System for controlling a physical task

• US 20050108087A1
• Filed: 12/02/2002
• Published: 05/19/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jenny Legge
• Original Assignee: Jenny Legge
• Inventors: Legge, Jenny
• Granted Patent: US 8,370,170 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 705/11
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/20 Workers
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/224 Measuring muscular strength
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0009 Computerised real time comparison with previous movements or motion sequences of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0065 Evaluating the fitness, e.g. fitness level or fitness index
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0068 Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/30 Maintenance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0006 Computerised comparison for qualitative assessment of motion sequences or the course of a movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 10/60 for patient-specific data, e.g. for electronic patient records
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising

Abstract

A system for controlling physical activity for a person, including the steps of providing a task database having a plurality of task files which each have data relating to physical task requirements for a person and a plurality of frequency requirements which indicate a frequency for performing a physical task for the particular type of task of the task file, providing a personal data file for a person including data relating to allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits for the person when performing the physical task, comparing one personal data file having a selected persons allowable physical task and allowable frequency limits data with a task file having data relating to physical task requirements and frequency requirements of the task type of the task file and from the comparison outputting an indication of whether the selected person is able to safely perform one or more physical tasks in the task file.

Claims

1. A system for controlling physical activity for a person, including the steps of providing a task data base having a plurality of task files which each have data relating to physical task requirements for a person performing a type of task and a plurality of frequency requirements which indicate a frequency for performing at least one a physical task for the type of task of the task file, providing a personal data file for a person including data relating to allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits for the person when performing the at least one physical task, comparing one personal data file having a selected persons allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits data with a task file having data relating to physical task requirements and frequency requirements of the task type and from the comparison outputting an indication of whether the selected person is able to safely perform one or more physical tasks in the task file.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1 including a comparison means for performing the comparing step.

3. The system as claimed in claim 2 wherein the comparison means comprises a plurality of comparison procedures including comparing each physical task requirement with each allowable physical task.

4. The system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the comparison means compares each allowable frequency limit data for each physical task with the frequency requirement data of each physical task required for the task type in the task file.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1 including the step of storing a plurality of personal data files.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5 wherein each personal data file comprises a patient file having particulars about the patient.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6 including the step of providing a patient data base having a plurality of patient files.

8. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein each task file includes a plurality of physical tasks and a plurality of frequency options for performing each physical task.

9. The system as claimed in claim 8 wherein the indication of the frequency option includes never, rarely, occasionally, frequently and continuously.

10. The system as claimed in claim 9 wherein the physical task analysis is displayed in a table format with physical tasks arranged in rows and frequency options in columns.

11. The system as claimed in claim 10 wherein each physical task has the same possible frequency option.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the physical tasks include tasks performed by different parts of the body.

13. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the physical tasks include different working postures.

14. The system as claimed in claim 11 wherein the physical tasks include different material handling options.

15. The system as claimed in claim 14 wherein each task file includes physical tasks and frequency options displayed with markings indicating frequency with which each physical task is required for the task type of that file.

16. The system as claimed in claim 15 wherein the different material handling options include different weights to be handled in different physical actions.

17. The system as claimed in claim 16 wherein a patient file includes a physical task analysis including a display of each physical task versus frequency options for that task and an indication of any physical task which can be performed safely.

18. The system as claimed in claim 17 wherein the physical tasks include safe working posture and material handling.

19. The system as claimed in claim 18 including a materials handling calculator means for calculating a materials handling value for each material handling option performed at a particular frequency, the value being indicative of a required amount of physical activity for the material handling option.

20. The system as claimed in claim 3 wherein the comparison means includes a comparison display having a list of tasks and a suitability indicator which indicates whether a patient is suitable for each task.

22. The system as claimed in claim 20 wherein the comparison display includes a materials handling count value for each task type which count value is indicative of the degree of usage of the material handling option.

27. The system as claimed in claim 1 wherein each task file comprises a particular workplace job.

28. The system as claimed in claim 27 wherein each task file includes a list of the or each physical task required by a person for that person to perform the type of task of the task file.

21. The system as claimed in 20 wherein the comparison display includes a working postures count value for each task type, the count value being indicative of usage of the working posture.

23. A computer program for controlling physical activity for a person including operations to provide a task database having a plurality of task files which each have data relating to physical task requirements for a person and a plurality of frequency requirements which indicate a frequency for performing a physical task for a particular type of task, providing a personal data file for a person including data relating to allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits for the person when performing a task, a comparison means for comparing a file having a selected persons allowable physical tasks and allowable frequency limits data with a task file having data relating to physical task requirements and frequency requirements of a task and outputting from the comparison means an indication of whether the person is able to safely perform the task from the compared data from the comparison means.

24. A system for controlling a physical task to be performed by a person, including a base means having a plurality of task options which are available to be performed by a person and a plurality of frequency options which each indicate a different frequency with which tasks can be performed, a template means for a person, having zones for indicators representing task options able to be performed by a person and the frequency option which is allocated to each task option for that person, whereby in use the template means is adapted to be provided with indicators representing physical abilities of a person and then placed over a base means having indicia representing physical requirements for a task, whereby if the persons indicators overlap the indicia, the person is assessed as being physically capable of performing the tasks indicated by the medium.

25. The system as claimed in claim 24 wherein the base means comprises a base member.

26. The system as claimed in claim 25 wherein the template means is a template member which is adapted to overlay the base member.