System and Method of Biomechanical Posture Detection and Feedback
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1. A method of providing postural feedback comprising:
- receiving by a microprocessor at repeated intervals data from a tri-axial accelerometer, the microprocessor and the tri-axial accelerometer comprising a sensor device attached to a user, the sensor device further comprising memory, an actuator, and a power source;
normalizing by the microprocessor the received accelerometer data;
determining by the microprocessor a postural description of the user based on the normalized received accelerometer data, wherein the postural description comprises a current movement state and a current posture quality; and
triggering by the microprocessor the actuator to output sensory feedback based on the postural description of the user.
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Abstract
A system and method are described herein for a sensor device which biomechanically detects in real-time a user'"'"'s movement state and posture and then provides real-time feedback to the user based on the user'"'"'s real-time posture. The feedback is provided through immediate sensory feedback through the sensor device (e.g., a sound or vibration) as well as through an avatar within an associated application with which the sensor device communicates.
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1. A method of providing postural feedback comprising:
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receiving by a microprocessor at repeated intervals data from a tri-axial accelerometer, the microprocessor and the tri-axial accelerometer comprising a sensor device attached to a user, the sensor device further comprising memory, an actuator, and a power source; normalizing by the microprocessor the received accelerometer data; determining by the microprocessor a postural description of the user based on the normalized received accelerometer data, wherein the postural description comprises a current movement state and a current posture quality; and triggering by the microprocessor the actuator to output sensory feedback based on the postural description of the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A postural feedback apparatus comprising:
a sensor device configured to be attached on a user, the sensor device comprising; a tri-axial accelerometer; an actuator; and a microprocessor configured to receive data from the tri-axial accelerometer about movement of the user; normalize the received accelerometer data; determine a postural description of the user based on the normalized received accelerometer data, wherein the postural description comprises a current movement state and a current posture quality; and trigger the actuator to output sensory feedback based on the postural description of the user. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. non-transitory computer readable medium having stored thereupon computing instructions comprising:
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a code segment to receive by a microprocessor at repeated intervals data from a tri-axial accelerometer, the microprocessor and the tri-axial accelerometer comprising a sensor device attached to a user, the sensor device further comprising memory, an actuator, and a power source; a code segment to normalize by the microprocessor the received accelerometer data; a code segment to determine by the microprocessor a postural description of the user based on the normalized received accelerometer data, wherein the postural description comprises a current movement state and a current posture quality; and a code segment to trigger by the microprocessor the actuator to output sensory feedback based on the postural description of the user. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25)
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