Technogym S.p.a.

Jarno Guidi

Nerio Alessandri

Mauro Fabbri

Gianmatteo Fabbri

Flavio Venturi

Mario Fedriga

Francesco Arlotti

Timothy Sean O'Connell, Jr

Marco De Angelis

Alessandro Olivieri

An apparatus for the assisted performance of a fitness exercise, equipped with a fitness tool configured to interact with the user to enable the user to perform a movement along a preset path overcoming the force of a resistant load, comprises: sensing means set up to provide a signal representing the movement of the user; feedback means for transmitting a signal to the user during performance of the exercise; a processor connected to the sensing means and to the feedback means to provide the user with feedback in real time on the correctness of performance of the exercise, based on a comparison between the signal representing the movement of the user and a predetermined reference pattern representing an ideal pattern for the movement of the user corresponding to the exercise performed correctly.

Apparatus for the assisted performance of a fitness exercise

An apparatus () for the assisted performance of a fitness exercise, equipped with a fitness tool () configured to interact with the user () to enable the user to perform a movement along a preset path overcoming the force of a resistant load (), comprises: sensing means () set up to provide a signal representing the movement of the user (); feedback means () for transmitting a signal to the user () during performance of the exercise; a processor () connected to the sensing means () and to the feedback means () to provide the user () with feedback in real time on the correctness of performance of the exercise, based on a comparison between the signal representing the movement of the user and a predetermined reference pattern representing an ideal pattern for the movement of the user () corresponding to the exercise performed correctly.

The present invention relates to a method for managing users of a gym facility. The method comprises the steps of: analyzing a population of users or possible users of a gym facility by means of statistical tools in order to detect desires of attaining mean term objectives, or 'ASPIRATIONS', of the population being analyzed; determining, by means of statistical tools, a limited number of ASPIRATIONS present in the population being analyzed; subdividing the population being analyzed, by means of statistical tools, into homogeneous groups each belonging to a given ASPIRATION included in a limited number of ASPIRATIONS; and assigning a user to at least one of the homogeneous groups based on responses to a closed-response questionnaire. The invention also relates to a system for managing users of a gym facility and to an information technology product for managing a gym facility and the users of a gym facility.

System and method for managing users of a gym facility

A device for analyzing and monitoring exercise done by a user comprises at least a portable support (), electric power supply means, sensor means () for measuring the exercise done by the user during at least one predetermined period of time, expressed at least in the form of at least one non-dimensional parameter, at least one memory () designed to archive data relating to the measurement of exercise done by the user, display means () for displaying the measurement of the exercise done by the user and the data archived in the memory, data communication means (), () and at least one processing unit (), ().

Device for analyzing and monitoring exercise done by a user

Apparatus and method for monitoring a body portion of a user during the use of a gymnastic machine provided with a video monitoring apparatus; this method comprising a phase of defining the body portion to be monitored, followed by a phase of visually and continuously monitoring this body portion through the video monitoring apparatus; this last phase comprising a sub-phase of synchronizing the trend over time of the value of at least one operating parameter of the video monitoring apparatus with a motion of the body portion described on the basis of given kinematic information acquired by a control unit of the gymnastic machine.

Monitoring apparatus for a gymnastic machine

Method for monitoring a body portion of a user during the use of a gymnastic machine provided with a video monitoring apparatus; this method comprising a phase of defining the body portion to be monitored, followed by a phase of visually and continuously monitoring this body portion through the video monitoring apparatus; this last phase comprising a sub-phase of synchronizing the trend over time of the value of at least one operating parameter of the video monitoring apparatus with a motion of the body portion described on the basis of given kinematic information acquired by a control unit of the gymnastic machine.

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Jarno Guidi