Automatic height adjustment system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11266232-B2
Application number	US-202017094866-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 11, 2020
Priority date	Dec 4, 2018
Publication date	Mar 8, 2022
Grant date	Mar 8, 2022

Abstract

An automatic height adjustment system includes an adjustable desk frame, a first drive assembly operable to control a height of the adjustable desk frame, an adjustable monitor mount, a second drive assembly operable to control a viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount, a transceiver, and a first controller communicatively coupled to the first drive assembly and to the transceiver. The first controller is configured to receive, via the transceiver, a first communication based on the detection of a position of a user from a computing device and to transmit, via the transceiver, a second communication to the first drive assembly to control the height of the adjustable desk frame and movement of the adjustable desk frame and the adjustable monitor mount are synchronized such that an adjustment of the height of the adjustable desk frame causes a corresponding adjustment of the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An automatic height adjustment system, comprising:
an adjustable desk frame;
a first drive assembly operable to control a height of the adjustable desk frame;
an adjustable monitor mount;
a second drive assembly operable to control a viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount;
a transceiver; and
a first controller communicatively coupled to the first drive assembly and to the transceiver, the first controller configured to receive, via the transceiver, a first communication from a computing device and to transmit, via the transceiver, a second communication to the first drive assembly to control the height of the adjustable desk frame, wherein the first communication is based on a detection of a position of a user and movement of the adjustable desk frame and the adjustable monitor mount are synchronized such that an adjustment of the height of the adjustable desk frame causes a corresponding adjustment of the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount.

2. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable desk frame is a freestanding desk frame comprising at least one telescoping leg and the first drive assembly controls a length of the telescoping leg.

3. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the adjustable desk frame is a sit stand converter workstation desk frame and the first drive assembly is coupled to the sit stand converter workstation desk frame to control the height of the sit stand converter workstation desk frame.

4. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the first drive assembly comprises at least one of an electric motor, an electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder, or an electronically controlled gas spring.

5. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the position of the user is detected via images from a camera.

6. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , wherein the first controller is communicatively coupled to the second drive assembly and is configured to transmit, via the transceiver, a third communication to the second drive assembly to control the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount and to synchronize activation of the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly.

7. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 6 , wherein the monitor mount comprises a telescoping arm and the second drive assembly controls a length of the telescoping arm.

8. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 6 , wherein the second drive assembly comprises at least one of an electric motor, an electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder, or an electronically controlled gas spring.

9. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , comprising a second controller communicatively coupled to the second drive assembly and to the first controller, wherein the second controller is configured to receive a third communication from the first controller and to transmit a fourth communication to the adjustable monitor mount to control the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount and to synchronize activation of the first drive assembly and the second drive assembly.

10. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 9 , wherein the monitor mount comprises a telescoping arm; the second drive assembly controls a length of the telescoping arm.

11. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 9 , wherein the second drive assembly comprises at least one of an electric motor, an electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder, or an electronically controlled gas spring.

12. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 1 , comprising a sensor and a second controller communicatively coupled to the second drive assembly, wherein the second controller is configured to detect a first movement with the sensor and transmit a third communication, based on the first movement, to the second drive assembly to control the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount and to synchronize the view height of the adjustable monitor mount with the height of the adjustable desk frame.

13. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 12 , wherein the monitor mount comprises a telescoping arm and the second drive assembly controls a length of the telescoping arm.

14. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 12 , wherein the second drive assembly comprises at least one of an electric motor, an electronically controlled hydraulic cylinder, or an electronically controlled gas spring.

15. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 12 , wherein the sensor is a motion sensor and comprises at least one of a gyroscope, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, an optical sensor, an infrared sensor, a vibration sensor, or a light sensor.

16. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 12 , wherein the sensor is a position sensor and comprises at least one of an encoder, an accelerometer, a proximity sensor, an optical sensor, or an infrared sensor.

17. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 12 , wherein the first movement is associated with a movement of the height adjustable desk, the movement of the height adjustable desk causing transmission of the third communication to the second drive assembly.

18. An automatic height adjustment system, comprising:
a computing device;
a camera in communication with the computing device;
an adjustable desk frame;
a first drive assembly operable to control a height of the adjustable desk frame;
a first controller communicatively coupled to the first drive assembly and to the computing device, via a transceiver;
an adjustable monitor mount; and
a second drive assembly operable to control a viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount;
wherein the computing device is configured to receive images from the camera, to determine a position of a user based on the images, and to generate and transmit a first communication to the first controller based on the position of the user;
the first controller is configured to receive, via the transceiver, the first communication from the computing device and to transmit, via the transceiver, a second communication to the first drive assembly to control the height of the adjustable desk frame; and
the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount is adjusted based on the height of the adjustable desk to synchronize movement of the adjustable desk and the adjustable monitor mount such that an adjustment of the height of the adjustable desk frame causes a corresponding adjustment of the viewing height of the adjustable monitor mount.

19. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 18 , wherein the adjustable desk frame is a freestanding desk frame comprising at least one telescoping leg and the first drive assembly controls a length of the telescoping leg.

20. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 18 , wherein the computing device determines the position of the user by recognizing facial features of the user in the images and determining the position of the facial features within a predetermined field of view.

21. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 18 , wherein the camera is integral with the computing device.

22. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 18 , wherein the monitor mount comprises a telescoping arm and the second drive assembly controls a length of the telescoping arm.

23. The automatic height adjustment system of claim 18 , comprising a sensor and a second controller communicatively cou

Assignees

• Cknapp Sales Inc

Inventors

• Knapp Chance
• Meyer Brandon
• Fehr Micah

Classifications

• A47B2200/0059

  in telescoping table legs · CPC title

• F16M11/28

  Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar · CPC title

• F16M11/2014

  around a vertical axis (F16M11/2035 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A47B9/20 Primary

  Telescopic guides · CPC title

• G06Q99/00

  Subject matter not provided for in other groups of this subclass · CPC title