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Sitting Posture Assessment Method for Back Pain Prevention System

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Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Applications III (IHIET 2020)

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Back pain is widespread in Japan in recent years. The economic loss from back pain in Japan was 82.1 billion yen in 2011. Therefore, it is necessary to construct a low back pain prevention system that can be easily used. First, system estimate the body part from the image using OPENPOSE. It extract the five coordinates (neck, shoulders, and buttocks) from the output. It calculate the z coordinate of each point. Finally, It estimate the front-back tilt and the left-right tilt. We compare three distances (2 m, 3.5 m, 5 m) and three angles (20°, 0°, −20°) in experiments. Review the results. In the distance, the discrimination rates are 2 m: 83%, 3.5 m: 99%, 5 m: 66%. Next, regarding the angle, the discrimination system was good in the order of 20°, 0°, 20°.

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I would like to express my deepest gratitude to Professor Yoshihisa Nakatoh for his guidance and encouragement in conducting this research.

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  1. Kyushu Institute of Technology, Electrical and Electronic, 1-1 Sensuicho, Tobata Ward, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan

    Daiki Joumori, Rin Hirakawa, Hideaki Kawano & Kenichi Nakashi

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Joumori, D., Hirakawa, R., Kawano, H., Nakashi, K. (2021). Sitting Posture Assessment Method for Back Pain Prevention System. In: Ahram, T., Taiar, R., Langlois, K., Choplin, A. (eds) Human Interaction, Emerging Technologies and Future Applications III. IHIET 2020. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol 1253. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-55307-4_53

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