The present disclosure relates to a seat, comprising: a seat base; a seat frame; and a sitting posture detection device configured to alert a user when a sitting posture of the user sitting on the seat deviates from a standard sitting posture, wherein the sitting posture detection device includes: one or more distance sensors configured to measure a distance from the seat frame to one or more body parts of the user; and a processor configured to determine, according to the distance detected by the distance sensor, whether the sitting posture of the user deviates from the standard sitting posture, and issue an alarm information if the sitting posture of the user deviates from the standard sitting posture.

An improved virtual reality system comprises a chair 110 integrated with a pedestal 120, which contains a motion platform 150 and base 160. The chair 110 can be rotated continuously in the yaw axis by a stepper motor 230 and substantially in the pitch axis by an additional stepper motor 240 in coordination with the content of the VR display as directed by a chair controller located on the motion platform 150.

A chair system including a main unit and an untethered chair is provided. The main unit includes a wireless transmitter, a subwoofer, an audio stream receiver and a processor. The untethered chair includes a plurality of speakers, a power source and a wireless receiver for receiving a processed audio stream from the main unit.

A speaker system includes a cushion body with which a person comes into contact when sitting therein, and a speaker, a front of which is covered by the cushion body. The cushion body includes: a three-dimensional mesh-like elastic part that is formed by a three-dimensionally entangled fiber and bears a load of the person; and a cover member that covers surroundings of the three-dimensional mesh-like elastic part. The cover member includes a first cover member that covers the part of the surroundings of the three-dimensional mesh-like elastic part located at the front of the speaker, and a second cover member that is a remainder of the cover member excluding the first cover member. The first cover member has a higher acoustic transmissivity than the second cover member.

An article of furniture includes a cushioned seating portion, a rigid panel configured adjacent to the cushioned seating portion, a first group of exciters configured on a surface of the rigid panel, and a controller communicatively coupled to the first and second plurality of exciters.

A movable seat such as for use with a gaming device is disclosed and described herein. An example chair includes a chair portion and a base portion. The base portion includes a support member, a slide portion, and a floorplate. The example chair portion is affixed to the support member, and the support member is movably affixed to a mounting plate in the slide portion to enable the chair portion to slide along at least a portion of a length of the floorplate.

An improved binaural recording system (12) comprising two hollow artificial auricles (6a, 6b) mounted on two opposite left and right sides of a dummy head (1). Two microphone capsules are mounted inside said auricles (6a, 6b) having a sound collection face (15a, 15b) facing the outside of said auricles (6a, 6b) and arranged inside a recess (17a, 17b) of the artificial auricle. This system allows, in stereo listening to faithfully perceive and discriminate the direction of origin of the sound sources that move in front of a hypothetical listener according to the same direction of movement from top to bottom, from front to back, from right to left, or vice versa, of the sound sources at the time of recording. Furthermore, further microphone capsules may be provided, mounted on said dummy head.

A system and method establishing control of affordances at a workstation. The method includes the steps of storing affordance preferences in a database for a plurality of portable affordance settings that may be present at a workstation, detecting a subset of affordances present within a first zone associated with the workstation, for each detected affordance in the subset, identifying an affordance setting in the database indicating a user preference, and automatically controlling settings of at least each of the detected affordances in the subset to match the user preferences for the detected affordances.

To provide a user with a new sensation through a tactile sensation, an auditory sensation, and a visual sensation, a human body support device has an overall shape that can easily be used as a chair or a couch. The human body support device includes a frame that is formed from, for example, metal or resin, and a plurality of modules that are arranged in a plurality of sites to support the user body on the frame. These modules include a sound emitting module that is provided with a speaker, and a vibrating and light-emitting module that is provided with an LED and a voice coil motor. These modules have an elastic part that is formed by an elastic material such as a sponge in a location that is in contact with the user body. The orientation and position of the modules are designed so as to be in proper contact with and support the user body, and accordingly, the user body can be comfortably supported.