177 results about "Tactile perception" patented technology

The wearable tactile navigation system frees you from requiring to use your eyes as there is no display, all positional information is conveyed via touch. As a compass, the device nudges you towards North. As a GPS navigator, the device orients you towards a landmark (i.e., home) and lets you feel how far away home is. A bluetooth interface provides network capabilities, allowing you to download map landmarks from a cell phone. The bidirectional networking capability generalizes the device to a platform capable of collecting any sensor data as well as providing tactile messages and touch telepresence. The main application of the device is a wayfinding device for people that are blind and for people that suffer from Alzheimer's disease but there are many other applications where it is desirable to provide geographical information in tactile form as opposed to providing it in visual or auditory form.

The wearable tactile navigation system frees you from requiring to use your eyes as there is no display, all positional information is conveyed via touch. As a compass, the device nudges you towards North. As a GPS navigator, the device orients you towards a landmark (i.e., home) and lets you feel how far away home is. A bluetooth interface provides network capabilities, allowing you to download map landmarks from a cell phone. The bidirectional networking capability generalizes the device to a platform capable of collecting any sensor data as well as providing tactile messages and touch telepresence. The main application of the device is a wayfinding device for people that are blind and for people that suffer from Alzheimer's disease but there are many other applications where it is desirable to provide geographical information in tactile form as opposed to providing it in visual or auditory form.

A hand held instrument for evaluation of cutaneous sensory perception includes a body member, a rotatable head, and a testing element such as a monofilament projecting from the head member wherein the head member and the body are rotatably engaged for positioning the head member with its projecting testing element at a substantially right angle from the body and for alternatively positioning the head member with its projecting testing element in a non-testing position with the testing element extending in a protected position within an elongate channel of the body. The instrument further includes a guard member or sleeve in cooperative engagement with the body and head member to cover the elongate channel in a first non-testing position and to uncover the elongate channel in a second testing position. The guard member may be rotated, pivoted, flipped, or otherwise manipulated from the non-testing position to the testing position.

One embodiment a vision substitution system for communicating audio and tactile representations of features within visual representations includes selecting (1) activity-related parameters; obtaining (2) images or other visual representations according to the activity-related parameters; acquiring (3) features including shapes and corners related to the visual representations according to the activity-related parameters; and outputting (4) effects related to the features on audio and / or tactile displays according to the activity-related parameters. The corners of shapes and other lineal features are emphasized via special audio and tactile effects while apparently-moving effects trace out perimeters and / or shapes. Coded impulse effects communicate categorical visual information. Special speech and braille codes can communicate encoded categorical properties and the arrangements of properties.

A method of tracking progress of a beauty treatment regimen is disclosed. A typical individual undergoing the beauty treatment regimen may exhibit at least one indicia of progress. The indicia of progress may be substantially imperceptible to un-enhanced sensory faculties, such as vision and touch, of a typical human in at least one stage of the beauty treatment regimen. The method may include prescribing a beauty treatment regimen to the individual, tracking the indicia of progress with respect to the individual, and advising the individual about positive progress in the beauty treatment regimen.

The present invention relates to personnel lifts for positioning a subject relative to a work space. Lifts of the invention may include a base, a mechanical positioner, a platform, and a controller. Controllers suitable for use with lifts of the invention are preferably capable of directing continuous, intermittent, periodic, or sporadic adjustment of the subject's position without requiring the subject to break visual or tactile contact with the work space.

A cognitive stimulating sterilizing device for providing visual, tactile and, or audible stimulation for infants while selectively sterilize select items and the surrounding ambient, including a housing adapted for removable connection to cribs, changing tables and similar furniture, ultraviolet light generating source in the housing for sanitizing items in the housing when closed and the ambient when opened, audio source and compartments for holding and storing select items. The housing may include reflective and, or transparent surfaces for directing, reflecting and, or passing ultraviolet light.

An auto-injector device for administering a liquid pharmaceutical composition, in which an end-user can select between doses that the device is capable of delivering. The end-user choices that translate into the selected doses can be based on end-user perceived severity of symptoms, end-user weight and other such factors. In some embodiments the auto-injector is configured to administer the one chosen dose only. In other embodiments, the auto-injector can deliver second and subsequent doses up to full dose of the pharmaceutical composition disposed in the injector. The auto-injector can provide visual, audio, and tactile feedback, alone or in combination, to the user to indicate the dose selected, instructions for use, and when the dose has been administered.

A tactile warning system (100 or 200) having an application surface (114 or 214) and a sheet (110 or 210) formed from a predetermined material and adhered to the application surface. The tactile warning system includes a plurality of tactile warning members (112 or 212) formed from a selected material different from the predetermined material of the sheet. The plurality of tactile warning members are disposed between the sheet and the application surface. The plurality of tactile warning members contact the application surface without an intermediate layer disposed therebetween.

An apparatus is provided for combined ergonomic support and situational sensory augmentation interface during an interactive session within a virtual environment generated by a computer system. The apparatus comprises a resilient body defining a mid portion extending laterally between a pair of side portions projecting transversely outward therefrom to terminate at respective free ends. The mid portion extends across a lap of a user. The mid and side portions collectively define an upper surface for hand and forearm support for the user and an inner side surface contoured about a cradle space for receiving a torso of the user in cradling manner. At least one actuator disposed on the resilient body is selectively driven in cooperation with the interactive session to generate tactile feedback to the user through at least one of the upper and inner side surfaces of the resilient body.

Visual and auditory stimuli are provided to a patient to treat various neurological disorders or conditions and / or to provide improved mental or physical performance. The visual and auditory stimuli are provided by a wearable headset or sleep mask that may be comfortably worn by a user, such as in bed to induce sleep. The wearable headset or sleep mask is operated by a personal computing device of the user, such as smartphone, having downloaded and active thereon a control application or app for the therapy. The wearable headset or sleep mask also concurrently provides tactile stimuli, and the tactile stimulus is provided from bone conduction transducers that concurrently provides the auditory stimuli.

A storage bag is provide with features that facilitate unsealing an opening of the bag, including shaped lips and visual cues for areas that the lips that should be grasped during the unsealing process. The visual cue may include relative coloring of portions of the lips of the bag. The storage bag also includes features that facilitate sealing the opening of the bag, including textured areas and dimples. Such features may provide visual cues, tactile feedback and / or audio feedback in order to facilitate the sealing process.

For training the tactile perception of a marksman, in particular of a sport marksman, during the firing of a shot in which the marksman exercising a pressure on a trigger of a real or simulation firearm which triggers the shot when it crosses a predetermined threshold, a training process comprises (i) measuring the pressure exercised on said trigger by a finger of said marksman, (ii) converting said measured pressure into electric signals representing an instantaneous amplitude of a pressure vector, and (iii) transforming in real time said electric signals into signals perceptible by a sense of the marksman other than the tactile sense, so that the marksman can in real time follow the variation of the pressure exercised on said trigger until the departure of said shot in simultaneity and in synchronism with the tactile perception perceived by said finger. A training device for implementing this process is also provided.

Methods and apparatus are provided for transmitting sensory data over a bi-directional data link to reproduce an audiovisual environment for a physically displaced operator. The apparatus includes a stationary or mobile surveillance platform equipped with transducers for capturing local sensory information including audio, visual, haptic, thermal, and other metrics associated with human perception. The sensory data is processed, transmitted over the data link, and displayed to the operator to simulate a virtual presence. The system further includes ergonomic sensors for detecting head, body, limb, and / or eye related operator motion to allow the operator to remotely manipulate the sensory transducers to selectively configure the field of perception within the measured environment.

The invention discloses a fatigue driving reminding device. The fatigue driving reminding device comprises a fatigue state detection assembly, a fatigue reminding interaction assembly and a communication assembly. The fatigue state detection assembly collects and processes an image of a driver and outputs driving characteristic information according to the image of the driver. The fatigue reminding interaction assembly is connected to the fatigue state detection assembly and generates fatigue level information according to the driving characteristic information. The communication assembly is connected with the fatigue reminding interaction assembly and a vehicle feedback assembly, the communication assembly sends fatigue level information generated by the fatigue reminding interaction assembly to the vehicle feedback assembly, and the vehicle feedback assembly gives a corresponding feedback prompt to the driver according to the fatigue level information. The vehicle feedback assembly is various original vehicle-mounted parts on a vehicle. The invention further discloses a fatigue driving reminding method. Various sensory stimuli including auditory sense, visual sense, smell sense and touch sense can be provided for relieving fatigue according to the real-time state of a driver.

The invention provides a touch perception method applied to an intelligent robot. The method comprises following steps: an external pressure signal is obtained, and is converted into a digital signal; the duration time value of the external pressure signal is calculated, and according to the duration time value and the digital signal, a digital signal change rate is calculated; the digital signal change rate and a preset change threshold value are compared, and therefore the type of the external pressure signal is determined; a pressure generating position is determined, according to the pressure generating position, and the type of the outer pressure signal, comparison with a preset mapping list is carried out, an emotional expression control signal corresponding to the pressure generating position and the type of the outer pressure signal is generated, and the corresponding emotion expression is triggered. The intelligent robot with the method has the perception capacity of multiple portions, according to the portion and stress type, the different emotional expressions can be achieved, and the intelligent robot is more human-friendly.

The present invention is to provide a speaker, whose surface is distributed with glittering cones, made the user's sense of being positioned within a real, three dimensional space, further the speaker is free from damage, when fallen down or impinged by surrounding objects. The portable, inflatable, and illuminative speaker can provide visual perception and tactile perception. A portable, inflatable, and illuminative speaker comprising: an audio base (3) pervious to light, a speaker (5) mounted inside the base (3), an electric circuit (6) electrically connected to the speaker (5), at least, one light emission diode (LED) (4) disposed inside the base (3) is electrically connected to the circuit (6), and an inflatable body (1) pervious to light is coupled to an exterior wall of the base (3) and partly covering the same, the inflatable body (1) is further coupled to a neck (7) equipped with a leak-proof plate therein (71).

An apparatus according to an embodiment includes: a plurality of vibrating sections configured to cause vibration in a touch section to receive a touch made by a user; a first determination section configured to determine a plurality of vibration points on the touch section; a second determination section configured to determine a plurality of target vibrations, respectively, at the plurality of vibration points; and signal generation sections configured to generate a plurality of driving signals for respectively driving the vibrating sections, based on vibration transfer characteristic profiles obtained according to the positions of the plurality of vibration points and main component frequencies of the plurality of target vibrations, and on the plurality of target vibrations. The signal generation sections generate the plurality of driving signals based on a plurality of transfer characteristic profiles respectively corresponding to the plurality of target vibrations near the main component frequencies.

An improved system for magnifying forces perceived by an operator performing delicate procedures with a tool. The system senses forces between the tip and handle of the tool and actuates forces between the handle held by the operator and a brace contacting some other portion of the operator's anatomy. Magnifying the forces felt at the tip provides the ability to perceive forces that are smaller than could otherwise be felt and to perform procedures that are more delicate than possible without such enhanced perception. In at least one embodiment, the device is completely hand-held and thus can easily be adapted to a wide variety of locations, orientations, and applications.

The invention discloses an ultrasonic tactile feedback system and method for assisting a blind person to perceive. The ultrasonic tactile feedback system comprises a PC terminal for generating a focustime sequence; a microcontroller which stores focus information; an FPGA controller which completes conversion of the focus under different unit coordinate systems; an ultrasonic phased array which controls sound pressure distribution in a cavity surrounded by the ultrasonic phased array, and a plurality of tactile points or three-dimensional patterns are formed in space under the action of driving signals on each unit ultrasonic transducer, so that static and freely touchable aerial virtual braille points are realized; the transmitted and modulated ultrasonic waves at the focal point in a phase delay mode are focused according to the focal point coordinates, so that a person obtains tactile perception to indicate that the current gesture task is smoothly completed; and when the hand position capture sensor captures the identification position information, the PC terminal sends the next group of control signals to finish the real-time update and display of the information. Static braille information can be formed in space and can be quickly changed and switched in real time, and the blind can touch and sense the braille information in a non-contact mode.

A keyboard capable of generating a tactile feedback signal makes use of acceleration change of pressing behavior and releasing behavior of a physical keyswitch during pressing and releasing stages. The acceleration change is modulated according to a touch sensitive frequency response in various ways so that a simulated tactile feedback may be generated on the keyswitches of the keyboard.

The invention discloses a space perception ability training device for autistic children. The device organically combines auditory sense, visual sense and tactile sense, and related plastic nerves inthe brain and a repair path of brain self-healing ability are perceived through stimulation of multiple sense organs. Moreover, the device performs hierarchical mode training on the ability of the autistic children from distinguishing spatial positioning, understanding spatial orientation concepts to analyzing spatial relations, and achieves coordinated movement of hands, feet, eyes and brains, thereby improving the integration function and the spatial perception ability of the autistic children. The scientific, normalized, professional, systematic and standardized spatial perception ability training device and method are provided for the autistic children and rehabilitation guidance personnel, the accuracy of training results is effectively guaranteed, and the workload of teachers or guardians is greatly reduced.

The invention relates to an article classification and recovery method based on multi-modal active perception, and belongs to the technical field of robot application. The method comprises the steps that firstly, a target detection network model facing a target article is built, then a grabbing pose for grabbing the target article is obtained, and a mechanical arm system is guided to actively grabthe target article in a pinching mode according to the grabbing pose; the tail ends of fingers of a mechanical arm are provided with touch sensors, and touch signals on the surface of the target article can be obtained in real time while the target article is grabbed; and feature extraction is conducted on the obtained touch information, the feature information is input into a touch classifier for identifying the material of the article, and classification and recovery of the target article are completed. According to the article classification and recovery method based on multi-modal activeperception, visual and touch multi-modal information is utilized, a robot is guided to actively grab the target article in the most suitable pose through a visual detection result and collect the touch information, article material identification is achieved, and article classification and recovery are completed; and various recyclable articles made of different materials can be automatically identified, and high universality and practical significance are achieved.

The invention provides a method, system and device for evaluating students' learning ability, which relates to the technical field of educational robot testing and evaluation, and comprises the following steps of acquiring a test target of a user; ccording to the test objective, selecting the learning ability evaluation mode, and testing the user according to the learning ability test mode, wherein the assessment of learning ability includes at least one of questionnaire type, interactive dialogue type, guided operation type, visual sensory type, creative type or force tactile perception type;obtaining the user's learning ability element data in the test process; according to the data in the test process, generating the user's learning ability evaluation report, wherein the learning ability evaluation report includes the scoring of learning ability element data and suggestions for improvement. The invention can reduce the program and the cost of the test for the students, improve theefficiency of the test for the learning ability of the students, carry out multi-dimensional test and evaluation on the students through an interactive mode, and improve the accuracy of the test and evaluation results.

The embodiment of the invention provides a simultaneous interpretation method and device, and a storage medium. The method comprises the steps: obtaining to-be-transmitted voice data; performing voicerecognition on the to-be-transmitted voice data to obtain to-be-transmitted text data corresponding to the to-be-transmitted voice data; and translating the text data to be simultaneously transmittedinto target tactile perception information of a target language type to finish a simultaneous interpretation process.