Seated Exercise Slider with Motion Tracking for Active Sitting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Long hours of sitting are linked to various health concerns such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity, and leg conditions, necessitating a device that allows users to exercise while seated and track fitness information.
Innovation Solution
A seated exercise system comprising pair of sliders with traction surfaces and motion tracking components that detect movement data, allowing communication of this data to a computerized device for user feedback, enabling discreet and effective exercise in a seated position.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a user sits for long hours, then work productivity is maintained, but health conditions deteriorate (heart disease, diabetes, obesity, leg conditions)
Solution Approach 1:
The exercise device introduces dynamic movement capability to a previously static seated position. The slider mechanism allows the foot to move back and forth along the floor surface, converting the static sitting posture into a dynamic exercise activity that engages leg muscles while maintaining productivity
Solution Approach 2:
The device enables the user to exercise independently while seated at their workstation. The self-contained slider mechanism with foot engagement requires no external equipment or assistance, allowing users to perform health-promoting movements autonomously during work hours
2Measurement precision
If motion tracking components are added to detect movement data, then fitness information is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device replaces complex mechanical measurement systems with electronic motion tracking components. Instead of using mechanical linkages or force sensors to detect movement, the invention employs electronic sensors and digital tracking to monitor foot movement data, simplifying the overall system architecture while maintaining measurement capability
Solution Approach 2:
The motion tracking components serve as an intermediary between the physical foot movement and the digital fitness information. These components translate mechanical movement into detectable signals that can be processed and displayed, bridging the gap between physical exercise and digital feedback without requiring direct complex mechanical measurement systems
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AI summary
A seated exercise system is provided having a pair of sliders devices, each slider device including a body portion having a continuous side wall and a support surface. The support surface is sized and shaped to receive a foot of a user. A floor portion configured to slide on a floor surface during operation is provided. A grip portion is attached to the support surface, wherein the grip portion is constructed from a traction material providing traction to the foot during operation. Motion tracking components configured to detect movement data of the foot and during operation are provided. At least one slider of the pair of floor sliders is configured to communicate the detected movement data to the other slider; and, wherein at least one slider of the pair of floor sliders includes a wireless communication device configured to send the detected movement data a computerized device such that the detected movement data is available to the user.