Floor Mat System and Associated, Computer Medium and Computer-Implemented Methods for Monitoring and Improving Health and Productivity of Employees
First Claim
1. A system for monitoring an employee'"'"'s health while the employee is working at a workstation, the workstation including a workstation surface located above and parallel to a floor, a computer workstation and a chair located on the floor adjacent to the workstation surface, the system comprising:
- a floor mat in communication with the computer workstation, the floor mat comprising a planar mat configured to be disposed on the floor adjacent to the chair such that at least one of the employee'"'"'s right foot and left foot are disposed on the floor mat while the employee is seated in the chair, an upper surface of the floor mat comprising a set of health sensors integrated therewith for detecting biometric and biomechanical characteristics of the employee'"'"'s health, the set of health sensors comprising one or more temperature sensors, one or more position sensors, and one or more body fat sensors, the set of health sensors configured to output health sensor data comprising of temperature data output by one or more of the temperature sensors that is indicative of a body temperature of the employee, position data output by one or more of the position sensors that is indicative of the body position of the employee, and body fat data output by one or more of the body fat sensors that is indicative of a body fat of the employee; and
a database in communication with a communications network and storing health information associated with one or more employees; and
a computer server in communication with the communication network and configured to serve, to the computer workstation for display to the employee, health profile information for the employee, the computer server comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, an input/output (I/O) device interface and a processor, the I/O device interface connecting the computer server to the communications network, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a set of computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to cause the computer server to perform the steps of;
collecting, via the communications network, the health sensor data output by the set of health sensors of the floor mat;
determining an updated health profile for the employee using the health sensor data collected, the updated health profile comprising;
health characteristics for the employee including one or more of a body temperature, a body weight, a body fat, and a body position for the employee determined using the health sensor data collected; and
a health plan for the employee based on one or more of the health characteristics determined using the health sensor data collected;
updating the health information stored in the database to reflect the updated health profile for the employee; and
serving, for display to the employee via the computer workstation, the updated health profile for the employee.
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Abstract
Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for sensing health characteristics of a user using a floor mat including a set of health sensors integrated therewith. The set of health sensors including temperature sensors, body position sensors, and body fat sensors. A method including receiving, from the temperature sensors, temperature data corresponding to a sensed body temperature of the user, receiving, from the body position sensors, body position data corresponding to a sensed body position of the user, receiving, from the body fat sensors, body fat data corresponding to a sensed body fat of the user, and transmitting, to a computer workstation, health data corresponding to the temperature data, the body position data, and the body fat data for use in determining the body temperature, the body position, and the body fat of the user.
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21 Claims
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1. A system for monitoring an employee'"'"'s health while the employee is working at a workstation, the workstation including a workstation surface located above and parallel to a floor, a computer workstation and a chair located on the floor adjacent to the workstation surface, the system comprising:
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a floor mat in communication with the computer workstation, the floor mat comprising a planar mat configured to be disposed on the floor adjacent to the chair such that at least one of the employee'"'"'s right foot and left foot are disposed on the floor mat while the employee is seated in the chair, an upper surface of the floor mat comprising a set of health sensors integrated therewith for detecting biometric and biomechanical characteristics of the employee'"'"'s health, the set of health sensors comprising one or more temperature sensors, one or more position sensors, and one or more body fat sensors, the set of health sensors configured to output health sensor data comprising of temperature data output by one or more of the temperature sensors that is indicative of a body temperature of the employee, position data output by one or more of the position sensors that is indicative of the body position of the employee, and body fat data output by one or more of the body fat sensors that is indicative of a body fat of the employee; and a database in communication with a communications network and storing health information associated with one or more employees; and a computer server in communication with the communication network and configured to serve, to the computer workstation for display to the employee, health profile information for the employee, the computer server comprising a non-transitory computer readable storage medium, an input/output (I/O) device interface and a processor, the I/O device interface connecting the computer server to the communications network, the non-transitory computer readable storage medium having a set of computer readable instructions stored thereon that are executable by the processor to cause the computer server to perform the steps of; collecting, via the communications network, the health sensor data output by the set of health sensors of the floor mat; determining an updated health profile for the employee using the health sensor data collected, the updated health profile comprising; health characteristics for the employee including one or more of a body temperature, a body weight, a body fat, and a body position for the employee determined using the health sensor data collected; and a health plan for the employee based on one or more of the health characteristics determined using the health sensor data collected; updating the health information stored in the database to reflect the updated health profile for the employee; and serving, for display to the employee via the computer workstation, the updated health profile for the employee. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A floor mat for sensing health characteristics of a user, the floor mat comprising:
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a floor mat controller; a mat configured to be disposed on a floor; and a set of health sensors integrated within the mat, the set of health sensors comprising; one or more temperature sensors configured to sense a body temperature of the user, the floor mat controller configured to transmit temperature data corresponding to the sensed body temperature to a computer workstation for use in determining the body temperature of the user; one or more body position sensors configured to sense a body position of the user, the floor mat controller configured to transmit body position data corresponding to the sensed body position to the computer workstation for use in determining the body position of the user; and one or more body fat sensors configured to sense body fat of the user, the floor mat controller configured to transmit body fat data corresponding to the sensed body fat to the computer workstation for use in determining the body fat of the user. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium comprising program instructions for use in monitoring an employee'"'"'s health while the employee is working at a workstation, the workstation including a workstation surface located above and parallel to a floor, a computer workstation and a chair located on the floor adjacent to the workstation surface, the computer program instructions being executable by a computer processor to cause the steps of:
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activating set of health sensors integrated with a floor mat connected to a communications network via the computer workstation, the floor mat comprising a planar mat configured to be disposed on the floor adjacent to the chair such that at least one of the employee'"'"'s right foot and left foot are disposed on the floor mat while the employee is seated in the chair, an upper surface of the floor mat comprising a set of health sensors integrated therewith for detecting biometric and biomechanical characteristics of the employee'"'"'s health, the set of health sensors comprising one or more temperature sensors, one or more position sensors, and one or more body fat sensors, the set of health sensors configured to output health sensor data comprising of temperature data output by one or more of the temperature sensors that is indicative of a body temperature of the employee, position data output by one or more of the position sensors that is indicative of the body position of the employee, and body fat data output by one or more of the body fat sensors that is indicative of a body fat of the employee; collecting, via the communications network, the health sensor data output by the set of health sensors of the floor mat; determining an updated health profile for the employee using the health sensor data collected, the updated health profile comprising; health characteristics for the employee including one or more of a body temperature, a body weight, a body fat, and a body position for the employee determined using the health sensor data collected; and a health plan for the employee based on one or more of the health characteristics determined using the health sensor data collected; updating the health information stored in the database to reflect the updated health profile for the employee; and serving, for display to the employee via the computer workstation, the updated health profile for the employee. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16)
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17. A computer implemented method for sensing health characteristics of a user using a floor mat configured to be disposed on a floor and a set of health sensors integrated within the floor mat, the set of health sensors comprising one or more temperature sensors configured to sense a body temperature of the user, one or more body position sensors configured to sense a body position of the user, one or more body fat sensors configured to sense body fat of the user, the computer implemented method comprising:
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receiving, from the one or more temperature sensors, temperature data corresponding to a sensed body temperature of the user; receiving, from the one or more body position sensors, body position data corresponding to a sensed body position of the user; receiving, from the one or more body fat sensors, body fat data corresponding to a sensed body fat of the user; and transmitting, to the computer workstation, health data corresponding to the temperature data, the body position data, and the body fat data for use in determining the body temperature, the body position, and the body fat of the user. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21)
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