WO2023031475A1

WO2023031475A1 - Sports apparatus, sports system, and operating method

Info

Publication number: WO2023031475A1
Application number: PCT/EP2022/074700
Authority: WO
Inventors: Vitalij Zittel
Original assignee: Bownce Holding Plc
Priority date: 2021-09-06
Filing date: 2022-09-06
Publication date: 2023-03-09
Also published as: DE102021123044A1

Abstract

The invention relates to a sports apparatus (10), a sports system (100), and a method for operating same, wherein (i) the sports apparatus (10) is formed with at least one handle (1) with a first end (1-1), a second end (1-2), and a handle part (1-4) which is arranged between the first and second end (1-1, 1-2) and connects the first and second ends (1-1, 1-2), and (ii) the sports apparatus (10) has a measuring and/or analysis unit (4), which is designed to detect device information and/or user information of a user of the sports apparatus (1) via measurement values by carrying out a measurement process and to generate, provide, store, output, and/or display data and/or signals which represent the measurement values, are derived therefrom, and/or evaluate said measurement values, in particular by means of acoustic and/or optically visual displays, or to trigger and/or control same.

Description

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SPORT ARRANGEMENT, SPORT SYSTEM AND PROCEDURE OF OPERATION

The invention relates to a sports arrangement, a sports system and an operating method for a sports arrangement and a sports system.

Various types of sports and training equipment, which can also be generally referred to as sports equipment, are known with which the physical fitness of a user or a group of users can be improved with simple means, especially in the private sphere.

On the one hand, for example, DE 20 2020 107 020 U1 discloses a sports arrangement like an adjustable dumbbell, in which a first weight with an opening and a second weight with an opening can be brought into engagement with a holder like a handle bar. A user uses the dumbbell by grasping the handlebar with at least one hand and performing one or more subsequent exercise movements in which the dumbbell weight is variously moved around the user's body through their own physical exertion. During training, the user can use one dumbbell, for example as a dumbbell, with one hand, one dumbbell each, for example each as a dumbbell, with one hand each, or one dumbbell, as a dumbbell or barbell, with both hands together.

On the other hand, DE 21 2007 000 010 Ul discloses a sports arrangement in the form of a push-up grip, in which a gripping area and a standing area are formed, the gripping area enabling a user to be supported by hand for a sporting exercise and the standing area the grip area is placed in a standing position on the floor. The user can use a one-handed push-up handle or a one-handed push-up handle at a time when exercising.

On the one hand, with these known sports arrangements, it should be borne in mind that, in principle, several different types of equipment must be provided in order to enable dumbbell training or push-up training. Especially in the home, storing several pieces of sports equipment in a comparatively small space is perceived as a nuisance.

On the other hand, these known sports arrangements have the disadvantage that data for training must be recorded by a user or an assistant during the training process in an additional process. This applies, for example, to the listing of training duration, number of movements, movement frequency and heart rate. This additional manual data collection is complex, may require an assistant and it is also prone to errors because it requires the attention of a person and a certain kind of bookkeeping care and list keeping and possibly also a certain intellectual demand, especially with the longer-term evaluation of training and physiological data puts.

The invention is based on the object of specifying a sports arrangement, a sports system and a method for its operation, in which a particularly flexible training can be carried out with particularly simple and nevertheless reliable means and when training with a sports arrangement, the training performance of a user and others Data can be recorded in a particularly detailed and error-free manner and managed in a general sense.

The object on which the invention is based is achieved in a sports arrangement according to the invention with the features of claim 1, in a sports system according to the invention with the features of claim 11 and in an operating method for a sports arrangement and/or for a sports system according to the invention with the features of claim 13 . Advantageous developments are the subject of the respective dependent claims.

According to a first aspect of the present invention, a sports arrangement is provided (i) which is formed with at least one handle having a first end, a second end and a handle part arranged between the first and second ends and connecting the first and second ends, and (ii) which has a measuring and/or evaluation unit that is set up to metrologically record device information and/or user information of a user of the sports arrangement via measured values and data representative of, derived from and/or evaluating the measured values and/or To generate, provide, store, output and/or display signals, in particular through acoustic and/or optical-visual displays, or to cause and/or control them. Through these measures, it is achieved by means of particularly simple but nevertheless reliable means that when training with the sports arrangement according to the invention, the training performance of a user and other data can be recorded in a particularly detailed and error-free manner and managed in the general sense, namely without there being any additional manual activity or requires the assistance of an additional person.

The handle can include and/or support various functions of the sports arrangement, also understood as sports equipment in general. The handle can be in connection with the sports arrangement according to the invention as a basic element (i). Dumbbell arrangement or dumbbell, be it a dumbbell or a barbell, (ii) an exercise device for push-up exercises, for example in the sense of a frame, handle or the like or also another training device, (iii) for example a horizontal bar or pull-up bar, act and is therefore can be used flexibly.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the high degree of flexibility in the possible uses is essentially based on the fact that, according to the invention, various supplementary elements can be attached to the handle at the first and second ends. However, this is not absolutely necessary since the handle itself can be used as a type of dumbbell or gymnastics bar, for example due to its own geometric shape and/or due to its weight or mass.

In an advantageous embodiment, the sports arrangement according to the invention is designed with at least one pair of end and/or slip-on elements that can be releasably attached and fastened and/or releasably attached and/or fastened to the first and second ends.

In order to achieve a particularly high degree of geometric symmetry and/or balanced weight or mass distribution, identical end and/or slip-on elements are or are preferably formed in pairs.

Depending on the design of the end and/or slip-on elements, the sports arrangement according to the invention can take the form of different sports equipment.

In another exemplary embodiment, the sports arrangement according to the invention is designed as a dumbbell arrangement or dumbbell with at least one pair of dumbbell or weight disks or with a pair of weight sleeves as end and/or attachment elements

Depending on the length of the handle, the sports arrangement in this embodiment takes the form of a dumbbell or a barbell.

In principle, the handle can be understood as a substantially linear and cylindrical, in particular circular-cylindrical component. In alternative configurations, however, it can also be considered that the handle has certain other shapes, for example with a curved shape, such as can be used advantageously in weight training or in other fitness exercises. When using the sports arrangement designed as a dumbbell arrangement or barbell according to the invention, the user grasps the handle of at least one dumbbell, lifts it and performs certain and known arm movements intended for training to strengthen the hand, arm and/or torso muscles.

During training, the user can also use two identical elements of sports arrangements in the sense of a pair of dumbbells, one dumbbell being grasped with one hand and guided with corresponding arm movements during training.

In another alternative embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention, this is designed as a push-up exercise handle with a pair of support elements or supports as end and/or slip-on elements which are and are connected by the handle in the assembled state.

When using this embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention, the user grasps the handle in such a way that the support elements or supports attached to the first and second ends are supported on the floor in such a way that the handle is spaced from the floor the arm or arms are alternately extended and flexed so that the generally extended body is alternately raised and removed from the floor or lowered and brought closer. It is conceivable to use a single push-up exercise handle to perform one-armed push-up exercises. However, the use of two push-up exercise grips for training with both arms is also conceivable and common.

In an advantageous embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention, the device information and/or the user information can be recorded in different ways.

Accordingly, a measuring and/or evaluation unit is advantageously designed and set up to record one or more variables, data, signals from the group of variables, data, signals that has

Data of a user, in particular to identify the user and/or in relation to the use of the sports arrangement by the user, biometric data, in particular a fingerprint,

- physiological data, in particular a user's pulse rate, an oxygen concentration or oxygen saturation in the blood of a user, physical energy applied and/or released by the user, physical work and/or physical performance,

- a touch, a pressure by touch, a pressure distribution by touch, in each case their change over time, in each case in relation to the handle and/or one or more possible end and/or slip-on elements,

- a position, a position, an orientation, a movement, an acceleration, in each case their change over time and/or in relation to the handle and/or in relation to one or more possible end and/or slip-on elements,

- a movement frequency, a vibration frequency, a movement amplitude and a vibration amplitude, in each case their change over time, in each case in relation to the handle and/or in relation to one or more possible end and/or slip-on elements,

- a date of use (year, month, day, time) and/or a period of use, in particular as device information and/or as user information.

In addition, it can be considered that the data recorded in this way can also be fed to a further evaluation in order, for example, to derive and/or calculate further physiological data from the data already recorded.

It is also possible to think of collecting additional personal data that, for example, but not only, has a certain physiological relevance, for example via data input by the user, either directly, for example manually, on the sports arrangement and/or via a communication connection, for example via an app, a program or a general computer-assisted process. This data can, for example, but not only, relate to gender, age, height and/or body weight, which can then be used as a basis for a further physiological evaluation and an evaluation of the training data.

In another additional or alternative embodiment of the invention Sports arrangement, the measuring and/or evaluation unit—in particular for data acquisition—can have a sensor arrangement or an operative connection to a sensor arrangement for acquiring device information and/or user information.

Furthermore, according to another alternative or additional exemplary embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention, the measuring and/or evaluation unit and/or the sensor arrangement can be partially or completely formed on or in the handle and/or on or in one or more possible end and/or attachment elements .

Additionally or alternatively, the or a formed sensor arrangement can be partially or completely formed as a component of the measuring and/or evaluation unit.

It can have one or more sensors. A respective sensor can in particular come from a group of sensors which has a general biometric sensor, a pulse sensor, a blood oxygen sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, a pressure sensor, a microphone, another or general sound pickup, a position sensor, a position sensor, a Orientation sensor, a motion sensor and an acceleration sensor.

In embodiments of the present invention, one or more infrared or IR sensors and/or ultrasonic sensors are designed, these can be designed to record physiological data, for example a pulse rate and/or a blood oxygen concentration of a user of the sports arrangement.

It is therefore also possible to use several of these sensors and any combination of these sensors in various adapted embodiments of the sports arrangement according to the invention and then to design them accordingly.

In a preferred exemplary embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention, an output and/or display unit or an operative connection to an output and/or display unit can be formed.

In this case, the output and/or display unit can be set up to output device information, user information and/or data and/or signals representative thereof optically/visually, in particular by means of an LED display, an LCD display or another optical/visual display, acoustically, by means of one or more loudspeakers or other sound generators, and/or haptically, in particular by means of a vibrating alarm.

Furthermore, the output and/or display unit or a part thereof can additionally or alternatively be designed on or in the handle, on or in one or more possible end and/or attachment elements and/or as an external device and/or in an external device . In particular, the data in question can be displayed via a corresponding communication connection, in particular via an app, on a smartphone, tablet, smart TV, on a computer, in a cloud, on any network and/or on the Internet for storage, further processing and/or evaluation.

Furthermore, especially in connection with the output and / or display unit but also separately from this, an additional input unit can be considered, with which the user is able to alternative or additional information for the operation of the sports arrangement or may be relevant or important for data collection or later data analysis. This information can be personal data that is physiologically relevant, for example - in addition to a name or user name and/or date of birth - the user's gender, weight, height, age or the like. The input can, for example, take place acoustically via a microphone or by means of another sound pickup, optionally with voice recognition. Input via a touchscreen, a touchpad, via a keyboard and/or via knobs, keys or other touch and/or pressure-sensitive input elements is also conceivable.

The entry can be made internally, i.e. on the sports arrangement, or externally.

This input unit can therefore be designed partially or completely as a component or components of the sports arrangement, for example on or in the handle and/or on or in one or more possible end and/or attachment elements.

It is also conceivable for the input unit to be designed partially or completely as an external device - with regard to the actual dumbbell arrangement and/or the push-up exercise handle - for example via appropriately connected external devices, for example in the form of mobile end devices, via an app, a program, a general computer-aided method and/or via a network.

In another preferred alternative or additional embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention, a communication unit is formed which Output and/or for receiving device information, user information and/or data and/or signals representative of it, derived from it and/or evaluating it.

For this purpose, the communication unit can have wireless communication means, in particular according to a Bluetooth standard, a WLAN standard, an RFID standard (RFID: radio frequency identification), an NFC standard (NFC: near field communication), an infrared or IR Standard, an ultrasound or US standard and/or according to a standard for wireless inductive communication and/or energy supply, and/or wired communication means, in particular according to an Ethernet standard and/or according to a USB standard.

The communication unit can be set up directly or indirectly with a cloud, a general network, the Internet, a server, PC, laptop, notebook or mainframe, a mobile terminal device, a smartphone, a tablet, a smart TV, another sports arrangement , a device providing an app, a program or a general computer-assisted method and/or with a higher-level sports system, in particular as part of it, to be connectable and/or to communicate for data exchange and/or for a control process.

The communication unit can be partially or completely formed on or in the handle.

Alternatively or additionally, the or a communication unit can be partially or completely formed in an end and/or slip-on element.

It is also possible to think of designing both a possible handle and a possible end and/or plug-on element with a communication unit. In the interaction of these communication units, it can be considered, for example, that the handle and end and/or attachment element identify one another, so that the interaction of the various elements makes it clear whether the sports arrangement is a dumbbell, a push-up exercise handle or other sports equipment.

It is also conceivable that each dumbbell weight is designed as an end and/or slip-on element with a communication unit that is used for identification, so that when all communication units interact, it can be displayed with which mass or with which weight the sports arrangement designed as a dumbbell is equipped. This also facilitates the automatic Training evaluation, because, for example, from the completed training and/or movement sequences based on the total weight determined, it can be calculated which training performance the user has actually achieved

An energy source and/or an active connection to an energy source is designed to supply energy and in particular to power the sports arrangement according to the invention. The energy source can be, for example, a battery, a rechargeable battery, an accumulator, a solar cell or the like or consist of a combination thereof.

The energy source and/or the operative connection to the energy source can be partially or completely formed on or in the handle or handle body and/or on or in at least one end and/or slip-on element.

An active connection to an energy or current source or supply can be implemented in a wired manner, for example in the form of a line, a plug, a socket or a combination thereof, or wirelessly, for example inductively.

According to a further aspect of the present invention, a sports system is also created which has at least one sports arrangement designed according to the invention.

The proposed sports system is set up and has means to record device information and/or user information of a user of the at least one sports arrangement and to generate, provide, store, output and/or data and/or signals that are representative of it, derived from it and/or evaluating it. or display, in particular by means of an acoustic and/or opto-visual display, or cause and/or control this.

In particular, against the background of the sports system according to the invention, it is possible to think of setting up a type of equipment park or a training course, for example in the manner of circuit training, in order to then be able to use the general management of the recorded device data and/or user data to record the entire training performance of a user or a Group of users, namely to generate a general performance presentation and/or performance evaluation by personalizing the device usage and the recorded data and, if necessary, to share it in a group.

In a preferred embodiment of the sports system according to the invention, a communication connection is designed, in particular in wired and/or wireless form, and for communication with at least one other unit of the sports system furnished

At least one additional unit can be used as a cloud, a general network, as the Internet, as a server, a PC, a notebook, a netbook or as a mainframe, as a mobile device, a smartphone, a tablet, as a smart TV and/or be designed as a further sports arrangement.

Alternatively or additionally, in the sports system according to the invention, the at least one further unit can be set up to record device information relating to the at least one sports arrangement and/or user information of at least one user relating to the at least one sports arrangement and representative thereof, derived therefrom and/or these to generate, provide, store, output and/or display evaluation data and/or signals, in particular by acoustic and/or optical-visual display, or to cause and/or control this.

In particular, in connection with the sports system according to the invention, a unit external to a sports arrangement can also be used as an input unit, for example for recording personalizing data (name, date of birth, gender, age, height, body weight), and/or as an output unit, for example for displaying user information , device information or data derived from it, for example training results, function and be set up accordingly.

According to an additional aspect of the present invention, an operating method or operating control method for a sports arrangement according to the invention and/or for a sports system according to the invention is also created.

The proposed method has steps, individually or in any combination, for the metrological acquisition of device information and/or user information of a user of at least one sports arrangement and/or for generating, providing, storing, outputting and/or representing the device information and/or user information more representative, data and/or signals derived therefrom and/or evaluating them, in particular through acoustic and/or optical-visual displays.

The proposed method can be designed entirely or partially as a method that can be executed on a computer and/or an electronic data and/or signal processing system, in particular as an app, as a general program or the like. These and other aspects of the present invention and its embodiments are explained in more detail with reference to the figures described below.

FIG. 1 is a schematic representation of a sports system according to the invention using a sports arrangement designed according to the invention.

FIGS. 2 to 4F show various schematic views of an embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention with a focus on the handle without any end and/or slip-on elements attached, each from different perspectives.

FIGS. 5A to 6C show various schematic views of other embodiments of the sports arrangement according to the invention designed as a dumbbell arrangement, each using a plurality of dumbbell plates or weight plates as end and/or attachment elements.

FIGS. 7A and 7B show various schematic views of an embodiment of an end and/or push-on element, designed as a barbell plate or weight plate, used according to the invention for a sports arrangement according to the invention.

FIGS. 8A to 9C show various schematic views of other embodiments of the sports arrangement according to the invention designed as a dumbbell arrangement, each using a plurality of slip-on sleeves or weight sleeves as end and/or slip-on elements.

FIGS. 10A to 11C show various schematic views of a sports arrangement according to the invention designed as a push-up exercise grip using a pair of support elements as end and/or attachment elements.

Exemplary embodiments and the technical background of the present invention are described in detail below with reference to FIGS. 1 to 11C. Elements and components that are the same or equivalent or have the same or equivalent effect are denoted by the same reference symbols. The detailed description of the designated elements and components is not reproduced in every case of their occurrence. The features shown and their other properties can be isolated from one another in any form and combined with one another in any way, without departing from the core of the present invention.

Figure 1 is a schematic representation of a sports system 100 according to the invention using a sports arrangement 10 designed according to the invention.

The core of the sports system 100 according to the invention as shown in Figure 1 consists of at least one sports arrangement 10 designed according to the invention.

In Figure 1 it is indicated that the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention as one or with a handle 1 or equipped with at least one pair of detachably attachable and attachable and/or detachably attached and/or attached end and/or slip-on elements 2, 3 as a dumbbell arrangement, ie as a dumbbell 10', or as a push-up exercise grip 10".

The specific character of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention depends on the presence of any end and/or attachment elements 2, 3 and on their nature.

The at least one sports arrangement 10 designed according to the invention is connected to other units via a communication link 101, which can also be understood as a communication channel. The totality of these units can in particular have a further and external sports arrangement 110 which may be configured according to the invention.

Connection to a cloud 102, to any local or non-local network 102, to the Internet 103, to a computer 104, for example a server 104 or to a mainframe 104, a general computer, a PC, a laptop is also conceivable , a notebook, a netbook, to a mobile terminal device 105, 106, for example to a smartphone 105, to a tablet 106, to a smart TV 107 and/or to another smart home device.

The communication connection 101 can in each case be wired and/or wireless and be based on corresponding communication standards. With regard to the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention, this means that the communication unit 7 configured on or in the sports arrangement 10 has corresponding wireless communication means 7-1 or wired communication means 7-2. A means of communication can also be understood quite generally as a means for supplying energy to the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention. This can be, for example, a wired energy supply, ie a conventional mains cable or the like, or a UB connection. A wireless energy supply, for example inductively, is also possible.

First, the structure and function of the handle 1 of the sports arrangement 10 designed according to the invention will be explained.

As already mentioned above, the handle 1 represents the core element of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention and can also be used in isolation as sports equipment, for example due to its preferably linear and cylindrical or circular-cylindrical geometry designed in the manner of a rod and also due to its own weight. Thus, the handle 1 as such can be used, for example, as a gymnastics die or as a light weight.

FIGS. 2 to 4F show various schematic views of an embodiment of the sports arrangement according to the invention with a focus on the handle, in each case without any end and/or slip-on elements attached, in each case from different perspectives.

For this purpose, reference systems xyz with the spatial directions x, y and z are given, also in the further course of the description of the figures, to clarify the respective position and orientation in space.

The handle body 1-3 forming the handle 1 has an essentially linear and perpendicular circular-cylindrical basic shape in the manner of a column or a rod. Between its first end 1-1 and its second end 1-2, the grip body 1-3 has a grip part 1-4 connecting these ends 1-1, 1-2.

The first end 1-1 of the handle 1 is formed by a receiving area 1-5 for any end and/or attachment elements 2, 3, is divided into receiving sections 1-51, 1-52 and 1-53 from the inside to the outside and is terminated with an end portion 1-11 or a face 1-11.

The second end 1-2 of the handle 1 is also formed by a receiving area 1-5 for any end and/or attachment elements 2, 3, is divided into receiving sections 1-51, 1-52 and 1-53 from the inside to the outside and is terminated with an end section 1-21 or a face 1-21. For receiving and locking any end and / or slip-on elements 2, 3, each receiving section 1-51, 1-52 and 1-53 has a respective locking section or locking element 1-61, 1-62 or 1-63, which in their Total form a locking area 1- 6.

The locking sections 1-61, 1-62, 1-63 or locking elements 1-61, 1-62, 1-63 can, for example, consist of a locking pin or the like or have such a pin which, in a locking state, protrudes from the outer surface of the Handle 1 is extended radially outwards in order to axially fix any end and/or slip-on elements 2, 3, and which, in an unlocked state, moves into the interior of the handle 1, no longer from the outer surface of the handle body 1-3 of the handle 1 protrudes and thus allows an axial displacement of any end and / or slip-on for its disassembly.

A locking and/or releasing mechanism 1-7 can be configured to actuate the lock and thus the locking sections 1-61, 1-62, 1-63 of the locking area 1-6.

This locking and/or releasing mechanism 1-7 can be designed, for example, as or with a manual push button on one or a respective end face 1-11, 1-21, when it is manually actuated due to a mechanical functional relationship, the locking section of 1-61 , 1-62, 1-63 are made to axially lock or release any end and/or slip-on element 2, 3.

According to the invention, a measuring and/or evaluation unit 4, a sensor arrangement 5 with one or more sensors 5-1, 5-2, an output and / or display unit 6 and / or an input unit 8 may be formed via one or more appropriately designed supply, control and / or detection lines 9 for electricity - Or energy supply, control and / or data transmission are operatively connected to each other, with a current or energy source 20 or an active connection 20 to a current or energy source 20 is integrated accordingly.

The sensors 5-1, 5-2 can be so-called biometric sensors 5-1 in the general sense. These also include pulse sensors for detecting a pulse or a pulse rate of a user of the sports arrangement 10, but also fingerprint sensors for detecting a Fingerprint to personalize the sports arrangement 10 understood for a user.

It is also conceivable to record an oxygen concentration and/or an oxygen saturation in the blood of the user of the sports arrangement and in particular their development over time.

In particular, infrared or IR sensors and/or ultrasonic sensors can also be used to record physiological measurement data, for example, but not only, a pulse rate, an oxygen concentration and/or an oxygen saturation in the blood of the user.

The acquisition of a temporal development of physiological data, for example a pulse rate of the user and/or an oxygen concentration or an oxygen saturation in the blood of a user, during a training session and/or over a longer period of time can also, but not only, in connection with a higher-level app for the documentation and monitoring of health and/or training results and training success.

In addition, however, touch sensors and/or pressure sensors can also be considered.

This is particularly relevant and advantageous in connection with the configuration of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention as a push-up exercise grip 10". During normal training with a push-up exercise grip 10", the user does not move the grip 1 as such. This means that - unlike with the dumbbell 10', in which the handle 1 with the weight discs 2 is moved in space - a movement of the handle 1 cannot be used to detect and evaluate a training exercise. Basically, only the physiological data of the user remained here initially, i.e. the pulse rate and the basic data such as weight, height and the like. However, by detecting and evaluating touch, pressure and/or pressure distribution and their variation over time, it is possible to derive the frequency with which and over what period of time a push-up exercise is carried out. Such a recording can then be used as a basis for the training evaluation.

A microphone or another sound pickup can also be understood and provided as a sensor device, but also as an input device. A microphone or the like can be used for speech recognition, for example, possibly also for personalization and/or for voice-controlled operation of the sports arrangement 10 in order to control the beginning, type and/or end of a training process. Other sensors 5-2 can be used to detect a position, attitude, orientation, rotation, movement, a related speed, a related acceleration and/or their change over time.

The output and/or display unit 6 can be used to display device information and/or user information and/or data and/or signals derived therefrom. For example, an operating status of the sports arrangement 10, the user's training data, for example a user's pulse rate, an oxygen concentration and/or an oxygen saturation in the user's blood, the training duration, the number of oscillations, the oscillation frequencies and jumping frequency, the physical energy expended or performance, in particular the calories consumed, and the like are displayed, each with reference to a user of the sports arrangement according to the invention or a higher-level sports system.

In particular, the representation can be optical-visual.

Certain data can also be displayed acoustically, for example training commands, data and/or instructions for the start and end of a training session or the like. The acoustic output of entertainment is also conceivable, for example music, or the output of motivating commands or training instructions.

The haptic output is also conceivable, for example in the sense of displaying the start and end of training by means of a vibration alarm or the like.

A communication unit 7, which can have wireless communication means 7-1 and/or wired communication means 7-2, is designed for external communication of the sports arrangement 10 and in particular for integration into the sports system 100 according to the invention.

An input unit 8 can be expedient in order to input data relevant to the operation of the sports arrangement 10 and/or for the training by the user in addition to the sensory data acquisition. This can be an identification or the specification of physiological data such as age, gender, height, body weight, which can be relevant for an evaluation of training sessions.

The output and / or display unit 6, the communication unit 7 and / or

Input unit 8 can be wholly or partially on or in the handle 1 and / or on or in a or more possible end and / or slip-on elements 2, 3 may be formed.

Figures 2 and 3 show details of the handle 1 in embodiments of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention in a schematic and partially sectioned representation.

In the partial illustrations A to F, FIG. 4 shows further details of the handle 1 in the embodiment of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention from FIGS - or viewing direction an external reference system with spatially fixed axes x, y and z is specified.

According to this, in the representation of Figure 4, the handle 1 with its essentially cylindrical grip body 1-3 is aligned with its direction of longitudinal extent parallel to the x-direction of the reference system xyz, in such a way that the alignment of the locking area 1-6 with the locking sections 1-61 to 1-63 and the alignment of the arrangement of the measuring and/or evaluation unit, the sensor arrangement, the output and/or display unit, the communication unit and the input unit in this embodiment of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention perpendicular to the x and y directions and are aligned in the direction of the z-direction of the reference system xyz.

In FIG. 4A, therefore, the drawing plane lies parallel to the xz plane of the reference system xyz and the z direction points out of the drawing plane.

The representations of FIGS. 4B to 4D are then views of the representation from FIG. 4A rotated 90 degrees clockwise around the x-axis looking in the x-direction.

The illustrations in FIGS. 4E and 4F are then views of the illustration from FIG. 4B rotated 90 degrees around the y-axis in the y-direction, clockwise and counterclockwise, respectively.

In the area of the handle part 1-4 of the handle 1 or alternatively or additionally on at least one of the front sides 1-11, 1-21 at the first end 1-1 at the second end 1-2, a wired communication means 7-2 of the communication unit 7 according to Art recognizable from a socket, for example according to a USB standard.

Such wired communication means 7-2 of the congregational unit 7 can dem Serve data exchange with the handle 1, for its control and / or power supply, for example, to charge a battery or the like.

Figures 5A to 6C show various schematic and partially sectioned views of other embodiments of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention designed as a dumbbell arrangement 10', each using a plurality of dumbbell plates 2 or weight plates 2 as end and/or attachment elements 2, 3, which have a symmetrical or Uniform mass distribution at the receiving areas 1-5 of the first end 1-1 and the second end 1-2 of the handle 1, ie the handle body 1-3, locked under locking by the locking section 1-61 to 1-63 of the locking area 1-6 are recorded.

Here, FIGS. 5A and 6A again show the handle 1 of the sports arrangement 10 as the basic element; this essentially corresponds to the illustrations from FIGS. 2 to 4F.

5B and 6B then show first and second packages with a plurality of three weight plates 2 as end and/or receiving elements 2, 3 to be mounted on the handle 1. In the embodiment according to FIG. 5B, the different weight plates 2 have different diameters and thus with the same material and the same thickness different masses or weights. In the embodiment according to FIG. 6B, three identical weight plates 2 are provided for each package.

FIGS. 5C and 6C show the respective dumbbell stacks with the weight plates 2 in a state that has been received and locked in the receiving areas 1-5 by the locking area 1-6.

Figures 7A and 7B show various schematic and partially sectioned views of an embodiment of an end and/or push-on element 2, 3 designed as a dumbbell plate 2 or weight plate 2 and used according to the invention for a sports arrangement 10 according to the invention.

Each weight plate 2 has a disc body 2-3 with a first or front face or face 2-1, which faces away from the handle part 1-4 of the handle 1 in the assembled state, and with a second or rear face or face 2-2, which faces the handle part 1-4 of the handle 1 in the assembled state

The weight plate 2 essentially has the shape of a vertical circular cylinder with a Shell 2-4 concentrically arranged through hole 2-5, which serves as a receiving and / or mounting hole and can also be referred to as receiving and / or mounting portion 2-5.

To lock the weight plate 2 on the receiving area 1-5 of the handle 1 by means of the locking area 1-6, a locking means 2-6 can be provided on the inner surface of the through hole 2-5, here as a depression on the inner peripheral surface of the receiving and/or fastening hole 2-5 shown, be trained.

Furthermore, it is possible to form a means of communication 2-7 on or in the weight plate 2 . This means of communication can fulfill one or more of different tasks.

On the one hand, a sensor for detecting position, location, orientation, movement and/or acceleration can be designed with appropriate options for external data transfer.

Alternatively or additionally, an identification function can be thought of, with which the actual presence of a weight plate 2 on the handle 1, the specific mass or weight and/or the position on the receiving area 1-5 are communicated.

The collection and transmission of such data is relevant for the determination and evaluation of the training by the user. With these measures, for example, the total weight or the total mass of the dumbbell 10' can be determined or also the mass distribution and in particular the moment of inertia, namely in relation to the position of a respective weight plate 2 in relation to the linear extension of the handle 1, i.e. in relation to the position of the pickup sections 1-51 to 1-53. The determination of the moment of inertia can be relevant for rotational movements about an axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis of the handle 1 .

Figures 8A to 9C show various schematic and partially sectioned views of other embodiments of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention designed as a dumbbell arrangement 10', each using a plurality of slip-on sleeves 2' or weight sleeves 2' as end and/or slip-on elements 2, 3.

In these embodiments, a maximum of one slip-on sleeve 2 'as end / or Push-on element 2, 3 attached to one end 1-1, 1-2 of the handle 1 in order to equip it with ground. As is shown in FIGS. 8A to 9C, the push-on sleeves 2' can have different shapes. However, the basic structure and the corresponding function are identical to those of the weight plates 2 .

FIGS. 8A and 8B each show an exploded view of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention in the form of a dumbbell arrangement 10′ with end and/or attachment elements 2, 3 in the form of weight sleeves 2′ removed from the handle 1 and dismantled.

FIGS. 8C and 9C show the situation in the fully assembled state, and FIGS. 8B and 9B show an intermediate state before final assembly.

Figures 10A to 11C show various schematic and partially sectioned views of a sports arrangement 10 according to the invention designed as a push-up exercise grip 10", using a pair of support elements 3 as end and/or attachment elements 2, 3.

FIG. 10A again shows the isolated handle 1 as the core of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention, in a corresponding manner to the previously described embodiments.

Figure 10B explains the design and structure of the support elements 3 or supports 3 as end and/or plug-on elements 2, 3 to be used according to the invention, which, in the assembled, i.e. plugged-on state according to Figure 10C, configure the sports arrangement 10 to form the push-up exercise handle 10" according to the invention.

FIGS. 10B, 11B and 11C show further details of the end and/or push-on elements 2, 3 designed as support elements 3 or supports 3 in the embodiment as a push-up exercise handle 10".

Each supporting element 3 is constructed in the manner of an angle element with a supporting body 3-3 with two legs. The legs meet in a common connection area, in which a receiving and/or fastening hole 3-5 is formed, which can also be referred to as a receiving and/or fastening area and which can have a locking means 3-6, after receiving in to be locked to one of the receiving portions 1-51 to 1-53 by one of the locking portions of 1-61 to 1-63 of the locking area 1-6. The locking means 3-6 can be similar to that of the Dumbbell plate 2 or dumbbell sleeve 2' is a recess formed on the inner peripheral surface of the hole 3-5.

The support body 3-3 has a first or front face or face 3-1, which faces away from the grip area 1-4 in the assembled state, and a second or rear face or face 3-2, which in the assembled state faces the grip area 1 -4 of the handle 1 The outer surface 3-4 of the support element 3 or the support body 3-3 forms a support area 3-8 or foot area 3 at the ends of the legs that face away from the connection of the legs and thus the hole 3-5 -8, which is used to rest on the floor of the training room during training.

An energy source 20 and/or an operative connection 20 to an energy source 20 is provided for the energy supply and in particular for the power supply of the sports arrangement 10 according to the invention consist of.

The energy source 20 and/or the operative connection 20 to the energy source 20 can be partially or completely formed on or in the handle 1 or handle body 1-3, on or in at least one of the end and/or plug-in elements 2.

The power or energy can be distributed via the supply, control and/or detection line 9 .

LIST OF REFERENCE NUMERALS Handle -1 (first) end of handle 1 -11 (first(r)) end section, face -2 (second) end of handle 1 -21 (second(r)) end section, face -3 handle body of handle 1 -4 Handle part of the handle 1 -5 receiving area -51 receiving section -52 receiving section -53 receiving section -6 locking area -61 locking section -62 locking section -63 locking section -7 locking and/or release mechanism end and/or slip-on element, weight plate, weight plate 'end and /or slip-on element, weight sleeve -1 (first, front) face or face -2 (second, rear) face or face -3 disc body -4 peripheral or lateral side or face -5 receiving and/or fastening area or hole -6 locking means -7 means of communication (identification, display, measurement, energy supply) end and/or push-on element, support element, support -1 (first, front) face or face -2 (second, rear) face side or surface -3 support body -4 peripheral or lateral side or surface -5 receiving and/or fastening area or hole -6 locking means -7 means of communication (identification, display, measurement, energy supply) -8 contact area, foot area 4 measuring and/or evaluation unit

5 sensor arrangement

5-1 biometric sensor, heart rate sensor, blood oxygen sensor, fingerprint sensor, touch sensor,

Pressure sensor, IR sensor, US sensor

5-2 position sensor, posture sensor, orientation sensor, motion sensor,

accelerometer

6 Output and/or display unit (optical, acoustic, haptic)

7 communication unit

7-1 Wireless means of communication, e.g. Bluetooth, WLAN, radio, IR, US, RFID, NFC

7-2 Wired means of communication, e.g. USB port/socket

8 Input unit, e.g. touchscreen, touchpad, microphone, keys, buttons

9 power, control and/or detection line

10 sports arrangement

10' jump rope arrangement, jump rope

20 power supply, battery, rechargeable battery, accumulator, solar cell,

Active connection, connection and/or line to the energy/power source or supply

100 system, sport system

101 communication link, communication channel (wired/wireless (Bluetooth, WLAN, RFID, NFC, infrared (IR), ultrasonic (US), ...), communication line

102 cloud/general network

103 Internet

104 servers, mainframes, PCs, laptops, notebooks, netbooks

105 mobile device, e.g. smartphone

106 mobile device, e.g. tablet

107 Smart TV

110 (further (s)) sports arrangement/sports equipment x direction in space y direction in space z direction in space

Claims

Claims sports arrangement (10),

(i) which are arranged with at least one handle (1) having a first end (1-1), a second end (1-2) and an intermediate between the first and second ends (1-1, 1-2) and the first and second ends (1-1, 1-2) connecting handle part (1-4) is formed and

(ii) which has a measurement and/or evaluation unit (4) which is set up to detect device information and/or user information of a user of the sports arrangement (10) by measurement using measured values and representative of, derived from and/or measured values to generate, provide, store, output and/or display these evaluating data and/or signals, in particular by acoustic and/or optical-visual display, or to cause and/or control this. Sports arrangement (10) according to Claim 1, which is provided with at least one pair of end and/or push-on elements (2, 3) is formed, which are in particular formed the same in pairs. Sports arrangement (10) according to Claim 2, which as a dumbbell arrangement (10') or dumbbell (10') with at least one pair of dumbbell or weight discs (2) or with a pair of weight sleeves (2') as end and/or plug-on elements (2 , 3) is formed. Sports arrangement (10) according to Claim 2, which is designed as a push-up exercise handle (10") with a pair of support elements (3) or supports (3) as end and/or plug-on elements (2, 3). Sports arrangement (10) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the measuring and/or evaluation unit (4) is set up, one or more variables from the group of variables which has:

- data of a user, in particular to identify the user and/or in relation to the use of the sports arrangement (10) by the user,

- biometric data, a fingerprint,

- physiological data, a user's pulse rate, an oxygen concentration or

24 Oxygen saturation in a user's blood, physical energy expended and/or given off by the user, physical work and/or physical performance,

- a position, a situation, an orientation, a movement, an acceleration, in each case their change over time in relation to the handle (1) and/or any end and/or slip-on element (2, 3),

- a touch, a pressure by touch, a pressure distribution by touch, in each case their change over time, in each case in relation to the handle (1) and/or any end and/or slip-on element (2, 3),

- a movement frequency, a vibration frequency, a movement amplitude, a vibration amplitude, in each case their change over time, in each case in relation to the handle and/or any end and/or slip-on element (2, 3),

- record a usage date, a usage time and a usage period as device information and/or as user information. Sports arrangement (10) according to one of the preceding claims, in which the measuring and/or evaluation unit (4) has a sensor arrangement (5) or an operative connection to a sensor arrangement (5) for recording device information and/or user information. Sports arrangement (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which

- the measuring and/or evaluation unit (4) and/or the sensor arrangement (5) is partially or completely formed in the handle (1) and/or in any end and/or slip-on element (2, 3), and/or

- In which the or a trained sensor arrangement (5) is partially or fully designed as a component of the measuring and / or evaluation unit (4) and / or has one or more sensors (5-1, 5-2) from the group of sensors , which has a biometric sensor, a pulse sensor, a blood oxygen sensor, a fingerprint sensor, a touch sensor, a pressure sensor, an infrared sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a microphone, another sound pickup, a position sensor, a posture sensor, an orientation sensor, a motion sensor, and an acceleration sensor and /or a plurality thereof. Sports arrangement (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which

- an output and/or display unit (6) or an operative connection to an output and/or display unit (6) is formed,

- in which the output and/or display unit (6) is set up, display device information, user information and/or data and/or signals representative thereof visually, in particular by means of an LED or LCD display, acoustically, by means of one or more loudspeakers or other sound generators, and/or haptically, in particular by means of a vibration alarm, and or

- in which the output and/or display unit (6) or a part thereof is on or in the handle (1), on or in one or more possible end and/or slip-on elements (2, 3) and/or as an external device (104 - 107) or in an external device (104 - 107). Sports arrangement (10) according to any one of the preceding claims, in which

- a communication unit (7) is formed, which is set up to output and/or receive device information, user information and/or data and/or signals representative thereof,

- The communication unit (7) for wireless communication means (7-1), in particular according to a Bluetooth standard, a WLAN standard, an RFID standard, an NFC standard, an infrared standard, an ultrasound standard and / or according to a standard for wireless - has inductive communication and/or energy supply, and/or wired communication means (7-2), in particular according to an Ethernet standard and/or according to a USB standard,

- The communication unit (7) is set up directly or indirectly with a cloud (102), a general network (102), the Internet (103), a server

(104) or mainframe (104), a mobile device (105, 106), a smartphone

(105), a tablet (106), a smart TV (107), another sports arrangement (110), a device providing an app and/or with a higher-level sports system (100), in particular as part thereof, for data exchange and/or or to communicate for a control operation, and/or

- The communication unit (7) is formed entirely or partially on or in the handle (1) and/or on or in one or more possible end and/or plug-in elements (2, 3). sports system (100),

- comprising at least one sports assembly (10) or pair of sports assemblies (10) according to any one of the preceding claims and

- Which is set up and has means for detecting device information and/or user information of a user of the sports arrangement (10) and for this to generate, provide, store, output and/or present representative data and/or signals derived therefrom and/or evaluating them, in particular by acoustic and/or optical-visual display, or to cause and/or control this. Sports system (100) according to claim 10,

- which has a communication connection (101), in particular in wired and/or wireless form, for communication of the at least one sports arrangement (10) with at least one further unit of the sports system (100),

- wherein the at least one further unit is a cloud (102), a general network (102), the Internet (103), a server (104) or a mainframe (104), a mobile terminal device (105, 106), a smartphone ( 105), a tablet (106), a smart TV (107) and/or a further sports arrangement (110) is a sports system (100) according to claim 10 or 11, in which the at least one further unit is set up device information relating to to record the at least one sports arrangement (10) and/or user information of at least one user in relation to the at least one sports arrangement (10) and to generate, provide and store representative, derived and/or evaluating data and/or signals for this, output and/or display, in particular by means of an acoustic and/or opto-visual display, or to cause and/or control this. Operating method for a sports arrangement (10) according to one of Claims 1 to 9 and/or for a sports system (100) according to one of Claims 10 to 12,

- which has the steps

- metrological detection of device information and/or user information of a user of at least one sports arrangement (10) and/or

- Generating, providing, storing, outputting and/or displaying data and/or signals representative of, derived from and/or evaluating the device information and/or user information, in particular through acoustic and/or optical-visual displays, and

- which is designed entirely or partially as a method that can be executed on a computer and/or a data and/or signal processing system, in particular as an app, program and/or general computer-aided method.

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