摘要:
A portable ranging system for analyzing gait is disclosed comprising a transponder having an infrared receiver and an ultrasound emitter, a base unit having an infrared emitter and an ultrasound receiver, and a computer terminal. During gait analysis, the transponder is worn by a subject at approximately the level of the body center of mass. As the subject walks away from the base unit, the base unit continuously causes, at a constant sampling rate, the ultrasound emitter to emit ultrasound pulses. These ultrasound pulses are received by the ultrasound receiver of the base unit. The computer terminal, by counting during the flight of each ultrasound pulse, is able to calculate the time of flight of each ultrasound pulse, and thus calculate and display in real time the forward progression of the subject. At the end of the walking trial, the computer terminal displays the instantaneous velocity profile, or gait velocigram (GVG), for that trial. From the GVG, the computer terminal calculates and displays gait parameters such as gait speed, cadence, step time, step length, peak-to-peak variation, and time to achieve steady state walking. From the displayed data, gait pathologies can be readily identified.
摘要:
The disclosure involves a method for guiding a machine within an area. Such method includes the steps of triggering an acoustic locating signal from a stationary "beacon-type" base module to a receiver on the machine. The method is applicable for one-beacon, two-receiver and two-beacon, one-receiver applications. A related apparatus also includes a device for emitting a trigger signal and a device for determining the time elapsed between transmission and reception of the locating signal. An operating principle involves computing the module-to-machine distance by determining the "time of flight" of such signal. The machine is steered along a path, the locus of which is defined by an equation.
摘要:
A system and method for determining the position of an automatically guided vehicle within a workspace is disclosed which operates by detecting sounds generated by beacons placed within the workspace. The time for the beacon sounds to reach the vehicle is measured and a distance to each beacon is determined. From these measured distances and the known positions of the beacons, the vehicle can determine its relative position.
摘要:
An apparatus and method for determining the position of an object, especially the position of a movable object in an industrial vessel. The position is determined by the use of two signals having a very large difference in their velocities, such as electromagnetic and acoustic waves. The object whose position is to be determined receives the electromagnetic signal, analyzes the electromagnetic signal, and, if appropriate, transmits an acoustic signal. In addition to the object containing an electromagnetic receiver and an acoustic transmitter, there is required an electromagnetic transmitter, three or more receivers to receive the acoustic signal from the object, and supporting equipment to process signals and log data. When the object transmits an acoustic signal, the acoustic receivers, which are in known positions in the vessel, receive the signal at different times depending on the distance of the object from each receiver. From the speed of the acoustic signal in the medium contained in the vessel and the time required for the signal to reach each receiver, the distances from each receiver to the object are calculated. Because the location of each receiver is known, it is possible by triangulation to calculate the position of the object.
摘要:
Method and means are provided for determining the position of a submerged marine streamer towed behind an exploration vessel. A sonic ring around feedback system is employed to redundantly ascertain the distance to various hydrophones housed in the streamer from an outboard mounted transponder capable of generating high frequency sound pulses of short duration.
摘要:
A device and method for indicating the speed of a distant moving and sound-emitting object utilizes the difference in the speed of light and the speed of sound to indicate the speed of the object by measuring the angle included between a reference line extending in the direction from which the sound of the object is received and a reference line extending toward the visual image of the object and converting the included angle into a numerical value indicative of the speed of the object.
摘要:
An acoustic location determination system is disclosed. The system includes one or more transmitting devices and one or more mobile devices. The transmitting device includes a first transducer configured to transmit first acoustic signals having a first frequency, and a second transducer configured to transmit second acoustic signals having a second frequency. The transmitting device further includes a beacon device configured to transmit beacon data via a short-range wireless communication technique. The transmitting device further includes one or more control devices configured to select the first or second acoustic signals based at least in part on one or more operating capabilities of one or more mobile units associated with the real-time locating system. The one or more control devices are further configured to cause transmission of the selected acoustic signals and the beacon data.
摘要:
A computerized system is configured to detect optical and acoustic events. It is operatively coupled to optical sensor(s) and acoustic sensor(s). It comprises a processing circuitry configured to perform the following: (a) receiving optical data from the optical sensor(s), indicative of optical event(s) associated with an event source(s). (b) receiving acoustic data from the acoustic sensor, indicative of acoustic event(s) associated with the event source. The optical sensor and the acoustic sensor are time-synchronized. (c) identifying the optical and acoustic events, based at least on the optical and acoustic data, (d) determining at least one of: distance and direction of the event source, relative to one or more of the optical sensor and the acoustic sensor. The determination is based at least on the optical event, the acoustic event, the optical data and the acoustic data.
摘要:
A communication device including a clock, a memory, and at least one processor is disclosed. The at least one processor is configured to execute instructions stored in the memory that cause the at least one processor to perform operations including receiving at least one message from a second communication device of a plurality of communication devices over a preconfigured time duration, determining a first local time of the clock of the communication device at which the at least one message from the second communication device is received, and determining a sync-time of the second communication device based on the at least one message from the second communication device. The operations include mapping the sync-time of the second communication device based on the first local time and the determined sync-time of the second communication device and adjusting a sync-time of the communication device based on the second local time.