Development of thin-type rocking device mounted on office chair for supporting falling asleep

Junpei Maeda; Hiroto Shinohara; Shigeru Uesugi

doi:10.1109/ICMA.2017.8016046

Development of thin-type rocking device mounted on office chair for supporting falling asleep

Junpei Maeda, Hiroto Shinohara, Shigeru Uesugi

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Abstract

As we know a power nap during the lunchtime break helps improve work efficiency. It is also known that vibration induced environments -such as in a moving car-enhances sleepiness. And, as office work prevails in the workforce, the authors have focused on adapting a standard office chair by sandwiching between the seat and the user a thin cushion-size mechanism oscillating up and down for inducing sleep. This device is constructed based on wedge mechanism that includes a counter-weight function. Although its compactness, this device can lift a user up to 100 kg. Adjusting to the user's preferences, the rocking motion can be tuned while respecting a maximum stroke of 5mm at a peak frequency of 2 Hz.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages	1543-1548
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9781509067572
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2017.8016046
Publication status	Published - 2017 Aug 23
Event	14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017 - Takamatsu, Japan Duration: 2017 Aug 6 → 2017 Aug 9

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Other	14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017
Country/Territory	Japan
City	Takamatsu
Period	17/8/6 → 17/8/9

Keywords

Counter balance
Inducing sleep
Power nap
Vibration
Wedge mechanism

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Control and Optimization
Instrumentation
Artificial Intelligence
Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering
Mechanical Engineering

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Development of thin-type rocking device mounted on office chair for supporting falling asleep. / Maeda, Junpei; Shinohara, Hiroto; Uesugi, Shigeru.
2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017. p. 1543-1548 8016046.

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Maeda, J, Shinohara, H & Uesugi, S 2017, Development of thin-type rocking device mounted on office chair for supporting falling asleep. in 2017 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017., 8016046, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., pp. 1543-1548, 14th IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation, ICMA 2017, Takamatsu, Japan, 17/8/6. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMA.2017.8016046

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