34 results about "Repetitive motion" patented technology

The invention is directed to systems, devices, and methods for measuring force and repetitions during exercise or rehabilitation activities. Devices in accordance with embodiments may include: a casing; a processor within the casing; a display visibly on the casing; a first attachment portion on one end of the casing; a second attachment portion on an opposite end of the casing; and a force sensor connected to the first and the second attachment portion, the force sensor in communication with the processor. Methods may include: attaching a pneumatic exercise device to the wireless force measurement device; conducting exercises causing a piston in the pneumatic exercise device to move compared to from the wireless force measurement device; counting, by the device, the number of times the piston moves towards or away from the device; determining, by the device the amount of force applied through the pneumatic exercise device during the exercise.

The purpose of the present invention concerns a control command for a machine tool, and is to make it possible to adopt a high-frequency repetitive oscillation command, without restrictions on communication capacity, when acquiring a control command created by superimposing a command with repeatability on a normal move command such as a move command having no repeatability. The purpose can be achieved by: acquiring, from an higher-order control device, only information about the form of a command, and parameter information on numerical information relating to an amplitude, a period, and other feature amount; creating a repetitive movement command that is a command with repeatability only from the parameter information; and superimposing the repetitive movement command on a normal move command such as a move command having no repeatability.

A pen-spinner fidget device is provided. The device is a multifunctional device designed as both a fidget toy and a holder for writing instruments, comprising a body shaped to resemble a pistol grip for enhanced ergonomics and comfort. The device's body includes an integrated grip with finger grooves and textured surfaces, ensuring a secure hold that is resistant to slippage and strain, particularly during extended use. At the top of the device, a flexible fastener holds a writing utensil, allowing it to spin freely around a rotation point, typically a ball-and-socket joint, enabling multidirectional movement for fidgeting. This spinning mechanism provides a stress-relieving, repetitive motion that mimics traditional fidget spinners, supporting focus and relaxation. Additionally, the invention outlines a method for use, where users secure a writing utensil in the fastener and engage in rotational motion, which can aid in concentration and reduce anxiety during focused activities.

An apparatus and method of controlling a repetitive motion linear actuator (RMLA) accepts a minimum repetition rate and a commanded repetition rate. If the commanded rate is greater than the minimum rate, the RMLA automatically operates in a speed scaling mode by continuously applying the cycles and scaling the cycle length to provide the commanded rate. If the commanded rate is less than the minimum rate, the RMLA automatically operates in a dwell mode by fixing the cycle length and discontinuously applying the cycles, while adjusting a separation between the cycles to provide the commanded rate. In dwell mode, the cycle length can be equal to its maximum allowed value Tmax, or can equal a desired value less than Tmax. The cycle can have any profile shape, such as a sinusoidal shape or a shape that includes periods of deceleration and acceleration separated by constant speed periods therebetween.

A method and system for rehabilitation of a patient having a physical impairment by providing repetitive motion therapy is disclosed. The system is configured to receive biomechanical data from the patient regarding repetitive movements of the patient performed using a first and second side of the body, respectively, and select, based on the data, an entrainment side according to which repetitive motion therapy is provided. The system further performs repetitive motion therapy by: providing the patient auditory stimulus comprising beat signals output at respective beat times; receiving time-stamped biomechanical data for repetitive movements performed by the patient using the entrainment side in relation to the respective beat times of the beat signals; calculating an entrainment potential for the entrainment side by comparing a timing of the repetitive movements to the timing of the beat signals; and modifying the auditory stimulus as a function of the calculated entrainment potential.

Follow robots, comprehensive: a movable arm (10a); at least one vision sensor (50) provided on the arm (10a); a feature value storage unit which stores at least one position and one orientation of a subsequent target (102) as target data to cause the vision sensor (50) provided on the arm (10a) to follow the subsequent target (102); a feature value detection unit which, by using an image captured by the vision sensor (50), detects at least one second feature value relating to the actual position and orientation of the subsequent target (102); a motion dimension calculation unit that calculates a motion instruction for the arm (10a) based on differences between the second feature values ​​and the first feature values ​​and that sets the motion instruction by using at least one forward control; a motion instruction unit that moves the arm (10a) based on the motion instruction; and an input value storage unit that stores a signal that is detected when a specific movement of the follower target (102) is initiated, and an input value for forward control to cause the arm (10a) to follow a trajectory of the follower target (102) in the specific movement in association with each other, where the motion magnitude calculation unit and the motion instruction unit, while the vision sensor (50) follows the subsequent target (102), repeat the motion instruction calculation and move the arm (10a) based on the motion instruction, the movement instruction is intended to reduce or eliminate differences between at least the actual position and orientation of the subsequent target (102), which serve as the second feature values, and at least the position and orientation of the subsequent target (102), which serve as the first feature values, and The motion amplitude calculation unit uses forward control based on the input value stored in the input value storage unit in association with the signal that is detected when the specific movement has started.

According to the dexterous hand repetitive motion precision testing tool provided by the invention, the zero position limiting assembly is added in the repetitive motion precision testing module, the zero position limiting assembly provides the driving force for the moving block, so that the moving block abuts against the measuring pin of the dial indicator, and the moving block continues to compress the measuring pin under the action of the driving force, so that the measuring pin is accurately measured. When the measuring needle is static, the measuring zero position of the dial indicator measuring needle is located in the middle of the stroke of the dial indicator measuring needle, the measuring zero position of the dial indicator measuring needle is obtained, and therefore the same repeated motion precision testing tool is used for completing repeated motion precision testing of the left hand and the right hand of the dexterous hand. The test time of the repeated motion precision test is shortened; moreover, the repetitive motion precision test of the two hands of the dexterous hand can be completed by designing one test tool for the repetitive motion precision of the dexterous hand, and the design difficulty of the test tool for the repetitive motion precision of the dexterous hand is reduced.

System for determining the amount of pressure applied to a brush head (12) and for providing feedback to a user as soon as a measured pressure reaches a predetermined threshold, the system comprising: a brush head (12); a drive unit (14) connected to the brush head (12), wherein the drive unit (14) has a drive shaft (42) which is activated to move the brush head (12) relative to the drive shaft (42); a magnet (60) which moves in a repeating manner as a function of the movement of the drive shaft (42); a Hall effect sensor (62) which generates a signal based on the movement of the magnet (60); a feedback device; and a microprocessor (64) connected to the Hall effect sensor (62) and the feedback device, wherein the microprocessor (64) is programmed to activate the feedback device as a function of the change in the speed of movement of the magnet (60), wherein the movement of the drive shaft (42) is a rotational movement, wherein the movement of the drive shaft (42) is an oscillating rotational movement about an axis, and wherein the microprocessor (64) generates a signal based on the change in the rotational speed of the drive shaft (42).

A method for video processing is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input video of one or more persons from a camera; detecting a sequence of human poses in the input video using an artificial intelligence (AI) based technique; selecting a proper pose from among multiple poses in a given frame of the input video, to generate a sequence of proper poses; detecting one or more key points in the sequence of proper poses; computing changes in coordinates of the one or more key points; computing a function of the changes in the coordinates of the one or more key points in the sequence of proper poses; counting a given user movement as a repetitive motion of an activity based on the function; and computing a plurality of statistics about the activity based on the counting. The activity may be running, jogging, walking, jumping, performing jumping jacks, squatting, and / or dribbling.

The present invention discloses a method and system for rehabilitating a patient with a limb disability by providing repetitive motion therapy. The system is configured to receive biomechanical data from the patient regarding repetitive movements performed using a first side and a second side of the body, respectively, and select an entrainment side based on the data to provide the repetitive motion therapy. The system further performs the repetitive motion therapy by: providing auditory stimulation to the patient, the auditory stimulation including a beat signal output at corresponding beat times; receiving time-stamped biomechanical data of repetitive movements performed by the patient using the entrainment side associated with the corresponding beat times of the beat signal; calculating an entrainment potential of the entrainment side by comparing the timing of the repetitive movements with the timing of the beat signal; and modifying the auditory stimulation based on the calculated entrainment potential.

The Pelvic Floor Trainer is the only product of its kind that primarily targets adduction, abduction, and core movements as well as several secondary muscle groups activated by squeezing and / or pushing out focused repetitive movement. This unprecedented product is uniquely designed with a center cross piece that locks in place to allow for reversible exercise, at the user's preference, is carefully crafted with durable, high-quality materials and padded leg pieces to enhance comfort during utilization.

A horizontal pendulum squat system includes a frame structure having at least one or more bottom members and one or more substantially vertical members supporting a cross bar; a weight pivoting system supported by the cross bar to rotate at one or more connection points with the cross bar, the weight pivoting system having weight arms connected at the connection points such that the weight arms can rotate about the connection points; and at least one platform coupled to the weight arms, the at least one platform is to receive a user applied force; a bench positioned substantially underneath the weight pivoting system; the platform is positioned to receive the user applied force while the user is lying on the bench and applying the force with their legs and feet against the platform; and the weight pivoting system rotates around the connection points during repetitive motion by the user.

"Reinforcement for an Infused Electrophysiology Balloon Catheter with Flexible Circuit Electrodes". The present invention provides a balloon of a balloon catheter that must be able to withstand fatigue caused to its components by multiple cycles of repetitive motion, such as deploying from the lumen of the catheter, inflating the balloon, collapsing the balloon, and withdrawing the balloon back into the lumen. The catheter balloon may include a plurality of electrode substrates, each electrode substrate including a plurality of tails. A reinforcement member may be disposed over at least some of the plurality of tails and attached to the membrane, and the reinforcement member may be part of another balloon. If tails are provided on the proximal and distal ends of the balloon, two reinforcement mechanisms may be used.

The invention relates to a control device (3) for a machine (2) having at least two regulatable axes (X, Y, Z, B, C) for moving an object (13) comprised by the machine (2) or connected to the machine (2) along a predefined trajectory, wherein each axis (X, Y, Z, B, C) comprises at least one drive to which a regulating device is assigned, and wherein the control device (3) determines a first number of first target values for each axis (X, Y, Z, B, C) in such a way that, when the first number of first target values is fed to the regulating device in an interpolation cycle, the axes (X, Y, Z, B, C) move in such a way that the object (13) moves at a predefined first speed along at least one section (A) of the predefined trajectory. The aim of the invention is to move the object (13) along the predefinable trajectory in a highly accurate manner and multiple times, but at different speeds and possibly with different directions of movement. For this purpose, the invention provides for the control device (3) to determine a second number of second target values different from the first number on the basis of the first number of first target values, which second target values, when specified to the regulating device in the interpolation cycle, move the object (13) at least approximately along the section (A) at a second speed different from the first speed.

The invention relates to the technical field of clamp spring pliers, in particular to clamp spring pliers with an inner clamping and outer clamping rapid gear shifting conversion function, which comprise a fixed body and a movable body, plastic handle sleeves are fixedly connected to the fixed body and the movable body, and rectangular sleeve pieces are arranged on the fixed body and the movable body. The plastic handle sleeve parts of the fixed body and the movable body penetrate through the rectangular sleeve piece; a power-assisted mechanism is arranged at the top of the rectangular sleeve piece and comprises a fixed sleeve, a power-assisted screw, a movable block and a pushing shaft, the power-assisted screw is manually rotated, torque in the rotating direction of the power-assisted screw can be converted into transverse thrust of the pushing shaft, the tail of the movable body is transversely extruded through the pushing shaft, and the movable body can be pushed to move through the power-assisted screw. The tail portion of the movable body can be made to be close to the tail portion of the fixed body, manual pressing of the tail portions of the fixed body and the movable body of the clamp spring pliers is replaced, the rotating action can utilize small-amplitude repeated movement which is good at good degree of human body, and operation of the clamp spring pliers is more labor-saving.

The invention relates to method for calibrating a head-mounted device (1), the head-mounted device (1) comprising a frame (2) and at least one sensor (4) mounted on the frame (2), for measuring position and / or motion, the method being implemented while the head-mounted device (1) is worn on a wearer's head, the method comprising steps of: —detection (DET) of a known repetitive movement pattern of the wearer's head by the sensor (4), —acquisition (ACQ) of three-dimensional motion data by the sensor (4), —selection (SEL) of data relative to the movement pattern from the motion data, —numerical treatment (NUM) of the selected data to obtain a reference base relative to the wearer's head, and —calibrating (CAL) the sensor (4) based on the obtained reference base.

The utility model discloses a power exoskeleton structure, which relates to the technical field of power exoskeletons and comprises a big arm, a small arm is rotatably connected to the middle of one end of the big arm, and a support is fixedly connected to one side of the middle of the upper end of the small arm. According to the rehabilitation training device, the large arm and the small arm are arranged, when the rehabilitation training device is used, an auxiliary person only needs to place the device beside a patient needing rehabilitation training, the leg of the patient firstly penetrates through the fixing sleeve on one side of the large arm and then penetrates through the fixing sleeve on one side of the small arm, the foot of the patient is placed on the pedal, and then the foot is fixed through the bandage; the joint driver is started, the joint driver can drive the small arm to ascend and descend along the center of one end of the large arm, extra strength support is provided through the electric driving device, muscle load of a patient is relieved, the patient can do more repeated movement, and weight reducing grooves are formed in one side of the large arm, one side of the small arm and one side of the connecting rod, so that the weight reducing effect is achieved. The weight of the whole device is reduced, and auxiliary personnel can carry the device conveniently.

The present invention relates to the field of breast mass measurement. Provided are a breast mass measurement method and system based on the mechanical interaction between breasts and a bra. The breast mass measurement method comprises: a subject wearing a measurement bra and performing repeated movements that cause the regular longitudinal displacement of the breasts, and measuring the vibration acceleration a of breast vibrations relative to the chest cavity during the movements; synchronously measuring a shoulder strap pressure P on contact positions between shoulder straps and the shoulders of the subject during the movements; and performing calculation to obtain the breast mass of the subject on the basis of the vibration acceleration a and the shoulder strap pressure P. The breast mass measurement method of the present invention can prevent measurement results from being affected by factors such as the posture of the subject, the sagging of the subject's breasts, and the age difference of the subject. Furthermore, this method also prevents visits to places such as hospitals for breast mass measurement, thereby reducing the measurement cost, and significantly improving the practicability and convenience of breast mass measurement.

One aspect of the invention provides a computer-based method for providing corrective feedback about exercise form, the method comprising; recording a user performing a specific exercise: evaluating, by the computer, with machine learning, computer vision, or deep learning models that have been previously trained in order to evaluate the form of a user by training on labelled and or unlabeled datasets that consist of: both correct and incorrect exercise form for the different types of exercises being evaluated; identifying the user throughout the video, the exercise type, each repetition of the exercise, the user's errors in form; and then generating, by the computer, corrective feedback for the user on how to improve exercise form for subsequent repetitions; and communicating, via an output device, the corrective feedback to the user.

Systems, devices, and methods described herein may involve receiving movement data associated with a subject, the movement data collected during repetitive movement of the subject; generating a phase portrait based on the movement data; calculating a phase portrait metric of a characteristic of the phase portrait; and assigning the subject to a movement phenotype based on the phase portrait metric.

Disclosed herein is an apparatus and method for counting repetitive movements based on Artificial Intelligence. The method may include generating standard movement information that includes a key pose extracted from a demonstration movement image stream based on human skeleton information, which is a set of pieces of positional information of human joints, and major joint information in the key pose and counting repetitive movements depending on whether a user movement matches the standard movement information based on human skeleton information of a user movement image stream.

An apparatus and method to evaluate the endurance of a muscle group of a user by measuring velocities of an engagement assembly coupled to a resistance element and moved by the user through a plurality of exercise strokes. A muscle group is assessed by determining a rate of fatigue for the muscle group. The method can include adjusting the controllable resistance to a resistance level, monitoring the movement of the engagement assembly against the resistance level over a plurality of repetitions, determining a relationship between the movement of the engagement assembly by the user over the plurality of repetitions, and using the relationship to determine the rate of fatigue.

A skeleton detection system includes a first storage unit that stores reference motion information related to at least one cycle of a reference motion that is a repetitive motion performed by a worker; a skeleton information detection unit that detects skeleton information of the worker from a dynamic image of the worker in a work; and a target determination unit that determines, as a target, skeleton information of the worker indicating a motion satisfying a target necessary condition in each of the skeleton information of a plurality of workers in the work detected by the skeleton information detection unit, the target necessary condition being that a difference between the reference motion information and check target information that is motion information in the work is within a predetermined motion allowable range.

The utility model relates to the technical field of arm exercisers, and discloses an adjustable arm exerciser which comprises a fixing plate, extending plates are connected to the two sides of the surface of the fixing plate in a sliding mode, and threaded holes are formed in the surfaces of the extending plates. According to the adjustable arm exercise instrument, through the arrangement of the driving mechanism and the positioning mechanism, when the adjustable arm exercise instrument is used, a servo motor in a motor box is started according to the height and the arm length of a patient, the servo motor drives a screw rod at the top to rotate, and a lying plate in threaded connection with the surface of the screw rod adjusts the height along the screw rod; secondly, the waist of the patient is tightly attached to the lying plate, the waist of the patient is supported and fixed through the bandages on the two sides of the lying plate, a correct posture is kept for exercise, potential injuries caused by the incorrect posture can be effectively reduced, and the use is convenient. The device is particularly important in high-intensity or repeated-action exercises.

To provide a trajectory generating method for moving a robot arm in the fastest and smoothest path.SOLUTION: The method of the present invention achieves time saving and smooth movements by implementing a planning, sequence and trajectory path manager to plan movements ahead of a predetermined time, and by concurrently creating a database of trajectory paths that is subsequently used for storing and retrieving of repetitive movements of a robot arm. In a dynamically changing operating environment, endpoints are calculated through implementation of an intelligence module. The intelligence module captures a three-dimensional image of the processing area and predicts a three-dimensional pose. The three-dimensional pose, in turn, is translated to positional coordinates for a robot to utilize, to move to the target endpoint. The planning manager working in sync with the intelligence module and the sequence manager enables a very favorable environment to seamlessly and efficiently move objects smoothly at controlled speeds, mimicking human movement.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Providing data indicative of heat stress in a ruminant using an activity measurement unit attached to the ruminant that includes a motion sensor and a processor is described. The method comprises measuring, using the motion sensor, ruminant movement of the ruminant over time; and determining, using the processor, that the measured ruminant movement is a repetitive movement indicative of either panting or rumination. A movement pattern indicative of panting and a movement pattern indicative of rumination both include one or more similar parameter values. The method further includes establishing at least one of: whether the repetitive movement is indicative of panting, and / or whether the repetitive movement is indicative of ruminating. The establishing includes: detecting, from the measured ruminant movement the occurrence of a belch action; and identifying, when for at least a predetermined time period the occurrence of the belch action is absent, that the repetitive movement is indicative of panting, for providing the data indicative of heat stress.

When comparing and analyzing multiple recordings of repetitive movements, there is no means to dynamically switch the reference point for synchronized playback. Therefore, it was difficult to recognize the discrepancies between movements that appeared different depending on the selection of the reference point, and to identify their causes. [Solution] The system accepts multiple time-series media data, each recording multiple repetitive actions, with multiple reference point candidates assigned to each recording. It displays these data in parallel or superimposed, and presents the reference point candidates on a timeline. For each type of reference point candidate, the system calculates the median time position across multiple recordings as the representative position, and sets intervals on the timeline using the midpoint between adjacent representative positions as boundaries. The system designates the reference point candidate corresponding to the interval to which the user's input location belongs as the reference point, and realigns all recordings to the time position of that reference point to update synchronized playback.

An apparatus and method for controlling a repetitive motion linear actuator (RMLA) accommodates a minimum repetition rate and a commanded repetition rate. If the commanded rate is greater than the minimum rate, the RMLA operates automatically in a rate scaling mode by applying cycles continuously and scaling the cycle length to provide the commanded rate. If the commanded rate is less than the minimum rate, the RMLA operates automatically in a hold mode by fixing the cycle length and applying cycles discontinuously while adjusting the separation between cycles to provide the commanded rate. In the hold mode, the cycle length may be equal to the maximum allowable value (Tmax) or equal to a desired value smaller than Tmax. The cycles may have any profile shape, such as a sine wave or a shape including deceleration and acceleration periods separated by constant rate periods between them.

A computer-implemented method for video processing is disclosed. The method includes receiving an input video of one or more persons from a camera; detecting a sequence of human poses in the input video using an artificial intelligence (AI) based technique; selecting a proper pose from among multiple poses in a given frame of the input video, to generate a sequence of proper poses; detecting one or more key points in the sequence of proper poses; computing changes in coordinates of the one or more key points; computing a function of the changes in the coordinates of the one or more key points in the sequence of proper poses; counting a given user movement as a repetitive motion of an activity based on the function; and computing a plurality of statistics about the activity based on the counting. In some embodiments, the activity is running, jogging, walking jumping, performing jumping jacks, squatting, and / or dribbling.

The application discloses a kind of based on recursive neural network multi-mobile arm cooperative control method, its method includes the following steps: a. the hardware parameter of mobile manipulator's moving platform and mechanical arm is measured;B. according to the demand design multiple mobile manipulator cooperative movement desired trajectory function;C. based on D-H parameter method and mobile manipulator overall model, the kinematics equation of mechanical arm end effector about world coordinate system is obtained;D. for multiple mobile manipulator cooperative control problem, a distributed communication scheme is used, and a quadratic programming problem with repetitive motion as objective function and distributed cooperative control as equality constraint is constructed;E. recursive neural network is proposed to solve the quadratic programming problem of multiple mobile manipulator cooperative control with noise disturbance.The application uses the distributed scheme for repetitive motion, can be under the condition that each mobile manipulator is limited between each other Communication, cooperative movement is completed given main task, and reaches optimum under repetitive motion optimization index.