Smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time

Abstract

The invention is a smart exercise device capable of measuring and displaying the muscle strength of a user in real time for the user to systematically perform progressive overload exercise with a load that suits the user, and managing data, having a simple structure and various exercise being performed with a constant load, and comprising: a support means (10) which is stepped on by the foot or which is connected to a structure; a strap (25) that can be pulled by a user; a first sensor (12) connected between the support means (10) and the strap (25) to sense the muscle strength pulling the strap (25); and an electronic circuit (13) connected to the first sensor (12) to process sensed muscle strength data so that the data can be displayed on the outside through a display window (13a) or a display means (40).

1 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time, comprising:
 a support means  10  which is stepped on by the foot or connected to other structure;   a strap  25  that can be pulled by a user;   a first sensor  12  connected between the support means  10  and the strap  25  to sense the muscle strength pulling the strap  25 ; and   an electronic circuit  13  connected to the first sensor  12  and processing sensed muscle strength data so that the data can be displayed on a display means  40  including a display window  13   a , a smart phone, a computer and TV; wherein   if a user performs the muscle strength exercise by pulling the strap  25 , the pulling force of the strap  25  is sensed by the first sensor  12  to be displayed quantitatively through the display means  40 , so that the user can systematically perform progressive overload exercises with the exercise load proper to the user.   
     
     
         2 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the strap  25  includes an elastic portion  26  positioned on one side of it and being elastically expandable in proportion to the pulling force by user's arm or foot; and a length adjusting portion  27  positioned on the other side of it and not being expandable or being relatively less expandable than the elastic portion  26  by pulling and the length of it being adjustable according to the user's height or change of posture, so that the elastic portion  26  should keep constant length and elasticity even though the length adjusting portion  27  is adjusted depending on the user's height or posture change to achieve a muscle strength exercise with constant exercise load. 
     
     
         3 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 2 , wherein; the elastic portion  26  includes a plurality of elastic bands  28  having different elasticity, and one or more of the elastic bands  28  are detachably attached to the length adjusting portion  27 ; and the display means  40  includes a band recommending portion  42  calculating proper elasticity of the elastic band  28  based on the user's muscle strength data measured by the first sensor  12  and displaying it. 
     
     
         4 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a rotating bracket  14  vertically extending from the support means  10 , and a rotating support  15  engaged on a first axis  16  horizontally mounted on the rotating bracket  14  and being rotatable upward and downward; and a first sensor  12  provided on the rotating support  15 , so that the first sensor  12  should sense the pulling force of the strap  25  while the rotating support  15  and the first sensor  12  being rotated upward and downward according to the pulling direction of the strap  25 . 
     
     
         5 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 4 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a second axis  18  vertically mounted on the support means  10 , and a turntable  18  engaged on the second axis  18  and rotatable horizontally, so that the first sensor  12  should sense the pulling force with being freely rotated horizontally and vertically depending on the pulling direction of the strip  25 . 
     
     
         6 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 5 , wherein; the support means  10  and the turntable  18  have ball plungers  18   a  and recesses  18   b  respectively, so that angle of the turntable  18  should be regularly adjusted by engaging the ball plungers  18   a  with the recesses  18   b.    
     
     
         7 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 5 , wherein; the first axis  16  and the second axis  17  each have tubular axis holes  19 ,  20 , and a signal line  21  of the first sensor  12  extends through the axis holes  19 ,  20 , so that the signal line  21  should not be cut or twisted even though the first sensor  12  is rotated horizontally and vertically. 
     
     
         8 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a length adjusting means  30  at one end of the strap  25 , the length adjusting means  30  including a cover  31 , a spool  32  being rotatable in the cover  21  and wound by the strap  25 , an elastic member  32   a  connected to the spool  32  so that the strap  25  is elastically wound around the spool  32 , a plurality of stop recess  34  formed in constant interval on the periphery of the flange  33  provided on the spool  31 , and an operating key  35  provided on one side of the cover  31  and being moved linearly or rotated and having a fixing projection  36  being engaged with the stop recess  34  to stop the spool  32  and being released from the stop recess  34  for the spool  32  to be rotated so that the length of strap  25  is adjusted. 
     
     
         9 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 8 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a key operating means  39  connected to the operating key  35  to engage the fixing projection  36  with the stop recess  34  or release the fixing projection  36  from the stop recess  34 , and a key switch  39   a  to switch on/off the key operating means  39 . 
     
     
         10 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes an exercise result display  43  shown through the display means  40  and displaying the increase/decrease of muscle strength for each body part after exercise, and an exercise item recommending portion  45  shown through the display means  40  and recommending exercise items for a relatively non-exercised part, a low increased part of muscle strength or other predetermined important part of muscle based on the exercise result data. 
     
     
         11 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the first sensor  12  and the strap  25  are installed on both sides of the support means  10 , and the display means  40  further includes a balance checking portion  44  to compare the left muscle strength and the right muscle strength and check the strength balance. 
     
     
         12 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a handle  29  at the upper end of the strap  20 , and the handle  29  having a plurality of grips  29   a  spaced apart wider than the thickness of the human hand so that the distance between the support means  10  and the grip  29   a  can be easily adjusted only by changing the grip  29   a.    
     
     
         13 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a click switch  13   c  installed on the support means  10  to remotely click selection buttons  41   b  on the display means  40 , and a communication protocol input in the electronic circuit  13  to transmit the signal of the click switch  13   c  to the display means  40 , so that the user can remotely click on the selection buttons  41   a  on the display means  40  by touching the click switch  13   c  on the support means  10  during exercise. 
     
     
         14 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a remote click function block  41   a  in the application  41  of the display means  40  to remotely click the selection buttons  41   b  on the display when the signal that the strap  25  be pulled with higher strength or quicker speed than the predetermined value is received from the electronic circuit  13 . 
     
     
         15 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a plurality of item selection switches  13   d  on the support means  10 , a communication protocol input in the electronic circuit  13  to transmit the signal of the exercise item selection switch  13   d  to the display means  40 , an item matching portion  47  shown on the display means  40  to match the item selection switches  13   d  with proper exercise items, a memory  48  in the display means  40  to save the data of muscle strength measured by the first sensor  12 , and an exercise result display  49  shown on the display means  40  and displaying the data of the user's muscle strength saved in the memory  48 , so that as the user touches the item selection switch  13   d  and performs exercise, then the data of muscle strength measured by the first sensor  12  is saved and managed. 
     
     
         16 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 1 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a push plate  22  on the upper of the support means  10 , a second sensor  23  provided between the push plate  22  and the support means  10  to measure the pushing force on the push plate  22 , an electronic circuit  13  to process the data about the pulling or pushing force of the first sensor  12  and the second sensor  23  to display through a display means  40  including a display window  13   a , a smart phone, a computer or a TV. 
     
     
         17 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time, wherein; the smart exercise device includes;
 a support means  10  which is stepped on by the foot or connected to a structure;   a rotating bracket  14  vertically extending from the support means  10 ;   a rotating support  15  engaged on a first axis  16  horizontally mounted on the rotating bracket  14  and being rotatable upward and downward;   a first sensor  12  provided on the rotating support  15  and connected to a strap  25  pulled by user to sense the pulling force of the strap  25 , and   an electronic circuit  12  connected to the first sensor  12  to process the muscle strength data to display through a display means  40  including a display window  13   a , a smart phone, a computer and a TV, so that the first sensor  12  should sense the pulling force of the strap  25  while the rotating support  15  and the first sensor  12  being rotated upward and downward according to the pulling direction of the strap  25 .   
     
     
         18 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of  claim 17 , wherein; the smart exercise device further includes a second axis  18  vertically mounted on the support means  10 , and a turntable  18  engaged on the second axis  18  and rotatable horizontally, so that the first sensor  12  should sense the pulling force while being freely rotated horizontally and vertically depending on the pulling direction of the strip  25 . 
     
     
         19 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time of claim  1817  or  18 , wherein; the first axis  16  and the second axis  17  each have tubular axis holes  19 ,  20 , and a signal line  21  of the first sensor  12  extends through the axis holes  19 ,  20 , so that the signal line  21  should not be cut or twisted even though the first sensor  12  is rotated horizontally and vertically. 
     
     
         20 . A smart exercise device capable of measuring muscle strength in real time, comprising:
 a support means  10  which is stepped on by the foot or connected to a structure;   a strap  25  that can be pulled by a user;   a first sensor  12  connected between the support means  10  and the strap  25  to sense the muscle strength pulling the strap  25 ;   an electronic circuit  13  connected to the first sensor  12  and processing sensed muscle strength data so that the date can be displayed on a display means  40  including a display window  13   a , a smart phone, a computer and a TV;   a cover  31  of a length adjusting means  30  at one end of the strap  25 ;   a spool  32  being rotatable in the cover  21  and wound by the strap  25 ;   an elastic member  32   a  connected to the spool  32  so that the strap  25  is elastically wound on the spool  32 ;   stop recesses  34  regularly formed the flange  33  provided on the spool  31 ; and   an operating key  35  provided on one side of the cover  31  and being moved linearly or rotated and having a fixing projection  36  being engaged with the stop recess  34  to stop the spool  32  and being released from the stop recess  34  for the spool  32  to be rotated so that the length of strap  25  is adjusted.   
     
     
         21 . (canceled)