Methods and/or devices to determine patient respiration information are disclosed which comprise sensing acceleration.

A joint motion measurement apparatus includes securing mechanisms that secure sensors to various body parts such as the leg, including the femur, tibia, malleoli and/or calcaneus. The sensors are configured to measure a position and/or motion of the various parts of the leg relative to one another. The sensor data is usable to determine kinematic and/or muscle properties of the leg including knee laxity, tibiofemoral measurements and/or spastic properties.

A mouth-opening measuring device includes a first end and an opposing second end. The width of the first end is less than the width of the second end such that the different widths on the first and second ends provide for different mouth opening abilities of an individual when either the first end or the second end is inserted into an individual's mouth.

A hand function testing device includes a base having a number of rigid wires protruding from a surface thereof, each rigid wire having a stationary bead affixed at a predetermined position along the rigid wire, a moving bead movably mounted on the rigid wire and movable along a working region of the rigid wire defined between a base-end of the rigid wire and the stationary bead, the moving bead being mounted on the rigid wire via reception of the rigid wire through a lumen in the moving bead, and at least one force sensing element for measuring a force input to the moving bead. A method of testing hand function includes using the hand function testing device to measure a force input to a moving bead as the moving bead is moved within a working region on the rigid wire.

A system is disclosed herein for providing a kinetic assessment and preparation of a prosthetic joint comprising one or more prosthetic components. The system comprises a prosthetic component including sensors and circuitry configured to measure load, position of load on a curved surface, joint stability, range of motion, and impingement. In one embodiment, the system is for a ball and socket joint of a musculoskeletal system. The system further includes a computer having a display configured to graphical display quantitative measurement data to support rapid assimilation of the information. The kinetic assessment measures joint alignment under loading that will be similar to that of a final joint installation. The kinetic assessment can use trial or permanent prosthetic components. Furthermore, adjustments can be made to the applied load magnitude, position of load, and joint alignment by various means to fine-tune an installation.

The present disclosure relates to an information processing apparatus, an information processing method, and a program capable of providing more effective learning content in learning motion of a body.

An adjustment unit generates an adjusted second virtual object by adjusting, on the basis of feature point information of a first person included in a first virtual object reflecting a body motion of the first person, a second virtual object reflecting a body motion of a second person to be superimposed on the first virtual object. The technology according to the present disclosure can be applied to, for example, an information processing apparatus such as a smartphone.

An object is to provide a technique capable of accurately determining an awakening degree. An awakening degree determination apparatus includes a change amount acquisition unit, a frequency calculation unit, and an awakening degree determination unit. The change amount acquisition unit acquires an angle change amount, an inclination change amount, and a position change amount. The frequency calculation unit calculates an angle frequency, an inclination frequency, and a position frequency. When at least one of the angle frequency, the inclination frequency, and the position frequency exceeds a fourth threshold value, a fifth threshold value, and a sixth threshold value, the awakening degree determination unit determines that an awakening degree of a driver of the vehicle decreases.

An apparatus and method to evaluate the endurance of a muscle group of a user by measuring velocities of an engagement assembly coupled to a resistance element and moved by the user through a plurality of exercise strokes. A muscle group is assessed by determining a rate of fatigue for the muscle group. The method can include adjusting the controllable resistance to a resistance level, monitoring the movement of the engagement assembly against the resistance level over a plurality of repetitions, determining a relationship between the movement of the engagement assembly by the user over the plurality of repetitions, and using the relationship to determine the rate of fatigue.

Methods and devices for monitoring and changing the physical orientation of an individual are provided. A method includes providing a wearable device that monitors the physical orientation of an individual, monitoring the physical orientation over time using the wearable device, and issuing an alert from the wearable device to change the physical orientation by a prescribed amount when the individual has maintained the physical orientation for a duration exceeding a maximum length. The wearable device is optionally configured to issue subsequent alerts upon determining that the physical orientation has not changed following the duration. The alerts are optionally of varying natures and issued to, for example, the individual, people nearby, and/or caregivers outside the individual's room.

A system and method for human motion detection and tracking are disclosed. In one embodiment, an optical sensing instrument monitors a stage. A memory is accessible to a processor and communicatively coupled to the optical sensing instrument. The system captures a depth frame from the optical sensing instrument. The depth frame may include at each image element first coordinate values including a point related to a distance from the optical sensing instrument. The depth frame is converted into a designated depth frame format, which includes at each image element second coordinate values relative to the depth frame. Probability distribution models are applied to the designated depth frame format to identify a respective plurality of body parts. The position of each of the respective plurality of body parts in the designated depth frame is calculated as is the position of each of the plurality of body parts in the depth frame.