82 results about "Finger length" patented technology

Various x-y input devices are disclosed that are adapted to allow a user to hold and operate the input device with a stress-reducing, open grip posture with the thumb pointing forward and on top of the device. One preferred embodiment discloses an input device for a computer comprising an x-y input sensor (such as a touchpad) positioned perpendicular to the thumb such that the user provides input with the thumb tip by using pivotal movement of the thumb. Various stress-reducing zero force touch switches are disclosed including zero force touch switches that can be adjusted to accommodate variations in user finger length. The mode of x-y cursor control can be altered through the use of x-y input sensor perimeter inputs. One preferred embodiment discloses a thumb actuated scroll select touch switch that alters the response to actuation of the finger actuated zero force touch switches from mouse button input to scroll wheel input. A unique fin-shaped feature of one preferred embodiment stabilizes the device within the relaxed hand and adapts the device to fit a range of user hand sizes.

The present invention provides a gesture recognition device which can accurately recognize a user's gesture in a free space with a simple configuration, and which is mounted on a processing unit and which causes the processing unit to execute an operation corresponding to the recognized gesture. The gesture recognition device (1000) comprises a palm centroid determining unit (30) for determining centroid of a palm, a palm area determining unit (40) for determining the area of a palm, a finger length / angle determining unit (50) for calculating length of finger by obtaining the length between the centroid and the fingertips and for calculating the angles formed by lines connecting the centroid and the fingertips, and a gesture identifying unit (60) for identifying the gesture by the combination of the variation of the centroid of the palm, the change of the palm area, the change of length between the centroid and the fingertips and the change of angles formed by the lines connecting the centroid and the fingertips.

The present invention provides a radio frequency switch and a radio frequency module having excellent distortion characteristics without causing a further insertion loss and a greater chip size. The radio frequency switch includes: input-output terminals which are for inputting and outputting a radio frequency signal; a basic switching unit provided between two of the input-output terminals; and a control terminal which receives a control voltage for controlling conduction and interruption of the basic switching unit. The basic switching unit includes field effect transistors (FETs) connected in multiple stages, each of the FETs being a meandered FET having a meandered gate electrode, and among the FETs, one of the FETs has a finger length shorter than finger lengths of rest of the FETs, the one of the FETs electrically located closest to one of the input-output terminals.

There is a digit splint for treating injury to a finger 12. The splint includes a plurality of position adjustable segments 1A, 1B, 1C arranged end-to-end on a connecting linkage 2, 3 to form an elongated support securable along the dorsal or ventral surfaces of the finger. The segments are slidable on the linkage relative to one another in the longitudinal direction so that the splint can be adjusted to suit different finger lengths. The connecting linkage is deformable to put the finger in flexion for a phalangeal fracture or extension for a mallet finger injury.

Operating a game controller to identify a user by receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive pad of the game controller that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input corresponds to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the game controller and transmitted to a game console via a communications interface of the game controller for processing of the at least partially processed touch pad input to identify the user via pattern recognition. At least partially processing the touch pad input can be by identifying at least one finger orientation, at least one finger spacing, at least one finger width, a plurality of finger knuckle / joint locations, and / or a plurality of finger lengths based upon the touch pad input.

Operating a remote control to identify a user by receiving touch pad input from at least one touch sensitive element of the remote control that has a plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input corresponds to the user's touch of at least some of the plurality of touch sensitive elements. The touch pad input is at least partially processed by processing circuitry of the remote control and transmitted to a multimedia system console via a communications interface of the remote control for processing of the at least partially processed touch pad input to identify the user via pattern recognition. At least partially processing the touch pad input can be by identifying at least one finger orientation, at least one finger spacing, at least one finger width, a plurality of finger knuckle / joint locations, and / or a plurality of finger lengths based upon the touch pad input.

The invention discloses a method for using human body palm biology information to identify identities, and relates to an identity identification method. The method for using the human body palm biology information to identify the identities includes following steps: a, collecting images of palm veins and finger outlines: collecting the images of the palm veins and the finger outlines through photographing once under 850nm near infrared light; b, extracting the lengths and the widths of a little finger, an index finger, a middle finger and a ring finger from the images, calculating relative information between the length and the width of each finger, and using the relative information as four finger outline feature information; c, positioning an area which the palm veins are interesting in, and extracting palm vein information so as to form palm vein feature information; d, identifying matching. The method for using the human body palm biology information to identify the identities solves the problem that identification accuracy is influenced due to the fact that the palm veins of a small quantity of crowds are poor in definition by adding finger outline features convenient to obtain, and furthermore meets requirements for single biology feature identification accuracy by using the palm vein information in a human body, which is high in security and high in user acceptance level, to identify the personal identities.

A system and method are provided for scanning all or part of a hand print for one or more hands positioned on a non-planar portion of a prism. The non-planar portion can be symmetrical about an axis of symmetry of the prism. Typically, a palm pocket, writer's palm, or the like, is hard to capture on a flat surface. In contrast, the non-planar portion of the prism according to embodiments of the present invention provides a form so that the palm pocket, writer's palm, or the like, can be captured. Hand and / or finger characteristic data can also be captured, for example hand geometry (e.g., finger lengths and spacing between fingers). The prism can also include a positioning device (e.g., a hand-locating feature) than can be used to position a hand based on a point between a thumb and an index finger, between any other two fingers, a full hand on one side of the alignment device, both hands with each hand on either side of the alignment device, or to capture writer's palm and / or writer's palm and fingertip images.

A glove is provided with stretchable zones or sections on the finger portions of the glove to allow adjustable form fitted receipt of a wearer's fingers, while conforming to varying finger lengths of different wearers so that the glove finger portions do not extend beyond the tips of the wearer's fingers.

A dynamic splint assembly for a hand includes a forearm support section configured to abut the dorsal side of a forearm and span a wrist; and a hand support section connected to the forearm support section. The hand support section is configured to abut the dorsal side of the hand including the dorsal side of the length of a finger. The hand support section comprises a resilient material that, in response to bending, such as during flexion of the finger, generates a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby the finger in flexion is urged toward extension. The forearm support section, in contrast, does not generate, in response to bending, a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby a wrist may be selectively oriented in one of many fixed dispositions having varying degrees of flexion and extension relative to a forearm.

An acoustic wave element includes an IDT electrode in contact with a piezoelectric material and including a plurality of electrode fingers, which include first and second electrode fingers that adjoin each other in an acoustic wave propagation direction and that connect to different potentials and a first dummy electrode finger facing the first electrode finger via a gap located on an outer side in an electrode finger length direction of the first electrode finger. At an area near the gap, first protrusions are provided in at least one of the first electrode finger and the first dummy electrode finger, the first protrusion protruding in the acoustic wave propagation direction from at least one of side edges of the at least one of the first electrode finger and the first dummy electrode finger. The acoustic wave element has greatly improved resonance characteristics of a resonance frequency and prevents short-circuit failure between electrode fingers and degradation in insulation properties.

An electro-acoustic transducer for a component operating with surface waves, in particular for a surface wave filter, in which, to suppress interfering excitation ensuing in the gap region adjacent an end of a finger, a variation of the gaps is implemented with regard to at least one feature selected from transversal arrangement, size and shape. Due to the slight dimension change of the position of the gap in comparison to the finger length, the desired primary excitation in the transducer remains approximately unchanged, however the interfering excitation is displaced or divided, and made ineffectual.

The invention provides a functional rehabilitation robot based on flexible cable-driven hand movement. The functional rehabilitation robot is composed of a driving unit and an execution unit connected with the driving unit; the execution unit comprises a metacarpophalangeal joint unit module for driving the finger root joints to move, a proximal interphalangeal joint unit module for driving the finger middle joints to move and a distal interphalangeal joint unit module for driving the finger end joints to move, and the driving unit comprises three sets of driving modules which work independently, have the completely same structure and correspondingly drive the metacarpophalangeal joint unit module, the proximal interphalangeal joint unit module and the distal interphalangeal joint unit module. According to the functional rehabilitation robot, not only can the three freedom degrees of the fingers except for the thumb and the movement angles of all the joints be met, but also a serial elastic driver is introduced, and therefore precise control over the joint moment is guaranteed; in addition, most parts are made through 3D printing, the weight of the acting fingers is greatly decreased on the premise that the strength is guaranteed; furthermore, the robot adapts to the individual difference of the finger length within a certain range.

The invention discloses a finger grasp rehabilitation training device. The finger grasp rehabilitation training device is characterized in that a detection device comprises a torque sensor and an encoder, wherein the torque sensor is used for detecting torque positions when fingers are subjected to grasp training, and the encoder is mounted on a motor and used for detecting torque when the fingers are subjected to grasp training. The finger grasp rehabilitation training device has the advantages that the finger grasp rehabilitation training device integrates rehabilitation training with patient movement state detection and is capable of evaluating rehabilitation training progress and rehabilitation training effects effectively; active training and passive training of finger grasp can be achieved; different finger lengths are compensated by different finger sliders to enable the tail end of a finger mechanism to be on the same plane, and accordingly mechanism design is simplified; by moving in sliding grooves with different inclination angles, the fingers can be closed during grasp and can be spread during spreading; the finger grasp rehabilitation training device is capable of simulating normal grasping and spreading movements of a human body most effectively to improve rehabilitation effects, thereby being applicable to hemiplegia patients in the early, intermediate and advanced stages and being high in applicability.

A dynamic splint assembly for a hand includes a forearm support section configured to abut the dorsal side of a forearm and span a wrist; and a hand support section connected to the forearm support section. The hand support section is configured to abut the dorsal side of the hand including the dorsal side of the length of a finger. The hand support section comprises a resilient material that, in response to bending, such as during flexion of the finger, generates a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby the finger in flexion is urged toward extension. The forearm support section, in contrast, does not generate, in response to bending, a continuous restoring force in opposition to such bending, whereby a wrist may be selectively oriented in one of many fixed dispositions having varying degrees of flexion and extension relative to a forearm.

The invention discloses finger movement function rehabilitation apparatus driven by shape memory alloy wires, and belongs to the field of finger rehabilitation. The apparatus is composed of the shapememory alloy wires, ropes, an alloy wire connecting terminal, an inner-layer fabric, an outer-layer fabric, range extending mechanism supports, rings, and other parts. When the shape memory alloy wires are powered on, the temperature rises under the current heat effect to generate phase changes, the contraction is generated, then the ropes are pulled, and fingers are driven to bend and stretch. The fabrics on the inner layer and the outer layer have good elasticity, and the tightness degree of the whole fabric can be adjusted in cooperation with Velcro on an arm. In addition, a proper amount of silica gel is placed between each layer of fabric to improve the wearing comfort of the apparatus. A length of the alloy wires extending out of the connecting terminal at the tail end is adjusted toadapt to different finger lengths, so that the requirement of ergonomics is better met. The three Velcro are located on the wrist, the forearm close to the elbow, and the big arm close to the elbow respectively. The three Velcro can enable the rehabilitation apparatus to be better attached to the shape of the arm of the human body, so that range extending mechanisms more efficiently use the phasechange contraction of the SMA wires to drive the fingers to bend and stretch, and thereby the better rehabilitation effect is achieved.

The invention discloses a method for adjusting the display appearance of a keyboard interface displayed on a touch display unit according to the finger length of a user, the relative position of fingers and the habitual keyboard operation gestures. The method comprises the following steps of: (A) detecting a first touch press on a start reference point of the touch display unit; (B) detecting a second touch press on a first position different from the start reference point; (C) detecting a moving track on the touch display unit; (D) calculating the key space and key size parameter of the keyboard interface according to the relative position relationship between the start reference point and the first position; (E) calculating the bending curvature and bending mode of the keyboard interface according to the displacement direction and distance of the moving track; and (F) adjusting the display appearance of the keyboard interface according to the key space, key size parameters, the bending curvature and the bending mode.

A dust shroud having a shroud body with a vacuum port and a tool connection, the shroud body including a top wall and at least one side wall extending downwardly from about a perimeter of the top wall that defines a dust receiving opening, the shroud body having a top wall opening and the tool connection including a flexible fitting with a flexible fitting base joined to the top wall and extending within the top wall opening, the flexible fitting including a plurality of flexible fingers with a base finger portion and an outer finger portion that extends away from top wall and is selectively with a mounting point of the hand held tool and the flexible fingers allowing selective controlled relative movement between the dust shroud and the hand held tool, the fingers having a finger spacing between adjacent flexible fingers and the outwardly extending flexible fingers having a finger length between the top wall and the distal finger end that is greater than 0.75 inches allowing for selective adjustment and relative movement between the dust shroud and the associated hand held grinder.

Various arrangements for customizing a configuration of a mobile device are presented. The mobile device may collect proximity data. The mobile device may determine that a user has gripped the mobile device based on the proximity data. A finger length of the user may be determined using the proximity data. Configuration of the mobile device may be customized at least partially based on the determined finger length of the user

The invention relates to a national wind instrument. The national wind instrument comprises pipe bodies, wherein sound holes are arranged on the pipe bodies, the pipe bodies comprise head pipes and adjustment pipes, the head pipes and the adjustment pipes are movably connected, the two sections of pipe bodies can relatively rotate along an axis, the sound holes comprise an adjustable sound hole, and the adjustable sound hole is arranged on the adjustment pipes. The national wind instrument is at least provided with one sound hole the position of which can be adjusted to adapt to players with different habits and adapt to players with the same habits but different finger lengths so as to ensure that the same musical instrument adapts to any player to use, therefore, the use habits, the finger lengths, and the like of the players is not needed to be specially considered in production, batch production can be realized, and the cost is reduced.

A finger length a1 of a transistor P11 is longer than a finger length A1 of a transistor P1, and a finger length b1 of a transistor N11 is longer than a finger length B1 of a transistor N1. The finger length b1 of the transistor N11 is shorter than the finger length A1 of the transistor P1, and the relation: a1>A1>b1>B1 is established. In a relation between an I / O section and a logic circuit section, as for MOS transistor of the same conductive type, a finger length of a MOS transistor constituting the logic circuit section is set so as to be longer than a finger length of a MOS transistor constituting the I / O section.

The invention provides a method for human-computer interaction regulation of a mobile intelligent terminal, a device and an electronic device, in particular to a keyboard adjustment method applied toan intelligent mobile terminal input method, you can adjust the keyboard size and position by zooming and translating two fingers. After the user opens the input method, the corresponding keyboard operation adjustment mode is started by pressing the keyboard area with the double finger length, the zoom of the input area is controlled by the relative movement of the double finger, and the locking position of the virtual keyboard is determined by the fixed movement of the double finger after zooming to a satisfactory degree of the user. This operation is simple, intuitive, with a strong sense ofdesign and fun, improves the user experience, saves the user's time.

The invention discloses a solar cell module with high photoelectric conversion efficiency. A solar cell panel comprises a first type of solar cell and a second type of solar cell, wherein the polarities of front electrodes of light receiving surfaces of the first type of solar cell and the second type of solar cell are opposite; a first electrode finger structure is formed at one side of the front electrode of the first type of solar cell, a second electrode groove structure is formed on the front electrode at one side, near the first type of solar cell, of the second type of solar cell, the first electrode finger structure is complementary with the second electrode groove structure, the finger length of the first electrode finger structure is greater than the groove length of the second electrode groove structure, and the first electrode finger structure of the first type of solar cell is electrically connected with the second electrode groove structure of the second type of solar cell. The solar cell module has the advantages that the problems of decreasing of photoelectric conversion efficiency and complicated serial turnover are solved when the conductive material is electrically connected with the solar cell, and the output power is flexibly improved.

The invention discloses a time widget and a realizing method thereof; the second hand zone of the time widget is presented as an overall circular ring concentrically arranged with the hour hand minute hand zone, wherein the circular ring is formed by a plurality of indicating fingers arranged at equal intervals, all indicating fingers are radially arranged along the circular ring, and inner extension lines of all indicating fingers respectively intersect in the central point of the circular ring; the second hand zone also comprises a second hand indication zone, wherein the indicating finger length in the second hand indication zone is longer than the indicating finger length of other areas in the second hand zone, the prolonged portion of the indicating finger in the second hand indication zone is located between the hour hand minute hand zone and the second hand zone, and the position of the second hand indication zone on the circular ring can change along the revolution of the vernier type second hand; the second hand zone employs the second hand indication zone having position changing with the revolution of the vernier type second hand, so the second hand indication zone will shift along the vernier revolution, thus enhancing second hand visibility, and improving user experience; the time widget is beautiful and accurate, and uses a little system resource.