Analyzing Bodily Movement (e.g., Skills Or Kinetics Of Handwriting) Patents (Class 73/865.4)
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Patent number: 12109479Abstract: An exercise assistance device includes a data obtainer that obtains motion data on a motion of an arm of a user that is taking exercise while swinging the arm, and at least one processor that obtains a type of arm swing form of the user, based on the motion data obtained by the data obtainer.Type: GrantFiled: February 19, 2020Date of Patent: October 8, 2024Assignee: CASIO COMPUTER CO., LTD.Inventors: Keisuke Shimada, Takashi Yahata
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Patent number: 12100245Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for determining reduced player performance during a sporting event. The system can use one or more sensors to capture information about actions such as shooting, dribbling, kicking and/or passing an object performed by the player and at least one processor to analyze the information in order to evaluate the player's performance. The system can determine and store at least one parameter indicative of the performance of the player in performing an action, and calculate based on the at least one stored parameter at least one value indicative of whether player intentionally underperformed the action and provide an output indicative of the assessment.Type: GrantFiled: February 17, 2021Date of Patent: September 24, 2024Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter, Cynthia T. Marty
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Patent number: 12053672Abstract: A method includes the following steps: processing, by a computing device, at least a stretch value per strap of straps of a motion tracking system; comparing, by the computing device, the stretch value of each strap or a length value derived therefrom with a stored baseline value of the respective strap, the stored value being associated with the same person, and the length value being representative of a length of a respective strap at least based on the respective stretch value. The method further includes executing, by the computing device, a corrective action at least when one of the comparisons made exceeds a predetermined threshold. Also, a motion tracking system, a data processing device, a computer program, and a computer-readable medium are related.Type: GrantFiled: December 15, 2021Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: SWORD HEALTH, S.A.Inventors: José Carlos Coelho Alves, João Paulo Dias Andrade, Márcio Filipe Moutinho Colunas, Pedro Miguel Moreira De Sousa, Pedro Miguel Simões Bastos Martins, Pedro Filipe Xavier Rodrigues, Ivo Emanuel Marques Gabriel, Virgílio António Ferro Bento
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Patent number: 12056284Abstract: A method of gesture recognition is provided comprising: receiving data from each of a first sensor, a second sensor, a third sensor and a fourth sensor in a wearable glove device, data from the first sensor relating to movement of a thumb, data from the second sensor relating to movement of a first finger, data from the third sensor relating to movement of a middle finger and data from the fourth sensor relating to movement of a hand; forming an input sequence from the data; comparing the input sequence to each of a plurality of reference sequences by applying dynamic time warping to determine a similarity measure, wherein each reference sequence corresponds to an item in a stored vocabulary; and determining an output item from the stored vocabulary using the similarity measure.Type: GrantFiled: December 16, 2020Date of Patent: August 6, 2024Assignee: BrightSign Technology LimitedInventors: Hadeel Diaaeldin Ayoub, Edward Richard Hill
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Patent number: 12031826Abstract: Systems and methods of path-based mapping and routing are provided. Translation information and absolute information of mobile objects in environments are determined based on a fusion of sensing data from a radar and an inertial measurement unit (IMU) including a gyroscope and an accelerometer, from which path-based maps and optimal routes can be generated.Type: GrantFiled: May 28, 2020Date of Patent: July 9, 2024Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties CompanyInventors: Gautam Singh, John M. Kruse, Ronald D. Jesme, William J. Kelliher, Jr., Jacob E. Odom, Adam C. Nyland, Nicholas T. Gabriel, Jason L. Aveldson, Haleh Hagh-Shenas, Frank T. Herfort, Michael L. Gjere, Rachneet Kaur, Elias Wilken-Resman, Jae Yong Lee, Doug A. Addleman, Glenn E. Casner, James D. Carlson, Justin Tungjunyatham, Karl Battle, Steven G. Lucht
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Patent number: 12002293Abstract: Systems and methods are provided for evaluating player performance during a sporting event. The system can use at least one camera to capture images of a player while the player is participating in the sporting event. The system has at least one processor that is configured to receive the captured images from the camera and analyze the captured images to determine a trajectory of an object moved by the player during the sporting event. The processor is configured to analyze the captured images to determine orientations and movements of at least one body part of the player while the player is participating in the sporting event, and the processor determines at least one trajectory parameter indicative of the trajectory. The processor also assesses, based on the orientations and the movements of the at least one body part, a balance of the player while the player is performing at least one action at the sporting event.Type: GrantFiled: November 7, 2023Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Assignee: Pillar Vision, Inc.Inventors: Alan W. Marty, John Carter
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Patent number: 11998316Abstract: According to an embodiment, a system comprises a target image display forming a skeleton image of a subject on a grid pattern with a predetermined unit length and coordinates via image processing by a three-dimensional (3D) depth camera, specifying, on the skeleton image, feature points corresponding to the subject's joints, a reference point corresponding to a measurement target among the feature points, and a motion point corresponding to a joint moving with respect to the reference point, and generating a connection line connecting the feature points and an information processor obtaining the body information from the skeleton image using the feature points, the connection line, the grid pattern, and a gravity line and median line of the subject, evaluating the posture information according to a preset posture classification criterion, and measuring the joint motion range by tracking motion of the motion point with respect to the reference point.Type: GrantFiled: August 21, 2020Date of Patent: June 4, 2024Inventor: Ha Yeon Park
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Patent number: 11992729Abstract: A patient can undergo physical therapy to rehabilitate a musculoskeletal condition. The success of the rehabilitation relies in part on whether the patient uses an exercise band with the correct resistance for their condition. In order to select the correct resistance, a controller can instruct the patient to perform a directed movement with an exercise band, receive exercise data from at least one sensor (e.g., a camera, like a front-facing camera, that records the patient, a plurality of sensors on or near the patient's skin, etc.) as the subject performs the directed movement, and calculate a pull force exerted by the patient on the exercise band based on at least a portion of the exercise data. The adequacy of an exercise with the exercise band for the patient is determined based on the pull force can be determined based on the calculated pull force.Type: GrantFiled: July 17, 2023Date of Patent: May 28, 2024Assignee: PT GENIE, LLCInventors: Reuben Gobezie, Laurence D. Higgins
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Patent number: 11906540Abstract: Various approaches for automated fall detection, implemented in wearables and other device form factors of a personal emergency response system (PERS) are disclosed. In an example, a hybrid approach for fall detection includes: identifying a potential fall event from three-dimensional motion data of a human subject, using filtering rules; evaluating the motion data with a machine learning model (e.g., a decision tree ensemble (DTE) model), to produce a first determination that a fall has occurred; evaluating the motion data with a deep learning neural network (e.g., recurrent neural network such as a gated recurrent unit (GRU)), to produce a second determination that a fall has occurred; classifying the potential fall event as a fall condition for the human subject, based on the first determination and the second determination; and outputting data to indicate the fall condition for the human subject.Type: GrantFiled: October 29, 2021Date of Patent: February 20, 2024Assignee: BBY SOLUTIONS, INC.Inventors: Joseph Gwin, Hyoki Lee, Ramin Oftadeh
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Patent number: 11839805Abstract: Various applications of computer vision and artificial intelligence to basketball practice and game situations are described.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2019Date of Patent: December 12, 2023Assignee: Ballogy, Inc.Inventors: Todd Young, Syed Saad Hussain
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Patent number: 11808605Abstract: A system (10) for pedestrian use includes an accelerometer (110) having multiple electronic sensors; an electronic circuit (100) operable to generate a signal stream representing magnitude of overall acceleration sensed by the accelerometer (110), and to electronically correlate a sliding window (520) of the signal stream with itself to produce peaks at least some of which represent walking steps, and further operable to electronically execute a periodicity check (540) to compare different step periods for similarity, and if sufficiently similar then to update (560) a portion of the circuit substantially representing a walking-step count; and an electronic display (190) responsive to the electronic circuit (100) to display information at least in part based on the step count. Other systems, electronic circuits and processes are disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: February 18, 2022Date of Patent: November 7, 2023Assignee: TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCORPORATEDInventors: Jayawardan Janardhanan, Sandeep Rao, Goutam Dutta
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Patent number: 11779259Abstract: A cognitive function evaluation device includes: an obtainment unit configured to obtain, as gait data, at least one of first data and second data, the first data indicating a sway amount of a body of a subject during walking in a first walking section from start of walking of the subject to a predetermined number of steps, and the second data indicating a sway amount of the body of the subject during walking in a second walking section in a double task state in which the subject is walking while doing a given assignment, the second walking section being after the first walking section; a calculation unit configured to calculate a feature value based on the gait data; an evaluation unit configured to evaluate a cognitive function of the subject, based on the feature value; and an output unit configured to output a result of evaluation by the evaluation unit.Type: GrantFiled: March 5, 2019Date of Patent: October 10, 2023Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.Inventors: Yoshihiro Matsumura, Kengo Abe, Hirobumi Nakajima, Ayumi Kamitani
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Patent number: 11711877Abstract: A wrist-wearable electronic device comprising first and second light emitting elements, a sensor, and a processor. The processor is configured to transmit a first command to the first light emitting element in response to the wrist-wearable device reaching a forward position relative to a user based on data received from the sensor and transmit a second command to the second light emitting element in response to the wrist-wearable device reaching a rearward position relative to the user based on the data from the sensor.Type: GrantFiled: April 19, 2022Date of Patent: July 25, 2023Assignee: Garmin International, Inc.Inventors: Jonathan R. Hosler, Aaron J. Lindh, Steven J. Christy, Vincent G. Marco, Thomas I. Loschen, Brent E. Barberis, Hans K. Fritze
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Patent number: 11630120Abstract: In one embodiment, an apparatus (12) that samples a signal obtained or derived from an accelerometer, filters the samples, accumulates the filtered samples, and determines which limb the apparatus is associated with based on a comparison of the filtered accumulated samples and a threshold set.Type: GrantFiled: March 10, 2021Date of Patent: April 18, 2023Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Patrick Kechichian, Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate
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Patent number: 11564595Abstract: A device that non-invasively detects objects beneath or around the foot or a foot position and transmits signals which are processed and then output via an output device on a skin surface not affected by a neurological deficit, such as the hands or thighs. This device is suitable for subjects with diabetic neuropathy who have lost sensation in their feet and are at risk of punctures, cuts or other physical damage and at risk of sprains, strains or falls due to lack of an ability to detect objects underfoot and foot position.Type: GrantFiled: November 19, 2021Date of Patent: January 31, 2023Assignee: Imam Abdulrahman Bin Faisal UniversityInventor: Jafar Mohammed Hassan Al Rubh
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Patent number: 11487965Abstract: A method includes: collecting an original signal in a specified time interval, and performing combined acceleration processing on the original signal to obtain a combined acceleration signal; performing state processing on the combined acceleration signal to obtain a motion time interval, and extracting a plurality of feature groups from the combined acceleration signal according to a preset motion rule; and performing screening on the plurality of feature groups to obtain a first feature group, extracting a median value from the first feature group, and obtaining a stride frequency in the specified time interval based on the median value and a collection frequency, and obtaining a quantity of steps through calculation based on the motion time interval and the stride frequency.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2017Date of Patent: November 1, 2022Assignee: HUAWEI TECHNOLOGIES CO., LTD.Inventors: Yixin Chen, Chen Dong, Xiaohan Chen, Yu Wang, Fan Yang
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Patent number: 11481030Abstract: Example systems may include a head-mounted device configured to present an artificial reality view to a user, a control device including a plurality of electromyography (EMG) sensors, and at least one physical processor programmed to receive EMG data based on signals detected by the EMG sensors, detect EMG signals corresponding to user gestures within the EMG data, classify the EMG signals to identify gesture types, and provide control signals based on the gesture types, wherein the control signal triggers the head-mounted device to modify the artificial reality view. Various other methods, systems, and computer-readable media are also disclosed.Type: GrantFiled: March 27, 2020Date of Patent: October 25, 2022Assignee: Meta Platforms Technologies, LLCInventors: Alexandre Barachant, Daniel Wetmore
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Patent number: 11474603Abstract: In example implementations, an apparatus is provided. The apparatus includes a body portion and a plurality of legs movably coupled to the body portion. The body portion is to rest on a backside of a hand of a user. Each one of the plurality of legs include a curved portion to fit between fingers of a user. Respective ends of the plurality of legs are to contact a palm of the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 12, 2019Date of Patent: October 18, 2022Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.Inventors: Mithra Vankipuram, Hiroshi Horii, Rafael Ballagas
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Patent number: 11406086Abstract: A method for detecting an injury of a quadruped includes: receiving measured data that is based on a gait of the quadruped and includes acceleration in a top-bottom direction and acceleration in a front-back direction; determining timings of putting legs of the quadruped on the ground based on the acceleration in the top-bottom direction, included in the received measured data, and determining whether or not each of the legs is injured based on values, corresponding to the determined timing of putting the legs on the ground, of the acceleration in the front-back direction.Type: GrantFiled: August 3, 2018Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: FUJITSU LIMITEDInventors: Risa Tanaka, Kiyoko Yamamoto, Osamu Shimada
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Patent number: 11406279Abstract: A method of differentiating between a strain and a contraction of the pelvic floor muscles (PFM) of a subject includes receiving data generated by an orientation sensor provided within a vaginal probe device that is located within the vaginal canal of the subject and utilizing a processor to process data generated by the orientation sensor to determine a direction of rotation of the vaginal probe device during a measurement period. When the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the cranial-ventral direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a contraction of the PFM during the measurement period; and when the processor determines that the vaginal probe device has rotated in the caudal-dorsal direction relative to the subject, an output is generated indicating that there has been a strain of the PFM during the measurement period.Type: GrantFiled: October 28, 2015Date of Patent: August 9, 2022Assignee: Chiaro Technology LimitedInventors: Ben Levy, Jeroen Bergmann, Raunaq Bose, Kay Crotty
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Patent number: 11360584Abstract: A work step of electrical connection between a writing pressure detector and a circuit element of a circuit is reduced. An electronic pen includes a writing pressure detector that detects a pressure applied to a core body disposed on one end side of a tubular chassis in the axial center direction, a circuit board for which a flexible substrate formed into a shape allowed to extend in the axial center direction is used in the chassis, and a holder housed in the chassis in such a manner as to hold the writing pressure detector and the circuit board and extend in the axial center direction. In the circuit board, a writing pressure detector placement part, a circuit placement part at which a predetermined circuit is formed, and a line part at which a line pattern that electrically connects a component of the writing pressure detector placed on the writing pressure detector placement part and a circuit element of the circuit placement part is formed are formed to line up in the axial center direction.Type: GrantFiled: September 29, 2021Date of Patent: June 14, 2022Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Shigeru Yamashita, Ryoji Kamiyama, Masamitsu Ito
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Patent number: 11307103Abstract: A method for determining a mechanical load to which a component was exposed. The component comprises at least one sensor that is arranged in a force flow of the mechanical load and that emits a measurement signal in the event of a mechanical load.Type: GrantFiled: May 18, 2018Date of Patent: April 19, 2022Assignee: Ottobock SE & Co. KGaAInventors: Sebastian Betz, André Mueller
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Patent number: 11278238Abstract: A system for assessing a spinal disorder includes a wearable electronic device having one or more sensors and an assessment system. The wearable electronic device is configured to be positioned on a portion of a lower back of a wearer, and the one or more sensors are configured to obtain patient data associated with the wearer. The system receives patient data from the one or more sensors, where the patient data includes movement data associated with movement of the lower back of the wearer, classifies the movement data into an initial grouping, further classifies the at least a portion of the movement data into one of the plurality of activity categories, generate a score corresponding to the at least a portion of the movement data based on the activity category to which the movement data is classified, and cause the score to be displayed via a client electronic device.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2018Date of Patent: March 22, 2022Assignee: WARSAW ORTHOPEDIC, INC.Inventors: Nicholas M. Benson, Richard L. Brown, Newton H. Metcalf, Clark B. Norgaard, Steven D. Glassman, Shane Burch, Domagoj Coric, Robert A. Fields, Seth Georgion, Wing Au
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Patent number: 11269149Abstract: Provided is a fabric including a plurality of fibers disposed in a fabric configuration. At least one of the fibers comprises a device fiber having a device fiber body including a device fiber body material, having a longitudinal axis along a device fiber body length. A plurality of discrete devices are disposed as a linear sequence within the device fiber body along at least a portion of the device fiber body length. Each discrete device includes at least one electrical contact pad. The device fiber body includes device fiber body material regions disposed between adjacent discrete devices in the linear sequence, separating adjacent discrete devices. At least one electrical conductor is disposed within the device fiber body along at least a portion of the device fiber body length. The electrical conductor is disposed in electrical connection with an electrical contact pad of discrete devices within the device fiber body.Type: GrantFiled: November 20, 2019Date of Patent: March 8, 2022Assignee: Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyInventors: Yoel Fink, Michael Rein
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Patent number: 11116425Abstract: Pacer activity data of a user may be managed. For example, historical activity data of a user corresponding to a particular time of a day prior to a current day may be received. Additionally, a user interface configured to display an activity goal of the user may be generated and the user interface may be provided for presentation. In some aspects, the user interface may be configured to display a first indicator that identifies cumulative progress towards the activity goal and a second indicator that identifies predicted cumulative progress towards the activity goal. The cumulative progress may be calculated based on monitored activity from a start of the current day to the particular time of the current day and the predicted cumulative progress may be calculated based on the received historical activity data corresponding to the particular time of the day prior to the current day.Type: GrantFiled: November 5, 2018Date of Patent: September 14, 2021Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel S. Keen, Jay C. Blahnik, Gaurav Kapoor, Michael R. Siracusa
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Patent number: 10955309Abstract: The torque sensor of the present embodiments comprises a first structure to be coupled to an object to be measured, a second structure, a first bridge circuit including a plurality of first strain sensors configured to detect force to be transmitted between the first structure and the second structure, a second bridge circuit including a plurality of second strain sensors configured to detect force to be transmitted between the first structure and the second structure, and a controller configured to output a signal indicating an abnormality when a difference between a first output voltage of the first bridge circuit and a second output voltage of the second bridge circuit is greater than a first threshold voltage.Type: GrantFiled: June 25, 2019Date of Patent: March 23, 2021Assignee: NIDEC COPAL ELECTRONICS CORPORATIONInventors: Takashi Suzuki, Takao Ikeda, Takayuki Endo
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Patent number: 10926155Abstract: Provided is an adjustable basketball training device that includes a weighted base portion to provide upright support to the device on a flat surface, a main leg portion connected at a first end thereof with the base portion and adjustable therefrom in a vertical direction, extension arm portions securely connected together, and connected with a second end of the main leg portion and extending in a horizontal direction, each having a sensor sensing physical contact of the user with each extension arm portion, start and stop operation switch portions connected to the second end of the main leg portion and an end of an extension arm portion opposite an end connected with another extension arm portion of the extension arm portions attached to the second end of the main leg portion, and a digital counter which counts a total number of times the user physically contacts each extension arm portion.Type: GrantFiled: March 29, 2019Date of Patent: February 23, 2021Inventor: Clinton Simmons, Jr.
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Patent number: 10874939Abstract: A controller includes a body having a handle, and an array of proximity sensors spatially distributed on, in, beneath, or near the outer surface of the handle, responsive to a proximity of a user's fingers to that outer surface. A finger tracker converts the output of the array of proximity sensors to a set of joint angles corresponding to a plurality of the user's fingers. The controller may include a renderer for processing the joint angles to deform a hand mesh that is rendered for display. Values may be calculated to facilitate normalization of the output of the proximity sensor array and thereby generate a set of normalized finger detection data. This data may be processed through curl logic to produce a linear estimate of gross finger curl with respect to the user and thereby generate a set of estimates for a plurality of finger joint angles for the user.Type: GrantFiled: June 15, 2018Date of Patent: December 29, 2020Assignee: Valve CorporationInventors: Scott Nietfeld, Jeffrey George Leinbaugh, Eric James Hope, Philip Bryan, Scott Richard Britt, Jeffrey Walter Mucha, Claire Michelle Gottschalk, Jeremy Slocum
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Patent number: 10546471Abstract: An apparatus for creating haptic stimulations is provided. The apparatus includes one or more pods coupled to a garment, each pod including: (i) an internal structure, and (ii) an airtight bladder surrounding the internal structure, where the bladder is pneumatically coupled to a pneumatic device that is configured to control a pressurized state of the bladder. Each pod is configured to: (i) have a first degree of flexibility when the bladder of the pod is in a first pressurized state; and (ii) have a second degree of flexibility, less than the first degree of flexibility, when the bladder of the pod is in a second pressurized state different from the first pressurized state. Each pod provides a haptic stimulation to a wearer of the garment when the corresponding bladder is in the second pressurized state.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 28, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zachary Daniel West, Aaron Alan Ambuske, John Dietrich Martin, Brian Fletcher, Nicholas Roy Corson, Brian Cox, Charles Stewart, Tristan Thomas Trutna
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Patent number: 10540870Abstract: An apparatus for creating haptic stimulations is provided. The apparatus includes pod(s) coupled to a garment, each pod including: (i) an internal structure including an arrangement of a plurality of protrusions and (ii) an airtight bladder surrounding the internal structure, wherein the bladder is pneumatically coupled to a pneumatic device that is configured to control a pressurized state of the bladder. The internal structure in each pod is configured to: (i) when the respective bladder of the respective pod is in a first pressurized state, have a first degree of flexibility; and (ii) when the respective bladder is in a second pressurized state different from the first pressurized state: curve, at least partially, in a predetermined direction, and have a second degree of flexibility less than the first degree of flexibility, thereby providing a haptic stimulation to a wearer when the respective bladder is in the second pressurized state.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: January 21, 2020Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zachary Daniel West, Aaron Alan Ambuske, John Dietrich Martin, Brian Fletcher, Nicholas Roy Corson, Brian Cox, Charles Stewart, Tristan Thomas Trutna
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Patent number: 10372219Abstract: An apparatus for creating haptic stimulations is provided. The apparatus includes pod(s) coupled to a garment, each pod including: (i) an outer internal structure that defines an opening, (ii) an inner internal structure disposed in the opening defined by the outer internal structure, and (iii) an airtight bladder, pneumatically coupled with a pneumatic device, surrounding the inner and outer internal structures. Further, when a bladder of a respective pod is at a first pressure, respective top surfaces of the internal structures contact a first portion of a user's body, said contact with the first portion of the body having a first area, and when the bladder is at a second pressure, the top surface of the inner internal structure and/or the top surface of the outer internal structure contact a second portion of the user's body, said contact with the second portion of the body having a second area.Type: GrantFiled: August 8, 2018Date of Patent: August 6, 2019Assignee: FACEBOOK TECHNOLOGIES, LLCInventors: Zachary Daniel West, Aaron Alan Ambuske, John Dietrich Martin, Brian Fletcher, Nicholas Roy Corson, Brian Cox, Charles Stewart, Tristan Thomas Trutna
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Patent number: 10176556Abstract: A display control apparatus includes an acquisition unit that acquires a document to be displayed on a display, a detector that detects at least one user present in a surrounding area of the display, and a display controller that controls a display angle of the document based on an orientation of the user with respect to the document displayed on the display.Type: GrantFiled: November 4, 2014Date of Patent: January 8, 2019Assignee: FUJI XEROX CO., LTD.Inventors: Hirohito Shibata, Kentaro Takano, Kengo Omura
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Patent number: 10117600Abstract: Pacer activity data of a user may be managed. For example, historical activity data of a user corresponding to a particular time of a day prior to a current day may be received. Additionally, a user interface configured to display an activity goal of the user may be generated and the user interface may be provided for presentation. In some aspects, the user interface may be configured to display a first indicator that identifies cumulative progress towards the activity goal and a second indicator that identifies predicted cumulative progress towards the activity goal. The cumulative progress may be calculated based on monitored activity from a start of the current day to the particular time of the current day and the predicted cumulative progress may be calculated based on the received historical activity data corresponding to the particular time of the day prior to the current day.Type: GrantFiled: September 2, 2014Date of Patent: November 6, 2018Assignee: Apple Inc.Inventors: Daniel S. Keen, Jay C. Blahnik, Gaurav Kapoor, Michael R. Siracusa
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Patent number: 9958942Abstract: The present invention relates to a wearable device and a method for determining a position of at least one finger of a hand relative to a predetermined reference point comprising a sensor unit in the palm of the hand comprising at least one sensor, a logic unit in operative engagement with a computer device and configured to generate a position signal based on the registered finger position, and to interpret and convert the signal to a command to be processed by the computer device, a housing at least partly enclosing the sensor unit and an attachment member. The wearable device is characterized in that the sensor is at least one image sensor directed towards a respective distal end of the at least one finger and configured to determine the position of the finger in relation to the wearable device.Type: GrantFiled: February 28, 2013Date of Patent: May 1, 2018Assignee: ASPLUND DATA ABInventor: Lars Asplund
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Patent number: 9898105Abstract: A position indicator includes a first electrode receiving an alternating current (AC) signal from a position detecting sensor and a second electrode transmitting an AC signal to the position detecting sensor. The position indicator includes: a tubular pen-shaped chassis; a central electrode provided such that one end protrudes outside of the chassis from an opening of the chassis, and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a first one of the first and second electrodes; a peripheral electrode surrounding the central electrode and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a second one of the first and second electrodes; and a shield member having a hollow part housing at least a part of the central electrode surrounded by the peripheral electrode. The shield member includes a tubular part electrically connected to ground and an insulating layer formed on an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface of the tubular part.Type: GrantFiled: May 26, 2017Date of Patent: February 20, 2018Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Ogata, Osamu Nagase
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Patent number: 9788581Abstract: Some forms relate to an electronic system that includes a textile. The electronic system includes a stretchable body that includes an integrated circuit that is configured to compute and communicate with an external device, wherein the stretchable body further includes at least one of (i) a power source that provides power to at least one of the electronic components; (ii) at least one sensor; (iii) a sensing node that receives signals from each sensor and sends signals to the integrated circuit; and (iv) an antenna that is configured to send and receive signals to and from the integrated circuit and the external device; and a textile attached to the stretchable body.Type: GrantFiled: September 25, 2015Date of Patent: October 17, 2017Assignee: Intel CorporationInventors: Aleksandar Aleksov, Adel Elsherbini, Sasha Oster, Braxton Lathrop, Nadine L. Dabby, Feras Eid
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Patent number: 9665188Abstract: A position indicator includes a first electrode receiving an alternating current (AC) signal from a position detecting sensor and a second electrode transmitting an AC signal to the position detecting sensor. The position indicator includes: a tubular pen-shaped chassis; a central electrode provided such that one end protrudes outside of the chassis from an opening of the chassis, and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a first one of the first and second electrodes; a peripheral electrode surrounding the central electrode and formed of an electrically-conductive member forming a second one of the first and second electrodes; and a shield member having a hollow part housing at least a part of the central electrode surrounded by the peripheral electrode. The shield member includes a tubular part electrically connected to ground and an insulating layer formed on an inner wall surface and an outer wall surface of the tubular part.Type: GrantFiled: July 7, 2015Date of Patent: May 30, 2017Assignee: Wacom Co., Ltd.Inventors: Mamoru Ogata, Osamu Nagase
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Patent number: 9656147Abstract: A portable handheld device for collecting and displaying golf round data. The data collected for each stroke includes the location, time, and club used and the resulting ball position achieved. Before each drive or approach shot player skill level, course layout information, and player location on the course are used together with the club selected by the player to forecast the result of the next stroke. Putt break prediction information is provided before each putt. Information that a stroke has been taken and which club was used can be entered manually or sensed automatically from telemetry equipped clubs.Type: GrantFiled: October 11, 2006Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: APPALACHIAN TECHNOLOGY, LLCInventor: Goodwyn George Reeves
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Patent number: 9636046Abstract: A system and method for measuring and analyzing locomotion is provided. The system may include a gait analysis apparatus that is configured to provide multi-dimensional measurements of the gait of an individual as the individual traverses the apparatus. The multiple dimensions may include force, space, time, and frequency. The gait analysis apparatus may be configured to provide a gait measurement processing device with the multi-dimensional measurements. Based on the multi-dimensional measurements, the gait measurement processing device may, for example, diagnose the test subject with a particular NM disease and/or injury, monitor progression of the particular NM disease and/or injury over time, and determine which measurements may be used as biomarkers to identify the particular NM disease and/or injury.Type: GrantFiled: July 6, 2009Date of Patent: May 2, 2017Assignee: Step Analysis LLCInventor: Uri Tasch
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Patent number: 9322146Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a system and method for arbitrating between joystick inputs. The system generates a first command based on the first input if the first input has a non-zero value, and generates a second command based on the second input if the first input has a zero value and the second input has a non-zero value. The system thereby allows two different inputs to control a single commanded function.Type: GrantFiled: December 5, 2012Date of Patent: April 26, 2016Assignee: Caterpillar Inc.Inventors: Matthew S. Marquette, Sreeram K. Kristam, Michael J. Firman
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Patent number: 9186547Abstract: Golf clubs according to at least some example aspects of this disclosure may include a golf club head and a shaft configured to engage with the golf club head which includes a grip engaged with the shaft. Further, the golf club may include a monitoring device, which includes a sensor and a transmitter. Additionally, the monitoring device may be configured to determine data related to the characteristics of a golf swing. Further, the monitoring device may be configured to transmit the data related to the characteristics of a golf swing to a remote computer.Type: GrantFiled: September 30, 2011Date of Patent: November 17, 2015Assignee: NIKE, Inc.Inventors: Robert Boyd, John Stites, Mario A. Lafortune
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Patent number: 9132022Abstract: The present foot prosthesis includes various structural features that provide the foot with advantageous rollover properties. In certain embodiments, the foot guides rollover toward the medial side. For example, an asymmetrical upper element and a correspondingly shaped resilient ankle member support more of the wearer's weight on the lateral side as the foot rolls over. In another embodiment, stiffeners added to the resilient ankle member increase the stiffness on the lateral side relative to the medial side. In certain other embodiments, the foot provides progressively increasing support from mid stance through toe off. For example, a gap between the resilient ankle member and the lower element closes during the later portion of the wearer's gait. The closing gap increases a contact area between the resilient ankle member and the lower element, providing progressively increasing support. In another embodiment, the foot includes a gap between a lower front edge of an attachment adapter and the upper element.Type: GrantFiled: August 2, 2011Date of Patent: September 15, 2015Assignee: Össur hfInventors: Christophe Guy Lecomte, Hjordis Thorhallsdottir, Heidrun Gigja Ragnarsdottir, Arinbjorn Viggo Clausen
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Patent number: 9119567Abstract: This invention relates to methods and apparatus for detecting a fall of a user, especially to methods and apparatus for detecting a fall of a user by using pressure sensors. This invention discloses an apparatus for detecting a fall of a user, and the apparatus comprises first and second pressure sensors configured to obtain first and second data values of atmosphere pressure and intended to be worn on the body of the user, and a processor configured to derive a third data value of atmosphere pressure for determining whether a fall occurs or not from the first and second data values of atmosphere pressure. The first and second pressure sensors are configured in a way such that preset orientations of the first and second pressure sensors are opposite to each other.Type: GrantFiled: June 8, 2010Date of Patent: September 1, 2015Assignee: Koninklijke Philips N.V.Inventors: Ningjiang Chen, Sheng Jin
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Patent number: 9095251Abstract: A foot monitoring system includes a measurement circuit and an alert circuit. The measurement circuit measures sideways roll of a person's foot while the person is walking/running. The alert circuit determines that the person should change sideways spacing between the person's feet to change further measured values of the sideways roll of the person's foot toward preferred sideways roll values, and generates a notification that indicates to the person to change the sideways spacing between the feet. The foot measurement circuit may determine how much shoe cushioning life remains for a shoe worn by the person in response to comparison of values a peak pulse segment of impact measurements to another segment of the impact measurements that is outside the peak pulse segment.Type: GrantFiled: November 11, 2013Date of Patent: August 4, 2015Inventors: Bryce Benjamin Purks, Connor Kent Purks, Kory Patrick Purks, Deborah Rhea Purks, David Kent Purks
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Patent number: 9035743Abstract: Methods, systems, and apparatuses, including computer programs encoded on computer readable media, for determining, using a pressure sensor, pressure data comprising a pressure indication and a time indication. A first mood is determined based upon the pressure data and one or more songs are selected based upon the determined first mood. A playlist is modified based upon the selected one or more songs, wherein the modified playlist comprises the selected one or more songs and the modified playlist is played. Song data, based upon the modified playlist, is wirelessly transmitted to a remote device.Type: GrantFiled: November 29, 2012Date of Patent: May 19, 2015Assignee: New York UniversityInventors: Mohammed Yaseer Omar, Abdel Razzaq Sami Alsharif, Ramesh Jagannathan
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Patent number: 9016147Abstract: An inhalation simulation system is provided for use with inhalers in particular breath-powered dry powder inhalers. The simulation system can recreate a patient's inhalation profile obtained with an inhaler adapted with a sensing and monitoring device for the detection of characteristic signals generated from the inhaler in use, which signals are transmitted to a computer with an algorithm which is configured to analyze the signals and generate new signals via a transmitter to actuate the inhalation simulation system component parts so that a subject's inhalation profile is replicated simultaneously or in real-time, or stored for later use. Methods of measuring the performance of inhalers are also provided.Type: GrantFiled: November 3, 2010Date of Patent: April 28, 2015Assignee: MannKind CorporationInventors: Benoit Adamo, John M. Polidoro, Dennis Overfield, Carl R. Sahi, Brendan Laurenzi, Chad C. Smutney, Spencer P. Kinsey
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Publication number: 20150101423Abstract: A method comprising causing display of at least one interface element on a display that is configured to be oriented on a wrist of a user, receiving information indicative of a deviational plane wrist input indicative of physical movement in a deviational plane direction with respect to the deviational plane, determining an interaction operation based, at least in part, on the interface element and an interaction direction; and causing performance of the interaction operation is disclosed.Type: ApplicationFiled: October 14, 2013Publication date: April 16, 2015Inventor: Apaar Tuli
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Publication number: 20150075303Abstract: This invention can be embodied in smart clothing for recognizing full-body human motion based on the pressure levels of a flowable substance within two different sets of flexible tubes or channels which are integrated into clothing (or a wearable accessory) and which span the same body joint. This technology can be used to create a wearable, mobile, reasonably-priced, and relatively-unobtrusive full-body motion-capture system which can be used in diverse environments. Compared to camera-based motion capture systems, this invention can be mobile and does not suffer from optical occlusion.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 20, 2014Publication date: March 19, 2015Applicant: MEDIBOTICS LLCInventors: Robert A. Connor, Jedidiah Behymer, Matthew Hardyman, Matt Hericks, Garrison Hommer, Gus Lopez, Tyler Olson, John Smida, Alex Stein, Daniel Valencia, Eric Wong
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Publication number: 20140373647Abstract: Locations of a person's hand, shoulder and hip in three-dimensional space are received from a three-dimensional position sensing device. A shortest distance from the location of the person's hand to a line between the location of the person's shoulder and the location of the person's hip is determined. The shortest distance is compared to a threshold to determine if the person is overreaching. When it is determined that the person is overreaching, a user interface is provided to indicate that the person was overreaching. Additional location information for points on the person's body are used to determine if the person is performing a high lift, a low reach or a twist.Type: ApplicationFiled: June 20, 2013Publication date: December 25, 2014Inventors: Nicole M. Stengle, Deborah Ann Bowles, Joseph D. Rothbauer
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Patent number: 8899110Abstract: The inventive pedaling motion measuring device includes: a measurement body unit having a first sensor unit for sensing the number of rotation of a wheel by sensing the motion of the wheel of a bicycle, and second sensor units arranged at right and left crank arms for sensing magnitude and direction of a force applied to each of the right and left crank arms. The first work calculation unit calculates work performed by the bicycle based on the number of rotation of the wheel sensed by the first sensor unit. The second work calculation unit calculates work provided to the crank member by the user within a prescribed time, based on the magnitude and direction of the force applied to each of the right and left crank arms and sensed by the second sensor units. The efficiency calculation unit calculates the efficiency of the bicycle.Type: GrantFiled: March 31, 2011Date of Patent: December 2, 2014Assignee: Club Kong Co., Ltd.Inventor: Hitoshi Matsumoto