EP1185341B1 - Exercise equipment for controlling an installation - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to a device for controlling equipment (1), especially exercise equipment, equipment for physical therapy or the like. Said device is provided with an operating element (2) which is displaced about and/or along an axis. According to the invention, the at least one operating element (2) can be driven in order to simulate an active load.

Description

The invention relates to a fitness device, in particular a Device for exercise therapy with at least one Actuator, which around and / or along a Axis is movable, the device for generating a drive is assigned to an active load.

Such fitness equipment is in the most varied of forms and Execution known and used on the market. they are in the field of exercise therapy as well as in Fitness area known. For example, fitness equipment known, in which the load can be simulated, which however must be set manually.

It is often the case with appropriate training equipment Loads changed manually or during operation, which is undesirable is.

In addition, the patient or the user often does not have that Possibility to permanently influence his To take the training process, especially if it is repeated Treatments.

In particular, it is very time consuming and costly completed training program and record this on a future training program or therapy to modify or adapt. This requires a lot of staff necessary, which is also undesirable.

According to DE 39 02 059 A1 is a system for Movement therapy with a crank described, which with Arms or legs can be driven or braked. Torques or forces are transmitted indirectly via a Measurement of the motor current that is driven certainly.

The present invention is based on the object Fitness machine, especially a device for the To create movement therapy with which the above Disadvantages are eliminated and which therapy, especially exercise therapy as well as a Enable fitness training and which individually during operation and also for subsequent therapies are to be adjusted.

Furthermore, costs and personnel costs for the modification of therapies, in particular Movement therapies can be saved.

To solve this problem, the at least one Actuator for simulating the active load is drivable and for continuous, permanent Recognize, especially measure one externally to the Device, in particular actuator applied manual load, the facility and / or the Actuator and / or a transmission at least a sensor, in particular a force sensor, is assigned.

In the present invention, an apparatus in particular created a fitness machine in which a Actuator for Simulation of an active load to perform a translational and / or rotational movement for one User is electrically driven.

This is a drive, in particular an electric motor used to rotate the actuator and / or to move translationally, such as in the German utility model DE 299 17 818.8 is described. On the content of the above Utility model expressly refer to it as part of the present invention.

There is a device for controlling a device, such as aircraft, flight simulator, robot or. Like. Described, a handle by two vertically axis A and B standing relative to one another is movable. It can to simulate the handle using appropriate drives the axes are pivoted. However, it is also conceivable to move the handle linearly and / or rotationally. there the actuator or Handle positively controlled via the drive.

This can be particularly useful for exercise therapy positively controlled movement, for example by means of a Be counteracted to a particular hand Perform therapy process.

The force, measured on every distance, is free selectable, especially programmable, at the Actuator should be applied.

Furthermore, the facility, in particular the Actuator a sensor, in particular a Force sensor assigned, which is the manually applied force when actuating the actuating device from the outside exactly measures. A difference or a can be entered via this force Perform target / actual comparison, whereby it is determined whether the strength is sufficient to complete the therapy process perform or whether the force is too low or over the time of therapy or training subsides, leaving the active load on the changing manually applied force can be adjusted.

The parameters, such as pulse and / or blood pressure in the training or Influence therapy process.

It is also advantageous in the present invention that all therapies or training processes with one Measurement system can be saved, if necessary via a Chip card can be removed so that when you re- Training course or when re-therapy again To be available. Thus, a therapy or a Training process optimized and programmatically to be influenced.

Here, for example, the simulation of the active Program controlled load on actuator influence. The parameters can also be changed Speed of the actuator as well Appropriate ways of actuating device influence programmatically. This electrically powered Actuator or active load is therefore such suitable because there are no complex equipment, Fitness equipment with weights or the like are necessary to perform a certain movement.

These weights can be omitted, there can be any number Intermediate sizes, different forces for different movements on different Distances can be set, which is mechanical Fitness equipment is not easily possible. It can every training or therapy process is complete can be saved, which is also an advantage.

There is also an absolutely controlled movement training and / or therapy training as well as an exact Process monitoring, which is beneficial.

Figur 1 eine schematisch dargestellte Draufsicht auf ein Fitnessgerät zur Steuerung einer Einrichtung;

Figur 2 eine schematisch dargestellte Ansicht auf das Fitnessgerät gemäss Figur 1 mit einer Mehrzahl von anschliessbaren Elementen.

Further advantages, features and details of the invention result from the following description of preferred exemplary embodiments and from the drawing; this shows in

Figure 1 is a schematic plan view of a fitness device for controlling a device;

Figure 2 is a schematic view of the fitness device according to Figure 1 with a plurality of connectable elements.

According to FIG. 1, a fitness device R ₁ according to the invention for controlling a device 1, such as a device for movement therapy or the like, has an actuating device 2 which rotates about the axes X, Y and Z and / or along the axes X, Y and Z is movable, as shown in the coordinate systems.

The actuator can be, for example Joystick, a lever, a pedal or the like. Here is the Invention set no limit. The actuator is, for example, manual using one hand or one Foot, arm or leg of a human Actuates body or with the human body itself.

It allows a certain movement along the X, Y, Z rotatory and / or linear to, being crucial What is important in the present invention is that the Actuator 2 for simulating an active load by means of a drive 3 rotatively and / or linearly is drivable.

The drive 3 is preferably designed as an electric motor, a between actuator 2 and drive 3 Transmission 4 interposed or arranged in between can be.

Furthermore, in the present invention, crucial that for continuous and permanent recognition, especially measuring a manual, force applied to the actuator 2 Sensor 5, in particular force sensor of device 1, in particular actuator 2 is assigned.

If a manual force is applied to the actuator 2 applied, the force sensor 5 determines this manually applied force.

Through the active simulation and movement of the Actuating device 2 by means of the drive 3, which can be done programmatically, being determinable and certain movements in a certain Speed in certain distances or Rotation angles are possible, can be freely selected Program and execute motion sequences.

For example, the patient can do this Actuating device 2 via a so-called teach-in method move, the movement in one staff Computer 6, see Figure 2, is stored and then the device 1 for simulating a active load this entered movement, in particular this therapeutic movement to be performed Actuating device 2 via the drive 3 as often as required repeated.

The patient performs all of this movement, for example by means of his arm.

With this movement, the user can counteract a manually applied force F, which is only symbolically indicated in FIGS. 1 and 2. For example, he can actuate the actuating device 2 with a determinable force, the device R ₁ , in particular the device 1, counteracting this force via the drive 3.

The force sensor 5 can be used to determine exactly how high the applied force is, by comparison between actual and target value after applied manual force on the actuator 2, a controller and Influencing the movement is possible.

Is the manual force to the actuator 2 low to the device 1, especially the Actuator 2 in the programmed Movement sequence to move, so the active load can be reduced programmatically.

Here, as shown in particular in FIG. 2, in a device R ₂ a pulse sensor 7 or blood pressure sensor 8, which is connected to the user, in particular patient, can be connected to the personal computer 6 or to the device 1 in order to to influence the control of the active load or the simulation of the active load and in particular the active actuation of the actuating device 2 via the drive 3.

If the pulse and blood pressure rise undesirably high, then the active load is automatically reduced or increased, according to the desired and programmable Procedure.

It is also advantageous in the present invention that for example in a measurement recording system 9, especially data carriers and possibly via an external one removable chip card 10 the individual training courses or therapy courses can be saved.

The stored data can thus be used to influence a follow-up therapy or the follow-up training by increasing, decreasing or changing the active loads for the follow-up training or by adapting or changing the corresponding movements of the actuating devices 2. This should also be within the scope of the present invention. Position Number List 1 Facility 34 67 2 actuator 35 68 3 drive 36 69 4 transmission 37 70 5 sensor 38 71 6 Personal computer 39 72 7 pulse sensor 40 73 8th Blood Pressure Sensor 41 74 9 Measurement acquisition system 42 75 10 smart card 43 76 11 44 77 12 45 78 13 46 79 14 47 15 48 16 49 17 50 R ₁ contraption 18 51 R ₂ contraption 19 52 20 53 F force 21 54 S path 22 55 23 56 24 57 25 58 26 59 27 60 28 61 29 62 30 63 31 64 32 65 33 66

Claims (10)

1. Fitness apparatus, more especially an apparatus for kinetic therapy with a means (1) controlled by this apparatus, said apparatus having at least one actuating means (2), which is displaceable about and/or along an axis, a drive (3) being associated with the means (1) to produce an active load, characterised in that the at least one actuating means (2) for simulating the active load is drivable and, for continuously, permanently detecting, more especially measuring, a manual load applied externally to the means (1), more especially to the actuating means (2), at least one sensor (5), more especially a force sensor, is associated with the means (1) and/or the actuating means (2) and/or a transmission unit (4).
2. Fitness apparatus according to claim 1, characterised in that an electric motor is associated, as a drive (3), with the means (1) for producing the active load.
3. Fitness apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, characterised in that a transmission unit (4) is disposed between the means (1) and the drive (3).
4. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 3, characterised in that, for simulating an active load, the actuating means (2) is displaceable about and/or along the at least one axis (X, Y, Z) with a permanently selectable and continuously adjustable, possibly variable, force (F) and a variable path (S).
5. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 4, characterised in that a simulation of an active load, as well as a determinable displacement of the actuating means (2), are effected in a program-controlled manner.
6. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 5, characterised in that a simulation, more especially an active displacement of the actuating means (2), is effected in a manner which is program-controlled, individual and specific to the user.
7. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 6, characterised in that, for actively displacing and controlling the actuating means (2), more especially for simulating the active load, the manually applied load on the actuating means (2) is detectable, and a correction of the active load or respectively simulation is effected automatically and in a program-controlled manner if there are determinable differences between the active load and manually applied load.
8. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 7, characterised in that a control of the actuating means (2), more especially a simulation of an active load, such as force, speed of the actuating means (2) and path covered, is variable during operation, possibly via a signal of a pulse sensor (7) and/or a signal of a blood pressure sensor (8).
9. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 8, characterised in that the manual load applied to the actuating means (2) is permanently storable on a data carrier, more especially a smart card (9) or personal computer (6), and is re-usable as reference values for renewed training or renewed therapy to increase or modify and evaluate a therapy or training.
10. Fitness apparatus according to at least one of claims 1 to 9, characterised in that a comparison between the manual load to be actually applied to the actuating means (2) and the manual load actually applied to the actuating means (2) is effected by means of the at least one sensor, a correction to the active load possibly being effected automatically and in a program-controlled manner.

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