EP2316540B1 - Training station and fitness station with the training station - Google Patents

Description

The invention relates to a training station and a fitness station having the training station.

For exercise, it is known to use a training device, which is provided for an in-house training of a trainee. A training device may be, for example, a bicycle, a treadmill, a stepper or an elliptical trainer, with which the exerciser can improve his endurance. To strengthen corresponding muscle parts of the trainee are a leg press, a pusher or a rowing machine. Exercises that the trainee has to perform on the exercise machines are particularly suitable for exercise in general or selected taking into account medical and physiotherapeutic aspects. If the exercises are not completed by the trainee according to an expert specification, then the desired training success can not be set for the trainee and the trainee can cause harm to his health. As a result, it is necessary for the exerciser to be instructed and supervised by a competent person, such as a trainer, a physiotherapist or a physician, in order to always ensure a satisfactory exercise performance by the exerciser. Furthermore, an inexperienced exerciser often fails to adequately monitor the self-performed exercises, so that the exercises are performed by the exerciser uncontrolled, inexact or even wrong. This problem occurs in particular if the exercise carried out by the exerciser is not predetermined and guided by the exerciser but is to be coordinated by the exerciser himself. This is particularly the case with a dumbbell as the exerciser, which conventionally is to be grasped with one hand when it is a dumbbell or with two hands when it is a barbell, the exercise being in principle from any movement with the dumbbell can exist that anatomically and constitutionally manageable by the hands and arms of the exerciser. In the exercise with the dumbbell, it can thus easily happen that the exerciser deviates from a predetermined sequence of movements, so that during the exercise, the actual position and the actual movement path of the dumbbell deviates too much from their desired position and their desired path of movement , In an exercise with the dumbbell and in all exercises with free-handed movement with the hands, it depends on how the standing position of the exerciser when performing the exercise. If, for example, the exerciser stands shoulder width or in a step position with his feet, then the desired position and the desired movement path can be made dependent thereon.

Monitoring for the supervision and instruction of the exerciser by professionals in a gym or therapeutic medical practice is laborious and costly. In addition, the presence of expert caregivers requires more space than if the exerciser were doing the exercise alone. However, if the exerciser performs the exercise without the care, he runs the risk that he performs the exercise insufficiently from a sporting and therapeutic point of view.

In WO 2009/013679 A2 A training apparatus is described that includes a body to which a sensor is mounted that is adapted to detect movement data between a first and a second extreme position, a processor, a memory, and an output, wherein the processor receives the motion data Memory a motion template for a time interval is stored and the processor at the end of the time interval compares the motion data with the motion template and the output drives as soon as the difference between the motion data and the motion template exceeds a certain threshold.

The object of the invention is to provide a training station and a fitness station, with which it is possible for a trainee to train cost-effectively and efficiently.

The training station according to the invention has a stand mat, a training device, a control unit and a display unit. The stand mat for standing on it with at least one foot of a trainer during training has a floor sensor for generating a real-time floor signal depending on the position of the at least one foot on the stand mat when standing thereon. The training device has a biased biasing means, which is tangible for training with a hand of the exerciser and against the bias freely movable and / or durable, and a Position sensor for generating a real-time position signal as a function of the position and / or the temporal change in position of the engaging means relative to the stand mat on. The control unit is set up to receive the real-time status signal and the real-time position signal and to define a desired position range as a function of the real-time status signal and, depending on a comparison of the real-time position signal with the desired position range, whether the current position and / or the current temporal change in position of the attack means within the desired position range are to generate a real-time control signal. The display unit is set up to receive the real-time control signal and make it recognizable to the exerciser. The fitness station according to the invention has a central unit with a plurality at the training stations, wherein the central unit is set up to communicate with the control units of the training stations, so that data for defining the desired position ranges can be transmitted to the individual control units.

Thus, the exerciser can recognize when training with the training station according to the invention, if he has reached his training goal without the trainee is accompanied by a competent staff. As a result, the exerciser is instructed in training to deal directly with his exercise of training. The display unit provides him with a feedback by the real-time control signal available, whether the exercise execution can be considered satisfactory. With the help of the fitness station according to the invention, the training of several trainers can be coordinated with their training stations, so that with the fitness station according to the invention a group training that is tailored to the individual trainees, is feasible, whereby the motivation of the individual training is steigerbar. The control units together with the central unit take care of the coordination and monitoring of the trainings, whereby expert personnel do not need to be present during the training. Thus, with the invention Training station and the fitness station according to the invention enables effective training, although the staff and thus the staff costs are low.

The control unit is preferably set up to evaluate repetitions of the training exercise in such a way that only those repetitions are counted in which the current position and / or the current temporal change in position of the attacking means lie within the desired position range. In this case, it is preferred that the control unit is set up to provide a predetermined maximum number of repetitions with the display unit, wherein the maximum number is adapted as a function of the goods rate of the repetitions with regard to the position and / or the temporal change in position of the requesting means. As a result, exercising with the training station according to the invention is advantageously conditioned with regard to the quality of the exercises exercised by the exerciser. This results in the possibility to train the trainees longer with a correspondingly bad goods rate, so that a faster training success sets in with the trainee. Furthermore, with the training station according to the invention, the possibility to react to the bad goods rate as a bad day form of the exerciser and to adapt the training in this regard. Furthermore, with the training station according to the invention, a high goods rate could be reacted so that the exerciser is no longer under-challenged with the current exercise and, in order to generate rapid training success, increases the maximum number of repetitions for the current exercise and, if appropriate, corresponding to the target position range is adjusted.

The training station preferably has a marking unit with which a predetermined position of the at least one foot of the exercising person can be displayed on the surface of the standing mat. In this case, the control unit is preferably set up to compare the current position of the at least one foot with the predetermined position and to adapt the real-time control signal accordingly when The comparison shows that the current position of the at least one foot differs from the predetermined position. As a result, in the training station according to the invention, the position of the foot of the exerciser on the stand mat is advantageously included in the conception of the training with regard to the maximum number of repetitions and the desired positional range. Furthermore, it is ensured by the use of the marking unit that with a corresponding specification of the position of the at least one foot of the trainee of the exerciser has a stable state while exercising.

The display unit is preferably a visual display or a haptic display and is preferably arranged in the stand mat or in the engagement means. Through the display unit, the trainee always receives feedback about the quality of his exercise execution. By the corresponding display of the real-time control signal, the trainee receives information as to whether and to what extent he has to subject his exercise procedure to a correction with regard to the position and the change in position of the application means. The position sensor is preferably in the engaging means and the control unit is preferably integrated in the stand mat. For the position sensor, a location outside the engagement means may be provided if a corresponding coupling between the position sensor and the engagement means for detecting the position and / or the temporal change in position of the attack means is possible. The control unit can also be provided outside the stand mat, whereby, however, the training station would have an additional component than in the integral arrangement. The position sensor preferably has a gyroscope or a CCD camera.

The control unit preferably has a processor and a memory unit. In this case, the training station preferably has an input unit for data input to the memory unit. The training station further preferably has a transponder for data input to the Processor on. As a result, it is advantageously possible that by means of the input unit, for example, a predetermined maximum number of repetitions of an exercise and the associated position desired range can be entered. With the transponder, for example, a trainee can be identified using RFID technology, whereupon data stored in the memory unit relating to the predetermined maximum number of repetitions of an exercise and data for defining the associated desired position range are retrieved from the memory unit and processed by the processor can be. There are other ways of entering data by the input unit and the manipulation of the processor by the transponder, as well as an interaction of the memory unit and the processor conceivable, thereby providing the trainee an individually tailored to him exercise profile.

The training device is preferably a dumbbell whose dumbbell grip is the means of attack, or a traction unit whose pull handle is the means of attack. With the dumbbell as well as with the load-pulling device, free exercises are to be carried out by the exerciser, the monitoring and conditioning of which can be carried out with consideration of the level of the exerciser with the training station according to the invention.

Preferably, the central unit of the fitness station is set up to communicate with a plurality of control units, so that a training sequence can be controlled for the one or more exercisers when training with a plurality of training stations. In this case, the design of the fitness station preferably takes place in such a way that the several training stations are arranged around the central unit, for example, so that the exercisers can change from one training station to the next training station within the training sequence. In this case, it is preferably possible for optical and / or acoustic signals additionally to be provided by the central unit to the exerciser, as a result of which Trainees can be displayed when such a change from one training station to the adjacent training station should be clockwise. The central unit can also preferably communicate with the training stations in such a way that the exerciser can start his training sequence from any training station and continue the training sequence by means of an indicated change to one of the other training stations.

Preferably, the central unit may be formed as a pillar, on the outer surface of which, for example, during training of the exerciser, a film sequence is shown. The film sequence can be an advertising film, so that an advertising message can be transmitted to the trainees during the training. The central unit can preferably communicate with the plurality of control units in such a way that the display units of selected training stations can be controlled by the central unit. Thus, for example, by visual signals of the display units, if the display units are optical displays, a change of the training stations to be performed during a circuit training may be indicated to the exerciser.

• Figur 1 eine perspektivische Ansicht einer ersten, erfindungsgemäßen Ausführungsform der Trainingsstation,
• Figur 2 eine perspektivische Darstellung einer zweiten, erfindungsgemäßen Ausführungsform der Trainingsstation,
• Figur 3 eine perspektivische Darstellung einer Hantel gemäß der Ausführungsform aus Figur 1, und
• Figur 4 eine prinzipielle Schemadarstellung des Aufbaus der Trainingsstation.

In the following, preferred embodiments of a training station according to the invention and a fitness station according to the invention will be explained with reference to the attached schematic drawings. Show it:

• FIG. 1 a perspective view of a first, embodiment of the training station according to the invention,
• FIG. 2 a perspective view of a second, inventive embodiment of the training station,
• FIG. 3 a perspective view of a dumbbell according to the embodiment of FIG. 1 , and
• FIG. 4 a schematic diagram of the structure of the training station.

Like it out Fig. 1 it can be seen, a first embodiment of a training station 1 on a stand mat 2, on which a trainee 11 is. Furthermore, the training station 1 has a dumbbell 3, which is formed by a dumbbell grip 4 and two dumbbell weights 5. In the Fig. 2 shown embodiment of the training station 1, instead of the dumbbell 3 on a traction unit 6, which is formed by a pull handle 7, a cable 8 and a winch 9 and a counterweight 10 in Fig. 1 shown dumbbell 3 is to be moved by the trainee 11 against gravity and to hold. Analogously, this is in Fig. 2 Traction unit 6 shown by the trainee 11 against the gravity of the counterweight 10, which is transmitted via the cable 8 and the winch 9 on the pull handle 7 to move and hold. The exerciser 11 has a first foot 12 and a second foot 13 and a hand 14. With the hand 14 of the exerciser engages according Fig. 1 the dumbbell handle 4 or according to Fig. 2 the pull handle 7.

The stand mat 2 has a first illumination mark 15 and a second illumination mark 16, wherein the first illumination mark 15 indicates the desired position of the first foot 12 of the exerciser 11 on the stand mat 2 and the second illumination mark 16, the desired position of the second foot 13 of the Indicates exerciser 11 on the stand mat 2. The exerciser 11 stands on the stand mat 2 according to the desired positions indicated by the illumination markers 15, 16, so that the first foot 12 is arranged on the first illumination mark 15 and the second foot 13 is arranged on the second illumination mark 16.

As it is in Fig. 1 and 3 is shown in the dumbbell handle 4 of the dumbbell 3, a position sensor 19 for determining the position and / or the temporal change in position of the dumbbell 3 and the dumbbell handle 4 is installed. Analog shows Fig. 2 installed the position sensor 19 in the pull handle 4 of the truck 6. Further, as it is in Fig. 1 and 2 2, a storage unit 22 and a processor 24, which form a control unit 21, are installed in the stand mat 2. In addition, a display 26, a keyboard 27 and a transponder 28 is provided in the stand mat 2.

In Fig. 4 a schematic structure of the training station 1 is shown. The dumbbell handle 4 of the dumbbell 3 or the access 7 of the truck tractor 6 each have the position sensor 19. By the position sensor 19, a real-time position signal 20 is generated in real time according to the current position and / or the current temporal change in position of the dumbbell handle 4 and the access 7 relative to the stand mat 2. The real-time position signal 20 is provided to the control unit 21 installed in the floor mat 2. The transmission of the real-time position signal 20 from the position sensor 19 to the control unit 21 can take place, for example, via a cable connection or a radio connection. The control unit 21 has the memory unit 22 and the processor 24, wherein at least one desired position range 23 for the real-time position signal 20 is stored in the memory unit 22. The desired position range 23 is provided to the processor 24, whereby it can be determined with the processor 24 whether the position or the change in position according to the real-time position signal 20 of the position sensor 19 lies within or outside the desired position range 23. According to this analysis, the processor 24 generates a real-time control signal 25 which contains information as to whether the real-time position signal 20 lies within the desired position range 23. The real-time control signal 25 is provided to the visual display 26, with which the real-time control signal 25 is visibly provided to the exerciser 11, so that the exerciser 11 receives the information as to whether the exercise he was training with the dumbbell 3 or the truck 6, with respect to the movement of his hand 14 is okay.

With the help of the level sensor 17 is determined which positions the feet 12 and 13 of the trainee on the stand mat 2 at Take training. Depending on the actual positions detected by the level sensor 17, the level sensor 17 generates a real-time status signal 18 which is provided to the control unit 21. As a function of the real-time status signal 18, the desired position range 23 is defined, so that the exerciser 11 is able to perform an exercise with the dumbbell 3 or the towing vehicle 6 that has been matched to his current status on the stand mat 2.

The keyboard 27 is coupled to the control unit 21, so that with the keyboard 27 one or more position target areas 23 of the memory unit 22 can be entered. The transponder 28 is also coupled to the control unit 21, the transponder 28 being coupled to both the memory unit 22 and the processor 24. With the aid of the transponder 28, it is possible, for example with the aid of RFID technology with a corresponding data input to the processor 24 to select a suitable position for the trainee 11 target position range 23 from the memory unit 22 and the effected in the processor 24 comparison between the real-time position signal 20 and the position target area 23 to provide. From the processor 24, the illumination marks 15, 16 are further controlled, whereby target positions for the feet 12, 13 of the trainee 11 can be specified on the stand mat 2.

For configuring the training station 1 for an individual exerciser 11, for example, a predetermined position target area 23 can be entered into the memory unit 22 by means of the keyboard 27. When the trainee 11 approaches a communication means (not shown) capable of communicating with the transponder 28 to identify the trainee 11, the storage unit 22 and the processor 24 may be controlled by the transponder 28 for the individual trainee 11 provided location target area 23 are provided. In response to this desired position range 23, the illumination marks 15, 16 are activated, whereby the Trainers 11 is told how he has to position his feet 12, 13 on the stand mat 2. The actual position of the feet 12, 13 of the exerciser 11 on the stand mat 2 is detected by the level sensor 17 and, depending on the current position of the feet 12, 13 on the stand mat 2, these positions should not coincide with the desired positions of the Illumination marks 15, 16 are given, can be corrected by the processor 24 of the desired position range 23rd If the trainee 11 performs the desired exercise, the real-time signal 20 is transmitted from the position sensor 19 to the control unit 21 with regard to the current position and the current temporal change in position of the dumbbell grip 4 or access 7. A quantitative and / or qualitative comparison by the processor 24 as to whether the real-time position signal 20 lies within the corrected desired position range 23 results in the real-time control signal 25. If the real-time position signal 20 is not within the corrected target position range 23, so the real-time control signal 25 is designed such that the visual display 26, for example, lights up red. As a result, the exerciser 11 sees that he is not performing his exercise as desired and may correct it accordingly in subsequent repetitions of the exercise. Finally, if the exerciser 11 completes the exercise such that the real-time position signal 20 is within the corrected desired position range 23, the visual display 26 illuminates green, for example, informing the exerciser 11 that he is performing his exercise as desired. The processor 24 is further configured to count the repetitions of the exercise based on the real-time position signal 20. Furthermore, the processor 24 can optionally be set such that further counting only takes place if a repetition of the exercise is carried out such that the real-time position signal 20 lies within the corrected desired position range 23.

A fitness station (not shown) has a plurality of training stations 1. A fitness station has a central unit, for example as a pillar is trained. In an exercise room, for example, the pillar is arranged centrally, with the training stations 1 being arranged in a circular and equidistant manner around the pillar. The central unit is set up to communicate with the control units 21 of the training stations 1. This communication can take place, for example, via the transponder 28 and / or via a cable connection and / or via a radio link. The central unit can be manipulated by a trainer, with the central unit, for example, the position target areas 23 for the memory units 22 of the training stations 1 are entered. Furthermore, manipulation of the processors 24 of the training stations 1 can take place with the central unit in such a way that, under the control of the visual displays 26, a training coordinated with the training stations 1 by a plurality of exercisers 11 is made possible.

Claims (14)

1. A training station having a training device (3, 6) which comprises a grip device (4, 7) which is pretensioned with a pretensioning force, and which can be gripped for the purpose of training by a hand (14) of the person training (11), and which can move freely and/or can be held against the pretensioning force, characterized by the training station (1) having a standing mat (2) for the purpose of a person training (11) to stand thereon with at least one foot (12, 13) during the training, said standing mat (2) having a stance sensor (17) for the purpose of generating a real-time stance signal (18) according to the position of the at least one foot (12, 13) on the standing mat (2) while the person training (11) is standing thereon; the training device (3, 6) also having a position sensor (19) for the purpose of generating a real-time position signal (20) according to the position and/or to the change in position over time of the grip device (4, 7) relative to the standing mat (2); wherein the training station has a controller unit (21) which is set up to receive the real-time stance signal (18) and the real-time position signal (20), and to define a target position range (23) according to the real-time stance signal (18), and to generate a real-time control signal (25) according to a comparison of the real-time position signal (20) to the target position range (23), wherein said comparison determines whether the current position and/or the current change in position over time of the grip device (4, 7) is/are within the target position range (23); and has a display device (26) which is set up to receive the real-time control signal (25) and provide the same in a recognizable manner to the person training (11).
2. A training station according to claim 1, wherein the controller unit (21) is set up to evaluate the repetitions of a training exercise in such a manner that only the particular repetitions are counted for which the actual position and/or the actual change in position over time of the grip device (4, 7) during said repetitions lie(s) within the target position range (23).
3. A training device according to claim 2, wherein the controller unit (21) is set up to output a previously determined maximum number of repetitions by means of the display unit (26), wherein the maximum number is adjusted according to the quality rate of the repetitions with respect to the position and/or the change in position over time of the grip device (4, 7).
4. A training station according to one of the claims 1 to 3, wherein the training station (1) has a marking unit (15, 16), wherein a previously determined position of the at least one foot (12, 13) of the person training (11) can be displayed on the surface of the standing mat (2) by means of said marking unit (15, 16).
5. A training station according to claim 4, wherein the controller unit (21) is set up to compare the current position of the at least one foot (12, 13) to the previously determined position, and to accordingly adjust the real-time control signal (25) if the comparison produces the result that the current position of the at least one foot (12, 13) is different from the previously determined position.
6. A training station according to one of the claims 1 to 5, wherein the display unit (26) is a visual display or a haptic display, and is arranged in the standing mat (2) or in the grip device (4, 7).
7. A training station according to one of the claims 1 to 6, wherein the position sensor (19) is integrated into the grip device (4, 7), and the controller unit (21) is integrated into the standing mat (2).
8. A training station according to one of the claims 1 to 7, wherein the controller unit (21) has a processor (24) and a storage device (22).
9. A training station according to claim 8, wherein the training station (1) has an input device (27) for the inputting of data to the storage unit (22).
10. A training station according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the training station (1) has a transponder (28) for the inputting of data to the processor (24).
11. A training station according to one of the claims 1 to 10, wherein the training device is a dumbbell (3) and the dumbbell grip (4) thereof is the grip device, or the training device is a traction device (6) and the traction grip (7) is the grip device.
12. A training station according to one of the claims 1 to 11, wherein the position sensor (19) has a gyroscope or a CCD camera.
13. A fitness station having a central unit and having a plurality of training stations according to one of the claims 1 to 13, wherein the central unit is set up to communicate with the controller units (21) of the training stations (1), such that data used to define the target position range (23) can be transmitted to the individual controller units (21).
14. A fitness station according to claim 13, wherein the central unit is set up to communicate with the plurality of controller units (21), such that it is possible to control a training sequence for the one or multiple persons training (11) when the same are training with multiple training stations (1).

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