Hand-hold location and trunk kinematics during box handling

Trunk kinematics variables have been shown to be related to low back injury risk during lifting tasks and it was hypothesised that changes in hand-hold positions could influence trunk kinematics and thereby risk. Fourteen subjects lifted a 5 or 10 kg box using four different hand placement locations (two symmetric and two asymmetric) while their trunk kinematics (position, velocity and acceleration in the sagittal, coronal and transverse planes) were captured using the lumbar motion monitor (LMM). These kinematics data were then used to calculate the probability of high risk group membership (PHRGM) as defined in the LMM risk assessment model. The results showed significant effects of hand placement on trunk kinematics, resulting in significant changes in the PHRGM variable ranging from a low of 20% in a the symmetric low load condition to a high of 38% under the asymmetric, 10 kg condition.

Statement of Relevance: Manual materials handlers use a variety of hand-hold positions on boxes during lifting. Where a lifter grabs the box can influence the trunk kinematics during the lifting task and these kinematics have been shown to provide some insight into risk of low back injury. This study documents the trunk postures and kinematics as a function of hand-hold position.     

Low mean level sustained and intermittent grip exertions: Influence of age on fatigue and recovery

The goal of this study was to quantify localised muscle fatigue resulting from low mean levels of exertion in younger (< 40 years) and older (>50 years) adults. Fatigue, elicited in the finger flexor muscles by intermittent (10% mean maximum voluntary contraction (MVC)) and sustained (8% MVC) handgrip exercises, was quantified by a muscle twitch force response before, immediately after and during 3 h following exercise. Despite greater mean loads, recovery time was shorter following intermittent than sustained contractions, which suggests that recovery from fatigue is more sensitive to rest within the work cycle than mean work. The more pronounced effects for younger than older individuals following the sustained exertion indicate that changes in muscle fibre type composition might predispose older individuals to be more resistant to fatigue resulting from sustained contractions of low level. Performing hand exertion tasks requiring low mean force levels contributes to similar long-lasting fatigue effects regardless of gender and age. Intermittent periods of complete rest reduce muscle fatigue. Since fatigue was not perceived during recovery from the tested sustained and intermittent contractions, subjective evaluations may not be a reliable indicator of localised muscle fatigue.     

基于深度图像技术的手势识别方法

针对复杂环境下的手势识别问题,提出一种基于深度图像技术的手势识别方法。利用深度图像信息从复杂环境中提取手势区域,综合手势的表观特征,建立决策树实现手势的识别。对常见的9种手势在复杂背景条件下进行测试,实验结果表明,手势的平均识别率可达到98.4%,速度达到每秒25帧。     

基于视觉手势识别技术的智能窗帘研究

在Visual Studio 2010开发环境中以C++为编程语言,使用计算机视觉计算中的开源OpenCV库处理图像,判定手势运动方向,构造基于视觉手势识别技术的智能窗帘系统。通过调用Windows API函数实现PC与LPC2131之间的串口通信,从而通过控制步进电机的转动方向来实现窗帘的打开和关闭操作。系统具有人机交互界面良好、操作简单、窗帘的长度可自行设定等优点。     

基于平面模板的机器人TCF标定

针对末端夹持激光位移传感器的机器人TCF(tool/terminal control frame)标定,提出一种基于平面模板的标定方法,机器人操作末端执行器使激光位移传感器在不同位形下对平面模板进行测量,再通过非线性最小二乘拟合求解标定参数.为了减小问题的奇异性,对标定时应该采取的参数控制策略进行了定性分析.该标定方法只需要一块表面精度较高的平面模板,而无需其它测量仪器,标定过程简单、易操作,且易于实现自动化.仿真和实验结果表明本文提出的标定方法具有较高的精度.     

基于Kinect传感器的智能轮椅手势控制系统的设计与实现

利用Kinect深度传感器所获取的图像深度信息实现手部从背景中的分割,并通过在Hu矩基础上加入3个表达式,使不变矩包含更多细节特征,对手势目标进行识别,最后把得到的识别结果转换成控制指令通过Ad-Hoc网络传送给智能轮椅,实现运动控制.实验表明,通过该方法实现的手势识别在图像旋转、缩放、平移的情况下具有不变性,对背景干扰具有较强的鲁棒性.     

The analysis of an adaptive workload balancing strategy in computing system resources management

An adaptive workload balancing scheme is analyzed. This scheme is intended to automatically dissolve the imbalance in resource utilization of computing systems and to bring about the proper balance between throughput and turnaround time. This is done by means of the invisible hand due to the bidding of priorities of resource use, with no contradiction between the flexible bid for each resource and the stable price for the entire service. The result of this analysis shows that this scheme would regulate those imbalances, and that it includes the load balancing policy of IBM OS/VS2-2 as a special case. Some considerations and methods on an actual implementation are also presented.This paper is a revised version of material which appeared as Research Report RC5072 of IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York.On leave from the University of Electro-Communications, Chofu, Tokyo, Japan.     

Development of Palmprint Verification System Using Biometrics

1 Introduction Reliability in personal authentication is key to the security in any transactional database. Many physiological characteristics of humans i.e., biometrics, are typically time invariant, easy to acquire, and unique for every individual. Biom…     

Reach and posture hand preferences during arboreal feeding in sifakas (Propithecus sp.): A test of the postural origins theory of behavioral lateralization.

Sixteen sifakas (11 Propithecus verreauxi coquereli, 2 Propithecus verreauxi verreauxi form majori, and 3 Propithecus tattersalli) were videotaped as they fed on leaves in an arboreal context. The hand used to feed and the hand used to maintain postural stability was coded. For each subject, the lateral bias of the hand used to feed was opposite the hand used in postural support. Seven sifakas displayed no bias for feeding or posture-related hand use, 7 sifakas displayed significant feeding-related reach preferences for pulling branches to the mouth (5 left- and 2 right-hand preferences), and 9 sifakas exhibited significant hand preferences for postural support (2 left-, 7 right-hand preferent). Although these data do not strongly support the postural origins theory of behavioral lateralization, the modal preference pattern for sifakas that displayed significant hand preferences for posture and feeding involve a left bias for feeding and a right bias for postural support. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2010 APA, all rights reserved)     

高炉紫铜风口的焊接

高炉紫铜风口是由铸造本体和轧制端头两个部分采用TIG手工焊接而成。随着高炉的扩容，为了延长风口使用寿命，提高焊缝物理和力学性能，成功采用了MIG自动焊，满足了高炉生产需求。