52 results about "Poor posture" patented technology

The present invention discloses a posture monitoring device. The device includes a tilt sensor, an alarm, and a recording device to track the changes in posture. The device has been designed to overcome the currently existing problems associated with other devices that detect poor posture. The device also includes the ability to modify the target posture angle and the amount of time during which poor posture is detected prior to activation of the alarm.

A device for correcting poor posture comprises a wearable garment comprising a back brace, a plurality of electrodes connected to the wearable garment and configured to electrically stimulate human muscles, and an electric muscle stimulation unit connected to the plurality of electrodes and configured to provide electrical power to the plurality of electrodes.

The present claimed subject matter teaches a posture monitoring device. The device includes a tilt sensor, an alarm, and a recording device to track changes in posture. The device has been designed to overcome the currently existing problems associated with other devices that detect poor postures. The device also includes the ability to easily modify the target posture angle and the amount of time during which poor posture is detected prior to activation of the alarm.

The present invention relates to a new system, method, and device for assisting a user in maintaining proper posture. More specifically, the present invention relates to a new system, method, and device for applying pressure to one or more of a person's posture pressure points when the person has poor posture, for example because the person's body is misaligned.

The invention discloses a method and a device for reminding poor postures based on depth images. The method comprises the following steps: monitoring each frame of depth image in a video shot by a Kinect camera, and calculating the trunk bending degree of a human body in the current depth image; when the trunk bending degree is greater than a first threshold value, determining the current depth image to be poor posture images; when the trunk bending degree is smaller than or equal to the first threshold value, calculating the neck bending degree of the human body in the current depth image; when the neck bending degree is greater than a second threshold value, determining the current depth image to be the poor posture images; calculating the specific value of the quantity of the poor posture images in preset time and the total quantity of the depth images in the preset time; and when the specific value is greater than a third threshold value, giving out a hint. The method has the characteristics of low cost, simple algorithm, small calculated quantity, accurate calculation, high efficiency and the like, and can be preferably popularized and implemented in practical application.

A back brace is provided that is worn by a user for lower back support and to ease pain associated with lower back injuries and / or poor posture. The back brace of the present invention is constructed in a manner that includes a pouch formed to receive panels of semi-rigid closed cell foam that serve to adjust the thickness of the support pad and therein the support of the brace. Further, the pouch is configured to receive and retain a heat pack or a cold pack as needed by the wearer to allow the integration of heating or cooling therapy. Finally, retention members are provided on the rear of the belt and serve to receive and retain an alignment rod. The alignment rod provides a physical reference point against which the wearer can position their back when standing and when performing lifting or other posture correction exercises.

To provide a tongue muscle-strengthening device which can prevent or recover a poor posture that is attributed to no development of lingual adhesion in the mandible to the skull due to the decreased function of tongue muscles, stress-induced disorder that is attributed to the hyperfunction of the masticatory muscle group and tongue muscles in the cerebral cortex motor area, as well as the dysfunction and an aesthetic impairment of the mouth and which can actualize lingual adhesion. The tongue muscle-strengthening device in the invention of this application is composed of the part of maxillary teeth contact that is in contact with the maxillary teeth, the parts of dorsum of tongue and palate contact that are respectively in contact with the dorsum of tongue and palate, as well as the part of connection that connects the part of maxillary teeth contact with the parts of dorsum of tongue and palate contact. The user brings the part of palate contact into contact with the palate by inserting the part of maxillary teeth contact into the maxillary teeth, by bringing the part of dorsum of tongue contact into contact with the dorsum of tongue, by bringing the lingual apex into contact with the part of lingual apex contact, and by elevating the dorsum of tongue, and maintains the condition for a while. The elasticity of the part of connection places a sustained and strong burden on tongue muscles and strengthens tongue muscles. Furthermore, the tongue muscle-strengthening device in the invention of this application has good usability because it is an intraoral device.

The invention provides a user posture recognition method and device, a computer device and a storage medium. The user posture recognition method comprises the steps of obtaining a to-be-recognized human body image; detecting human body key points in the to-be-recognized human body image; calculating included angles of different parts of a human body in the to-be-recognized human body image according to the human body key points; and inputting the human body key points and the included angles into a trained deep neural network model for identification to obtain human body postures in the to-be-identified human body image. According to the invention, the problem of poor posture recognition in the existing scheme is solved, and the posture recognition accuracy is improved.

The invention is directed toward an article which indicates to the wearer of the article that poor posture has been adopted.

Embodiments of the invention disclose a video playing control method and device. According to the embodiments of the invention, the method comprises the following steps of obtaining a position of a head image in a terminal display area when the terminal plays a video and the current user watches the video; judging whether the position is located in a preset display area, wherein the preset display area is included in the terminal display area; and if the position is not in the preset display area, pausing playing of the video. According to the method, playing and pausing of the video are controlled through determining the corresponding position of the head image in the terminal display area when the user watches the video, so that a problem that the flexibility is poor when the existing terminal plays the video is solved; and meanwhile, playing and pausing of the video are automatically controlled by the terminal, so that a purpose of correcting the poor posture of the user can be realized.

A physiotherapeutic device has a waist tensioning system and a spine support system that enable correction and / or maintaining postural stance for individuals suffering from poor posture and / or neurodegenerative disease. The device provides a posture support and retention system during episodes of postural instability to enable individuals to maintain posture and balance while performing functions. The device includes a garment with shoulder straps extending from the tensioning system to generate force vectors in a direction opposite of those generated by traditional shoulder straps. A rigid support member is disposed in the garment to run parallel with the spinal column. The shoulder straps and waist straps tie into an anchor located on a portion of the garment directly over the support member. The connected components work in concert to actively and passively adjust tension and apply pressure to straighten shoulders and improve the upper back support.

A posture alignment system improves posture by posture modification and spinal alignment. A back plate for positioning along a user's back provides a rigid structural foundation from approximately the user's head down vertically to at least to the user's hip region. A separation plate hingedly couples to the posture alignment system. A spinal mold 20 mechanism includes a spinal mold 20 positioned on the spinal mold 20 plate and has a length equal to at least approximately the length of the user's spine for interfacing and providing posture modifying support and alignment force to the user's spine. The spinal mold 20 includes posture alignment guide rails for guiding posture modification and spinal alignment according to a posture alignment goal. A pneumatic force generating mechanism controllably generates pneumatic force for forcibly and controllably interfacing the spinal mold 20 mechanism and the neck aligning mechanism with the user's spine and neck, and, thereby guide posture modification and spinal alignment of the user according to the posture alignment goal.

The present invention relates to a new system, method, and device for assisting a user in maintaining proper posture. More specifically, the present invention relates to a new system, method, and device for applying pressure to one or more of a person's posture pressure points when the person has poor posture, for example because the person's body is misaligned.

The invention provides a pair of myopia prevention and treatment glasses for controlling a head position and a sitting posture, and relates to the technical field of glasses for correcting the bad sitting postures of students and preventing and treating the myopia of the students. The glasses are provided with a posture correction watching region and non watching regions, wherein the posture correction watching region is a through hole or a lens; the posture correction watching region is positioned on the lower part and / or the upper part of a horizontal vision line of a glasses frame; the nearest distance between the posture correction watching region and the horizontal vision line of the glasses frame is 0-22 mm; and other regions are the non watching regions. A wearer develops good learning and working eye-utilization habits by controlling the head position and the sitting posture, so that extremely good effects of suppressing, recovering and preventing the myopia can be achieved; bad postures such as wryneck, head drop, lookdown, strabismus and crouch down of the wearer can be well corrected; and multiple cervical vertebra relevant diseases can be prevented. The myopia prevention and treatment glasses are simple in structure and convenient to use, do not need any accessory devices, can prevent and treat the myopia and have a good effect and quick response. The myopia prevention and treatment glasses are particularly suitable for prevention, treatment and correction for the myopia of the youth.

The invention discloses clothes with the poor posture prompt function, and relates to the technical field of medical treatment. The clothes comprise a clothes body and a posture monitoring device, theposture monitoring device comprises a processing module, a bending measuring module, a prompt module, a control switch and a power supply module; the bending measuring module is arranged on the portion, corresponding to the spine of the human body, of the clothes body; the prompt module is arranged on the portion, corresponding to the chest of the human body, of the clothes body; the processing module is connected with the bending measuring module, the prompt module and the control switch separately, and the other end of the control switch is connected with the power supply module; the processing module is used for judging whether a user is in a correct posture state or a poor posture state according to bending data, obtained through measurement of the bending measuring module, of the spine of the user, when it is determined that the duration for the user being in the poor posture state reaches the preset duration, prompting is conducted through the prompt module, and instantaneity and autonomy are good.

The invention discloses a child garment waistcoat for preventing humpback. The child garment waistcoat comprises a waistcoat body, cuffs and a neckline. A three-axis acceleration sensor set is sewn on the back of the waistcoat body. Vibration pieces are sewn inside shoulder parts of the waistcoat body. A first elastic cord is sewn at the waist and abdomen position of the back part of the waistcoat body. A controller, an integration module and a button cell are sewn on the first elastic cord. The controller is connected with the three-axis acceleration sensor set, the vibration pieces and the integration module. The button cell and the vibration pieces are connected through conducting fiber. The button cell and the integration module are connected through conducting fiber. The button cell is connected with the three-axis acceleration sensor set through conducting fiber. Flexible sensors are added into a fabric, the posture of a child is monitored in real time by means of the flexible sensors, feedback can be made in time when the posture of the child is not proper and the humpback appears, the child is reminded to correct the posture in time, poor postures of the child are avoided, abnormal vertebration can be corrected, and meanwhile the eyesight of the child can be protected.

The present invention provides a device that provides relief for lower back pain and corrects bad posture. The back brace device comprises a plurality of belts having a rear side, a front side, and a first end removably securable to a second end. The rear side of at least one of the belts has an inflatable bladder that is controlled by an air pump. The device further comprises having a heating element and a vibration mechanism that can be turned on or off as desired by the user. The present invention is used by placing the belt around the waist of the user and securing the first and second ends to one another via one or more suitable fasteners. The bladder is then inflated in order to provide support to the back of the user.

The invention discloses a palm moxibustion solution for treating pain and a preparation method thereof. The palm moxibustion solution is prepared from the following main raw materials: 85 to 95 partsof medical alcohol, 1 to 2 parts of saffron extract, 1.5 to 4.5 parts of ginger root oil, 0.02 to 0.08 part of myrrh oil, 0.02 to 0.08 part of herba speranskiae tuberculatae extract, 0.02 to 0.08 partof rhizoma chuanxiong extract, 0.1 to 0.5 part of folium artemisiae argyi oil, 0.01 to 0.05 part of borneol, 0.02 to 0.08 part of keruing, 0.001 to 0.003 part of capsaicin, and 0.05 to 0.3 part of clove oil. The palm moxibustion solution can effectively treat cervical spondylosis, neck, shoulder, low-back and leg pain caused by lumbar spondylosis, bone hyperplasia, neck, shoulder, low-back and leg pain caused by muscle strain, muscle soft tissue contusion caused by traumatic injury, swelling and pain, rheumatism, joints and muscle numbness and pain caused by rheumatoid, neuropathic headache,toothache and other nameless pain, and soreness, numbness and pain caused by work fatigue and poor posture. The palm moxibustion solution of the invention has the advantages of simple use, obvious efficacy, low cost, and no dependence and no side effects on a human body.

The invention relates to the technical field of a blood pressure monitor, in particular to a blood pressure monitor with a poor posture and maloperation prompting function. The blood pressure monitor comprises an arm sleeve, a pressurizing device, a decompression device, a pressure sensor and a host machine, wherein the host machine comprises a main control MCU (microcontroller unit), a preset angle value is set in the main control MCU, the arm sleeve is connected with the host machine in a rotating manner through a rotating shaft, the rotating shaft is provided with an angle detection switch, and the angle detection switch is used for detecting an angle value between the arm sleeve and the host machine; the angle detection switch is arranged between the arm sleeve and the host machine, when in use, if the bending posture of an arm is improper or the arm moves or bends in the detection process, the situation can be detected by the detection switch, the main control MCU is informed of taking relevant measures, so that a tester can be tested again, and the accuracy of the detection data can be guaranteed.

The invention discloses an intervertebral disc stress measuring device and method based on posture recognition. The device comprises a power module, a posture detection module, a central processing module, a record storage module and a Bluetooth module. The power supply module is electrically connected with the posture detection module, the central processing module, the record storage module andthe Bluetooth module. The posture detection module is in communication connection with the central processing module and the record storage module. The Bluetooth module is in communication connectionwith the central processing module and the record storage module. According to the invention, stress changes of different parts of the intervertebral disc under different postures can be dynamically and continuously recorded, feedback is provided in real time, and harm of long-term bad postures or damage of excessive stress to the intervertebral disc when the intervertebral disc is in a certain posture is prevented. And the stress value has individualized characteristics and is output according to finite element analysis and unique anatomical characteristics of a user, and the result is closeto a real value.

The invention discloses a sitting posture correction device and method. A pressure sensor is embedded in the position, above a sitting part, of a wiring channel, and the wiring channel penetrates through a supporting part from the lower part of the sitting part to extend to the rear side of a backrest part; an ultrasonic sensor is arranged on the junction of the inner side of the upper end of thebackrest part and the wiring channel, and a microcontroller and an alarm are arranged on the junction of the outer side of the upper end of the backrest part and the wiring channel; the value of the pressure applied to the sitting part is obtained, and the pressure value is compared with a pressure threshold value to identify whether a human body is borne by the sitting part or not; after it is identified that the human body is borne by the sitting part, the ultrasonic sensor is awakened to obtain the spacing distance between the neck of the human body and the backrest part; when the spacing distance is larger than a given distance threshold value, the duration starts to be counted, and when the duration is larger than a given time threshold value, correction early warning is conducted; and when the spacing distance is smaller than the given distance threshold value, correction early warning is stopped. The problems, commonly existing in students, such as the poor posture of doing homework, hunchback and getting too close to books are corrected.

The invention discloses a student chair, which comprises a seat, latch parts, a backrest and a backrest angle adjusting component, wherein the seat comprises a seat cushion and a supporting part, andthe seat cushion is supported by virtue of the supporting part; the latch parts are arranged at two sides of the backrest; the backrest is arranged at the back end of the seat cushion and is connectedto the backrest angle adjusting component; and by virtue of the backrest angle adjusting component, an included angle between the backrest and the seat cushion is adjusted within a range of 80 degrees and 100 degrees. With the application of the student chairs, the following beneficial effects can be achieved: by arranging a lifting rod, the latch parts and the backrest angle adjusting mechanism,the chair can be optionally adjusted in accordance with student's habit, so that poor posture of a student can be effectively corrected and the development of a good learning habit of the student canbe promoted; in addition, an electronic watch also has a reminding function, so that a good time sense of the student can be formed; and by virtue of a cavity in the backrest, a schoolbag of the student can be effectively kept under the circumstance that a desk is completely occupied.

A posture protector garment for providing proprioceptive feedback to a user to improve his or her posture. The posture protector garment has a pair of pants or shorts and a shirt. The shorts and shirt are formed from materials that stretch or move with the body of the user. A reinforced portion of the shorts and shirt is formed from a strap or other material having different mechanical properties than adjacent portions of the shorts and shirt to provide proprioceptive feedback to the user. The shirt is attachable to the shorts with a shirt strap. The shirt strap is under tension when the user has poor posture that can be sensed by the user.

The invention provides a subdivision rational surface (forward) depixeling technology which is the only image processing technology comprising a depixeling process so far in the field of digital image processing. The invention aims to solve the pixilated problem caused by the low sampling rate of an image equipment and solve the image shape blur caused by poor posture stability by the way. Firstly, assuming that subdivided rational surfaces can approach the brightness outline of an observed source, and then the rational surfaces are subjected to multiple times of virtual observation with the completely same condition of real observation. Finally, the virtual observation is allowed to mostly approach the real observation, and the coefficients of the subdivided rational surfaces are determined. According to the technology, a relatively basic depixeling problem is solved, and a higher image contrast and a sharper source shape can be obtained. Thus the technology has wide range of use in the fields of astronomy with very high requirement of the pixel resolution of an image and microphysics and even can be used in the field of microbiology, medicine, and digital surveillance.

An apparatus for improving the sitting posture of a user is provided. The apparatus includes a back support member configured to rest against the backrest of a seat. A pair of shoulder straps having a pair of adjustable harnesses is attached to the back support member, the straps and harnesses configured to secure the user to the seat during use. Once secured, the user is prevented from leaning forward too much; keeping the neck properly aligned to minimize the negative health effects of poor posture. A quick release is provided allowing the user to be free from constraint.

The invention discloses display equipment which is used for solving the problems of fatigue caused by poor posture when a person face to a display, sedentariness and other situations, and poor effect of a solution for increased incidence of cervical spondylosis in the prior art. The display equipment comprises an image display device, a time monitoring device and an image processing device; the image display device is used for displaying an image inputted into the display equipment and / or an image after deformation processing by the image processing device; the time monitoring device is used for monitoring the use time of the display equipment and triggering the image processing device to perform deformation processing on the image displayed by the image display device according to monitoring results; the image processing device is used for performing deformation processing on the image displayed by the image display device according to the triggering of the time monitoring device, so that a current user conveniently adjusts the posture for easy viewing of the deformed image.

A posture alignment system improves posture by posture modification and spinal alignment. A back plate for positioning along a user's back provides a rigid structural foundation. A separation plate hingedly couples to the posture alignment system. A spinal mold mechanism includes a spinal mold positioned on the spinal mold plate for interfacing and providing posture modifying support and alignment force to the user's spine. The spinal mold includes posture alignment guide rails for guiding posture modification and spinal alignment according to a posture alignment goal. A pneumatic force generating mechanism controllably generates pneumatic force for forcibly and controllably interfacing the spinal mold mechanism and the neck aligning mechanism with the user's spine and neck, and, thereby guide posture modification and spinal alignment of the user according to the posture alignment goal.

The invention provides a tool capable of unifying a piano playing technique and an electronic organ playing technique and belongs to the field of musical instrument auxiliaries. The tool consists of a left flat plate, a left front screw rod, a left rear screw rod, a left support rod, a right flat plate, a right front screw rod, a right rear screw rod, a right support rod, a front locating rod and a rear locating rod, and is characterized in that at least one to two locating rods are arranged above the left flat plate and the right flat plate; the lower surfaces of the left flat plate and the right flat plate are at least respectively provided with one telescopic left support rod and one telescopic right support plate. The tool can be quite conveniently arranged on the bottoms of a piano and an electronic organ; during playing, after fingers fall down, wrists and arms are obstructed by the front locating rod and the rear locating rod, so that the arms and the wrists are kept parallel with the surface of the piano or the electronic organ, the two arms are naturally relaxed, a correct and natural playing posture is kept all the time, poor postures such as shrunk fingers, collapsed wrists and arm rigidity are prevented, favorable playing habits are cultivated, the piano playing technique and the electronic organ playing technique are effectively unified, and a foundation is provided for electronic organ learners to better learn piano.

The invention discloses a rehabilitation treatment device for lubar intervertebral disc protrusion. The device comprises a sliding plate, a sliding chute, a placement plate, a placement groove, an LEDlamp, organic glass, a placement hole, a cavity, a heat emission hole, a one-way valve and a storage battery. The rehabilitation treatment device for the lubar intervertebral disc protrusion is ingenious in structure, powerful in function and easy to operate; by means of the device, the poor posture of a patient can be corrected, and the waist fatigue is relieved; in addition, the hot compress ofthe device cooperates with the emitted red light effect, red light treatment is conducted on the lumbar vertebra of a patient, and the rehabilitation effect of the patient is improved auxiliarily.