45 results about "Repetitive movements" patented technology

According to an embodiment, a brace may include a motorized tensioning device, a tensioning member operationally coupled with the motorized tensioning device to tighten the brace about the limb, and a control unit communicatively coupled with the motorized tensioning device to control adjustment of a tension of the tensioning member. A method for providing therapy with the brace fitted about a limb may include communicating a first instruction from the control unit to the motorized tensioning device to adjust the tension of the tensioning member according to a therapeutic regimen that is designed to aid in recovery of the limb via repetitive movement of the limb.

An exercise device independent, variable display rate visual exercise system uses a sensor to sense repetitive movements or other physical functions of the user. A computing device-readable medium containing computing device executable instructions which, when run on a computing device, cause the computing device to receive a user-exercise signal related to a user-exercise level, determine a modified frame-display time for a visual-image stream in response to the user-exercise signal, and provide the modified frame-display time to a visual-image stream player. Determining the modified frame-display time may include instructions that determine a user-exercise level in response to the user-exercise signal, receive a camera-mount speed and a native frame-display time for a recorded visual-image stream, correlate the camera-mount speed and the user-exercise level, and modify the native frame-display time in response to the correlation to produce the modified frame-display time. These instructions permit the visual-image stream player when playing the visual-image stream to dynamically change the frame-display time as a function of the user-exercise level.

There is provided a method and system for generating a timing vector for use in a user authentication system based on keystroke dynamics. The timing cues are presented to a user, who then types a password according to the timing cues. Then, a timing vector is generated based on the keystrokes of the typed password. The auditory and visual cues may include a repetitive sound played in a certain fixed tempo and a repetitive movement shown in a certain fixed tempo, respectively. The audiovisual cue may include simultaneous sound and movement rendered in a certain fixed tempo. Further, a list of exemplary artificial rhythms, which are used as keystroke dynamics when typing a password, may be presented to the user. The artificial rhythms and timing cues help a user to type a password having more unique and consistent patterns, which results in improved identity verification accuracy.

Techniques are discussed for providing mechanisms for coding and transmitting high definition video, e.g., over low bandwidth connections. In particular, foreground-objects are identified as distinct from the background of a scene represented in a plurality of video frames received from a video source, such as a camera. In identifying foreground-objects, semantically significant and semantically insignificant movement (e.g., repetitive versus non-repetitive movement) is differentiated. Processing of the foreground-objects and background proceed at different update rates or frequencies.

A system for detecting, tracking, displaying and identifying repetitive movement, including a sensor configured to sense movement, and in particular static acceleration, along at least a first horizontal axis, and ideally about a second horizontal axis, with respect to a vertical axis and a processor to generate output signals therefrom for audible and visual display of information that can include movement identification, movement patterns, and to further include elapsed time, start and stop times, breathing patterns, and variations thereof from a reference.

Disclosed is a system and method that allows users to customize audible and visible signals, such as music or video, to maintain a pre-determined or specified pace or to achieve a new pace in repetitive motion activities such as, but not limited to, running, walking, swimming, cycling, aerobics, and the like. Other applications of the system and method include, but are not limited to, enhancing the results of medical rehabilitation programs, physical therapy, weight loss programs, disc jockey services, and industries or manufacturing settings where repetitive motion is common and where audible cues designed to help users maintain a consistent pace are useful.

An exercise system adapted to provide a truly interactive level of exercise with timed exercise intervals that are shown to be optimal in various physiological studies. An example of this invention provides the following unique features: (1) electronically controlled, continuously variable resistance in the positive stroke that responds to the user's efforts and varies the resistance according to the user's current physiological needs; (2) electronically controlled, continuously variable resistance force in the negative stroke that incrementally overcomes the positive muscle contraction and returns to the original position to complete each repetition; and (3) a sophisticated feedback control system that (a) monitors distance, time, and applied force by a user, (b) systematically controls the resistance force to complete each repetition in the specified time intervals, (c) maintains a smooth transition throughout the range of motion, and (d) virtually eliminates the variations of resistance caused by biomechanics, friction, inertia, etc. As a result, an example of the present invention provides the optimum in various types of exercise programs, including but not limited to (1) muscle building, (2) muscle toning, and (3) physical rehabilitation.

A vapor-dispersing device comprising a moveable piston with an evaporative member is described that operates by the repetitive movement of the piston to bring the evaporative member into repeated contact with the exposed end of a liquid transfer means to wick volatile liquid out from a reservoir onto the evaporative member and to expel vapors out through vents.

Provided are methods for enhancing exercise (e.g., intense, eccentric, elevated temperature, repetitive, aerobic, and high altitude) performance, comprising administering electrokinetically-altered aqueous fluids comprising an ionic aqueous solution of stably configured charge-stabilized oxygen-containing nanostructures predominantly having an average diameter of less than 100 nanometers. In certain aspects, enhancing exercise performance comprises at least one of: reducing plasma inflammatory cytokines (e.g., IFN-alpha, ENA-78 and BDNF); ameliorating muscle / tendon damage or enhancing muscle / tendon recovery; reducing biomarkers of exercise-induced muscle injury (e.g., CK, plasma myoglobin); ameliorating exercise induced tendinosis, tendonitis, tenosynovitis, avulsion, and tendon strain associated with chronic repetitive movement or enhancing recovering therefrom; increasing VO2 max; decreasing RPE; reducing blood lactate; preserving muscle contractile function (e.g., maximal force, joint ROM); reducing muscle soreness; ameliorating onset of fatigue in an excercising subject. Improved methods for producing electrokinetically altered aqueous fluids (including sports beverages) are also provided.

The invention discloses a repetitive movement planning method for a redundancy mechanical arm based on a variable-parameter convergence differential neural network. The repetitive movement planning method includes the following steps that firstly, a redundancy mechanical arm inverse kinematics equation is established on a speed layer through the track of the tail end of the redundancy mechanical arm; secondly, the inverse kinematics problem in the first step is designed as a time-varying convex quadratic programming problem constrained by the equation; thirdly, a repetitive movement index is introduced in the time-varying convex quadratic programming problem; fourthly, the time-varying convex quadratic programming problem in which the repetitive movement index is introduced is converted into a time-varying matrix equation through a lagrangian function; fifthly, the time-varying matrix equation is solved through the variable-parameter convergence differential neural network; and sixthly, integration is conducted on the optimal solution, obtained in the fifth step, on the speed layer of the redundancy mechanical arm, and the optimal solution of the joint angle is obtained. By means of the repetitive movement planning method for the redundancy mechanical arm based on the variable-parameter convergence differential neural network, the variable-parameter convergence differential neural network is adopted for solving the repetitive movement of the redundancy mechanical arm, and the beneficial effects of the high calculating efficiency, high real-time performance and good robustness are achieved.

A vapor-dispersing device comprising a moveable piston with a porous protuberance is described that operates by the repetitive movement of the piston to intermittently dip the porous member into a volatile liquid and to expel air out through vents.

A flexible PCB is provided with surplus bends so that it can be readily bent according to the repetitive movement thereof, whereby wires formed in the flexible PCB can be prevented from being severed by the bending fatigue accumulated due to the movement. The flexible PCB for use in electronic equipment acts to transmit electrical signals between two rigid PCBs and acts as a structural bridge therebetween, the two rigid PCBs being spaced away from each other and being able to relatively move. The flexible PCB includes: a plurality of wires, each functioning as a passageway for electrical signals; and a soft material-based substrate body in which the wires are formed; and being provided with surplus bends at predetermined positions so as to allow the flexible PCB to resiliently move according to the relative movement of the rigid PCBs.

A system for detecting, tracking, displaying and identifying repetitive movement, including a sensor configured to sense movement, and in particular static acceleration, along at least a first horizontal axis, and ideally about a second horizontal axis, with respect to a vertical axis and a processor to generate output signals therefrom for audible and visual display of information that can include movement identification, movement patterns, and to further include elapsed time, start and stop times, breathing patterns, and variations thereof from a reference.

A vapor-dispersing device comprising a moveable piston with an evaporative member is described that operates by the repetitive movement of the piston to bring the evaporative member into repeated contact with the exposed end of a liquid transfer means to wick volatile liquid out from a reservoir onto the evaporative member and to expel vapors out through vents.

Techniques are discussed herein for providing mechanisms for coding and transmitting high definition video, e.g., over low bandwidth connections. In particular, foreground-objects are identified as distinct from the background of a scene represented by a plurality of video frames. In identifying foreground-objects, semantically significant and semantically insignificant movement (e.g., non-repetitive versus repetitive movement) is differentiated. For example, the swaying motion of a tree's leaves being minor and repetitive, can be determined to be semantically insignificant and to belong in a scene's background. Processing of the foreground-objects and background proceed at different update rates or frequencies. For example, foreground-objects can be updated 30 or 60 times per second. By contrast, a background is updated less frequently, e.g., once every 10 seconds. In some implementations, if no foreground-objects are identified, no live video is transmitted (e.g., if no motion is detected, static images are not configured to be repeatedly sent). Techniques described herein take advantage of the realization that, in the area of surveillance and wireless communications, updating video of semantically significant movement at a high frame rate is sufficient.

A vapor-dispersing device comprising a moveable piston with a porous protuberance is described that operates by the repetitive movement of the piston to intermittently dip the porous member into a volatile liquid and to expel air out through vents.

The invention relates to arm joint rehabilitation exercise nursing equipment which includes a placement base, a massage unit, wrap airbags, an angle frame, a limiting airbag group and an adjusting device. The massage unit is arranged inside the placement base, the wrap airbags are symmetrically installed on the placement base, the front end of the placement base is connected with the angle frame,the limiting airbag group is installed at the rear end of the angle frame, and the adjusting device is arranged at the front end of the placement base. The problems that a convalescent has a strong pain in arms in the early stage of recovery, it is difficult to control the arms of the convalescent to flex with equal amplitude when the arms of the convalescent are moved manually, the convalescent is prone to feeding uncomfortable when the amplitude is large, the condition of joints of the convalescent may aggravated in serious situation, when the arms of the convalescent in the middle and latestages of recovery are trained, the arms of the convalescent need to be subjected to a flexion exercise with larger amplitude, and workers are prone to feeling soring and numb in hands and arms when training the convalescent with long-time repeat actions are solved.

An artificial pitching mound. The artificial pitching mound includes an artificial pitching rubber and artificial pitching stride component fillable with microbeads or pellets. The artificial pitching mound reduces repetitive movement injuries for baseball and softball pitchers. The artificial pitching mound also allows positive muscle memory development with a surface that duplicates the feel of natural turf during practice session and allows the athlete's muscles to react the same on both the artificial surface and natural turf.

Method and apparatus for controlling movement patterns in repetitive movements, in particular in cyclical or alternating movements defined by the parameters of the amplitude and frequency of the movement, in which these parameters are correlated with the mean velocity of a body effectively or fictively driven forward by the movement as well as a device for realizing the method.

Disclosed herein is a device which detects repetitive movement of a user's body part. The device has a sensor which detects G forces along at least two axes when the user repeatedly moves the body part; a memory, which stores reference data corresponding to ideal reference data; a processor / computing unit, which communicates with the sensor and the memory, and receives data associated with the G forces. The processing / computing unit compares the ideal reference data with the data associated with the detected G forces. A feedback component is connected to the processor / computing unit to provide the user with a signal when a target has been achieved. Also disclosed is a method of computing data received by the device and an exerciser device that simulates the movement of a hula hoop.

A method of reconstructing, in two dimensions, a path of a living being or of an object moving, by a repetitive movement, in a plane or a two-dimensional surface or along a plane or a two-dimensional surface, including: measuring at least two variable components of the projection of the terrestrial magnetic field on at least two axes of a biaxial or triaxial magnetometer connected to or situated on the living being or object, measuring the period, or frequency, of a signal corresponding to the measurement of at least one of the variable components along one of the axes of the magnetometer, measuring the heading, or direction, of the movement, from at least two field measurements along at least two axes of the magnetometer, and reconstituting the path from the measurements of period or frequency and of heading or direction.

An electronic device is controlled by scanning a face at an ultrasonic frequency, by at least one audio speaker. Facial features are mapped based on the scanning and repetitive movements of the facial features are detected by mapping the facial features over time. Future locations of the facial features are predicted based on the detecting of the repetitive movements. Control movements of the facial features are detected based on the mapping of the facial features and the predicting of the future locations of the facial features. The electronic device is controlled based on the detecting of the control movements.

Wearable devices that provide tactile, visual stimulation, and movement / manipulation for a user are described. The devices can include a spinner that rotates with respect to a base. The spinner can be spun by the user to produce visual stimulation that the user may find pleasing and soothing, and which may provide therapeutic effects. The spinner may also include tactile features, such as a series of protrusions and recesses, that the user can touch or rub to create a tactile sensation, which may also help the user to relieve and / or regulate stress. The spinner also allows the user to manipulate the spinner with fingers in small repetitive movements that may reduce restlessness. The devices may be sized and shaped such that the user may uninterruptedly perform everyday tasks and discretely wear and use the devices in certain social environments such as the classroom.

A tool for making gentle repetitive movements to the joints between a person's sacrum and ilium which allow for proper pelvic alignment when one or both have become irritated, inflamed, or malaligned, and causes significant pain. Use of the tool generates a lateral and caudal directed force on an affected ilium thereby mobilizing it back into its normal position. The tool also may be used to realign the pubic synthesis.

In a machine tool and a control apparatus thereof, a repetitive movement unit is configured so that the cutting tool performs one repetitive movement with respect to multiple relative rotations between the workpiece and the cutting tool and so that a rotation angle of the relative rotation between the workpiece and the cutting tool during relative movement at a second speed is smaller than a rotation angle of the relative rotation during relative movement at a first speed in one repetitive movement. This configuration limits degradation of machining efficiency when the cutting tool machines the workpiece by performing one repetitive movement with respect to multiple relative rotations between the workpiece and the cutting tool.

The wrist cushion device supports the wrist with a plastic housing and is lined with a thick layer of foam substance covered in a neoprene or similar material. The user is able to lock their wrist into the device and be able to move freely with little or no friction to be used at or on any smooth surface. The device is applicable for use of computer use in using a keyboard and mouse and not limited to but for even artists for drawing where repetitive movements are common.