Floor mat system and associated, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for monitoring and improving health and productivity of employees

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9615746-B2
Application number	US-201213540124-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 2, 2012
Priority date	Jul 5, 2011
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

Provided are embodiments of systems, computer medium and computer-implemented methods for sensing health characteristics of a user using a floor mat including a set of health sensors integrated therewith. The set of health sensors including temperature sensors, body position sensors, and body fat sensors. A method including receiving, from the temperature sensors, temperature data corresponding to a sensed body temperature of the user, receiving, from the body position sensors, body position data corresponding to a sensed body position of the user, receiving, from the body fat sensors, body fat data corresponding to a sensed body fat of the user, and transmitting, to a computer workstation, health data corresponding to the temperature data, the body position data, and the body fat data for use in determining the body temperature, the body position, and the body fat of the user.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A system for monitoring employee health, the system comprising:
an employee workstation associated with an employee of an employer, the employee workstation comprising:
an employee computer comprising a display;
a computer mouse with a computer mouse blood pressure cuff configured to sense a blood pressure of the employee, wherein the computer mouse is configured to output computer mouse data comprising the blood pressure sensed by the computer mouse blood pressure cuff;
a chair comprising a chair pad, wherein the chair pad comprises a chair pad force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the chair by the employee seated in the chair, wherein the chair pad is configured to output chair pad data comprising the force sensed by the chair pad force sensor; and
a floor mat disposed on a floor of the workstation, wherein the floor mat comprises:
a floor mat force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the floor mat by the employee seated in the chair; and
a floor mat body fat sensor configured to sense a body fat of the employee seated in the chair, and
wherein the floor mat is configured to output floor mat data comprising the force sensed by the chair pad force sensor and the body fat sensed by the floor mat body fat sensor; and

a health monitoring computer server configured to:
continuously collect, from the employee workstation, health data comprising the computer mouse data, the chair pad data and the floor mat data;
determine a blood pressure of the employee based on the blood pressure sensed by the computer mouse blood pressure cuff;
determine a body weight of the employee seated in the chair based on an addition of the forces sensed by the chair pad and floor mat force sensors;
determine a body fat of the employee based on the body fat sensed by the floor mat body fat sensor;
determine a health profile for the employee, the health profile comprising the blood pressure, the body weight and the body fat of the employee;
predict a health risk for the employee, based on the health profile for the employee;
determine an exercise and a nutrition goal based on and to alleviate the predicted health risk;
serve, to the employee computer, health content comprising the health profile for the employee, the nutrition goal, and a health status avatar that includes an animated demonstration of the exercise,
wherein the employee computer is configured to display, via the display of the employee computer, the health content.

2. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the chair pad comprises a chair pad body fat sensor configured to sense a body fat of the employee seated in the chair,
wherein the chair pad data comprises the body fat sensed by the chair pad body fat sensor, and
wherein determining the body fat of the employee comprises determining the body fat of the employee based on the body fat sensed by the chair pad body fat sensor.

3. The system of claim 1 ,
wherein the computer mouse comprises a computer mouse temperature sensor configured to sense a body temperature of the employee grasping the computer mouse, wherein the computer mouse data comprises the body temperature of the employee sensed by the computer mouse temperature sensor,
wherein the chair pad comprise a chair pad temperature sensor configured to sense a body temperature of the employee seated in the chair, wherein the chair pad data comprises the body temperature of the employee sensed by the chair pad temperature sensor,
wherein the floor mat comprise a floor mat temperature sensor configured to sense a body temperature of the employee seated in the chair, wherein the floor mat data comprises the body temperature of the employee sensed by the floor mat temperature sensor,
wherein the health monitoring server is configured to determine a body temperature of the employee based on the body temperature sensed by the computer mouse temperature sensor, the body temperature sensed by the chair pad temperature sensor, and the body temperature sensed by the floor mat temperature sensor, and
wherein the health profile for the employee comprises the body temperature of the employee.

4. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer mouse comprises a computer mouse location sensor configured to sense a location of the computer mouse, wherein the computer mouse data comprises the location sensed by the computer mouse location sensor,
wherein the health monitoring server is configured to determine a body position of the employee based on the location sensed by the computer mouse location sensor and the forces sensed by the chair pad and floor mat force sensors, and
wherein the health profile for the employee comprises the body position of the employee.

5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the computer mouse comprises a computer mouse location sensor configured to sense a location of the computer mouse, wherein the computer mouse data comprises the location sensed by the computer mouse location sensor,
wherein the health monitoring server is configured to determine a muscle tension of the employee based on the location sensed by the computer mouse location sensor, and
wherein the health profile for the employee comprises the muscle tension of the employee.

6. The system of claim 5 , wherein determining the muscle tension of the employee comprises:
determining a length of time that an arm of the employee has been extended to interact with the computer mouse; and
determining the muscle tension based on the length of time that the arm of the employee has been extended to interact with the computer mouse.

7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the health monitoring server is configured to:
determine, based on the health data collected, a group health report for a group of employees of the employer that are common to a facility, region or team; and
serve, to an employer workstation associated with the employer and comprising a display, the group health report, wherein the employer workstation is configured to display the group health report via the display of the employer workstation.

8. A method for monitoring employee health, the method comprising:
collecting, by an employee computer in an employee workstation associated with an employee of an employer and from a computer mouse in the employee workstation, computer mouse data, wherein the computer mouse comprises a computer mouse blood pressure cuff configured to sense a blood pressure of the employee, wherein the computer mouse data comprises the blood pressure sensed by the computer mouse blood pressure cuff;
collecting, by the employee computer from a chair pad of a chair in the employee workstation, chair pad data, the chair pad comprising a chair pad force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the chair by the employee seated in the chair, wherein the chair pad data comprises the force sensed by the chair pad force sensor; and
collecting, by the employee computer from a floor mat disposed on a floor of the employee workstation, floor mat data, wherein the floor mat comprises:
a floor mat force sensor configured to sense a force applied to the floor mat by the employee seated in the chair; and
a floor mat body fat sensor configured to sense a body fat of the employee seated in the chair, and
wherein the floor mat data comprises the force sensed by the chair pad force sensor and the body fat sensed by the floor mat body fat sensor;

continuously collecting, by a health monitoring computer server from the employee computer, health data comprising the computer mouse data, the chair pad data and the floor mat data;
determining, by the health monitoring server, a blood pressure of the employee based on the blood pressure sensed by the computer mouse blood pressure cuff;
determin

Assignees

• Horseman Samantha J
• Saudi Arabian Oil Co

Inventors

• Horseman Samantha J

Classifications

• A61B5/021

  Measuring pressure in heart or blood vessels · CPC title

• A61B5/6898

  Portable consumer electronic devices, e.g. music players, telephones, tablet computers · CPC title

• A61B5/00

  Measuring for diagnostic purposes (radiation diagnosis A61B6/00; diagnosis by ultrasonic, sonic or infrasonic waves A61B8/00); Identification of persons · CPC title

• A61B5/72

  Signal processing specially adapted for physiological signals or for diagnostic purposes · CPC title

• A61B5/0002

  Remote monitoring of patients using telemetry, e.g. transmission of vital signals via a communication network (endoradiosondes A61B5/07) · CPC title