34 results about "Activity human" patented technology

A system and method for monitoring the activity level of one or more individuals and modifying the behavior of those individuals based on feedback from the activity level monitoring is disclosed. When applying the system and method to hyperactive children in a classroom environment, an activity monitor is attached to each hyperactive child. The activity monitor determines the intensity of the subject's activity at the end of each epoch (approximately every 5 seconds), stores the determined intensity, and compares the determined intensity to an epoch threshold. If the determined intensity exceeds the epoch threshold, the hyperactive child is given vibrotactile feedback by the attached activity monitor. The length of time that the vibrotactile feedback is applied is proportional to the amount the determined epoch intensity exceeds the epoch threshold. When the hyperactive child presses a button on the activity monitor to thereby request session feedback, the session intensity is compared to two different session thresholds, and one of three LEDs on the activity monitor is lit up, depending on where the session intensity is in comparison to the two session thresholds. A base station, either a simple hand-held device or a more complicated desk-top device, is under the control of the teacher and has a wireless communication link with the activity monitors so that information may be downloaded and the activity monitors may be controlled.

An example method for allowing a robot to assist with a task, the task being carried out in an environment including one or more non-human objects each having associated object locations, comprises detecting one or more changes in object locations within the environment, predicting a task requirement (such as a future object location change, or task goal) by comparing the change in the object location with stored data, the stored data including object location changes associated with previously observed tasks; and providing robotic assistance to achieve the task requirement. Example apparatus are also disclosed.

A method and apparatus for monitoring a human activity pattern irrespective of the wearing position of the sensor unit by a user and a direction of the sensor unit are provided. The method for monitoring an inertia movement signal according to a movement of a user using a sensor unit attached to the user; detecting a direction of the sensor unit from the inertia movement signal; detecting a wearing location of the sensor unit by using acceleration and direction; determining the activity pattern of the user from inertia sensors; and delivering physical activity data corresponding to at least one caloric consumption, number of steps, and movement distance.

A system for coordinating the activity of a plurality of humans in teams with a central automated controller having reasoning capability based on a predetermined set of criteria by sending messages to and from each of the humans. The controller processes input from each of the humans in accordance with programmed decision making capability to accomplish predetermined objectives and provide output to at least some of the humans to assess a situation, direct steps in response thereto and coordinate decisions based on a predetermined model and task assessment reasoning to determine the best way to accomplish the predetermined objectives. The coordinator assesses changes to the situation, and makes decisions about the various tasks to be performed and when they are to be begun. Outputs to the humans may be instructions, questions, information and combinations thereof.

A living body monitoring activity system detects major activities, or feeble living body activities. In a method for monitoring existence of human movements or living body activities in living environments (e.g., sleeping activities involving a bed, a Futon-mat, a pad, or a Tatami-mat), an optical fiber type flat shaped body sensor including an optical fiber affixed or fitted to a flat shaped body is used, and light is emitted into the optical fiber from a light source, and changes of polarized wave conditions of light propagating in the optical fiber are brought about by changes in form of the optical fiber type flat shaped body sensor caused by human movements or living body activities and are detected by a measuring apparatus for polarized wave fluctuations so human activities or movements are discriminated based on the detected value of the polarized wave fluctuations.

The invention discloses a two-dimensional runoff restoration method for separating the influences of human activities. The two-dimensional runoff restoration method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing a boundary-pansystems binary automaton model; secondly, determining input, output and internal state elements of a human activity-basin underlayer system; thirdly, calculating the influence quantity of the human activities on basin underlayer conditions; fourthly, obtaining indirect influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff; fifthly, determining input, output and internal state elements of a human activity-runoff system meeting the consistency of the underlayer conditions; sixthly, solving direct influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff on the basis of the constructed system analytic method for separating direct influences of the human activities on the runoff; seventhly, calculating natural runoff volume meeting the consistency of the basin underlayer conditions according to the calculated indirect influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff and the direct influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff. The two-dimensional runoff restoration method has the advantages of simpleness, easiness for operation, high calculation speed, high precision, and comprehensive and scientific calculation result.

The invention discloses a quantitative analysis method for river runoff change caused by climate change and human activities. The method comprises the steps of collecting hydrological and meteorological information, water resource evaluation data and human activity information in a basin, judging a mutation point of an annual runoff process, wherein the part before the mutation point is a natural stage of the basin and the part after the mutation point is an influence stage of the basin, the entire natural runoff sequence is reconstructed by using the hydrological and meteorological information of the natural stage, using hydrological model rating model parameters and then using meteorological information of the whole period, and analyzing the contribution of climate change and human activities to the river runoff change by using the difference between the reconstructed natural runoff and the actually measured runoff. By adopting the quantitative analysis method for river runoff change caused by climate change and human activities, in combination with situations such as hydrological and meteorological factor changes, land use changes and water use in the basin, the binary attribution analysis of the river runoff change caused by climate change and human activities is extended to quaternary attribution analysis of the river runoff change caused by rainfall change, climate change, land use change and water use.