Fitness equipment and force control method for the same

Abstract

A force control method for a fitness equipment includes an input step, an operation step, a first load operation step and a second load operation step. The fitness equipment includes a control panel, an operation unit, a control unit, a shaft and a load unit. The control panel is electrically connected to the control unit which is electrically connected to the load unit. The operation unit is connected to the load unit via a rope that is wound around the shaft. The operation unit pulls a load weight generated by the load unit by the rope. An AI unit and a mobile device are connected to the control panel. The AI unit collects a usage information of the user to form a load data which is displayed on the mobile device or the control panel. The load weight of the load unit is adjustable by a sensing unit.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A force control method for a fitness equipment comprising:
 an input step (S 1 ): manipulating a fitness equipment ( 100 ) with a control panel ( 10 ), the fitness equipment ( 100 ) including an operation unit ( 20 ), a control unit ( 30 ), a shaft ( 40 ), and a load unit ( 50 ), the control panel ( 10 ) electrically connected to the control unit ( 30 ), the operation unit ( 20 ) connected to the load unit ( 50 ) by a rope ( 60 ) that is wound around the shaft ( 40 ), the control panel ( 10 ) connected to an AI unit ( 101 ) via a mobile device ( 90 ), the control panel ( 10 ) and the mobile device ( 90 ) being interconnected and interactively transmit information through the AI unit ( 101 );   an operation step (S 2 ): the AI unit ( 101 ) determining, reading, and accumulating a user operation data and generating a recommendation information ( 1010 ) which is transmitted/linked to a processing unit ( 102 ), the processing unit ( 102 ) calculating and generating a load data ( 1020 ) based on the recommendation information ( 1010 ) and displaying the load data ( 1020 ) on the mobile device ( 90 ) or on the control panel ( 10 ) for user reference;   a first load operation step (S 3 ): the user following or referring to the load data ( 1020 ) to adjust the load data ( 1020 ) from the mobile device ( 90 ) and transmitting the adjusted load data ( 1020 ) to the control panel ( 10 ), or adjusting the load data ( 1020 ) from the control panel ( 10 ), the control panel ( 10 ) setting a load weight of the load unit ( 50 ) based on the adjusted load data ( 1020 ) from the mobile device ( 90 ), the user applying a force to the operation unit ( 20 ) and operating the operation unit ( 20 ), a movement of the operation unit ( 20 ) pulling the rope ( 60 ) to pull the load weight of the load unit ( 50 ), and   a second load operation step (S 4 ): when the user releases the force from the operation unit ( 20 ), a sensing unit ( 301 ) connected to the control unit ( 30 ) detects a magnitude of the force applied by the user to the operation unit ( 20 ) and adjusts the load weight of the load unit ( 50 ) accordingly.   
     
     
         2 . The force control method for a fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the load unit ( 50 ) comprises a driving motor ( 501 ), one of two ends of the wire rope ( 60 ) is connected to the driving motor ( 501 ), another one of the two ends of the wire rope ( 60 ) is wound around the shaft part ( 40 ) and connected to the operation unit ( 20 ), the control unit ( 30 ) comprises a microcontroller ( 304 ) and a receiving and controlling unit ( 305 ), the receiving and controlling unit ( 305 ) receives the load data ( 1020 ) and transmits the load data ( 1020 ) to the microcontroller ( 304 ) which calculates and converts the load data ( 1020 ) to set the driving motor ( 501 ) to generate a corresponding resistance. 
     
     
         3 . The force control method for a fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the operation unit ( 20 ) includes a chip ( 80 ) electrically connected to the AI unit ( 101 ), the chip ( 80 ) is in contact with the user to detect physical conditions and transmit the physical conditions to the AI unit ( 101 ). 
     
     
         4 . The force control method for a fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) is connected to a database ( 70 ) for storing operation information of the user in the past. 
     
     
         5 . The force control method for a fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) links to a statistical module ( 1011 ) which collects and integrates operation information of the user in the past. 
     
     
         6 . The force control method for a fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) is connected to a judgment module ( 1012 ) which judges whether the load data ( 1020 ) entered by the user is feasible for operation based on an operating information of the user in the past. 
     
     
         7 . The force control method for a fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 1 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) is connected to an upload module ( 1013 ) which is wirelessly connected to a cloud device ( 90 A), the mobile device ( 90 ), or the control panel ( 10 ), the AI unit ( 101 ) sends the load data ( 1020 ) of the user in the past to the upload module ( 1013 ) for recording and storage on the mobile device ( 90 ), the cloud device ( 90 A), or the control panel ( 10 ). 
     
     
         8 . A fitness equipment ( 100 ) comprising:
 a control panel ( 10 ), an operation unit ( 20 ), a control unit ( 30 ), a shaft ( 40 ), and a load unit ( 50 ), the control panel ( 10 ) electrically connected to the control unit ( 30 ), the load unit ( 50 ) electrically connected to the control unit ( 30 ), the operation unit ( 20 ) connected to the load unit ( 50 ) via a rope ( 60 ) that is wound around the shaft ( 40 ), the operation unit ( 20 ) pulling a load weight generated by the load unit ( 50 ) by the rope ( 60 );   an AI unit ( 101 ) and a mobile device ( 90 ) connected to the control panel ( 10 ), the AI unit ( 101 ) forming a connection and exchanges information between the control panel ( 10 ) and the mobile device ( 90 ), the AI unit ( 101 ) connected to a database ( 70 ) which records and stores user messages, a sensing unit ( 301 ) connected to the operation unit ( 20 ) and detecting changes of the load unit ( 50 ), the AI unit ( 101 ) integrating, calculating, and accumulating a usage information of the user to form a load data ( 1020 ) and displaying the usage information on the mobile device ( 90 ) or the control panel ( 10 ), the mobile device ( 90 ) inputting the load data ( 1020 ) and simultaneously sending a setting information to the control panel ( 10 ), or the load data ( 1020 ) and the setting information being entered to the control panel ( 10 ), the control panel ( 10 ) receiving the load data ( 1020 ) and sending the load data ( 1020 ) to the control unit ( 30 ), the control unit ( 30 ) generating a load weight for the load unit ( 50 ) according to the load data ( 1020 ), and adjusting the load weight of the load unit ( 50 ) by the sensing unit ( 301 ), and   wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) retrieves internal data through the database ( 70 ) to provide the user with the load data ( 1020 ) for use, wherein the user inputs the load data ( 1020 ) to the mobile device ( 90 ) and sends the load data ( 1020 ) to the control panel ( 10 ), the control panel ( 10 ) adjusts the load weight of the load unit ( 50 ), when the user applies a force to the operation unit ( 20 ), a movement of the operation unit ( 20 ) pulls the rope ( 60 ) to move the load weight of the load unit ( 50 ), when the user releases the operation unit ( 20 ), the sensing unit ( 301 ) detects a magnitude of the force on the operation unit ( 20 ) so as to adjust the load weight of the load unit ( 50 ).   
     
     
         9 . The fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the load unit ( 50 ) comprises a driving motor ( 501 ), one of two ends of the wire rope ( 60 ) is connected to the driving motor ( 501 ), another one of the two ends of the wire rope ( 60 ) is wound around the shaft part ( 40 ) and connected to the operation unit ( 20 ), the control unit ( 30 ) comprises a microcontroller ( 304 ) and a receiving and controlling unit ( 305 ), the receiving and controlling unit ( 305 ) receives the load data ( 1020 ) and transmits the load data ( 1020 ) to the microcontroller ( 304 ) which calculates and converts the load data ( 1020 ) to set the driving motor ( 501 ) to generate a corresponding resistance. 
     
     
         10 . The fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the operation unit ( 20 ) includes a chip ( 80 ) electrically connected to the AI unit ( 101 ), the chip ( 80 ) is in contact with the user to detect physical conditions and transmit the physical conditions to the AI unit ( 101 ). 
     
     
         11 . The fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) links to a statistical module ( 1011 ) which collects and integrates operation information of the user in the past. 
     
     
         12 . The fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) is connected to a judgment module ( 1012 ) which judges whether the load data ( 1020 ) entered by the user is feasible for operation based on an operating information of the user in the past. 
     
     
         13 . The fitness equipment as claimed in  claim 8 , wherein the AI unit ( 101 ) is connected to an upload module ( 1013 ) which is wirelessly connected to a cloud device ( 90 A), the mobile device ( 90 ), or the control panel ( 10 ), the AI unit ( 101 ) sends the load data ( 1020 ) of the user in the past to the upload module ( 1013 ) for recording and storage on the mobile device ( 90 ), the cloud device ( 90 A), or the control panel ( 10 ).