GB2368293A - Doing aerobics through the Internet - Google Patents

Doing aerobics through the Internet Download PDF

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GB2368293A
GB2368293A GB0021136A GB0021136A GB2368293A GB 2368293 A GB2368293 A GB 2368293A GB 0021136 A GB0021136 A GB 0021136A GB 0021136 A GB0021136 A GB 0021136A GB 2368293 A GB2368293 A GB 2368293A
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B24/00—Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of preceding groups; Controlling or monitoring of exercises, sportive games, training or athletic performances
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/06—Indicating or scoring devices for games or players, or for other sports activities
    • A63B71/0619—Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
    • A63B71/0622—Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
    • A63B2071/0638—Displaying moving images of recorded environment, e.g. virtual environment

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Abstract

This is an internet application closely related to aerobics. The fundamental idea is based on offering an on-line aerobics lesson. A web-site will be able to connect people throughout the globe and provide an on-line aerobics lesson. In general a web-camera will monitor an aerobics instructor giving a lesson, a software package will isolate his/her image and transfer it onto the web-site. People connected to this web-site will be able to view him/her. With the use of virtual helmets they will have a virtual reality vision. At the same time users will be monitored individually by a web-camera. Identically, their image will be isolated and transferred to the processing unit. All these images will be thence transferred to the web-site; subsequently, this web-site will contain a number of individual users' images and an aerobics instructor image. This virtual environment is now an aerobics class, taking place in the internet.

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DOING AEROBICS THROUGH THE INTERNET This idea is related to the combination of aerobics and the Internet The Internet is a mean of getting people connected through various ways. A common way of achieving that was the creation of chat rooms. People could communicate with each other either by text, audio or visual signals.
Aerobics on the other hand is an area of athletic activity. It literally means with oxygen or in the presence of oxygen. It is an activity that uses large amount of muscles to support the athlete's activity.
The present idea suggests the implementation of the Internet, virtual helmets, webcameras and special software packages in order to provide an aerobic course on line.
The main framework of this service is based on the combination of technology. Four individual sections compose this service: an instructor, the users, a processing unit and a web-site.
The framework of this service will now be described using the accompanying drawings as reference in which: Figure I shows the way data are moving during the process.
Figure 2 shows a schematic cycle of the whole procedure that composes this service.
The instructor will act and behave like being in a normal aerobics class. He/she is going to be monitored by a high-resolution digital camera. With the use of appropriate software (based in the processing unit), his/her image will be isolated but still, maintaining all his/her movements.
This image will be automatically sent to the web-site. Users, connected to the website will be able to view and listen to the instructor on a real-time basis. In fact the use of virtual helmets is highly recommended; because aerobics is a viewing and hearing activity, virtual helmets offer an excellent three-dimensional virtual reality view (identical to reality) and efficient audio surround.
A standard web-camera can monitor users and the same software package will discriminate their image. These images will then be transferred to the web-site and then to the processing unit. During the process both users and instructor will be added virtually and compose an aerobic class. The instructor will also wear a virtual helmet so as to be able to view all his class; he is going to be able to assist, instruct and view his class. Users will also be able to view themselves and thus feel and perform better.
Additionally, the processing unit can transfer these images in numerous virtual environments. The users will be able to view it, hear it and sense it by all means, with the use of virtual helmets through the web-site.
A final comment regarding the processing unit ; it is essential to use a server dedicated to this service, since it could equate the ratio of data transfer to the users, achieve a single speed simultaneously and thus obtain a higher, sole and reliable speed and service.

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  1. CLAIMS 1. The combination of the internet, virtual helmet, a processing unit, a server and web-cameras in order to achieve interactive audio and visual data transfer so as to create a virtual aerobic studio.
  2. 2. An aerobic activity as this is defined within the gymnastics and athletic sciences, that takes place within the internet and is implementing the combination claimed in Claim 1.
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US5577981A (en) * 1994-01-19 1996-11-26 Jarvik; Robert Virtual reality exercise machine and computer controlled video system
WO1998000204A1 (en) * 1996-07-02 1998-01-08 Cycle-Ops Products, Inc. Electronic exercise system
WO1998019746A2 (en) * 1996-11-06 1998-05-14 Tectrix Fitness Equipment, Inc. Interactive exercise apparatus
US5984684A (en) * 1996-12-02 1999-11-16 Brostedt; Per-Arne Method and system for teaching physical skills
JPH11282826A (en) * 1998-03-31 1999-10-15 Nippon Telegr & Teleph Corp <Ntt> Electronic education system using internet
RU2149667C1 (en) * 1999-07-05 2000-05-27 Рязанов Анатолий Гаврилович Apparatus for exercising and competing, particularly, for performing sportive locomotions and games

Cited By (1)

* Cited by examiner, † Cited by third party
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DE102014011590A1 (en) * 2014-08-01 2016-02-04 Audi Ag Method for operating a virtual reality system and virtual reality system

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