Abstract: A game system including a game controller and game machine that executes a game program. The game controller including a balance platform supported at its center and under its periphery by an inflatable bladder, an air pressure source, a dual-axis accelerometer measuring tilt of the balance platform, a control valve, and an air pressure sensor measuring air pressure of the inflatable bladder. The game machine receives real time measures of the air pressure of the inflatable bladder and the tilt of the balance platform, displays on a screen a game player's location in a game space generated by the game program, based on the measures of the tilt, and changes the air pressure of the inflatable bladder during game play in response to the game program generating an interaction between the game player's location and a location of an interactive graphic image created by the game program.

Abstract: A game system including a game controller and game machine that executes a game program. The game controller including a balance platform supported at its center and under its periphery by an inflatable bladder, an air pressure source, a dual-axis accelerometer measuring tilt of the balance platform, a control valve, and an air pressure sensor measuring air pressure of the inflatable bladder. The game machine receives real time measures of the air pressure of the inflatable bladder and the tilt of the balance platform, displays on a screen a game player's location in a game space generated by the game program, based on the measures of the tilt, and changes the air pressure of the inflatable bladder during game play in response to the game program generating an interaction between the game player's location and a location of an interactive graphic image created by the game program.

Abstract: Systems and methods for clinical assessment of balance may include a tilting balance platform further including: an upper platform, a lower platform, and an array of force transducers sandwiched between the upper platform and the lower platform. The systems may also include: a toroidal bladder supporting the lower platform; an air pressure sensor and a control valve connected to the toroidal bladder; an inclinometer that measures tilt information of the balance platform; and a computer that receives a control signal to activate one of: the array of force transducers and the inclinometer. If the array of force transducers is activated, then a clinical test is performed to measure changes to a subject's Center of Pressure on a stabilized balance platform, and if the inclinometer is activated, then another clinical test is performed to measure the tilt information caused by a subject's movements on a de-stabilized balance platform.

Abstract: Systems and methods for clinical assessment of balance may include a tilting balance platform further including: an upper platform, a lower platform, and an array of force transducers sandwiched between the upper platform and the lower platform. The systems may also include: a toroidal bladder supporting the lower platform; an air pressure sensor and a control valve connected to the toroidal bladder; an inclinometer that measures tilt information of the balance platform; and a computer that receives a control signal to activate one of: the array of force transducers and the inclinometer. If the array of force transducers is activated, then a clinical test is performed to measure changes to a subject's Center of Pressure on a stabilized balance platform, and if the inclinometer is activated, then another clinical test is performed to measure the tilt information caused by a subject's movements on a de-stabilized balance platform.

Abstract: A low-cost balance exerciser for use at work includes a central support for a ball joint disposed on a base, an inflatable elastic toroidal bladder disposed on the base and centered about the central support, a rigid circular balance platform whose center is fixed to the ball joint on its lower surface, and a pump connected to the inflatable elastic toroidal bladder.

Abstract: Systems and methods for clinical assessment of balance may include a tilting balance platform further including: an upper platform, a lower platform, and an array of force transducers sandwiched between the upper platform and the lower platform. The systems may also include: a toroidal bladder supporting the lower platform; an air pressure sensor and a control valve connected to the toroidal bladder; an inclinometer that measures tilt information of the balance platform; and a computer that receives a control signal to activate one of: the array of force transducers and the inclinometer. If the array of force transducers is activated, then a clinical test is performed to measure changes to a subject's Center of Pressure on a stabilized balance platform, and if the inclinometer is activated, then another clinical test is performed to measure the tilt information caused by a subject's movements on a de-stabilized balance platform.

Abstract: A low-cost balance exerciser for use at work includes a central support for a ball joint disposed on a base, an inflatable elastic toroidal bladder disposed on the base and centered about the central support, a rigid circular balance platform whose center is fixed to the ball joint on its lower surface, and a pump connected to the inflatable elastic toroidal bladder.