EMS Posture Correction via Muscle Stimulation
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Solution Overview
Problem
It is challenging to accurately determine which muscles to exercise and how much exercise is needed to maintain a posture that reduces facial sagging, as existing methods lack precision in muscle stimulation for long-term posture correction.
Innovation Solution
A posture correction apparatus that includes a muscle condition obtaining unit, a determination unit, and a stimulation unit to provide targeted muscle stimulation based on skin pressure data, using pressure sensors and EMS electrodes to promote muscle strength and maintain a predetermined posture.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If a posture correction supporter is used to maintain good posture, then the body can be maintained in good posture, but the body is likely to return to poor posture once the supporter is removed
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables the body to correct its own posture by stimulating muscle activity. The muscle stimulation unit activates specific muscles to maintain good posture, allowing the body to sustain correct posture through its own muscle strength rather than relying on external mechanical support, thereby preventing posture regression when the device is removed
Solution Approach 2:
The posture detection unit continuously monitors body posture and provides feedback to the control unit, which adjusts muscle stimulation accordingly. This closed-loop feedback system ensures that muscle stimulation is applied precisely when and where needed to maintain good posture, creating a reliable long-term correction mechanism
2Reliability
If EMS electrodes are used to exercise muscles, then facial sagging may be reduced, but it is difficult to accurately determine which muscles to exercise and how much exercise to do
Solution Approach 1:
The posture detection unit provides real-time feedback on body posture, enabling the control unit to precisely determine which muscles need stimulation and to what extent. This feedback mechanism ensures accurate muscle selection and stimulation dosage, directly addressing the imprecision problem in existing EMS applications
Solution Approach 2:
The system dynamically adjusts muscle stimulation parameters based on detected posture conditions. The control unit modifies stimulation intensity, duration, and target muscle selection according to real-time posture data, ensuring precise and personalized muscle exercise regimens that accurately address individual posture deficiencies
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The apparatus provides accurate muscle training to maintain a posture using own muscle strength, reducing facial sagging by stimulating the appropriate muscles effectively and preventing muscle overload.
Implementation Method 1
a muscle condition obtaining unit, an operation determination unit, and a muscle stimulation unit. The muscle condition obtaining unit obtains information related to a muscle condition in the body
Implementation Method 2
a stimulation unit configured to provide the determined muscle stimulation to the body
Data Source
AI summary
A posture correction apparatus includes an obtaining unit configured to obtain information related to a muscle condition in a body, a determination unit configured to determine muscle stimulation to be provided to the body, based on the obtained information, and a stimulation unit configured to provide the determined muscle stimulation to the body.