Method for determining relative mobility of regions of an object
First Claim
1. A method for determining a mobility of an object, comprising:
- a) measuring at least a portion of a shape of said object under an initial increment of a weight load of a plurality of increments of a total weight load using a device;
b) measuring said at least said portion of said shape of said object under a next increment of a total weight load of said a plurality of increments of a weight load using the device;
c) repeating step b) until a total weight load is achieved; and
d) comparing said measurements from the device under said plurality of incremental weight loads, thereby determining said mobility of at least said portion of said object under said plurality of increments of weight loads.
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Abstract
A method for determining a mobility of an object includes the steps of measuring at least a portion of a shape of an object under an initial increment of a weight load of a plurality of increments of a total weight load using a device and measuring at least a portion of the shape of the object under a next increment of a total weight load of a plurality of increments of a weight load using the device. Repeating the measurements until a total weight load is achieved and comparing the measurements from the device under the plurality of incremental weight loads, thereby determining a mobility of at least the portion of said object under the plurality of increments of weight loads. The method further includes adjusting the elevation and angular orientation of a support surface for the object to achieve further measurements and a device for obtaining such measurements. The method further includes comparing the mobility of a present object to a normal-object to determine a deviation. The normal-object is a statistical sample of a prior normal-object mobility.
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34 Claims
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1. A method for determining a mobility of an object, comprising:
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a) measuring at least a portion of a shape of said object under an initial increment of a weight load of a plurality of increments of a total weight load using a device; b) measuring said at least said portion of said shape of said object under a next increment of a total weight load of said a plurality of increments of a weight load using the device; c) repeating step b) until a total weight load is achieved; and d) comparing said measurements from the device under said plurality of incremental weight loads, thereby determining said mobility of at least said portion of said object under said plurality of increments of weight loads. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of determining the mobility of one of two similar objects, comprising:
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a) adjusting a reference plane beneath one of the two similar objects whose mobility is to be measured; b) applying a load to the two similar objects to determine that each of the two objects supports one half of said load; c) measuring a first elevation from said reference plane of at least one location of one of said two similar objects, under a first weight load of a plurality of increments of a total weight load using a device to obtain a first measurement of said first object; d) measuring a further elevation from said reference plane of said at least one location on said first object under a next incremental load of said plurality of increments of a total weight load to obtain a next measurement; e) repeating step d) until said total weight load is achieved; and f) determining a mobility of said first object based on a plurality of measurements at said plurality of different weight loads. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that when executed, implement a method stored on a processor for executing the instructions of a method comprising the steps of:
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a) measuring at least a portion of a shape of said object under an initial increment of a weight load of a plurality of increments of a total weight load using a device; b) measuring said at least said portion of said shape of said object under a next increment of a total weight load of said a plurality of increments of a weight load using the device; c) repeating step b) until a total weight load is achieved; and d) comparing said measurements from the device under said plurality of incremental weight loads, thereby determining said mobility of at least said portion of said object under said plurality of increments of weight loads. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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32. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions that when executed, implement a method stored on a processor for executing the instructions of a method comprising the steps of:
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adjusting or placing a reference plane beneath one of the two similar objects whose mobility is to be measured; applying a load to the two similar objects to determine that each of the two objects supports one half of said load; measuring a first elevation from said reference plane of at least one location of one of said two similar objects, under a first weight load of a plurality of increments of a total weight load using a device to obtain a first measurement of said first object; measuring a further elevation from said reference plane of said at least one location on said first object under a next incremental load of said plurality of increments of a total weight load to obtain a next measurement; repeating said measuring a further elevation step, until a total weight load is achieved; and determining a mobility of said first object based on a plurality of measurements at a plurality of different weight loads. - View Dependent Claims (33, 34)
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