Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090201987 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING A MOBILE VIDEO PROGRAM - The present application provides a method and apparatus for playing a mobile video program. The mobile video playing method and apparatus provided by the invention buffer the program content received in real time when there is a considerable movement state change. After the movement state becomes stable, playing will be resumed. While playing is resumed, the buffered contents can be firstly played (including the playing manners such as skipping, fast forward, etc), and then a program content received in real time will be played after all the buffered contents have been processed. According to the mobile video playing method provided by the invention, both the user's requirement for the continuity of a program content and the user's viewing effect will not be influenced by a fierce change of movement state of the mobile video apparatus. | 08-13-2009 |
20090210280 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CREATING A SCHEDULE BASED ON PHYSIOLOGICAL DATA - The invention provides a method and apparatus for creating a schedule, wherein the schedule is used for a user's schedule arrangement, the apparatus for creating a schedule comprises: acquiring means for acquiring at least one physiological health condition data of the user; analyzing means for generating suggestion on the schedule arrangement based on said at least one physiological health condition data; and generating means for adding the schedule arrangement to the schedule according to a predetermined rule. The invention is used to dynamically create a schedule arrangement adaptive to the physiological health condition of a user under the premise that there is a change in the physiological health condition of the user, so that the scheduled exercises of the user are arranged more efficiently, securely and reasonably. | 08-20-2009 |
20100104268 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PLAYING AN OPTICAL DISC - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for playing an optical disc, and an optical disc recording apparatus. According to the method provided by the present invention, the description information of the program content and the description information of the enhancement content are first acquired, and then compared with each other; then it is judged whether the program corresponds to the enhancement content according to the result of the comparison; and finally, the program content is played independently of the enhancement content if the program content does not correspond to the enhancement content. With the present invention, the playback problem causing from the non-match of the program content and the enhancement content in an optical disc with the enhancement format resulting from the revision of the optical disc by a conventional optical disc recording apparatus that does not support the enhancement format can be avoided. | 04-29-2010 |
20100223070 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MORNITORING HEALTHCARE DATA - The present invention provides an interface for monitoring healthcare data at the caregivers' side, the interface comprises receiving means for receiving a part of the healthcare data and an indication(s) of the blocking status of the rest of the healthcare data, presenting means for presenting the healthcare data, and indicating means for indicating the blocking status of the rest of the healthcare data according to the indication. In this way, a better balance between the benefits of the monitored person and that of the caregivers could be reached. | 09-02-2010 |
20100261980 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR DETECTING AN ABNORMAL SITUATION - To improve the power efficiency of a monitoring system, especially for worn devices, the present invention provides a monitoring system ( | 10-14-2010 |
20110162433 | FALL DETECTION SYSTEM - There is provided a fall detection system comprising a fall detector for monitoring the movement of a user and detecting if the user has fallen or is about to fall, one or more sensors for collecting measurements of one or more physical characteristics of the user, wherein the fall detector uses the measurements to adapt the fall detection to the physical characteristics of the user. | 07-07-2011 |
20110215925 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FALL DETECTION AND ALARM - The invention relates to a method and apparatus for indicating a fall of a user by means of an alarm message. According to the invention, the apparatus ( | 09-08-2011 |
20110230791 | FALL DETECTION AND/OR PREVENTION SYSTEMS - There is provided a fall detection and/or prevention system, comprising one or more sensors for detecting characteristics of movement of a user of the fall detection and/or prevention system and for generating corresponding signals; processing means for analyzing the signals from the one or more sensors using a fall detection algorithm to determine if a fall has taken place or is likely to take place; wherein the processing means is further adapted to update said fall detection algorithm based on the result of the analysis of the signals and an indication whether a fall has actually taken place from the user or a third party. | 09-22-2011 |
20110246114 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CALIBRATING A FALL DETECTOR - This invention relates to a method and apparatus for calibrating a fall detector, a method of setting a fall detector, and a fall detector. According to the invention, the method of calibrating a fall detector comprises (a) acquiring the duration of a free fall of the fall detector; (b) calculating the change in height of the fall detector during the free fall from said duration; (c) measuring the change in height of the free fall by the fall detector; (d) calculating the difference between the calculated change in height and the measured change in height; and (e) updating a threshold in the fall detector for determining whether or not a fall has occurred on the basis of this difference. | 10-06-2011 |
20120029392 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING A FALL OF A USER - This invention relates to a system and method for detecting a fall of a user. The system comprises at least one sensor, a determining unit and a processor. The at least one sensor worn on the body of the user generates sensor data relating to the fall, and the determining unit determines a sensor position of the at least one sensor. The processor adjusts the fall detection algorithm according to the sensor position, and performs an analysis based on the sensor data to determine whether a fall is occurring or not. In this way, fall detection is performed with high detection accuracy even if the sensor position changes, and the user feels good by wearing the sensors in their preferred way. | 02-02-2012 |
20120065925 | Methods and Apparatus for Detecting A Fall of User - This invention relates to methods and apparatus for detecting a fall of a user, especially to methods and apparatus for detecting a fall of a user by using pressure sensors. This invention discloses an apparatus for detecting a fall of a user, and the apparatus comprises first and second pressure sensors configured to obtain first and second data values of atmosphere pressure and intended to be worn on the body of the user, and a processor configured to derive a third data value of atmosphere pressure for determining whether a fall occurs or not from the first and second data values of atmosphere pressure. The first and second pressure sensors are configured in a way such that preset orientations of the first and second pressure sensors are opposite to each other. In this way, the weight of measuring elements comprised in the first and second pressure sensors have opposite effects on the measured atmosphere pressure, and thus (?) the measurement error caused by pressure sensor orientation variation can be reduced or even eliminated. | 03-15-2012 |
20120111329 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING A COUGH - The invention provides a device ( | 05-10-2012 |
20130207888 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRESENTING AN OPTION - A method of presenting an option comprises: calculating a movement range of an object; calculating an area of a display device based on the movement range; and presenting at least one option in the area of the display device. | 08-15-2013 |
20140371634 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRACKING HAND AND/OR WRIST ROTATION OF A USER PERFORMING EXERCISE - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for tracking hand and/or wrist rotation of a user performing exercise. An aspect of the present invention proposes a method of tracking hand and/or wrist rotation of a user performing an exercise, wherein the user wears a marker on his/her hand, the method comprising the steps of: acquiring a first image and a second image of the marker by means of a camera when the hand is in a first posture and a second posture respectively; deriving the angle change of the hand and/or wrist from the change from the first posture to the second posture, based on the first image and the second image and the type of the exercise that the user is performing; and outputting the angle change of the hand and/or wrist, wherein the marker approximates a rectangular block, the marker has an opening for accommodating the palm(s) of the user and the side of the marker along the direction perpendicular to the palm is substantially shorter than two other sides. In this way, a single hand-worn marker is adequate for hand/wrist rotation tracking, so that the system implementation may be simplified and the cost for markers or other accelerometers can be saved. | 12-18-2014 |