Patent ID: 6963827

Claim:
An apparatus for conducting an ergonomic analysis of a physical activity performed by a user, comprising: a first database comprising a plurality of job functions performed by a human operator at a workstation, each of said job functions comprising at least one movement of a specific part of said user's body during performance of said job function; a first computer that generates a time-based event, said time-based event corresponding to an observable current at said workstation; a second computer that: receives said time-based event; determines a job function associated with said time-based event; retrieves said job function from said first database; determines a level of physiological exertion necessary to perform said time-based event; and creates a graphical representation to reflect the performance of said time-based event; and a data communication link coupling said first and second computers, wherein said data communication link automatically establishes a communication protocol between said first and second computers thereby permitting different versions of said first and second computers to be seamlessly appended without modification.