167results about "Apertured gauges" patented technology

A three-dimensional (3-D) capture method and system having a 3-D contour capture device for capturing a surface contour of an object, a contoured support device for placing between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device that provides additional support to at least a portion of the surface, wherein a first contour captured by the 3-D contour capture device is modified based on a second contour captured with the contoured support device placed between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device to provide a resultant 3-D contour.

Clearance between a support contour of a seat cushion and an adjacent pelvic and proximal thigh anatomical portion of a person is evaluated with a clearance measurement device that deforms in response to force applied thereto. The clearance measurement device is located on the support contour at a predetermined location where the clearance is to be evaluated. A person sits on the cushion with the clearance measurement device. The clearance is related to the extent of deformation. Impression foam, a malleable putty-like substance, or a fluid cushion are examples of clearance measurement devices.

In an optical distance measuring apparatus, a transmitter has a light-emitting device emitting an optical signal synchronized with a modulating signal having a predetermined repetition frequency, and a modulating signal generator outputting the modulating signal to the light-emitting device. A receiver has a photodetector receiving an optical beam reflected by an object to be measured and converting it to an electrical signal, a switch receiving the signal from the modulating signal generator and alternately choosing two channels for the electrical signal with a predetermined timing, and first and second storage sections storing electrical signals on the two channels. A signal processing section has a differential operation section performing a differential operation on electrical signals stored in the first and second storage sections, and a distance determining section determining a distance to the object on the basis of the result of the differential operation of the differential operation section.

A process for the detection from a vehicle of a visibility interference phenomenon, comprising the following steps: the emission of a beam of light to illuminate the rear of the vehicle, the beam of light being emitted into a field of vision of a camera mounted in the vehicle, and the determination of a presence and the nature of a visibility interference phenomenon on the basis of at least one image captured by the camera.

A three-dimensional (3-D) capture method and system having a 3-D contour capture device for capturing a surface contour of an object, a contoured support device for placing between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device that provides additional support to at least a portion of the surface, wherein a first contour captured by the 3-D contour capture device is modified based on a second contour captured with the contoured support device placed between the surface and the 3-D contour capture device to provide a resultant 3-D contour.

An apparatus and method for replicating the profile of a plantar surface of a foot are provided. It has particular application in the production of footwear insoles, the apparatus comprises a pressure resistant container (2); an elastic membrane (3) sealed to an open face of the container, thereby defining a variable volume chamber within the container; means for reversibly introducing fluid (15) into the chamber; a bed of elongate rods (13) of substantially equal length, in which, in one configuration, the rods can slide freely, one relative to another, along their length; and clamping means (10) for reversibly clamping the bed of rods so that the relative sliding movement of the rods is resisted; the bed of rods being arranged, in use, outside the container so that ends of the rods abut the face of the membrane. In this way, a positive and negative mould of the surface can be formed.

There is provided an apparatus configured to be used with a processing unit for determining a dimension of a selected surface of an object, the apparatus comprising i) a piece of stretchable fabric having a shape adapted to fit the selected surface of the object such that the piece of fabric stretches proportionally to the dimension of the surface when draped thereover; ii) a plurality of uniquely identified beacon devices disposed on the piece of fabric when unstretched in accordance with a first spatial configuration known a priori, where, when the piece of fabric is draped over and stretched by the surface, the beacon devices automatically shift position and form a second spatial configuration as a function of the dimension of the surface; and ii) electronic means for detecting the second spatial configuration and for generating data representing the second spatial configuration; where the processing unit is configured to receive data associated with the first and second spatial configurations and to determine the dimension of the surface as a function thereof.

A digital ring sizing device includes a cylinder removably positioned directly about the selected user finger, and a mechanism for determining a ring size of the selected user finger. The ring size determining mechanism is housed within an interior of the cylinder and connected directly thereto. A mechanism visually displays the determined ring size of the selected user finger, and is directly connected to an outer surface of the cylinder and further is electrically coupled to the ring size determining mechanism. The ring size of the user is automatically displayed in numeric characters by the visual displaying mechanism after the ring size determining mechanism calculates the ring size of the selected user finger.

A posture analyzer for analyzing a patient's spine having an upright standard secured to a base resting on a floor. A rectangular frame has one side frame member secured to the upright standard at a selected height. The frame member supports a markable panel, which panel includes an orthogonal grid pattern and a normal spine depiction on the panel. A bar holder is slidably secured to a second side frame member. The bar holder is moveable in the vertical direction along the second side frame member. The bar holder includes means for slidably holding a bar which extends in a horizontal direction parallel to the planar surface of the panel. A roller is secured to an end of the bar for rolling up and down a patient's spine, and a pen is secured to the opposite end of the bar for marking on the planar surface of the panel. When the roller is moved vertically and horizontally along a patient's spine, the pen makes a corresponding tracking mark on the panel.

A tool for nut or bolt sizing, the tool comprising a plurality of relatively thin finger members, at least some of the finger members being provided with a measuring slot or notch which can be used to determine the size of the nut or bolt, and identification means being provided such that the size of the slot or notch can be quite readily determined, the finger members able to move between a first position where the finger members substantially overlie each other and are at least partially restrained into the first position, and a second position where a finger member can be moved to a position where it can be used to size a nut or bolt.

A recording sheet moving device includes: a moving unit that moves a recording sheet; a recording sheet specifying unit that specifies a length in the transport direction and a weight per unit area of the recording sheet; a first memory configured to record, for each of plural recording sheets, a threshold for a length in the transport direction in association with a weight per unit area; and a movement control unit that retrieves a threshold for a length on the basis of the specified weight per unit area from the first memory, and compares the retrieved threshold for a length and the specified length, to determine whether to cause the moving unit to move the recording sheet, and if it is determined that the recording sheet should be moved, causes the moving unit to move the recording sheet.

A physiological measurement device or wearable device simulator includes a frame and a plurality of surfaces distributed within the frame. For each surface, a surface actuator links the surface of the frame. At least one of: i) force or position imparted by the surface on a physiological feature of a subject by the surface actuator; and ii) the force imparted by the physiological feature of the subject on the surface, can be employed to modulate the positions of the surfaces relative to each other independently of the forces imparted by or on those surfaces, thereby measuring the physiological feature of the subject or simulating a wearable device interface.

A measuring device for measuring nuts, bolt heads, washers and the like that includes a body having a first end, an opposing second end, and a longitudinal reference line extending between the first end and the second end; a first pair of parallel surfaces of equal length, the first pair of opposing parallel surfaces longitudinally between the first end and the second end, the surfaces of the first pair spaced apart by a first distance; a second pair of parallel surfaces of equal length, the second pair of parallel surfaces longitudinally between the first pair of parallel surfaces and the first end, the surfaces of the second pair spaced apart by a second distance that is smaller than the first distance; and a pair of nonparallel surfaces connected at an obtuse angle, the opposing nonparallel surfaces longitudinally between the second pair of opposing parallel surfaces and the first end.

A tool for nut or bolt sizing, the tool comprising a plurality of relatively thin finger members, at least some of the finger members being provided with a measuring slot or notch which can be used to determine the size of the nut or bolt, and identification means being provided such that the size of the slot or notch can be quite readily determined, the finger members able to move between a first position where the finger members substantially overlie each other and are at least partially restrained into the first position, and a second position where a finger member can be moved to a position where it can be used to size a nut or bolt.

The invention relates to a measuring method and measuring device for the stick span length of a cylindrical straight tooth involute spline ring gauge. The measuring method provided by the invention comprises the following steps: (1) oppositely installing two symmetric measuring hooks on a measuring base and tailstock of a horizontal length measuring instrument and installing measuring heads on the hook tips of the measuring hooks, wherein the measuring heads comprise a knife edge measuring head and a plane measuring head and the knife edge measuring head and a spline tooth slot of an internalspline are mutually perpendicular; (2) carrying out zero calibration, namely adjusting the two measuring heads to be in parallel; fixing a combined measuring block on an operating platform of the horizontal length measuring instrument by utilizing a measuring block clamp; adjusting the operating platform and enabling the measuring claw operating surface on the measuring block and the knife edge surface of the knife edge measuring head to be parallel; setting the instrument to be zero; (3) taking down the measuring block and installing the measured spline ring gauge, wherein a measuring stick is installed in the tooth slot of the measured spline ring gauge; and (4) enabling the knife edge measuring head to be in contact with the measuring stick; adjusting the operating platform; and reading an indicating value of the instrument and adding the actual value of the measuring block for zero calibration to obtain the stick span length of the measured spline ring gauge.

The present invention is a calibration and measurement system designed primarily for use in the rapid evaluation and characterization of open or visible wounds in patients. The invention in a preferred embodiment comprises a set of colored concentric rings, constructed of paper or synthetic material. The practitioner removes only as many rings, from the center outward, until the entire wound is visible within the open aperture at the center of the remaining rings. The area dimensions of the wound are then read out from the size of the inner remaining ring. Photography optionally records the wound appearance and size. A related system is developed for linear dimensioning of wounds. This invention is also designed to standardize the color scheme for accurate photography wound description. This color scheme is also applicable to a linear device to accurately describe wound size. The invention is also useful in forensic and accident investigations.

A posture analyzer for analyzing a patient's spine having an upright standard secured to a base resting on a floor. A rectangular frame has one side frame member secured to the upright standard at a selected height. The frame member supports a markable panel, which panel includes an orthogonal grid pattern and a normal spine depiction on the panel. A bar holder is slidably secured to a second side frame member. The bar holder is moveable in the vertical direction along the second side frame member. The bar holder includes means for slidably holding a bar which extends in a horizontal direction parallel to the planar surface of the panel. A roller is secured to an end of the bar for rolling up and down a patient's spine, and a pen is secured to the opposite end of the bar for marking on the planar surface of the panel. When the roller is moved vertically and horizontally along a patient's spine, the pen makes a corresponding tracking mark on the panel.

A method for making beaded jewelry is provided. The method utilizes a megaphone shaped device having a small diameter first end and a larger diameter second end. The circumference of the first end is that of one part of the human body, such as a child's wrist. The circumference of the second end is the size of another part of the human body, such as an adult ankle. Markings on the girth of the device sequentially graduate in circumference and define graduated bracelet, anklet and other jewelry sizes. When one is making a bracelet or other article of jewelry of strung beads, the diameter of the beads affects the finished length of the article. Use of the device takes into account the diameters of the beads and thereby ensures that the finished item of beaded jewelry will fit the intended wearer.

A nail gauge tool is provided for quickly and accurately measuring nail shape and nail size. The nail gauge offers several arch-shaped openings for matching to and measuring a natural nail. As the measurement result, the nail arch shape information and nail arc length information along the natural nail's width direction are obtained for manufacturing custom-fit artificial nails. The nail gauge tool is advantageously small and suitable for use inside a nail salon.

The present invention is a calibration and measurement system designed primarily for use in the rapid evaluation and characterization of open or visible wounds in patients. The invention in a preferred embodiment comprises a set of colored concentric rings, constructed of paper or synthetic material. The practitioner removes only as many rings, from the center outward, until the entire wound is visible within the open aperture at the center of the remaining rings. The area dimensions of the wound are then read out from the size of the inner remaining ring. Photography optionally records the wound appearance and size. A related system is developed for linear dimensioning of wounds. This invention is also designed to standardize the color scheme for accurate photography wound description. This color scheme is also applicable to a linear device to accurately describe wound size. The invention is also useful in forensic and accident investigations.

A size inspection device includes a detecting platform, a positioning assembly, four first detecting assemblies, four second detecting assemblies, a third detecting assembly, and a controller. The detecting platform includes a mounting plate. The positioning assembly is detachably mounted on the mounting plate for holding the workpiece on the detecting platform. The controller is electronically connected to the first detecting assemblies, the second detecting assemblies, and the third detecting assembly. The four first detecting assemblies and the four second detecting assemblies are slidably mounted on the mounting plate and are capable of obtaining a first moving distance and a second moving distance respectively. The third detecting assembly is mounted on the mounting plate and is capable of obtaining a third moving distance. The controller obtains the moving distances and determines whether or not the workpiece is of passing or failing quality.

A pipe fitting wireform which when threaded into a fitting allows a user to measure center-to-end or end-to-center of the fitting to determine the length of a pipe needed to connect a pair of pipe fittings in a pipe assembly. The fitting wireform is a coil with a free end bent laterally to form a tang. The fitting wireform having an outside diameter substantially equal to the nominal size of the pipe fitting with substantially the same number of turns per inch as the pipe fitting such that the pipe fitting wireform can be threaded into the pipe fitting.

The invention provides a tool for detecting a quartz crucible, comprising a circular ring-shaped outer snap ring and a circular ring-shaped inner snap ring. The inner diameter of the outer snap ring is the permitted biggest outer diameter of the quartz crucible with an additional length of 2-5mm, wherein an integral is preferable; and the biggest outer diameter of the inner snap ring is the permitted smallest inner diameter r of the quartz crucible, or can be slightly smaller, and is preferable between r and r-1 mm. The invention has the advantages that the structure is simple, the size and the circular degree of the quartz crucible can be simply detected, the quartz crucible can not be damaged and pollution is not caused.