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Transaxial radionuclide imaging is implemented without relative rotation between detectors and a patient by employing a collimator comprising segments sharing a common central axis, each segment having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein the segments are angularly displaced from one another about the common central axis. Embodiments include SPECT systems comprising a polygonal detector having a collimator on at least two sides thereof. Embodiments further include collimators comprising six segments, each offset by an angle of 7 to 9°.

Spinal motion preservation assemblies adapted for use in a spinal motion segment are disclosed including the process for delivering and assembling the spinal motion preservation assemblies in the spinal motion segment via an axial channel created with a trans-sacral approach. The disclosed mobility preservation assemblies provide for dynamic stabilization of the spinal motion segment. Preformed membranes are disclosed for use within an intervertebral disc space. The preformed membrane may include an approximation of the final shape of a filled membrane to limit or eliminate the need for the membrane to stretch during filling. Other variations and implementations of the teachings are disclosed, including the sheathed delivery of membranes in order to protect the membranes before and during deployment.

An exercise machine has a frame with a generally rectangular base and a platform disposed at an angle at one end upon which the user stands. A horizontal shaft rotatably mounted on a pair of vertical frame members near the forward end of the base has an upper central sprocket at its center and smaller sprockets at its outer ends. A lower central sprocket is rotatably mounted on the base. A weight support arm pivotally connected to a pair of upright frame members extends forwardly therefrom and a selected number of weights are received on the outer end thereof. An elongate lift arm pivotally connected to the vertical frame members extends angularly upward and rearward therefrom toward the platform and has a pair of shoulder pads at its outer end positioned a distance above the platform, with a first and second pair of lateral hand grips near each end of the pads for griping the bar in two positions. A first chain wrapped around the upper central sprocket extends under the lower central sprocket and has its free end connected to the lift arm and a pair of second chains each wrapped around an outer sprocket in the opposite direction have their free ends connected to the weight supporting member. When the lift arm is raised by an upward force on the shoulder pads and / or hand grips, the lift arm pivots upward pulling the first chain down causing rotation of the upper central sprocket and outer sprockets which causes the second chains to pivot the weight supporting member upward with the weights at the outer ends thereof resisting the upward force applied to the lift arm.

A system, computer program product and associated methodology for video motion detection combines a series of images of a video sequence into an image volume having vertices of X, Y and t. The image volume is sliced in either the (X,t) or (Y,t) planes, filtered with a spatio-temporal filter and thresholded to reduce the amount of information. Then a search algorithm searches along search lines in a subset of the video sequence to locate motion. Motion can be detected by identifying lines that are not parallel to any of the vertices. Stationary subjects and lighting changes appear as lines parallel to one of the vertices. Thus, true motion can be distinguished from lighting changes.

A flexible shoe including an outer sole assembly and an upper, the outer sole assembly including a damping sole extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise from a lower surface to an upper surface, the lower surface having lower grooves, the upper surface having upper grooves, the lower grooves of the lower surface being opposite the upper grooves of the upper surface. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface correspond to the main articulations of the foot. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface demarcate platforms of the damping sole.

A toothbrush which comprises a brush main body made of a synthetic resin and having a bristle base and bristles made of a thermoplastic resin which have been fusion-bonded to the bristle base to constitute a bristled part, wherein the bristles constituting the bristled part at least partly comprise: tapered bristles which are bristles having split free ends, the split free ends having been tapered beforehand; tapered bristles which have a sectional shape having a core-sheath structure or islands in a sea structure; or tapered bristles in each of which a core bristle comprising a core or island part has been formed beforehand so as to be exposed at the free end. The toothbrush has excellent suitability for bristle insertion into narrow parts. It is highly effective in removing dental plaque and cleaning the teeth. It is highly easy to use in the oral cavity. It further has a highly attractive appearance.

An engine is disclosed including at least one piston which is positioned within a toroidal piston chamber. A method of operating an engine is disclosed wherein a piston is advanced in a toroidal piston chamber past a first valve and the first valve is closed to form a first ignition chamber area located within the piston chamber between the first valve and the rear side of the piston. A second valve is closed ahead of the piston to form a first exhaust removal chamber area located within the piston chamber between the second valve and the front side of the piston, the exhaust removal chamber including exhaust gases from a preceding ignition which occurred in the first ignition chamber area. A fuel mixture is introduced into the first ignition chamber area and ignited thereby advancing the piston further along the toroidal piston chamber.

A system, computer program product and associated methodology for video motion detection combines a series of images of a video sequence into an image volume having vertices of X, Y and t. The image volume is sliced in either the (X,t) or (Y,t) planes, filtered with a spatio-temporal filter and thresholded to reduce the amount of information. Then a search algorithm searches along search lines in a subset of the video sequence to locate motion. Motion can be detected by identifying lines that are not parallel to any of the vertices. Stationary subjects and lighting changes appear as lines parallel to one of the vertices. Thus, true motion can be distinguished from lighting changes.

A motion editing system for a robot in which the motion of a robot edited is corrected as the movements performed by an actual robot are checked. An optional range of motion data is reproduced using an actual robot. At this time, an output from each sensor mounted to the actual robot, that is, the sensor information, is transmitted to the motion editing system. The robot's movements are evaluated on the motion editing system based on the sensor information acquired during motion reproduction. If, as a result of the robot's movements, a predetermined evaluation criterium is not met, the motion correction processing is carried out. If the predetermined evaluation criterium is met, a motion data file, in which is embedded the reference sensor information, is formulated.

A swimmer's resistance trainer having a base frame comprising two long slide rail sides and two short bench mount sides attached to each other to form a generally rectangular form, a bench rail attached to the two short sides using a vertical mount that extends between an end of the bench rail and each short side; a padded bench mounted onto a pivotal bench mount mounted onto a slide body that slideably attached to the bench rail; a padded head support attached to a headrest body that is slideably attached to the bench rail; at least one slideable padded armrest attached to an arm support post attached to a slideable arm rest body slideably attached to at least one of the long slide rails of the base frame, the at least one padded armrest comprises an arm resistance mechanism.

An engine is disclosed including at least one piston which is positioned within a toroidal piston chamber.

A spill-resistant material processor includes a vessel having an opening with a funnel-shaped rim, a lid, a processing blade rotationally mounted within the vessel, and a base having a motor therein to drive the processing blade and process any material within the vessel. The processor is particularly adapted to cut and mill coffee beans and avoid spillage of milled coffee from the lid and the vessel.

A robot system efficiently performing an operation of moving a robot to close to and / or separate from a target point, such as teaching operation. A camera of a visual sensor is mounted to the robot such that a distal end of an end effector is seen within the field of view of the camera, and the end effector's distal end and a target position on an object are specified on a monitor screen. When an approach key is depressed, a target position is detected on an image, and a difference from a position of the end effector's distal end is calculated. Whether the difference is within an allowable range is checked. Depending on the result, an amount of robot motion is calculated, and the robot is operated. The processing is repeated until the depressed approach key is released. When a retreat key is depressed, the robot moves away from the object. The robot may be caused to stop using a distance sensor.

A method of recognizing motion of an object may include periodically obtaining depth data of a first resolution and two-dimensional data of a second resolution with respect to a scene using an image capturing device, wherein the second resolution is higher than the first resolution; determining a motion tracking region by recognizing a target object in the scene based on the depth data, such that the motion tracking region corresponds to a portion of a frame and the portion includes the target object; periodically obtaining tracking region data of the second resolution corresponding to the motion tracking region; and / or analyzing the motion of the target object based on the tracking region data.

An offshore oil well riser system comprises one or more tubular conduits suspended from a floating platform and having bottom ends extending downward substantially vertically toward the sea floor. A bottom end connection and tensioning assembly is disposed at the bottom ends of the conduits and comprises a jumper for connecting the bottom end of each conduit to an associated sub-sea oil well, a weight for applying a vertical tension in the conduits, and an apparatus for constraining the bottom end of the conduits against horizontal movement, while enabling them to move freely in a vertical direction and to pivot freely at their bottom ends in response to motions of the platform on the water surface. The riser system is useful with a wide variety of floating platforms, and can be employed in either dry tree or wet tree completion systems.

A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display.

A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display.

A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display.

An assist device includes a body wearing unit, and an actuator unit. The actuator unit includes an output link and an actuator having an output shaft. The output shaft is connected to the output link via a speed reducer configured to reduce a pivot angle from the output shaft. The speed reducer includes an accelerating shaft connected to the output shaft and a decelerating shaft connected to the output link. The accelerating shaft of the speed reducer is provided with an output link pivot angle detection unit configured to detect a pivot angle of the output link.

A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display.

A data-display system employs a display in which the representations of data objects are caused to move on the display in order to convey information about the represented data objects. In one example, icons in a link-analysis display that represent data objects satisfying a selection criterion are made to execute distinctive motion. In another example, three-dimensional models of moving bodies in whose features components of respective data objects are encoded are projected onto a screen plane, and the resultant values are used to generate the display.

A flexible shoe including an outer sole assembly and an upper, the outer sole assembly including a damping sole extending lengthwise from a rear end to a front end, widthwise between a lateral side and a medial side, and heightwise from a lower surface to an upper surface, the lower surface having lower grooves, the upper surface having upper grooves, the lower grooves of the lower surface being opposite the upper grooves of the upper surface. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface correspond to the main articulations of the foot. The lower grooves of the lower surface and the upper grooves of the upper surface demarcate platforms of the damping sole.

An automatic path generation device includes a preprocessing unit creating teacher data based on a temporary motion path which is a motion path between a plurality of motion points where a robot moves and which is automatically generated with a motion planning algorithm and an actual motion path which is a motion path between the motion points and which is created by a skilled worker and a motion path learning unit generating a learned model which has learned a difference between the temporary motion path and the actual motion path with teacher data created by the preprocessing unit.

Embodiments described herein includes a system comprising a processor coupled to display devices, sensors, remote client devices, and computer applications. The computer applications orchestrate content of the remote client devices simultaneously across the display devices and the remote client devices, and allow simultaneous control of the display devices. The simultaneous control includes automatically detecting a gesture of at least one object from gesture data received via the sensors. The detecting comprises identifying the gesture using only the gesture data. The computer applications translate the gesture to a gesture signal, and control the display devices in response to the gesture signal.

Transaxial radionuclide imaging is implemented without relative rotation between detectors and a patient by employing a collimator comprising segments sharing a common central axis, each segment having a plurality of apertures extending therethrough, wherein the segments are angularly displaced from one another about the common central axis. Embodiments include SPECT systems comprising a polygonal detector having a collimator on at least two sides thereof. Embodiments further include collimators comprising six segments, each offset by an angle of 7 to 9°.

A multi-degree of freedom transducer for converting manually applied forces and torques into electrical signals, and configured to be fixed to a base object. The transducer comprises a handle bar having two ends and a first longitudinal direction, and a supporting assembly suitable for fixing the two ends of the handle bar to the base object. The supporting assembly comprising a frame structure at each of the ends of the handle bar, wherein each of the frame structures comprises at least two measuring beams. At least one of the measuring beams includes a second longitudinal direction and at least one other of the measuring beams includes a third longitudinal direction Each of the at least two measuring beams comprises two strain gauges configured to sense strain in the third longitudinal direction and arranged on two different, non-parallel side surfaces of each of the at least two measuring beams.

A multi-degree of freedom transducer for converting manually applied forces and torques into electrical signals, and configured to be fixed to a base object. The transducer comprises a handle bar having two ends and a first longitudinal direction, and a supporting assembly suitable for fixing the two ends of the handle bar to the base object. The supporting assembly comprising a frame structure at each of the ends of the handle bar, wherein each of the frame structures comprises at least two measuring beams. At least one of the measuring beams includes a second longitudinal direction and at least one other of the measuring beams includes a third longitudinal direction. Each of the at least two measuring beams comprises two strain gauges configured to sense strain in the third longitudinal direction and arranged on two different, non-parallel side surfaces of each of the at least two measuring beams.

Array hybridization can be facilitated by agitating a reaction cell subject to centrifugal force greater than 1 G. A two-dimensional hybridization array is preferably oriented generally orthogonal to the centrifugal force. Agitation involves titling the array back and forth about an axis, preferably parallel to a centrifuge axis. The centrifugal force serves, in a sense, as supergravity helping to overcome non-specific binding forces (viscous forces and other forces at the liquidsolid boundary) that limit the rate of liquid flow. Thus, the agitation rate and the related replenishment rate can be increased. The agitation causes the sample liquid to wash back and forth across the array, which remains protected by a thin liquid film. The resulting “tidal” motion, results in thorough mixing of the sample liquid. In addition, since only a thin film is required over much of the array, typically costly sample volume can be reduced. Thus, faster hybridization with lower sample volumes can be achieved.