547 results about "Visual guidance" patented technology

The invention relates to a display system which comprises a display screen (101) for displaying a graphical representation. The surface of the display screen has relief (103, 104) in order to provide tactile and/or visual guidance to the user. The display system according to the invention comprises a relief generator for dynamically generating the relief (103, 104) on the display screen. It is thus achieved that the relief can be changed dynamically in accordance with the graphical output of the current application.

A system and method for creating an integrated digital media management and reproduction device comprised of a database with key data values for a plurality of records, and a module with search controls that include sets of compound parallel attribute queries that can execute instructions for a data category, and concurrently retrieve and display records across a plurality of related categories—thereby revealing the associations between discrete records. The invention also has a plurality of software instantiated media players which, through instructions managed by a “master container” design, function as if they were dynamically aware of user actions and the quantifiable states of each other player object—and respond according to logic rules, visually guiding event workflow. The system has a memory module for storing query information, a processor configured to retrieve data, a display unit for retrieved data and a digital-to-analog converter for providing capability for connection to loudspeakers.

A flexible medical intubation instrument provided for placement into an animal or human patient comprises a catheter with at least a pair of longitudinally extending lumens or channels including a sensor and/or actuator channel and a working channel. In the sensor/actuator channel is provided a fixed or slideably removable sensor cable having a sensor for sensing a characteristic or condition including any of the following: a visual sensor for optical viewing, a chemical sensor, a pH sensor, a pressure sensor, an infection sensor, an audio sensor, or a temperature sensor. The sensors are coupled by the sensor/actuator cable through light transmission, electric current, or radio transmission to a viewing instrument or other output device such as a meter or video screen for displaying the condition that is sensed within the body of the patient while the flexibility of the composite structure comprising the catheter and cable enable the entire instrument to flex laterally as it moves through curved passages or around obstructions during insertion or removal. While making observations through the sensor channel, the working channel simultaneously functions as a drain or an irrigation duct, a feeding tube, or to provide a passage for the insertion of one or a succession of surgical devices such that the catheter serves as a protective artificial tract or liner as surgical devices are inserted and removed through it in succession so as to minimize tissue trauma, infection, and pain experienced by the patient. The instrument can be used in urology, as well as a visually directed nasogastric tube, as a visually directed external gastrostomy tube, or as a visually directed internal gastric tube or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube and in other applications.

The present invention relates to a method and apparatus of utilizing an eye detection apparatus in a medical application, which includes calibrating the eye detection apparatus to a user; performing a predetermined set of visual and cognitive steps using the eye detection apparatus; determining a visual profile of a workflow of the user; creating a user-specific database to create an automated visual display protocol of the workflow; storing eye-tracking commands for individual user navigation and computer interactions; storing context-specific medical application eye-tracking commands, in a database; performing the medical application using the eye-tracking commands; and storing eye-tracking data and results of an analysis of data from performance of the medical application, in the database. The method includes performing an analysis of the database for determining best practice guidelines based on clinical outcome measures.

The invention discloses an industrial robot workpiece positioning grabbing method based on visual guidance. The method includes the following steps that 1, a system parametric model is established, and calibration of a camera is conducted; 2, a workpiece feature template is determined; 3, workpiece template living examples are sought for, and the positions of workpieces are determined according to coordinate information of the living examples; 4, the speed of a target workpiece is calculated; 5, the pose, in a robot basic coordinate system, of the workpiece is predicted when the workpiece is located at a station to be grabbed; 6, a robot moves according to a planned path to approach and grab the workpiece and place the workpiece at the position of a target point. The invention further discloses a system for implementing the industrial robot workpiece positioning grabbing method based on visual guidance in the patent claim 1. The system comprises a conveying belt, an optoelectronic switch, a camera, an industrial control computer, the robot and the target workpiece. The system has the advantages of being high in positioning accuracy, high in working efficiency, high in automation degree and the like.

Instruments and methods for inserting a spinal fixation rod include various components for inserting a rod with visual guidance. One kit includes a plurality of hollow elongated extension tubes and rod templates. The tube connectors connect the extension tubes in series. Another kit includes a rod guidance instrument having a sleeve. A guide member is attachable to the midsection of the sleeve, and a spinal fixation rod is attachable to the distal end of the sleeve. A method for inserting a spinal fixation rod into a plurality of rod receiving implants includes the steps of contouring a fixation rod to conform to a predetermined shape, contouring a guide member to match the shape of the contoured rod, and guiding the fixation rod into a rod receiving implant by maneuvering the guide member through a guide slot representing the location of the rod receiving implant.

The invention discloses a Kinect-based man-machine interaction method for a two-arm robot. In the method, operators are allowed to control a six-degree-of-freedom virtual robot to complete an operation task through a natural hand three-dimensional action; and the operators are helped to control the robot and know the action and ambient environment of the robot on the basis of the visual man-machine interaction. According to the method, the visual guidance-based semi-autonomous shared control can be realized, and an end effector with an object grabbing task obtains the more exact position and range due to the semi-autonomous shared control of the visual guidance, so that the grabbing is more exact.

Preliminary guidance data is determined for the vehicle during an evaluation time window. A vision module collects vision data from a vision module during the evaluation time window. Vision guidance data is determined from the collected vision data. A vision quality estimator estimates vision quality data for at least one of the vision data and the vision guidance data during the evaluation time window. The vision quality data is based on a regression path and density grid points. An adjuster adjusts the preliminary guidance data to a revised guidance data based on the vision guidance data such that the revised guidance data is registered with or generally coextensive with the vision guidance data, if the vision quality data exceeds a minimum threshold.

A global calibration method of a laser tracking visual guidance measurement system comprises the steps of determining a visual system coordinate system and a laser tracker coordinate system; putting a plane target for at least three times and obtaining plane equations of the target plane, where the plane target is located in the visual system coordinate system and the laser tracker coordinate system at each putting position; and calculating a spatial transformation relation of the visual system coordinate system and the laser tracker coordinate system according to the coefficients of the obtained plane equations. The global calibration method of a laser tracking visual guidance measurement system in the invention realizes the global calibration of the laser tracking visual guidance measurement system by obtaining the plane equations of the target plane in the visual system coordinate system and the laser tracker coordinate system at the at least three positions of the plane target, so as to realize automatic assembly and butt joint of large-sized components, to improve assembly efficiency, and to save assembly cost.

A simple to use, inexpensive and readily portable surgical practice and teaching kit is described that includes in portfolio form a two layer practice suturing pad including a latex rubber layer simulating human skin attached to a plastic foam layer that simulates underlying human tissue, the foam layer having incorporated therein simulated subcutaneous growths or lesions such as simulated lipomas or sebaceous cysts. The practice pad is mounted on a folder or portfolio for convenient access and use by the student or practitioner, the portfolio also including pictorial illustrations showing various proper suturing techniques as a visual guide to the user in practicing suturing procedures.

Devices and methods for performing a surgical step or surgical procedure with visual guidance using an optical head mounted display are disclosed.

A target indicator for visual guidance of a container into secured engagement with a support surface by mating of at least one coupling. The coupling includes a support coupling fitting located on the support surface and a container coupling fitting located on the container. The target indicator includes an attachment at least partially formed with a high visibility exterior and configured to at least partially encircle a coupling fitting in use.

Landmark directional guidance is provided to an operator of an endoscopic device by displaying graphical representations of vectors adjacent a current image captured by an image capturing device disposed at a tip of the endoscopic device and being displayed at the time on a display screen, wherein the graphical representations of the vectors point in directions that the endoscope tip is to be steered in order to move towards associated landmarks such as anatomic structures. Navigation guidance is provided to the operator by determining a current position and shape of the endoscope relative to a reference frame, generating an endoscope computer model according to the determined position and shape, and displaying the endoscope computer model along with a patient computer model referenced to the reference frame so as to be viewable by the operator while steering the endoscope.

An apparatus and method for presenting electronic documents to users in the form of immersive reading pages. Immersive reading pages mimic the presentation that is provided by printed paper documents. There are no traditional user interface features displayed to the user, yet the user has access to the enhanced functionality that can be provided by computer-implemented documents. In an illustrative embodiment, the user has access to intrabook (or inside-the-book), interbook (or outside-the-book) navigational features, and content interactive features, such as highlighting, annotating, drawing or looking up definitions or synonyms of words in the document. Enhanced functionality is transparently associated with elements on the immersive reading page such that the immersive reading page is without visible indicators of the association. A training mode for permitting the user to learn the transparent association behind the immersive reading pages provides visual guides to the user. The guides may be turned off after the user learns the association.

A trailer hitch system for improving the speed and safety of attaching the trailer to a tow vehicle. The hitch may include a shank that may be attached to the trailer through a ball hitch. A receiver may be provided on the tow vehicle such that attachment of the trailer to the tow vehicle may be accomplished by introducing the shank into the receiver when the tow vehicle is backed to the trailer. A funnel shaped guide member may be provided to facilitate aligning the shank with the receiver. Also, friction reducing rollers may be used with the shank or the receiver. Moreover, a height adjustment and visual guidance system may be included to facilitate connecting the trailer to the tow vehicle.

The invention discloses an automatic dispensing method and device based on double cameras. The method comprises the following steps: S1: through a panoramic camera, obtaining current panoramic image information, wherein the panoramic image information comprises workpiece information and workpiece position information corresponding to a workpiece; S2: according to the obtained workpiece position information, moving a close-up shot to the corresponding workpiece, and obtaining image feature information of the workpiece; S3: according to a template matching algorithm, carrying out feature matching on the obtained image feature information and a workpiece template to obtain a corresponding workpiece type, rotary angle and dispensing trajectory; S4: transmitting the obtained workpiece type, rotary angle and dispensing trajectory to a dispensing robot, and controlling the dispensing robot to carry out a dispensing operation. According to the intelligent dispensing robot subjected to visual guidance based on the double cameras, the workpiece type can be automatically identified, the dispensing trajectory can be automatically positioned, a mechanical arm is guided to carry out a dispensing operation, and dispensing quality is automatically identified.

A visual guidance system includes an image display to present an image overlaid on a windshield in front of a driver of a vehicle, a processor to output image information on a virtual line to display visual guidance to the image display, and a steering input detector to detect a steering input. The processor presents an attention attracting indication about an object outside of the vehicle in synchronization with the virtual line in such a manner that the virtual line extends from above the driver along a course of the vehicle seen within the windshield, and a pointing end of the virtual line is overlaid on a road surface on the course seen within the windshield. The processor outputs image information for changing the attention attracting indication to be less conspicuous than the virtual line in accordance with a steering input signal given by the steering input detector.

The invention relates to a guidance unmanned aerial vehicle net cast interception method for a "low-altitude, slow-speed and small" target. The guidance unmanned aerial vehicle net cast interception method comprises the steps that an unmanned aerial vehicle is set as the standby state; a ground control station determines a threat target and controls photoelectric detection equipment to perform dynamic tracking on the threat target; the ground control station acquires the location of the threat target and transmits a flight instruction to the unmanned aerial vehicle; and the unmanned aerial vehicle enters the maneuvering flight mode and reaches the area near the target. When the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target is less than a first threshold, the unmanned aerial vehicle is controlled to accurately approximate the target through a visual guidance device and a distance measurement device. When the distance between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target is less than a second threshold, a net cast device is automatically triggered to emit an interception net to wind the target to fall off and finally the unmanned aerial vehicle returns. With application of the method, the net cast device is automatically triggered to intercept the target according to the relative location information between the unmanned aerial vehicle and the target so that the interception precision and the degree of automation can be effectively enhanced.

The invention provides a method and system for guiding mechanical hand grabbing through three-dimensional visual guidance. The whole system is fixed in space, the visual field does not change due to the movement of a mechanical arm, and a target object is not likely to be away from the observation visual field of a camera; by means of acquisition in an off calibration manner, a system model structure can be repeatedly calibrated, and therefore the work precision in long-time work tasks is guaranteed; and a robot can sense environments, by means of the 3D machine vision scanning and point cloudfeature recognition and analysis technology, the robot is guided to complete some recognition and grabbing tasks of disorderly objects, and people are liberated from high-repeatability dangerous labor.

The invention relates to a visual guiding and monitoring system for the plane taking off and landing with low visibility and the technique, wherein, the system comprises a plurality of infrared cooperation marks, infrared detecting and imaging systems and control computers, wherein, the infrared cooperation marks are arranged on the landing point area, the runway boundary, the runway end, the planes parked on the airport and gliding on the airport, the parked vehicles and the moving vehicles, the tall buildings and barriers around the airport and the crossroads of the runway; the infrared detecting and imaging systems and control computers are arranged on the control tower of airport, the planes and the vehicles; the control computers are used for controlling all the infrared cooperation marks to emit specific infrared ray; the infrared detecting and imaging systems are used for detecting that the spectrum range is matched with the wavelength of the infrared ray emitted by the infrared cooperation marks. With the computer visual and mode identification technology, the visual guiding and monitoring system enables to extract the relative information automatically to guide the vehicles on the airport to travel, to guide the plane to glide, take off and land, so as to realize the intelligent monitoring for the whole airport. The visual guiding and monitoring system is also suitable for the roads, waterway traffic, collision prevention, rescue and dangerous area warning with low visibility.