Processing system

• US 10,517,539 B2
• Filed: 09/04/2018
• Issued: 12/31/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 02/02/2018
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp. (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Xerox Company Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Sai, Yukari, Marumoto, Mizuha, Miyakoshi, Yukiko, Nomura, Yuka, Tokuchi, Kengo
• Primary Examiner(s): Feild, Joseph H
• Assistant Examiner(s): Mahase, Pameshanand
• Application Number:
  US16/120,589
• Publication Number:
  US 20190239813A1
• Time in Patent Office: 483 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47C 31/11 for chairs for headrests only A47C7/386; removable protective covers for car seats B60N2/60
• CPC Class Codes: A47G 9/0223 Blankets
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/12 Healthy persons not otherwise provided for, e.g. subjects of a marketing survey
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2560/0223 of calibration, e.g. protocols for calibrating sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0002 Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network A61B5/07 takes precedence; transmission systems for measured values G08C; transmission H04B; transmission of digital information H04L; wireless communication networks H04W
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1036 Measuring load distribution, e.g. podologic studies
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6891 Furniture
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6892 Mats
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 25/10 using wireless transmission systems G08B25/009 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 5/22 using electric transmission; using electromagnetic transmission
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 6/00 Tactile signalling systems, e.g. personal calling systems

Abstract

A processing system includes a sheet-shaped device, a determination unit, and a controller. The sheet-shaped device is attachable to a seat in an area from a seat surface of the seat to a surface of a backrest of the seat. The sheet-shaped device includes a sensor that detects whether a user is sitting on the seat surface and that detects whether the user is leaning against the surface of the backrest. The determination unit determines a type of sitting posture of the user by using a signal from the sensor. The controller controls a control target in accordance with the determined type of sitting posture.

Claims

1. A processing system comprising:

a sheet-shaped device attachable to a seat in an area from a seat surface of the seat to a surface of a backrest of the seat, the sheet-shaped device including a sensor that detects whether a user is sitting on the seat surface and that detects whether the user is leaning against the surface of the backrest; and

a controller that controls a control target, wherein

the control target comprises a display screen of a device that is being connected to the sheet-shaped device via communication, and

when a signal from the sensor indicates a first posture in which the user is sitting on the seat surface and is not leaning against the surface of the backrest, the controller performs control to increase a brightness of the display screen to more than a brightness of the display screen in a second posture different from the first posture.

2. The processing system according to claim 1, wherein

when the signal from the sensor indicates the second posture in which the user is sitting on the seat surface and is leaning against the surface of the backrest, the controller performs control to reduce the brightness of the display screen to less than the brightness of the display screen in the first posture.

3. A processing system comprising:

a sheet-shaped device attachable to a seat in an area from a seat surface of the seat to a surface of a backrest of the seat, the sheet-shaped device including a sensor that detects whether a user is sitting on the seat surface and that detects whether the user is leaning against the surface of the backrest; and

a controller that controls a control target, wherein

the control target comprises a display screen of a device that is being connected to the sheet-shaped device via communication, and

when a signal from the sensor indicates a first posture in which the user is sitting on the seat surface and is not leaning against the surface of the backrest, the controller performs control to reduce a magnification of the display screen to less than a magnification of the display screen in a second posture different from the first posture.

4. The processing system according to claim 3, wherein

when the signal from the sensor indicates the second posture in which the user is sitting on the seat surface and is leaning against the surface of the backrest, the controller performs control to increase the magnification of the display screen to more than the magnification of the display screen in the first posture.

5. A processing system comprising:

a sheet-shaped device attachable to a seat in an area from a seat surface of the seat to a surface of a backrest of the seat, the sheet-shaped device including a sensor that detects whether a user is sitting on the seat surface and that detects whether the user is leaning against the surface of the backrest; and

a controller that controls a control target, wherein

the control target comprises a heater included in the sheet-shaped device, and

when a signal from the sensor indicates a first posture in which the user is sitting on the seat surface and is not leaning against the surface of the backrest, the controller performs control to increase a temperature of the heater to a first predetermined temperature.

6. The processing system according to claim 5, wherein

when the signal from the sensor indicates the second posture in which the user is sitting on the seat surface and is leaning against the surface of the backrest, the controller performs control to increase the temperature of the heater to a second predetermined temperature.