US 2026/0137303 A1 · METHOD FOR CONTINOUS DEFINITION OF THE POSITION OF A PERSON'S PELVIS BY MEANS OF A SINGLE OPERATIONAL SENSOR

Abstract

A method of continuously determining the orientation of a person's pelvis using a single deployment sensor, the method including the operations: providing a calibration sensor and the deployment sensor, applying the deployment sensor to the person's body in the area of the pelvis, positioning the person on the calibration sensor, in a computing unit, receiving measured values of the calibration sensor and determining a reference depiction of the pelvis based on the measured values received from the calibration sensor, in the computing unit, receiving measured values of the deployment sensor, and updating the current orientation of the pelvis based only on the measured values received from the deployment sensor.

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A method of continuously determining the orientation of a person's pelvis, comprising:

applying a deployment sensor to the person's body in an area of the pelvis, in particular in an area of a characteristic point of the pelvis, and the characteristic point comprises one of a pubic bone, an iliac crest, iliac spines or a sacrum,
positioning the person on a calibration sensor or applying the calibration sensor to the person,
in a computing unit, receiving measured values of the calibration sensor and determining a reference depiction of the pelvis based on the measured values received from the calibration sensor, with a current orientation of the pelvis being stored as an original orientation,
in the computing unit, receiving measured values of the deployment sensor, and updating the current orientation of the pelvis based only on the measured values received from the deployment sensor.

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A system for continuously determining the orientation of a person's pelvis using a single deployment sensor, comprising:

a calibration sensor and the deployment sensor, the deployment sensor being applicable to the person's body in the area of the pelvis, in particular in an area of a characteristic point of the pelvis, and the characteristic point comprises one of a pubic bone, an iliac crest, iliac spines or a sacrum,
a computing unit operable to receive measured values of the calibration sensor, to determine a reference depiction of the pelvis based on the measured values received from the calibration sensor, and to store the current orientation of the pelvis, the original orientation, with the computing unit furthermore being operable to receive measured values of the deployment sensor, and to update the current orientation of the pelvis based only on the measured values received from the deployment sensor.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

18/705,791Filed 27 Oct 2022

Priority

AT A 50858/202129 Oct 2021

Published

21 May 2026

Term ends

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Classification13 codes

A61B 5/1116
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: determining posture transitions
A61B 5/4561
Evaluating a particular part of the muscoloskeletal system or a particular medical condition: evaluating static posture, e.g. undesirable back…
A47C 31/126
Means, e.g. measuring means, for adapting chairs, beds or mattresses to the shape or weight of persons: for chairs
A61B 5/1126
Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb: using a particular sensing technique

Method for continous definition of the position of a person's pelvis by means of a single operational sensor

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Method for continous definition of the position of a person's pelvis by means of a single operational sensor

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Abstract

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