Granted Patent B1

US 12,426,804 · App. 19/061,955 · Granted Sep 30, 2025

Inventors: Hana Ibrahim Alsobayel (Riyadh, SA); Hend Suliman Alkhalifa (Riyadh, SA); Kholoud Abdullah Almufaireej (Riyadh, SA)

Assignee: KING SAUD UNIVERSITY

A61B5/11A61B5/02055A61B5/6823A61B5/742G01P15/14G16H20/30A61B2562/0219

Abstract

Claims (73)

1. A method for alleviating lower back pain in a user, the method comprising:

selectively affixing a first gyroscopic sensor to a lower back region of the user;

attaching to the user's body at least one vital sensor selected from the group consisting of a heart beat rate monitoring sensor, a blood oxygen level monitoring sensor, a blood pressure level monitoring sensor and a temperature sensor;

displaying on a display screen, visible to the user, a first course of action for the user to perform or displaying on the display screen a first set of circumstances that can be interpreted as suggesting to the user to perform the first course of action, the first course of action being a physical exercise intended to be performed by the user to exercise the user's lower back region;

receiving vitals data from the at least one vital sensor when the user performs the first course of action;

receiving a first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor indicative that the user performed the first course of action;

marking the first course of action as complete based on the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor;

determining an extent of motion of the lower back region of the user by analyzing the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor;

determining to increase, decrease, or maintain a level of difficulty for a second course of action for the user to perform based on:

a) the received vitals data, relative to a level of difficulty of the first course of action, and

b) an extent of motion of the lower back region of the user, determined by analyzing the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor, and comparing said analysis of the first set of data with a predetermined threshold motion value,

the second course of action being a physical exercise intended to be performed by the user to exercise the user's lower back region; and

displaying on the display screen the second course of action for the user to perform or displaying on the display screen a second set of circumstances that can be interpreted as suggesting to the user to perform the second course of action, the level of difficulty of the second course of action being increased, decreased or maintained relative to the level of difficulty of the first course of action based on the determining step.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second course of action has a same level of difficulty as the first course of action.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second course of action has a higher level of difficulty than the first course of action.

4. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

receiving a second set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor indicative that the user performed the second course of action; and

marking the second course of action as complete based on the received second set of data.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the display screen is a component of a mobile device, said mobile device including a second gyroscopic sensor therein;

the method further comprising:

mounting the mobile device to the user's head;

receiving a set of data from the second gyroscopic sensor when the user performs the first course of action, the received set of data from the second gyroscopic sensor indicating that the user changed an orientation of the user's head; and

changing an orientation a view shown on the display screen in accordance with the change in orientation of the user's head.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein the second course of action has a lower level of difficulty than the first course of action.

7. A system for alleviating lower back pain, comprising:

a processor;

a set of devices including a first gyroscopic sensor, a display screen, and at least one vital sensor selected from the group consisting of a heart beat rate monitoring sensor, a blood oxygen level monitoring sensor, a blood pressure level monitoring sensor and a temperature sensor; and

a non-transitory, tangible program storage medium, readable by the system for alleviating lower back pain, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for alleviating lower back pain, the method steps comprising:

providing instructions for selectively affixing the first gyroscopic sensor to a lower back region of a user;

providing instructions for attaching to the user's body the at least one vital sensor selected from the group consisting of a heart beat rate monitoring sensor, a blood oxygen level monitoring sensor, a blood pressure level monitoring sensor and a temperature sensor;

displaying on the display screen, visible to the user, a first course of action for the user to perform or displaying on the display screen a first set of circumstances that can be interpreted as suggesting to the user to perform the first course of action, the first course of action being a physical exercise intended to be performed by the user to exercise the user's lower back region;

receiving vitals data from the at least one vital sensor when the user performs the first course of action;

receiving a first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor indicative that the user performed the first course of action;

marking the first course of action as complete based on the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor;

determining an extent of motion of the lower back region of the user by analyzing the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor;

determining to increase, decrease, or maintain a level of difficulty for a second course of action for the user to perform based on:

a) the received vitals data, relative to a level of difficulty of the first course of action, and

b) an extent of motion of the lower back region of the user, determined by analyzing the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor, and comparing said analysis of the first set of data with a predetermined threshold motion value,

the second course of action being a physical exercise intended to be performed by the user to exercise the user's lower back region; and

displaying on the display screen the second course of action for the user to perform or displaying on the display screen a second set of circumstances that can be interpreted as suggesting to the user to perform the second course of action, the level of difficulty of the second course of action being increased, decreased or maintained relative to the level of difficulty of the first course of action based on the determining step.

8. The system of claim 7 , wherein the set of devices further comprises:

a mobile device, said mobile device including the display screen and a second gyroscopic sensor; and

a headpiece configured to be worn on the user's head, the headpiece including a holding structure configured to be selectively connected to the mobile device;

wherein the method steps further comprise:

providing instructions for placing the headpiece on the user's head;

providing instructions for selectively connecting the mobile device to the holding structure with the display screen of the mobile device being visible to the user;

receiving a set of data from the second gyroscopic sensor when the user performs the first course of action, the received set of data from the second gyroscopic sensor indicating that the user changed an orientation of the user's head; and

changing an orientation a view shown on the display screen in accordance with the change of the orientation of the user's head.

9. The system of claim 8 , wherein the mobile device is communicatively coupled to the first gyroscopic sensor by wire.

10. The system of claim 8 , wherein the mobile device is communicatively coupled to the first gyroscopic sensor wirelessly.

11. The system of claim 8 , wherein the mobile device is communicatively coupled to the first gyroscopic sensor via the Internet.

12. The system of claim 2 , wherein the second course of action has a same level of difficulty as the first course of action.

13. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second course of action has a higher level of difficulty than the first course of action.

14. The system of claim 7 , wherein the method steps further comprise:

receiving a second set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor indicative that the user performed the second course of action; and

marking the second course of action as complete based on the received second set of data.

15. The system of claim 7 , wherein the second course of action has a lower level of difficulty than the first course of action.

16. A system for alleviating lower back pain, comprising:

a processor;

a set of devices including a first gyroscopic sensor; a mobile device, said mobile device including a display screen and a second gyroscopic sensor; a headpiece configured to be worn on the user's head, the headpiece including a holding structure configured to be selectively connected to the mobile device; and at least one vital sensor selected from the group consisting of a heart beat rate monitoring sensor, a blood oxygen level monitoring sensor, a blood pressure level monitoring sensor and a temperature sensor; and

a non-transitory, tangible program storage medium, readable by the system for alleviating lower back pain, embodying a program of instructions executable by the processor to perform method steps for alleviating lower back pain, the method steps comprising:

providing instructions for selectively affixing the first gyroscopic sensor to a lower back region of a user;

providing instructions for placing the headpiece on the user's head;

providing instructions for selectively connecting the mobile device to the holding structure with the display screen of the mobile device being visible to the user;

providing instructions for attaching to the user's body the at least one vital sensor selected from the group consisting of the heart beat rate monitoring sensor, the blood oxygen level monitoring sensor, the blood pressure level monitoring sensor and the temperature sensor;

displaying on the display screen a first course of action for the user to perform or displaying on the display screen a first set of circumstances that can be interpreted as suggesting to the user to perform the first course of action;

receiving a first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor indicative that the user performed the first course of action;

receiving a set of data from the second gyroscopic sensor when the user performs the first course of action, the received set of data from the second gyroscopic sensor indicating that the user changed an orientation of the user's head;

changing an orientation a view shown on the display screen in accordance with the change of the orientation of the user's head;

receiving vitals data from the at least one vital sensor when the user performs the first course of action;

determining to change a level of difficulty for a second course of action for the user to perform by considering: a) the received vitals data, relative to a level of difficulty of the first course of action, and b) an extent of motion of the lower back region of the user, determined by analyzing the received first set of data from the first gyroscopic sensor, and comparing said analysis of the first set of data with a predetermined threshold motion value; and

displaying on the display screen the second course of action for the user to perform or displaying on the display screen a second set of circumstances that can be interpreted as suggesting to the user to perform the second course of action, the level of difficulty of the second course of action being changed relative to the level of difficulty of the first course of action based on the determining step.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the second course of action has a higher level of difficulty than the first course of action.

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