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US 9,975,003 · App. 15/345,642 · Granted May 22, 2018

Control system for a treadmill including a control unit and a laser distance sensor

Inventors: Jaime Adroher Molins (Madrid, ES); Balazs Jatekos (Budapest, HU)
Assignee: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
A63B24/0087A63B22/025A63B23/0405A63B2024/0093A63B2071/0081A63B2220/10A63B2220/20A63B2220/30A63B2220/805
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Patent No.
US 9,975,003
App. No.
15/345,642
Granted
May 22, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A control system for a treadmill including a control unit and a laser distance sensor, the laser distance sensor being configured to determine the distance and/or the movement of a user relative to the laser distance sensor with the aid of a laser beam, the control unit being configured to control a movement of the treadmill as a function of measuring data of the laser distance sensor. A treadmill including such a control system is also described.

Claims (7)

1. A control system for a treadmill, comprising:

a control unit; and

a laser distance sensor configured to determine at least one of a distance and a movement of a user relative to the laser distance sensor with the aid of a laser beam;

wherein the control unit is configured to control a movement of the treadmill as a function of measuring data of laser distance sensor, wherein the laser distance sensor is designed for phase position measurement.

2. The control system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the laser distance sensor includes a one-dimensional scanner for deflecting the laser beam in a first direction y for a horizontal deflection.

3. The control system as recited in claim 1 , wherein the laser distance sensor includes a two-dimensional scanner for deflecting the laser beam in a first direction y and in a second direction z, for a horizontal deflection and a vertical deflection, respectively.

4. A treadmill, including a control system, the control system having a control unit, and a laser distance sensor configured to determine at least one of a distance and a movement of a user relative to the laser distance sensor with the aid of a laser beam, wherein the control unit is configured to control a movement of the treadmill as a function of measuring data of laser distance sensor, wherein the laser distance sensor is configured in such a way that the laser beam is directable anti-parallel to a moving direction of the treadmill, wherein the laser distance sensor is designed for phase position measurement.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2017
From: MOLINS, JAIME ADROHER; JATEKOS, BALAZS
To: ROBERT BOSCH GMBH
Reel/Frame 043570/0862 →
Priority Claims (1)
DE 10 2015 222 119 · Nov 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170128784A1 · May 11, 2017