Method and system for recommending optimal ergonomic position for a user of a computing device

• US 10,380,747 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2016
• Issued: 08/13/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 06/30/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Original Assignee: Wipro Limited
• Inventors: Thangappan, Anandaraj, Panicker, Jayakumar
• Primary Examiner(s): Wu, Jingge
• Application Number:
  US15/243,994
• Publication Number:
  US 20180005386A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,085 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/4561 Evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back curvature A61B5/1116 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30196 Human being; Person
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/251 involving models
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/285 using a sequence of stereo image pairs

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to a method and system for recommending optimal ergonomic position for a user of a computing device by a recommendation system. The recommendation system receives user data from one or more data sources and extracts a profile of the user from a repository based on the user data. The recommendation system identifies one or more critical areas of the user, where each of the critical areas are associated with a plurality of pre-defined position parameters and also monitor the plurality of pre-defined position parameters of the user to determine corresponding values. The recommendation system compare the values of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters with predefined values of the pre-defined position parameters and identify deviations in one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters based on the comparison and provide recommendations for correcting the deviations from the pre-defined position parameters to the user.

Claims

1. A method for recommending an optimal ergonomic position for a user of a computing device, the method comprising:

receiving, by a recommendation system, user data from one or more data sources;

extracting, by the recommendation system, a profile of the user from a repository based on the user data;

identifying, by the recommendation system, one or more critical areas of the user based on the extracted profile and the user data, wherein each of the one or more critical areas are associated with a plurality of pre-defined position parameters;

monitoring, by the recommendation system, the plurality of pre-defined position parameters of the user to determine corresponding values;

comparing, by the recommendation system, pre-defined values of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters with determined corresponding values of the pre-defined position parameters and with specific user defined values identified from the profile of the user, wherein the specific user defined values are pre-defined for the user for at least one of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters;

identifying, by the recommendation system, deviations in values of one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters from a threshold range based on the comparison, over a time duration; and

providing, by the recommendation system, one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user data of the user comprises at least one of user login data, video feed from a video capturing unit, or facial feature information of the user.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more data sources comprises a video capturing unit, a depth sensor, a light sensor, a microphone, a humidity sensor, or a temperature sensor.

4. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pre-defined values of the pre-defined position parameters comprises at least one of user defined values and pre-defined recommendation values.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1,

wherein the pre-defined position parameters comprises distance of a user eye to a device display unit, height of top edge of the device display unit relative to eye level of the user, tilt angle of the device display unit, device display unit brightness, angle of the user'"'"'s arms, elbow, wrist, head and neck, ambient lighting data, temperature data, sound level, humidity, and position of keyboard and mouse;

wherein identifying deviations in one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters based on the comparison further comprises determining a duration for which the one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold; and

wherein providing one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user is based on the identified deviations and the determined duration.

6. The method as claimed in claim 1, further comprising providing the one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user comprising information about at least one deviations of user posture, ambient lighting, temperature, sound level, or humidity.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the one or more recommendations comprises instructions for correcting sitting posture, change in user arm and wrist positions, and adjusting ambient light, temperature, humidity, or sound level.

8. A recommendation system for recommending optimal ergonomic position for a user of a computing device comprising:

a processor; and

a memory communicatively coupled to the processor, wherein the memory stores processor instructions, which, on execution, causes the processor to;

receive user data from one or more data sources;

extract a profile of the user from a repository based on the user data;

identify one or more critical areas of the user based on the extracted profile and the user data, wherein each of the one or more critical areas are associated with a plurality of pre-defined position parameters;

monitor the plurality of pre-defined position parameters of the user to determine corresponding values;

compare pre-defined values of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters with determined corresponding values of the pre-defined position parameters and with specific user defined values identified from the profile of the user, wherein the specific user defined values are pre-defined for the user for at least one of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters;

identify deviations in values of one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters from a threshold range based on the comparison, over a time duration; and

provide one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user.

9. The recommendation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the user data of the user comprises at least one of user login data, video feed from a video capturing unit, or facial feature information of the user.

10. The recommendation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the one or more data sources comprises a video capturing unit, a depth sensor, a light sensor, a microphone, a humidity sensor, or a temperature sensor.

11. The recommendation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the pre-defined values of the pre-defined position parameters comprises at least one of user defined values and pre-defined recommendation values.

12. The recommendation system as claimed in claim 8,

wherein the pre-defined position parameters comprises distance of a user eye to a device display unit, height of top edge of the device display unit relative to eye level of the user, tilt angle of the device display unit, device display unit brightness, angle of the user'"'"'s arms, elbow, wrist, head and neck, ambient lighting data, temperature data, sound level, humidity, or position of keyboard and mouse;

wherein identifying deviations in one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters based on the comparison further comprises determining a duration for which the one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold; and

wherein providing one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user is based on the identified deviations and the determined duration.

13. The recommendation system as claimed in claim 8, further comprising providing the one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user comprising information about at least one of deviations of user posture, ambient lighting, temperature, sound level, or humidity.

14. The recommendation system as claimed in claim 8, wherein the one or more recommendations comprises instructions for correcting sitting posture, change in user arm and wrist positions, and adjusting ambient light, temperature, humidity, and sound level.

15. A non-transitory computer readable medium including instruction stored thereon that when processed by at least one processor cause a recommendation system to perform operation comprising:

receiving user data from one or more data sources;

extracting a profile of the user from a repository based on the user data;

identifying one or more critical areas of the user based on the extracted profile and the user data, wherein each of the one or more critical areas are associated with a plurality of pre-defined position parameters;

monitoring the plurality of pre-defined position parameters of the user to determine corresponding values;

comparing pre-defined values of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters with determined corresponding values of the pre-defined position parameters and with specific user defined values identified from the profile of the user, wherein the specific user defined values are pre-defined for the user for at least one of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters;

identifying deviations in values of one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters from a threshold range based on the comparison, over a time duration; and

providing one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user.

16. The medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the user data of the user comprises at least one of user login data, video feed from a video capturing unit, or facial feature information of the user.

17. The medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the one or more data sources comprises a video capturing unit, a depth sensor, a light sensor, a microphone, a humidity sensor, or a temperature sensor.

18. The medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the pre-defined values of the pre-defined position parameters comprises at least one of user defined values and pre-defined recommendation values.

19. The medium as claimed in claim 15,

wherein the pre-defined position parameters comprises distance of a user eye to a device display unit, height of top edge of the device display unit relative to eye level of the user, tilt angle of the device display unit, device display unit brightness, angle of the user'"'"'s arms, elbow, wrist, head and neck, ambient lighting data, temperature data, sound level, humidity, or position of keyboard and mouse;

wherein identifying deviations in one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters based on the comparison further comprises determining a duration for which the one or more of the plurality of pre-defined position parameters exceeds a corresponding threshold; and

wherein providing one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user is based on the identified deviations and the determined duration.

20. The medium as claimed in claim 15 further comprising providing the one or more recommendations for correcting the deviations to the user comprising information about at least one of deviations of user posture, ambient lighting, temperature, sound level, or humidity.

21. The medium as claimed in claim 15, wherein the one or more recommendations comprises instructions for correcting sitting posture, change in user arm and wrist positions, and adjusting ambient light, temperature, humidity, and sound level.