APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POSTURE

Title:

APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CONTROLLING POSTURE

Document Type and Number:

WIPO Patent Application WO/2010/064863

Kind Code:

A2

Abstract:

The present invention relates to an apparatus and method for controlling posture that enables the adjustment of the shape of a backrest plate according to the shape of the body or spine, so that the user may maintain a comfortable or healthy posture. Said apparatus comprises: a plurality of air cells that are deployed at the part where the back of the user is contacted, the quantities of air whereof are adjusted independently from one another; a plurality of air volume adjustment parts that inject air into each of said plurality of air cells or remove air injected into each air cell to adjust the shape of each air cell; a spine shape measurement part that measures the shapes of said plurality of air cells to measure the spinal shape of a user; and a main control part that sets up information on the reference spine shape, and compares said reference spine shape with the spinal shape of the user that has been measured at said spine shape measurement part to control said plurality of air volume adjustment parts in order to match with said reference spine shape.

Inventors:

CHUNG KYUNG RYUL (KR)
KIM SA YUP (KR)
CHOI CHUN HO (KR)
YOUN HYO JUNG (KR)
HONG GYU SEOG (KR)
HYEONG JOON HO (KR)
PARK SEONG BIN (KR)
AN YANG SOO (KR)

Application Number:

PCT/KR2009/007222

Publication Date:

June 10, 2010

Filing Date:

December 04, 2009

Export Citation:

Click for automatic bibliography generation Help

Assignee:

KOREA IND TECH INST (KR)
CHUNG KYUNG RYUL (KR)
KIM SA YUP (KR)
CHOI CHUN HO (KR)
YOUN HYO JUNG (KR)
HONG GYU SEOG (KR)
HYEONG JOON HO (KR)
PARK SEONG BIN (KR)
AN YANG SOO (KR)

International Classes:

A47C7/46; A47C7/40

Foreign References:

JP2004167070A	2004-06-17
JP2007314015A	2007-12-06
JPH0538307A	1993-02-19
JPH06237838A	1994-08-30
JP2000510029A	2000-08-08