1248825 九、發明說明： 【电明所屬之技術領域】 本發明係與運動器材有關，特別是指一種具有計步功 能的跑步機。 5【先前技術】 ^按，習用之運動器材，如跑步機，提供人員於跑帶上 仃走或跑步’以達到運動或健身的效果。早期的跑步機提 供某些機械m例如：跑帶速度、負荷大小與里程數等， 近期的跑步機更提供一些生理資訊，例如：消耗熱量、心 10跳數、呼吸等。以上之資訊是為讓使用者了解運動的程度 與自己的生理狀態以達到預定的運動效果。 【發明内容】 151248825 IX. INSTRUCTIONS: [Technical field to which the invention belongs] The present invention relates to sports equipment, and in particular to a treadmill having a step counting function. 5 [Prior Art] ^ Press, the used sports equipment, such as a treadmill, provides personnel to walk or run on the running belt to achieve the effect of exercise or fitness. Early treadmills provided certain machines such as running speed, load size and mileage, and recent treadmills provided some physiological information such as calories burned, heart hops, and breathing. The above information is to let the user know the degree of exercise and his physiological state to achieve the predetermined exercise effect. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 15
本發明之主要目的在於提供一種具有計步功能的跑步 機’其可記錄並顯示使用者的步數。 為達成前述之發明目的，本發明所提供的跑步機，包 含有一基座、—運動組件，具有—跑帶產生轉動、一感測 器，可感_勒組件之任—元件之速度變化、—處理器， 叶鼻該感測器所感測到該運動組件之速度變化的次數，以 及一顯示器，顯示該處理器之次數。 應用本發明之技術計算人員在—跑步機上行走或跑步 之步數之方法’包含有下辭驟：a)監測—跑步機之運動组 件之速度；b)感測該速度之瞬間變化 間 變化的次數，以及_示該速度之_變_:= 4 20 1248825 【實施方式】 ▲為了詳細說明本發明之構造及特點所在，兹舉以下之 較佳實施例並配合圖式說明如后： 5 办 人請參閱第-圖所示，本發明所提供的跑步機i，主要包 含有：一基座2以及一運動組件3。該基座2具有一框架 % 〇 —直立架12，其底端設置於該框架10之二側、二抉手 14 "刀別固定於該等直立架12，一跑板16，固定於該框架 1〇 10中，以及一面板18，設置於該二直立架12之頂端，其 10上具有S干按鍵20以及-顯示器22。該運動組件3具有— 馬達24、一傳動件26、二滾輪28以及一跑帶30。該二滾 =28之一為分別樞没於該框架10之前後二侧，該跑帶30 凡過。玄叫袞輪28。該馬達24目定於該框$ 1〇上，該傳動 B件26連接該馬達24與位於該框架1〇前側之滾輪，使馬 魯5達24—可帶動該滾輪28轉動，進而驅動該跑帶邳轉動。 第一圖所不本發明之量測人員在該跑步機上跑步或行 —之步數的裝£與方法，包含有：設置一感測器、32，監測 ~ 1動組件3的速度；設置—處理器34，感測該速度的瞬 間文化’並累加該瞬間變化的次數，最後在該顯示器U上 20顯示該累加後的次數。 π芩閱第二圖至第五圖所示，本發明第一較佳實施例 之感測器32具有-光發射器36、一接收器％以及二光間 40。該光發射器36與該接收器38設置於同一元件上，並 藉由-固定座42蚊於該框架1G上，位於靠近該前側滾 5 1248825 輪28的附近。该光發射s 36可發射紅外光束至該接收器 38。該光閥40，其為一盤體，固定於該前側滾輪28上，並 可隨該前側滾輪28同步轉動。該光闕4〇之周緣設有若干 間距相等之缺口 44。該光發射器36與該接收器％位於該 5光閥40之厂側，藉此，當該光閥轉動時，該接收器邓 έ收到断、’|之光矾號。該光閥4〇之二側分別設置有一配重 =4接》38可將所接❹彳之光訊號轉換為電氣訊號 — 輸出至該處理器34。 該處理ϋ 34,設置於該面板18内，具有—處理迴路以 Η)及^加迴路(未顯示），該處理迴路可藉由所接收到由該接 收為38所傳來之連續二訊號的時間差_，配合該光間仙 之缺口之夾角（α)，計异出該光閥4〇轉動之角速度⑻。 而該”視為該運動組件3之滾輪28的轉速。 如弟六圖所示’當該運動組件組件3等速轉動時該 15感測器32所偵測到的角速度⑻約略是為一定值。當使用 者在及跑▼ 30上行走或跑步時，當使用者的腳踏在該跑帶 =上的瞬間，會提供該跑帶3G—瞬間負荷，而該瞬間負荷 ;使得該運動組件3之所有元件(包括跑帶30、滾輪28、傳 動件26與馬達24)之轉速瞬間變化。在此瞬間，該产 2〇也會產生變化(在實務上，該角速度的變化是呈正弦波又的型 悲）。此角速度的瞬間變化IV可被視為使用者踏下一步。 :，=，牛當該角速度的瞬間變化IV出現時，該累加迴路紀錄 6亥瞬間變化㈣定為計算單位時間内角速度的變化(亦 6 1248825 葬Hi度），在實務操作上，該處理器中會設有—遽波器 错=慮-些極端值，接著計算角 大於續度 秒者，則視為”一步，，。 錢理$ 34之累力σ迴路可累計”―步，，的次數，並將其 、、、口果傳送至該顯示器22顯示。 以上所述之實施例可將該感測器之光闕設 置於該運動SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION A primary object of the present invention is to provide a treadmill having a step counter function which can record and display the number of steps of the user. In order to achieve the foregoing object, the treadmill provided by the present invention comprises a base, a moving component, a running belt, a sensor, a sensor, a component, a speed change of the component, Processor, the number of times the sensor senses the speed of the moving component, and the number of times a display displays the processor. The method of calculating the number of steps a person walks or runs on a treadmill using the techniques of the present invention includes the following: a) monitoring - the speed of the moving component of the treadmill; b) sensing the change between the instantaneous changes of the speed The number of times, and the speed of the _: _ = 4 20 1248825 [Embodiment] ▲ In order to explain the structure and features of the present invention in detail, the following preferred embodiments are described with reference to the following: The treadmill i provided by the present invention mainly includes: a base 2 and a moving component 3. The base 2 has a frame % 〇 - an upright frame 12 , the bottom end of which is disposed on two sides of the frame 10 , the second hand 14 " the knife is fixed to the upright frame 12, a running board 16 is fixed to the The frame 1〇10, and a panel 18 are disposed at the top end of the two vertical stands 12, and have 10 S keys 20 and a display 22 thereon. The moving assembly 3 has a motor 24, a transmission member 26, two rollers 28, and a running belt 30. One of the two rolls = 28 is pivoted before the rear side of the frame 10, and the running belt 30 passes. Xuan called the wheel 28 The motor 24 is fixed on the frame $1〇, and the transmission B member 26 is connected to the motor 24 and the roller on the front side of the frame 1 so that the Malu 5 reaches 24 to drive the roller 28 to rotate, thereby driving the running. With a twist. The first figure does not include the method of measuring the number of steps in the treadmill running or traveling on the treadmill, including: setting a sensor, 32, monitoring the speed of the ~1 moving component 3; setting - The processor 34 senses the instantaneous culture of the speed 'and accumulates the number of times of the momentary change, and finally displays the accumulated number of times on the display U 20. As shown in the second to fifth figures, the sensor 32 of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention has a light emitter 36, a receiver %, and a light room 40. The light emitter 36 and the receiver 38 are disposed on the same component, and are attached to the frame 1G by a holder 42 so as to be adjacent to the wheel 28 of the front roller 5 1248825. The light emission s 36 can emit an infrared beam to the receiver 38. The light valve 40, which is a disk body, is fixed to the front side roller 28 and is rotatable in synchronization with the front side roller 28. The periphery of the aperture 4 is provided with a plurality of notches 44 of equal spacing. The light emitter 36 and the receiver % are located on the factory side of the 5-light valve 40, whereby when the light valve is rotated, the receiver Deng received the nickname of the break. The two sides of the light valve 4 are respectively provided with a weight = 4 connection 38 to convert the connected optical signal into an electrical signal - output to the processor 34. The processing unit 34 is disposed in the panel 18 and has a processing circuit (Η) and an adding circuit (not shown). The processing circuit can receive the continuous two signals transmitted by the receiving 38. The time difference _, in conjunction with the angle (α) of the gap between the lights, the angular velocity of the rotation of the light valve 4 (8). And the "this" is regarded as the rotational speed of the roller 28 of the moving component 3. As shown in the sixth figure, the angular velocity (8) detected by the 15 sensor 32 when the moving component assembly 3 is rotating at a constant speed is approximately a certain value. When the user walks or runs on the running track 30, when the user's foot is on the running belt=, the running belt 3G-instant load is provided, and the instantaneous load; so that the moving component 3 The speed of all the components (including the running belt 30, the roller 28, the transmission member 26 and the motor 24) changes instantaneously. At this moment, the production 2 〇 also changes (in practice, the angular velocity changes are sinusoidal waves The sorrow of the angular velocity. The instantaneous change IV of the angular velocity can be regarded as the user stepping on the next step. :, =, when the instantaneous change IV of the angular velocity occurs, the cumulative circuit records the instantaneous change of 6 hai (4) as the unit time. The change of the internal angular velocity (also 6 1248825 burial Hi degree), in the practical operation, the processor will be set - chopper error = care - some extreme values, then calculate the angle is greater than the continuation of the second, it is considered as " step,,. The balance σ loop of Qianli $34 can accumulate the number of steps, and the results are transmitted to the display 22. The embodiment described above can set the aperture of the sensor. In the sport
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、且件=馬達或是傳動件上，也可達到相同之功效。 第七圖顯示本發明第二較佳實施例的跑步機之感測器 50 "亥感測态具有一光閥52、一光發射器54以及一接收器 56。該光閥52為設置於跑帶58 一端緣之齒部，而該光發 射為54與該接收器56分別設置於該跑帶58之二側。如此 也可達成相同之功效。第八圖顯示本發明第三較佳實施例 的跑步機之感測器62，其與第二實施例類似，惟，該感測 器62之光閥64為設置於跑帶66邊緣之等間距之缺口。前 述之感測器62最好設置於靠近滾輪60, 68之位置，以降低 因該跑帶的震動所產生之誤差。 請參閱第九圖所示，本發明第四較佳實施例所提供感 測器70。該感測器70主要具有一轉子72以及一開關74。 該轉子72為一盤體，固定於一滾輪76，與該滾輪76同步 轉動，且具有若干磁鐵78，呈環形設置於該轉子72之周緣 上。相鄰之二磁鐵78間的間距相等。該開關74設有一基 座80與二簧片82，各該簧片82之一端固定於該基座80， 外端具有—自由端84,請該二自由端84具有一部份重疊。 該二簧片82各藉由一電線(未顯示)將訊號傳送至該處理器 7 20 1248825 二^示）。當該轉子72之磁鐵78接近該二簧片82時，該 y黃片82之自由端84會相互吸引而搭接在一起(如第十一 =所不），當該磁鐵78遠離後，該二簧片82之自由端科 5 ^回復至分離之狀態（如第十圖所示）。換言之，當該轉子 2轉動日守，會產生一呈週期變動之磁場，且其頻率是與該 轉子72或是滾輪76之轉速成正比，該磁場作用於該二簧 • # 82’使該二簧片82之自由端84產生反覆地接觸與分離， ^此該關74即可產生⑽與〇FF之數位訊號。原理如 ]〇刖，可藉由二連續之0N訊號或〇FF訊號間的時間，計算 10出轉子72的角速度，如該角速度產生前述之瞬間變化時， 可記錄為，，一步，，。 π芩閱第十二圖所示，本發明第五較佳實施例所提供 之感測器86,基本上與第四實施例之感測器7〇近似，具有 轉子88，其上設有磁鐵90，以及一線圈％。藉由該轉子 15 88轉動時所提供之變動之磁場，可使該線圈％感應出一電 流。當使用者踏下一步的瞬間，會造成該轉子88轉動的速 度瞬間降低，而使該線圈92所感應出的電流產生瞬間變 化。甚備測到該電流的瞬間變化時，可判定為” 一步，，。 本發明第六實施例所提供之偵測方法為監測馬達的電 20流，該馬達的電流大小可作為運動組件的速度的指標。當 運動組件的負荷瞬間提南時，該馬達的電流會提高以使該 馬達輸出的扭力增加。此時，如偵測到馬達的電流瞬間提 高，可判定為，，一步，，。 請茶閱第十三圖所示’本發明第七較佳實施例所提供 8 1248825 的跑步機具有一感測器94，該感測器94具有一惰輪96 — 固定架98以及一轉速計100。該惰輪96樞設於該固定架 98上，可自由轉動，該轉速計100裝設於該惰輪96中，可 偵測該惰輪96的轉速。該固定架98上具有二長槽102，並 5 利用二螺栓104固定於跑步機之框架106上，藉由旋轉該 二螺栓104可調整該固定架98的位置，使該惰輪96壓貼 在一跑帶108上，使該惰輪96可與該跑帶108同步轉動。 藉由感測該惰輪96之轉速的瞬間變化，來記錄使用者行走 或跑步之步數。 ίο 前述之實施例，除第六較佳實施例外，均可應用於一 非電動式的跑步機，換言之，該跑步機之運動組件沒有馬 達與傳動件，僅由二滾輪與一跑帶所組成。 1248825 【圖式簡單說明】 第一圖係本發明第一較佳實施例之立體圖； 第二圖係本發明第一較佳實施例之感測方式流程圖； 第二圖係本發明第一較佳實施例之感測器之示意圖； 5 第四圖係本發明第一較佳實施例之感測器之正視圖； 第五圖係本發明第一較佳實施例之感測器之頂視圖； 第六圖係本發明第一較佳實施例之感測器所量測之速 度的曲線圖； 第七圖係本發明第二較佳實施例之感測器之示意圖； 10 第八圖係本發明第三較佳實施例之感測器之示意圖； 第九圖係本發明第四較佳實施例之感測器之示意圖； 第十圖與第十一圖係本發明第四較佳實施例之感測器 的開關動作示意圖； 第十二圖係本發明第五較佳實施例之感測器之示意 15圖；，以及 第十二圖係本發明第七較佳實施例之感測器之示意 1248825 【主要元件符號說明】 1跑步機 2基座 10框架 12直立架 16跑板 18面板 5 22顯示器 24馬達 28滾輪 30跑帶 34處理器 36光發射器 • 40光閥 42固定座 46配重件 10 50感測器 52光閥 56接收器 58跑帶 62感測器 64光閥 68滾輪 70感測器 72轉子 15 76滾輪 78磁鐵 • 82簧片 84自由端 86感測器 88轉子 92線圈 94感測器 96惰輪 20 100轉速計 102長槽 106框架 108跑帶 3運動組件 14扶手 20按鍵 26傳動件 32感測器 38接收器 44缺口 54光發射器 60滾輪 66跑帶 74開關 80基座 90磁鐵 98固定架 104螺栓And the parts = motor or transmission parts can also achieve the same effect. The seventh figure shows a sensor 50" of the treadmill according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention having a light valve 52, a light emitter 54, and a receiver 56. The light valve 52 is a tooth portion disposed at one end edge of the running belt 58, and the light is emitted 54 and the receiver 56 are disposed on two sides of the running belt 58, respectively. This can also achieve the same effect. The eighth figure shows a sensor 62 of a treadmill according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention, which is similar to the second embodiment except that the light valve 64 of the sensor 62 is equidistantly disposed at the edge of the running belt 66. The gap. The sensor 62 described above is preferably placed adjacent to the rollers 60, 68 to reduce errors due to the vibration of the running belt. Referring to the ninth figure, a sensor 70 is provided in accordance with a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention. The sensor 70 mainly has a rotor 72 and a switch 74. The rotor 72 is a disk body fixed to a roller 76, rotates synchronously with the roller 76, and has a plurality of magnets 78 disposed annularly on the circumference of the rotor 72. The spacing between the adjacent two magnets 78 is equal. The switch 74 is provided with a base 80 and a two-spring piece 82. One end of each of the springs 82 is fixed to the base 80, and the outer end has a free end 84. The two free ends 84 have a partial overlap. The two reeds 82 are each transmitted by a wire (not shown) to the processor 7 20 1248825. When the magnet 78 of the rotor 72 approaches the two-spring piece 82, the free ends 84 of the y-yellow piece 82 are attracted to each other and overlapped together (e.g., eleventh = no), when the magnet 78 is away, the The free end of the two reeds 82 is restored to the separated state (as shown in the tenth figure). In other words, when the rotor 2 rotates, a magnetic field that changes periodically is generated, and its frequency is proportional to the rotational speed of the rotor 72 or the roller 76. The magnetic field acts on the second spring. #82' The free end 84 of the reed 82 produces repeated contact and separation, which allows the digital signal of (10) and 〇FF to be generated. For example, the angular velocity of the rotor 72 can be calculated by the time between two consecutive 0N signals or 〇FF signals. If the angular velocity produces the aforementioned instantaneous change, it can be recorded as one step. As shown in FIG. 12, a sensor 86 according to a fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention is substantially similar to the sensor 7A of the fourth embodiment, having a rotor 88 on which a magnet is disposed. 90, and a coil of %. The coil % induces a current by the varying magnetic field provided by the rotation of the rotor 15 88. When the user steps on the next step, the speed at which the rotor 88 rotates is instantaneously lowered, and the current induced by the coil 92 is instantaneously changed. When the instantaneous change of the current is detected, it can be determined as "one step." The detection method provided by the sixth embodiment of the present invention is to monitor the electric current of the motor, and the current of the motor can be used as the speed of the moving component. When the load of the moving component is instantaneously increased, the current of the motor is increased to increase the torque of the motor output. At this time, if the current of the motor is detected to increase instantaneously, it can be determined as one step. Please refer to the thirteenth figure. The treadmill of the 8 1248825 provided by the seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention has a sensor 94 having an idler 96 - a holder 98 and a tachometer The idler gear 96 is pivotally mounted on the fixed frame 98 and is freely rotatable. The tachometer 100 is mounted in the idler gear 96 to detect the rotational speed of the idler gear 96. The fixed frame 98 has two lengths. The slot 102, and 5 are fixed to the frame 106 of the treadmill by two bolts 104. The position of the fixing bracket 98 can be adjusted by rotating the two bolts 104, and the idler 96 is pressed against a running belt 108. The idler 96 is rotatable in synchronization with the running belt 108. By sensing the The instantaneous change of the rotational speed of the wheel 96 is used to record the number of steps the user walks or runs. ίο The foregoing embodiment, except the sixth preferred embodiment, can be applied to a non-electric treadmill, in other words, the treadmill The moving component has no motor and transmission member, and is composed only of two rollers and a running belt. 1248825 [Simplified description of the drawings] The first drawing is a perspective view of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; A schematic diagram of a sensing mode of a preferred embodiment; a second drawing is a schematic view of a sensor of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention; 5 is a front view of a sensor of a first preferred embodiment of the present invention The fifth drawing is a top view of the sensor of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; the sixth figure is a graph of the measured speed of the sensor of the first preferred embodiment of the present invention; A schematic diagram of a sensor according to a second preferred embodiment of the present invention; 10 is a schematic diagram of a sensor according to a third preferred embodiment of the present invention; and a ninth diagram is a sensing method according to a fourth preferred embodiment of the present invention. Schematic diagram of the device; the tenth and eleventh drawings are the hair Schematic diagram of the switching operation of the sensor of the fourth preferred embodiment; FIG. 12 is a schematic view of the sensor of the fifth preferred embodiment of the present invention; and the twelfth embodiment is a seventh preferred embodiment of the present invention. Schematic of the sensor of the embodiment 1248825 [Description of main components] 1 treadmill 2 base 10 frame 12 upright frame 16 running board 18 panel 5 22 display 24 motor 28 wheel 30 running with 34 processor 36 light transmitter • 40 Light valve 42 fixing seat 46 weighting member 10 50 sensor 52 light valve 56 receiver 58 running belt 62 sensor 64 light valve 68 roller 70 sensor 72 rotor 15 76 roller 78 magnet • 82 reed 84 free end 86 sensor 88 rotor 92 coil 94 sensor 96 idler 20 100 tachometer 102 long slot 106 frame 108 running belt 3 moving component 14 armrest 20 button 26 transmission member 32 sensor 38 receiver 44 notch 54 light emitter 60 roller 66 running belt 74 switch 80 base 90 magnet 98 fixing frame 104 bolt
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