JPH0142693B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a bicycle ergometer, which solves the difficulty of operating the bicycle ergometer due to its diversification and the complexity of the configuration of the control section, so that anyone can easily operate the bicycle ergometer.
The purpose of this invention is to provide a bicycle ergometer with a simple operation unit.

Bicycle ergometers generally have several types of training courses, such as fixed load training and training with a fixed heart rate.Each training course includes personal data such as gender, age, weight, training load settings, etc. It has a function of controlling the training load on the user according to input training setting values such as training time setting values, and displaying training information such as heart rate and elapsed time. Therefore, the operation section requires a keyboard for inputting various types of data, a display board for displaying various types of information, and an explanation indicating the operation procedure or the type of displayed information.

However, conventional bicycle ergometers use a 7-segment display element that can only display numbers on the display board, so there are instructions for inputting a large number of input items as described above, displaying the type of training information displayed, etc. All explanations were provided using explanatory text on the operation panel and a combination of lamps and key switches. Therefore, in this method,
In order for the user to understand how to operate a bicycle ergometer having the above-mentioned functions, the operating section requires a large number of key switches, lamps, and explanatory texts. For example, in order to help the user understand how to operate a bicycle ergometer that has a series of functions as shown in Figure 1, it is necessary to
The operation panel 1 has to be provided with operation sections and displays for the required items 2 to 11, and must be operated according to the flowchart shown in FIG. It's getting difficult. Particularly when the functions of the bicycle ergometer are increased beyond those shown in Figure 1, the operation panel 1 becomes increasingly complex. , it becomes impossible to arrange the key switch, and as a result, explanatory texts and lamps are inevitably omitted, key switches are shared, and the operation method becomes increasingly difficult for users to understand.

The present invention eliminates these drawbacks,
An embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to FIGS. 4, 5, 6, and 7.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention, in which the display control circuit 13 sequentially converts character information input in the form of character codes into character patterns,
The dot matrix display element 12 has a function of displaying sentences or numbers, and the sentence storage circuit 16 stores a plurality of displayed sentences of ``I'' to ``I'' in FIG. 6 and numerical values calculated by the calculation control circuit 16 as character codes. The operation memory circuit 15 stores an algorithm for the operation of the bicycle ergometer in the form of an instruction code. In addition to the output circuit 14, the above 12 to 1
All circuits of 8 are controlled by an arithmetic control circuit 19. During operation, the arithmetic control circuit 19 sequentially reads the operation procedure from the operation memory circuit 15,
Control the input/output circuit 14 according to its operating procedure,
Storing internally calculated numerical values in the text storage circuit 16, and selecting sentences or numerical values corresponding to the operation content of the bicycle ergometer from the text storage circuit 16 and outputting them to the display control circuit 13 in the form of a character code. Appropriate sentences or numerical values are displayed on the dot matrix display element 12.

By the way, the dot matrix display element 12 is capable of displaying English letters, kana, numbers, and symbols, so if you select the appropriate number of display digits, you can receive instructions for the next action such as "ear sensor wo tsuke tekudasai" or "shinpaku 120". Various types of information can be provided to the user, such as displaying numerical values such as , and displaying the contents of the displayed numerical values.

Therefore, by using the bicycle ergometer display system of the present invention, it is possible to significantly reduce the number of lamps, key switches, and explanatory texts on the operation panel, and to simplify the operation method. For example, in the bicycle ergometer of the present invention, the first
When the functions shown in the figure are provided, the operation panel 23 has a simple operation unit configuration as the operation units 20 to 22 shown in FIG. It is only necessary to store the algorithm shown in FIG. 7 in the respective controllers, and when compared with the configuration of the operation panel 1 of the conventional example shown in FIG. , the next operation is indicated on the dot matrix display element 22 at any time, making it easier to understand.

In addition, during training, numerical information such as heart rate and time is displayed to the user, and at the same time the meaning of the numerical values displayed on the same display is displayed in text, so the user does not have to worry about anything. It is possible to immediately recognize whether the data is being displayed, and even if the user's attention is distracted due to a large exercise load, the heart rate can be confused with other numerical data. It is less likely that this will happen and will lead to improved safety.

The advantages of the present invention will become even more remarkable as bicycle ergometers become more multi-functional, and the present invention can be said to be extremely useful in bicycle ergometers.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

Figure 1 is a flowchart of one operation example of a bicycle ergometer, Figures 2 and 3 are conventional examples of the operating section and flowchart when the function of Figure 1 is performed by a bicycle ergometer, and Figure 4 is a flowchart of a bicycle ergometer. A block diagram of an embodiment of the invention, and FIGS. 5 and 7 are examples of an operating section and a flowchart when the function of FIG. 1 is fulfilled by the bicycle ergometer of the present invention, and FIG. Indicates the content of a sentence that is stored in advance in the circuit. 23...Operation panel, 22...Dot matrix display element.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. Comprising a dot matrix display element, a text storage circuit that stores sentences corresponding to a plurality of types of numerical data, an operation procedure storage circuit that stores operation procedures, and an external information input circuit, During operation, the operating procedure is sequentially read from the operating procedure memory circuit, and according to the operating procedure, text data for displaying a text prompting data input is retrieved from the text memory circuit and displayed on the display element, and at that time. The numerical data input by the external information input circuit is also sent to the display element, and the numerical data is displayed on the display element together with the text, and at least when the heart rate is displayed, the heart rate is Sentence data for displaying a sentence expressing the meaning of ``heart rate'' is extracted from the sentence memory circuit and sent to the display element along with numerical data of the numerical value to be displayed, and text data representing the meaning of ``heart rate'' and its numerical value are sent to the display element. A bicycle ergometer characterized in that the bicycle ergometer is configured to display both on the display element.