149 results about "Special needs" patented technology

A multi-path router includes an interface module (IM) having a time-sensitive logical processing path and a non-time-sensitive logical processing path and a special needs logical processing path and a filter for receiving a packet header and determining the needs of the packet header and for selecting one of the time-sensitive logical processing path, the non-time sensitive logical processing path and the special needs logical processing path in response to the needs of the packet header. The multi-path router further includes a router special needs agent (RSNA), adapted to receive a packet header having special needs services. The multi-path router can be used in a network which includes first and second networks coupled to the multi-path router and wherein the RSNA receives information from the special needs logical processing path and provides information to the IM on a return path.

A system, method and related devices for monitoring and improving the training and social eye contact and communication skills of developmentally challenged individuals such as autistic individuals and other individuals with special needs in improving their interpersonal communicating and other skills. A so called, TeachMe component of the system allows the defining of a students / patients long-term behavior or academic or social goal treatment in a hierarchical relationship of skills in treatment plans. It captures behavioral event within a ‘behavioral stream’ and in real time stores the ‘behavioral stream’ in a centralized database that can be accessed anywhere and anytime using the Internet. Procedures and materials used during the treatment are identified and data is stored in a central depository and can be displayed in a therapist's handheld device. The WatchMe component of the system and method monitors and obtains qualitative and quantitative information about the eye contact habits of a subject being trained or interviewed. It provides stimuli that promotes and encourages improvements in the eye contact habits of the subject.

Apparatus and methods for filtering content based on the accessibility of the content to a user are provided. The apparatus and methods make use of an evaluation tool that evaluates requested content for accessibility to users having special needs, such as handicapped or disabled users. The results of the evaluation are then compared to a user's designation of a required accessibility level to determine if the content is accessible to the user. If the results of the evaluation indicate that the content meets the user's required accessibility level, the content is provided to the user. If the evaluation indicates that the content does not meet the user's required accessibility level, the content is not provided to the user or a not accessible indicator is appended to the content. In a further embodiment, the content may be modified to make the content accessible to the user.

The invention discloses a multi-fingerprint encryption method with improved encryption level, which includes a fingerprint password setting process and a fingerprint password unlocking process; the fingerprints of two or more than two different fingers are arbitrarily set as passwords in an arrangement or combination mode, and stored into the memory chip of the fingerprint lock. When unlocking, for the multi-fingerprint password in the arrangement mode, it is required to input the different fingerprints set in sequence according to the order of setting within the specified time interval as the correct decryption password. For combined multi-fingerprint passwords, it is required to input different set fingerprints in a random order within the specified time interval as the correct decryption password, that is to say, in the combined mode, only need to input all the specific fingerprint passwords. , instead of following a certain input sequence, thus realizing the requirements of different encryption levels. The method can greatly improve the encryption level of the fingerprint combination lock, and satisfies the characteristics of some special applications requiring a higher encryption level.

A travel assistant device to help individuals use transit systems. The device is particularly suited to help individuals with special needs (i.e. physical or mental disabilities) successfully navigate the transit system through cues that are delivered through the device. In certain embodiments the device utilizes a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled cell phone. The GPS features of the cell phone enable the location of a transit rider to be identified. The wireless communication features of the device allow positional data to be transmitted from the device to a geographic information system and to one or more interested parties to track the location of the transit rider. The device can be integrated with vehicle location systems of a transit system to coordinate the transit of the transit rider. In additional aspects the system facilitates the delivery of signal, cues or other communication to the transit rider to enable the rider to safely and effectively use the transit system without the immediate presence of a guide or supervisor.

The present invention relates to an apparatus (1) for providing metered amounts of ingredients to a nutritional composition for use in administration to an infant, in particular the present invention relates to an apparatus for providing individualized nutrition for infants based on the infants' special needs, the apparatus comprises a plurality of containers (2), a plurality of delivery devices (3), input means (14) and a controller (7) adapted to control the metered amounts of ingredients delivered individually from the containers in response to the input. Further, the present invention relates to a method of preparing a nutritional composition for an infant which is tailored to that specific infant.

Methods and an automated digital applications are disclosed that can assist in the operation, scheduling and vehicle maintenance of transportation companies, and especially those involved in the transportation of special needs persons having routine schedules, e.g., between home and school, subject to dynamic changes. The methods provide for exception request handling via receiving exception requests for scheduled and non-scheduled route changes whereby multiple dispatchers can effectively and efficiently modify routes in multi-vehicle operations, alter other dispatchers of the change(s) and communicate new route information to operators of the vehicles. Further, routine and non-routine, as well as vehicle maintenance and cost analysis, are provided by the methods.

A therapeutic bed or treatment table capable of being employed for a massage or rendering chiropractic, medical, therapeutic, or other treatment to a patient or customer includes an upper torso support cushion having a plurality of breast recesses configured for accommodating human breasts; and an abdominal support cushion having an abdominal recess configured for accommodating a mid-section of an obese person or pregnant woman, wherein the plurality of recesses is configured to provide an adjustable support structure adaptive to the size of the human breasts and / or the mid-section of an obese person or pregnant woman. In an alternative embodiment, an unitary torso-abdominal support cushion is provided having a recess configured for accommodating human breasts and accommodating the mid-section of an obese person or pregnant woman.

Millions of schoolchildren take a ride to and from school on buses every day. Quite frequently we hear about multiple problems with the school buses. The school bus did not arrive on time, the bus did not show up at all, or the time or place of a bus stop has changed without notification—all these problems are unfortunately very common. Today's School Transportation systems do not always work as fast and as reliably as it is reasonably expected. These systems use phone or fax-based communication. These methods are slow, inefficient, and can be catastrophic since children's safety is on the line. Online Schoolchildren Transportation Management Method, System, and Computer Program Products, store data and provide real-time communication between the main participants of the schoolchildren transportation process: school transportation officers, district, county and / or state transportation management, schoolchildren and / or parents, and / or school bus drivers via a Web based network. Embodiments of the present invention allow efficient and streamlined communications between the main participants of the School Children Transportation Process to solve the following: Student's Transportation Change Request and Response; Transportation Information Lookup and Reporting in Real-Time; Transportation Emergencies and Exceptions; Bus Stop Location Change / Addition; Automatic Request / Response Notification Flow; Bus Arrival / Departure information; Management Reporting; Field Trips Request; Special Needs / Handicapped, Front Desk / Call Center Operator and etc. The new system (method, computer program) provides a framework for uniform and standardized information exchange between System Participants, thus guarantying uniform data collection, processing and reporting and opening numerous additional benefits to further utilization of the collected data.

The invention relates to the technical field of computing system virtualization, in particular to a virtual computer cluster and an implementation method thereof. Including a front-end machine and several cluster nodes, the front-end machine is a virtual machine or a physical machine; the cluster node is a virtual machine node or a physical machine node; the front-end machine is connected to the cluster node and the cluster node through a physical or virtual network card . During the cluster implementation process, the cluster management software is installed on the front-end computer, and the node monitoring program is installed on each node to construct a software system of virtual computer cluster. The cluster and its implementation method of the present invention provide a single virtual resource expansion method to support occasions where users have special requirements for computing resources, storage resources, security and stability of computing systems. It can be widely used in computer virtualization technology.

A travel assistant device to help individuals use transit systems. The device is particularly suited to help individuals with special needs (i.e. physical or mental disabilities) successfully navigate the transit system through cues that are delivered through the device. In certain embodiments the device utilizes a global positioning system (GPS)-enabled cell phone. The GPS features of the cell phone enable the location of a transit rider to be identified. The wireless communication features of the device allow positional data to be transmitted from the device to a geographic information system and to one or more interested parties to track the location of the transit rider. The device can be integrated with vehicle location systems of a transit system to coordinate the transit of the transit rider. In additional aspects the system facilitates the delivery of signal, cues or other communication to the transit rider to enable the rider to safely and effectively use the transit system without the immediate presence of a guide or supervisor.

A method for analyzing a digital audio signal associated with a baby cry, comprising the steps of: (a) processing the digital audio signal using a spectral analysis to generate a spectral data; (b) processing the digital audio signal using a time-frequency analysis to generate a time-frequency characteristic; (c) categorizing the baby cry into one of a basic type and a special type based on the spectral data; (d) if the baby cry is of the basic type, determining a basic need based on the time-frequency characteristic and a predetermined lookup table; and (e) if the baby cry is of the special type, determining a special need by inputting the time-frequency characteristic into a pre-trained artificial neural network.

School District Administrators have the real-time monitoring of students and school buses during daily school transportation. The IRITRANS® system will provide school districts with real-time bus locations and more importantly the “specific identity of all students on-board”. The system prevents students from becoming lost by boarding or exiting at the wrong assigned bus stop. The iris scanning process is completely mobile from all points of the bus for loading and unloading students with special needs requirements. If a student has a medical emergency the medical history is available to responders for correct treatment. In a hijacking event authorities have access to the real-time GPS location of the bus and the specific identity of students onboard. In the event of a school evacuation, administrators know where the students have been taken and the identity of the students on a specific bus to provide parents. On field trips students are accounted for and not left behind on the return trip. Students will not be abandoned or left sleeping on the school bus.

A thermal alarm clock including an alarm clock controller that activates a heating device to wake a slumbering person. The thermal alarm clock incorporates traditional alarm, clock, and radio functions as well. The heating device is located adjacent a sleeping person and can be activated with, or instead of, an audible alarm. A slumbering person will be gently awakened by the heat of the device instead of the jarring sound from an audible alarm clock. The thermal alarm clock is also effective at waking a single person from a plurality of sleepers and is effective for users with special needs, such as the hearing impaired or blind. In one embodiment, the thermal alarm clock incorporates sensors and circuitry to monitor a user's presence.

The dual function bowl lifting and filling apparatus of the present invention allows a user to clean or fill a surface laying bowl with fluid or food, or to lift or move the apparatus without bending. Specific designs are utilized to enable the dual function bowl lifting and filling apparatus to be used by people with special needs. The bowl-filling apparatus also allows excess fluid to be stored in the apparatus. A method of filling a surface-laying bowl is disclosed as well as a method for storing excess fluid in a bowl-filling apparatus.

A system, method and related devices for monitoring and improving the training and social eye contact and communication skills of developmentally challenged individuals such as autistic individuals and other individuals with special needs in improving their interpersonal communicating and other skills. A so called, TeachMe component of the system allows the defining of a students / patients long-term behavior or academic or social goal treatment in a hierarchical relationship of skills in treatment plans. It captures behavioral event within a ‘behavioral stream’ and in real time stores the ‘behavioral stream’ in a centralized database that can be accessed anywhere and anytime using the Internet. Procedures and materials used during the treatment are identified and data is stored in a central depository and can be displayed in a therapist's handheld device. The WatchMe component of the system and method monitors and obtains qualitative and quantitative information about the eye contact habits of a subject being trained or interviewed. It provides stimuli that promotes and encourages improvements in the eye contact habits of the subject.

A system and methods are disclosed to facilitate communication to, with, and for persons with special needs. The system can provide assistance with reading, test-taking, language development, or other forms of communication. The system is compatible with a variety of types of input (173), and provides a variety of options for output (174). In one mbodiment, the system is portable, and can be connected to a number of different devices having varying purposes. In another embodiment, the system is software designed to be utilized as a stand-alone software application, or in conjunction with an existing or third-party application.

The invention discloses a kind of method for American hilsa herring ecological type cultivation, which mainly comprises controlling the main element of water environment, the oxygen sag is more than 3mg / L, the temperature is between 10-30DEG C; regularly add the probiotics compound and feed into water to improve water quality, restrain the growing and breeding of harmful bacterium; reasonably adjust the cultivation density to ensure the eating intensity of hilsa herring collectivity and abundant oxygen sag; decrease the irritated response that cause by noise,light and color; mixed cultivate tilapia and jade perch, proceed biological control for flush ulotrichineae and conch; adjust the nutrition ingood time for the special need of hilsa herring growth.

A novelty toy body, inflatable body, mascot or costume body, configured for housing a detachable multi-functional housing compartment, the detachable multi-functional housing compartment insert assembly having a general compartment cavity comprising a plurality of separable fasteners for receiving a plurality of Attachable Accessory Templates. The Attachable Accessory Templates being used to for different settings involving such as but not limited to; Global Education Initiatives, Sand Play Therapy, Recreation Therapy, Activity Based Learning using Electronic devices, social skill activities, Teddy Bear Therapy, adult or children counseling, Art Therapy, using transitional objects in a therapeutic setting, behavioral hospitals, Individuals with special needs, Individualized Education Program (IEP), furthermore comprising programs such as, Curriculum Based Programs, Head Start, Preschool Programs, Child Care Programs, After School Programs, Private or Public Schools, Home Schools, Daycares, to help improve one's hand-eye coordination, fine or gross motor skills, pattern recognition, letters, numbers, reading or writing skills.

The invention relates to a phenol ether sulfonate oil-based emulsifier and a preparation method thereof, and aims to solve the problems that in the prior art the kinds of emulsifier for oil-based drilling fluid are few, the emulsifying performance of the conventional emulsifiers is bad, and the salt resistant performance and temperature resistant performance of the conventional emulsifier are not good. The emulsifier can be used as an oil-based drilling fluid emulsifier, and the formed oil-based drilling fluid can be applied to special wells with large displacements in high water sensitive and high temperature ground layers and horizontal wells in the sea in order to fulfill the special needs. The molecular formula of the phenol ether sulfate is represented in the description, wherein the R represents a C1-C20 alkyl group or a C1-C20 cumyl group represented in the description; M can be an ion of hydrogen, calcium, magnesium, barium, zinc, aluminum, and iron; m is the sum of ethoxyl (EO) groups, and can be any integer in a range of 0 to 10; n is the sum of propoxyl (PO) groups, and can be any integer in a range of 0 to 40; and x can be any integer in a range of 1 to 3.

The present invention provides infant and toddler feeding and liquid food storing systems. Disposable containers and infant feeding assemblies are provided for preparing, storing, and serving a liquid food or other beverage to children or other subjects having special needs. The assembly can comprise a holder, a disposable container that fits into the holder, and a means for delivering the food to the subject, e.g., using a nipple or drinking spout.

The invention consists of an expert system supporting non-experts in their capacity to develop, implement, monitor and evolve therapy plans. Therapy plans in this application are educational and non-medical. The purpose of the therapy plan is to guide the caregiver or therapist in what to do for a client and how to do it. The client is a person with a previously diagnosed condition (psychological, cognitive, or physical) which responds to a teaching process. The plans are developed based on expert system analysis of user input. This analysis is reflective of decision making processes in the fields of both special needs education and rehabilitative medicine, including speech language pathology, psychology, physiotherapy, and occupational therapy.

The invention discloses a hydrophilic modification method of a polystyrene material with the surface containing active chlorine, and a hydrophilic modification product thereof. The method comprises the following steps: 1, swelling the polystyrene material with the surface containing active chlorine by using an organic solvent; 2, carrying out a hydrophilic function group and the active chlorine on the surface of the polystyrene material in the presence of an alkaline substance to make the hydrophilic function group cross-linked to the surface of the material processed in step 1. The hydrophilic modification method has the advantages of simple operation, mild reaction condition, stable hydrophilic material, difficult shedding of a coating group, and great reduction of the hydrophobicity of the polystyrene skeleton. Additionally, the active chlorine on the surface of the polystyrene material can covalently graft different function groups through a substitution reaction to obtain a functional medium product suitable for different separation modes in order to satisfy the special needs of the biochemical separation field.

Apparatus and method for providing tempered water to an emergency wash system. Various embodiments include simple, reliable, low-cost flow regulators to reliably provide adequate emergency wash flows. Yet other embodiments include one or more features that consider the special needs of a person temporarily blinded, and include those persons having disabilities.

Eyeglass frames for people with Down syndrome, for others having facial characteristics similar to those with Down syndrome, and those with a depressed nasal bridge or a low nasal bridge, the eyeglass frames having a bridge lower than the normal higher placed bridge and in general alignment with the optical center of lenses mounted in the lens frames, extensions to widen the temple distance to accommodate the broader temples of people having Down syndrome or facial characteristics similar to those with Down syndrome, lower temples to maintain the general alignment of the location of the optical center with the pupils of the person wearing the eyeglass frames; and shorter temples than temples for normal caucasians to accommodate the ears as located on persons with normal facial features.

A room monitoring device designed and intended to detect a bowel movement (BM) of a person occupying the room, such as a baby or infant or an adult with special needs or in a care facility. The device tests the air for particular substances such as, but not limited to, methane and hydrogen sulfide. The test is performed multiple times per minute to reduce the chances of a false-positive detection. Once the device detects a positive BM, it alerts a user via Wi-Fi message, SMS text message, visual alerts (e.g., flashing lights), and / or audio alerts. This device may be paired with existing monitoring devices, such as a baby monitor with a remote camera.

The invention discloses a data storage method. Based on basic needs and special needs of data storage, a data storage plan with the highest cost performance is determined, data storage is carried out according to the data storage plan with the highest cost performance, and the QoS needs of data storage are guaranteed. The invention further discloses data storage equipment.

The present invention provides infant and toddler feeding and liquid food storing systems. Disposable containers and infant feeding assemblies are provided for preparing, storing, and serving a liquid food or other beverage to children or other subjects having special needs. The assembly can comprise a holder, a disposable container that fits into the holder, and a means for delivering the food to the subject, e.g., using a nipple or drinking spout.

The disclosure provides a food-line serving counter with an adjustable trayslide that readily adjusts to different heights using the frame of the counter's trayslide elevator assemblies. Multiple trayslide elevator assemblies can be coupled together, even around angles, to allow a variety of types of trayslides, including long and curving trayslides, to be elevated to different heights on the counter. With the present invention, a customer can purchase a food-line serving counter, and use it at a variety of heights for different groups of children, disabled persons, and those with special needs from a single facility and satisfy federal and state requirements. A trayslide actuator can be placed at a variety of locations suitable for the installation and raise the entire trayslide from a single position. Further, the trayslide elevator assembly can include a slider and a slider guide to provide stability and rigidity on the trayslide.