US 12,109,015 B1
Apparatus and method for monitoring performance of a physical activity
Apoorva Kiran, Boston, MA (US); Jesper T. Kristensen, New York, NY (US); and Jason D. Guss, Boston, MA (US)
Filed by Iterate Labs Inc., Ithaca, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 30, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/246,130.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/018,074, filed on Apr. 30, 2020.
Int. Cl. G08B 23/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/22 (2006.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); G06Q 10/0639 (2023.01)
CPC A61B 5/1118 (2013.01) [A61B 5/0002 (2013.01); A61B 5/1121 (2013.01); A61B 5/22 (2013.01); A61B 5/389 (2021.01); A61B 5/746 (2013.01); G06Q 10/06398 (2013.01); A61B 2503/20 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0219 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0223 (2013.01); A61B 2562/0271 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
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1. A system comprising:
a set of monitoring devices, each device being attached to a limb of the subject associated with a distinct subject performing physical tasks in connection with a set of workplace activities, and having:
a set of assemblies, constituting a subsystem, each assembly including a housing and a set of sensors and configured for removable attachment to a body part of the subject;
a controller, disposed in the subsystem, coupled to the sensors, and configured to perform initial processing of data from the sensors; and
a wireless transceiver disposed in the subsystem, coupled to the controller, and configured to transmit the initially processed data to a server system; and
a non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a set of instructions, which, when executed by the server system, establish a set of computer processes, the computer processes comprising:
receiving by the server system, over the network, from each member of the set of monitoring devices, data characterizing performance of the corresponding subject;
processing and storing the received data to provide, in a database, performance data, organized according to subject, characterizing physical performance of the corresponding subject in carrying out the set of workplace activities;
further processing the performance data to develop for each subject an ergonomic score for a set of ergonomic metrics based on a predefined ergonomic assessment method, to quantify motions that are unproductive and suboptimal; and
causing distribution of the-ergonomic score for each subject to a set of recipients.