Systems and methods for treadmill drift avoidance
A treadmill includes sensors on a console at the front of the treadmill. The sensors sense the lateral position of a user relative to the edge of the exercise deck and/or the exercise belt. If the user is close to the edge of the exercise deck, then an alert is displayed on the console.
1. A treadmill, comprising:
a front end;
a back end;
a deck between the front end and the back end;
a tread belt configured to travel across the deck;
a sensor configured to detect a lateral location of a user on the tread belt; and
a console located at the front end, the console including a display configured to play a video, the console displaying an indicator in communication with the sensor, wherein the indicator provides a notification on the console indicating the lateral location of the user, the indicator overlaying a portion of the display, the indicator overlaying more of the display based on an urgency of the indicator, wherein the indicator extends from an edge of the display toward a center of the display, wherein the indicator increases in opacity based on the urgency of the indicator.
2. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is a first sensor located on a first lateral side of the deck, and further comprising a second sensor configured to detect the lateral location of the user.
3. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the sensor is located in the deck.
4. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the indicator includes a light, a color of the light being based on the lateral location of the user.
5. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the console further presents an audible alarm with the indicator.
6. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the urgency changes based on a speed of the tread belt.
7. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the indicator extends further toward the center of the display based on the urgency of the indicator.
8. The treadmill of claim 1 , wherein the indicator extends further toward the center of the display as the user moves further away from a centerline of the treadmill.
9. A method for operating a treadmill, comprising:
rotating a tread belt from a front end to a rear end of a deck;
determining a distance of a user to a lateral edge of the tread belt; and
providing an alert on a console located at the front end of the deck when the distance is within an alert percentage of a width of the tread belt, providing the alert including overlaying a visual signal over a video on a display, the visual signal overlaying more of the display based on an urgency of the visual signal, the urgency based on the alert percentage, wherein the alert percentage changes based on a speed of the tread belt.
10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the distance is measured from an outside of the user's foot.
11. The method of claim 9 , wherein determining the distance includes:
determining a belt edge location of the lateral edge of the tread belt;
determining a foot location of a foot of the user; and
determining the distance between the foot location and the belt edge location.
12. The method of claim 9 , wherein the distance is a first distance and the alert is a first alert, and further comprising:
determining a second distance of the user to the lateral edge of the tread belt; and
if the second distance is greater than the first distance, then providing a second alert, the second alert having an increased urgency relative to the first alert.
13. A treadmill, comprising:
a front end;
a back end;
a deck between the front end and the back end;
a tread belt configured to travel across the deck;
a sensor configured to detect a lateral location of a user on the tread belt; and
a console located at the front end, the console including a display configured to play a video, the console displaying an indicator in communication with the sensor, wherein the indicator provides a notification on the console indicating the lateral location of the user, the indicator overlaying a portion of the display, the indicator overlaying more of the display based on an urgency of the indicator, wherein the indicator extends from an edge of the display toward a center of the display, wherein the indicator extends further toward the center of the display based on the urgency of the indicator.
14. The treadmill of claim 13 , wherein the urgency changes based on a speed of the tread belt.
15. The treadmill of claim 13 , wherein the indicator increases in opacity based on the urgency of the indicator.
16. The treadmill of claim 13 , wherein the indicator extends further toward the center of the display as the user moves further away from a centerline of the treadmill.
17. A treadmill, comprising:
a front end;
a back end;
a deck between the front end and the back end;
a tread belt configured to travel across the deck;
a sensor configured to detect a lateral location of a user on the tread belt; and
a console located at the front end, the console including a display configured to play a video, the console displaying an indicator in communication with the sensor, wherein the indicator provides a notification on the console indicating the lateral location of the user, the indicator overlaying a portion of the display, the indicator overlaying more of the display based on an urgency of the indicator, wherein the indicator extends from an edge of the display toward a center of the display based on the urgency, wherein the urgency increases and the indicator extends further toward the center of the display as the user moves further away from a centerline of the treadmill.
18. The treadmill of claim 17 , wherein the urgency changes based on a speed of the tread belt.
19. The treadmill of claim 17 , wherein the indicator increases in opacity based on the urgency of the indicator.