KR20220079061A - Apparatus for controlling an angle by using Near Field Communication - Google Patents

Abstract

An angle-adjustable chair is provided using short-range wireless communication. The chair according to some embodiments of the present invention is electrically connected to a user terminal using short-range wireless communication, receives user data from the user terminal, and a communication unit that transmits state data of the chair to the user terminal, based on the user data A motor unit driven to correspond to the first motor for adjusting the angle of the first position corresponding to the cervical part of the user, the second motor for adjusting the angle of the second position corresponding to the lumbar part of the user and the leg part of the user A motor unit including a third motor for adjusting the angle of the third position and a processor for controlling driving of the first to third motors by analyzing user data, wherein the user data includes the user's body information, disease information, It includes at least one of the predefined angle information of the first to third motors.

Description

Chair capable of angle adjustment using near field communication {Apparatus for controlling an angle by using Near Field Communication}

The present invention relates to a chair capable of adjusting an angle, and more particularly, to a chair capable of obtaining user data using short-range wireless communication and adjusting the angle of at least one position based on the obtained data.

In the modern society with living spaces such as homes, schools, and offices, chairs are essential for living, and their functions and designs are constantly evolving to suit their uses. In addition, chairs are indispensable in transportation means such as automobiles, buses, airplanes, and trains.

The conventional chair has a height, an angle, and the like, adjusted by pushing or pulling a hydraulic press according to the user's body. However, when physically manipulated through a hydraulic press, there is a problem that it is difficult to fine-manipulate it to a desired state, and it may be worn as it is used.

In order to solve this problem, in recent years, it has been improved to be able to adjust the height, angle, etc. by using a button that can electrically control the chair. However, this electric chair also has a limitation in that it is necessary to directly change the state setting of the chair each time according to a change in the user or a change in the use environment.

The technical problem to be solved by the present invention is to provide a chair with increased user convenience by adjusting the angle of the chair based on user data received through short-range wireless communication.

The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below.

A chair capable of angle adjustment using short-range wireless communication according to some embodiments of the present invention for achieving the above technical problem is electrically connected to a user terminal using short-range wireless communication, and receives user data from the user terminal and , a communication unit for transmitting the state data of the chair to the user terminal, a motor unit driven based on the user data, a first motor for adjusting the angle of the first position corresponding to the user's cervical vertebrae, a first corresponding to the user's lumbar vertebrae The motor unit including a second motor for adjusting the angle of the second position and a third motor for adjusting the angle of the third position corresponding to the user's leg portion and the user data are analyzed to control the driving of the first to third motors and a processor, wherein the user data includes at least one of user's body information, disease information, and predefined angle information of first to third motors.

According to some embodiments, at least one input button for receiving information on a target angle of at least one of the first to third motors may be further included.

At this time, the processor, when receiving information on the target angle with the input button, controls the driving of the first to third motors based on the information received from the input button, and receives user data from the user terminal through the communication unit. In this case, the driving of the first to third motors may be controlled based on user data.

According to some embodiments, the processor determines an angle of the first to third positions based on the user data, compares the determined angle of each of the first to third positions with a current angle, and as a result of the comparison, the first to third Among the positions, the position where the difference between the determined angle and the current angle is less than a predetermined reference value maintains the current angle, and the position where the difference between the determined angle and the current angle is greater than or equal to the reference value may be controlled to the determined angle.

The details of other embodiments are included in the detailed description and drawings.

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system including a chair and a user terminal according to some embodiments of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a chair according to some embodiments of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a chair for controlling a motor based on data input from a user terminal or an input button, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a chair for controlling a motor according to whether a condition is satisfied, according to some embodiments of the present invention.
5 is a flowchart illustrating a chair transmitting state information to a user terminal according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Hereinafter, various embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, it is not intended to limit the present invention to specific embodiments, and it should be understood that various modifications, equivalents, and/or alternatives of the embodiments of the present invention are included.

Hereinafter, a chair 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1 to 5 .

1 is a block diagram illustrating a system including a chair and a user terminal according to some embodiments of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a chair according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 1 , a system 10 according to some embodiments of the present invention may include a chair 100 and a user terminal 200 .

According to some embodiments, the chair 100 and the user terminal 200 may transmit and receive data using short-range wireless communication. In the present specification, the NFC communication method is given as an example, but may be modified into a near field communication method, a radio frequency identification (RFID) method, a beacon method, and the like for a wireless communication method. The NFC (Near Field Communication) method used in the present invention is a type of RFID and is a technology that transmits data between NFC terminals or between NFC Tag and NFC terminal at a close distance within 10 cm. Payment, lock release, transportation, identification, etc. It is widely used and can recognize the NFC tag using the user terminal 200 that can be formed with a smart phone or the like.

That is, according to an embodiment of the present invention, the chair 100 and the user terminal 200 may function as an NFC terminal, and may transmit/receive user data (DATA_USER), status information (DATA_STATUS), and the like. According to some embodiments, the chair 100 may include an NFC module, and short-range communication with the user terminal 200 may be performed through the NFC module.

According to some embodiments, the user terminal 200 may be implemented as any type of terminal that a user carries, such as a smart phone or a tablet PC, and can transmit and receive data using short-range wireless communication.

Referring to FIG. 2 , the chair 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention includes a communication unit 110 , a processor 120 , a motor unit 130 , a memory 140 , an input unit 150 , and a data bus 160 . may include

The communication unit 110 may be electrically connected to the user terminal 200 using short-range wireless communication and may be configured to perform wireless communication with the user terminal 200 . For example, the communication unit 110 may be implemented as an NFC module that functions as an NFC tag or an NFC reader. According to some embodiments, the user data DATA_USER that the communication unit 110 receives from the user terminal 200 may include user body information, disease information, and predefined angle information of the motor unit.

The processor 120 may receive a command from other components of the chair 100 through the data bus 160 , interpret the received command, and perform an operation or data processing on the interpreted command. For example, the processor 120 may determine the angle of the chair 100 based on the user data DATA_USER received from the user terminal 200 , and may control the motor 130 to achieve the determined angle. A specific embodiment of adjusting the angle of the chair 100 will be described later with reference to FIGS. 3 to 5 .

The motor unit 130 may include a plurality of motors for adjusting the angle of each part of the chair. According to some embodiments, the first motor for adjusting the angle of the first position corresponding to the cervical part of the user, the second motor for adjusting the angle of the second position corresponding to the lumbar part of the user, and corresponding to the user's leg part It may include a third motor for adjusting the angle of the third position.

The memory 140 stores commands or data received from or generated by other components of the chair 100 such as the processor 120 , the motor unit 130 , the communication unit 110 , and the input unit 150 . can be saved According to some embodiments, the memory 140 may include a program memory and data memories, and a program for controlling general operations of the portable terminal is stored in the program memory. According to some embodiments, the memory 140 may include Compact Flash (CF), Secure Digital (SD), Micro Secure Digital (Micro-SD), Mini Secure Digital (Mini-SD), Extreme Digital (xD), and Memory Stick. It may further include an external memory of. Also, the memory 140 may include a disk storage device such as a hard disk drive (HDD) and a solid state disk (SSD).

The input unit 150 may include a plurality of input buttons (not shown) disposed on the outside of the chair 100 . The input buttons may be electrically connected to each other to adjust the angle of the corresponding position. The chair 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention may be implemented including the input unit 150 or may be implemented by omitting the input unit 150 . That is, the angle may be adjusted using the user data DATA_USER received from the user terminal 200 , or the angle may be adjusted based on information received from the input unit 150 .

The data bus 160 may be a circuit that connects other components of the chair 100 to each other and transmits communication (eg, a control message) between the components.

3 is a flowchart illustrating a chair for controlling a motor based on data input from a user terminal or an input button, according to some embodiments of the present disclosure.

Referring to FIG. 3 , the chair 100 according to some embodiments of the present invention includes a motor unit based on user data DATA_USER received from the user terminal 200 or a target angle DATA_TG input from the input unit 150 . 130 , and thus angles of the first to third positions may be adjusted.

In step S1000 , the chair 100 may receive user data DATA_USER or a target angle DATA_TG. According to some embodiments, user data DATA_USER may be received from the user terminal 200 through the communication unit 110 , and in this case, the user data DATA_USER includes body information and disease information of a user using the chair 100 . , may include at least one of predefined angle information. According to another embodiment, the target angle DATA_TG may be input through the input unit 150 . That is, information on the target angle DATA_TG may be input through a plurality of input buttons included in the input unit 150 . In this case, the target angle DATA_TG may be directly input through a display panel or the like, or information on the target angle DATA_TG may be input through horizontal or vertical movement of a button.

In this specification, the operation of controlling the motor unit 130 based on the user data (DATA_USER) obtained through the user terminal 200 is described as a reference, but as shown in FIG. 3 , the user terminal 200 or the input unit ( Of course, it may be implemented to selectively receive data among 150) and control the motor unit 130 based on the data.

In operation S3000 , an angle to be applied to the first to third positions of the chair may be determined based on the obtained data. In this case, the first position is the position of the chair 100 corresponding to the user's cervical spine, the second position is the position of the chair 100 corresponding to the user's lumbar spine, and the third position is the chair corresponding to the user's leg. It may be a position of (100).

In step S5000 , the processor 120 may control the motor unit 130 based on the determined location information. For example, by controlling the first motor controlling the angle of the first position, the second motor controlling the angle of the second position, and the third motor controlling the angle of the third position, the first to third positions are You can change the angle.

4 is a flowchart illustrating a chair for controlling a motor according to whether a condition is satisfied, according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 4 , in step S3100 , the processor 120 may determine the angles of the first to third positions based on the user data DATA_USER. According to some embodiments, the user data DATA_USER may include predefined angle information for the first to third positions, and the processor 120 may determine an angle to be applied to the first to third positions based thereon. have. As another example, the memory 140 may store appropriate angle information according to personal information such as the user's body information and disease information, and the processor 120 may store user data (DATA_USER) including the user's personal information and the memory ( 140) may determine an angle to be applied to the first to third positions based on the appropriate angle information.

In step S3300 , the processor 120 may determine whether the determined angle satisfies a preset condition. For example, the processor compares the determined angles of the first to third positions with the current angles of the first to third positions, and a position in which the difference between the determined angle and the current angle among the first to third positions is less than a predefined reference value. In the case of , the condition is not satisfied, and in the case of a position where the difference between the determined angle and the current angle is equal to or greater than the reference value, it may be determined that the condition is satisfied.

When the determined angle satisfies the predefined condition, in step S3300 , the processor 120 may control the motor corresponding to the position satisfying the condition. For example, when the determined angles of the first to third positions all satisfy the condition, the first to third motors may be controlled at the determined angles. As another example, when the determined angle of the first and third positions satisfies the condition and the determined angle of the second position does not satisfy the condition, the angle of the second position controls the second motor to maintain the current state, The first and third positions may control the first and third motors to be changed at a determined angle.

5 is a flowchart illustrating a chair transmitting state information to a user terminal according to some embodiments of the present invention.

Referring to FIG. 5 , the chair 100 may store status information DATA_STATUS on the current state of the chair 100 in the memory 140 and transmit it to the user terminal 200 through the communication unit 110 . .

When the first to third motors are controlled at the angles determined in step S5000 , the angles of some of the first to third positions of the chair 100 may be changed. Thereafter, in step S6000 , the processor 120 may control the state information DATA_STATUS of the first to third locations to be stored in the memory 140 . The status information DATA_STATUS may include information about angles of the first to third positions, information about a user, and the like.

In step S7000 , the state information DATA_STATUS stored in the memory 140 may be transmitted to the user terminal 200 through the communication unit 110 . The user may receive the status information DATA_STATUS and change or maintain the user data DATA_USER to be applied later to apply a setting value suitable for the user's body.

The various embodiments of this document and the terms used therein are not intended to limit the technical features described in this document to specific embodiments, and should be understood to include various modifications, equivalents, or substitutions of the embodiments. In connection with the description of the drawings, like reference numerals may be used for similar or related components. The singular form of the noun corresponding to the item may include one or more of the item, unless the relevant context clearly dictates otherwise. As used herein, "A or B", "at least one of A and B", "at least one of A or B", "A, B or C", "at least one of A, B and C" and "A; Each of the phrases "at least one of B, or C" may include any one of, or all possible combinations of, items listed together in the corresponding one of the phrases. Terms such as “first” and “second” may be used to simply distinguish a corresponding component from other corresponding components, and do not limit the corresponding components in other aspects (eg, importance or order).

As used herein, the term “module” may include a unit implemented in hardware, software, or firmware, and may be used interchangeably with terms such as, for example, logic, logic block, component, or circuit. A module may be an integrally formed part or a minimum unit or a part of the part that performs one or more functions. For example, according to an embodiment, the module may be implemented in the form of an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC).

Various embodiments of the present document may be implemented as software including one or more instructions stored in a storage medium readable by a machine (eg, the electronic device 100). For example, the processor 120 of the device (eg, the chair 100) may call at least one of the one or more instructions stored from the storage medium and execute it. This makes it possible for the device to be operated to perform at least one function according to the called at least one command. The one or more instructions may include code generated by a compiler or code executable by an interpreter. The device-readable storage medium may be provided in the form of a non-transitory storage medium. Here, 'non-transitory' only means that the storage medium is a tangible device and does not include a signal (eg, electromagnetic wave), and this term is used in cases where data is semi-permanently stored in the storage medium and It does not distinguish between temporary storage cases.

According to an embodiment, the method according to various embodiments disclosed in this document may be provided by being included in a computer program product. Computer program products may be traded between sellers and buyers as commodities. The computer program product is distributed in the form of a machine-readable storage medium (eg compact disc read only memory (CD-ROM)), or via an application store or between two user devices (eg smartphones). It can be distributed directly or online (eg, downloaded or uploaded). In the case of online distribution, at least a part of the computer program product may be temporarily stored or temporarily generated in a machine-readable storage medium such as a memory of a server of a manufacturer, a server of an application store, or a relay server.

According to various embodiments, each component (eg, a module or a program) of the above-described components may include a singular or a plurality of entities. According to various embodiments, one or more components or operations among the above-described corresponding components may be omitted, or one or more other components or operations may be added. Alternatively or additionally, a plurality of components (eg, a module or a program) may be integrated into one component. In this case, the integrated component may perform one or more functions of each component of the plurality of components identically or similarly to those performed by the corresponding component among the plurality of components prior to the integration. . According to various embodiments, operations performed by a module, program, or other component are executed sequentially, in parallel, repeatedly, or heuristically, or one or more of the operations are executed in a different order, omitted, or , or one or more other operations may be added.

10: system 100: chair
110: communication unit 120: processor
130: motor 140: memory
150: input 160: data bus
200: user terminal

Claims (3)

A chair capable of angle adjustment using short-distance wireless communication,
a communication unit electrically connected to a user terminal using short-range wireless communication, receiving user data from the user terminal, and transmitting state data of a chair to the user terminal;
A motor unit driven based on the user data, a first motor for adjusting the angle of the first position corresponding to the cervical part of the user, a second motor for adjusting the angle of the second position corresponding to the lumbar part of the user, and a motor unit including a third motor for adjusting an angle of a third position corresponding to the user's leg; and
A processor for controlling driving of the first to third motors by analyzing the user data,
The user data includes at least one of the user's body information, disease information, and predefined angle information of the first to third motors, the chair. The method according to claim 1,
Further comprising at least one input button for receiving information on the target angle of at least one of the first to third motors,
The processor is
When information on the target angle is input by the input button, the first to third motors are controlled based on the information received from the input button,
When receiving the user data from the user terminal through the communication unit, the chair to control the driving of the first to third motors based on the user data. The method according to claim 1,
The processor is
Determining the angle of the first to third positions based on the user data,
Comparing the determined angle and the current angle of each of the first to third positions,
As a result of the comparison, among the first to third positions, the position where the difference between the determined angle and the current angle is less than a predefined reference value maintains the current angle, and the position where the difference between the determined angle and the current angle is greater than or equal to the reference value is adjusted to the determined angle A chair that controls the motor unit to do so.

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