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http://dx.doi.org/10.9717/kmms.2020.24.2.285

Responsive Healthcare System for Posture Correction Using Webcam-Based Turtle Neck Syndrome Discrimination Algorithm  

Park, Soyeon (Dept. of Information Technology Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University)
Ryoo, Seojin (Dept. of Information Technology Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University)
Dong, Suh-Yeon (Dept. of Information Technology Engineering, Sookmyung Women's University)
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Journal of Korea Multimedia Society / v.24, no.2, 2021 , pp. 285-294 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study developed a responsive healthcare system that users can easily use in real life to prevent turtle neck syndrome by posture correction. We propose a system that naturally induces direct posture improvement by adjusting the height with a responsive cradle through a turtle neck discrimination algorithm detecting the turtle neck posture in real time using a webcam. The turtle neck algorithm was developed based on machine learning, using the points that the distance relationship between the jaw line and the shoulder varies depending on the posture. For the younger age group, which is particularly problematic due to the increase in the use of IT devices, image data in different situations according to the height and posture of the cradle was collected and learned as a support vector machine classifier. In addition, a height-adjustable cradle that can support a laptop has been created and expanded into a responsive cradle that can be controlled with software by interlocking with the Arduino. Therefore, this service enables posture correction of many modern people suffering from turtle neck syndrome and will become an essential platform in the increasing online environment in the non-contact era.
Keywords
Forward head position; Turtle neck syndrome; Posture correction; Healthcare system; Responsive cradle;
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