US 11,813,055 B2
Posture determination apparatus
Takamasa Kogure, Tokyo (JP); Tomoko Inoue, Tokyo (JP); and Toshihide Shiino, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed by PARAMOUNT BED CO., LTD., Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Oct. 24, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/972,012.
Application 17/972,012 is a continuation of application No. 16/496,550, granted, now 11,510,594, previously published as PCT/JP2018/044804, filed on Dec. 5, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 2017-235410 (JP), filed on Dec. 7, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2023/0037703 A1, Feb. 9, 2023
Int. Cl. A61B 5/11 (2006.01); A61B 5/107 (2006.01); A61B 5/00 (2006.01); A61G 7/05 (2006.01)
CPC A61B 5/1116 (2013.01) [A61B 5/107 (2013.01); A61B 5/4561 (2013.01); A61G 7/05 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A movable apparatus comprising:
at least two sensors capable of detecting a biological information when a user is lying on a bed; and
a controller configured to determine a posture of the user while the user is lying on the bed based on characteristics of the biological information, the controller being configured not to move the movable apparatus if the posture of the user is a first posture that is determined based on a first input, the controller being to move the movable apparatus if the posture of the user is a second posture that is determined based on the first input, the controller being configured to move the movable apparatus if the posture of the user is the first posture that is determined based on a second input, the first input being different from the second input.