US20170106240A1 - Position changeable sensor - Google Patents

Abstract

The present disclosure discloses a position changeable sensor which includes a main body and an attaching member. The position changeable sensor is disposed on an exercise equipment, and the main body is disposed in a selectable position on the exercise equipment. The main body includes at least one gravity sensor. The attaching member is disposed on the main body, and the attaching member is removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body.

Description

RELATED APPLICATIONS
• This application claims priority to Taiwan Application Serial Number 104216444, filed Oct. 14, 2015, which is herein incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND
• Technical Field
• The present disclosure relates to a position changeable sensor. More particularly, the present disclosure relates to a position changeable sensor which is removable and can be disposed on different positions of an exercise equipment.
• Description of Related Art
• With the advance of technological development, urbanites become more and more busy and activity space is limited. Therefore, it is important for people live in city to exercise in limited time and space, thus many indoor exercise equipments are developed for meeting the demand as described.
• The intensity of some types of static exercise such as weightlifting, pushup or riding stationary bikes can be varied with operation cycles. By setting the cycle of operation for each of these static exercises, the practice targets help different trainees to achieve their goals authentically and safely. Another advantage is that the trainees can encourage and challenge themselves again and again according to the record of cycles during the training. However, calculating the cycle of operation accurately is impractical for a person who is doing exercise. In view of this, many kinds of counters for different exercises are launched into the market and with great popularity.
• Conventionally, the counter is fixed on one immutable position of an exercise equipment, this is due to most of exercise equipments have only single-directional motion so there is no need to dispose two or more counters at different positions. For the demand of complex training, the exercise equipment having multi-exercise parts or multi-motion routes are getting more popular, thus the type of fixing one counter or one sensor fixed on one position is no more suitable for the above situation.
• Moreover, in the internet era, people are used to share their daily life information to others with cell phones or Tablet PCs. The sharing information definitely includes the record of exercise, for example, times of pushup, heart rate or caloric cost. Opposite to the change, conventional counter is used only for single and particular exercise motion and also can't transmit the mentioned information to electronic devices.
• Therefore, the conventional counter that only can be applied on single part for the exercise equipment is out of use. Therefore, a device that being capable for sensing different exercise parts and motion routes, and directly transmitting exercise record to other electronic devices is needed.
SUMMARY
• According to an embodiment of the present disclosure, a position changeable sensor which is disposed on an exercise equipment, the exercise equipment includes two exercise parts having two different motion routes. The position changeable sensor includes a main body and an attaching member. The main body is removably disposed on one of the exercise parts, and the main body includes at least one gravity sensor. The attaching member is disposed on the main body, and the attaching member is removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body.
• According to another embodiment of the present disclosure, a position changeable sensor is disposed on an exercise equipment, the exercise equipment includes two exercise parts having two different motion routes. The position changeable sensor includes a main body and a removable connecting device. The main body is removably disposed on one of the exercise parts, and the main body includes at least one gravity sensor. The removable connecting device is connected with the exercise equipment and the main body.
• According to still another embodiment of the present disclosure, a position changeable sensor is disposed on an exercise equipment, the position changeable sensor includes a main body and a attaching member. The main body is disposed in a selectable position on the exercise equipment, and the main body includes at least one gravity sensor. The attaching member is disposed on the main body, and the attaching member is removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body.
• According to yet another embodiment of the present disclosure, a position changeable sensor is disposed on an exercise equipment, the position changeable sensor includes a main body, a wireless handheld device, an attaching member and a removable connecting device. The main body is disposed in a selectable position on the exercise equipment. The main body includes at least one gravity sensor and a wireless transmitter. The wireless transmitter is connected with the gravity sensor, and the wireless transmitter transmits data outwardly. The wireless handheld device is for receiving the data transmitted by the wireless transmitter. The attaching member is disposed on the main body, and the attaching member is removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body. The removable connecting device is connected with the exercise equipment and the main body.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
• The disclosure can be more fully understood by reading the following detailed description of the embodiment, with reference made to the accompanying drawings as follows:
• FIG. 1 is a front side view of a position changeable sensor according to one embodiment of the present disclosure;
• FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an attaching member which is a magnet of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1;
• FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1;
• FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an attaching member which is a chuck of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1;
• FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a removable connecting device which is a buckle of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1;
• FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a removable connecting device which is a velcro of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1;
• FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a removable connecting device which is a container of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1;
• FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the position changeable sensor disposed on an exercise equipment;
• FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the position changeable sensor disposed on an exercise equipment;
• FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing the position changeable sensor assembled with a wireless handheld device and disposed on a exercise equipment;
• FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing the position changeable sensor assembled with a wireless handheld device and disposed on a exercise equipment; and
• FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing the position changeable sensor without a monitor.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
• The following is the description of the present disclosure according the drawings. For describing precisely, the details in practice will be introduced as below, but the details should not be a limitation of the present disclosure. Namely, the details introduced in the specification are optional. Moreover, for simplifying the drawings, the conventional structures or members will be shown briefly therein, and the repeated members will be labeled as the same number.
• FIG. 1 is a front side view of a positionchangeable sensor100 according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.FIG. 2 is a schematic view of an attaching member which is amagnet210 of the positionchangeable sensor100 ofFIG. 1.FIG. 3 is an exploded view of the positionchangeable sensor100 ofFIG. 1.
• Please refer toFIG. 1,FIG. 2 andFIG. 3, the positionchangeable sensor100 includes amain body110 and amagnet210. Themain body110 includes at least onegravity sensor140 and awireless transmitter150. Themain body110 is a cuboid with rounded corners and is made of plastic. The main body is hollow therein for accommodating electronic member such as a circuit board. Themain body110 is consisting of afront lid111 and arear lid112 and is dissemble. Themain body110 includes holes for exposing abutton120 and amonitor130. Thebutton120 can be pushed to change the display content of themonitor130, the detail structure of themain body110 will be described later. Moreover, themonitor130 is optional according to a user's requirement.
• InFIG. 2, the twomagnets210 are circular sheets and are disposed on therear lid112. The twomagnets210 are acted as the attaching member in the embodiment.
• FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing the positionchangeable sensor100 disposed on anexercise equipment400. InFIG. 8, the positionchangeable sensor100 can be disposed on theexercise equipment400 which includes two exercise parts.
• InFIG. 3, themain body110 is consisting of thefront lid111 and therear lid112. Themain body110 is hollow therein for accommodating a circuit board, the circuit board, thebutton120, themonitor130, thegravity sensor140 and thewireless transmitter150 can be disposed on the circuit board. Themain body110 includes holes so thebutton120 and themonitor130 can be exposed out from themain body110.
• In one example, theexercise equipment400 includes three exercise parts, afirst handle411, asecond handle412 and apedal420. When a user operates theexercise equipment400, the user pulls thefirst handle411 and thesecond handle412 with hands. In the circumstances, thefirst handle411 and thesecond handle412 move along a first motion route A and a second motion route B respectively, and thepedal420 swing along a third motion route C. The positionchangeable sensor100 is removably disposed on the three exercise parts of theexercise equipment400 with themagnet210. The quantity and the position of themain body110 is selectable. When the user operates theexercise equipment400, thegravity sensor140 of themain body110 records a data, and thewireless transmitter150 transmits the data outwardly. The bottom120 can change the display content of themonitor130 to show the information to the user.
• FIG. 4 is a schematic view of an attaching member which is achuck220 of the position changeable sensor ofFIG. 1. InFIG. 4, the absorbing member of the positionchangeable sensor100 are twochucks220 disposed on therear lid112.
• In one example, thegravity sensor140 can have three to nine sensing axes for detecting the sport data of the user. Thewireless transmitter150 can transmit the sport data through a Bluetooth signal. The exercise part can be a flat surface, and the absorbing member is themagnet210. In detail, theexercise equipment400 can includes a surface with magnetic induction and can be attached by themagnet210. Similarly, the flat surface can be attached by thechuck220. The attaching action applied on thechuck220 is a well-known art so it will not be described herein.
• FIG. 7 is a schematic view of a removable connecting device which is acontainer250 of the positionchangeable sensor100 ofFIG. 1.FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing the positionchangeable sensor100 disposed on anexercise equipment500. InFIG. 9, the positionchangeable sensor100 is disposed on theexercise equipment500, and theexercise equipment500 includes three exercise parts, athird handle511, afourth handle512, apedestal520 or abackrest530. When a user operates theexercise equipment500, the user pulls thethird handle511 and thefourth handle512 with hands. In the circumstances, thethird handle511 and thefourth handle512 move along a fourth motion route D and a fifth motion route E respectively. The user sits on thepedestal520 then sways along a sixth motion route F, or lies on thebackrest530 then sways along a seventh motion route G. Themain body110 is removably disposed at thethird handle511, thefourth handle512, thepedestal520 and thebackrest530 of theexercise equipment500 with thecontainer250. Thegravity sensor140 of themain body110 records a data, thewireless transmitter150 transmits the data outwardly.
• InFIG. 7, thecontainer250 is made of plastic and has a accommodating structure to accommodate themain body110. In brief, thecontainer250 is fixed on the exercise part for the user to operate, then the positionchangeable sensor100 can be disposed into the accommodating structure of thecontainer250. Also, thecontainer250 can be fixed on the exercise part by a velcro or a magnet.
• In one example, the position of thecontainer250 can be changed or selected.FIG. 5 is a schematic view of a removable connecting device which is abuckle230 of the positionchangeable sensor100 ofFIG. 1.FIG. 6 is a schematic view of a removable connecting device which is avelcro240 of the positionchangeable sensor100 ofFIG. 1. InFIG. 5, thebuckle230 includes afront end231 and arear end232, thefront end231 buckles withmain body110, and therear end232 can be place on the exercise part which is a flat surface. Therefore, thebuckle230 can connect theexercise equipment500 and themain body110 with thefront end231 and therear end232. InFIG. 6, the removable connecting device is thevelcro240 which connects theexercise equipment500 and themain body110.
• InFIG. 5, therear end232 can be fixed on the exercise equipment with a velcro or a magnet. Thefront end231 can be two strips and fixed on therear lid112. Thefront end231 includes a protrusion, and therear end232 includes a hollow, therefore, the positionchangeable sensor100 can be fixed on the selected position with the protrusion and the hollow of thebuckle230.
• InFIG. 6, thevelcro240 is consisting of two ribbons that have crochet and velour, respectively. The crochet hooks the velour so that thevelcro240 can connect the two ribbons to fix themain body110.
• In one example, thegravity sensor140 can have three to nine sensing axes for detecting the sport data of the user. Thewireless transmitter150 can transmit the sport data through a Bluetooth signal. The features are the same as the above mentioned so will not state herein.
• FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing the positionchangeable sensor100 combines with awireless handheld device300 and are disposed on aexercise equipment600. InFIG. 2,FIG. 3 andFIG. 10, the positionchangeable sensor100 is disposed on theexercise equipment600. Theexercise equipment600 includes aright portion610 and aleft portion620 for stepping. When stepped, theright portion610 and theleft portion620 will swing along an eighth motion route H and a ninth motion route I respectively. The attaching member can be themagnet210 that attached with theright portion610 and theleft portion620. Moreover, thegravity sensor140 of themain body110 records the data, and thewireless transmitter150 transmits the data outwardly as mentioned. The user can use thewireless handheld device300 to receive and process the data transmitted from thewireless transmitter150.
• Also, in the example, the absorbing member can be thechuck220 as shown inFIG. 4.
• In one example, the positionchangeable sensor100 can be disposed on the tennis racket, a golf club or a dumbbell. Thewireless handheld device300 can be a cell phone or a Tablet PC, so thewireless handheld device300 can process the data transmitted from thewireless transmitter150, such as counts, distance or time. The information displayed to the user can include displacement, rates, gesture recognition, panning, zooming, scrolling, free fall interrupt, high-G interrupt, zero-motion detection, tap detection, shake detection and even calories. Features about the number of the sensing axes of thegravity sensor140, the Bluetooth signal used in thewireless transmitter150, and the absorbing member can bemagnet210 or chuck220 that absorbs with a flat surface can also be applied on the example.
• FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing the positionchangeable sensor100 combines with awireless handheld device300 and are disposed on anexercise equipment700. InFIG. 3,FIG. 7 andFIG. 11, the positionchangeable sensor100 is disposed on anexercise equipment700, the user sits on the shakingcushion710 and swings along a tenth motion route J.
• FIG. 12 is a schematic view showing a positionchangeable sensor100aexcludes themonitor130. The positionchangeable sensor100aincludes themain body110 and thebutton120. Except for themonitor130, the positionchangeable sensor100ais the same as the example shown inFIG. 3. Similarly, the positionchangeable sensor100acan include thewireless transmitter150 to transmit the data outwardly.
• According to the aforementioned embodiments, the advantages of the present disclosure are described as follows. 1. The user can select different exercise parts to install the position changeable sensor, so that to record the sport data. 2. By using the gravity sensor, the position changeable sensor can measure more types of sport data than conventional sensing equipment. 3. The position changeable sensor can transmit the data outwardly to the phone or Tablet PC, the user can review the information on personal electronic equipments. 4. Being different from the conventional sensing equipments, the position changeable sensor is removable and portable, so it can record the data on different exercise equipments, or record the caloric cost of the user all day.
• It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made to the structure of the present disclosure without departing from the scope or spirit of the present disclosure. In view of the foregoing, it is intended that the present disclosure cover modifications and variations of this present disclosure provided they fall within the scope of the following claims.

Claims (18)

What is claimed is:

1. A position changeable sensor disposed on an exercise equipment, the exercise equipment comprising two exercise parts having two different motion routes, the position changeable sensor comprising:

a main body removably disposed on one of the exercise parts, wherein the main body comprises at least one gravity sensor; and

an attaching member disposed on the main body, and the attaching member being removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body.

2. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the gravity sensor comprises three to nine sensing axes.

3. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the attaching member is a magnet, and the exercise part is a metal surface with magnetic induction.

4. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 1, wherein the attaching member is a chuck, and the exercise part is a flat surface.

5. A position changeable sensor disposed on an exercise equipment, the exercise equipment comprising two exercise parts having two different motion routes, the position changeable sensor comprising:

a main body removably disposed on one of the exercise parts, wherein the main body comprises at least one gravity sensor; and

a removable connecting device connected with the exercise equipment and the main body.

6. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 5, wherein the gravity sensor comprises three to nine sensing axes.

7. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 5, wherein the removable connecting device is a velcro, a container or a buckle.

8. A position changeable sensor disposed on an exercise equipment, comprising:

a main body disposed in a selectable position on the exercise equipment, wherein the main body comprises at least one gravity sensor; and

an attaching member disposed on the main body, and the attaching member being removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body.

9. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 8, wherein the exercise equipment is a tennis racket, a golf club or a dumbbell.

10. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 8, wherein the gravity sensor comprises three to nine sensing axes.

11. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 8, wherein the attaching member is a magnet, and the exercise part is a metal surface with magnetic induction.

12. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 8, wherein the attaching member is a chuck, and the exercise part is a flat surface.

13. A position changeable sensor disposed on an exercise equipment, comprising:

a main body disposed in a selectable position on the exercise equipment, the main body comprising:

at least one gravity sensor; and

a wireless transmitter connected with the gravity sensor, the wireless transmitter transmitting data outwardly;

a wireless handheld device for receiving the data transmitted by the wireless transmitter;

an attaching member disposed on the main body, the attaching member being removably attached to the exercise equipment and the main body; and

a removable connecting device connected with the exercise equipment and the main body.

14. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 13, wherein the exercise equipment is a tennis racket, a golf club or a dumbbell.

15. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 13, wherein the wireless handheld device is a cell phone or a Tablet PC.

16. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 13, wherein the gravity sensor comprises three to nine sensing axes.

17. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 13, wherein the wireless transmitter uses a Bluetooth signal.

18. The position changeable sensor ofclaim 13, wherein the removable connecting device is a velcro, a container or a buckle.

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