ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,340,424, issued on June 24, was assigned to JOHNSON HEALTH TECH Co. LTD. (Taichung, Taiwan).
"Exercise apparatus with exercise use verification function and verifying method" was invented by Nathan Pyles (Lake Mills, Wis.), Hung-Mao Liao (Taichung, Taiwan) and Joe Chen (Taichung, Taiwan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An exercise apparatus includes a motor, an operating member driven by the motor, a sensor operable to detect engagement of a user with the operating member, and a controller in communication with the operating member and the sensor. The controller is configured to generate exercise use data when the operating member is drive...