Exercise assistance apparatus
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Apr 19, 2005
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Jul 17, 2003
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Dec 23, 2002
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Jan 11, 2002
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The present invention is for arousing a sense of rivalry to the user so that the user can exhibit an active will to exercise. The present invention relates to an exercise assistance apparatus which has a cycling machine 1 provided with pedals 11b and a rotation sensor 11c for detecting the movement of the pedals 11b, comprising a monitor 14 for displaying images, means for storing image data to express a traveling path and opponent characters, exercise equipment control means for performing variable control for the load status of the electromagnetic clutch 12b of the machine 1, means for sequentially updating and controlling the traveling position of the opponent characters on the traveling path, means for calculating a virtual self position of the user on the traveling path from the detection content of the rotation sensor 11c and the load status controlled by the exercise equipment control means, and image display means for displaying the traveling path and opponent characters on the monitor 14, and displaying the degree of difficulty to pass an opponent character.
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