KR20160048617A - Real-time sitting posture monitoring system using pressure sensor - Google Patents

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KR20160048617A
KR20160048617A KR1020150017744A KR20150017744A KR20160048617A KR 20160048617 A KR20160048617 A KR 20160048617A KR 1020150017744 A KR1020150017744 A KR 1020150017744A KR 20150017744 A KR20150017744 A KR 20150017744A KR 20160048617 A KR20160048617 A KR 20160048617A
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A second pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair; a third pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the left hind leg; A fourth pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied by the right buttocks to the chair, a fifth pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the left back, and a sixth pressure sensor sensing the pressure applied by the right to the chair The pressure value sensed by the measuring unit, the first pressure sensor, the second pressure sensor, the third pressure sensor, the fourth pressure sensor, the fifth pressure sensor, and the sixth pressure sensor is converted into digital data and transmitted And a monitoring unit for storing and displaying the pressure digital data transmitted from the control unit by measurement date and time, And provides a real-time sitting posture monitoring system.

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Technical Field [0001] The present invention relates to a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor,

The present invention relates to a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor, and more particularly, to a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor, in which a left thigh, a right thigh, a left hip, The present invention relates to a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor capable of recognizing the shape of a posture.

Due to the development of computer science and the development of economics, the working and study environments have changed, and the time for sitting and living has increased sharply rather than dynamic physical activity. In such an environment, if you sit in an incorrect sitting posture for a long time, you will feel fatigue easily, and back pain easily occurs.

This back pain is a representative disease related to the spine in which more than 80% of the total population is experienced by various causes as well as the cause of the spinal injury as well as the wrong attitude.

Until the curvature of the vertebra becomes severe, it is possible to mitigate and improve the posture by correcting the posture and correct habits rather than recovering by direct treatment. Recently, a system to correct the sitting position has been actively developed .

However, in the conventional system, it is difficult to acquire the measurement information for determining the sitting posture and to determine the kind of posture that is complicated and difficult to process accurately in real time.

BACKGROUND ART [0002] The background art of the present invention is disclosed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office (KIPO) Patent Publication No. 10-2014-0032082 on Apr. 14,

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION Accordingly, the present invention has been made keeping in mind the above problems occurring in the prior art, and it is an object of the present invention to provide an apparatus and a method for adjusting a pressure applied to a chair by a left thigh, a right thigh, a left hip, And to provide a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor capable of sensing the shape of a sitting posture in real time.

It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are not intended to limit the invention to the precise forms disclosed. Other objects, which will be apparent to those skilled in the art, It will be possible.

In order to achieve the above object, a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a first pressure sensor sensing a pressure applied to a chair by a left thigh, a first pressure sensor sensing a pressure applied by a right thigh to a chair, A third pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the left buttocks, a fourth pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied by the right buttocks to the chair, and a second pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the left- A second pressure sensor, a third pressure sensor, a fourth pressure sensor, a fourth pressure sensor, a fifth pressure sensor, and a sixth pressure sensor sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the right- A fifth pressure sensor, and a sixth pressure sensor, and converts the pressure value into digital data for transmission; It shall include a monitor to store the date and time by measuring the pressure of digital data, and a display.

In a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero, the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero, Is not zero or the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero and the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero and the pressure applied to the chair by the left back is not zero can be displayed in a left- .

In a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero, the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero, Is 0, or the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero, the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero, and the pressure applied by the left back to the chair is zero.

In a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero, The pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero, the pressure applied by the left hip to the chair is zero, and the pressure applied by the right hip to the chair is zero.

In a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero, The pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero and the pressure applied by the left hind to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied to the chair by the right hind is not zero and the pressure applied to the chair by the left back is 0 And when the pressure applied to the chair by the right side is zero, the waist can be displayed in a leaning posture.

In a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, when the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero, The pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero and the pressure applied by the left hind to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied to the chair by the right hind is not zero and the pressure applied to the chair by the left back is 0 Or when the pressure applied to the chair by the right side is not 0, it can be displayed in the correct posture.

The real-time sitting posture monitoring system using the pressure sensor according to the embodiments of the present invention detects the pressure applied to the chair separately from the left thigh, the right thigh, the left hip, the right hip, Therefore, it is possible to monitor in real time whether the sitting posture is correct.

1 is a block diagram of a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a model diagram of a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention, which is disposed in a measurement unit chair. FIG.
3 is a perspective view of a posture classification tree applied to a real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

The real-time sitting posture monitoring system using the pressure sensor according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a measurement unit 100, a control unit 200, and a monitoring unit 300 as shown in FIG.

The measuring unit 100 includes a first pressure sensor 101 for sensing the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh and a second pressure sensor 102 for sensing the pressure RL applied by the right thigh to the chair, A third pressure sensor 103 for sensing the pressure LH applied to the chair by the left buttocks, a fourth pressure sensor 104 for sensing the pressure RH applied to the chair by the right buttocks, And a sixth pressure sensor 106 sensing the pressure RB applied by the right hand to the chair.

2, the first pressure sensor 101 is disposed on the left front portion of the chair seat 1000, and the second pressure sensor 102 is disposed on the right front portion of the chair seat 1000 The third pressure sensor 103 is disposed on the left rear portion of the chair seat 1000 and the fourth pressure sensor 104 is disposed on the right rear portion of the chair seat 1000, The pressure sensor 105 is disposed at the upper left portion of the backrest 2000 connected to the chair seat 1000 and the sixth pressure sensor 106 is disposed at the upper right portion of the backrest 2000.

The control unit 200 controls the first pressure sensor 101, the second pressure sensor 102, the third pressure sensor 103, the fourth pressure sensor 104, the fifth pressure sensor 105 And the sixth pressure sensor 106 into digital data, and transmits the converted data to the monitoring unit 300 through the Bluetooth communication method.

The monitoring unit 300 receives the pressure digital data transmitted from the controller 200 through the Bluetooth communication method and stores the pressure digital data by the measurement date and time. Here, the monitoring unit 300 may be configured as an Android-based application or an iPhone OS-based application.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 3, a method for the monitoring unit 300 to classify the shape of a sitting posture using pressure digital data will be described.

The monitoring unit 300 determines that the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is 0 and the pressure RL applied by the right thigh to the chair is not 0 and the pressure LB applied by the left chair to the chair is not 0, When the pressure (LL) applied by the thigh to the chair is not 0, the pressure (RL) applied by the right thigh to the chair is 0, and the pressure LB applied to the chair by the left back is not 0, .

If the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is 0 and the pressure RL applied by the right thigh to the chair is not 0 and the pressure LB applied by the left back to the chair is 0 or the left When the pressure (LL) applied by the thigh to the chair is not 0, the pressure (RL) applied by the right thigh to the chair is 0, and the pressure LB applied to the chair by the left back is 0, Display.

If the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is not 0 or the pressure RL applied by the right thigh to the chair is 0 and the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is 0 When the pressure (RL) applied by the right thigh to the chair is not 0, the pressure (LH) applied by the left hind part to the chair is 0, and the pressure RH applied to the chair by the right hind part is 0, the posture ).

If the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is not 0 or the pressure RL applied by the right thigh to the chair is 0 and the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is 0 (RH) applied to the chair is not 0, and the left thigh is applied to the chair. The pressure applied to the chair by the right thigh is not 0, the pressure applied by the left hind part to the chair is not 0, When the pressure LB to be applied is 0 and the pressure RB applied to the chair by the right or the like is 0, the waist is displayed in the leaning posture P4.

If the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is not 0 or the pressure RL applied by the right thigh to the chair is 0 and the pressure LL applied to the chair by the left thigh is 0 (RH) applied to the chair is not 0, and the left thigh is applied to the chair. The pressure applied to the chair by the right thigh is not 0, the pressure applied by the left hind part to the chair is not 0, A case where the pressure LB applied is not zero or the pressure RB applied to the chair by the right or the like is not zero is displayed in the correct posture P5.

In the present invention, six pressure sensors are used, but the present invention is not limited thereto, and a plurality of pressure sensors can be used to classify and monitor the sitting position of a person in real time as in the present invention.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited to the disclosed exemplary embodiments.

Rather, it is understood that many modifications and variations of the present invention are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims.

Accordingly, all such appropriate modifications and changes, and equivalents thereof, should be regarded as within the scope of the present invention.

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A second pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair, a third pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the left hind leg, A fourth pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair, a fifth pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the chair by the left hand, and a sixth pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied by the right hand to the chair;
A controller for converting the pressure value sensed by each of the first pressure sensor, the second pressure sensor, the third pressure sensor, the fourth pressure sensor, the fifth pressure sensor and the sixth pressure sensor into digital data, ; And
And a monitoring unit for storing and displaying the pressure digital data transmitted from the controller on a measurement date and time basis.
The method according to claim 1,
The monitoring unit monitors whether the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero, the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero, the pressure applied by the left back to the chair is not zero, the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero, The pressure applied to the chair is 0, and the pressure applied to the chair by the left light is not 0. The real-time sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor that displays the left leg in a posture.
The method according to claim 1,
The monitoring unit monitors the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero, the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is not zero, the pressure applied to the chair by the left thigh is zero, the pressure applied to the chair by the left thigh is not zero, The pressure applied to the chair is 0, and the pressure applied to the chair on the left is zero.
The method according to claim 1,
The monitoring unit may be configured such that the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero and the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is non- A sitting posture monitoring system using a pressure sensor that displays the posture in which the hip is pulled forward when the pressure applied to the chair is 0 and the pressure applied to the chair by the right buttocks is zero.
The method according to claim 1,
The monitoring unit may be configured such that the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero and the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is non- The pressure applied to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied to the chair by the right buttocks is not zero and the pressure applied by the left back to the chair is zero and the pressure applied by the right back to the chair is zero Real - time sitting posture monitoring system using pressure sensor.
The method according to claim 1,
The monitoring unit may be configured such that the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is not zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is zero and the pressure applied by the left thigh to the chair is zero or the pressure applied by the right thigh to the chair is non- If the pressure applied to the chair is not 0 or the pressure applied by the right buttocks to the chair is not 0 and the pressure applied by the left to the chair is not 0 or the pressure applied by the right to the chair is not 0, Real - time sitting posture monitoring system using pressure sensor to display.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the first pressure sensor is disposed at a left front portion of the chair seat, the second pressure sensor is disposed at a right front portion of the chair seat, the third pressure sensor is disposed at a left rear portion of the chair seat, The fifth pressure sensor is disposed on the upper left portion of the backrest connected to the chair seat, and the sixth pressure sensor is disposed on the upper right portion of the backrest, and the pressure sensor is disposed on the right rear portion of the chair seat, Real - time sitting posture monitoring system using.
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