Mobile balancing prosthesis
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1. A mobile balancing device comprising:
- actuators configured to be placed on a body, andat least one measurement and integration unit comprising two gyrometers that are configured to determine changes in body position three-dimensionally in space as changes in angular velocity of forward, backward and/or sideward movements of the body and wherein two of said two gyrometers provide signals representing an angular velocity determination, wherein said signals are proportional to an activity of said actuators and wherein activation of said actuators is suppressed when the values of the angular velocity are within limits that are based on a movement sequence, wherein said two gyrometers are disposed orthogonally to each other and are configured to acquire measurement data two-dimensionally and the mobile balancing device is configured so that the data of only two of said gyrometers that are disposed orthogonally is then converted to a three-dimensional spatial presentation.
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Abstract
The invention is directed to a mobile balancing device and the use of said balancing device for the balance training of a body; the invention is further directed to a method for mobile balance training, e.g. for athletes or patients.
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19 Claims
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1. A mobile balancing device comprising:
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actuators configured to be placed on a body, and at least one measurement and integration unit comprising two gyrometers that are configured to determine changes in body position three-dimensionally in space as changes in angular velocity of forward, backward and/or sideward movements of the body and wherein two of said two gyrometers provide signals representing an angular velocity determination, wherein said signals are proportional to an activity of said actuators and wherein activation of said actuators is suppressed when the values of the angular velocity are within limits that are based on a movement sequence, wherein said two gyrometers are disposed orthogonally to each other and are configured to acquire measurement data two-dimensionally and the mobile balancing device is configured so that the data of only two of said gyrometers that are disposed orthogonally is then converted to a three-dimensional spatial presentation. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A mobile balancing device comprising
actuators configured to be placed on a body, gyrometers configured to determine changes in a position of the body three dimensionally in space as change in angular velocity of forward, backward and/or sideward movements of the body to provide signals representing an angular velocity determination wherein said signals are proportional to an activity of said actuators and wherein the mobile balancing device is configured to (i) suppress activation of said actuators when the values of the angular velocity are within limits that are based on a movement sequence, (ii) detect movements of the body as changes in angular velocity, (iii) represent the movements as displacement vectors and (iv) determine displacement of the body'"'"'s center of gravity by a non-linear function from said displacement vectors, wherein the non-linear function is f(x)=ax2, wherein x is the value of the displacement vector, in form of a=(x,y,z) when x> - y, when y>
x, the value of y is used in place of x, with x being the first, y the second and z the third spatial reference axis.
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19. A mobile balancing device comprising
actuators configured to be placed on a body, gyrometers configured to determine changes in a position of the body three dimensionally in space as change in angular velocity of forward, backward and/or sideward movements of the body to provide signals representing an angular velocity determination wherein said signals are proportional to an activity of said actuators and wherein the mobile balancing device is configured to (i) suppress activation of said actuators when the values of the angular velocity are within limits that are based on a movement sequence, (ii) detect movements of the body as changes in angular velocity, (iii) represent the movements as displacement vectors and (iv) determine displacement of the body'"'"'s center of gravity by a non-linear function from said displacement vectors wherein the non-linear function is:
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