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8131498 |
Systems and methods for an improved weight distribution sensory device with integrated controls
An improved weight distribution sensory device with integrated controls is provided. Such a weight distribution sensory device, often referred to as a balance platform, may include a chassis for...
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8090478 |
Control for pressurized bladder in a patient support apparatus
An apparatus for supporting a patient, such as a hospital bed, is provided. The apparatus includes a patient support surface and at least one fluid containing bladder. A pressure control assembly...
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8036768 |
System and method for creating orthotics
Systems and methods for constructing custom orthotics are described. Several embodiments of the system use sensor pads to obtain both static and dynamic three dimensional information concerning the...
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7933738 |
Determining a point of application of force on a surface element
A system for determining at least one point of application of force on a surface element is provided. The system includes a surface element having an effective mass, at least one sensor configured...
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7930131 |
Analyzing foot pressure of a bowler
Systems and methods for measuring and analyzing the pressure distribution on the foot of a bowler. Methods are taught for analyzing a bowler's performance. In some embodiments, the bowler performs...
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RE41809 |
Automatic mattress selection system
A person shopping for a mattress is helped to select a physiologically suitable mattress by a system which uses a questionnaire to elicit important information from the person. The questionnaire is...
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7804416 |
Methods and systems for tracking users and providing services
Methods and systems for tracking users and providing services are provided. The system comprises a plurality of pressure sensors, a storage unit, at least one service providing unit having a...
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7797124 |
Dive computer with free dive mode and wireless data transmission
A dive computer with a free dive mode and/or wireless data transmission capabilities. In one embodiment the invention relates to a diving apparatus including a dive computer having a free dive...
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7713197 |
Pressure measuring method, pressure measuring device, and tonometer
A tonometry device includes a contact device for contacting the object, means for vibrating the contact device and the object, means for applying a voltage to the vibration means, means for...
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7698091 |
Method for detecting the start of a dive for a dive computer
The present invention provides a method for detecting the start of a dive for a portable electronic device (1) comprising a pressure sensor (5) for measuring the value of the ambient pressure (P)...
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7684953 |
Systems using variable resistance zones and stops for generating inputs to an electronic device
The present invention is directed to variable resistance zones for sensing input to an electronic device, as well as ministops for controlling deformation of the input components to ensure the...
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7660447 |
Detection of fingerprint distortion by deformation of elastic film or displacement of transparent board
A fingerprint matching apparatus includes a fingerprint distortion detection unit for detecting whether or not a correlation object intentionally distorts the finger put on the fingerprint reading...
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7627446 |
Diving information processing device, control method for a diving information processing device, and a control program
If the diving mode is erroneously entered while travelling at a high altitude, such as when flying in an airplane, the error is detected so that calculating tissue in/out-gassing of inert gases...
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7617068 |
Method for determining relative mobility or regions of an object
A method for determining a mobility of foot comprising: measuring at least a portion of a shape of the foot under a first weight load; measuring the at least the portion of the shape of the foot...
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7500393 |
System for judging ski or snowboard
A system for judging a ski or snowboard allows a ski board or snowboard most suitable for each skier or snowboarder to be judged by considering the leg strength of each skier or snowboarder. The...
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7493230 |
Method and apparatus for customizing insoles for footwear
A method and apparatus is provided for generating a customized insole for footwear using information relating to pressure applied by the sole of a foot, which information is correlated to removable...
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7479903 |
Input device using elastic material
A conventional mouse and keyboard poses great load on the user's finger and hands at key operation, and the material used for its surface is rigid. An input device which can reduce the load on the...
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7474981 |
Method and device for predicting risk of decompression sickness
A mathematical model that models gas exchange of a central compartment with an environment having a model gas is provided. The central compartment is modeled to be in direct fluid communication...
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7461972 |
One point calibration integrated temperature sensor for wireless radio frequency applications
A low power analog linear temperature sensor integrateable with digital and/or analog circuits in CMOS fabrication processes. The sensor is accurately calibrateable at a single temperature that...
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7434459 |
Context acquisition based on load sensing
Methods and systems are described for sensing force information at a plurality of points on a continuous surface, and detecting contextual information about an object on the surface based on the...
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7384403 |
Wireless communication system for transmitting information from a medical device
A medical device communication system may comprise a medical device and a wireless communication circuit mounted to the medical device. The wireless communication circuit is configured to broadcast...
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7383150 |
Diving computer with programmable display
A diving computer is provided. The diving computer includes a computer connected to a dot matrix screen to display information concerning a dive. The computer has an interface to an external...
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7353137 |
Shoe-based weight measuring system
A shoe-based weight measuring system, comprising: a shoe; one or more weight sensitive detectors constructed and arranged with the shoe to sense weight of a person wearing the shoe and walking or...
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7345956 |
Portable electronic device with analog display rate of climb indicator
A portable electronic device (1) is described, in particular of bracelet watch type, comprising at least first and second display members (8 and 9), means (23, 31) for making measurements of a...
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7346418 |
System and method for creating orthotics
Systems and methods for constructing custom orthotics are described. Several embodiments of the system use sensor pads to obtain both static and dynamic three dimensional information concerning the...
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7308380 |
Vehicular collision object determining system
A planar pressure-sensitive switch unit has multiple pressure-sensitive switches that are disposed in a longitudinal direction of a bumper cover of a vehicle with given intervals for detecting the...
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7275866 |
Digital thermometer
A digital thermometer; having an thermometer body comprises a processing unit serves to integrate the signals of the digital thermometer and sets some operations; the processing unit calculating...
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7273250 |
Method for individually adapting the saddle of a two-wheel vehicle
A method and a device are provided for individually adapting the saddle of a two-wheeled vehicle, especially bicycle saddles. The local pressing pressure of the buttocks of a test subject is...
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7182509 |
Nanoliter osmometer and method of operation
The invention is an apparatus for determining a temperature at which a phase change occurs in a fluid sample, a method for measuring a temperature at which a phase change occurs in a sample and a...
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6990426 |
Diagnostic method and apparatus using light
A diagnosis method and apparatus for measuring blood hemoglobin concentration, oxygen saturation, pulse rate, respiration rate, or degree of aging of blood vessels using light includes an...
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6990425 |
Automatic mattress selection system
A person shopping for a mattress is helped to select a physiologically suitable mattress by a system which uses a questionnaire to elicit important information from the person. The questionnaire is...
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6980925 |
Real-time signal processing for vehicle tire load monitoring
A system for real-time signal processing for vehicle monitoring, including a first device disposed in a tire of a vehicle and producing a signal that is a function of a tire contact time period,...
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6941182 |
Method and apparatus for measurement of pressure at a device/body interface
A system and method for measuring contact pressures between two surfaces, and especially, between the body and a device resting on the body, e.g., the skin and a breathable gas mask. A deformable,...
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6941238 |
Measurement device and data displaying method
A measurement device for measuring and displaying a physical quantity such as a heartbeat, an atmospheric pressure or temperature, or the like, includes a clock for counting time, a physical...
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6904382 |
Dive computer, its operation method and a program for executing the operation method with a computer
A dive computer provides not only a digital, but also a graphic display of depth for a safety stop and a decompression stop, thereby providing a safe diving watch enabling prompting of a diver for...
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6768962 |
Method for sensing the readiness of a driver to steer
The invention relates to a method for sensing the readiness to steer or the steering behavior of the driver of a motor vehicle, at least one pressure and/or contact sensor which supplies an...
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6760649 |
Thermal management of a laptop computer
A method and system for adjusting a temperature of a bottom of a laptop computer housing depending on where the laptop computer is placed during operation. If the laptop computer is placed on a lap...
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6735532 |
Cardiovascular support control system
An apparatus and method for assisting cardiac function of a patient includes a flaccid inflatable chamber held at a predetermined volume generally midway between fully inflated and fully deflated...
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6707386 |
Security mat alarm system
A security mat alarm system having a pressure sensor sheet that is capable of detecting pressure and outputting a pressure sensed signal. A wireless transmitter is electrically connected to the...
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6684175 |
Display method of an altitude display apparatus for displaying absolute altitude
In order to reduce confusion about a displayed absolute altitude and to enhance reliability and correctness, the present invention provides a display method of an altitude display apparatus for...
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6684165 |
Apparatus and method for monitoring force, especially force in labor and delivery
An apparatus for monitoring a force applied to an object by a person includes a support upon which the person stands, and one or more force sensors for detecting the reaction force applied through...
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6678630 |
Automatic height adjustment in an altimeter
The invention relates to an altimeter for detecting and displaying the altitude above the sea level of a location by measuring the ambient atmospheric pressure. In order to compensate for changes...
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6678629 |
Portable altimeter and altitude computing method
A portable altimeter of the present invention is provided with a movement determining unit for determining whether or not the altimeter is at a standstill or moving by comparing an amount of change...
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6611782 |
Real time boxing sports meter and associated methods
A power sensing unit is incorporated into a boxing glove for use according to a method of quantifying impact forces in a boxing match in real time. Impact force data is transmitted from the boxing...
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6601010 |
Force plate actometer
A force plate actometer apparatus (30) is provided which is designed for the efficient and accurate testing of in vivo subjects (e.g., rats and mice) under the influence of drugs or other stimuli,...
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6581024 |
Consumer transaction facility
There is disclosed a consumer transaction facility for performing consumer transactions with customers, such as for example, an automatic teller machine (ATM) and a cash dispenser (CD). In order to...
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6519547 |
Method for determining acoustic impact of underwater acoustic sources on marine animals
A method is provided to estimate acoustic impacts to marine animals within a chosen area. The method begins with data collection on types of acoustic sources to be modeled, animal assemblages in...
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6519548 |
Information processing device for diver
Provided is a diver's information processing device for notifying a diver of a change in a pressure decrease ratio, at which pressure decreases during surfacing, for the purpose of minimizing the...
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6515586 |
Tactile tracking systems and methods
A tactile sensory system comprising a floor covering integrated with a tactile sensory layer to form a tactile sensory surface is described. The tactile sensory layer has a plurality of sensors....
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6418394 |
Measuring device and method of controlling same
The invention relates to a measuring device (102) carried by a user during exercise for measuring non-invasively at least one signal from the body, e.g. a wireless heart rate monitor, and to a...
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