CA2620278A1

CA2620278A1 - Exercise incentive

Info

Publication number: CA2620278A1
Application number: CA002620278A
Authority: CA
Inventors: Franklin R. Penner
Original assignee: FUELTEC AUTOMOTIVE Ltd
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 2008-02-07
Filing date: 2008-02-07
Publication date: 2009-08-07

Abstract

In the manufacture of exercise machines, there are many innovative machines that allow persons to exercise themselves in an endeavor to stay in good health and physical condition. Exercise facilities and private homes can be visited where these machines are put to good use. However, one thing lacking in all systems seen as yet, is a good incentive to exercise on a regular daily basis. Many of these machines are found in a room that is poorly lit where regular exercise can become boring There exist many types of walking, rowing, cycling and other types of exercise machines. This invention embodies the process and apparatuses necessary and capable of placing an incentive within view of the persons engaged in exercising themselves. Firstly, someone actually rowing a canoe, kayak, rubber raft, or boat on a river tour;
cycling on a cycle path, or hiking on a hiking path would engage in taking a recording of the visual, sound and other data occurring and available while the activity is actually being done.
This recording would be taken in a locality that would be of general or particular interest to anyone engaged in exercising themselves later in an enclosed exercise facility or private home.
For example; we will use an actual hike taken on a hiking path found in a popular National Park noted for its scenic hiking trails. The visual, sound and other data experienced by the person taking the hike would be recorded on an electronic memory media. The recording would include visual images, sounds, time spent, distance traveled and etc. in such a way that all of those aspects of the recording would be relevant to the hike taken. The recording would then be transferred to the electronic memory media of a visual and sound display apparatus attached to or in front of a walkway or treadmill style exercise machine in such a way that the person exercising would seem actually to be taking the hike. That person would be able to enjoy the vista, sounds and etc.
that the original hiker experienced. In essence, a virtual exercise experience. The distance and time aspects of the recording could also be; (But not necessarily so.) incorporated into the exercise machine in such a way that the walking track of the exercise machine would cause the exercise activity to become harder or easier to traverse according to the original terrain that the real hiker experienced. The same principle would be applied to exercise cycles or rowing machines with the applicable recorded activity being transferred into the display apparatus of each type of exercise machine in use. A wide range of hikes, cycle tours, or river water tours could be recorded and be available to anyone interested. In this way, daily exercise would be interesting and we would continue with our exercise programs in a more diligent manner.

Claims

Claims:
The embodiments of this invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is claimed are defined as follows:

1) A process for recording actual exercise activity data into a receiving apparatus that has an electronic memory media and later entering the recorded data of the actual exercise experience into the electronic memory of an apparatus that would provide a virtual exercise experience to be experienced by a person engaged in exercise on an exercise apparatus in a location away from the site of the original exercise experience.

2) A recording apparatus that can be worn or used by a person and that is capable of recording visual and sound data along with other pertinent data such as time, distance and/or incline of an exercise activity such as climbing, hiking, cycling or rowing a watercraft and (But not necessarily) recording the heart and breathing rates of the person engaged in the actual activity. The apparatus will record the data onto an electronic memory media. The apparatus will be designed to have a removable or accessible and retrievable memory media that can be transferred to or downloaded to the electronic memory media of the apparatus described in claim (3). The apparatus may also include a GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) system interconnected to it in such a way as to aid in the recording of pertinent data. The apparatus may also be attached to a watercraft being rowed or a pedaled cycle with wheels that could be used while recording an actual exercise activity. This apparatus is used to begin the process described in claim (1).

3) A display apparatus that will receive and accept the removable electronic memory media or the downloading of the recorded data from the memory media of the apparatus described in claim (2) into its own electronic memory media. A display apparatus that can also be attached to an exercise apparatus or placed within vision and hearing of a person using an exercise apparatus and display the recorded data in such a way that the vista, sounds and other recorded data of the actual exercise experience could be enjoyed by the person engaged in exercise. A display apparatus that by specific computer machine code could also relate to the exercise apparatus described in claim (4) via cable or other type of digital or analog electronic, radio wave, light wave (Visible or invisible) data transmission so as to cause the exercise activity to become more or less strenuous in relation to the actual exercise experience recorded into the memory media of the apparatus described in claim (2). A
display apparatus that also will use specific computer machine code to cause the visual and sound display to show all of the data recorded and transferred to it in such a way as to cause the person exercising and looking and listening to it to experience a virtual exercise experience similar to that which the original person recorded on the apparatus described in claim (2). This apparatus is used to continue the process described in claim (1) using data received from the apparatus described in claim (2), using the data in continuation of the process described in claim (1) and allowing the apparatus described in claim (4) to complete the process described in claim (1).

4) An exercise apparatus that can be walked, pedaled, rowed or even climbed in a manner similar to the exercise recorded on the apparatus described in claim (2). An exercise apparatus designed specifically to continue and finish the process described in claim (1) and that also uses the display apparatus described in claim (3) to provide an interesting virtual exercise experience to a person using the exercise apparatus. An exercise apparatus specifically designed to have a display apparatus attached to it or relating to it through analog or digital electronic data transfer via cable, radio wave, light wave (Visible or invisible) data transfer in such a way as to cause the exercise experience to be as similar as possible to the exercise experience recorded by the apparatus described in claim (2).