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8185265 Path planning device, path planning method, and computer program  
A path planning device includes: an initial position and posture path acquiring unit which acquires an initial position and posture path including a plurality of nodes connecting present position...
8179268 System for automatic fall detection for elderly people  
Apparatus for detection of human falls, comprises: an acceleration detector, for detecting vibration events, typically placed on a floor, a microphone, located in association with the acceleration...
8164461 Monitoring task performance  
One system embodiment includes providing a number of sensors for monitoring an individual in performing a number of tasks from a list of tasks to be completed, the number of tasks each including,...
8149126 Lift monitoring system and method  
Systems and methods are discussed for providing a sensor enhanced employee safety evaluation system. Systems that monitor and assess employee lifting behavior are employed at the workplace of an...
8115641 Automatic fall detection system  
A system and a method for detecting if a person has fallen down is provided. The system includes at least two sensors which remotely detect energy in at least two zones. The output of the sensors...
8111166 Device, system and method for monitoring animal posture pattern  
A device for determining a posture pattern of an animal comprises a housing configured and adapted to be attached to a part of the animal; the housing comprises a posture sensor operative to sense...
8106782 Method and device for fall prevention and detection  
Method and device for fall prevention and detection, specifically for the elderly care based on digital image analysis using an intelligent optical sensor. The fall detection is divided into two...
8094883 Sleepiness level determination device for driver  
A sleepiness level determination device includes: a detector processing a face image of an user and for detecting an eye image of the user based on the face image; a characteristic value...
8085153 Activity monitoring device  
A device for monitoring the activity of a user to prevent deep vein thrombosis when working. The device comprises a carrier (20) for positioning on or adjacent a user, a motion sensor (10) mounted...
8073535 Radiant energy derived temperature(s)  
One aspect relates to adjusting a positional state of an individual to a physiological aspect of the individual at least partially in response to detecting a radiant kinetic energy from the...
8068051 Method and apparatus for a body position monitor using radar  
A radar system for monitoring a premises in a home or building. The radar system includes transmitter and receiver antennae and a signal processor that processes a reflected signal. Doppler...
8063785 Head gatch alarm system  
A head gatch alarm system reduces medical risk for aspirational pneumonia when an angle of the head gatch section is outside a predetermined range. The system includes an inclinometer and a pump....
8031074 Personal emergency notification device with usage monitoring  
A personal security apparatus includes a transmitting device having an event detector initiating different signals which indicate different event types. A transceiver receives the signals from the...
8022981 Apparatus and method for automatically controlling power of video appliance  
Provided is an apparatus and method for automatically controlling power of a video appliance. The apparatus for automatically controlling power of a video appliance includes an image input unit for...
8018346 Back bend sensor  
A trainable back bend monitor system for use by individuals that will monitor and sense bending as it occurs and where a threshold level of bending can be set so that the individual will be warned...
8009056 Movement monitor for medical patients  
A movement monitor includes a sensor pad for sensing when a weight is placed on the sensor pad and when the weight is removed from the sensor pad. A sleeve encloses the sensor pad. A control flap...
7973666 Graphical patient movement monitor  
A lack of patient movement monitor and method. The monitor and method patient support includes a plurality of sensors located beneath a patient support to determine movement of a patient. An alarm...
7969316 Child leg monitoring system and method  
A monitoring system for use with a leg hole device includes a sensor for monitoring a state of at least one leg of a child engaged with the leg hole device, a control system, and a user interface....
RE42471 System and method for monitoring eye movement  
Apparatus for monitoring movement of a person's eye, e.g., to monitor drowsiness. The system includes a frame that is worn on a person's head, an array of emitters on the frame for directing light...
7916066 Method and apparatus for a body position monitor and fall detector using radar  
A radar fall detector system. The radar fall detector system includes transmitter and receiver antennae and a signal processor that processes a reflected signal. Doppler analysis of the reflected...
7878055 Sensor and analyzer for determining physiological limitations  
A sensing and analyzing device for determining when physical limits of a patient have been exceeded by the patient during exercise is provided. The device may comprise a sensing unit, analyzing...
7857771 Method and system for the derivation of human gait characteristics and detecting falls passively from floor vibrations  
The gait monitor system and method provides various basic gait parameters including step count, cadence, and step duration, in addition to its ability to distinguish between normal, limping and...
7847688 Method and apparatus of protecting a physical access  
A method of improving the rate of detection of attempts at fraud when a person passes through a controlled space based on the use of different sets of parameters issuing from at least two different...
7843351 Back training device  
A novel back training device is disclosed. The back training device includes a control box; a detector mounted to the control box, for detecting when a person bends at the waist; and an alert...
7772512 Push plate assembly  
A push plate assembly sends a signal to a receiver. The push plate includes a housing, a push plate, a signal generator, a biasing member, a first latch element, a second latch element, and a...
7741957 Method for break reminder and display device using the same  
The present invention provides method for break reminder and a display device. The display device includes a display unit; a clock counter; a distance estimator configured for detecting if the...
7733233 Methods and systems for monitoring position and movement of human beings  
Methods and systems for detecting a predetermined position of a user wearing a disposable absorbent article are given. The methods and systems may include detecting that the user of the disposable...
7714728 Using RFID to prevent or detect falls, wandering, bed egress and medication errors  
Systems, methods, and devices for using body-worn RFID tags related instrumentation located in the premises where a monitored person is located to prevent or detect specific types of movements of...
7701354 Portable alarm transmitter for compliance monitoring  
A portable alarm transmitter for compliance monitoring detects whether a user is wearing the device. If not, a special alarm signal is sent to the monitoring service provider so that remedial...
7602301 Apparatus, systems, and methods for gathering and processing biometric and biomechanical data  
Apparatus, systems, and methods are provided for measuring and analyzing movements of a body and for communicating information related to such body movements over a network. In certain embodiments,...
7602302 Animal tracking apparatus and method  
Embodiments of the present invention provide a tracking apparatus (100) and method that are operable to efficiently track an animal. The tracking apparatus (100) is operable to be worn by an...
7589637 Monitoring activity of an individual  
Embodiments of the present invention relate to methods, devices, and systems to monitor activity. One method to monitor activity includes monitoring activity of an individual including detecting a...
7567200 Method and apparatus for body position monitor and fall detect ion using radar  
A radar fall detector system. The radar fall detector system includes transmitter and receiver antennae and a signal processor that processes a reflected signal. Doppler analysis of the reflected...
7557732 Vehicle deviation preventing control device  
A vehicle speed V is compared with a threshold Vth; when V is less than Vth, TLC is set to an initial value t0; when V is not less than Vth, TLC is set shorter with increase in V. Then TLC is...
7541934 Method and device for fall prevention and detection  
Method and device for fall prevention and detection, specially for the elderly care based on digital image analysis using an intelligent optical sensor. The fall detection is divided into two main...
7504955 Pressure relief reminder and associated method for the prevention of pressure sores  
An apparatus and method for preventing the formation of pressure sores on the skin of an individual is provided. The apparatus includes an inclination sensor for detecting a change in inclination...
7501962 ***WITHDRAWN PATENT AS PER THE LATEST USPTO WITHDRAWN LIST***
Vehicle deviation preventing control device
 
A vehicle speed V is compared with a threshold Vth; when V is less than Vth, TLC is set to an initial value t0; when V is not less than Vth, TLC is set shorter with increase in V. Then TLC is...
7482935 Baby health monitoring system  
The present application discloses a a baby health monitoring device comprising a skin temperature sensor connected to a microprocessor for mathematically converting the sensed temperature to...
7450016 Driver fatigue assessment device and method  
A driver fatigue assessment device may include; a look information generator to generate look information regarding at least one of a driver's direction of a look and a locus at which a driver is...
7423537 Procedure and system for detecting a person's fall  
A person under supervision wears a sensor consisting of at least one accelerometer (31) and a magnetometer (41), oriented in his vertical direction. A fall event is picked up when a significant and...
7400259 Activity monitoring device  
A device for monitoring the activity of a user to prevent deep vein thrombosis when travelling on transportation vehicles. The device comprises a carrier (20) for positioning on or adjacent a user,...
7397931 Human identification apparatus and human searching/tracking apparatus  
A human identification apparatus, which can judge for identification of human images even in temporally-distant frames or frames shot with different cameras, judges whether or not persons...
7397380 Device and method for monitoring state of thermal comfort of a baby at sleep or a partially disabled patient  
Systems and methods for monitoring baby's or partially disabled patient's level of thermal comfort during his/her rest in bed are provided. Preferably, the system comprises: a sensor of infrared...
7394385 Comprehensive monitoring system  
A monitoring system for physically challenged clients can have a base hub unit, one or more sensor units, one or more repeater units, and a mobile unit for a client to wear in a residential...
7355519 Body force alarming apparatus and method  
A device and method to detect force and provide feedback to a runner or jogger so that the person can judge whether to adjust his or her stride in order to lessen the impact on his or her body. The...
7330121 Method for locating a lost registered person  
The present invention is addressed to a method for establishing a membership of subscribing members for alerting each to the loss of a registered person within a subscribing member. The method...
7315249 System and method for ergonomic tracking for individual physical exertion  
A system and method are provided for tracking a user's posture. The system and method include an environmental module for determining the user's physical environment, a biomechanical module for...
7301464 Process and method for safer vehicle navigation through facial gesture recognition and operator condition monitoring  
A vehicle operator condition monitoring system is provided. In one embodiment, the vehicle condition monitoring system includes a physical condition monitoring unit such as a camera, a data...
7268689 Alerting and intruder deterring device  
The invention relates generally to the field of warning signs intended to alert one of presence of an animal and intruder deterrence. More specifically, the invention integrates an adjustable...
7258653 Postural awareness apparatus  
A postural awareness apparatus includes a pad, signal means for producing a signal, detection means for determining a weight applied to the pad and activating the signal means when the weight...
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