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Existing pressure sensor-based systems have been proposed to recognize sitting postures, but their accuracy ranges from 80% to 90%, leaving room for improvement. In this study, we developed a sitting posture recognition system called SPRS. We identified key areas on the chair surface that capture essential characteristics of sitting postures and employed diverse machine learning technologies to recognize ten common sitting postures. To evaluate the accuracy and usability of SPRS, we conducted a ten-minute sitting session with arbitrary postures involving 20 volunteers. The experimental results demonstrated that SPRS achieved an impressive accuracy rate of up to 99.1% in recognizing sitting postures. Additionally, we performed a usability survey using two standard questionnaires, the System Usability Scale (SUS) and the Questionnaire for User Interface Satisfaction (QUIS). 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