80 results about "PHYSICAL MANIPULATIONS" patented technology

The present invention provides methods of directly stimulating neural tissue with optical energy. By stimulating neural tissue at wavelengths, laser pulses, and spot sizes disclosed herein, nerve stimulation may be used to uniquely stimulate neural tissue in way not afforded by other means of stimulation. It can allow basic scientists to study the properties of individual neurons or populations of neurons without piercing tissue with fragile microelectrodes. Furthermore, responses of neural tissue can be studied in a pure fashion without contamination by electrical artifact commonly seen with electrical stimulation. With respect to clinical uses, optical stimulation can be used to map function in subsections of peripheral nerves as an aid to operative repair. Finally, stimulation with optical energy does not require physical contact with the nerve which may be an advantage clinically when physical manipulation of neural tissue is not desired.

Apparatus, systems and methods for increasing the strength of glass are disclosed. The strengthening of one portion of the glass article can be performed to a greater degree than another portion. Additionally, to mitigate against any distortion, such as warpage, physical manipulation of the glass article can be performed prior to or during strengthening, namely chemical strengthening. For example, in accordance with one embodiment, an outer surface of a glass article (e.g., cover glass) can be chemically strengthened to a greater degree than an inner surface of the glass article, yet the asymmetric strengthening does not induce distortion of the glass article because the glass article was physically manipulated, such as being bent, to counter any such distortion. Accordingly, glass articles that have undergone chemical strengthening processing are able to be not only thin and undistorted but also sufficiently strong and resistant to damage. The strengthened glass articles are well suited for use in consumer products, such as consumer electronic devices (e.g., portable electronic devices).

A device user being authenticated is determined to be in physical possession of the device according to data in one or more user input device buffers that indicates whether data received from a user input device is injected or is generated by physical manipulation of the user input device. If the events recorded in the buffer are not injected, the user entering the authentication data is determined to be in physical possession of the device and the user can be authenticated if the authentication data entered by the user matches predetermined reference data. Conversely, if the events are injected, the user is determined to not be in physical possession of the device and authentication fails regardless of whether the authentication data matches the predetermined reference data.

A device system and method for simulating laparoscopic procedures, particulary for the purposes of instruction and/or demonstration. The system comprises one or more virtual organs to be operated on. The organ comprises a plurality of elements, each element having neighboring elements; and a plurality of tensioned connections connecting neighboring elements over said organ, such that force applied at one of said elements propagates via respective neighboring elements provides a distributed reaction over said organ. In addition there is a physical manipulation device for manipulation by a user; and a tracking arrangement for king said physical manipulation device and translating motion of said physical manipulation device into application of form onto said virtual organ. The system is capable of simulating organs moving, cutting, suturing, coagulations and other surgical and surgery-related operations.

Remote-activation locks designed to permit unlocking and/or locking of the lock without physical manipulation of the lock are articulated to a product/good in a manner so as to deny one or more benefits associated with the product/good.

In a mobile terminal having a photographing control function based on an image recognition technique and a photographing control system employing an image recognition technique, a specific action is detected from a user image taken by one camera, and the operation of another camera or the processing of an image taken by the camera is controlled when the specific action has been detected, thereby controlling photographing without direct physical manipulation of a user.

A control cord for connecting an auxiliary device to a portable electronic device is provided. The control cord includes a flexible longitudinal housing and a plurality of electrical conductors extending from one end of the housing to which the auxiliary device will be connected, to an other end of the housing. In addition, the control cord includes a connector affixed to the other end of the housing and configured to connect the plurality of electrical conductors to the portable electronic device to enable operation of the portable electronic device in cooperation with the auxiliary device. The connector includes at least one terminal configured to be received by the portable electronic device, and the at least one terminal provides a control input to the portable electronic device, the control input being derived from physical manipulation of the housing.

A method of conducting a sinus lift procedure is provided. A secure and physical interaction is formed between a fiducial device and a site within a patient's mouth to form a fiducial marker. A virtual incising plan is formed for incising the patient's maxilla, with respect to the fiducial marker, for providing access to a sinus membrane. Movement of an incising device is physically regulated with respect to the fiducial marker with a guidance device. The incising device is in physical communication with the fiducial marker via the fiducial device. The guidance device physically regulates movement of the incising device, according to the virtual incising plan and corresponding with physical manipulation of the incising device by a user, to incise the maxilla. Tactile feedback is provided to the user, via the incising device, if the physical manipulation of the incising device by the user deviates from the virtual incising plan.

A self-contained electronic unit includes a physically manipulable housing such as a mouse, a feedback device, and processing electronics. The housing is constructed to be moved in its entirety during use by a user. The feedback device is incorporated into the housing and is configured to communicate, to the user, movement of a virtual object within a virtual environment. The processing electronics are incorporated into the housing, and are configured to generate the virtual environment, to respond to movement of the housing in its entirety, without regard to relative movement of the housing with respect to any stationary attached hardware, by causing movement of the virtual object within the virtual environment. A trackball is contained within the mouse housing, and the processing electronics are configured to respond to direct physical manipulation of the trackball by a user to cause movement of the virtual object within the virtual environment.

A physical, non-human readable representation of a digital key may be in a physical key article. The key article may enable a person to generate a signal representing the digital key from a user interface device in communication with a computer by physical manipulation of the key article. Access to digital content via the computer may be unlocked in response to receiving the signal. In addition, a key may be represented by a pattern of unreadable errors in a computer-readable medium.

The present invention provides a droplet manipulation method capable of manipulating a droplet only by magnetic-field manipulation without physical manipulation such as electric-field manipulation, and a droplet manipulation device with which such a method can be implemented. A droplet manipulation device for transporting a droplet in a droplet encapsulating medium, comprising: a container 4 which holds the droplet encapsulating medium; a droplet 12,13,14 composed of a water-based liquid; a gel-state droplet encapsulating medium 31 which is insoluble or poorly soluble in the water-based liquid; magnetic particles 8 included in the droplet composed of the water-based liquid; and means for applying a magnetic field to generate a magnetic field 61 to transport the droplet together with the magnetic particles. A method for manipulating a droplet in a droplet encapsulating medium held in a container, using the devise.

A computer-system implemented method for determining gyroscopic rotation data, implemented on a computer system programmed to perform the method includes determining in one or more accelerometers of the computer system, accelerometer data in response to a physical manipulation of the computer system, determining in a magnetometer of the computer system, magnetometer data in response to the physical manipulation of the computer system, and determining in the processor of the computer system, a gyroscopic rotation of the computer system in response to the accelerometer data and to the magnetometer data.

Methods and systems are provided for diagnosing a fault of a turbocharger of a vehicle system. The turbocharger system comprises a rotary component and a wiring harness including a plurality of signals. In one embodiment, a diagnosis kit comprises a tester, a manipulation tool, and a plurality of human readable instructions. The tester includes a connector operable to connect to the wiring harness and a plurality of connectors. The tester is configured to receive signals from the wiring harness for use in diagnosing the fault source. The manipulation tool couples to and decouples from the rotary component and the tool is operable to rotate the rotary component when the tool is coupled to the rotary component. The plurality of human readable instructions includes information on how to diagnose the fault of the turbocharger system using the tester and the physical manipulation tool.

The present invention provides for an apparatus and method for handling integrated circuit (IC) chips such as thin small outline package (TSOP) IC chips. Embodiments of the invention are directed toward removal of TSOPs from device under test (DUT) boards. By use of magnetic forces generated by the invention, in combination with physical manipulation of the DUT boards and transfer structures, IC chips are quickly and efficiently transferred.

A vehicle having a passenger compartment with front and rear seats and a cargo compartment behind the passenger compartment. The passenger compartment includes a floor that is stepped upwardly under the rear seat to form an open space thereunder. The cargo bed extends into the open space under the rear seat to provide a long bed feature that is permanently available without requiring physical manipulation of the cargo compartment. A rear wall of the passenger compartment includes a downwardly openable midgate that cooperates with folding/tumbling sections of the rear seat to provide a second tier load floor. An optional liftgate in the passenger compartment rear wall provides an enhanced height second tier load compartment.

Techniques are disclosed that enable a toy device to interact with a computing device through wireless transmissions. The toy device is configured to communicate with the computing device by transmitting an audio signal at a nearly-inaudible frequency. The toy device may encode commands in the audio signal that cause the computing device to generate visual or auditory outputs. The toy device is also configured to receive and process interactions from human users and/or computing devices. The interactions may be in the form of speech or physical manipulations of the toy device. The toy device may respond to the interactions by generating visual or auditory outputs. The toy device may also process the interaction, and, in response, transmit an audio signal to the computing device.

A magnetic-latch stabbing guide apparatus is presented enabling a first drill pipe to connect with a second drill pipe. The magnetic-latch stabbing guide easily attached to the first drill pipe and facilitates connection between the first drill pipe and the second drill pipe. During the connection process, the magnetic-latch stabbing guide easily detaches from the two drill pipes without physical manipulation of the magnetic-latch stabbing guide.