3477 results about "Motion direction" patented technology

In a master-slave manipulator system, manipulation device can be manipulated intuitively even when clutch manipulation is performed. A master-slave manipulator system includes: mode switching device for switching between a master-slave mode, in which the slave manipulator is controlled, and an observation device visual field tracking clutch mode, in which transmission of an operation command to the slave manipulator from the manipulation device is cut off to move the manipulation device to an optional position and orientation; a switching unit control section that reads a signal of the mode switching device to forward a mode signal to the manipulation device control section; and a visual field transform section that forwards a third control command to the manipulator control section and forwards a fourth control command to the visual field change control section on the basis of an operation command read by the manipulation device control section at the time of the observation device visual field tracking clutch mode so as to make an agreement between a direction of motion of an image of the slave manipulator displayed on the display device and a direction of manipulation of the manipulation device.

Systems and methods for haptic feedback effects for control knobs are described. One method comprises the steps of receiving a sensor signal associated with a motion of a manipulandum in a degree of freedom, and determining a direction of the motion of the manipulandum in the degree of freedom based on the sensor signal. The method further comprises outputting a first force signal if the determination indicates that the manipulandum moves in a first direction in the degree of freedom, and outputting a second force signal if the determination indicates that the manipulandum moves in a second direction in the degree of freedom.

Bone length adjustment method and system includes a two-part telescopic device connected to bone parts whose length between the connection points is to be adjusted, with each part of the telescopic device being secured to the bone part, and a rod with an embedded permanent magnet which is in threaded engagement at one or both of its ends with one or both of the parts of the telescopic device. The permanent magnet in the rod is excited by an external solenoid arrangement to cause a radial force to develop at the rod thereby causing it to rotate. Rotation of the rod is converted via the threads at one or both of its ends to axial motion or movement of the telescopic parts relative to each other and thereby causes an increase or decrease in the bone length depending on the direction of axial movement between the telescopic parts.

An ankle joint and a subtalar joint provided in a hindfoot permit closed kinetic chain motion of the foot. The ankle and subtalar joints are preferably formed integrally with the hindfoot by respective struts of resilient material of the hindfoot. An arch in the midfoot creates frontal and sagittal plane motion capabilities. The forefoot includes at least one expansion joint hole extending therethrough between dorsal and plantar surfaces. An expansion joint extends forward from the hole to the anterior edge of the forefoot to form plural expansion struts that create improved biplanar motion capability of the forefoot. Concavities and convexities on the surface of the hindfoot, midfoot and forefoot encourage desired motions and motion directions so that the foot functions and feels like a normal foot to the amputee.

The technology of the 4D-GIS system deploys a GIS-based algorithm used to determine the location of a moving target through registering the terrain image obtained from a Moving Target Indication (MTI) sensor or small Unmanned Aerial Vehicle (UAV) camera with the digital map from GIS. For motion prediction the target state is estimated using an Extended Kalman Filter (EKF). In order to enhance the prediction of the moving target's trajectory a fuzzy logic reasoning algorithm is used to estimate the destination of a moving target through synthesizing data from GIS, target statistics, tactics and other past experience derived information, such as, likely moving direction of targets in correlation with the nature of the terrain and surmised mission.

Movement through multi-dimensional space is simulated using a series of panoramic images which are projected or displayed in sequence. The user's direction of view, that is the selected view window, is maintained as the series of images is projected or displayed. Motion in directions other than forward or reverse is simulated by utilizing "branch" points in the sequence. Each path from a branch point simulates motion in a different direction. Branch points are generally indicated to a viewer by visual indicators called "hot spots"; however, branch points may also be hidden and activated in response to the viewer's selected direction of view. If a branch point is indicated by a visual indicator, a user can select motion in a desired direction by clicking on a "hot spot".In order to conserve storage space, the image representing each panorama can be stored in a compressed format. Only the portion of the panorama necessary to create a "view window" that is, the portion of the image displayed in response to the user's direction of view, is decompressed at view time. An index methodology is used to store the panoramic images. Use of the indexing methodology allows the images to be retrieved in both the forward and backward direction to simulate movement in either direction. Sound is provided in a special format, so that special effects can be provided based on the user's point of view and dependent upon the direction of motion selected by the user.

A controller for providing user input of a desired direction of motion or orientation for a transporter. The controller has an input for receiving specification by a user of a value based on a detected body orientation of the user. User-specified input may be conveyed by the user using any of a large variety of input modalities, including: ultrasonic body position sensing; foot force sensing; handlebar lean; active handlebar; mechanical sensing of body position; and linear slide directional input. An apparatus that may include an active handlebar is provided for prompting a rider to be positioned on a vehicle in such a manner as to reduce lateral instability due to lateral acceleration of the vehicle.

Whether or not an angular velocity detected by an angular velocity sensor is used for a game process is determined, and a difficulty level of a game to be subjected to a game process is set so as to vary depending on whether the angular velocity is determined to be used or the angular velocity is determined not to be used. When the angular velocity is determined not to be used, a process of specifying a motion direction of an input device is performed by using acceleration detected by an acceleration sensor, whereas when the angular velocity is determined to be used, at least a part of the process of specifying the motion of the input device is performed by using the angular velocity detected by the angular velocity sensor. Accordingly, based on the specified motion direction, the game process is performed while the set difficulty level is applied.

The invention relates to a large scale crowd video analysis system and a method thereof. The system comprises a crowd density calculation module, a crowd prospect segmentation module, a crowd tracking module, a crowd state analysis module and an event determination module. The crowd density calculation module, the crowd prospect segmentation module and the crowd tracking module process video image data and then the crowd number, a crowd area, a crowd motion direction and a speed are acquired respectively. The crowd state analysis module carries out processing analysis based on the acquired crowd number, the crowd area, the crowd motion direction and the speed and sends an analysis result to the event determination module. The event determination module is used for determining whether a crowd event is abnormal. The crowd event means that the crowd reaching a certain scale carries out one group characteristic behavior in a monitoring area. By using the system and the method, monitoring personnel can complete intelligent trend prediction, characteristic event positioning and other tasks; and effective help is provided for prevention of emergency, suspicious clue tracking and the like.

The invention relates to a driving mechanism of a dual-power automatic transfer switch. The driving mechanism mainly comprises a driving electromagnet assembly, a mounting bracket, a connecting plate, a push rod, a lever, an oscillating deck, a crank, a main switch rotating shaft, a connecting rod, a pin shaft, a rotating shaft, a first hinged shaft, a second hinged shaft, a connecting block, a shaft, a third hinged shaft and a fourth hinged shaft; the driving electromagnet assembly is composed of a magnet exciting coil, a dynamic iron core, a spring and a static iron core. The driving mechanism is characterized in that in the driving electromagnet assembly, linear motion in the horizontal direction of the dynamic iron core and the push rod is converted into linear motion of the pin shaft in the vertical direction through the oscillating deck, the lever, the connecting plate and the like, and linear motion of the pin shaft is converted into swing of the main switch rotating shaft around the axis through the connecting rod and the crank. Reciprocating swing of the main switch rotating shaft completes switching on and switching off actions of the whole switch. The oscillating deck plays a role in changing the motion direction. The lever plays a role in increasing thrust. A connecting rod crank mechanism plays a role in self-locking and preventing reversion.

The invention provides a method for learning and anomaly detection of trace modes by utilizing much feature information of a trace. Firstly, in the trace mode learning phase, similarities of motion directions and spatial positions between traces are considered at the same time, a typical trace motion mode is extracted by hierarchical agglomerative clustering, and is provided with high cluster accuracy; and the time efficiency is greatly improved through constructing a Laplacian matrix and reducing the dimensionality of the matrix. Then in the abnormity detection phase, a distribution area of scene starting points is learned through a GMM model, a moving window is used as a basic comparing element, differences of a trace to be detected and a typical trace in position and direction are measured by defining a position distance and a direction distance, and an on-line classifier based on the direction distance and the position distance is established. That the trace belongs to a starting point abnormity, a global abnormity or a local abnormity is determined online through a multi-feature abnormity detection algorithm; and due to the fact that starting point, direction and position feature differences are considered at the same time, and the global abnormity and the local child segment abnormity are considered, the learning and anomaly detection method based on multi-feature motion modes of the vehicle traces is higher in abnormity recognition rate when being compared to traditional methods.

The invention discloses an intelligent auxiliary parking method, which comprises the following steps of: planning parking paths in two parts, wherein in-space regulation paths are planned, and then storage paths are planned; and providing a human-computer interaction interface, receiving the intention of a driver, and displaying parking information. An intelligent auxiliary parking system for implementing the method comprises an environment sensing unit, a path planning unit, a driving control unit and a human-computer interface unit, which are in communication contact with one another. A vehicle can be guided into a parking space from any starting position, so that the number of times of pivot steering and changes in forward and backward movement of the vehicle in a parking process can be reduced; and under a parallel parking condition, a proper parking space can be selected according to the maximum permissible number of in-space regulation set by the driver, so that the requirements of the vehicle on the length of a parallel parking space are lowered.

Movement through multi-dimensional space is simulated using a series of panoramic images which are projected or displayed in sequence. The user's direction of view, that is the selected view window, is maintained as the series of images is projected or displayed. Motion in directions other than forward or reverse is simulated by utilizing "branch" points in the sequence. Each path from a branch point simulates motion in a different direction. Branch points are generally indicated to a viewer by visual indicators called "hot spots"; however, branch points may also be hidden and activated in response to the viewer's selected direction of view. If a branch point is indicated by a visual indicator, a user can select motion in a desired direction by clicking on a "hot spot". In order to conserve storage space, the image representing each panorama can be stored in a compressed format. Only the portion of the panorama necessary to create a "view window" that is, the portion of the image displayed in response to the user's direction of view, is decompressed at view time. An index methodology is used to store the panoramic images. Use of the indexing methodology allows the images to be retrieved in both the forward and backward direction to simulate movement in either direction. Sound is provided in a special format, so that special effects can be provided based on the user's point of view and dependent upon the direction of motion selected by the user.

A method and system for exposing a light sensitive material using device for forming a row of spots of light onto the light sensitive material located on a focal plane, device for modulating each of the spots according to imaging data so that at any point of time, the row of spots forms a data pattern according to the imaging data, device for generating relative motion between the imaging mechanism and the light sensitive material on the focal plane, the direction of motion substantially parallel to the direction of the row of spots on the light sensitive material; and data synchronizing device for shifting the imaging data into the modulating device at a rate determined by the speed of relative motion to maintain the image of any data pattern substantially stationary on the light sensitive material.

The invention discloses a visual navigation method and system of a mobile robot. According to the method, a scene image in a scene where the mobile robot is located is acquired in real time and converted into a grayscale image; a two-dimensional code in the grayscale image is identified and decoded, and state transition information and speed change information are obtained; meanwhile, an outline center line of a stripe in the same frame of grayscale image is determined, and the offset distance and the offset angle between the outline center line of the stripe and a center line of the grayscale image are calculated; the linear velocity and the motion direction of the mobile terminal are adjusted according to the state transition information and the speed change information, and meanwhile, the angular velocity of the mobile robot is corrected in real time according to the offset distance and the offset angle. The two-dimensional code on the stripe and the scene image for correction are acquired simultaneously in the image manner, the two-dimensional code and the stripe in the same frame of image are merged, meanwhile, preset motion and real-time correction of the robot are controlled, the control and correction method can be significantly simplified, the velocity can be increased, and the system can be more stable.

A method of full-field or “ping-based” Doppler ultrasound imaging allows for detection of Doppler signals indicating moving reflectors at any point in an imaging field without the need to pre-define range gates. In various embodiments, such whole-field Doppler imaging methods may include transmitting a Doppler ping from a transmit aperture, receiving echoes of the Doppler ping with one or more separate receive apertures, detecting Doppler signals and determining the speed of moving reflectors. In some embodiments, the system also provides the ability to determine the direction of motion by solving a set of simultaneous equations based on echo data received by multiple receive apertures.

Electrical energy is produced by harvesting mechanical energy in the form of vibrations which are generally present in tools during the process of drilling oil wells. Electrical energy production is based on the Faraday induction principle whereby changes, i.e., movement, in magnetic flux through a coil induce an electric current through the coil. The changes in magnetic flux are produced by relative motion between at least one set of magnets and at least one coil. In particular, as the flux lines change due to the movement of the magnets, they remain perpendicular to both the direction of motion of the magnets as well as a planar or cylindrical surface defined by the coils. As a result, output for a given size of device is enhanced. Further, flexibility in adapting device form factor to particular shapes is enhanced. For example, a relatively flat device may be implemented using flexural bearing support of the magnets and coils on a printed circuit. The flexural bearings may also function as spring members that define the resonant frequency of the device. Alternative embodiments may be characterized by cylindrical or annular form factors.

A touch pad assembly includes a substrate and a plurality of acoustic wave switches positioned with respect to the substrate. Each of the plurality of acoustic wave switches includes a touch surface connected to an acoustic wave cavity and a transducer secured to the acoustic wave cavity. The plurality of acoustic wave switches are positioned to provide detection of sliding motion direction and rate between the plurality of acoustic wave switches.

The invention discloses a screen display-controlling method facing to a slide body of a touch screen, which comprises the following steps of: (1) setting a coordinate system on a touch screen; (2) detecting the sliding action of a user on the touch screen with the coordinate system, and recoding parameters correlative to the sliding action; and (3) controlling the moving direction, speed and displacement of the slide body displayed on the screen according to the parameters, wherein the motion of the slide body is an inertial motion which consists of a positive acceleration stage and a negative acceleration stage. The method can control the display status of the slide body in the screen according to the sliding operation of the user on the slide body of the touch screen, reflects the factors such as the moving direction, speed, acceleration and the like of the slide body, and leads the user to obtain the visual effect which is close to the motion of objects in the real world.

The invention relates to a method for entering characters in a user interface of an electronic device. The method according to the invention comprises: detecting the direction of movement indicated by the input device when the start of the character entering function has been detected; showing the character of the character area on the display, towards which character area the direction of movement indicated by the input device is proceeding; detecting the termination of the character entering function; interpreting the character towards whose character area the direction of movement was last detected to proceed as the character to be entered next, when the termination of the character entering function is detected.

The invention discloses a moving target analyzing and tracking method and system based on video monitoring. The moving target analyzing and tracking method comprises the following steps of: monitoring video acquisition, acquiring video streaming recorded by a monitoring camera; performing image preprocessing: primarily processing an image of the video streaming, and acquiring a processed image; performing target recognition: performing target recognition classification on each foreground object of the processed image, wherein the classified type of targets comprises persons, vehicles and objects; performing motion track analysis: analyzing the motion track of each target according to the setting of an alarm rule, marking a target of which the motion track is matched with the alarm rule as a suspected target, and giving out an alarm; and tracking the target: tracking the suspected target, and recording the actual motion track and the actual motion direction of the suspected target. According to the method, the alarm is automatically given aiming at an abnormal event, the possibility of missing report and error report is reduced, and the workload of security monitoring personnel is lightened.

A robot executes motion by modifying a motion behavior on the basis of a motion direction of a user on board according to a state of mind of the user on board. This produces the motion of the vehicle under conditions that reflect the user's state of mind. The robot preferably includes a direction input portion that receives the motion direction from the user and generates a reference input corresponding to the motion direction, and an inverted control reference input generator that generates a motion reference input that makes the robot execute motion in a behavior different from the motion behavior on the basis of the motion direction, based at least on a reduction coefficient with a value corresponding to the user's state of mind and the reference input generated in the direction input portion. The reduction coefficient is determined by measuring the pulse rate of the user on board.

A mirror or other reflecting surface is used for collecting and reflecting incident solar radiation. The mirror is supported for independent motion about a pair of axes. An accelerometer generates signals representative of an amount and direction of motion of the mirror about each of the axes. Motors or other drive mechanisms independently drive the mirror about each of the axes. A tracking device provides information about the current position of the Sun. A control is connected to the accelerometer, the motors and the tracking device for maintaining a predetermined optimum orientation of the mirror as the Sun moves across the sky.

A method of performing a zoom operation on a camera is disclosed, wherein, one or more regions of interest within a captured image of a scene are determined. Camera motion direction towards one of the regions of interest is determined. A target region of interest is determined based on the determined camera motion direction. The zoom operation is performed to the target region of interest.

An accurate high-speed moving vehicle mark identification method based on video belongs to a calculation processing method adopting image and mode identification technology to realize vehicle detection and vehicle mark identification. The present invention mainly comprises five function modules, namely a video camera control module, a motion detection module, a vehicle snapshot module, a vehicle positioning module and a vehicle identification module. The present invention acquires a real-time video image through a camera system, judges whether a vehicle passes by processing the video image, judges the motion direction of the vehicle according to motion characteristics, segments a picture of the moving vehicle from an image sequence, positions a vehicle mark through vehicle texture features, and performs classification identification to a vehicle head mark or a vehicle back mark by utilizing vehicle mark features before and after. The present invention can solve the vehicle model and vehicle mark identification of high-speed running vehicles, especially the identification of vehicle back marks.

Training data object images are clustered as a function of motion direction attributes and resized from respective original into same aspect ratios. Motionlet detectors are learned for each of the sets from features extracted from the resized object blobs. A deformable sliding window is applied to detect an object blob in input by varying window size, shape or aspect ratio to conform to a shape of the detected input video object blob. A motion direction of an underlying image patch of the detected input video object blob is extracted and motionlet detectors selected and applied that have similar motion directions. An object is thus detected within the detected blob and semantic attributes of an underlying image patch extracted if a motionlet detectors fires, the extracted semantic attributes available for use for searching for the detected object.

An aerial power generation system includes a guide line supported by a support body. Wind driven elements are configured and shaped to provide maximum force from both lift and drag during the downwind phase of operation and minimum force during the upwind phase. The guide lines add stability to the system and provide better control over angular orientation and direction of motion. Power transfer is through one or more tow lines connected from the driven elements to power generation devices on the ground. Another embodiment of the aerial power generation system includes a revolving apparatus and two or more wind powered driven elements connected by tow lines to the revolving apparatus. The method includes changing the driven elements between high and low force configurations for downwind and upwind operation, and flying the driven elements in a selected pattern perpendicular to the tow line.

The invention discloses an in vivo detection method and a system based on the physiological motion of face, pertaining to the face recognition field. The method includes that: Step A. detecting a motion region and a motion direction of the object within the imaging view of the detection system, and locking a face detection result frame; Step B. judging whether a valid face motion exists in the face detection result frame, if not, a picture face is determined, and if it is, turn to the Step C; Step C. judging whether the face motion in the face detection result frame is a physiological motion, if not, a picture face is determined, and if it is, an actual face is determined. The system comprises a motion detection module, a valid-face-motion judgment module and a physiological motion judgment module. The technical proposal in the invention can discriminate actual face and picture face, and enhance the reliability of the face recognition system.