219 results about "Paralemmin" patented technology

A method for classifying input to a multi-touch sensitive digitizer that is obtained from a body part as inputs invalid for user interaction and inputs valid for user interaction comprises: identifying a plurality of discrete regions of input to a digitizer sensor; determining spatial relation between at least two of the regions; and classifying one of the at least two regions as either valid input region or invalid input region based on the spatial relation determined between the at least two regions.

A multimode waveguide illuminator and imager relies on a wave front shaping system that acts to compensate for modal scrambling and light dispersion by the multimode waveguide. A first step consists of calibrating the multimode waveguide and a second step consists in projecting a specific pattern on the waveguide proximal end in order to produce the desire light pattern at its distal end. The illumination pattern can be scanned or changed dynamically only by changing the phase pattern projected at the proximal end of the waveguide. The third and last step consists in collecting the optical information, generated by the sample, through the same waveguide in order to form an image. Known free space microscopy technique can be adapted to endoscopy with multimode waveguide, such as, but not limited to, fluorescence imaging or Raman spectroscopy or imaging, 3D linear scattering imaging or two-photon imaging. Super-resolution, i.e., resolution below the diffraction limit, is achieved for example but not limited to, using the STimulated Emission Depletion microscopy (STED) technique or the Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) technique or a stochastic illumination based method (PALM, STORM) in combination with the multimode waveguide imaging method.

A hand pattern switch device capable of easily and reliably detecting a hand pattern or a palm motion of an operator. From a picked-up image of a distal arm, an axis passing through the centroid of a hand is determined as a central axis passing through the center of arm. At least either first scanning lines perpendicular to the central axis or second scanning lines extending along the central axis are set between a fingertip and a palm center. While changing the scanning line to be examined from the fingertip side toward the palm center, a determination is made to determine how many number of scanning lines for each of which a finger width equal to or larger than a predetermined width is detected are present, thereby making a detection of whether or not the finger is extended from the palm.

An improved system and method for personalizing the ride and / or handling characteristics of a motor vehicle are disclosed. An example system for personalizing or individualizing the ride and / or handling characteristics of a motor vehicle is disclosed, which includes a processing unit, a memory unit, an interface unit, and a plurality of electronic control modules coupled to each other by a high speed data rate communications bus. The interface unit is also coupled to a read unit and a wireless input unit. The system can be operated in a centralized mode or a distributed mode. The read unit and wireless input unit can read in or receive, and forward to the interface unit, an individual's personal motor vehicle ride and / or handling characteristics data stored in a memory component of a device in that individual's possession. For example, an individual (e.g., driver, etc.) may carry a palm device (e.g., PDA, Palm Pilot®, etc.) including a memory component that stores that individual's personalized ride and / or handling characteristics data. The read unit can include, for example, a docking station for the palm device, which conveys the individual's personalized data from the memory component in the palm device to the interface unit. As another example, the individual may carry a cellular radiotelephone including a memory component. In this case, the wireless input unit can include, for example, a cellular radiotelephone or similar device that is compatible for operations with the individual's cellular device, and the individual can use the cellular device to transmit the individual's ride and / or handling characteristics data from the memory component to the interface unit via the wireless input unit. Thus, the processing unit and / or control modules can execute suitable algorithms for controlling the ride and / or handing characteristics of a motor vehicle, based on the individual's personalized data. Also, the use of a high speed data rate communications bus enables the system to meet future high speed data rate and processing requirements (e.g., drive-by-wire, etc.).

A system and method for automatically computing desirable palm grasp configurations of an object by a robotic hand is disclosed. A description of the object's surface is obtained. A grasp configuration of a robotic hand comprising a palm and one or more fingers is selected, which specifies a hand configuration and joint variables of the hand, and a plurality of contact points on the object's surface for the palm and fingers. The coefficient of friction at each of the contact points is determined, and a description of one or more external wrenches to which may apply to the object is acquired. The ability of the robotic hand to hold the object against the external wrenches in the selected configuration is then computed. In some embodiments, a plurality of grasp configurations may be compared to determine which are the most desirable. In other embodiments, the space of hand configurations, or the smaller space of palm contact configurations, may be searched to find the most desirable grasp configurations.

An apparatus capable of scanning in documents is disclosed. According to one embodiment, a linear scanner is integrated with a portable computing device and exposed to a scanning document. An image is generated when there is a relative motion between the linear scanner and the scanning document. Texts in the image are reproduced by an OCR engine in the apparatus and can be displayed on a display screen of the portable computing device. The reproduced texts can be then filled in appropriate fields on records maintained in the device or transported to another device.

A method of biometrics identification includes obtaining an image including a portion of a hand of an individual, analyzing the image to find one or more feature parameters defining different characteristics of the hand, and comparing the feature parameters with reference information in a database. The features parameters including a geometrical features parameter, a palm line features parameter or a palm texture features parameter.

Personal identification is implemented by picking up finger vein patterns when the user naturally grasps a grip such as doorknob. The device for personal identification has a light source provided to irradiate light on the finger from the palm side, a camera to pick up the vessel image of the finger, and a processor to extract features of the vessel from the image and compare the obtained features with the registered ones. The camera picks up the light that exits from the backside of the finger after penetrating it.

A hand-held electronic pipettor is designed particularly to be programmed and operated with one hand for the convenience of the user. It uses a capacitance touchpad control for programming, and a separate run button for the operating mode. Internal components are located so that the center of gravity of the pipettor is located within the palm of the user. Flash memory stores an empirically derived table that correlates aspiration volume to motor steps and a separate empirically derived table the correlates dispensing volumes to motor steps.

Module adaptable to communicate with a suitable handheld devices or PDAs. Suitable devices include, but are not limited to, the Apple iPhone® or iPod®, Research in Motion Blackberry® smart phones, Motorola Droid smart phones, and Palm Pre smart phones. The module can be used without adding to the cost of the handheld device. This allows direct reimbursement for the replaceable meter module portion if payers choose to limit coverage for the full system, as well as the possibility of reimbursement for the entire system including the handheld device. Other solutions build the cost into the phone, which must be replaced to upgrade or replace the glucose function. Moreover, information from the glucose meter reading can be communicated from the PDA to a remote station for reporting the results. With an iPod-like approach, this could be accomplished without the need for a cellular signal or carrier, as long as a WiFi internet connection is available anywhere in the world.

The invention discloses a non-contact type palm print and palm vein recognition system, which comprises an active light source, an image acquisition device, a data transmission controller and a core processing device. The active light source is used for providing visible light and near infrared light for image acquisition, the image acquisition device is used for acquiring palm print images and palm vein images according to reflecting light, which is illuminated onto a palm of a user, of the visual light and the near infrared light, the data transmission controller is used for transmitting the palm print images and the palm vein images to the core processing device, and the core processing device is connected with the data transmission controller, is used for preprocessing the palm print images and the palm vein images, and then realizes feather comparison of preprocessed images and stored reserved samples so as to realize identification. The non-contact type palm print and palm vein recognition system realizes non-contact type palm image acquisition and recognition, improves palm recognition precision, is safe and sanitary and is convenient in use. Besides, energy consumption is saved, and simultaneously, the service life of the system is prolonged.

A portable, palm-sized, Data Acquisition System including an apparatus to measure engine thermo-events, a wiring harness having signals for collecting, recording, and transmitting engine performance data and identifying the engine being monitored, and an acquisition server (DAS) for collecting and transmitting data from the thermo-measuring apparatus and wiring harness, is taught. There also is a Web-server, an Ethernet network interface, software, an SPI bus interface requiring only three signals for communication, and a software system that records, stores, processes, transmits, displays, and analyzes data pertaining to any combustion engine performance and other industrial engine applications. The use of fiber optic cable for electronic communication provides for the DAS to be installed a distance from the engine. The DAS is share-able between several engines, is user friendly, is low cost to manufacture, affordable, and has a flexible signaling feature that works with systems that use, and do not use, telemetry.

A method of biometrics identification involves obtaining an image of a portion of a hand of an individual, said image including a plurality of line features of the hand, analyzing the image to obtain a characteristic value including orientation information of said line features in two or more orientations, and comparing the characteristic value with reference information in a database. The analyze use a neurophysiology-based Gabor.

The nailing depth control structure for a palm nailer is mounted at the hammering head of the palm nailer. The control structure includes a control block with several steps, a cylinder base, a flexible pipe fitted internally with an anchoring position, a resilient component and a rotary location component. When the user employs the present invention, it is possible to drive the synchronous rotation of flexible pipe and change the position of anchoring position of flexible pipe in relation to steps of control block, thereby adjusting retracted distance of flexible pipe for easy control of nailing depth. By using scale markers placed externally at the cylinder base, it is feasible to identify the current nailing depth of palm nailer, and relieve the need of removing structural components with improved efficiency and ease-of-operation.

A live print scanner includes a transparent tray platen apparatus and a scanning system. The transparent tray platen apparatus includes a base region attached to two rounded side regions. The base region of the tray platen assembly includes a convex portion. A hand is placed atop the base region adjacent to one of the two rounded side regions such that the hand's palm pocket is atop the convex portion. A sensor assembly within the rotary scanning system generates a complete image of a palm print pattern. Because of the side regions and the convex portion, the image generated includes an image of a print pattern on the palm pocket as well as on the side of the palm. A holographic element may be disposed in a light path between an illumination source and the sensor.

A case configured to enclose a portable electronic device includes a plurality of externally accessible electrical contacts, enabling electrical current to flow to or from the device while enclosed in the case. The invention is applicable to all types of portable devices, including laptop, notebook and palm-top computers, as well as telecommunications devices, video players and music players. Typically the electrical contacts allow a battery in the case or in the device to be recharged while device is enclosed. An adaptor cable may be provided between the device and the electrical contacts so that the same or similar case may be used with different model devices from different manufacturers. For greater ‘universality,’ a voltage-changing adaptor cable may be provided within the case between the device and the electrical contacts. The system may further include a docking bay to receive the case, the docking bay having a set of electrical contacts configured to electrically engage with the contacts on the case. Such a docking bay may take the form of a charging stand, a cart with one or more slots or compartments, or a locker with a door and a storage compartment.

A palm mechanism for a high-speed robot hand has a fixed-side articulated finger unit that projects forward from an upper side of a vertically positioned palm plate, and moveable-side articulated finger units disposed on both sides thereof. The left and right articulated finger units are capable of turning along two short sides of the rectangular palm plate from upper end positions on the palm mechanism. The articulated finger units are capable of bending up and down about joint portions thereof. A variety of operations, including gripping, picking, and throwing, can be performed rapidly and reliably by controlling relative positions of the three articulated finger units and controlling bending operations of the articulated finger units.

A pen-holding corrective apparatus is formed with at least a plurality of poisitioning parts for positioning the thumb, the middle finger and the index finger of a user, so as to combine points of force exertion for the thumb, the middle finger and the index finger via the positioning parts and enable the ring finger and the little finger to curl behind the middle finger, so that the user can master a correct pen-holding posture with the pen-holding corrective-apparatus, whereby the user's fingers can curl naturally without touching the palm when the user holds a writing tool.

A device for acquiring images of a print of at least a portion of a user's hand, the device comprising a stand defining an acquisition zone extending substantially in a plane, an optical acquisition member that is fastened to the stand to have a field of view covering the acquisition zone, and a processor unit connected to the acquisition member to process an image signal coming therefrom, wherein:the stand is arranged to provide an empty space zone containing the acquisition zone and forming a passage for said portion of the hand while moving parallel to the plane;the device includes at least one projector member for projecting a light test pattern of at least two colors into the acquisition zone;the optical acquisition member has a depth of field extending on either side of the acquisition zone and it possesses a color sensor having an acquisition speed that is sufficient to capture at least one color image of said portion of the hand moving at a predetermined maximum speed of movement; andthe processor unit is arranged to extract from the color image signal a monochrome image in each of the projected colors, to reconstitute a texture of said portion of the hand from at least one of the monochrome images, and to reconstitute a shape from at least one of the monochromic images.

The present invention provides a palm positioning and central area extraction method for three-dimensional palmprint identity authentication system. First of all, well-defined three-dimensional palmprint cloud data is acquired, and the data is mapped onto a matrix of the same length and width as a dual-dimensional image for point-to-point alignment of the three-dimensional and two-dimensional images. On the two-dimensional palm image to be attended, two characteristics between the fingers and the palm are found. By utilizing the two-dimensional palmprint identification center area positioning algorithm, four pixel coordinates in a center area are found and the three-dimensional palmprint cloud data is obtained. Based on the way cloud data is arranged, the three-dimensional palmprint data is mapped onto the corresponding two-dimensional matrix to come up with the three-dimensional cloud coordinate. Through changing coordinate, rotating and interpolation method, the central area is extracted out of the three-dimensional cloud. The invention can effectively save storage space and speed up calculation by locating the three-dimensional palmprint cloud coordinate, extracting the central points from plentiful three-dimensional palmprint cloud data, and eliminating redundant data points.

The invention relates to a network multimedia television and mobile equipment, in particular to a projection menu-based television remote control method, a projection menu-based television remote control device and a television. The method comprises the following steps of: projecting an entity menu of a game or interactive software to a desktop or the palm of a user to form a projection menu by a projector; identifying a body position and a finger position of the user and recording a finger image by a camera, and recording the movement position of the finger image when a finger moves; and when the movement position of the finger image is overlapped with a key of the projection menu, feeding back the key information, and responding the key information. According to the method, the aim of realizing accurate and fine control by utilizing gesture control is fulfilled finally by projecting the entity menu of the game and the interactive software by the projector and identifying the gesture of the user by utilizing an image identification technology, so that the interactivity between the user and an application program is enhanced, and the entertainment and the interactivity of the television are more humanized and intelligent.

The present invention relates to a mobile terminal antenna control method and a system. The method comprises the steps of obtaining the target information currently detected by the detection equipment on a mobile terminal, identifying whether a user holds the mobile terminal with a left hand or right hand according to the target information, and adjusting the radiation direction of a mobile terminal antenna according to the result of identification. By using the scheme of the present embodiment, the influence on antenna performance by palm blocking can be weakened or avoided, and the antenna performance is optimized.

The invention relates to beta-mannase mRmMan5A and an encoding gene and application thereof .Compared with original beta-mannase mRmMan5A, the beta-mannase mRmMan5A has the advantages that the optimal pH is low and is 4.5, and the optimal temperature is high and is 65 DEG C .Compared with beta-mannase reported in the past, the beta-mannase mRmMan5A has higher application value in the industries of food, feed and the like .The enzyme activity of beta-mannase of engineering bacteria fermentation liquor prepared by introducing the encoding gene of the protein into pichia pastoris can reach 72626 U / mL (protein content is 9.1 mg / mL), and efficient expression is achieved .The beta-mannase is used for hydrolyzing palm meal subjected to steam explosion, hydrolysate mainly contains mannan oligosaccharide with polymerization degree of 2 to 4, the mannan oligosaccharide yield is 19.6%, and the mannan oligosaccharide conversion rate is about 60%.

A glove which includes a glove body, which is adapted for receiving a hand of a user, having a palm portion and finger portions extended therefrom and a surface treatment arrangement including a treatment pad, adapted to provide a first treating action, provided at the palm portion of the glove body for treating on the work surface, and a treatment member, adapted to provide a second treating action, including a fastener adapted to overlappedly fasten with the treatment pad in a detachably attaching manner so as to retain the treatment member at the palm portion of the glove body in such a manner that the glove body selectively provides the first treating action and the second treating action by selectively fastening the treatment member with the treatment pad for treating on the work surface.

An ergonomic mouse has a sliding cap matching the curvature of a normal human palm. The sliding cap may be slid on the top of a hollow body to reach a desired operation position, then fine-tuned and anchored. Thus when the mouse is moved during operation, it can absorb reaction forces to avoid hurting the user's wrist and better meet ergonomic requirements.

A versatile stun glove having at least two electrodes placed in the palm region, and / or on the back of the hand and / or on the fingers of the glove. A rechargeable power supply that uses simple thin diameter and thickness replaceable batteries for powering the electrodes. Batteries can include 9-volt battery, a double A, and triple A batteries. A thin watch battery can also be used so that no protrusions extend outward from the glove body. The power supply can be located in the palm region and / or on the back of the hand of the glove. The power supply can be accessed by a foldable panel cover that can be removed by hook and loop fasteners (Velcro®), snaps, a zipper and the like. The power can be activated by a simple switch located adjacent to the finger tip of the index finger of the user so that touching the tip of the thumb against the index finger tip activates the power. An alternative activation source can be a pressure sensor that is underneath one of the electrodes so that pressing the at least one electrode into an assailant activates the power. A novel stand and power supply recharge allows for the glove to be mounted to a vehicle cigarette lighter. The location of the stand allows for the glove to be easily accessible and reachable when needed by the user. A stun stick accessory can allow for the glove discharge to have greater reach to attackers and assailants.

A multimode waveguide illuminator and imager relies on a wave front shaping system that acts to compensate for modal scrambling and light dispersion by the multimode waveguide. A first step consists of calibrating the multimode waveguide and a second step consists in projecting a specific pattern on the wave guide proximal end in order to produce the desire light pattern at its distal end. The illumination pattern can be scanned or changed dynamically only by changing the phase pattern projected at the proximal end of the waveguide. The third and last step consists in collecting the optical information, generated by the sample, through the same waveguide in order to form an image. Known free space microscopy technique can be adapted to endoscopy with multimode waveguide, such as, but not limited to, fluorescence imaging or Raman spectros copy or imaging, 3D linear scattering imaging or two-photon imaging. Super-resolution, i.e., resolution below the diffraction limit, is achieved for example but not limited to, using the STimulated Emission Depletion microscopy (STED) technique or the Structured Illumination Microscopy (SIM) technique or a stochastic illumination based method (PALM, STORM) in combination with the multimode waveguide imaging method.

The invention is a mouse handled in hand, especially the mouse can be put both on a table surface and into a palm. The mouse comprises: at least one house; at least one switch button; a trackball, which is on a different surface of the house than a surface where the switch button is on; at least one brace apparatus, which supports the trackball when the mouse is placed at any angle; and at least one tracing trackball apparatus, which connects to the trackball to collect trackball rolling information. The tracing trackball apparatus comprises: at least two shading wheels, which have rims with gear shapes and two elongating arms against to the trackball; at least two reposition objects, which are behind elongating arms for elongating arms being tightly pushed onto trackball via elasticity; at least two photosensitive apparatuses, which are constructed by two sets of LEDs and light receivers, wherein between the LED and the light receiver is the shading wheel, therefore poking trackball to drive shading wheel, and simultaneously LED emits light to go through the gear shape of the rim of shading wheel for generating intermittent light signals; and at least one transform switch, which receives the intermittent light signals from photosensitive apparatuses, and when the mouse are on table upside down, both vertical and horizontal signals are just opposite, the transform switch is to alter signals.