Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Intelligent office furnishings
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Application No.: US16071705Application Date: 2017-01-25
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Publication No.: US10531731B2Publication Date: 2020-01-14
- Inventor: Jeff Gibson , Christopher Hoyt , Nicolas Milani , Kurt Dykema , Dave Moelker , Jared Thomas
- Applicant: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Applicant Address: US MI Zeeland
- Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Current Assignee: HERMAN MILLER, INC.
- Current Assignee Address: US MI Zeeland
- Agency: Michael Best & Friedrich LLP
- International Application: PCT/US2017/014904 WO 20170125
- International Announcement: WO2017/132240 WO 20170803
- Main IPC: A47B85/00
- IPC: A47B85/00 ; A47B9/00 ; A47B21/02 ; A47B83/02 ; G08B21/22

Abstract:
A method of operating a desk including receiving, at a desk controller, a message from a chair, and determining a position of a user based on the message. The message includes an indication of a sensed rotation of the chair. The method also includes generating, via the desk controller, a control signal for a motor based on the position of the user. The motor is coupled to a support framework of the desk. The method further includes changing a height of the support framework of the desk according to the control signal.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190029412A1 INTELLIGENT OFFICE FURNISHINGS Public/Granted day:2019-01-31
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