75 results about "Gait phase" patented technology

A method of matching a pose of a synthesized representation of a human or animal body to a captured image of that human or animal body is provided, which can be used to generate a graphical model of the body when disposed on a plane, such as a synthesized model of a football player on a field of play. The method includes receiving the captured image data, determining from the captured image data a plurality of limb position estimates, each position estimate corresponding to an amount by which limbs of the body are separated with respect to each other and deriving from the plurality of limb positions an estimated gait phase of the body. The estimated gait phase is then applied to a basis gait model in order to provide an estimated pose of the body, the basis gait model comprising data which defines a displacement of the limbs or parts thereof with respect to a gait cycle period. The estimated pose is then matched to that of the synthesized representation of the body.

A product, e.g. an insole for a shoe, fitting onto a person's foot sole based on a platform (SM) of a flexible and electrically isolating material. Multiple stimulation electrodes (S1, S2, S3) with adhesive stimulation areas of at least 1 cm<2> are spatially distributed on the platform (SM). A conducting and adhesive ground plane electrode (G) with at least an area of 10 times a stimulation electrode area is arranged for contacting the person's foot. An electric interface (I) comprising a plug or socket with externally accessible electrical connectors to allow external individual electrical access to the plurality of stimulation electrode areas (S1, S2, S3) and to the ground plane electrode (G). The electric interface is capable of handling at least a voltage of 200 V, preferably 400 V. Such product is suited for reflex-based gait therapy, where the person's withdrawal reflex is triggered by a painful stimulation of the person's foot sole. Many distributed stimulation electrodes allow individual fitting for optimal stimulation, and low cost sensors built into the product may be used to provide feedback regarding the gait phase, i.e. the product is a one-time use insole suited for easy and hygienic gait therapy in a clinic.

This invention relates generally to footwear and methods for making the same, and more particularly to an athletic shoe with a reactive midsole. In one aspect of the invention, the midsole provides a continuously increasing offset between a heel center of pressure and a ball-of-foot center of pressure between the loading and a toe off gait phases.

The invention relates to a gait analysis method based on a plantar pressure. The gait analysis method comprises the steps of: (1) collecting plantar pressure signals through four pressure sensors; (2) carrying out gait phase analysis for the collected plantar pressure signals, comparing the total value of pressures collected by the four pressure sensors with a preset threshold value, the planta is in a swing phase when the total value of the pressures collected by the four pressure sensors is less than the preset threshold value, otherwise, the planta is in a supporting phase; (3) judging whether the gait phase analysis result is switched with the previous gait phase analysis result or not according to the plantar pressure signals, and entering into the next step at the point in time if the switching of gait phases happens; (4) carrying out an lower limb movement mode analysis based on the gait phases within the switching time of the gait phases; and (5) judging whether the gait analysis needs to be stopped or not according to a lower limb movement mode analysis result, and returning to the step (1) if not. The gait analysis method based on the plantar pressure, disclosed by the invention, can supply abundant human body movement information for the control of intelligent lower artificial limbs, and can be widely applied to the field of gait mode recognition.