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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2023
Filed:
Jun. 02, 2020
Toyota Boshoku Kabushiki Kaisha, Aichi, JP;
TOYOTA BOSHOKU KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Aichi, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure accurately identifies a posture of a user whose body is supported by a supporting apparatus. A posture identifying device includes: a model preparing section configured to prepare a three-dimensional model from body data; a body part position information obtaining section configured to obtain body part position information from a camera; a shape information obtaining section configured to obtain shape information from a shape sensor; a model correcting section configured to correct a posture in the three-dimensional model according to (i) a position of a specific part indicated by the body part position information and (ii) a shape of a seat indicated by the shape information; and a posture identifying section configured to identify a posture of a user from the posture in the three-dimensional model thus corrected.