Patent application number | Description | Published |
20080221753 | Method For Selecting Audio Content To Be Played In A Vehicle - The present invention relates to a method and a system for dynamically selecting audio content items to be played in a vehicle based on driving parameters derived from the driving of the vehicle. Thereby, the selection of the audio content can be modified to the various driving conditions of the vehicle. | 09-11-2008 |
20080229363 | Method and a System For Constructing Virtual Video Channel - This invention relates to a method and a system for constructing virtual video channels comprising video content. While playing back video content to a user comprising a number of visual aspects, s/he can select at least one of the visual aspects appearing from said played back video content. Based on the selected aspects, a virtual channel is created comprising video content or a theme relating to said selected visual aspect. | 09-18-2008 |
20080252725 | Method and Device for Tracking a Movement of an Object or of a Person - The invention relates to a method, a device and a computer program product for tracking a movement of an object or of a person. Tracking the movement of a person or an object by means of electronic video frames is conventional but fails if the person of object experience a sudden significant change in its translational velocity. The suggested method comprises a first step of grabbing a sequence of digital video frames and thereby capturing the object or person. At the same time measurement values of a parameter are obtained, said measurement values being indicative for the movement of the object or person being tracked by the digital video frames. In the next step the video frames are processed by means of processing logic whereby the processing logic uses a block matching algorithm, said block matching algorithm defining a pixel block in a frame and searching for this pixel block within a search area within a next frame and whereby the location of the search area within the next frame is dynamically adapted on the basis of the measurement values. The invention provides the advantage that an electronic processing of digital video frames by means of a block matching algorithm can be carried out even in those cases in which there are large changes in the velocity of the tracked object or person. | 10-16-2008 |
20080287814 | System and Method for Determining the Blood Pressure of a Patient - In order to provide a technique for determining high-quality blood pressure values of a patient, especially in cases of unsupervised blood pressure measurements in a home environment, it is suggested to use a system ( | 11-20-2008 |
20080317297 | Computer-Based Facial Paralysis Assessment - A computer-based system is presented for grading facial paralysis, which system is adapted to be operated by a patient, including a camera system for collecting a series of images of the patient's face for analysis by a computer system, and a display which provides visual feedback to the patient so that the computer system can prompt the patient to carry out specific movements or facial exercises. This system is applicable for use in a home environment by a patient. | 12-25-2008 |
20090012436 | ORTHOSIS AND TREATMENT METHOD - Orthosis, configured to be worn by a patient, particularly to treat a medical disorder of the patient, the orthosis ( | 01-08-2009 |
20090119109 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF TRAINING A DYSARTHRIC SPEAKER - The invention describes a computer-based system that asks ( | 05-07-2009 |
20090171233 | BIOFEEDBACK SYSTEM AND DISPLAY DEVICE - A biofeedback system and a display device for the use in the biofeedback system. Also disclosed is a method for a biofeedback treatment of a person or an animal. Biofeedback is a therapy method which is used in rehabilitation facilities, for example in the neurological rehabilitation. A neural signal magnitude below a certain threshold does not result in a muscle response, for example, because the provided stimulus is insufficient to trigger the muscle. In order to provide a patient with an intuitive feedback of the sub-threshold neural signal nevertheless, the signal is detected and made recognizable to the patient. | 07-02-2009 |
20090204030 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING THE FUNCTIONAL USE OF LIMBS - The invention relates to the area of rehabilitation for patients with motor disabilities, especially for hemiplegic patients. With the present invention a long term, e.g. day and night, patient activity monitoring can be established in a home environment. A core idea of the invention is to evaluate the functional use of a limb by determining the synchronicity of the patient's movements depending on the movement's cyclicity. With this approach a reliable assessment of limb usage can be made based on the daily living activities of the patient. With the present invention the progress of rehabilitation can be monitored and guidance can be provided to therapists and patients about the state of the rehabilitation process. It further makes them aware of a lack of limb usage. | 08-13-2009 |
20090259148 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE - The invention relates to a health management system comprising a body or limb movement detecting means for detecting the movements and position of a users body or limb(s) in 3D space, a movement analyzing means for analyzing the data of the measurement carried out by the body or limb movement detecting means, wherein the body or limb movement detecting means comprises at least three sensors or markers for tracking a user's body or limb movement in 3D space by measuring an angle embedded by two body parts of the user which are connected to each other by a joint being the apex of the angle to be measured, at which one of the sensors or markers is provided. To detect the offset a change in distance between two neighboring sensors or markers indicates an offset of the sensor at the joint spaced apart from the apex. | 10-15-2009 |
20090286213 | UNDISTURBED SPEECH GENERATION FOR SPEECH TESTING AND THERAPY - Speech analysis system with a system for undisturbed speech generation of a person and to a method for analysing a speech generation of a person. The speech analysis system allows for an undisturbed speech generation by the person. The system first writes out the test sentence, clears it and shows afterwards a sequence of visual clues to the person in order to remind him of the correct wording. The person is reminded of the sentence and repeats it exactly but without any influence through letters. The method provides visual clues that remind the person of the exact sentence, without influencing his pronunciation. | 11-19-2009 |
20090299232 | HEALTH MANAGEMENT DEVICE - A method of analyzing a user's body or limb movement and to a health management system comprising a body or limb movement detecting means for detecting the movement of a user's body or limb(s), a movement analyzing means for analyzing O whether or not a result of the measurement carried out by the body or limb movement detecting means deviates from a pre-specif ϊed value, a recording means for recording and temporarily storing the movement of the user's body or limb(s), wherein, if the result of the measurements carried out by said body movement detecting means exceeds a predetermined threshold, the movement recorded by the recording means is forwarded from the recording means to a storing means in order to provide summary information about the user's movements of the body or limb(s) exceeding the predetermined threshold. | 12-03-2009 |
20100004565 | SENSOR ARRANGEMENT FOR HOME REHABILITATION - A sensor arrangement for home rehabilitation in particular after a stroke comprising at least two sensors. The sensors are attached to the user's body. Each sensor includes—a receiver for receiving a first signal being generated from a source outside the sensor | 01-07-2010 |
20100022351 | FEEDBACK DEVICE FOR GUIDING AND SUPERVISING PHYSICAL EXERCISES - The present invention is related to a feedback device ( | 01-28-2010 |
20100036288 | LIMB MOVEMENT MONITORING SYSTEM - A limb movement monitoring system, comprising a motion sensor, a garment comprising spatially addressable photonic textiles and spatially resolving pressure-sensitive textiles and furthermore a muscular activity sensor, a processing unit processing the data from the sensors and issuing illumination commands to the spatially addressable photonic textiles and a database. There is furthermore a process for monitoring limb movement by the system. | 02-11-2010 |
20100105991 | SYSTEM FOR REHABILITATION AND/OR PHYSICAL THERAPY FOR THE TREATMENT OF NEUROMOTOR DISORDERS - The invention discloses a sensor docking unit ( | 04-29-2010 |
20100116277 | SWITCHABLE JOINT CONSTRAINT SYSTEM - The present invention concerns a switchable joint constraint system comprising at least one motion sensor, a joint constraint which is switchable between a mobile and an immobile state, a signal processing unit and a database. Motion sensor signals are compared to predefined situations. The joint constraint is switched according to whether predefined situations are met. The present invention furthermore concerns a process for handling sensor signals in such a system. The system may be used to support a constraint induced therapy (CIT) for the treatment of e. g. hemiplegy. | 05-13-2010 |
20100177933 | SYSTEM AND METHOD OF ANALYZING THE MOVEMENT OF A USER - The present invention relates to a system and method of analyzing the movement of a user. More particularly the present invention relates to a new technique for assessing a user's motor functions. It is an object of the present invention to provide a simple, robust, and low-cost technique for analyzing the movement of a user, which can be used in an unsupervised home environment. This object is achieved according to the invention by a method of analyzing the movement of a user, the method comprising the steps of causing the user to perform a coordinated movement in accordance with an instruction, generating video image data in form of a sequence of images by video recording the user, determining in the sequence of images a degree of synchronicity of optical flow on the left and right body half using a computer system comprising computer vision technology, and assessing the user's motor functions based on the degree of synchronicity. | 07-15-2010 |
20100180238 | USER INTERFACE SYSTEM FOR A PERSONAL HEALTHCARE ENVIRONMENT - The present invention relates to a user interface system for a personal healthcare environment. Furthermore the invention relates to a method of operating such a user interface system. In order to provide a user interface system which can easily be used by disabled users, a user interface system ( | 07-15-2010 |
20100188231 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR AUTOMATIC SENSOR POSITION RECOGNITION - The present invention relates to an automatic sensor position recognition system comprising: a position recognition unit ( | 07-29-2010 |
20100208945 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR SELECTING THE VIEWING CONFIGURATION OF A RENDERED FIGURE - A method for determining a viewing configuration of a rendered figure of a rehab-patient or a sports trainee, aiming to deliver a suitable view on the rendered figure, the method comprising the steps of capturing motion data in the 3D space of one or more body parts of the rehab-patientor the sports trainee and providing them to a computer; and further the step of performing on the computer measurements of deviation of the captured motion data from a reference list of motion data and/or measurements of main motion direction; and based on the results of the above measurements, determining the viewing configuration. | 08-19-2010 |
20100234699 | PROCESS AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING EXERCISE MOTIONS OF A PERSON - The present invention relates to a process and a system for monitoring exercise motions of a person. The process comprises monitoring a first sensor signal from the person. While the first sensor signal does not deviate from a first sensor signal template by more than a pre-determined amount, signals from further sensors from the person are monitored, compared to templates processing and the comparison result is evaluated. If unit sensor signals deviate from the templates by more than a pre-determined value this is communicated to the person. | 09-16-2010 |
20100262989 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR GENERATING INDIVIDUALIZED EXERCISE MOVIES - The present invention relates to a system and a method for generating individualized exercise movies. Generalized exercises are modified by factoring in individual limitations and schedules. The generalized exercises are in a data format that allows their representation for example as avatar movements. The individual limitations also correspond to this data format. After combination of the data a motion sequence is generated which depicts the exercise that the patient should perform but wherein the motion sequence does not display any motions that the patient cannot perform. This motion or video sequence is then viewed by the patient and serves as instruction for his exercises. | 10-14-2010 |
20110021317 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING ANONYMOUSLY ANNOTATED PHYSICAL EXERCISE DATA - The present invention relates to a method for displaying anonymously annotated physical exercise data to a person undertaking exercises. Based on physical exercise data, the physical exercise data is annotated at a physically separate annotation unit. At the location of the person, visual recordings of the person undertaking exercises together with synchronized annotation information are displayed to the person. A system for performing the method comprises a physical data processing unit ( | 01-27-2011 |
20110072457 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPLAYING SELECTED INFORMATION TO A PERSON UNDERTAKING EXERCISES - The present invention relates to a system for displaying selected information to a person undertaking exercises comprising a physical data assessment unit ( | 03-24-2011 |
20110193699 | USER FEEDBACK ENGINE - There is therefore provided a user feedback engine, comprising a message generation module for generating messages for a user; a queue management module for managing a queue of the generated messages; wherein each message includes respective values for a plurality of parameters including a priority, a period of validity and a non-repeat time; and wherein the queue management module manages the messages in the queue in accordance with the respective values. | 08-11-2011 |
20110234489 | GRAPHICAL REPRESENTATIONS - There is provided a controller for a display device, the controller comprising a processor configured to receive an indication of the orientation of a user of the display device; receive an indication of the orientation of the display device; and generate a graphical representation of a user of the display device using the received indications, such that the orientation of the graphical representation of the user is adapted based on the orientation of the display device. | 09-29-2011 |
20130247643 | METHOD OF CALIBRATING AN AIR SENSOR - One embodiment of the invention provides an air treatment device. The air treatment device comprises: an air purifying unit, configured to purify air; an air sensor, configured to measure a first air quantity and provide a measurement output, wherein the first air quantity comprises the purified air purified by the air purifying unit; and a processor, configured to generate a first value based on the measurement output of the air sensor so as to calibrate the air sensor. With the air treatment device of one embodiment of the invention, clean air, i.e. zero air, is generated locally by the air treatment device so as to calibrate the air sensor, without the need for externally generating the zero air, which brings convenience for the user or other operators performing calibration of the air sensor of the air treatment device. Another embodiment of the invention also provides a method of calibrating an air sensor of an air treatment device. The method comprises the steps of: purifying air by using the air treatment device; and measuring a first air quantity by using the air sensor to get a first value so as to calibrate the air sensor, wherein the first air quantity comprises the purified air. | 09-26-2013 |
20130342666 | ASSISTANCE SYSTEM FOR VISUALLY HANDICAPPED PERSONS - An assistance system for visually handicapped persons with visual impairment in a part of their visual field includes body-worn sensors to inform them actively about objects or movements in the visually impaired sides. | 12-26-2013 |