Issued Patents

U.S. Patent 9,367,860:

Covers cardio and strength equipment (and the associated method for) generating and displaying digital barcode which contains a person’s exercise performance for using said exercise machine, allowing the person to capture their workout history by scanning the displayed barcode with a mobile device.

Includes the Following Features:

  • The person can also use a wearable device and the exercise machine can capture data from the wearable device and include that information into the displayed barcode.
  • The captured data can also be sent to an electronic health record.
  • The recorded data can also include machine utilization information and error code data and can be sent to the exercise equipment manufacturer’s customization.

U.S. Patent 10,322,313:

Covers a health kiosk (and the associated method for) generating and displaying a barcode which contains a person’s measured biometric data such as blood pressure, body weight, body fat %, etc, allowing the person to capture their personal health information by scanning the displayed barcode with a mobile device.

Includes the Following Features:

  • The captured data can also be sent to an electronic health record.

U.S. Patent 10,926,135:

Covers a cardio exercise machine (and the associated method for) detecting a person’s biological data (such as heart rate) via light absorption of the person’s skin.

Covers a cardio exercise machine (and the associated method for) detecting a person’s hand gesture and generating a control output to control the operation and display of the exercise machine.

Covers a cardio exercise machine (and the associated method for) detecting a person’s facial characteristics and displaying targeted advertising back to the user based on their detected age and gender.

 

Includes the Following Features:

  • The exercise machine can use a mobile device to perform the above.
  • Biological data can be detected, including skin temperature, heart rate, and perspiration level of the person using the exercise machine.
  • The person’s time viewing the exercise machine display can also be monitored and captured as part of advertising messaging effectiveness
    reporting.

Patents Pending:

  • An exercise machine (and the associated method for) establishing a wireless communication link between the exercise machine and a mobile device based on the mobile device scanning a barcode displayed by the exercise machine, which includes information of the wireless communication circuitry (Bluetooth or WiFi chipset) embedded within the exercise machine.
  • A barcode generation device (and the associated method for) captures measured blood glucose data from a blood glucose meter and generates a barcode with the measured blood glucose data.