APPARATUS AND A METHOD FOR DETECTING THE POSTURE OF THE ANATOMY OF A PERSON
First Claim
1. Apparatus including a frame having location means, at least one sensor to detect the tilt angle of a plane which is representative of the tilt angle of the head of a person with respect to their neck when wearing the apparatus and processing means which receives data from the at least one sensor which is representative of the detected tilt angle to determine whether the detected tilt angle is within a pre-determined range of acceptable positions and the apparatus has a plurality of contact points with the person, when worn, and wherein at least one sensor is capable of detecting the angle of the head in a forward direction with respect to the person'"'"'s neck.
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Abstract
An apparatus can be used in the detection and correction of the posture of a person'"'"'s anatomy and particularly, although not necessarily exclusively, the posture of a person'"'"'s neck; The apparatus includes a device to be worn, such as at the rear of the neck of a person, and the device includes a frame having first and second ends and at least one sensor to detect the tilt angle of a predefined plane and processing means to determine whether the detected tilt angle is within a predetermined range of acceptable positions; The apparatus, when worn, has a plurality of contact points with the wearer.
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- 1. Apparatus including a frame having location means, at least one sensor to detect the tilt angle of a plane which is representative of the tilt angle of the head of a person with respect to their neck when wearing the apparatus and processing means which receives data from the at least one sensor which is representative of the detected tilt angle to determine whether the detected tilt angle is within a pre-determined range of acceptable positions and the apparatus has a plurality of contact points with the person, when worn, and wherein at least one sensor is capable of detecting the angle of the head in a forward direction with respect to the person'"'"'s neck.
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