Patent ID: 9033901
Filing Date: 2015-05-19
Classification: A47C,A61B,G01B,G01F

Abstract:
1. A measuring device for determining individual user anthropometric characteristics related to mattress preference to aid mattress selection, including: a support frame, a plurality of illumination strips mounted spaced-apart on the support frame, a camera mounted in front of the frame having a lens directed at the illumination strips with said illumination strips in its view, a computer connected to the camera to receive images of the illumination strips from said camera, said computer having means to determine one or more anthropometric characteristics of a person standing between the camera and the illumination strips in a front view and in a side view based on images of the illumination strips taken by the camera when said illumination strips are illuminated, said computer being operable to determine said one or more anthropometric characteristics based on those portions of images of the illuminated strips blocked by the person standing between the camera and the illuminated strips in said front view and said side view and the distance between the illumination strips, said anthropometric characteristics including body mass distribution determined by delineation of a series of polygons characterising the body shape of said person.