Title:
CONTROL UNIT, POSTURE IMPROVEMENT ASSISTANCE DEVICE, AND CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2024/071268
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
Provided are a control unit, a posture improvement assistance device, and a control method that make it possible to notify a seated person of his or her posture. The control unit is capable of performing control to determine the posture of a seated person sitting in a chair, and to output a determination result to a display device. The control unit comprises: an acquisition section that acquires a pressure signal output from a pressure sensor provided at each of a plurality of movable bodies built inside the chair; a computation section that inputs a plurality of pressure signals into a predetermined computing formula to calculate a lumbar curve value which is an index related to the posture of the seated person; a determination section that determines the posture of the seated person on the basis of the lumbar curve value; and an output control section that outputs a human body schematic figure corresponding to the determination result from the determination unit to the display device.
Inventors:
MIZOI KENSUKE (JP)
YAMAUCHI NAOTO (JP)
KASHINO RYUTA (JP)
YAMAUCHI NAOTO (JP)
KASHINO RYUTA (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2023/035306
Publication Date:
April 04, 2024
Filing Date:
September 27, 2023
Export Citation:
Assignee:
TS TECH CO LTD (JP)
International Classes:
B60N2/90; A47C7/62
Foreign References:
| JP2020066404A | 2020-04-30 | |||
| JP2019077220A | 2019-05-23 | |||
| JP2017081194A | 2017-05-18 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
AKIYAMA, Atsushi et al. (JP)
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