2323 results about "Physical strength" patented technology

Embodiments provide physiological measurement systems, devices and methods for continuous health and fitness monitoring. A lightweight wearable system is provided to collect various physiological data continuously from a wearer without the need for a chest strap. The system also enables monitoring of one or more physiological parameters in addition to heart rate including, but not limited to, body temperature, heart rate variability, motion, sleep, stress, fitness level, recovery level, effect of a workout routine on health, caloric expenditure. Embodiments also include computer-executable instructions that, when executed, enable automatic interpretation of one or more physiological parameters to assess the cardiovascular intensity experienced by a user (embodied in an intensity score or indicator) and the user's recovery after physical exertion (embodied in a recovery score). These indicators or scores may be displayed to assist a user in managing the user's health and exercise regimen.

The invention relates to a method, a user-specific performance monitor and a computer program for determining the user's performance. In the method, the performance power of a physical exercise is determined by means of user movement data registered by the user-specific performance monitor. Further, the exertion level corresponding to the performance power of the physical exercise is determined by means of physiological information measured from the user, the physiological information being registered by the user-specific performance monitor; and the user's performance is estimated by means of the performance power of the physical exercise and the exertion level corresponding to the performance power of the physical exercise.

A monitor includes cardiac and movement sensors 36, 34 responsive to a user's heart beat and a user's movement. The monitor includes a processor coupled to the sensors for generating heart-rate or other cardiac data and user movement or activity data. These data can be stored in a memory and used to analyse the relationship between heart rate and physical exertion.

Ballistic resistant materials having improved strength and lighter weights. More particularly, improved ballistic resistant fabrics produced from drawn, high modulus fibers having a reduced fiber diameter and improved physical strength properties, without changing other properties such as fiber chemistry, binder resin type and binder resin content. The fabrics incorporate low denier per filament monofilament fibers, low denier per filament multifilament fibers, or a combination of low denier per filament monofilament fibers and low denier per filament multifilament fibers in a specialized fabric construction to form fine fiber layers and fabrics having enhanced strength and fiber areal density without altering the fabric weight, or having reduced fabric weight without a corresponding reduction in ballistic performance.

A method and system for automatically evaluating the state of a user's physical health includes a game for maintaining the use's interest as he exercises and which automatically measures and evaluates the user's physical strength and health and provides an exercise prescription. The method has a game execution and measurement step performed via a main controller section with a display device, a memory and a virtual subject in the game space. Multiple standardized protocols are selected according to measurements reflected in the game and the virtual subject, reflecting an exercise state of the user on the basis of an exercise state of a reference person in the game. Measuring / reading / storing / displaying physical strength and health information occur after generating events for measuring the physical strength and health information such as particular situations, letters, sounds, voices, etc., in the game content.

An electromechanical control system of an electric bike integrating a smart mobile device and cloud services therewith enables a controller of the electric bike to independently monitor and control operation of an electric motor, is integrated with an external smart mobile device with a communication interface thereof, configures cycling control parameters of the controller with the externally available cycling control parameters through an user interface provided by the smart mobile device to adapt to cyclists' physical strength. Cycling information and bike information can be displayed on the smart mobile device or make them openly available through the online function of the smart mobile device for cyclists to easily record or manage related information during bike cycling.

A MP3 player having an exercise meter is provided. The MP3 player includes a DSP processor for processing audio data and playing them; a vibration sensing component for generating a first signal following with a user's vibration and transmitting the first signal to the DSP processor; and a heartbeat sensor for sensing the heartbeat condition of the user to generate a second signal and transmit the second signal to the DSP processor. By using the DSP processor to process the first and the second signals to obtain the status of physical strength of the user, so that when the user carries the MP3 player for exercising, the MP3 player can play the music, and always monitor the exercising status of the user.

The invention relates to an apparatus for rehabilitation treatment of patients with lower limb paralysis or physical strength weakening, and more particularly, to an apparatus and method for lower limb rehabilitation treatment and exercise. The apparatus and method allows a user to exercise both lower limbs separately, and which can detect changes in the angle of lower limb joints and the magnitude of weight loaded on lower limbs to determine the exercise condition, exercise intensity and motor ability of the respective lower limbs to provide corresponding feedback to the user, thereby enabling effective rehabilitation treatment.

A system and method are provided for tracking a user's posture. The system and method include an environmental module for determining the user's physical environment, a biomechanical module for determining at least a user's posture in the user's physical environment, and an output module for outputting to the user an indication of at least the user's posture relative to at least a target correct posture. The physical environment can include a computer workstation environment, a manufacturing environment, a gaming environment, and / or a keypadding environment.

Provided are ethylene-based polymer compositions, articles made therefrom, and methods of making the same. Ethylene-based polymer compositions include blends of a linear low density polyethylene prepared with metallocene catalyst and a low density polyethylene. The linear low density polyethylene may optionally have about five mole percent or less of monomer units derived from an alpha-olefin comonomer. Articles composed of such ethylene-based polymer compositions, such as blown films, exhibit favorable physical properties, including excellent optical properties and retained strength i.e., mitigation of expected decline in physical strength due to LDPE addition.

An aspect of the invention is a split leather product provided with a base material comprising split leather, and a skin layer laminated on a surface of the base material. The skin layer comprises a composite body of an entangled nonwoven fabric formed from microfine fibers, and a polymeric elastomer that impregnates the gaps in the entangled nonwoven fabric. The entangled nonwoven fabric in such a split leather product has the effect of increasing physical strength without detracting from a leather-like texture, in the same way as the longitudinally and transversally crisscrossing collagen fibers in the reticular layer. It is thus possible to obtain a split leather product that resembles leather not only in outward appearance but also in the feel derived from wrinkles and the like resulting when the leather is bent.

The display device includes an anti-reflection film having a plurality of projections over a display screen surface and a protective layer filling a space between the projections. The number of times of incidence of external light entering the display device on the anti-reflection film is increased; therefore, the amount of external light transmitted through the anti-reflection film is increased. Thus, the amount of external light reflected to a viewer side is reduced, and the cause of a reduction in visibility such as reflection can be eliminated. Further, since the plurality of projections is covered with a protective layer, entry of dust can be prevented, and physical strength of the anti-reflection film can be increased.

A structure, apparatus and method for utilizing vertically interdigitated electrodes serves to increase the capacitor area surface while maintaining a minimal horizontal foot print. Since capacitance is proportional to the surface area the structure enables continual use of current dielectric materials such as Si3N4 at current thicknesses. In a second embodiment of the interdigitated MIMCAP structure the electrodes are formed in a spiral fashion which serves to increase the physical strength of the MIMCAP. Also included is a spiral shaped capacitor electrode which lends itself to modular design by offering a wide range of discrete capacitive values easily specified by the circuit designer.

It is provided a package easy-to-open for photosensitive material such as an easy-to-open packaged photosensitive material having at least a biaxially stretched plastic film layer and, as an innermost layer, a heat-sealing layer containing not less than 5 wt % of an ethylene copolymer resin and / or a thermoplastic elastomer. At least one layer of the layered film has light shielding performance, and at least one layer other than the biaxially stretched plastic film layer has a ratio of the tear strength in the direction normal to the flow direction to the tear strength in the flow direction of not less than 3. The package has physical strength such as impact resistance, complete hermetic sealing performance, complete light shielding performance, and amenability of discarding and recycling without affecting the quality of the photosensitive material.

Disclosed herein is a method of preparing a fused aerogel-polymer composite in which aerogel and an organic polymer is mixed in a dry state to adsorb polymer particles on the surface of the aerogel and are then subjected to thermal treatment, thus forming a polymer coating on the aerogel. The fused aerogel-polymer composite can be used for thermal insulation in a variety of applications. The fused aerogel-polymer composite exhibits high thermal insulation properties and superior physical strength and processability while still maintaining the properties of an aerogel that does not have a polymer coated on its surface.

The invention belongs to the technical fields of intelligent control, wireless communication and RFID (radio frequency identification) and particularly relates to an intelligent settlement shopping cart system with an autonomous tracking function. A small controllable direct-current motor (2) is controlled by an MCU (micro control unit) (1), a pressure weighting sensor (3) senses a weight of a shopping cart body, and an RFID radio-frequency card is carried by a consumer and provides a signal source for shopping cart identification; a camera (5) provides a barrier-free path for autonomous movement of a shopping cart, an RFID reader (4), a UnionPay card reader (9) and a barcode scanner (8) are mounted on the shopping cart, a touch display screen (7) is used for man-machine interaction with the consumer, and a wireless transceiver (6) realizes real-time communication of the shopping cart with a supermarket commodity information background server. Two major functions of autonomous tracking and intelligent settlement of the shopping cart are controlled to be realized by the MCU (1). Physical strength consumed for pushing the shopping cart with hands is omitted, the process of consumption settlement is simplified, and shopping efficiency of consumers is increased greatly.

A board suitable for use as container flooring uses bamboo and fast-growth low-density wood. Thin layers of high-density bamboo composites are used to overlay on surfaces of a core layer which can be the composite of wood veneer and wood strand-based composite, or wood veneer and bamboo stripe sheet composite. This invention combines the benefits of bamboo and wood materials to produce a bamboo-wood composite board having sufficient mechanical and physical strength and durability for use as container flooring.

The invention relates to an anti-explosion impact polyurea coating and a preparation method thereof, and belongs to the field of coating compositions. The anti-explosion impact polyurea coating comprises two components A and B, wherein the component A is a semi-prepolymer component obtained by reacting 40 to 60 parts of isocyanate, 40 to 60 parts of polyester polyol and 1 to 10 parts of graphene paste; the component B comprises 10 to 30 parts of a chain extender, 15 to 30 parts of polyether polyol, 40 to 60 parts of amino-terminated polyether, 1 to 10 parts of graphene paste, a pigment and a trace amount of an auxiliary. The polyurea coating has the performance of strong physical strength, high shear resistance, high strength retention under high-speed impact and high-speed large deformation, high low-temperature flexibility and the like, and is applicable to an anti-explosion place.

The invention discloses a three-dimensional printing method. The three-dimensional printing method comprises the steps of obtaining a three-dimensional grid model of a printed object, determining three-dimensional printing parameters of the printed object and printing according to the three-dimensional printing parameters, wherein the three-dimensional printing parameters comprise skin parameters and / or rigid frame parameters, the skin parameters comprises thickness and overall dimension of a skin layer; the rigid frame parameters comprises quantity, radius and length of a support rod and node positions; the nodes are connecting points among the support rods, and the rigid frame supports the skin layer. According to the three-dimensional printing method, the three-dimensional printing parameters comprise the skin parameters and / or the rigid frame parameters, and the rigid frame supports the skin layer, while the surface of the skin is printed, the rigid frame structure used as the support is embedded into an object, the printing material cost is reduced, and the printed object can meet the requirements on physical strength, stress stability, self balance and printability.

The present invention relates to a multi-layered anti-adhesion barrier, particularly to a multi-layered anti-adhesion barrier comprising a nanofibrous structured base layer electrospun from a hydrophobic, biodegradable, biocompatible polymer and a polymer layer formed by coating a hydrophilic, biooriginated polymer on the base layer, and a method for the preparing the same. The multi-layered anti-adhesion barrier of the present invention can solve the problems of the conventional gel, solution, sponge, film or nonwoven type anti-adhesion systems, including adhesion to tissues or organs, flexibility, physical strength, ease of handling (ease of folding and bending), etc., offers improved user convenience. With a nanofibrous structure, the multi-layered anti-adhesion barrier of the present invention effectively blocks the infiltration or migration of blood and cells and promotes the healing of wounds. It is not torn or broken when folded or rolled and can be easily handled using small surgical instruments. Thus, it can minimize a foreign body reaction when used in various surgical operations.

Techniques, mixtures and improved porous materials (interconnected porous constructs) that are capable of maintaining a sufficient porosity while conferring improved mechanical and physical strength to the final construct. A sacrificial construct (for example, a sacrificial material such as polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA)) is used to obtain an inverse porosity of the construct it was molded into. The process provides a less porous end material that may be used as an arthroplasty device or surgical implant (for example, an interference screw of suture anchor) among many other applications. The process employs a sacrificial material to reduce the porosity of the final construct to about 35%.

The invention relates to a functional mixture for refreshing and remitting the physical fatigue and the visual fatigue and application thereof. The mixture comprises the components such as taurine, caffeine, green tea extract, American ginseng extract, guarana extract, ginkgo leaf extract, wolfberry extract, lutein, L-carnitine, vitamin B1, nuclear yellow acid, nicotinic acid, vitamin, folic acid, vitamin B, vitamin C, auxiliary materials and the like. The mixture can be used for preparing the functional beverage, the effervescent preparation and the solid beverage electuary. The functional mixture has an application mode which is convenient to carry so as to meet the requirement, has the functions of remitting the physical fatigue and the brain fatigue, adds the nutrients for protecting the vision such as the wolfberry extract and the lutein, is particular suitable for personal who operates a computer for a long time, drivers and students, and plays roles in improving the brain power, protecting the vision, and remitting the physical fatigue and the visual fatigue.

The present disclosure provides for a formula and process for making elastomeric rubber thin film articles. In particular, the formula and process is a system which produces non-Hevea or Guayule natural rubber latex (GNRL) thin film articles which have a thickness of 30-80 microns (0.03-0.08 mm), and preferably less than 40 microns (0.04 mm). These thin film articles exhibit physical strength properties similar to that of Hevea brazilensis natural rubber latex (NRL). More specifically, the disclosed thin rubber thin film articles exhibit unaged tensile strength of at least 24 MPa (about 3500 psi) and aged tensile strength of at least 19 MPa (about 2800 psi).

A thermoelectric conversion material is provided which stably exhibits high thermoelectric conversion performance at about 300 to 600° C. and has high physical strength, resistance to weathering, durability, stability, and reliability. A method for manufacturing the same, and a thermoelectric conversion element are also provided. Also provided is a thermoelectric conversion material produced using, as a raw material, silicon sludge which has had to be disposed of in landfill. The thermoelectric conversion material of the invention is characterized by containing, as a main component, a sintered body composed of polycrystalline magnesium silicide containing at least one element selected from As, Sb, P, Al, and B. The manufacturing method uses purified and refined silicon sludge.

The invention relates to a method for preparing oat bran dietary fiber food. The method comprises the following steps of: cleaning oat grains, removing stone and impurities, washing, removing ash and shriveled grains, leaching, frying, pealing and crushing, and sorting fine oat meal and oat bran; carrying out enzymolysis on the oat bran by adopting high temperature resistant alpha-amylase, heating and drying or drying with microwaves, spirally bulking, and the like to obtain the oat bran dietary fiber food. The method provided by the invention not only increases the flavor and the crispy degree of the oat bran, but also improves the water solubility of functional factor beta-glucan; and by eating the oat dietary fiber, the aims of preventing atherosclerosis, hypertension, coronary disease and constipation, reducing blood pressure and cholesterol, clearing intestines and stomach, improving the immunity and protecting the health are achieved; and the oat bran dietary fiber food has great benefits of promoting physical strength and prolonging the life for middle-aged and elderly people.

Provided is a film-type biomedical signal measuring apparatus configured in a such a way that a plurality of metallic thin film electrodes and a circuit unit are formed on a film-type piezoelectric element so as to easily attach the apparatus to the skin and an electrical signal as well as an electrical signal of a human body is simultaneously measured using the plurality of metallic thin film electrodes and the circuit unit. Accordingly, the film-type biomedical signal measuring apparatus simultaneously measures electrocardiogram (ECG) and ballistocardiogram (BCG) from the simultaneously measured electrical signal and vibration signal of the human body and extracts biomedical information of various types of health indexes such as a heart rate, a stress index, BCG, a blood pressure, an amount of physical activity, a respiration rate, and VO2max from the two different biomedical signals.

A physical activity measuring system analyzes analyzing body motions of a user to accurately determine the exercise intensity. The system includes a portable device which is adapted to be carried by the user and is equipped with a body sensor and an indicator for indication of the exercise intensity. The body sensor senses the user's body motions to give corresponding motion strength. The portable device has a processor which constitutes an exercise calculator which has a predetermined relationship between a default standard deviation of the motion strength and an exercise intensity scale. The exercise intensity calculator collects a time series data of the motion strengths within a predetermined first time frame, obtains a standard deviation of thus collected motion strengths, and converting the standard deviation into an instant exercise intensity within the intensity scale in accordance with the predetermined relationship. The standard deviation with regard to the motion strengths can be well concordant with the exercise intensity, and therefore gives the accurate exercise intensity on a real-time basis.

Method and apparatus for coating fertilizer in pellet or other form to impart time-release characteristics and the resulting coated pellet product. The polyurethane coating encapsulates fertilizer particles, forming a hydrophobic coating for slow-release qualities. The urethane polymer coating is formulated with an isocyanate and a combined fluid of a polyether polyol, a methyl ester derivative of plant or vegetable oil, a T-12 curing catalyst, barium sulfate, and an oil-based dye. The barium sulfate imparts physical strength to and enhances color quality of the polyurethane coating, and acts as a detackifier and maintains temperature in the coating reactor. The inventive formulation is effective in the practical polymer coating of sulfate-based or other fertilizer pellets in an inventive time-release fertilizer product. An apparatus is provided for carrying out the coating process.

Tissue implants prepared for the repair of tissues, especially avascular tissues such as cartilage. One embodiment presents an electric potential capable of receiving and accumulating desirable factors or molecules from surrounding fluid when exposed to dynamic loading. In another embodiment the implant promotes tissue conduction by retarding, restricting and controlling cellular invasion through use of gradients until competent tissue forms. Further embodiments of the tissue implants may be formed into a multi-phasic device that provides deep tissue mechanical stimulus by conduction of mechanical and fluid forces experienced at the surface of the implant.