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US 11,937,690 B2Granted
Automatically adjustable desk with usage tracking and methods thereof
OwnerRamesh Namalainventor
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Abstract
An apparatus and method for automatically adjusting and monitoring use of an adjustable standing desk are disclosed. The invention provides an electric adjustable desk with memory to store a user's preferred sitting and standing heights for the adjustable desk. A setup mode allows the user to store and adjust the preferred sitting and standing heights. A sensor allows the user to quickly adjust from the sitting to standing heights or vice versa.
Claims11
An adjustable height desk comprising:
- a plurality of height adjustable legs;
- a motor coupled to the plurality of height adjustable legs;
- a controller for controlling the motor;
- memory coupled to the controller,
- wherein the memory stores at least a first height for a user for use of the desk in a sitting position and a second height for the user for use of the desk in a standing position;
- wherein the first and second heights are optimized using hand-level detection or a combination of eye-level and hand-level detection;
- and
- at least one motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor is configured to detect a user gesture and initiate a signal to the controller to adjust the desk from the first height to the second height;
- and wherein the motion sensor is configured to detect an upward or downward hand gesture.
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An adjustable height desk comprising:
- a plurality of height adjustable legs;
- a motor coupled to the plurality of height adjustable legs;
- a controller for controlling the motor;
- a memory coupled to the controller,
- wherein the memory stores at least a first height for a user for use of the desk in a sitting position and a second height for the user for use of the desk in a standing position;
- and
- at least one motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor is configured to detect a singular user gesture and initiate a signal to the controller to adjust the desk from the first height to the second height based solely on the singular gesture, wherein the at least one motion sensor comprises two motion sensors disposed on opposing sides of the desk, configured to require simultaneous operation to initiate the signal to the controller.
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An adjustable height desk comprising:
- a plurality of height adjustable legs;
- a motor coupled to the plurality of height adjustable legs;
- a controller for controlling the motor;
- memory coupled to the controller,
- wherein the memory stores at least a first height for a user for use of the desk in a sitting position and a second height for the user for use of the desk in a standing position;
- wherein the first and second heights are optimized using hand-level detection or a combination of eye-level and hand-level detection;
- at least one motion sensor, wherein the motion sensor is configured to detect a user gesture and initiate a signal to the controller to adjust the desk from the first height to the second height;
- and
- a camera operable to detect whether the user is present;
- wherein the camera in conjunction with the controller and memory stores an amount of time the user is present.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.