U.S. patent application number 13/267873 was filed with the patent office on 2013-04-11 for dumbbell structure capable of delivering exercise information and status.
The applicant listed for this patent is Leao Wang. Invention is credited to Leao Wang.
Application Number | 20130090212 13/267873 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 48042436 |
Filed Date | 2013-04-11 |
United States Patent
Application |
20130090212 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Wang; Leao |
April 11, 2013 |
DUMBBELL STRUCTURE CAPABLE OF DELIVERING EXERCISE INFORMATION AND
STATUS
Abstract
The present invention discloses a dumbbell structure capable of
delivering exercise information and status, comprising one or more
electronic devices installed on the dumbbell for transmitting
related parameter information exercise information and status to a
computer (such as PC or NB) or a personal smart mobile device (such
as PAD and PDA) with corresponding software, and the computer or
personal smart mobile device display data of the total amount of
exercise (including frequency and calorie consumption), and the
electronic device comprises a weight information transmitting
sensor, a weight information receiving sensor, a G-sensor, a power
supply unit, an information integration and computation unit and an
information output unit.
Inventors: |
Wang; Leao; (Taichung,
TW) |
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Applicant: |
Name |
City |
State |
Country |
Type |
Wang; Leao |
Taichung |
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TW |
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Family ID: |
48042436 |
Appl. No.: |
13/267873 |
Filed: |
October 6, 2011 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
482/8 |
Current CPC
Class: |
A63B 2225/50 20130101;
A63B 71/0619 20130101; A63B 2225/15 20130101; A63B 21/0726
20130101; A63B 21/075 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
482/8 |
International
Class: |
A63B 21/072 20060101
A63B021/072 |
Claims
1. A dumbbell structure capable of delivering exercise information
and status, comprising one or more sets of electronic devices
installed on each dumbbell, wherein the electronic devices transmit
parameter information including related exercise information and
status to a computer or a personal smart mobile device with
corresponding software, and the computer or personal smart mobile
device displays data of a total amount of exercise.
2. The dumbbell structure capable of delivering exercise
information and status as recited in claim 1, wherein the
electronic device comprises: a weight information sensor, installed
on a weight, for showing the weight of a specific weight; a weight
information sensor, installed at a position proximate to a
sheathing end of the weight, for sensing and reading weight
information of each weight mounted onto the sheathing end, and
transmitting the information to an information integration and
computation unit; a G-sensor, for sensing an exercising distance, a
use frequency and time of the dumbbell, and transmitting all of
said information to the information integration and computation
unit; a power supply unit, for supplying an electric power required
by the electronic device; an information integration and
computation unit, for converting weight information received from
the weight information sensor and related exercise parameters
including the exercising distance and time sensed by the G-sensor
into an exercise power by built-in software; an information output
unit, for transmitting a computing value obtained from the
information integration and computation unit to a computer or a
personal smart mobile device through a cable or wireless
transmission.
3. The dumbbell structure capable of delivering exercise
information and status as recited in claim 1, further comprising an
electronic gyroscope installed in the electronic device.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Fields of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a dumbbell structure
capable of delivering exercise information and status, and more
particularly to the dumbbell structure capable of outputting and
displaying related total physical activity information on a
computer or a personal smart mobile device, so that users can know
about the amount of exercise and calorie consumption to facilitate
controlling the exercise effect and execution efficiency, so as to
obtain excellent fitness training data for their exercise.
[0003] 2. Description of the Related Art
[0004] As we know, dumbbells are the simplest and most convenient
exercise accessory equipment with a simple structural design for
weight training. The dumbbells not only have the mobility and
convenience for an easy access, but also have the advantage of
being used freely without too much limitation on its using
environment and space. However, users can determine the time, the
exercise frequency and the exercise amount on their own by
estimating their muscular endurance during the use of the
dumbbells, since the dumbbells comes with a simple design without
any support of accessories. In other words, the users cannot
control the expected exercise and training effect based on a
self-evaluation fitness training method, and the dumbbells provide
a pure weight training only, and users have no way to know about
the exercise effect (such as the calorie consumption) of their
exercise.
[0005] Of course, some manufacturers have integrated a counter,
timer, or electronic audio/video device into a plurality of
dumbbell products, in hope of letting users know about their
exercise frequency and time, or operating these dumbbells together
with a sound effect to improve the fun and the user's willingness
of the exercise. However, such accessories are used to inform the
users about the basic exercise parameters and improve the
recreational effect only. For weight training, these dumbbells
still cannot provide scientific and practical exercise data to
users.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0006] In view of the aforementioned drawbacks of the conventional
dumbbells, the inventor of the present invention based on years of
experience in the related industry to conduct extensive researches
and experiments, and finally developed the present invention that
primarily applies a widely used G-sensor together with related
electronic equipments to sense the exercise information and status
of the dumbbell precisely, and related software is provided for
computing the total amount of exercise quickly and accurately, so
that the users can know about their exercise and calorie
consumption anytime to have a better control of the exercise effect
and achieve the best exercise benefit.
[0007] In addition, the present invention further comprises a micro
electronic gyroscope for detecting the exercise status of the
dumbbell and the spatial status of the dumbbell to let the users
know about different using methods (such as stretching and lifting
a user s arm horizontally forward or stretching and lifting the
arms on both lateral sides of the user s body) to achieve different
calorie consumptions, and the users can select the best using
method to achieve the expected exercise effect.
[0008] According to the invention, a dumbbell structure capable of
delivering exercise information and status, comprises one or more
electronic devices installed on the dumbbell for transmitting
related parameter information exercise information and status to a
computer (such as PC or NB) or a personal smart mobile device (such
as PAD and PDA) with corresponding software, and the computer or
personal smart mobile device displays data of the total amount of
exercise (including frequency and calorie consumption).
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0009] The accomplishment of this and other objects of the
invention will become apparent from the following description and
its accompanying drawings of which:
[0010] FIG. 1 is a flow chart of operating and controlling the
present invention;
[0011] FIG. 2 is a schematic view of a preferred embodiment of the
present invention;
[0012] FIG. 3 is a schematic view of another preferred embodiment
of the present invention;
[0013] FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view of FIG. 3; and
[0014] FIG. 5 is a cross-sectional view of another preferred
embodiment of FIG. 3.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT
[0015] The technical measures and characteristics of the present
invention will become apparent with the detailed description of
preferred embodiments accompanied with related drawings as
follows:
[0016] With reference to FIGS. 1 and 2 for the flow chart of
operating and controlling the present invention and the schematic
view of a preferred embodiment of the present invention
respectively, the invention comprises one or more sets of
electronic devices 20 installed onto each dumbbell 10, such that
the electronic device 20 can transmit related parameter information
such as the exercise information and status to a computer or
personal smart mobile device 30, and then the computer or personal
smart mobile device 30 displays the data of the total amount of
exercise (such as the exercise frequency and calorie consumption)
by corresponding software. Wherein, the electronic device 20
comprises: [0017] a weight information transmitting sensor 21
(which is an IC sensor), installed onto each weight 11, for showing
the weight of a specific weight 11; [0018] a weight information
receiving sensor 22 (which is an IC reader), installed at a
sheathing end 12 of the weight, for sensing and reading weight
information of each weight 11 installed to the sheathing end 12,
and transmitting the information to an information integration and
computation unit 25; [0019] a G-sensor 23, for sensing of an
exercising distance, a frequency and time of the dumbbell 10, and
transmitting all of the information to the information integration
and computation unit 25; [0020] a power supply unit 24, for
supplying an electric power required by the electronic device 20;
[0021] an information integration and computation unit 25, for
converting the weight information obtained from the weight
information receiving sensor 22 and related exercise parameters
such as the exercising distance and time sensed by the G-sensor 23
into an "exercise power" by using built-in software, and the
exercise power is converted into a calorie value, and this is just
a basic physical formula, and thus will not be described here); and
[0022] an information output unit 26, for transmitting a computing
value obtained from the information integration and computation
unit 25 to a computer or personal smart mobile device 30 through a
cable or wireless transmission, and displays related exercise data
from the computer or personal smart mobile device 30.
[0023] With the aforementioned device, a user can learn about
actual data including the amount of exercise, the calorie
consumption, and the exercise frequency and time from computer or
personal smart mobile device 30 while using the dumbbell 10, so as
to have a better control on the exercise effect.
[0024] In addition, an electronic gyroscope 27 is further installed
in the electronic device for detecting the spatial status of the
dumbbell 10 anytime, so that the user can know the calorie
consumption of the exercise at different using methods to select
the best or most suitable using method.
[0025] In FIG. 2, a preferred embodiment of the dumbbell 10 capable
of increasing or decreasing the number of the weights 11 is used
for illustrating the present invention, wherein a dedicated weight
information transmitting sensor 21 is installed at an appropriate
position of each weight 11, and two electronic devices 20 are
installed at both ends of a handling portion 13 of the dumbbell 10
respectively, such that the corresponding weight information
receiving sensor 22 is sheathed on the sheathing end 12 of the
dumbbell 10. After the weights 11 are selected and mounted, the
weights are screwed and secured by a positioning element 14, and
then the weight information receiving sensor 22 of the two
electronic devices 20 will sense the weight of each of the weights
11 and accumulate their weights, and then information are
transmitted and returned to the information integration and
computation unit 25, so that the information integration and
computation unit 25 can obtain the total weight of this dumbbell 10
in order to compute the default exercise data for future
exercises.
[0026] Similarly, another preferred embodiment of a fixed-weight
dumbbell 10 as shown in FIGS. 3 to 5 is provided for illustrating
the present invention, the electronic device 20 is wrapped by a
rigid material and has a granular form of the threaded portion 28,
and each dumbbell 10 has corresponding screw holes 15 formed on
both ends of the dumbbell 10, and the dedicated weight information
transmitting sensor 21 is installed deep into the screw hole 15, so
as to achieve the same expected effect as the foregoing preferred
embodiment.
[0027] In FIGS. 4 and 5, each dumbbell 10 includes a designated
weight information transmitting sensor 21, such that when the
electronic device 20 is installed at a specific dumbbell 10 of a
different weight, the user can know the weight information of the
specific dumbbell 10.
[0028] Many changes and modifications in the above-described
embodiments of the invention can, of course, be carried out without
departing from the scope thereof. Accordingly, to promote the
progress in science and the useful arts, the invention is disclosed
and is intended to be limited only by the scope of the appended
claims.
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