BIOPHYSICAL VIRTUAL MODEL DATABASE AND APPLICATIONS
First Claim
1. A method for processing biophysical information, comprising;
- providing data storage and at least one data processor in data communication with the data storage, wherein the data processor is programmed for maintaining a database representing biophysical information on a number of human subjects;
establishing and configuring the database to manage, for a plurality of said human subjects, measurements of biophysical parameter values and associated information relating to at least one physical subsystem of said human subjects, wherein the database has identifiable fields for storing measurements of specific parameter values and information, thus characterizing individual said subjects according to a physical metric;
defining at least one model relating to at least a category of the subjects, wherein the model comprises a process for manipulating the biophysical parameter values and associated information to deduce how the biophysical parameters affect the structure and functioning of said physical subsystem;
providing for corresponding fields of the database, values of the biophysical parameters and information defining the physical metric of at least one particular said subject, thereby obtaining information encompassing a range of values of the physical metric;
accessing the database for selecting a subset of the subjects, applying the model to the biophysical parameter values and information found in the database for at least a subset of subjects, and computing from application of the model an output concerning at least one of an aspect of a structural characteristic of the physical subsystem and a function of the subject affected by said physical subsystem.
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Abstract
A biophysical virtual model of a body or body section of a human subject contains measured parameter values, scan data and images from surface or full body imaging systems, and also descriptive and subject identification data. Data in the model are applied to customize external objects ergonomically to fit a subject, by adjustment or by selection when the objects are configured for one or a group of subjects. The database can be centralized and/or mobile devices carried by users can supply model data to external apparatus. Where a parameter value needed for a subject is unknown, the statistical distribution of the database and the correlation of parameters can supply a probable value and level of certainty. In connection with values that are known for an individual, complexities inherent in the combination of plural parameters can be collected in the model and used in later security screens to confirm the identity of a subject.
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32 Claims
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1. A method for processing biophysical information, comprising;
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providing data storage and at least one data processor in data communication with the data storage, wherein the data processor is programmed for maintaining a database representing biophysical information on a number of human subjects; establishing and configuring the database to manage, for a plurality of said human subjects, measurements of biophysical parameter values and associated information relating to at least one physical subsystem of said human subjects, wherein the database has identifiable fields for storing measurements of specific parameter values and information, thus characterizing individual said subjects according to a physical metric; defining at least one model relating to at least a category of the subjects, wherein the model comprises a process for manipulating the biophysical parameter values and associated information to deduce how the biophysical parameters affect the structure and functioning of said physical subsystem; providing for corresponding fields of the database, values of the biophysical parameters and information defining the physical metric of at least one particular said subject, thereby obtaining information encompassing a range of values of the physical metric; accessing the database for selecting a subset of the subjects, applying the model to the biophysical parameter values and information found in the database for at least a subset of subjects, and computing from application of the model an output concerning at least one of an aspect of a structural characteristic of the physical subsystem and a function of the subject affected by said physical subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method for establishing a database containing biophysical information that is at least partly unique to a human subject, comprising;
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providing at least one nominal human subject definition wherein a nominal subject is defined to have a plurality of nominal anatomical parts that are cooperatively related to service biophysical functions, wherein relationships of the parts are constrained according to conservation laws that are applicable universally to a population of subjects, and wherein the nominal subject definition comprises parametric measurements related to at least one of structure and function, expressed in numeric values; providing at least one nominal product configuration, wherein at least one aspect of the nominal product configuration corresponds to the nominal subject definition, said aspect expressed in numeric values; establishing and loading a database having database fields organized for anatomical measurements and functional measurements defining a biophysical metric for the human subject, wherein the database also is loaded with a respective said biophysical metric for each of a plurality of other subjects of the population, including numeric values for fields corresponding to the parametric measurements for the nominal human subject; processing values in the database fields relating the nominal human subject definition and the nominal product configuration according to a model accounting for operative and dimensionally complementary relations between a human and a product using the product; selectively choosing, comparing, varying and processing values from at least one of the nominal human subject definition and the nominal product configuration, for at least one of; configuring a product to vary from the nominal product configuration so as to complement a selected subset of subjects in the population; adjusting a product from one a nominal configuration and a previous configuration, to complement a selected subset of the subjects; selecting among plural potential products to suit members of a selected subset of the subjects; selecting from among plural potential subjects represented in the database a subset of subjects having predetermined attributes suited to a predetermined product configuration; testing modeled use of the product by at least one selected subject; and
,testing results of the modeled activity by at least one selected subject. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A system for creating a user-specific article of manufacture comprising:
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a biophysical virtual model of said user'"'"'s body based on functional and physical body data, wherein at least one of an anatomical and a functional component of said virtual model are integrated, and further wherein said at least one of said anatomical and said functional component of said virtual model are constrained by conservation laws; a virtual and generalized model of an article of manufacture fitted to said virtual model of said user'"'"'s body so as to yield a user-specific virtual model of said article of manufacture; and a manufacturing data set representative of said user-specific virtual model of said article of manufacture for use in creation of said user-specific article of manufacture.
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30. A method for processing biophysical information, comprising;
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providing data storage and at least one data processor in data communication with the data storage, wherein the data processor is programmed for maintaining a database representing biophysical information on at least one human subject; establishing and configuring the database to manage, for said at least one human subject, measurements of biophysical parameter values and associated information relating to at least one physical subsystem of said human subject, wherein the database has identifiable fields for storing measurements of specific parameter values and information, thus characterizing said subject according to a physical metric; defining at least one model relating to the subject, wherein the model comprises a process for manipulating the biophysical parameter values and associated information to deduce how the biophysical parameters affect the structure and functioning of said physical subsystem; accessing the database and applying the model to the biophysical parameter values and information found in the database for said subject, and computing from application of the model an output concerning at least one of an aspect of a structural characteristic of the physical subsystem and a function of the subject affected by said physical subsystem. - View Dependent Claims (31, 32)
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