlidge, Anton M. Davydov, Alan C. Dye, Jonathan P. Ive, Zachery Kennedy, Zachury Minjack, Dennis S. Park, Brian Schmitt
  • Patent number: 11759667
    Abstract: A reciprocating unidirectional electromagnetic resistance device includes a shaft having a flywheel installed to a first end of the shaft, an electromagnetic braking unit, and a first sensing device. A spring return device and a second sensing device are installed at a second end of the shaft, and a pull rope device is installed at the middle of the shaft. The electromagnetic braking unit and the spring return device are integrated into a single module and provided for an operator to perform a reciprocating motion to pull out a pull rope of the pull rope device and drive the shaft, the flywheel and the spring return device synchronously, and the electromagnetic braking unit acts an electromagnetic resistance onto the flywheel, so that the flywheel has the excellent precise resistance of the electromagnetic braking unit. When released, the pull rope can be retracted to achieve the reciprocating motion effect.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 19, 2023
    Inventor: Yen-Chao Lin
  • Patent number: 11752059
    Abstract: The invention relates to a rehabilitation device adapted for rehabilitation and/or exercise of the shoulder region, the device being provided with a frame (1), which is connected to a power-generating apparatus (2), a back part (10), a seat part (11), and armrests (21). The rehabilitation device according to the invention is characterised in that it further comprises first support arms (23), second support arms (24), and motion arms (22), which communicate with said corresponding first and second support arms. The rehabilitation device according to the invention is further characterised in that said armrests (21) are articulated in said corresponding motion arms (22), and said power-generating apparatus (2) communicates with said motion arms (22). In addition, the invention relates to the use of the rehabilitation device for exercising the shoulder region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2023
    Assignee: David Health Solutions Ltd.
    Inventors: Tapio Taivainen, Jaakko Tuononen, Johannes Hautamäki
  • Patent number: 11745081
    Abstract: A screen stand to retrofit onto a stationary exercise machine using existing bolts on the stationary exercise machine. The screen stand has a hollow top mast slidably received within a hollow bottom mast. The bottom mast has a first anchor to attach to the pop pin of the stationary bicycle. There is a second anchor that attaches to the front stabilizer bar of the stationary bicycle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 21, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: Mad Dogg Athletics, Inc.
    Inventors: Ronald Gibson, John Baudhuin, John Cook
  • Patent number: 11738237
    Abstract: Outdoors training system and methods for designing monitoring and providing feedback of training. The system comprising a computing device, I/O subsystem for permitting a user to enter at least one attribute of the training or of the trainee, a plurality of sensors for generating sensory information, an outdoors training environment in which a training activity takes place, a database containing training related information. The outdoors training system configured for at least one of the following: design a training program for a plurality of users, monitor training program performance, monitor training performance, instruct a user about the training, determine and/or set difficulty level in training apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2023
    Inventor: Zvi Shavit
  • Patent number: 11712303
    Abstract: A surgical instrument is disclosed comprising a housing and a control circuit mounted to and/or embedded in the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 1, 2023
    Assignee: Cilag GmbH International
    Inventors: Frederick E. Shelton, IV, Chester O. Baxter, III, Jason L. Harris, Michael J. Vendely, David C. Yates
  • Patent number: 11701244
    Abstract: Knee orthoses or prostheses can be used to automatically, when appropriate, initiate a stand-up sequence based on the position of a person's knee with respect to the person's ankle while the person is in a seated position. When the knee is moved to a position that is forward of the ankle, at least one actuator of the orthosis or prosthesis is actuated to help raise the person from the seated position to a standing position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 8, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2023
    Assignee: Otto Bock Healthcare LP
    Inventors: Hugh Miller Herr, Richard J. Casler, Jr.
  • Patent number: 11628337
    Abstract: A modular and dynamic force apparatus for adjusting standard and dynamic torque-to-linear forces during physical activity in real-time, the apparatus including a force module, a user device and an apparatus tracking processing unit. The force module includes an open hub attachment point, wherein the open hub attaches the apparatus to an external source, one or more sensors measuring data for physical activity efficiency, an internal processor, wireless radio and force sensor module, a variable length cable, a force generating component, and motor controls. The internal processor, wireless radio and force sensor module includes an apparatus tracking measurement unit (“ATMU”) adapted to measure data, a first electronic communications channel for transmitting the measured data to an apparatus tracking processing unit (“ATPU”), and a second electronic communications channel for transmitting one or more apparatus conditions data to adjust dynamic forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 18, 2023
    Assignee: Dynamic Accession LLC
    Inventors: Shawn A. Hendricks, Christopher M. Toner
  • Patent number: 11596865
    Abstract: Systems and methods for determining excessive motions or strained positions based on inputs associated with gameplay of game titles. A game intervention server may evaluate, based on learning models, posture, and physical motions of players for repetitive, unbalanced, or excessive motions, as well as gameplay quality patterns, and compare to thresholds for identifying unhealthy conditions. The game intervention server may make recommendations regarding breaks, stretches, warm-up/cool-down, curbing extended periods of play, etc. Notifications may be overlaid on screen with option to pause play without exiting game session. In-game events and requirements may also be adjusted based on learned insights to avoid excessive movement or counteract unbalanced movement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2023
    Assignee: Sony Interactive Entertainment LLC
    Inventors: Jennifer Sheldon, Elizabeth Juenger, Sarah Karp
  • Patent number: 11590387
    Abstract: An exercise machine monitoring and instruction system for the movement of an element of an exercise machine by an exerciser and providing automated feedback to the exerciser to help improve the exercise in real-time. The exercise machine monitoring and instruction system generally includes an exercise machine having a movable element that moves between a first position and a second position in a reciprocating manner, a sensor that detects a real-time position of the movable element, a processor in communication with the sensor to receive the real-time position data from the sensor related to a position of the movable element and a feedback device in communication with the processor that provides real-time instructions to the exerciser on how to adjust their workout to achieve a desired result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, Andy H. Gibbs, Samuel D. Cox, Todd G. Remund
  • Patent number: 11579692
    Abstract: A human-computer interface system having an exoskeleton including a plurality of structural members coupled to one another by at least one articulation configured to apply a force to a body segment of a user, the exoskeleton comprising a body-borne portion and a point-of-use portion; the body-borne portion configured to be operatively coupled to the point-of-use portion; and at least one locomotor module including at least one actuator configured to actuate the at least one articulation, the at least one actuator being in operative communication with the exoskeleton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignee: HAPTX, INC.
    Inventors: Jacob A. Rubin, Robert S. Crockett
  • Patent number: 11565165
    Abstract: A walking training system includes a treadmill configured to prompt a trainee to walk, a display device installed such that the trainee views the display device while walking on the treadmill, a camera configured to image the trainee at an angle of view at which a gait of the trainee is recognizable, a calculation unit configured to calculate a tilt of a body core of the walking trainee based on an image captured by the camera, and a display control unit configured to control the display device to display a body core line associated with the tilt, and an index indicating at least an end of a permissible range of a deflection of the body core line.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: TOYOTA JIDOSHA KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Issei Nakashima, Nagisa Tanaka, Eiichi Saitoh, Akihiro Saito, Satoshi Hirano, Shigeo Tanabe, Takuma Il
  • Patent number: 11559718
    Abstract: Provided herein are embodiments of a barbell spotting apparatus having all the benefits of a free-floating, unconstrained barbell in both the horizontal and vertical axes with the safety of a dedicated spotting mechanism, while addressing safety, noise, and space concerns raised by typical barbell apparatus. The embodiments herein permit a loaded barbell to be positioned in line with the axis of motion of the lift to be performed at both the beginning and end of the lift.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Inventor: Bradley Davis
  • Patent number: 11529281
    Abstract: A gait motion assisting apparatus of the present invention includes an actuator unit controlling driver so that assisting force calculated by applying gait motion timing based on detected thigh phase angle to output pattern saved data is imparted to lower leg, and a terminal device capable of wireless-communicating with control device of the actuator unit. The terminal device can receive assisting force setting value including assisting force imparting period during gait cycle and create, based on the assisting force setting value, output pattern setting data indicating a relationship between the gait motion timing and a size of assisting force to be imparted to the lower leg. The control device is configured to overwrite-save the output pattern setting data received from the terminal device as the output pattern saved data.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignees: Suncall Corporation, Kyoto University, National University Corporation Kyoto institute of Technology
    Inventors: Rei Takahashi, Yukinobu Makihara, Tadao Tsuboyama, Koji Ohata, Yuichi Sawada, Yoshiyuki Higashi
  • Patent number: 11524207
    Abstract: An electric treadmill includes a motor and a motor driving circuit. The motor driving circuit is operable to control electric current flow from a positive electrode through the motor to a negative electrode to drive the motor. The motor driving circuit has a switch path connected between the positive electrode and the negative electrode. The switch path has a resistance element and a switch element connected in series. When the motor driving circuit receives power, the switch element will be switched to a disconnected state, so that the resistance element is inactive. When the motor driving circuit does not receive power, the switch element will be switched to a connected state, so that the resistance element becomes a load between the positive electrode and the negative electrode for consuming power generated by the motor when the endless belt is driven to rotate by an external force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2020
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Johnson Health Tech Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chih-Jen Li, Jhih-Sheng Fang
  • Patent number: 11511158
    Abstract: A user interface for an interactive exercise system includes a display module held by a mechanical support system, with the display module able to display a video of a trainer. The trainer can be presented in full body view against a black background and a mirror element attached to at least partially cover the display module.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: INTERACTIVE STRENGTH, INC.
    Inventors: Trent Ward, Gregor Angus Berkowitz, Martha Deery, Yves Albert Behar
  • Patent number: 11491373
    Abstract: A method for unlocking a control unit of an exercise machine includes providing the exercise machine, having at least one sensor for detecting presence of a user on the exercise machine, with at least one electrical signal representative of a detection carried out at the time of the occupation of the exercise machine by a user. The method further includes switching, by the exercise machine, the control unit of the exercise machine from a first locking condition to at least a second operating condition in which the user may issue commands to the exercise machine by the control unit, based on the at least one electrical signal provided by said at least one sensor for detecting the presence of the user on the exercise machine.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNOGYM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marco Bestonzo, Luca Coletti
  • Patent number: 11484744
    Abstract: An exercise machine comprises a motor. The exercise machine comprises a lockable translatable mount. The exercise machine comprises a cable coupled to the motor via the lockable translatable mount. The exercise machine comprises a sensor coupled to the lockable translatable mount. The sensor is used at least in part to determine mount lock state.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: Aly E. Orady, Michael Valente, Darryl Weatherspoon, Bret G. Stott
  • Patent number: 11478676
    Abstract: According to one example, an exercise system includes a vertical housing, a first weighted touchpoint coupled to the vertical housing and configured to allow a user to exercise one or more muscles on a first side of the user, a first weight system coupled to the first weighted touchpoint, a second weighted touchpoint coupled to the vertical housing and configured to allow the user to exercise one or more muscles on a second side of the user, and a second weight system coupled to the second weighted touchpoint. The exercise system further includes a control system configured to cause the first weight system to automatically provide a first heavier weight to the first weighted touchpoint for a first exercise and further cause the second weight system to automatically provide a second lighter weight to the second weighted touchpoint for the first exercise.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 25, 2022
    Assignee: OFFSET VENTURES, LLC
    Inventors: Salvatore LoDuca, Matthew Fisher
  • Patent number: 11471367
    Abstract: A system and method for promoting angiogenesis and adipogenesis in soft tissue using a tissue enlargement apparatus. The tissue enlargement apparatus includes an interface configured for affixation to the soft tissue. A force generating device is coupled to the interface by a connecting tube for applying mechanical forces to the soft tissue. A processor is coupled to the force generating device and is configured to apply intermittent cyclical patterns of the mechanical forces to the soft tissue to promote angiogenesis and adipogenesis in soft tissue. The intermittent cyclical patterns are based on at least one of duration, frequency, and intensity of the mechanical forces.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 18, 2022
    Assignee: The Brigham and Women's Hospital, Inc.
    Inventors: Dennis Paul Orgill, Luca Lancerotto, Giorgio Giatsidis
  • Patent number: 11458364
    Abstract: A social engagement system includes a first exercise machine having a display able to present videos, a three-dimensional camera system, and local processing system able to provide pose estimation based on data from the three-dimensional camera system. The system also includes a communication module for connection to a cloud processing system, with the cloud processing system supporting connection to a second exercise machine having a display able to present videos, a three-dimensional camera system, and local processing system able to provide pose estimation based on data from the three-dimensional camera system. Additionally, the connection allows transfer of data useful for social engagement.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: INTERACTIVE STRENGTH, INC.
    Inventors: Trent Ward, Gregor Angus Berkowitz, Martha Deery, Yves Albert Behar
  • Patent number: 11458367
    Abstract: An exercise system includes a load bearing element having a control element. It further includes a resistance mechanism responsive to a signal from the control element. The signal from the control element is selectively rejected based on state information relating to a state of the load bearing element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2021
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
    Inventors: David Mallard, Ryan Lafrance, David Jonathan Zimmer
  • Patent number: 11452903
    Abstract: An exercise machine may include a frame, a resistance mechanism supported by the frame, and a console configured to control the resistance mechanism and guide a user through a workout using the exercise machine using a projected visual indicator to assist a user in performing the workout properly.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 27, 2022
    Assignee: iFIT Inc.
    Inventor: Scott R. Watterson
  • Patent number: 11446541
    Abstract: An exercise machine monitoring and instruction system for the movement of an element of an exercise machine by an exerciser and providing automated feedback to the exerciser to help improve the exercise in real-time. The exercise machine monitoring and instruction system generally includes an exercise machine having a movable element that moves between a first position and a second position in a reciprocating manner, a sensor that detects a real-time position of the movable element, a processor in communication with the sensor to receive the real-time position data from the sensor related to a position of the movable element and a feedback device in communication with the processor that provides real-time instructions to the exerciser on how to adjust their workout to achieve a desired result.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: Lagree Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: Sebastien Anthony Louis Lagree, Andy H. Gibbs, Samuel D. Cox, Todd G. Remund
  • Patent number: 11446538
    Abstract: The present invention provides a competitive weightlifting system capable of interacting with and comparing weightlifting performances of multiple users, and creating competition between such users by displaying a ranked list of performances by those users. The system may include a frame for supporting and guiding a lift bar, sensors mounted to the frame for measuring and refereeing the performance of a user, a controller housed in the frame for tracking and ranking user performances with an interface for creating and logging into user profiles, and a communication device for sharing user performance data with other remote competitive weightlifting systems (e.g., competitive weightlifting systems in other gyms or homes) in order to create a wide-ranging competition between, and ranked leaderboard of, the many users.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 22, 2021
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Inventor: Matthew Silveira
  • Patent number: 11426629
    Abstract: The invention relates to field of connected sport and specifically a method for quantifying sporting activity implemented by a communication system including: a proximity beacon associated with sports equipment, measuring equipment and a communication node, the method including: (a) communicating between the measuring equipment and the beacon in order to recover a first data packet comprising an identifier relating to a sporting activity associated with the sports equipment; (b) transmitting, to the node, a second data packet comprising the identifier; (c) at the node, determining parameterisation data of the measuring equipment according to the identifier; (d) transmitting, to the measuring equipment, a third data packet 230 comprising said parameterisation data; and (e) at the parameterised measuring equipment, quantifying the sporting activity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 19, 2018
    Date of Patent: August 30, 2022
    Assignee: COMMISSARIAT A L'ENERGIE ATOMIQUE ET AUX ENERGIES ALTERNATIVES
    Inventors: Olivier Thomas, Sebastien Brulais, Herve Dang, Laurent Freytrich, Jean-Philippe Gros, Jerome Paulet, Prince Arnaud Ramahefa-Andry
  • Patent number: 11400344
    Abstract: An exercise machine includes a processor, a first display, a deck, and a belt rotatable about the deck. The machine also includes a sensor operably connected to the processor and configured to detect a first performance parameter of a first user running on the belt of the exercise machine. The processor is configured to receive information indicative of a second performance parameter of a second user, the second performance parameter being detected at an additional exercise machine during display of the at least part of the exercise class on a display associated with the additional exercise machine. The processor is also configured to cause the second performance parameter to be displayed on the first display together with the first performance parameter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2022
    Assignee: Peloton Interactive, Inc.
    Inventors: John Foley, Thomas Cortese, Yu Feng, Hisao Kushi, Maureen C. Coiro, Anthony Moschella, Jason Poure, Joseph Intonato
  • Patent number: 11386604
    Abstract: In some implementations, a method is performed by a device including a non-transitory memory and one or more processors coupled with the non-transitory memory. In some implementations, the method includes obtaining user movement information. In some implementations, the user movement information characterizes a first body pose of the user at a first time and a second body pose of the user at a second time. In some implementations, the method includes determining whether a transition from the first body pose to the second body pose satisfies an acceptability threshold. In some implementations, the method includes in response to determining that the transition from the first body pose to the second body pose satisfies the acceptability threshold, generating a sequence of movements for a synthesized reality (SR) representation of the user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2022
    Inventors: Ian M. Richter, Cameron J. Dunn, John C. Russell
  • Patent number: 11373484
    Abstract: A gaming system may include a gaming machine having a monetary input device, a wager input device, and a processor. The processor may establish a credit balance based on the monetary value, decrease the credit balance by the selected wager, and present the wagering game at an interface. A game server may transmit content for the wagering game to the gaming machine. The game server may determine prize payouts during game play by detecting sporting event outcomes occurring during live sporting games. Each detected sporting event outcome may correspond to a previously determined prize value. The prize values may be determined based on a data analysis of the probable occurrence of each sporting event outcome in previously completed sporting events.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Assignee: Novomatic AG
    Inventors: Roman Czubak, Johann F. Graf
  • Patent number: 11331538
    Abstract: An interactive exercise system includes an exercise machine having a display able to present videos, a three-dimensional camera system, and local processing system able to provide pose estimation based on data from the three-dimensional camera system. The system also includes a communication module for connection to a cloud processing system, with the cloud processing system supporting exercise related analytics including those based on pose estimation provided by the local processing system.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Interactive Strength, Inc.
    Inventors: Trent Ward, Gregor Angus Berkowitz, Martha Deery, Yves Albert Behar
  • Patent number: 11331588
    Abstract: An example virtual reality headset stand includes a base, a stem, and a docking station. The stem, which extends from the base, is angled toward the base. The docking station, which is attached to the stem, is angled away from the stem. The docking station is contoured to hold a virtual reality headset. The docking station includes a lip connected to the stem, a body portion connected to the lip, and a clip connected to the body portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 17, 2022
    Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
    Inventors: Hiroshi Horii, Kevin Smathers, Ian N. Robinson, Alex Thayer
  • Patent number: 11314321
    Abstract: One disclosed example provides a head-mounted device configured to control a plurality of light sources of a handheld object and acquire image data comprising a sequence of environmental tracking exposures in which the plurality of light sources are controlled to have a lower integrated intensity and handheld object tracking exposures in which the plurality of light sources are controlled to have a higher integrated intensity. The instructions are further executable to detect, via an environmental tracking exposure, one or more features of the surrounding environment, determine a pose of the head-mounted device based upon the one or more features of the surrounding environment detected, detect via a handheld object tracking exposure the plurality of light sources of the handheld object, determine a pose of the handheld object relative to the head-mounted device based upon the plurality of light sources detected, and output the pose of the handheld object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2022
    Assignee: Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC
    Inventors: Drew Steedly, Michael Edward Samples, Alexandru Octavian Balan, William Douglas Guyman, Vuk Jovanovic, Taras Khapko, Ivan Razumenic, Vladimir Carapic, Martin Thomas Shetter, Jelena Mojasevic, Andrew C. Goris, Marko Bezulj
  • Patent number: 11298286
    Abstract: A rehabilitation system for robotized mobilization of a human glenohumeral joint of a patient. The rehabilitation system may include a limb gripping member and an actuating mechanism. The limb gripping member may be configured to receive an arm of a patient and secure the arm of the patient in a predetermined position. The actuating mechanism may be configured to urge a head of a humerus bone of the patient to glide along a first axis by applying a linear force to a proximal end of the humerus bone of the patient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: SINA ROBOTICS & MEDICAL INNOVATORS CO. LTD.
    Inventors: Mohammad Hassan Azarsa, Alireza Mirbagheri, Azadeh Shadmehr, Noureddin Karimi
  • Patent number: 11301045
    Abstract: A measurement system includes a motion capture system comprising at least one motion capture device configured to detect the motion of one or more body portions of a system user and generate output data; a sensory output device, the sensory output device configured to generate sensory feedback for delivery to the system user; and at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the motion capture system and the sensory output device, the at least one data processing device further configured to determine, by utilizing a trained neural network, one or more poses and/or movements of the one or more body portions of the system user from the motion capture output data, and to provide sensory feedback to the system user, by means of the sensory output device, as to conformity of the one or more poses and/or movements to one or more reference poses and/or movements.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 7, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 12, 2022
    Assignee: Bertec Corporation
    Inventors: Necip Berme, Jaswandi Tushar Pitale, Cameron Scott Hobson, Mohan Chandra Baro, Fernando Vanderlinde dos Santos
  • Patent number: 11273358
    Abstract: A method transmits audio signals to exercise machines of a training class including providing a control unit accessible to a trainer user managing a training class. Exercise machines operatively connect to the control unit by a data communication network. The exercise machines include a first group of exercise machines used in the training class. The control unit and each exercise machine of the first group establish a data communication channel for transmitting audio signals between the control unit and the first group of exercise machines. The control unit receives a first audio signal representative of a voice control by the trainer user and a second audio signal representative of a piece of music selected by the trainer user. The control unit sends the encoded first and second audio signals to all exercise machines of the first group of exercise machines by the communication channel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2022
    Assignee: TECHNOGYM S.p.A.
    Inventors: Marcello Tana, Pietrino Atzeni, Stefano Santilli, Mauro Fabbri
  • Patent number: 11266876
    Abstract: The present invention addresses the technical problem of providing an ankle muscle resistance-training apparatus which induces an angle change of the ankle while the ankle is actively moving, and can improve strength of the ankle muscle by applying resistance force to the ankle movement. To this end, the ankle muscle resistance-training apparatus according to the present invention comprises: a support member; a first movement guiding shaft; an intermediate member; a second movement guiding shaft; a foot support; a first resistance force application part; and a second resistance force application part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 6, 2018
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Assignee: National Rehabilitation Center
    Inventors: Hogene Kim, Sang Woo Cho, Ji Eun Cho, Joon Ho Shin, Do Hoon Koo
  • Patent number: 11266877
    Abstract: A knee rehabilitation system includes a plurality of compressible resistance members, a knee garment, and a resistance member receptacle. Each compressible resistance member in the plurality of compressible resistance members has (i) a same size and a shape as each other compressible resistance member in the plurality of compressible resistance members, and (ii) a compression resistance different from each other compressible resistance member in the plurality of compressible resistance members. The knee garment has a knee garment ventral portion and a knee garment dorsal portion. The resistance member receptacle is coupled to the knee garment dorsal portion, and the resistance member receptacle is sized to carry each compressible resistance member in the plurality of compressible resistance members, one at a time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2022
    Inventor: Matthew Gillis
  • Patent number: 11262850
    Abstract: Via no-handed inputs to a smartwatch, an end-user can initiate various smartwatch operations when either or both hands of the end-user are occupied. The smartwatch includes a suite of sensors for capturing inertial, acoustic, and optical data. The smartwatch also interfaces with a handheld mobile computing device and/or a shoe-mounted pedometry device to capture additional sensor data. A control engine executing on the smartwatch processes captured sensor data and identifies no-handed inputs performed by the end-user. The control engine maps these no-handed inputs to specific commands that can be executed on the smartwatch to initiate smartwatch operations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 14, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 1, 2022
    Assignee: AUTODESK, INC.
    Inventors: Seongkook Heo, George Fitzmaurice, Benjamin Lafreniere, Tovi Grossman