393 results about "Ergonomics in Canada" patented technology

Mobile terminal with ergonomic imaging functions. The present invention, by way of example embodiments, provides for a mobile terminal with ergonomic imaging or camera functions. A single display can be used, for example in portrait mode while terminal functions are being used and in landscape mode while imaging functions are being used. The change between the two orientations can be accomplished automatically. In some embodiments, the capability is also provided to process an image for assignment to a terminal function, where the image has at least one display attribute that makes it at least partly unsuitable for use with the terminal function. The processing may include resizing, cropping, and / or rotating the image. This processing can be accomplished for example, so that a landscape image can be viewed conveniently in a portrait orientation.

A system for carrying and securing portable devices such as cellular phones, pagers, personal digital assistant (PDA) organizers, IPOD® devices, CD players, radios, digital cameras, keys, utensils or tools on a person, bicycle or vehicle. In particular, an ergonomic system for carrying and securing portable electronic devices such as cellular phones, pagers, personal digital assistant (PDA) organizers, IPOD® devices, CD players, radios, digital cameras and the like on a person in a manner that reduces stress on the human body and that prevents the device from being lost or dropped. The system allows a person to carry one or more portable devices that are secured against loss or damage, while the carrier's hands are free for other activities. The portable devices are maintained in proximity to the person's body, allowing unencumbered access to the device when desired.

An ergonomic clamshell housing for a mobile device with a camera comprises a housing with a hinge mechanism that pivotally connects a display section to a camera section. The hinge mechanism allows the display and camera sections to rotate relative to each other between at least a first folded position and a second folded position. When in the first folded position, the display and camera sections are folded in a side-by-side relation such that the display and camera lens face each other. When in the second folded position, the display and camera sections are folded in a side-by-side relation such that the display and camera lens face away from each other.

An ergonomic clamshell housing for a mobile device with a camera comprises a housing with a hinge mechanism that pivotally connects a display section to a camera section. The hinge mechanism allows the display and camera sections to rotate relative to each other between at least a first folded position and a second folded position. When in the first folded position, the display and camera sections are folded in a side-by-side relation such that the display and camera lens face each other. When in the second folded position, the display and camera sections are folded in a side-by-side relation such that the display and camera lens face away from each other.

Portable cooling systems, employing a high pressure reservoir adapted to ergonomically interface with a user and / or a wearable article to deliver a flow of cooling gas through a conduit system are provided. Such a system is adapted to provide powered cooling to locations where only very small and portable cooling systems can fit. Various user retainable appliances or articles may have cooling features incorporated therein. The molded plastic high pressure reservoir may have other uses as well.

The invention discloses a human-machine interactive assembly process planning system of the manufacturing field. In the system, an assembly data preprocessing module establishes a corresponding collision detection model corresponding to a CAD geometric model of each part, designates an assembly constraint element, and establishes an assembly relation tree; a virtual assembly simulation module extracts data required by the virtual assembly to establish a virtual assembly simulation scene; an assembly auxiliary analysis module achieves dynamic playback of an assembly procedure, statically displays an assembly track of the part, and computes a distance between the models; an assembly process generation module acquires assembly procedure data from a virtual assembly database, generates an assembly process by reference to entries of a standard assembly process in the database, and divides service positions; an assembly process evaluation module reads an assembly operation action and operation object data, computes the efficiency of the assembly procedure to obtain ergonomic analysis data; and a virtual assembly data management module executes a data maintenance task. The assembly process planning system achieves dynamic assembly and process planning functions of mechanical products in a virtual environment.

Support for a portable computer having a display flap which is pivotable relative to a keyboard member. For supporting the keyboard member, there is provided a support structure. A bearing structure projects downwards from the support structure for keeping the display of the computer at a distance above a face on which the support stands. A document support supports a document extending above the support structure. A display of a portable computer can thereby be placed at an ergonomically favorable height above the worktop, while loss of space for documents is limited and documents to be consulted can be supported at an ergonomically favorable height above the worktop. A method for the use of a portable computer is likewise described.

A method and system for assisting a user when interacting with a graphical user interface combines gaze based input with gesture based user commands. A user of a computer system without a traditional touch-screen can interact with graphical user interfaces in a touch-screen like manner using a combination of gaze based input and gesture based user commands. A solution for touch-screen like interaction uses gaze input and gesture based input as a complement or an alternative to touch-screen interactions with a computer device having a touch-screen. Combined gaze and gesture based interaction with graphical user interfaces can be used to achieve a touchscreen like environment in computer systems without a traditional touchscreen or in computer systems having a touchscreen arranged ergonomically unfavorable for the user or a touchscreen arranged such that it is more comfortable for the user to use gesture and gaze for the interaction than the touchscreen.

A two-joystick interface for use with an information processing system having a 3D virtual reality module implements a bulldozer control metaphor permitting movement in three orthogonal directions--forward-backward, up-down, left-right--and turning about a vertical axis. The pointing interface includes mode switching permitting use of the joysticks for the cursor positioning and page scrolling functions of the information processing system. The pointing system includes a frame-of-reference conversion module for transforming the pointing devices software interface to a four-degree-of-freedom three-dimensional interface, an interface with a virtual reality module including a display function. Ergonomic embodiments of the interface include locating the joysticks, e.g., two IBM TrackPoints.TM. along the bottom row of keys of a standard keyboard, and, alternatively, placing the joysticks and related momentary switches in a wristpad.

The invention relates to an intelligent bracelet system for monitoring pregnant woman physical signs. The system is capable of detecting pregnant woman vital signs through a built-in heart rate sensor, a blood pressure sensor, a temperature sensor and a muscle electric pain sensor, and the vital signs mainly include blood pressure, heartbeat, body temperature and the pain feeling before labor. By means of the Internet of Things technology, the data are uploaded to the cloud, and a doctor and relatives of the patient are capable of learn all vital signs of the pregnant before labor so that the doctor can make accurate judgment and take care of the pregnant woman in time. Due to the APP client side matched with an intelligent bracelet, the functions of registration, waiting to see the doctor, assay queuing and hospital indoor navigation can be achieved through the APP. The ergonomics is adopted in design, the fitting degree of the intelligent bracelet to the wrist is high, and the intelligent bracelet is comfortable to wear. Due to user-friendly human-computer interaction and matching of the APP, the doctor can communicate with the pregnant woman conveniently, and the distance between the doctor and the pregnant woman is shortened. A database system of the pregnant woman in the period of seeing the doctor is set up, and the collected data are stored in real time.

The power panel is composed of power transfer module, module for monitoring and controlling load, and energy emission plate. The power transfer module includes power transfer circuit, and intelligent control circuit. The module for monitoring and controlling load includes circuit of monitoring load, and circuit of receiving codes of loads, control circuit for transmitter coil, and circuit for outputting information of load. The energy emission plate includes transmitter coil of energy for multipartition and faceplate distributed according to conception of ergonomics. Loads are placed on power panel. Receiving electric energy from one route of conducting wire, the power panel supplies power for multiple loads in multipartition smartly and safely in non-electrical contact mode. Moreover, the power panel possesses function for controlling operation of transmitter coil based on result of discriminating the connected loads so as to make system work at optimization model.

There is provided a high throughput automated single molecule image collection and processing system that requires minimal initial user input. The unique features embodied in the present disclosure allow automated collection and initial processing of optical images of single molecules and their assemblies. Correct focus may be automatically maintained while images are collected. Uneven illumination in fluorescence microscopy is accounted for, and an overall robust imaging operation is provided yielding individual images prepared for further processing in external systems. Embodiments described herein are useful in studies of any macromolecules such as DNA, RNA, peptides and proteins. The automated image collection and processing system and method of same may be implemented and deployed over a computer network, and may be ergonomically optimized to facilitate user interaction.

The invention relates to a semi-automatic packaging machine which is suitable for irregular bulk foods such as short chips, spicy hot fishes, potato chips, short fried strips and the like which are cooked foods with a certain hardness and brittleness and are made from flour puffing and also suitable for solid bodies with very small particle diameters or powdery materials. The food packaging machine comprises a material storing and transporting system, a control system, a machine case, a photoelectric sensor, a top hopper feeding mechanism, a vibrating feeding system, a door opener, an electronic weighing device, a nozzle module, a clamping-type sealing machine, a sliding plate, a belt conveyer and the like and is characterized in that forms of a big / small vibrating feeder, a duplex twisting feeder, a twisting shaft and an elastic steel sheet are adopted to guarantee rapid and accurate feeding to the weighing device, wherein the period of weighing, packaging and sealing at a time is generally within 2-4s; a weighing hopper is divided into a fixed side and a movable side, wherein the movable side is hinged on the fixed side, the load of a transmission mechanism for realizing execution actions of the movable side is not applied on the weighing hopper and the sensitivity is high; the door opener is of a structure that an execution part does planar motions without a fixed pivot; and installation positions of the lower body of the nozzle, the photoelectric sensor, the clamping-type sealing machine and a seat accord with ergonomics principles. The machine provided by the invention also has the advantages of simple structure, light weight, high efficiency and the like.

The invention provides a household air-conditioning intelligent temperature control system on the basis of human behaviour characteristic, comprising a compressor which is provided with a wind conveying port, and a temperature controller and a frequency conversion controller which are connected with the compressor; the temperature controller and the frequency conversion controller are respectively connected with a behaviour characteristic intelligent sensor which comprises a motion detector, a signal controller and a micro-control unit; the output terminal of the micro-control unit is connected with the temperature controller and the frequency conversion controller; furthermore, the input terminal of the signal amplifier is also connected with a temperature detector. The invention provides the control system based on the behaviour control on human-machine engineering science, uses the directional wind blowing to lead the human to get rid of the shortage of the fixed wind blowing of the existing air conditioning on the basis of the comfortableness of the human, improves the energy-saving efficiency of the air-conditioning, detects the human behaviour char by the behaviour intelligent sensor, realizes the automatic turn-on / off, controls the refrigeration quantity and heating quantity by detecting the human behaviour characteristic, realizes the most economical refrigeration and heating according to the requirement and realizes the object of energy-saving.

An ergonomic cable tie installation tool includes a generally pistol-shaped housing including a grip which depends from a barrel. Pivotally connected to the lower region of the grip is a trigger linkage of a trigger mechanism. The trigger mechanism also includes an intermediate linkage pivotally connected to the trigger linkage. The intermediate linkage is supported in the housing. The intermediate linkage is, in turn, connected to a tensioning mechanism also supported in the housing. The tensioning mechanism couples the intermediate linkage to the cable tie. Pivoting the trigger linkage toward the grip, normally by the hand of a user, causes the intermediate linkage to pivot resulting in the tensioning mechanism producing an increased tension in the cable tie. The trigger linkage is oriented relative to the grip such that pivoting it toward the grip requires the stronger fingers of the user's hand to travel more than the weaker fingers thereby improving the ergonomics of the tool. The trigger linkage may also make the respective travel distances of the stronger and weaker fingers more uniform also improving the ergonomics of the cable tie installation tool. Moreover, the trigger mechanism may provide for the tension force applied to the cable tie to increase as the trigger linkage is increasingly pivoted toward the closed position. Methods of operating the tool also provide improved ergonomics of the tool.

The invention discloses an ergonomics functional bed for old and weak people, comprising a bed body, a matrix gas compression and propulsion system, a telecommunication warning system, a bed board overturning mechanism and a leg bending mechanism, wherein, the matrix gas compression propulsion system is provided with a plurality of air bags and a plurality of pressure sensors; the air bags are positioned below the bed board; the pressure sensors are distributed between the bed board and the air bags in a matrix manner; and the telecommunication warning system comprises a sound acquisition terminal, an image acquisition terminal and a 3G communication module. The functional bed can track and scan the condition of a person lying in bed in real time, can lead the person lying in bed to actively perform direct communication with doctors and family to report the state of illness and the current condition, can lead the off-site family and the doctors to know about the condition, thus increasing the degree of life support; and meanwhile, the functional bed can perform aeration and deflation for the air bags to the designated part of a bed surface according to the demand of the person lying in bed.

Provided in the invention is a cloud platform control apparatus, comprising a main body, a CPU, a display unit. Besides, the apparatus also includes: am angular sensor, which is used for detecting changes of a spatial position state of the main body and obtaining vector orientation information of the main body; a data processing unit, which is used for determining a rotating direction and a rotating angle of the cloud platform according to the vector orientation information of the main body and generating cloud platform control information corresponding to the rotating direction and the rotating angle of the cloud platform; and a sending unit, which is used for sending the cloud platform control information to the cloud platform control. According to the invention, complex operations are converted into visual actions, thereby improving user operation experience and effectively avoiding frequent rotation of the cloud platform. Besides, man-machine engineering requirements can be met; the operation is simple; and convenience is provided for a measurer.

The invention discloses a virtual hand grasp simulating method based on motion capture. The method includes the following steps of building a correct virtual hand skeleton model according to physiological anatomical properties of a real human hand; building a skeleton kinematic model via the virtual hand skeleton model; importing the skeleton kinematic model into a test platform, carrying out impact test between the virtual hand and an object according to a classification method expressed by a 3D (three-dimensional) model and a level bounding box ; obtaining a torsion spring model and a drawing force spring model of a nonlinear spring model according to a linear spring model, and calculating five grasping forces of each finger; obtaining a resultant force of each finger by combining the five grasping forces respectively for each finger, and providing a rendered result of the resultant force; judging whether the rendered result of the resultant force satisfies an ergonomic test or not, ending the steps on yes; and adjusting a corresponding product on no until the product satisfies the ergonomic test. The virtual hand grasp simulating method based on motion capture is capable of shortening the production cycle and reducing the product cost.

A product of computer peripheral designed based on ergonomics and fabricating method thereof is to integrate all components of the computer system based on ergonomic analysis and the system housing design of the computer. The integration of the components can be done with screening the portable storage media device and the keyboard in the components required and feasible for integration based on affirmed criterion before integrating as an integral ergonomic component is performed such that the computer system and the product of computer peripheral are operated by the user easily and it is favorable for development of enhancing function of the system housing.

The invention discloses a hand-held vacuum cleaner, comprising a dust filtering cup, a host and a handle, wherein the dust filtering cup and the host are arranged in a front-back manner, and the handle comprises a handle holding section; the handle holding section extends forward and backward at one side of the host along the forward and backward direction, and bends backward to the back of the host, and a holding space is formed between the handle holding section and the side and back of the host. The hand-held vacuum cleaner is concise in appearance, and can be operated by holding at the side and back of the host, therefore, the holding mode is changeable, the operation is convenient, and the hand-held vacuum cleaner is more in line with ergonomic principles and is relatively comfortableto use.

The present invention provides a remote control-based robot-assisted intelligent maintenance system. The system comprises a master end control platform module, a master end input signal acquisition and processing module, a signal transmission and communication module, and a slave end control execution module. The master end control platform module provides a platform and an operation environment in accordance with man-machine engineering for an operation by a remote control system master end remote operator. The master end input signal acquisition and processing module collects and processes motion data of an action instruction of the remote operator. The signal transmission and communication module transmits input data of a master operator collected by a master end and a processing result to a remote slave end. The slave end control execution module receives the data of the master end, then analyzes the data and drives a slave end robot execution mechanism to execute a corresponding action. According to the remote control-based robot-assisted intelligent maintenance system, a robot can be controlled remotely online in real time, the system is applicable to multiple operation environments that are inconvenient for people to perform tasks directly, and auxiliary maintenance tasks of the remote control intelligent maintenance system can be completed.

An ergonomic drumstick includes a plurality of rings forming ridges configured to circumferentially encompass a drumstick, the plurality of rings located non-equidistant from each other on the drumstick such that the rings ergonomically conform to the grip of a hand, the rings made from a softer material than the drumstick to provide comfort for the hand. The drumstick grip may be adjustable to provide greater comfort to the drummer's hand. Also, the drumstick grip may be removable to allow it to be transferred from one drumstick to another. The drumstick grip may also be provided with a color-coding to identify the type of drumstick grip.

The invention relates to a sensing array capable of implementing high-accuracy synchronous measurement of three-dimensional deformation and three-dimensional pressure, and belongs to a sensing array for high-accuracy three-dimensional parameter measurement. The sensing array comprises a lower flexible circuit board, a lower elastic polymer substrate with grooves, an array of capacitance units and elastic piezoresistance units arranged in the grooves, an upper elastic polymer substrate and an upper flexible circuit board, wherein the capacitance units and the elastic piezoresistance units are integrated into a reticular sensing array structure; each capacitance unit is adjacent to six elastic piezoresistance units. According to the sensing array, synchronous measurement of the three-dimensional pressure and the three-dimensional deformation of an interface can be implemented; the magnitude of the pressure is measured by the capacitance units, the spatial direction of the pressure is determined by the elastic piezoresistance units, and high-accuracy measurement of the three-dimensional pressure can be implemented; the sensing array can be applied to parameter measurement of an interface such as a seat and an insole, and more accurate and complete parameter indexes can be provided for the field of ergonomics.

A fire poker is provided which is comprised of an elongate shaft, a handle at one end of the shaft and a longitudinal hook member near the second end of the shaft. The shaft has a bend located at a position between the handle and the hook member. Alternatively, the shaft may have a plurality of bends located at positions between the handle and the hook member. The plurality of bends divides the shaft into a plurality of sections, and the section of the shaft that contacts the hook member is preferably in the same plane as the section that contacts the handle. The at least one bend in the shaft of the fire poker provides for a device that is more comfortable to wield, is better from an ergonomic perspective and allows for considerably easier manipulation of the fuel of a fire.

The invention provides a novel bicycle, and particularly relates to a riding-seating dual-purpose bicycle, of which the wheel span and the wheel base of a front chain wheel group and a rear chain wheel group can be changed. The novel bicycle comprises the components of a group of axial cavities or a bicycle frame main beam, of which the outer wall is a track, a telescopic beam rear fork with a pull bar, a directional upright pipe with a pull bar, a sitting posture upright pipe with a pull bar, a multi-purpose bicycle hanging rack which can be used as a back rest, a fin-shaped chain wheel axisbracket, a front crank sprocket group and a rear crank sprocket group, a front travelling wheel group and a rear travelling wheel group and the like; due to mutual drawing and positioning of the pullbars arranged among the components, the angles of the directional upright pipe and the sitting posture upright pipe and the length of the telescopic beam rear fork are synchronously changed, a rider can flexibly and reliably adjust the postures from the common forward lean riding mode to the lying backward sitting mode, so that the novel bicycle is suitably used for traveling medium and short distances at a low-speed or medium and long distances at a high-speed in urban or suburban areas in the forward lean riding mode or lying backward sitting mode; and in addition the novel bicycle has the advantages of reasonable and superior ergonomics and aerodynamics, novel structure, high overall strength, advanced joints and linkages and wide adaptability.

An ergonomically equipped and interference signal-reducing position measurement probe for mutual alignment of bodies has a speech input device and / or a speech output device. The probe is wirelessly linked to an external control or a higher-level supervisory computer either by an infrared interface or a radio link which operates at an extremely high frequency. Error-reducing measured value acquisition is effected by averaging. The average represents several individual measured value. In the acquisition of the individual measured values, it is watched that the times of measured value recording and the time peaks of a solid-borne sound oscillation on the measurement object are essentially asynchronous to one another.

The invention provides a rack assembly for a stabilizer. The stabilizer comprises a cradle head for fixing a shooting device and adjusting the attitude of the shooting device. The rack assembly is used for bearing the cradle head, and comprises a first rack part, a second rack part and a holding rod. It is configured that an angle is formed between the second rack part and the first rack part. Therack assembly is configured to allow the holding rod to hold the stabilizer in the manner that the holding rod approximately vertically aligns at the overall gravity center of the stabilizer and theshooting device. Thus, the stabilizer which conforms to ergonomics and has good stability and variable operation attitudes and the rack assembly thereof are provided. Furthermore, the invention provides the stabilizer with the rack assembly.

The invention discloses an ergonomics-based assisting chair for elder people. The ergonomics-based assisting chair comprises a base, a seat plate, a chair back, a vertical telescopic gas rod, an adjusting rod for adjusting the length of the telescopic gas rod and an inclined turning rack. The front lateral edge of the seat plate is hinged to the base in a vertical turnable manner through a first hinge. The upper end of the telescopic gas rod is hinged to the bottom of the seat plate through a second hinge. The lower end of the telescopic gas rod is hinged to the base through a third hinge. The middle of the turning rack is hinged to the front portion of the base through a fourth hinge. The upper end of the turning rack inclines backwards, and a slide rod which horizontally extends in the left-right direction is fixed at the upper end of the turning rack. At least two straight slide grooves which horizontally extend in the front-back direction are formed in the bottom of the seat plate. The slide rod is slidably embedded into the straight slide grooves. The lower end of the turning rack inclines forwards and is provided with a foot rest. The ergonomics-based assisting chair has the advantages that the chair can assist an elder user with leg diseases and standing difficulty to easily stand up after long-time sitting, standing balance of the elder user during standing up is guaranteed, and the sitting posture quality of the elder people can be increased.

The invention provides a baby monitoring system, which comprises a baby end and a parent end. The baby end comprises a camera, a camera control mechanism and a communication module. The parent end comprises a touch screen, a data processing unit and a communication module. The data processing unit is used for converting sliding operations of fingers of a user on the touch screen into control commands. The communication module at the parent end and the communication module at the baby end transmit the control commands to the camera control mechanism to control the rotating angle and rotating direction of the camera, thereby realizing the rotation of the camera at the baby end in any direction and at any rotating angle. The baby monitoring system can accurately and rapidly position the scene of a target position, accords with ergonomics, is simple to operate and brings convenience to a measurer.

The invention provides a grid-connected hybrid-driven variable-pitch variable-speed constant-frequency wind turbine generator set which is developed against two popular types of direct-driven type anddouble-feed type in China presently. The grid-connected hybrid-driven variable-pitch variable-speed constant-frequency wind turbine generator set consists of an impeller system, a transmission system, a support system, a yaw system, a hydraulic system, a temperature control system and an electrical system, wherein the impeller system is directly connected with a flange of a planet carrier of a speed increasing box of the transmission system, and comprises three blades, a wheel hub and a variable-pitch control unit, a casing of a stator of a generator of the transmission system and a casing ofan inner gear ring of the speed increasing box are respectively fixed on a rotary support of a support system by the way of a front flange and a back flange, and the generator is a synchronous permanent magnet generator. The grid-connected hybrid-driven variable-pitch variable-speed constant-frequency wind turbine generator set adopts a primary planetary gearbox and the low-speed permanent magnetsynchronous generator, thereby having the advantages of small volume, simple structure, fewer maintenance items of the set, low maintenance cost, no need of special hoisting equipment, sufficient space for meeting the requirements of maintenance and ergonomics, and optimal maintainability of all the parts.