295 results about "Coordinated movement" patented technology

A computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows.

A device for delivering and deploying a radially expandable prosthesis is disclosed and comprises a proximal prosthesis release mechanism having a first resistance and a distal prosthesis release mechanism having a second resistance. The device further comprises an actuation mechanism for actuating the distal and proximal release mechanisms in a single coordinated movement and a biasing compensator for regulating the relationship between the first resistance and the second resistance. Additional aspects of the invention include devices and methods for delivering and deploying a radially expandable prosthesis.

A computer system is used to host a virtual reality universe process in which multiple avatars are independently controlled in response to client input. The host provides coordinated motion information for defining coordinated movement between designated portions of multiple avatars, and an application responsive to detect conditions triggering a coordinated movement sequence between two or more avatars. During coordinated movement, user commands for controlling avatar movement may be in part used normally and in part ignored or otherwise processed to cause the involved avatars to respond in part to respective client input and in part to predefined coordinated movement information. Thus, users may be assisted with executing coordinated movement between multiple avatars.

A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive exercise to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the ankle, and to practice balance activities, is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes at least one two degree-of-freedom robotic, haptic interface for a mammalian foot and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a controller, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.

A spray apparatus includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets, and a turbine carried for rotary movement within the housing under fluid flow from the fluid inlet to one or more of the fluid outlets. An integrating member is preferably operatively coupled to the turbine for oscillatory movement relative to the housing under rotary movement of the turbine, and a plurality of tubes are each disposed in one of the fluid outlets for dispensing fluid from the housing. At least a subset of the plurality of tubes are operatively-coupled to the integrating member for coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in the respective plurality of fluid outlets.

A spray apparatus comprises a housing having a fluid inlet, a plurality of tubes for dispensing fluid from the housing, and an integrating member operatively coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of tubes for effecting coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in response to movement of the integrating member. An actuator, such as a turbine or an adjustable control ring, is employed for inducing movement of the integrating member. The dispensing tubes may be flexible so as to allow for easy adjustment of the fluid-dispensing direction or shape by the application of a lateral force at one or more locations along the length of the tubes. The flexibility also facilitates amplified direction / shape changes (compared to rigid dispensing tubes) in the dispensed fluid streams, e.g., when the tubes are subjected to a lateral force on one side and an opposing pivoting force (axially offset from the lateral force) on the other side.

A coordinated action robotic system may include a plurality of robotic vehicles, each including a platform and at least one manipulator movable relative thereto. The robotic system may also include a remote operator control station that may include a respective controller for each manipulator. The remote operator control station may also include a mapping module to map movement of each manipulator relative to its platform. Operation of the controllers for manipulator movement in a given direction produces corresponding movement of the respective manipulators in the given direction such that the robotic vehicles may be controlled as if they were one robotic vehicle. The coordinated movement may result in increased operational efficiency, increased operational dexterity, and increased ease of controlling the robotic vehicles.

A device for delivering and deploying a radially expandable prosthesis is disclosed and comprises a proximal prosthesis release mechanism having a first resistance and a distal prosthesis release mechanism having a second resistance. The device further comprises an actuation mechanism for actuating the distal and proximal release mechanisms in a single coordinated movement and a biasing compensator for regulating the relationship between the first resistance and the second resistance. Additional aspects of the invention include devices and methods for delivering and deploying a radially expandable prosthesis.

An adjustable steering column assembly includes a steering column with an outer jacket moveable along an axis. An instrument panel is coupled to the outer jacket. An instrument panel hood is connected to the instrument panel and the outer jacket. A support bracket includes a pair of support arms including flanges, with a first mounting component and a second mounting component connected to the flanges. The outer jacket is slideably coupled to the first mounting component and the instrument panel is slideably coupled to the second mounting component. The support bracket is pivotable about a pivot axis between an upper limit and a lower limit. A spring is attached to the support bracket for biasing the support bracket toward the upper limit. Coordinated movement between the instrument panel and the outer jacket is possible and the load from the instrument panel is diverted from the outer jacket to the support bracket.

The invention discloses a potential game-based multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative search method. The method comprises steps: 1, modeling of a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative search problem is carried out; 2, potential game modeling for a multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative motion and potential game solution in a double log-linear learning method are carried out; 3, a probability map is updated according to sensor detection information, information fusion is carried out on the updated probability map, and a target existence probability is acquired; and 4, uncertainty is updated according to the target existence probability, and multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative search is carried out. The method of the invention can realize multi-unmanned aerial vehicle cooperative search, and comprises steps of cooperative motion based on the potential game, updating of the probability map, information fusion and the like, and due to the self distributed control mode, the calculation is simple, the robustness is strong, and external disturbance can be effectively handled.

A coordinated action robotic system may include a plurality of robotic vehicles, each including a platform and at least one manipulator movable relative thereto. The robotic system may also include a remote operator control station that may include a respective controller for each manipulator. The remote operator control station may also include a mapping module to map movement of each manipulator relative to its platform. Operation of the controllers for manipulator movement in a given direction produces corresponding movement of the respective manipulators in the given direction such that the robotic vehicles may be controlled as if they were one robotic vehicle. The coordinated movement may result in increased operational efficiency, increased operational dexterity, and increased ease of controlling the robotic vehicles.

A system for controlling the loading of grain in a grain bag is described. The system includes a grain cart, a tractor attached to the grain cart, and a grain bagger with an attached grain bag. The grain bagger further comprises a steering and steering control systems and a braking and braking control system. A hopper connected to the grain bagger receives grain from an auger connected with the hopper and auger and defines a loading position in which a distal end of the auger is positioned relative to the hopper such that grain transfers from the auger into the hopper. A controller provides velocity and steering commands to the tractor and a coordinated movement system connected to the controller receives position information as to the auger and hopper and provides course adjusting information so as to maintain the auger and hopper in the loading position.

A user interface alerts an operator of the lead vehicle if the follower vehicle location is within a predefined radius of the lead vehicle location and a predetermined angular difference with respect to a heading of the lead vehicle. A user interface response mechanism is configured such that the operator can accept or reject jointly coordinated movement of the lead vehicle and follower vehicle for unloading the lead vehicle during an unloading period. The first wireless communications device is adapted to transmit an alignment data message to the follower vehicle to maintain a target offset between the lead vehicle and the follower vehicle, where the target offset is based on a first vehicle identifier of the follower vehicle, a second vehicle identifier of the lead vehicle, and preset target offset stored in at data storage device associated with the lead vehicle.

A computing device runs multiple activities concurrently and provides at least two modes for interacting with the activities. The user may toggle between the modes as desired. In a full-screen mode, one activity occupies substantially an entire display screen. In a windowed mode, the activity is visible within a window, and a portion of at least one other window is also visible. In the windowed mode, the user can cause windows to move, thereby changing focus from one activity to another. For example, the window having focus can be moved off the screen, to be replaced by a new window that is then given focus. The windows are ordered in a sequence and move in concert with one another; pushing one window off one edge of the screen causes a new window to appear at the opposite edge. A persistent positional relationship can be established among windows.

A spray apparatus includes a housing having a fluid inlet and a plurality of fluid outlets, and a turbine carried for rotary movement within the housing under fluid flow from the fluid inlet to one or more of the fluid outlets. An integrating member is preferably operatively coupled to the turbine for oscillatory movement relative to the housing under rotary movement of the turbine, and a plurality of tubes are each disposed in one of the fluid outlets for dispensing fluid from the housing. At least a subset of the plurality of tubes are operatively-coupled to the integrating member for coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in the respective plurality of fluid outlets.

The invention discloses a redundancy dual-mechanical-arm multi-index coordinate exercise planning method. The method includes the steps that (1) based on a target problem, quadric form prioritization schemes are adopted for an upper computer to conduct inverse kinematics analysis on double mechanical arms on the speed layer, designed performance indexes are formed by the weighted array of three indexes including a minimum velocity two-norm, repeating motion and a minimum velocity infinite norm, and the performance indexes are limited to the kinematical equations, the joint angle extremities and the joint angle velocity extremities of the double mechanical arms correspondingly; (2) the quadric form prioritization schemes of the double mechanical arms in the step (1) are converted into standard quadratic programming problems; (3) the quadratic programming problems of the double mechanical arms in the step (2) are unified into one quadratic programming problem; (4) the unified quadratic programming problem in the step (3) is solved with a simplified original dual neural network solver based on the linear variational inequality; and (5) a solving result in the step (4) is transmitted to a lower computer controller to drive the double mechanical arms to move.

Many athletic endeavors require focus on a moving object and subsequent coordination of bodily movement either in response to movement of the object or in an attempt to manipulate the object. Coordinated movement of the head and eyes can be improved through training when errors in gaze / head movement-coordination are identified. There exists a need for systems and methods capable of tracking and coordinating change in position of, for example, the head relative to a participant's gaze, and then to provide feedback on a participant's error in tracking moving objects. Exemplary embodiments of the present invention relate to the technology of gaze tracking and more particularly to the application of gaze tracking technology to aid in the development of head-and-eye-movement coordination.

A three-plane-branch six-degree-of-freedom parallel wall-climbing robot mainly comprises a movable platform, a laser gun, three plane branches, a reset mechanism and three traction legs. Each plane branch comprises two telescopic driving legs, the upper end of each driving leg and the movable platform are in composite universal pair connection through a transverse shaft, and the lower end of each driving leg and a permanent magnetic chuck are in composite ball pair connection. The traction legs can stretch out in a rigidity mode, retract in a flexibility mode and swing, the upper end of each traction leg and the movable platform are in ball pair connection, and the lower end of each traction leg and a permanent magnetic chuck are in ball pair connection. The reset mechanism enables the plane branches to be reset through the transverse shafts. Pressing springs enable the traction legs to be reset, all the legs and the permanent magnetic chucks are in coordinated movement, and wall face climbing of magnetic workpieces is achieved. After absorbing and positioning are completed, the absorption capacity of the chucks acts on the movable platform all the time, the wall-climbing robot is changed into a parallel robot, and the movable platform drives the laser gun so that large equipment can be repaired and workpiece defects can be overcome. The three-plane-branch six-degree-of-freedom parallel wall-climbing robot has the advantages of being simple in structure, strong in absorption capacity, flexible to move, simple in control, low in self weight, and capable of achieving the dual functions of quick translation wall climbing and large-load six-degree-of-freedom flexible operation.

The present invention provides an extendable and retractable foot section for a medical examination table whereby the footrest is adapted to extend when the footrest section is raised to its generally horizontal height for use, and alternatively, retract when the footrest section is lowered to its generally vertical position for storage. The coordinated movement of the footrest section is accomplished through the use of a linkage assembly, a slidable footrest section, and a table footrest support frame. Additionally, an actuator is provided to operably cause the linkage assembly to rotate the footrest support frame while simultaneously sliding the footrest.

A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive, upper extremity / hand motor tasks, to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the forearm and hand is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes a two degree-of-freedom (DOF) robotic, upper limb rehabilitation system and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a computer, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.

The invention relates to a double-motor synchronous servo drive device based on DSP. The device comprises a DSP system control module and a motor power drive module which are connected into a whole through a control interface; a digital signal processor of the DSP system control module is connected with a host computer or a control system through a CAN bus interface and an RS232 interface so as to realize real-time communication; the digital signal processor is synchronously connected with a motor code disc through a code disc interface so as to carry out closed-loop control on a motor; a switch power circuit of the motor power drive module supplies power for the motor power drive module through a power interface; an overcurrent protection circuit and a power drive circuit are communicated with the digital signal processor of the DSP system control module through a control interface; and the output of the power drive circuit is connected with the overcurrent protection circuit and is connected with a direct current motor. The double-motor synchronous servo drive device is used for a double-wheel differential type service robot and motor drive and control with synchronous requirement process in order that double motors synchronously drive and control, thereby effectively improving the capacity for synchronous coordinated movement and control precision of double motors.

A spray apparatus comprises a housing having a fluid inlet, a plurality of tubes for dispensing fluid from the housing, and an integrating member operatively coupled to at least a subset of the plurality of tubes for effecting coordinated movement of the coupled tubes in response to movement of the integrating member. An actuator, such as a turbine or an adjustable control ring, is employed for inducing movement of the integrating member. The dispensing tubes may be flexible so as to allow for easy adjustment of the fluid-dispensing direction or shape by the application of a lateral force at one or more locations along the length of the tubes. The flexibility also facilitates amplified direction / shape changes (compared to rigid dispensing tubes) in the dispensed fluid streams, e.g., when the tubes are subjected to a lateral force on one side and an opposing pivoting force (axially offset from the lateral force) on the other side.

An automatic strap chute opening system for use in a strapping machine of the type having an openable, pivotable work surface for supporting a load to be strapped, and a strap chute defining a strap path through which the strapping material is passed. The chute is disposed in part below the surface and is openable to release the strapping material from the chute during the strapping operation. The chute opening system includes a torsional element operably connected to the strap chute for opening and closing the chute and an actuator operably connected to the torsional element. The coordinated movement of the actuator and torsional element corresponds with the opening or closing of the work surface.

A system for controlling the loading of grain in a grain bag is described. The system includes a grain cart, a tractor attached to the grain cart, and a grain bagger with an attached grain bag. The grain bagger further comprises a steering and steering control systems and a braking and braking control system. A hopper connected to the grain bagger receives grain from an auger connected with the hopper and auger and defines a loading position in which a distal end of the auger is positioned relative to the hopper such that grain transfers from the auger into the hopper. A controller provides velocity and steering commands to the tractor and a coordinated movement system connected to the controller receives position information as to the auger and hopper and provides course adjusting information so as to maintain the auger and hopper in the loading position.

A rehabilitation system that combines robotics and interactive gaming to facilitate performance of task-specific, repetitive exercise to enable individuals undergoing rehabilitation to improve the performance of coordinated movements of the ankle, and to practice balance activities, is disclosed. More specifically, the rehabilitation system includes at least one two degree-of-freedom robotic, haptic interface for a mammalian foot and interactive gaming hardware that is coupled to a controller, to provide a virtual reality-like environment.

The invention relates to a multi-joint humanoid massage robot arm, belonging to the field of service robots. The multi-joint humanoid massage robot arm comprises a shoulder joint, an elbow joint and a wrist joint, wherein the shoulder joint with a swinging pair is connected with the elbow joint provided with a turning pair and a swinging pair via an upper arm, and the elbow joint is connected with the wrist joint provided with a turning pair and a swinging pair via a lower arm. The multi-joint humanoid massage robot arm has the advantages of novel, compact and concise structure, small volume, light weight, reliable joint connection, adopted modular design, convenient disassembly, built-in motor lines and sensor lines, and simple and clear transmission relationship, and also has the characteristics of five-DOF (degree of freedom), wide arm movement range, flexibility, high safety and accessibility, flexible double-hand coordinated movement, and wide application range.

The invention discloses a track generating method facing toward complex curved surface processing and a track generating system thereof. The track generating method includes that a to-be-processed complex curved surface is chosen and a standard template library (STL) file is generated; layer dividing direction and layer dividing thickness are determined; group dividing is conducted on a triangular patch; the point of intersection is obtained by an incremental method; a coordinate minimum value point of each section point of intersection gather in the direction of being vertical to the layer dividing direction is found out, another point of intersection of the same triangular patch is searched and connected with the minimum value point, and the process continues until the outline of each tangent plane is obtained and eventually the generating route track is obtained. The track generating system comprises an industrial personal computer (PC), a motion controller, a servo driver and an industrial robot body. The industrial PC generates three-dimensional to-be-processed components into a scattered control point set and transmits the control point set to the motion controller. The motion controller conducts an interpolation calculation on the control point set and outputs pulse trains to the servo driver, and drives the industrial robot body to conduct coordinated movement in a torque control mode. The track generating method facing toward complex curved surface processing and the track generating system thereof have the advantages of small calculation quantity, short calculation time, and high calculation efficiency.

An adjustable orthotic insole and a unique method of implementation has a shell and a sole lifter that is to correct malalignment of lower extremities and other functions such as cushioning, massage, etc are not anticipated. The distribution of ground reaction force is changed due to the orthotic effect of the sole lifter. A user adjusts position and thickness of the sole lifter incessantly until malalignment of lower extremities is restored to optimal alignment symmetrically. The present invention employs a unique method that the sole lifter is always opposite to rear foot lifter. Once the malalignment of lower extremities is corrected by the orthotic insole, the user would be able to maintain good posture and ambulate in ideal gait. Therefore, symmetric and coordinated movements are harmonious with balanced muscle function. The musculoskeletal system would be protected from overuse injury.

A toy drive mechanism having extensions such as leg and neck members covered with a plush covering. The drive mechanism is operative to move the leg, back, and head members in coordinated movements imitating an animal tugging or pulling on a rope. The realistic movement is provided by a series of rotating devices, some on differing axes relative to the drive shaft, and an information processor activated by one or more switches located throughout the body. One switch in particular, located between the neck and head and motivated by a user pulling on the rope in the toy's mouth, will cause the toy to exert a pulling motion accompanied by sound effects.