Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080238414 | MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURING SENSOR, MOTOR FUNCTION MEASURING APPARATUS, AND MOTOR FUNCTION ANALYZING APPARATUS - A motion sensor for measuring motion information of a subject comprises a coil substrate having transmitting or receiving coils piled one on top of another and a holder in which the coil substrate is mounted. Formed on the holder are curved surfaces to which an adhesive sheet is stuck and at which the holder is attached to a nail of a subject via the adhesive sheet. Further, there is provided a casing where first and second containing space are formed to contain measurement instruments including an adhesive member where a plurality of the adhesive sheets are laid one on top of another, the motion sensor, and the like. | 10-02-2008 |
20080306373 | Swallowing test apparatus - Disclosed is a swallowing test apparatus including a laryngeal part displacement detection apparatus for detecting a distance of two positions located laterally at a laryngeal part of a subject, a swallowing sound detection apparatus for detecting a swallowing sound of the patient during swallowing, a display, a processing apparatus for displaying a waveform representing the distance of the two positions at the laryngeal part generated based on a signal obtained from the laryngeal part displacement detection apparatus, and a waveform representing the swallowing sound generated based on a signal obtained from the swallowing sound detection apparatus on the display. | 12-11-2008 |
20090069663 | LIVING BODY INSPECTION APPARATUS - A living body inspection apparatus including an oscillation coil which passes an AC current, a detection coil which detects an AC magnetic field generated from the detection coil, an amplification circuit which amplifies a voltage generated by the magnetic field induced by the detection coil, a detecting unit for detecting the output signal of the amplification circuit, a low pass filter to which the output signal of the detecting unit is input, a unit for setting the oscillation coil and detection coil in first and second regions of the living body, a recording unit for recording the output of the low pass filter while the first region and the second region of the living body are moving and a displaying unit for displaying the data recorded in the recording unit or results of analysis of the recorded data. | 03-12-2009 |
20090118648 | LIVING BODY INSPECTION SYSTEM, LIVING BODY INSPECTION APPARATUS, AND LIVING BODY INSPECTION METHOD - Motion of fingers of a subject is dynamically analyzed to provide an estimation index in a hardness of a muscle used in the motion of the fingers. A processing part calculates a speed and acceleration of two fingers on the basis of the motion data of the fingers obtained by a tapping detecting unit, calculates a ratio between the speed and the acceleration, and calculates as an estimation index a mechanical impedance regarding extending force of the fingers and a mechanical impedance regarding opening and closing force of the fingers by applying the calculated ratio to a predetermined equation based on a muscle dynamic model. | 05-07-2009 |
20090192418 | Moving Body Inspection Apparatus And Method of Comparing Phases Between Movement Waveforms - In a moving body inspection apparatus, sequential waveform data obtained from a movement sensor is analyzed, wherein a plurality of waveforms from the waveform data is generated; phases compared among a plurality of movement waveforms; and a result of comparing phases are displayed. A partial waveform in a frequency analysis time interval having a predetermined length is extracted from a plurality of the movement waveforms. A frequency analysis operation is performed for the extracted partial waveforms to calculate phases at maximum power frequencies in the frequency analysis time interval; a phase difference is calculated among a plurality of the movement waveforms. The peaks may be detected in a plurality of movement waveforms. Peak intervals are calculated as time intervals between adjoining peaks. The peaks among the movement waveforms are matched. Phase differences are calculated among a plurality of the movement waveforms. | 07-30-2009 |