Noise cancelling mechanism in a treadmill
View Patent ↗A treadmill having a running deck comprising a motor arranged to drive movement of a tread belt, a processor, memory in electronic communication with the processor, and instructions stored in the memory. The instructions are executable by the processor to determine an anti-phase waveform based on waveform attributes of a noise emitted from the treadmill and to cause a sound of the anti-phase waveform to be emitted into a surrounding environment.
1. A treadmill, comprising:
a running deck comprising a motor arranged to drive movement of a tread belt;
a speaker incorporated into the running deck;
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
determine an anti-phase waveform based on waveform attributes of both a noise emitted from the treadmill and a noise caused by treadmill use; and
cause a sound of the anti-phase waveform to be emitted into a surrounding environment from a speaker incorporated into the running deck.
2. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the noise is a motor noise.
3. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the noise is generated by a user exercising on the running deck.
4. The treadmill of claim 1 , further comprising a microphone incorporated into the treadmill.
5. The treadmill of claim 4 , wherein the microphone is incorporated into the running deck of the treadmill.
6. The treadmill of claim 1 , further comprising a housing covering the motor;
wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to emit the sound of the anti-phase waveform with the speaker incorporated into the treadmill;
wherein the speaker is incorporated into the housing.
7. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the sound of the anti-phase waveform is emitted in the surrounding environment with the speaker that is incorporated into the running deck of the treadmill.
8. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to determine the waveform attributes.
9. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to receive the waveform attributes from an independent device.
10. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to distinguish between motor noise and other types of sounds from the treadmill.
11. The treadmill of claim 10 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to generate the sound of the anti-phase waveform to cancel the motor noise.
12. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the sound of the anti-phase waveform has an effect of reducing a volume of the noise.
13. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the sound of the anti-phase waveform has an effect of cancelling the noise.
14. A treadmill, comprising
a running deck comprising a motor arranged to drive movement of a tread belt;
a microphone incorporated into the treadmill;
a speaker incorporated into the running deck;
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
determine waveform attributes of a noise emitted from the treadmill and a noise caused by treadmill use and recorded with the microphone;
generate an anti-phase waveform based on waveform; and
cause a sound of the anti-phase waveform to be emitted into a surrounding environment with the speaker incorporated into the running deck.
15. The treadmill of claim 14 , wherein the microphone is incorporated into the running deck of the treadmill.
16. The treadmill of claim 14 , further comprising:
a housing covering the motor;
wherein the speaker is incorporated into the housing.
17. The treadmill of claim 14 , wherein the sound of the anti-phase waveform is directed at a component of the treadmill.
18. The treadmill of claim 14 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to distinguish between motor noise and other types of sounds from the treadmill.
19. The treadmill of claim 18 , wherein the instructions are further executable by the processor to generate the sound of the anti-phase waveform to cancel the motor noise.
20. A treadmill, comprising;
a running deck comprising a motor arranged to drive movement of a tread belt;
a housing covering the motor;
a microphone incorporated into the running deck;
a speaker incorporated into the housing;
a processor;
memory in electronic communication with the processor; and
instructions stored in the memory, the instructions being executable by the processor to:
distinguish between motor noise and other noise caused by treadmill use and other types of sounds from a non-treadmill source recorded with the microphone;
determine waveform attributes of the motor noise and other noise caused by treadmill use;
generate an anti-phase waveform based on waveform attributes; and
cause a sound of the anti-phase waveform to be emitted into a surrounding environment with the speaker, wherein the anti-phase waveform at least reduces the motor noise and other noise caused by treadmill use.