KR20050021032A - Business model using automatic speed-control running machine equipped with spatial mouse and internet - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A business model using an automatic speed-control running machine equipped with a spatial mouse and the Internet is provided to offer convenience to a user by automatically controlling speed according to a walking speed and a stride detected through an optical sensor module, and enable the user to perform operation during exercise without stress by using the spatial mouse. CONSTITUTION: A control computer(100) is connected to a computer terminal(200) connected to the Internet. A center/left/right monitors(10,20,30) are installed to a front part of the running machine by installing to the left/right monitor with 45 angular degrees in order to offer 3D(Dimensional) effect. Optical sensor modules(40-43,50,51,60) for detecting hands of a user are installed to a front side of the monitor. The computer terminal connected to the Internet, and a microphone(7), a speaker(6), and a headset(8) connected to the computer terminal are installed to a front upper part of the running machine.

Description

Business model using automatic speed adjustment treadmill and internet {omitted}

In the present treadmill or health cycle treadmill (hereinafter, the treadmill or health cycle phrase is referred to as "treadmill" for the convenience of description, which is commonly applied to both). Only the inclination angle is programmed and set to A course, B course, C course, etc. When you select a course and press the START button when exercising, the pre-programmed speed and inclination angle (health cycle is the load amount) ), The exercise is adjusted to give only boredom, so even after purchasing a treadmill, I often give up without using it for a few days, and running a video and internet connection to the current patent publication (public number 2002-0025325) and other well-known contents. There is also a machine, but by simply downloading a sports course, watching a movie, and doing exercise by yourself, you can change only what you want. Easy exercise is very monotonous and only one monitor is installed on the front, so the viewing angle is narrow and the speed control changes suddenly due to shaking when you operate the operation panel or the speed with the remote control to control the speed during exercise. It was uncomfortable to be exposed and exercise with the remote control.

The present invention is built in the front of the treadmill control device (100, DVD, HDD) and the video display device in the treadmill control computer 100 is built in the treadmill control computer 100 by the video speed and video content, inclination angle In the known treadmill controlled (Tel. No. 2001-0104854), the treadmill control computer 100 is connected to the computer terminal 200 connected to the Internet by LAN or other communication method, and the monitor 20 installed in front of the treadmill. One or more monitors that display video at 45 degrees on the right and left sides, and multiple optical sensor modules are installed on the front of the treadmill and a treadmill conveyor belt (health cycle) (7), speaker (6), headphones or microphone and headphones connected to the computer terminal and terminal connected to the Internet. A matching wireless or wired headset (8) is installed, and at least one web camera (digital camera) is installed at the top and rear of the treadmill toward the treadmill conveyor belt (4). The speaker (6), the headset (8), the web cameras (5-1, 5-2), etc. are installed on the treadmill site by media player programs, web chat programs, dedicated applications, and other known programs installed in the computer. In order to be transmitted to the server and to automatically determine the speed of the exerciser, a plurality of light sensors (for example, a press safety device (made of light emitting LEDs and light receiving elements) or an ultrasonic sensor) are installed on the left and right sides of the conveyor belt (4) (4) Matrix switch is installed at the bottom to encode the input state of the sensor and calculated with steps and stride length for a certain period of time (seconds, 0.1 seconds, etc.) If you install the sensor to detect the rotation speed on the bicycle pedal or the load control flywheel connected to the bicycle pedal and calculate it with the rotation speed for a certain time (seconds, 0.1 seconds), the automatic speed that can override the treadmill's programmed speed again (Health cycles usually have fixed handles, but can be rotated left and right like a regular cycle, and a sensor (resistance or absolute value encoder) is installed on the rotating part that consists of regulators (0% -500%). Adds a device that makes the motion with the winding or forked road of the video and gives the tilt angle according to the inclination angle of the video using a cylinder or a motor to the support plate of the health cycle) Quiz (horizontal puzzles, OX problems, four-choice questions, etc.) About running and running.

In detail

First, about the configuration of the treadmill, in the front of the treadmill, the treadmill control computer 100 has a built-in monitor device for displaying a storage medium (DVD, HDD) and a video, and the control computer 100 controls the conveyor belt (load control in the health cycle). In a known treadmill (published with No. 2001-0104854) in which a flywheel), a video speed, a video content, and a conveyor belt (4) inclination control are controlled, the control computer 100 is a computer terminal connected to the Internet by LAN or other communication method. In order to widen the viewing angle to the monitor 20 installed in the front of the treadmill and give a three-dimensional effect to the monitor 200, the right side monitor 30, the left side monitor 10, and the front of the monitor to detect a human hand are about 45 degrees. There are a plurality of optical sensors (60, 61) gathered in the optical sensor module 1 left and right (40, 41) optical sensor module 1 up and down (43, 42) and optical sensor module 2 left and right (50, 51) optical sensor module 2 up and down ( 53,52) Install and let the control computer 100 emit light to the optical sensor transmission module and receive light from the receiving module to obtain the area where no light is received. Find the value of Y1 and the X2 value of the left and right of the optical sensor module 2, and obtain the Y2 value with the upper and lower optical sensor module 2 and obtain the position value (X1, Y1, X2, Y2, by applying the mathematical formula with the monitor distance) on the hand. The coordinates (X position, Y position) of the left monitor, front monitor, and right monitor are obtained and set as mouse values (hereinafter referred to as 'empty mouse' for convenience) .The front of the treadmill has a treadmill conveyor. To the belt (handle in the health cycle), a computer terminal 200 connected to the Internet and a microphone (7), a speaker (6) connected to the terminal, a headphone or a wireless or wired headset (8) And the front web camera (5-1) and rear web camera (5-2) are installed and the microphone (7) is installed to take a video of the person who is exercising and send it to the server of the treadmill site. The speaker (6), the headset (8), the web cameras (5-1, 5-2), etc. are installed on the treadmill site by a media player program, a web chat program, a dedicated application, and other known programs installed in the computer. In order to transmit to the server and to automatically determine the speed of the exerciser, an optical sensor module 3 (70, 71) or an ultrasonic sensor is installed on the left and right sides of the conveyor belt (4), or a matrix switch on the bottom of the conveyor belt (4). If the athlete walks or runs on the conveyor belt (4), the input state of the sensor is encoded and calculated with the number of steps and the stride length for a predetermined time (seconds, 0.1 seconds, etc.) Automatic speed control (0%-) to install the sensor to detect the speed on the load control flywheel connected to the bicycle pedal and calculate it with the speed for a certain time (seconds, 0.1 seconds) to override the treadmill's programmed speed. In the case of a health cycle, there is a fixed handle, but it can be rotated left and right like a general cycle, and a sensor (resistance or absolute value encoder) is installed on the rotating part to detect the rotation angle. Or in conjunction with forked roads)

Second, in the known technique of pre-recording the video image of the treadmill and editing the captured data (subtitle insertion, travel course description, voice insertion, background music insertion) into a computer video file, at present, a human While a method of storing the gradient value and the standard speed as a database according to a predetermined time (minutes and seconds) or a constant distance proportional to time, and storing it in a database of an image supply server computer for a treadmill connected to the Internet, the present invention is known. Tilt angle data and GPS (current position data value (if sensor output is analogue) by attaching tilt angle sensor (sensor using level meter, gyroscope, other commercially available and known technology, etc.) and GPS Using a converter) to obtain a separate image together with the image storage location (relative to the recording time) and the frame number. Data is stored in the storage device, or the tilt angle data and GPS data are converted into audio data or video data, and then synthesized and stored in the original voice data or video data. When the tilt angle data and GPS data are synthesized and stored, the video data is stored. Automatic tilt angle storage method to save in the video rectangular area (up, down, left, right of each frame to protect).

Third, the user goes up to the treadmill to exercise, looks at the computer terminal, selects the exercise mode alone, and connects to the exercise (travel) course registered on the terminal or to the server of the treadmill site connected to the Internet. If you press the start key after selecting, the treadmill rotates and the front screen shows the video for treadmills stored in various storage media (downloaded from DVD, HDD, Internet) in proportion to the transport distance and controls the treadmill. Extracts the slope values synthesized in the rectangular area of the frame at regular intervals from the video file, and controls the tread angle of the treadmill with the extracted slope values, and the standard speed according to the tilt angle (the standard speed according to the tilt angle is displayed on the treadmill control computer. It is saved as a data file in advance, and in the following, it is expressed as 'standard speed'. By controlling the degree and calculating the number of steps and the stride length of the person exercising through the optical sensor module 3 (70, 71) during running, the speed of the treadmill is automatically controlled and the walking distance or the running speed is later than the standard speed. At the same time, a warning message appears on the monitor and the quiz questions appear on the monitor (10, 20, 30) at regular intervals to reinforce concentration during exercise. Advertisement quiz problem appears on the monitor (10,20,30) occurs in this case, and if the hand is directed to the correct answer direction of the monitor (10,20,30), it has a "empty mouse" value to determine whether the correct answer position and correct answer If you match, a certain product will be paid as a bonus from the advertiser, and the product will be registered in the member's database. When you specify the hidden picture position of the monitor by using the hand to position the video area where the hidden picture is shown and the hidden picture is displayed, the "Hidden Mouse" detects this and when the hidden picture area is matched, the bonus prize set in the hidden picture is displayed (10, 20,30)) and the bonus items will be registered in the member's database, and the registered products will be delivered to the member's address or the address of the person designated by the member when they log in to the site and order the product delivery. The cyber money is priced at the product, so you can exchange it for cyber money and use it for shopping.

Fourthly, if you exercise alone (traveling), you will be banned and fooled, so you can have more fun (traveling) on the treadmill to run on a friend's menu (friends, lovers, co-workers). If you select), you will be automatically connected to the Internet and you will be connected to the treadmill service site through an Internet browser (Explorer, Netscape, etc.), messenger and treadmill program, and you will be required to log in. If not, sign up for a free and paid member, then log in and create a chat room to find the person you want to exercise (travel) and enter the conditions (man and woman, age, area, number of people, exercise or travel). After waiting for a number of treadmill members connected to the Internet, keyboard chat, voice chat, video chat After you set the exercise (travel) course with the right person and the host presses S / W, the video will automatically start the exercise (travel) course video on the treadmill terminals of people in the same room (video) In order to reduce the transmission server load, streaming transmission technology using the terminal of people in the same room may be used, and it checks whether the same file exists in the treadmill terminal in advance and transmits the video only when there is no identical file). After receiving the transmission and storing it for a certain time, the video player (media player, dedicated player) sends a ready signal to the server after preparation for play, and the server sends back a ready message to the members' terminals in the room. When the master presses the START key, the treadmills in the same room are automatically It will be a tart, and the same exercise (travel) course video that is already being transmitted or transmitted on the screen in front of each treadmill (videos will be shown differently depending on the distance of the workout (travel) on the screen in front of the treadmill), and the ID and distance Display the speed of one or more web cameras installed before and after the running machine of the other party, and display them from top to bottom according to the rank (movement distance) in order to induce competition psychology and who is running. Doing exercise to get rid of boredom and exercise eagerly by doing quizzing, advertising prizes quiz, hidden object search (the third one described above), and exercise with the feeling of working together through the internet. Business model

The effect of the invention is that the conveyor belt (4) speed control during the exercise is automatic speed control according to the walking speed and the stride length by the optical sensor module, and the video can be viewed with a wide viewing angle through three monitors. It is controlled through the air mouse ", so there is no burden on the operation during the exercise, and the angle of inclination is obtained through the sensor when shooting the course data of the exercise course, and it is pre-synthesized and stored in the video data. Through the participation of a large number of participants can reduce the exercise and travel, and also has the effect of fun exercise with anticipation of the prize through quiz and hidden object search.

1 is a view showing a perspective view for a treadmill.

 1. Treadmill Support Plate 2. Treadmill Body 3. Conveyor Belt Rotating Motor

 4. Conveyor Belt (Walking Belt) 5-1. Front Web Camera 5-2. Rear Web Camera

 6. Speaker 7. Microphone 8. Headset 9. Handle

 10. Left monitor 20. Front monitor 30. Right monitor

 40.Light sensor module 1 left and right light emitting part 41, Light sensor module 1 left and right light receiving part

 42.Optical sensor module 1 up and down light emitting part 43, Optical sensor module 1 up and down light receiving part

 50.Light sensor module 2 left and right light emitting part 51, Light sensor module 2 left and right light receiving part

 52.Optical sensor module 2 up and down light emitting part 53, Optical sensor module 2 up and down light receiving part

 60.Light sensor light emitting element 61, Light sensor light receiving element

 65.Little mouse

 70.Light sensor module 3 light emitting unit 71, light sensor module 3 light receiving unit

 80 Cylinder for tilt angle adjustment (motor cylinder) 81. Cylinder seat for tilt angle

 82.Inclined angle cylinder link part (rotation)

 90.Bevel angle measuring sensor (variable resistor or absolute encoder)

 100. Treadmill computer 200. Internet terminal

Claims (3)

In the treadmill, which is connected to a monitor showing a known video on the configuration of the treadmill (including the health cycle), the conveyor belt (for the control of the load of the flywheel in the health cycle) is capable of speed control and tilt angle control. In the front of the treadmill, the treadmill control computer 100 has a monitor device that displays storage media (DVD, HDD) and video, and the conveyor belt (flywheel for load control in the health cycle) and video speed, In the well-known treadmill (published number 20012001-104854) in which the inclination angle of the video content and the conveyor belt (load control flywheel in the health cycle) are controlled in conjunction with each other, the control computer 100 is a computer terminal connected to the Internet by a LAN or other communication method ( 200) and the front side of the monitor to detect the right side monitor (30), left side monitor (10) and human hands at about 45 degrees to widen the viewing angle and give a three-dimensional effect to the monitor (20) installed at the front of the treadmill. Optical sensor module 1 made up of multiple optical sensors (60, 61) 1 Left and right (40, 41) Optical sensor module 1 Up and down (43, 42) and optical sensor module 2 Left and right (50, 51) Optical sensor module 2 Install lower (53, 52) and let the control computer (100) emit light to the optical sensor transmission module and receive light from the receiving module to find the area where no light is received. Take Y1 value with optical sensor module 1 up and down, get X2 value with optical sensor module 2 left and right, and get Y2 value with optical sensor module 2 up and down, with position value (X1, Y1, X2, Y2, monitor distance in hand) Obtain the constant coordinate value (X position, Y position) of the left monitor, front monitor, and right monitor by setting the value to the mouse value ("empty mouse"), and the treadmill conveyor belt (at the top of the treadmill). In the cycle machine, the computer terminal 200 connected to the Internet and the microphone 7 connected to the terminal, the speaker 6, a headphone or a wireless or wired headset 8 in which the microphone and the headphone are combined are installed. Exercise In order to capture the actual video of the computer and send it to the server of the treadmill site, the front web camera (5-1) and the rear web camera (5-2) are installed, and the microphone (7), the speaker (6), and the headset ( 8), Web cameras (5-1, 5-2) are transmitted to the server of the treadmill site by the media player program, web chat program, dedicated application program, and other well-known programs installed inside the computer. In order to automatically determine the installation of the optical sensor module 3 (70, 71) or the ultrasonic sensor on the left and right sides of the conveyor belt (4) or by installing a switch having a matrix structure at the bottom of the conveyor belt (4) When walking up or running), the sensor's input state is encoded and calculated with steps and strides for a certain period of time (seconds, 0.1 seconds, etc.). An automatic speed control that installs a sensor that detects the number of revolutions on the lie wheel, connects it to the control computer, and the control computer calculates the number of revolutions for a certain period of time (seconds, 0.1 seconds) to override the treadmill's programmed speed. 0% -500%) (For the health cycle, additionally, the handle can be rotated left and right, and a sensor (resistance or absolute value encoder) is installed on the rotating part and the cylinder or motor is mounted on the health cycle support plate. Running machine consisting of a device that adds an inclination angle according to the inclination angle of the device and connected with a control computer to control it When shooting a video, attach a tilt angle sensor (sensor using a level gauge, gyroscope, other commercially available and known technologies, etc.) and GPS to the shooting camera, Converts the data value obtained by using the tilt angle sensor and GPS (digital conversion using an AD converter in the case of analog) to digital data,  The data obtained above is stored in a separate storage device together with the image storage position (in proportion to the shooting time), or the tilt angle data and GPS data are converted into audio data or video data, and then synthesized and stored in the original audio data or video data. , When storing the tilt angle data and GPS data obtained above as image data, the automatic tilt angle photographing method of storing the tilt angle data and the GPS data in the image rectangle area (up, down, left, right) to protect the image data;  Decoding the synthesized and stored data in the reverse order of the synthesis method and storing the tilt angle data and GPS data in a database file In business method using treadmill Installing the treadmill configured in claim 1 in a number of places, such as home, jjimjilbang, health club, PC room, Steps to create a treadmill site with a program for member management, voice and video chat programs, video transmission, and various data transfers on a server computer connected to the Internet. Entering the personal information of the member against those who want to exercise (travel) on the treadmill site and joining the member for free or for a fee; If you select the friend exercise mode on the treadmill terminal automatically or manually connected to the Internet to log in to the treadmill site, Create a chat room to find people who want to exercise together, enter the conditions (man and woman, age, region, number of people, exercise (travel) course) and wait for a number of treadmill members connected to the Internet to enter the keyboard chat or voice After chatting, finding the right person and choosing an exercise course, When the exercise course is determined, the treadmill site server transmits the treadmill video (the tilt angle data file is synthesized in the video) to the treadmill terminals of the members in the same room; When the host presses the START key, the treadmills of the people in the same room are automatically started together (the videos in front of the treadmills are displayed differently depending on the distance of movement as time passes after the START). At the same time as each treadmill is operating, information of each treadmill (ID, current speed, movement distance, voice data, web camera image data, handle angle, tilt angle) is transmitted to the treadmill site server; On the server computer, the contents received from each treadmill terminal (the other party's ID, the movement distance, the speed of movement, the other's treadmill's motion image, the handle angle, the tilt angle), etc. Configuring the transmission to the treadmill and allowing each terminal to be displayed again on the screen (on the monitor); From the top of the screen according to the other's ID, distance of movement, speed of movement, appearance of web camera installed in front of the treadmill of the other party, angle of inclination, etc. in order to induce competition psychology. To make it visible The more you focus on the exercise, the quiz (horizontal puzzles, OX problems, multiple choice problems, etc.) problems appear on the screen at regular intervals during the exercise, and the correct answer using the hand-held "empty mouse" will accumulate. Accumulate in the member's database Advertisement quiz problems appear on the screen randomly during the exercise and if the correct answer using the "empty mouse" using the hand is given a certain product as a bonus from the advertiser is registered in the member database and During the exercise, a random picture is displayed on the screen, and when the hidden picture is found using the "empty mouse" using the hand, the product specified in the hidden picture is included in the member's database as a bonus. You can talk, take quizzes, and exercise through a voice chat program and a microphone, speaker, web camera, keyboard, and touch screen installed on the front of the treadmill. Business model