INTELLIGENT CHAIR SENSOR-ACTUATOR - A Novel Sensor Type for Seated Posture Detection and Correction

Rui Lucena, Cláudia Quaresma, Adelaide Jesus, Pedro Vieira

2012

Abstract

In order to build an intelligent chair capable of posture guidance and correction we propose a new sensor/actuator pressure cell capable of measuring applied pressure and conformation change, which will allow posture evaluation, guidance and correction. We developed and applied the pressure cells to the seat pad of an office chair to test if both the cells and their placement were suitable for pressure map reconstruction. When tested for 10 different postures, the results showed distinguishable pressure maps for each posture, making the pressure cells suitable for pressure map reconstruction and posture evaluation. This paper also presents a briefly description of our vision and goals for the intelligent chair project.

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Lucena R., Quaresma C., Jesus A. and Vieira P. (2012). INTELLIGENT CHAIR SENSOR-ACTUATOR - A Novel Sensor Type for Seated Posture Detection and Correction . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012) ISBN 978-989-8425-91-1, pages 333-336. DOI: 10.5220/0003772003330336


in Bibtex Style

@conference{biodevices12,
author={Rui Lucena and Cláudia Quaresma and Adelaide Jesus and Pedro Vieira},
title={INTELLIGENT CHAIR SENSOR-ACTUATOR - A Novel Sensor Type for Seated Posture Detection and Correction},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012)},
year={2012},
pages={333-336},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0003772003330336},
isbn={978-989-8425-91-1},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Biomedical Electronics and Devices - Volume 1: BIODEVICES, (BIOSTEC 2012)
TI - INTELLIGENT CHAIR SENSOR-ACTUATOR - A Novel Sensor Type for Seated Posture Detection and Correction
SN - 978-989-8425-91-1
AU - Lucena R.
AU - Quaresma C.
AU - Jesus A.
AU - Vieira P.
PY - 2012
SP - 333
EP - 336
DO - 10.5220/0003772003330336