34 results about "Activity human" patented technology

A system and method for monitoring the activity level of one or more individuals and modifying the behavior of those individuals based on feedback from the activity level monitoring is disclosed. When applying the system and method to hyperactive children in a classroom environment, an activity monitor is attached to each hyperactive child. The activity monitor determines the intensity of the subject's activity at the end of each epoch (approximately every 5 seconds), stores the determined intensity, and compares the determined intensity to an epoch threshold. If the determined intensity exceeds the epoch threshold, the hyperactive child is given vibrotactile feedback by the attached activity monitor. The length of time that the vibrotactile feedback is applied is proportional to the amount the determined epoch intensity exceeds the epoch threshold. When the hyperactive child presses a button on the activity monitor to thereby request session feedback, the session intensity is compared to two different session thresholds, and one of three LEDs on the activity monitor is lit up, depending on where the session intensity is in comparison to the two session thresholds. A base station, either a simple hand-held device or a more complicated desk-top device, is under the control of the teacher and has a wireless communication link with the activity monitors so that information may be downloaded and the activity monitors may be controlled.

An example method for allowing a robot to assist with a task, the task being carried out in an environment including one or more non-human objects each having associated object locations, comprises detecting one or more changes in object locations within the environment, predicting a task requirement (such as a future object location change, or task goal) by comparing the change in the object location with stored data, the stored data including object location changes associated with previously observed tasks; and providing robotic assistance to achieve the task requirement. Example apparatus are also disclosed.

Systems and methods to perform privacy-aware computer-vision-based human activity monitoring with real-time haptic feedback. The system and method described in this disclosure employing a registration process for consenting human subjects before their activities are monitored. The registration process involves the corroboration of human motion captured in different modalities, i.e., computer-vision-based via the programmable computer-vision-based motion sensor and accelerometer-based via the wearable device. The tracked human activities are assessed in real-time and upon detection of activities that violated predefined rules, haptic feedback is delivered in real-time to the tracked human subject via the wearable device worn by the caregiver.

A method and apparatus for monitoring a human activity pattern irrespective of the wearing position of the sensor unit by a user and a direction of the sensor unit are provided. The method for monitoring an inertia movement signal according to a movement of a user using a sensor unit attached to the user; detecting a direction of the sensor unit from the inertia movement signal; detecting a wearing location of the sensor unit by using acceleration and direction; determining the activity pattern of the user from inertia sensors; and delivering physical activity data corresponding to at least one caloric consumption, number of steps, and movement distance.

A system for coordinating the activity of a plurality of humans in teams with a central automated controller having reasoning capability based on a predetermined set of criteria by sending messages to and from each of the humans. The controller processes input from each of the humans in accordance with programmed decision making capability to accomplish predetermined objectives and provide output to at least some of the humans to assess a situation, direct steps in response thereto and coordinate decisions based on a predetermined model and task assessment reasoning to determine the best way to accomplish the predetermined objectives. The coordinator assesses changes to the situation, and makes decisions about the various tasks to be performed and when they are to be begun. Outputs to the humans may be instructions, questions, information and combinations thereof.

Methods, computer-readable media, and systems for automatically performing Human Factors Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis for a process are provided. At least one task involved in a process is identified, where the task includes at least one human activity. The human activity is described using at least one verb. A human error potentially resulting from the human activity is automatically identified, the human error is related to the verb used in describing the task. A likelihood of occurrence, detection, and correction of the human error is identified. The severity of the effect of the human error is identified. The likelihood of occurrence, and the severity of the risk of potential harm is identified. The risk of potential harm is compared with a risk threshold to identify the appropriateness of corrective measures.

A living body monitoring activity system detects major activities, or feeble living body activities. In a method for monitoring existence of human movements or living body activities in living environments (e.g., sleeping activities involving a bed, a Futon-mat, a pad, or a Tatami-mat), an optical fiber type flat shaped body sensor including an optical fiber affixed or fitted to a flat shaped body is used, and light is emitted into the optical fiber from a light source, and changes of polarized wave conditions of light propagating in the optical fiber are brought about by changes in form of the optical fiber type flat shaped body sensor caused by human movements or living body activities and are detected by a measuring apparatus for polarized wave fluctuations so human activities or movements are discriminated based on the detected value of the polarized wave fluctuations.

The invention discloses a two-dimensional runoff restoration method for separating the influences of human activities. The two-dimensional runoff restoration method comprises the following steps: firstly, constructing a boundary-pansystems binary automaton model; secondly, determining input, output and internal state elements of a human activity-basin underlayer system; thirdly, calculating the influence quantity of the human activities on basin underlayer conditions; fourthly, obtaining indirect influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff; fifthly, determining input, output and internal state elements of a human activity-runoff system meeting the consistency of the underlayer conditions; sixthly, solving direct influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff on the basis of the constructed system analytic method for separating direct influences of the human activities on the runoff; seventhly, calculating natural runoff volume meeting the consistency of the basin underlayer conditions according to the calculated indirect influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff and the direct influence quantity of the human activities on the runoff. The two-dimensional runoff restoration method has the advantages of simpleness, easiness for operation, high calculation speed, high precision, and comprehensive and scientific calculation result.

The invention provides a method for evaluating the degree of contribution of human activities to the mountain environment change. According to the method, feature lines or strips such as, snow lines, frozen earth lines, forest lines and tree lines, which are sensitive to the action of external force in the mountain environment are selected, a GIS technology and an RS technology are applied, the distribution patterns of the feature lines or strips in different periods are analyzed in a quantitative mode, a spatial distribution graph of the feature lines or strips is made through accurate registration with DEM, displacement differences of the feature lines or strips in a settlement area and a position close to a non-settlement area are compared, and thus the cultural process and the natural process of displacement of the feature lines or strips are described and distinguished in a quantitative mode. The method is small in workload, easy to implement, low in cost, high in speed of the evaluation process and wide in sample range, a basis is provided for exploring adapting the plateau mountainous environment change to the human, and a scientific basis is further provided for scientifically evaluating the effects of ecological construction, such as converting cultivated lands into forests.

The invention discloses a quantitative analysis method for river runoff change caused by climate change and human activities. The method comprises the steps of collecting hydrological and meteorological information, water resource evaluation data and human activity information in a basin, judging a mutation point of an annual runoff process, wherein the part before the mutation point is a natural stage of the basin and the part after the mutation point is an influence stage of the basin, the entire natural runoff sequence is reconstructed by using the hydrological and meteorological information of the natural stage, using hydrological model rating model parameters and then using meteorological information of the whole period, and analyzing the contribution of climate change and human activities to the river runoff change by using the difference between the reconstructed natural runoff and the actually measured runoff. By adopting the quantitative analysis method for river runoff change caused by climate change and human activities, in combination with situations such as hydrological and meteorological factor changes, land use changes and water use in the basin, the binary attribution analysis of the river runoff change caused by climate change and human activities is extended to quaternary attribution analysis of the river runoff change caused by rainfall change, climate change, land use change and water use.