Patent application number | Description | Published |
20100145143 | VIBRATING ROBOTIC CRAWLER - An autonomous vibration-driven device, for motion through a lumen or along a surface, utilizing an array of flexible fibers attached to the body of the device. The outer surface of the fibers have an anisotropic coefficient of friction with the surface along which the device is to move, and the fibers extend from the device body such that at least some of the fibers are in contact with the walls along a part of their length. A transducer is used to vibrate the device, such that it moves down the lumen. The transducer can be either device borne or external. A rotary device is also described, utilizing an array of fibers disposed on the rotor's body, the fibers having an anisotropic coefficient of friction with a central stator or with an outer circular wall. A planar motion device is also described for crawling over a planar surface. | 06-10-2010 |
20130118466 | PNEUMATIC LAUNCHER FOR LAUNCHING A PROJECTILE AT A TARGET AND A SUITABLE GUNSIGHT - Disclosed is a pneumatic launcher and a method for launching projectiles at a target with a distance-dependent launch-power. Also disclosed are a distance-provider and a dynamic gun-sight suitable for use with such a pneumatic launcher. | 05-16-2013 |
20130271745 | DEVICE FOR IMPARTING DISTANCE INFORMATION - Disclosed are methods and devices for imparting distance information to a human subject, for example a visually-impaired subject. | 10-17-2013 |
20130326923 | Method and device useful for aiming a firearm - Disclosed is a method of aiming a firearm operated by an operator, comprising: a) at a range-determining rate of at least as frequent as once a second, determining the range to an object along an aiming line of a firearm; b) generating a signal audible to the operator, wherein at least one characteristic of the audible signal is modulated as a function of said determined range; and c) discharging the firearm in response to the characteristic of the signal. Also disclosed is a device useful in helping to aim a firearm, comprising: a) a range-determining unit configured for mounting on a firearm, further configured for determining the range to an object along an aiming line at a range-determining rate of at least as frequent as once a second; and b) a reporting unit functionally associated with the range-determining unit, configured to generate a signal audible to a human operator, wherein at least one characteristic of the signal is modulated as a function of a range determined by the range-determining unit. Also disclosed is a firearm comprising: a firearm body including a barrel having a muzzle at a distal end; and mounted on the firearm body, a range-determining unit of the device useful in helping to aim a firearm. | 12-12-2013 |
20140333476 | METHODS FOR IDENTIFYING WHETHER OR NOT A SATELLITE HAS A LINE OF SIGHT - The invention, in some embodiments, relates to the field of global navigation satellite systems, and more particularly to the field of methods and devices for identifying whether a satellite in a global navigation satellite system has a line of sight to a specific global navigation satellite system receiver (LOS satellite) or does not have a line of sight to the global navigation satellite system receiver (NLOS satellite). | 11-13-2014 |
20150056591 | DEVICE FOR TRAINING USERS OF AN ULTRASOUND IMAGING DEVICE - Disclosed are methods and devices for simulating ultrasound procedures and for training ultrasound users. Additionally disclosed are methods and devices for simulating needle insertion procedures, such as amniocentesis procedures, and for training physicians to perform such needle insertion procedures. | 02-26-2015 |
20150237481 | NAVIGATION METHOD AND DEVICE - Disclosed are methods, assemblies and devices useful for identifying the location and/or motion of a mobile device in a specified area, for assisting in mapping a specified area and also to methods, assemblies and devices for determining a location of anchors found at fixed locations in a specified area. | 08-20-2015 |
20150237706 | LIGHT FIXTURE CONNECTABLE DEVICE USEFUL FOR ESTABLISHING A NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE - Disclosed are devices suitable for connection to a light fixture, that in some embodiments are useful as components of a network and/or position-determining system. | 08-20-2015 |