Patent ID: 11972064
Assignee: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G  H | IPC G

Claim 9:
10. A system for determining an ergonomic layout, the system comprising:
a plurality of secondary devices, each of the secondary devices comprising one or more wireless transmitters;
a primary device, the primary device including a receiver positioned within the primary device, the receiver to receive signals emitted by the wireless transmitters of the plurality of secondary devices; and
a controller operatively connected to the receiver, wherein the controller is to:
monitor signals sent to the receiver from the one or more wireless transmitters;
parse each of the signals to determine a type of secondary device and a secondary device location with respect to the primary device,
create an ergonomic layout based on the determined types of devices and the determined locations, and

output a virtual map representing the ergonomic layout;
wherein the primary device includes a user interface to allow a user to input one or more anthropometric characteristics of a user into a workspace profile; and
wherein the controller generates one or more workspace boundaries based on the workspace profile.