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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Feb. 20, 2024
Technogym S.p.a., Cesena, IT;
Enrico Vannoni, Cesena, IT;
Luca Bandini, Cesena, IT;
Luca Zoffoli, Cesena, IT;
Alessandro Del Monaco, Cesena, IT;
TECHNOGYM S.P.A., Cesena, IT;
Abstract
A method for determining information representative of a user's interaction with a surface of physical exercise of a treadmill is provided. The method, for each sampling time instants t, with 1<i<N, of a plurality of subsequent sampling time instants t, t, . . . , t, with positive integer N, involves detecting, by each load cell of a plurality of load cells, data representative of a respective local force vector value along a direction orthogonal to a portion of a surface of physical exercise of the treadmill at the load cell due to the user's interaction with the surface of physical exercise, and determining, by a data processing unit of the treadmill, information representative of a resulting force vector based on the data representative of the local force vectors detected by the plurality of load cells.