System and method for automatically setting preferred workstation heights to increase human movement and promote wellness

A system for adjusting a position of an article of furniture, the system comprising:

• the article of furniture including at least a first element that is moveable with respect to a second element, the at least a first element being movable to positions within a range of motion with respect to the second element, the range of motion extending between first and second limit positions and including first and second position ranges;
• a memory storing a first position within the first position range for the first element and a second position within the second position range for the first element;
• a user interface including first and second independently selectable activation devices, the first activation device selectable to move the first element along a first trajectory that extends from the first limit position toward the second limit position and the second activation device selectable for moving the first element along a second trajectory that extends from the second limit position toward the first limit position;
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• a processor programmed to perform the steps of:
• a. with the first element in a position other than the first position, upon receiving an automatic position change command via the first activation device, changing the position of the first element to the first position;
• b. with the first element in a position other than the second position, upon receiving an automatic position change command via the second activation device, changing the position of the first element to the second position;
• c. upon receiving a manual position change command via either one of the first activation element and the second activation element to move the first element to a third position that is different than the first position and the second position:
• i. changing the position of the first element to the third position;
• ii. determining that the third position is in one of the first position range or the second position range;
• iii. when the third position is in the first position range, automatically storing the third position as the first position;
• iv. when the third position is in the second position range, automatically storing the third position as the second position;
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• d. repeating steps (a) through (c).

A system for adjusting a position of an article of furniture, the system comprising:

• the article of furniture including at least a first element that is moveable with respect to a second element, the at least a first element being movable to positions within a range of motion with respect to the second element, the range of motion including first through Nth position ranges;
• a memory storing first through Nth positions of the first element with respect to the second element within the first through Nth position ranged, respectively;
• a user interface for receiving automatic position change commands and manual position change commands;
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• a processor programmed to perform the steps of, with the first element in an initial position which is one of the first through Nth positions:
• a. upon receiving an automatic position change command via the user interface, changing the position of the first element to one of the first through Nth positions other than the initial position;
• b. upon receiving a manual position change command via the user interface to move the first element to a new position that is different than any of the first through Nth positions:
• i. changing the position of the first element to the new position;
• ii. identifying one of the first through Nth position ranges that includes the new position as a selected position range;
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• iii. automatically replacing the stored position associated with the selected position range with the new position in the memory;
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• c. repeating steps (a) and (b).