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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2017

Filed:

Aug. 26, 2014
Applicants:

Andrew J Kolman, Madison, WI (US);

Matthew D Wittenberg, Waunakee, WI (US);

Timothy E Bank, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Mark J Van Handel, Greenfield, WI (US);

Shanan Galligan, Madison, WI (US);

Inventors:

Andrew J Kolman, Madison, WI (US);

Matthew D Wittenberg, Waunakee, WI (US);

Timothy E Bank, Fitchburg, WI (US);

Mark J Van Handel, Greenfield, WI (US);

Shanan Galligan, Madison, WI (US);

Assignee:

JOHNSON HEALTH TECH CO., LTD., Taichung Hsien, TW;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 21/005 (2006.01); A63B 71/00 (2006.01); A63B 15/02 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 22/00 (2006.01); A63B 23/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 71/0622 (2013.01); A63B 22/00 (2013.01); A63B 23/00 (2013.01); A63B 2071/065 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0641 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0658 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for controlling an exercise apparatus via a control interface of an exercise apparatus, including steps of controlling a touch screen to display an information field, and then monitoring the touch screen to detect whether a touch has occurred on the surface of the touch screen and whether the touch is located in an input zone which has a plurality of sensing areas in the information field. A user can use specific actions to operate the exercise apparatus from one condition of using a first speed value to another condition of using a second speed value.


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