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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8032326 | Magnetic data processing device, method, and program, and magnetic processing system A magnetic data processing device sequentially receives magnetic data samples each of which is three-dimensional vector data represented by a linear combination of fundamental vectors and which are outputted from a three-dimensional magnetic sensor. The magnetic dat... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8032327 | Auto-referenced sensing method for three-dimensional scanning A method for obtaining three-dimensional surface points of an object in an object coordinate system having two groups of steps. The method includes providing a set of target positioning features on the object. In a first group of steps, acquiring 2D first images of ... | 10/04/2011 |
| 8000924 | Input device attitude prediction A first attitude calculation means S2 calculates a first attitude indicating an attitude of an input device itself based on a motion detection signal output from an input device equipped with a motion detection sensor. A motion calculation means S21 ca... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996179 | Method of measuring pose of mobile robot and method and apparatus for measuring position of mobile robot using the same A method of measuring pose of mobile robot, and method and apparatus for measuring for measuring position of mobile robot using the same are provided. The apparatus for measuring the pose of a mobile robot includes an accelerometer measuring acceleration of the mobi... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7970576 | Information processing apparatus and information processing method An orientation measurement value acquisition unit (145) acquires an orientation measurement value measured by an orientation sensor (110) mounted on an image capturing apparatus (120), and an orientation measurement value measured by a sensor ( | 06/28/2011 |
| 7912673 | Auto-referenced system and apparatus for three-dimensional scanning A system, apparatus and method for three-dimensional scanning and digitization of the surface geometry of objects are claimed. The system includes a hand-held apparatus that is auto-referenced. The system is auto-referenced since it does not need any positioning dev... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7890291 | Method and device for detecting a substantially invariant rotation axis A method for detecting a substantially invariant rotation axis of a motion of a mobile body equipped with at least one inertial or magnetic sensor with three sensitive axes that includes acquiring physical measurements with respect to the three sensitive axes of the... | 02/15/2011 |
| 7711516 | Method for estimating movement of a solid The method estimates movement of a solid mobile in a medium capable of generating disturbances defined by a three-variable vector, wherein the movement is defined by a six-variable vector and the solid is equipped with at least one sensor sensitive to acceleration h... | 05/04/2010 |
| 7672809 | Object tracker Object tracking using ultrasonic signals. A receiver receives a signal transmitted from a transmitter. The receiver uses at least two receiving elements for forming at least two analysis signals on the basis of the received signal. The receiver includes a detector, ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7599814 | System and method for computing reachable areas The present invention relates to computing reachable areas given a first point. More specifically, the present invention relates to the computation of an intersection between a first surface and a second surface for determining a set of points that are reachable fro... | 10/06/2009 |
| 7580809 | Device for detecting positions of object A device for detecting a motional position of an object in motion uses a first unit and a second unit which are communicably linked with each other. The first unit repeatedly produces positional information indicative of the motional position of the object in respon... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7433798 | Solid state orientation sensor with 360 degree measurement capability A solid state inclinometer sensor system includes a digital network of devices. Each device of the network includes a solid state inclinometer attached to a mounting structure. The inclinometer includes gravity sensors and a processor. The gravity sensors are mounte... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7426451 | Handheld surface coordinate measuring device A surface coordinate measuring device (1) includes a computing unit (8) arranged in a handheld housing (9), a positioning device (2) for positioning the coordinate measuring device at a surface point (P) on a wall surface (3), a di... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7424388 | Motion determining apparatus and storage medium having motion determining program stored thereon Acceleration data which is output from an acceleration sensor is obtained. A rotation motion of an input device around a predetermined direction as a rotation axis is determined by comparing a start point in a two-dimensional coordinate system which is represented b... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7421369 | Activity recognition apparatus, method and program There is provided an activity recognition apparatus for detecting an activity of a subject. The apparatus includes: a sensor unit including a plurality of linear motion sensors configured to detect linear motions and a plurality of rotational motion sensors, the lin... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7418364 | Dynamic attitude measurement method and apparatus A method and system senses the attitude of an accelerating object by measuring acceleration with accelerometers in three orthogonal axes and measuring angular rate with angular rate sensors disposed about each such axis to compute attitude of the object accurately r... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7411512 | Tracking the geographic location of an animal Systems and techniques for tracking the geographic location. In one aspect, a method includes receiving timed magnetic field information descriptive of a magnetic field to which a magnetometer was subject, the magnetic field information having been collected while t... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7412348 | Storage medium storing a game program, game apparatus, and game controlling method A game system includes a game apparatus and a controller. The controller is furnished with an acceleration sensor for detecting accelerations in at least two axis directions. Game processing corresponding to the kind of an acceleration input by means of the controll... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7373271 | System and method for measuring position and orientation using distortion-compensated magnetic fields An electromagnetic tracking system (600) and a distortion compensation method (500) that utilize a lead-lag network model to compensate for position and orientation distortion caused by eddy currents formed in one or more conductive distorters (330,... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7367020 | Executable radio software system and method An executable radio software system including a core framework layer responsive to one or more applications and a middleware layer. The core framework layer includes isolated platform dependent code in one or more files for a number of different platforms each selec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7353135 | Positioning and aligning the parts of an assembly The invention is an apparatus and process for obtaining values for one or more alignment quantities using one or more transportable devices. The process consists of establishing and maintaining a transportable device in a reference position and a reference orientati... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349820 | Method and device for determining the position of at least one point of reflection on an obstacle The invention relates to a method for determining the position (x, y) of at least one point of reflection (R1-2) on an obstacle. According to traditional methods of this kind a first distance (r1) between the point of reflection (R1-2 | 03/25/2008 |
| 7349582 | System and method for detecting obstacle A method for detecting an obstacle by using two cameras, the obstacle being on a reference plane in a field of view common to the two cameras, the method inputting a first image and a second image from the two cameras, respectively, transforming the first image to a... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7334582 | Electronic valve reader The invention is directed toward a magnetic valve reader used as an indicator tool. The magnetic valve reader determines a location and an orientation for a magnetic indicator device to indicate a device setting of an implantable medical device. The implantable medi... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324663 | Flight parameter measurement system A portable flight parameter measurement system is a standalone smart camera which tracks the surface of an object in motion, e.g., a ball, and determines speed, trajectory, a spin axis, and a spin rate around that axis. The measurement system is particularly suited ... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7318779 | Static pose fixture The present invention relates to a static pose fixture (10) used for measuring a subject (42) that is the object of a motion capture system. The static pose fixture (10) provides a means for holding the subject (52) in a static position b... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7318051 | Methods for feature selection in a learning machine In a pre-processing step prior to training a learning machine, pre-processing includes reducing the quantity of features to be processed using feature selection methods selected from the group consisting of recursive feature elimination (RFE), minimizing the number ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7316170 | Method and measuring configuration for measuring backlash at an axial joint A method measures the backlash at an axial joint of an industrial robot having a first and a second robot knuckle that are movably connected to each other in a direction of rotation by the axial joint. A load-transmitting device applies a predeterminable force alter... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7312862 | Measurement system for determining six degrees of freedom of an object A measurement system for determining six degrees of freedom (α, β, d, φ, χ, ψ) of a reflector (2) or of an object (3) on which the reflector is arranged, comprises an angle- and distance measurement apparatus (1), e.g. a laser tracker, oper... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7310577 | Integrated capacitive bridge and integrated flexure functions inertial measurement unit An inertia control system includes an integrated inertial measurement unit coupled to an inertial platform. The integrated inertial measurement unit includes three accelerometer gimbals/axes (first, second, and third) respectively, each including a pair of flexure p... | 12/18/2007 |
| 7298890 | Method and arrangement for the photographically detecting the spatial form of an object A method of detecting the 3D shape of an object by photogrammetry, in which a plurality of photogrammetric point markers and a plurality of connecting markers are provided on the surface of the object, each connecting marker connecting a subset of the plurality of p... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294815 | System and method for generating positional and orientation information of an object A method for generating positional information of an object is carried out by providing a reflector in the object and by providing a personal device containing a light generator and an imager. The personal device is mounted on a person holding the object at a mounti... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295943 | Geomagnetic sensor for calibrating azimuth by compensating for an effect of tilting and method thereof A geomagnetic sensor capable of calibrating an accurate azimuth even if the geomagnetic sensor is in a tilting state. The geomagnetic sensor includes a geomagnetism measuring unit, having a drive pulse generating unit for generating a pulse signal and two-axis flux ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7289035 | Seat folding apparatus with a passive radio frequency link and foreign object detection system A seat folding apparatus is provided with a passive Rf frequency link that requires that a person be within a certain limited distance from the vehicle to operate the seat folding mechanism. A foreign object detection system, such as a plurality of weight sensors, i... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7289898 | Apparatus and method for measuring speed of a moving object An apparatus and method for measuring the speed of a moving object is provided. A first acceleration along the moving direction of the moving object and a second acceleration along the lateral direction of the moving object are measured. A first angular speed along ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286725 | Information presentation apparatus for suggesting a presentation accuracy of related information and information presentation method In an information presentation apparatus (for example, a camera-equipped PDA) which analyzes spatial stereotactic information on a target object in the real world and/or a predefined marker, and outputs predetermined related information (for example, a piping name) ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7275691 | Artillery fire control system An indirect artillery fire control system is shown, in which a plurality of indirect artillery systems are linked with a fire direction system such that a call for fire order is communicated as a fire command to a selected indirect artillery system, with that system... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7277834 | Estimating position and orientation in electromagnetic systems A method for adapting electromagnetic (EM) field model parameters including the steps of minimizing the difference between a model for the measurements and one or more measurements. The minimizing may be done by estimating model parameters, and at least position and... | 10/02/2007 |
| 7272404 | Position acquisition A first transceiver (4, 30) can position itself by forming an ad hoc network (20) of transceivers which assist the first transceiver in acquiring its position. A dedicated infrastructure such as GPS satellites is not required. The first transceiver ( | 09/18/2007 |
| 7266567 | Absolute encoder and absolute value signal generation method An absolute encoder comprising a first memory operable to store a first absolute value signal produced every constant time period, the absolute value signal representing an absolute value position. A second memory stores a second absolute value signal produced in a ... | 09/04/2007 |
