IP Library Granted Patent US 12,453,896
Granted Patent B2
US 12,453,896 · App. 17/968,110 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Camera device for workout

Inventors: Asim Kadav (Mountain View, CA); Rajiv Bhan (Mountain View, CA); Ryan LaFrance (San Francisco, CA); Bryan James (Menlo Park, CA); Aly E. Orady (San Francisco, CA); Brandt Belson (San Francisco, CA); Gabriel Peal (San Francisco, CA); Thomas Kroman Watt (San Francisco, CA); Ivan Savytskyi (Mississauga, CA)
Assignee: Tonal Systems, Inc.
A63B24/0062A63B21/153A63B2220/05A63B2220/20A63B2220/806A63B2225/50
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Patent No.
US 12,453,896
App. No.
17/968,110
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An exercise machine includes a cable. It further includes an interface to a moveable camera device coupled with the exercise machine. It further includes a processor configured to receive a cable-based measurement associated with an exercise performed by a user. The processor is further configured to receive, from the moveable camera device, video information associated with the exercise. The processor is further configured to provide a workout determination based at least in part on both the cable-based measurement and the video information received from the moveable camera device.

Claims (17)

1. An exercise machine, comprising:

a cable;

a motor coupled to the cable to provide resistance during an exercise performed by a user;

an interface to an external camera device coupled with the exercise machine; and

one or more processors configured to:

receive cable-based measurements associated with the exercise performed by the user, wherein the cable-based measurements are is based at least in part on cable position data associated with the cable coupled to the motor, and wherein the cable position data is measured at least in part by a position encoder

receive, from the external camera device, key points generated by the external camera device from captured video frames video information-associated with the exercise, wherein the key points correspond to one or more points of the user, wherein the key points are associated with timestamps, and wherein at least one of the external camera device or the exercise machine is configured to perform interpolation to generate a synthetic key point;

map a portion of the received key points to a corresponding portion of the cable-based measurements at least in part by performing synchronization using the timestamps associated with the received key points; and

provide a workout determination based at least in part on the mapping of the portion of the received key points to the corresponding portion of the cable-based measurements.

2. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein the key points are batched together by the external camera device.

3. The exercise machine of claim 2 , wherein the batch of key points is transmitted by the external camera device based at least in part on a phase of an exercise repetition being performed.

4. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein the external camera device is wired to, or wirelessly coupled with, the exercise machine.

5. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the external camera device or the exercise machine is configured to perform smoothing of the key points at least in part by aggregating a window of video frames.

6. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein the exercise machine is configured to provide to the external camera device an indication of a start of the exercise.

7. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein the external camera device comprises a mobile phone, and wherein the mobile phone comprises a mobile application.

8. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein the one or more processors are configured to determine whether an amount of the key points is below a threshold.

9. The exercise machine of claim 1 , wherein the workout determination comprises at least one of form feedback, rep counting, range of motion (ROM), flexibility, struggle detection, or fatigue detection.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: TONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
To: HERCULES CAPITAL, INC., AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 075306/0212 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2025
From: TONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
To: CUSTOMERS BANK
Reel/Frame 073255/0161 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 18, 2023
From: KADAV, ASIM; BHAN, RAJIV; LAFRANCE, RYAN; JAMES, BRYAN; ORADY, ALY E.; BELSON, BRANDT; PEAL, GABRIEL; WATT, THOMAS KROMAN; SAVYTSKYI, IVAN
To: TONAL SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 062406/0733 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63257230 · Oct 19, 2021
Related Publication 20230128118A1 · Apr 27, 2023
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