KR20160049606A

KR20160049606A - Ergonomic desk

Info

Publication number: KR20160049606A
Application number: KR1020140146218A
Authority: KR
Inventors: 노시청
Original assignee: 주식회사 필룩스
Priority date: 2014-10-27
Filing date: 2014-10-27
Publication date: 2016-05-10

Abstract

Disclosed are an ergonomic desk and a method of automatically controlling the position of the ergonomic desk. The disclosed ergonomic desk comprises: an upper plate unit; a control unit controlling the position of the upper plate unit; a driving unit driving the control unit; and a control unit connected to a user to drive the driving unit. Therefore, the ergonomic desk can control the height of the desk in accordance with its use and also can control the height of the desk by being connected with the motions of the user.

Description

Ergonomic desk {ERGONOMIC DESK}

The present invention relates to an ergonomic desk and a method for automatically adjusting the position of the ergonomic desk and an ergonomic desk capable of adjusting the height of a desk according to the use thereof and a method for automatically adjusting the position thereof.

Typically, a desk is a piece of furniture used for office work or reading, with a top, a leg, and a drawer.

There is a sitting table and a standing table on the desk. The left side is a traditional hanok room for reading writing, and the standing room is a set with a chair (or a stool), usually a desk (or a flat desk), a side sleeved desk, a double sleeved desk and a desk.

Depending on the material, there are wooden desk, steel desk and wooden mixing desk. Functionally, the most important dimension of the desk is the height. In addition, it is reasonable to measure the height of the desk from the seat of the chair.

Such a desk is fixed in height, and the user adjusts the height of the chair. However, if the user performs the work in the sitting position for a long time, the lower body may be weakened and the waist disk may be caused.

In order to solve the above-described problems, a height adjustable desk has been disclosed. In the height adjusting desk, a motor is installed on a spindle axis and a spindle axis is rotated by forward / reverse rotation of the motor Adjust the height of the desk.

Related Prior Art Korean Patent Laid-Open Publication No. 2010-0001413 (published on 2010.01.06, title of invention: height adjustable desk) is available.

An object of the present invention is to provide an ergonomic desk capable of adjusting the height of a desk according to a use and a method for automatically adjusting the position of the desk.

It is another object of the present invention to provide an ergonomic desk and a method for automatically adjusting the position of the desk to adjust the height of a desk in conjunction with a user's operation.

An ergonomic desk according to the present invention includes: an upper plate unit; an adjusting unit for adjusting the position of the upper plate unit; a driving unit for driving the adjusting unit; and a control unit for interlocking with the user to drive the driving unit .

The control unit may include an adjusting member for adjusting the position of the upper plate unit, and a power transmitting member for transmitting the driving force to the adjusting unit.

The control member may include a plurality of leg portions connected to the upper plate unit and the other end supported on the floor, and the power transmitting member may transmit the driving force of the driving unit to the control member at the same time .

The power transmission member may include a belt portion coupled to the driving unit at one side and to the leg portions at the other side.

The adjusting member may include a screw provided in the leg portion and rotated by driving of the driving unit, and a lifting and supporting portion provided on the leg portion and engaged with the screw, for lifting and lowering the screw by rotation of the screw .

The control unit may include a sensing member for sensing a user's operation and a controller for controlling the operation of the driving unit according to information sensed by the sensing member.

The sensing unit may include an input unit for selecting a position of the upper plate unit and an information storage unit for storing a position of the upper plate unit corresponding to the input unit. The control unit may include an upper plate coupled to the input unit, And the driving unit is driven so that the upper plate unit is moved to the position of the unit.

The sensing unit may include a sensing unit that senses an operation of a user, and the control unit drives the driving unit such that the position of the upper plate unit is adjusted by interlocking with the operation of the user sensed by the sensing unit .

A method for automatically adjusting the position of an ergonomic desk according to the present invention includes: a sensing step of sensing a user's operation; a determining step of determining whether there is a change in the user's operation; And an adjusting step of adjusting the position of the upper plate unit in association with the operation.

The sensing step may be performed by a user, or may be sensed by a user to sense whether the user is seated or in a line state.

Further, the adjusting step adjusts the height of the upper plate unit or the inclination of the upper plate unit.

In addition, the present invention is characterized in that it includes an interlocking determination step of determining whether to adjust the position of the upper plate unit or to fix the position of the upper plate unit regardless of an operation of the user in conjunction with a user's operation.

The ergonomic desk according to the present invention and the method for automatically adjusting the position thereof can adjust the height and slope of the desk according to the use.

Further, according to the present invention, the upper plate unit can be adjusted to a predetermined height or slope in the information storage unit by the operation of the input unit, thereby providing a height or a slope suitable for various purposes or for various users.

In addition, the present invention provides a convenience in that the height or tilt of the upper plate unit can be changed by interlocking with the operation of the user by the sensing unit.

Further, in the present invention, a mood or the like is provided in the upper plate unit to improve aesthetics.

1 is a block diagram of an ergonomic desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a perspective view of an ergonomic desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a sectional view of an ergonomic desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a plan view of an ergonomic desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a use state diagram of an ergonomic desk according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a perspective view showing a tilt adjustment of an ergonomic desk according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a view showing a sensing member of an ergonomic desk according to a third embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a method of automatically adjusting the position of an ergonomic desk according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS Hereinafter, an embodiment of an ergonomic desk and a method for automatically controlling the ergonomic desk according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In this process, the thicknesses of the lines and the sizes of the components shown in the drawings may be exaggerated for clarity and convenience of explanation. In addition, the terms described below are defined in consideration of the functions of the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or custom of the user, the operator. Therefore, definitions of these terms should be made based on the contents throughout this specification.

2 is a perspective view of an Ernonick desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 3 is a perspective view of an ergonomic desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 4 is a plan view of an ergonomic desk according to a first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 5 is a view illustrating a state of use of an ergonomic desk according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

1 to 5, an ergonomic desk 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a top board unit 110, a control unit 120, a driving unit 150, and a control unit 160 .

The upper plate unit 110 is formed in a flat plate shape on which an article can be placed, and may have various shapes such as a rectangular shape and a circular shape, and may be made of various materials such as wood, steel, and synthetic resin.

The upper plate unit 110 is provided with an indirect illumination unit 112. 2, the indirect lighting unit 112 may be provided at the upper edge of the upper panel unit 110 and may be used as a mood or the like to improve the feel of the desk 100. Although the indirect illumination unit 112 is provided on the upper surface of the upper panel unit 110 in the present embodiment, the indirect lighting unit 112 is not limited thereto and may be provided at various positions of the upper panel unit 110.

The upper plate unit 110 is provided with a power supply unit 114 to which external power is applied and the power supply unit 114 includes a power cord and a terminal unit to which various terminals can be connected.

The adjustment unit 120 adjusts the position of the top board unit 110. [ The adjustment unit 120 includes an adjustment member 130 for adjusting the position of the upper plate unit 110 and a power transmission member 140 for transmitting the drive force to the adjustment unit 120 by the drive unit 150. The control member 130 includes a plurality of leg portions 132 connected to the upper plate unit 110 and the other end supported on the floor. The power transmitting member 140 drives the driving force of the driving unit 150, (130). 2 and 4, each of the leg portions 132 is provided at the bottom edge of the upper plate unit 110 to support the upper plate unit 110 and is driven by the power transmitting member 140 The driving force of the unit 150 is transmitted to the adjusting member 130 of each leg 132 to adjust the position of the top plate.

The adjusting member 130 is provided in the screw 134 and the leg 132 provided in the leg 132 and rotated by the driving unit 150 to be engaged with the screw 134, And a lifting support portion 136 for lifting and descending the screw 134 by the rotation of the screw 134. The driving unit 150 includes a motor and the power transmitting member 140 is coupled to the driving unit 150 at one side and the belt portion 142 for coupling the plurality of legs 132 at the other side do. The power transmission member 140 includes a gear portion 144 provided on the screw 134 so as to engage with the belt portion 142. The leg portion 132 is formed in a hollow shape and the lower end portion is provided with the receiving portion 133 so as to contact the bottom surface with a large area.

The lifting support portion 136 is coupled to the upper end of the leg portion 132, and a screw thread is formed therein to engage with the screw 134. A gear portion 144 is formed on the rotation shaft and the screw 134 of the drive unit 150 and the driving force of the drive unit 150 is transmitted through the belt portion 142 and the gear portion 144, 134 to rotate the upper plate unit 110 up and down.

At this time, the driving unit 150 is configured as a single unit on the bottom surface of the upper plate unit 110, and the plurality of screws 134 can be rotated by the belt unit 142. Of course, the various screws 134 can be rotated by the separately provided drive unit 150, and various modifications are possible.

The lower end of the screw 134 is provided with a floating damper 135 which is in contact with the inner surface of the leg 132. Since the fluid dynamic bearing member 135 is made of a rubber material and contacts the inside of the leg portion 132 when the screw 134 moves up and down, the flow of the screw 134 can be prevented.

The lifting and lowering unit of the upper plate unit 110 is shown as being lifted and lowered by the belt unit 142 that transmits the driving force of the driving unit 150 and the screw 134 that is rotated. However, The upper plate unit 110 can be raised and lowered by being individually mounted and controlled by an actuator or a motor. That is, the upper plate unit 110 can be lifted and lowered by driving each of the legs without a power transmission member for interlocking with each other. Further, the upper plate unit can be lifted and lowered by the rack pinion gear, and various driving methods and power transmission methods are possible.

The control unit 160 interlocks with the user to drive the drive unit 150. [ The control unit 160 includes a sensing member 170 for sensing the operation of the user and a control unit 180 for controlling the operation of the driving unit 150 according to the information sensed by the sensing member 170. The sensing member 170 includes an input unit 171 in which the position of the upper plate unit 110 is selected and an information storage unit 175 in which the position of the upper plate unit 110 is stored corresponding to the input unit 171, The control unit 160 drives the driving unit 150 to move the upper plate unit 110 to the position of the upper plate unit 110 that is interlocked with the input unit 171 and stored in the information storage unit 175.

The input unit 171 includes a plurality of button switches 172 and data corresponding to the respective button switches 172 may be stored in the information storage unit 175. For example, the height of the upper plate unit 110 corresponding to the user's body size may be set for each of the button switches 172 for a plurality of users, and the height of the various upper plate units 110 may be set have.

The input unit 171 includes a display unit 173 on which the height of the upper panel unit 110 or input information is displayed. The input unit 171 is provided with an adjustment switch 174 that can arbitrarily adjust the height of the upper plate unit 110. That is, the height of the upper plate unit 110 may be adjusted by the data value preset in the information storage unit 175, and the height of the upper plate unit 110 may be arbitrarily adjusted by the adjustment switch 174.

Hereinafter, an ergonomic desk according to a second embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

For convenience of description, the same reference numerals are used for the same components as those of the first embodiment, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

6 is a perspective view showing a tilt adjustment of an ergonomic desk according to a second embodiment of the present invention. Referring to FIG. 6, the ergonomic desk 100 according to the second embodiment is capable of adjusting the inclination of the upper plate unit 110 as well as raising and lowering the upper plate unit 110.

In detail, the driving units 150 are formed as a pair, and the inclination of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted by the connection relationship of the power transmitting member 140. This is because one of the driving units 150 is connected to the adjusting member 130 provided at the front side by the belt portion 142 and the other driving unit 150 is connected to the rear side And is connected to the member 130 by the belt portion 142 and is respectively driven to adjust the inclination of the upper plate unit 110. At this time, the adjusting member 130 and the upper plate unit 110 are hingedly connected by the hinge portion 137. With this configuration, not only the upper plate unit 110 can be raised and lowered, but also the inclination of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted.

When the pair of drive units 150 are operated in the same manner, the adjustment member 130 provided on the front side and the adjustment member 130 provided on the rear side are operated in the same manner, so that the upper plate unit 110 can be raised and lowered horizontally And the pair of drive units 150 are operated differently, the upper plate unit 110 can be inclined. That is, when the driving unit 150 connected to the adjusting member 130 provided on the front side is operated, the driving unit 150 connected to the adjusting member 130 provided on the rear side is operated, The height of the rear side of the upper plate unit 110 can be increased to provide the inclined upper plate unit 110. This can be used as a reading desk, or as a desk for the system.

An ergonomic desk according to a third embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

For convenience of explanation, the same reference numerals as in the first embodiment refer to the same reference numerals, and a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

7 is a view showing a sensing member of an ergonomic desk according to a third embodiment of the present invention. That is, in the third embodiment, the operation for raising and lowering the upper plate unit 110 can be automatically raised and lowered by the sensing unit 272 that detects the operation of the user, not the operation of the input unit.

More specifically, the sensing member 270 according to the third embodiment includes a sensing unit 272 that senses an operation of the user, and the control unit 160 controls the operation of the sensing unit 272 The driving unit 150 can be driven so that the position of the upper plate unit 110 is adjusted.

The sensing unit 272 includes a human body motion sensor provided in the upper plate unit 110 to sense a motion of a user and is provided at one side of a front face of the upper plate unit 110 to sense a motion of a user. That is, the sensing unit 272 senses the seating state and the standing state of the user, and can automatically adjust the height of the upper plate unit 110 by operating the driving unit 150 to match the user's body. The sensing unit 272 senses the position or hand shape of the user's hand and can adjust the height of the top plate unit 110 by operating the driving unit 150 to correspond to the position or hand shape of the hand. For example, the height of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted by the height of the hand, and the height of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted according to the direction of the thumb.

The sensing unit 272 is provided with an operation switch 274 for turning on / off the operation of the sensing unit 272.

In the present embodiment, the lifting and lowering of the upper plate unit 110 is performed in the first embodiment in such a manner that the upper plate unit 110 is lifted and lowered by the operation of the input unit 171, The input unit 171 and the sensing unit 272 may be provided together and may be selected and used according to the request of the user.

The operation and effect of the ergonomic desk according to one embodiment of the present invention having the above-described structure will be described below.

The user can adjust the height of the upper plate unit 110 according to the body condition or usage. When the signal is applied by pressing the button switch 172 of the input unit 171, the driving unit 150 is operated by the operation signal of the control unit 160 to adjust the height of the upper plate unit 110.

At this time, predetermined data is stored in the information storage unit 175 according to each button switch 172, and the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted to a preset height by an input signal of the corresponding button switch 172. An adjustment switch 174 is provided on the input unit 171 so that the user can arbitrarily adjust the height of the upper plate unit 110 by the adjustment switch 174 and the height of the arbitrarily adjusted upper plate unit 110 And may be stored in the storage unit 175.

The drive force of the drive unit 150 is transmitted to the respective leg portions 132 by the power transmitting member 140 so that the leg portions 132 The height of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted. The screw 134 provided on each leg portion 132 is rotated by the belt portion 142 and the rotation of the screw 134 is changed to linear motion by the elevation support portion 136, The height of the unit 110 can be adjusted.

At this time, as shown in FIG. 2, the plurality of leg portions 132 can be stretched by the single drive unit 150, so that the number of parts can be reduced.

6, the slope of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted by the connection relationship of the belt portion 142. [0064] As shown in FIG. One of the driving units 150 is provided with a pair of driving units 150. One of the driving units 150 transmits driving force to the adjusting member 130 provided on the front side and the other one of the driving units 150 is connected to the adjusting member 130 provided on the rear side The front and rear sides are separately driven by transmitting the driving force, so that the inclination of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted. At this time, the adjustment member 130 can be hingedly connected to the bottom surface of the upper plate unit 110 by the hinge portion 137.

In addition, according to the ergonomic desk 100 according to the third embodiment of the present invention, the height of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted by sensing the operation of the user as shown in FIG.

The upper plate unit 110 is provided with a sensing unit 272 for sensing the operation of the user and the control unit 160 senses the operation of the user by interlocking with the operation of the user sensed by the sensing unit 272, The driving unit 150 is driven so that the position of the driving unit 110 is adjusted. That is, the user senses the seating state and the standing state, and automatically adjusts the height of the upper plate unit 110 by operating the driving unit 150 to match the body of the user, The height of the upper plate unit 110 may be adjusted by operating the driving unit 150 to correspond to the shape of the hand.

A method of controlling the height of the upper plate unit 110 by the input unit 171 and a method of controlling the height of the upper plate unit 110 by sensing the user's operation may be applied together.

Hereinafter, a method of automatically adjusting the position of the ergonomic desk according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described.

The method of automatically adjusting the position of the ergonomic desk 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes an interlock determination step S10, a sensing step S20, a determination step S30, and an adjustment step S40 .

The interlocking determination step S10 determines whether to adjust the position of the upper plate unit 110 or to fix the position of the upper plate unit 110 regardless of the operation of the user in conjunction with the operation of the user. This is possible by the operation signal of the operation switch 274 of the sensing unit 272. When there is no operation signal, the position of the upper plate unit 110 remains fixed regardless of the operation of the user.

When the operation signal is applied in the interlocking determination step S10, the sensing step S20 is performed. The sensing step S20 senses the operation of the user. The operation of the user is detected by the sensing unit 272 provided in the upper plate unit 110. The sensing unit 272 may include a human body motion sensor to sense a user's motion. That is, the sensing unit 272 may sense the seating state of the user, the standing state of the user, or may detect the position or hand shape of the user's hand.

Thereafter, a determination step S30 is performed. The determination step S30 determines whether there is a change in the operation of the user. A comparison is made between whether the user stands up while standing, sitting while standing, changing the height of the hand, or changing the shape of the hand.

Thereafter, an adjustment step S40 is performed. The adjustment step S40 adjusts the position of the upper plate unit 110 in conjunction with the sensed operation when there is a change in the user's operation. The control unit 160 controls the operation of the driving unit 150 do. The lifting and lowering of the upper plate unit 110 by the operation of the driving unit 150 is replaced with the above.

That is, when the user is seated or seated in a sitting state, the operation of the driving unit 150 can be controlled by determining the operation of each unit so that the height of the upper plate unit 110 can be matched to the user. The user can intentionally adjust the height of the hand unit 110 by operating the driving unit 150 so that the height of the upper plate unit 110 is moved to the position of the hand. The shape of the hand, that is, The height of the upper plate unit 110 can be adjusted by operating the driving unit 150. [0156]

As described above, according to the ergonomic desk and the method of automatically adjusting the position of the ergonomic desk according to the embodiment of the present invention, the height and the slope of the desk can be automatically adjusted according to the usage and the physical condition.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that various changes in form and details may be made therein without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims. I will understand.

Accordingly, the true scope of protection of the present invention should be defined by the claims.

100: ergonomic desk 110: upper unit
112: indirect lighting unit 114: power supply unit
120: regulating unit 130: regulating member
132: leg portion 133:
134: screw 135:
136: lifting support part 137: hinge part
140: Power transmission member 142: Belt portion
144: gear unit 150: drive unit
160: control unit 170: sensing member
171: input unit 172: button switch
173: Display unit 174: Adjustment switch
175: Information storage unit 180:
270: sensing member 272: sensing unit
174: Operation switch

Claims

A top plate unit;
An adjusting unit for adjusting a position of the upper plate unit;
A driving unit for driving the adjusting unit; And
And a control unit interlocked with the user to drive the driving unit.

2. The apparatus of claim 1,
An adjusting member for adjusting the position of the upper plate unit; And
And a power transmitting member for transmitting the driving force to the adjusting unit by the driving unit.

3. The method of claim 2,
Wherein the adjusting member includes a plurality of legs connected at one side to the top plate unit and the other side supported at the bottom;
Wherein the power transmitting member allows the driving force of the driving unit to be simultaneously transmitted to the adjusting member.

The method of claim 3,
Wherein the power transmission member includes a belt portion coupled to the driving unit at one side and to the legs at the other side.

5. The method of claim 4,
Wherein the adjusting member comprises: a screw provided within the leg and rotated by driving the driving unit; And
And an elevating support portion provided on the leg portion and engaged with the screw, the elevating support portion elevating the screw by rotation of the screw.

6. The control apparatus according to any one of claims 1 to 5,
A sensing member for sensing an operation of a user; And
And a control unit for controlling the operation of the driving unit according to information sensed by the sensing member.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6,
An input unit for selecting a position of the upper plate unit; And
And an information storage unit for storing the position of the upper plate unit corresponding to the input unit,
Wherein the control unit drives the driving unit to move the upper plate unit to a position of the upper plate unit interlocked with the input unit and stored in the information storage unit.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6,
And a sensing unit for sensing an operation of the user,
Wherein the control unit drives the driving unit such that the position of the upper plate unit is adjusted by interlocking with an operation of the user sensed by the sensing unit.

A sensing step of sensing an operation of a user;
A judgment step of judging whether there is a change in the operation of the user; And
And adjusting the position of the upper plate unit in response to the detected operation when there is a change in the user's operation.

10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein a position is selected by a user or a user is sensed to sense whether the user is seated or in a line state.

10. The method of claim 9,
Wherein the height of the upper plate unit and the inclination of the upper plate unit are adjusted.

12. The method according to any one of claims 9 to 11,
Determining whether the top board unit is to be fixed in relation to the operation of the user or whether the position of the top board unit is to be fixed regardless of the user's operation; How to adjust automatically.