Posture and body movement measuring system
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Abstract
A sensing device is attached to a living subject that includes a first sensors for distinguishing lying, sitting, and standing positions. In another embodiment, sensor data is stored in a storage device as a function of time. Multiple points or multiple intervals of the time dependent data are used to direct a feedback mechanism to provide information or instruction in response to the time dependent output indicating too little activity, too much time with a joint not being moved beyond a specified range of motion, too many motions beyond a specified range of motion, or repetitive activity that can cause repetitive stress injury.
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103 Claims
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- 40. A device for communicating to a user, comprising a solid state sensor for placing on the user, a processor, a non-volatile storage device, and a feedback mechanism, wherein data from said sensor is processed in said processor to provide an output, wherein said output is stored in said non-volatile storage device as a function of time, and wherein multiple points of said time dependent output stored in said non-volatile storage device are processed in said processor, wherein said feedback mechanism includes a device for communicating with the user, wherein said processor is programmed to direct said feedback mechanism to communicate to the user at least one from the group including information and instruction in response to said multiple points of time dependent output indicating at least one from the group including inactivity, activity of a joint during an interval of time that is less than a preset level of activity, a range of motion of a joint during an interval of time that is less than a preset range of motion, and vibration during an interval of time that is greater than a preset amount of vibration.
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- 83. A device for attaching to a living subject, comprising a first sensor, a processor, and a storage device, wherein said first sensor comprises a device for determining a curvature of a spine of the living subject, wherein data from said first sensor is processed in said processor and stored in said storage device, wherein said first sensor, said processor and said storage device are part of the device for attaching to the living subject.
- 95. A device for communicating to a user, comprising a first sensor for placing on a first body segment of the user, a second sensor for placing on a second body segment of the user, a processor, a storage device, and a feedback mechanism, wherein data from said first and said second sensors is processed in said processor to provide an output, wherein said output is stored in said storage device as a function of time, and wherein multiple points of said time dependent output stored in said storage device are processed in said processor, wherein said processor is programmed to direct said feedback mechanism to communicate to the user at least one from the group including information and instruction in response to said multiple points of time dependent output.
- 101. A device for attaching to a living subject, comprising sensors and a component for measuring time duration, said sensors for mounting on different body segments for detecting posture, said component for measuring time duration for measuring the duration of time the subject has been in a posture.
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