Accurate simulation of sport to quantify and train performance constructs by employing sensing electronics for determining, in essentially real time, the player's three dimensional positional changes in three or more degrees of freedom (three dimensions); and computer controlled sport specific cuing that evokes or prompts sport specific responses from the player that are measured to provide meaningful indicia of performance. The sport specific cuing is characterized as a virtual opponent that is responsive to, and interactive with, the player in real time. The virtual opponent continually delivers and / or responds to stimuli to create realistic movement challenges for the player.
A system and method for preventing propagation of malicious content associated with an electronic message are disclosed. An electronic message and content associated with the electronic message is simulated in a virtual machine which emulates the destination computing device of the electronic message. A virtual firewall receives one or more commands as the electronic message or content associated with an electronic message is executed. Initially, the virtual firewall establishes a network connection and determines the type of action associated with the commands. If the type of action comprises a connection maintenance or configuration command, the network connection is maintained. If the type of action comprises a data transmission command, the network connection is terminated. This allows the virtual machine to simulate performance of a networked computer by transmitting a subset of the data through a network connection.
Systems and methods support dental implant patient scheduling and treatment process relating to packaging one or more dental appliances as a kit which is readily used by dental professional during surgery, by communicating manufacturing progress information with a doctor over a network and performing patient scheduling and treatment when the dental appliances reach a certain manufacturing progress. A network-based service may also provide a doctor with a treatment solution including a surgical kit derived from patient data.
An electronic circuit for adding the effects of reverberation to a high impedancesignal produced from an external audio source such as a guitarpickup or a high impedancemicrophone. The electronic circuit comprises a reverberation effects circuit having pre-amplifier / driver and recoveryamplifier sections and a spring reverberation device coupled thereinbetween and a reverberation effects bypass at the circuit's input, prior to switchably passing the audio signal into an input of the pre-amplifier / driver section which comprises a low impedance, high current output for input into the spring reverberation device having an output for passing a low impedancesignal to the recovery amplifier section, which suitably serves in increasing the impedance of the signal to a predetermined level acceptable for input into an external sound device such as an amplifier having channel inputs and audio control capabilities, and a power supply circuit having means for switching between a dc voltage source and an ac voltage source and supplying ±9 volts to integrated circuits (ICs) included in the pre-amplifier / driver and recovery amplifier sections of the reverberation effects circuit.
A numerical procedure for simulating the behavior of incompressible, viscous fluid in a casting / molding process. The method is based on classical fluid dynamic equations and uses control volume-finite element and numerical techniques to solve the momentum and energy equations to obtain solution for the variable parameters. The method incorporates five additional modules which simulate fluid flow in the shot sleeve, heat transfer between the die and the heat transfer fluid, die cooling by lubricant, formation of mend line. These additional simulation modules produce realistic boundary conditions, and replace many of the assumptions that would have to be made, to solve the governing equations. These added improvements ensure a faster convergence of the numerical solution and a more realistic simulation of the die casting process.
A method and a system for simulating the minimally invasive medical procedure of urological endoscopy. The system is designed to simulate the actual medical procedure of urological endoscopy as closely as possible by providing botha simulated medical instrument, and tactile and visual feedback as the simulated procedure is performed on the simulated patient. Particularly preferred features include a multi-path solution for virtual navigation in a complex anatomy, the simulation of the effect of the beating heart on the urethra as it crosses the illiac vessel, and the simulated operation of a guidewire within the urethra In addition, the system and method optionally and more preferably incorporate the effect of dynamic contrast injection of dye into the urethra for fluoroscopy. The injection of such dye, and the subsequent visualization of the urological organ system in the presence of the endoscope, must be accurately simulated in terms of accurate visual feedback. Thus, the system and method provide a complete solution to the complex and difficult problem of training students in urological endoscopy procedures.
The invention discloses a driverless vehicle environment simulation test system. The system comprises an environment simulationsystem and a test system; the environment simulation system is used for establishing a real road environment model for a driverless vehicle and simulating the real road environment for the driverless vehicle; during test, the real road environment model for the driverless vehicle is converted into a task form file, and the task form file is input to a driverless vehicle-mounted control computer, wherein the task form file consists of three-dimensional world geodetic system1984 (WGS84) coordinates of each guide point of a driverless vehicle passing test road section and environmental element codes of the guide points; and the driverless vehicle-mounted control computer sends signals of the three-dimensional WGS84 coordinates of each guide point of the driverless vehicle passing test road section and the environmental element codes of the guide points to a tester held multifunctional box through a vehicle-mounted antenna in the test process, and the tester held multifunctional box receives and displays the signals.
A surface electrocardiogram (EKG) is emulated using signals detected by the internal leads of an implanted device. The emulation is performed using a matrix-based technique that separately emulates each of the individual signals of a multiple-lead EKG, rather than merely emulating a single combined EKG. In one example, each of the twelve signals of a standard 12-lead EKG are individually emulated, allowing for separate processing and display. The emulation technique takes into account factors affecting the relative locations of the internal leads, such as respiration and posture, to thereby provide a more accurate emulation. A calibration technique is provided for calibrating the EKG emulation for use with a particular patient and a verification technique is provided for automatically verifying the reliability of the emulation. Any significant loss in emulation reliability is likely caused by lead dislodgment and so automatic detection of possible lead dislodgment is also achieved.
A device to deliver various combinations of scents in rapid succession to a user's nose in conjunction with video graphic images and or sounds. The device consists of an air compressor which forces air through a bank of valves. The valves can be mechanically, electrically or pneumatically actuated. The valves can be of an on / off or proportional flow type. Each valve delivers compressed air to a fragrance holder. The air carries away the scent molecules which have entered the gas phase. This air is then mixed with air from all other fragrance holders, whose inlet valves were open, in the packed column. The final mixture is delivered to the user via nasal tubing and is emitted right below the wearer's nose. Other devices such as a mask covering the nose or a stand, which the user positions their face next to, can be used to deliver the scent to the user. The scent is then drawn away into a scent scrubber. The invention can coordinate the delivery of scents so that they complement video or audiovisual images being displayed. This is done by utilizing a microprocessor or computer controller which receives the electronic output from the music video producing device.
The invention discloses a satellite-borne remote sensor radiation calibration method based on atmospheric parameter remote sensing retrieval. The method includes nine steps. A surface reflectance is obtained through ground synchronous actual measurement during satellite crossing or historical data, imaging time and observation geometry parameters are obtained through remote sensing data head files, atmospheric parameters during imaging of synchronous crossing meteorological satellite sensors or related load retrieval remote sensors are utilized, the entrance pupilradiance of the remote sensors is calculated by an atmospheric radiation transmission model according to retrieval results of the atmospheric parameters, a calibration coefficient is calculated through a radiation calibration model, and thereby the on-orbitradiation calibration for a satellite-borne remote sensor is achieved. The satellite-borne remote sensor radiation calibration method based on the atmospheric parameter remote sensing retrieval is a pixel-level calibration method and has the advantages that the accuracy is high, the costs are low, simultaneously, the high frequency calibration can be achieved, historical remote sensing data can be calibrated, and the method has a wide application prospect to remote sensing dataprocessing methods and application technical fields.
The present invention provides an emulation system having a control system that allows the testing of a satellitecontrol system with all of its hardware in place, i.e. fully integrated. The emulation methodology is applicable to the case of either a rigid spacecraft or a flexible spacecraft, provided that the spacecraft's sensors and actuators are stowed to the rigid part of spacecraft in the case of a flexible spacecraft. Practically, the latter condition is not restrictive, as the actuators and sensors are usually placed rigidly in the satellitebus, while the satellite solar panels constitute the flexible elements. The control system is used to tune the mass properties and dynamic behaviour of a rigid ground-spacecraft in a 1-G environment to those of a flight-spacecraft in 0-G. A six-axis force / moment sensor is placed at an interface of the ground-spacecraft and a manipulator. Signals received from the force / moment sensor, and in some cases signals relating to the position and velocity of manipulator joints, are received into the control system.
A method of emulating the human brain with its thought and rationalization processes is presented here, as well as a method of storing human-like thought. The invention provides for inclusion of psychological profiles, experience and societal position in an electronic emulation of the human brain. This permits a realistic human-like response by that emulation to the people and the interactive environment around it.
A simulation device of an entire natural gashydrate exploitation process includes a high pressure reaction kettle, a gas-liquid separation device, a hydrate accumulation simulation subsystem simulating a hydrate accumulation process, a hydrate formation drilling simulation subsystem simulating a hydrate formation drilling process, a hydrate exploitation simulation subsystem simulating a hydrate decomposition and gas production process, and a produced gas collecting and processing simulation subsystem simulating a produced gas collecting and processing process. A method for simulating an entire natural gas hydrate exploitation process includes a hydrate accumulation process, a hydrate formation drilling process, a hydrate exploitation process and a produced gas collecting and processing process. With this simulation device and method, the external environment can be truly simulated, so that the authenticity and accuracy are better, and the entire natural gas hydrate exploitation process is continuously simulated and comprehensively evaluated to provide guidance for natural gas hydrate exploitation.
A system, method and computer program for simulating vehicle energy use is provided. The system comprises a server, an energy modeling tool is linked to a server and generates energy consumption data that provides an energy consumption function of a vehicle under consideration. The data logging tool is linked to test vehicles and collects drive cycle data from real-world driving conditions. The data logging tool then communicates the drive cycle data to the server over a network. The fleet management tool is also linked to the server and combines the energy consumption data with the drive cycle data to estimate the energy use of a vehicle under consideration.
A proportional force input apparatus for an electronic device includes a mechanism operable by a user of the electronic device, such as a stylus inserted into a spring-loaded socket of the device. The mechanism provides a tactile feedback to the user proportional to a force applied by the user. A variable strength sensor detects the force applied by the user to the mechanism and converts this to an electrical signal proportional to the force applied by the user. A processor operates to input the electric signal from the variable strength sensor and provide force information to an application running on the electronic device. Optionally, a second sensor can detect rotation of the stylus. As a result, a stylus can be used to provide vector information to an application such as a game.
A training method and apparatus to train a call assistant to operate a telephone relaysystem for the hearing impaired that uses a re-voicing technique to produce near real-time transcription of a telephone conversation for display on a caption telephone or other device. The invention simulates an actual relay call as realistically as possible and produces a report on the skill of the particular call assistant being trained.
The invention discloses a thermal mechanical fatigue test system for a hollow air-cooled turbine blade, which includes a loading subsystem, a heating subsystem, an air cooling subsystem, a water cooling subsystem and a controlling subsystem, wherein the loading subsystem vertically clamps the turbine blade; the heating subsystem is horizontally placed in the middle part of the loading subsystem for heating the turbine blade; the air cooling subsystem is horizontally arranged and connected with the loading subsystem through a pipeline; the water cooling subsystem is horizontally arranged and connected with the loading subsystem and the heating subsystem through the pipeline; and the controlling subsystem is arranged at the upper part of the heating subsystem and connected with the loading subsystem, the heating subsystem and the air cooling subsystem through a cable. The thermal mechanical fatigue test system is used for simulating the working stress field, the temperature field and the loading spectrum of the examination cross section of the hollow air-cooled turbine blade. The thermal mechanical fatigue test system satisfactorily overcomes the difficulty for simulating the working stress field, the temperature field and the loading spectrum of the examination cross section of the hollow air-cooled turbine blade, and provides the technical basis and the safety guarantee for the safe and reliable working of the aero engine.
A sports simulationsystem includes a projectile tracking apparatus having a display surface on which a visually apparent three-dimensional sports scene is presented. The projectile tracking apparatus captures images of a projectile tracking region disposed in front of the display surface to detect a launched projectile traveling through the projectile tracking region towards the display surface. At least one processing stage communicates with the projectile tracking apparatus and is responsive to the data received from camera devices to determine the three-dimensional positions, velocity, acceleration and spin of a detected projectile traveling through the projectile tracking region. The determined three-dimensional positions, velocity, acceleration and spin are used by the at least one processing stage to calculate a trajectory of the launched projectile into the visually apparent three-dimensional sports scene. Updated image data is generated by the at least one processing stage that includes a simulation of the launched projectile into the visually apparent three-dimensional sports scene following the calculated trajectory. A projection unit coupled to the at least one processing stage receives the image data from the at least one processing stage and presents the visually apparent three-dimensional sports scene, including the simulation, on the display surface.
When the convey behavior of a flexible medium conveyed in a conveying path is analyzed by simulation, a design support apparatus of this invention executes 1) processing for approximating a nip on a model to an actual nip, 2) processing for matching a feature point of a drive chart with a calculation step upon making a numerical calculation for solving a motion of a flexible medium using the drive chart, and 3) processing for reflecting velocity variations due to deformation of a convey roller pair, thus implementing a simulation with high accuracy. When the design support apparatus of this invention is used, even a designer who does not have expert knowledge on simulation can analyze the convey behavior of the flexible medium conveyed in the conveying path with relatively higher accuracy.
In order to design on-chip interconnect structures in a flexible way, a CAD approach is advocated in three dimensions, describing high frequency effects such as current redistribution due to the skin-effect or eddy currents and the occurrence of slow-wave modes. The electromagnetic environment is described by a scalar electric potential and a magnetic vector potential. These potentials are not uniquely defined, and in order to obtain a consistent discretization scheme, a gauge-transformation field is introduced. The displacement current is taken into account to describe current redistribution and a small-signal analysis solution scheme is proposed based upon existing techniques for static fields in semiconductors. In addition methods and apparatus for refining the mesh used for numerical analysis is described.
A process controlsystemsimulation technique performs real-time simulation of an actual process control network as that network is running within a process plant in a manner that is synchronized with the operation of the actual process control network. This real-time, synchronized simulationsystem includes a simulation process control network and a process model which are automatically updated periodically during the operation of the actual process control network to reflect changes made to the process control network, as well as to account for changes in the plant itself, i.e., changes which require an updated process model. The disclosed simulation system provides for more readily accessible and usable simulation activities, as the process control network and the process models used within the simulation system are synchronized with and up-to-date with respect to the current process operating conditions. Moreover, this simulation system is more accurate as it uses process models developed from the current state of the process whenever the simulation system beings to perform a simulation. Still further, the disclosed simulation system is easy to operate, as it uses the same user interface applications as the actual process control network and can be initialized and used at any time during operation the process plant without any significant configuration or set-up activities.