This paper proposes the enhancement in the design of adjustable pedals in automotive by incorporating gesture recognition methodologies. The design addresses the three primary controls: Accelerator, Brake and Clutch. Mechanical input of driver’s feet is deduced at location variant adjustable pedals in terms of feet gestures. Research work aims vision based technology for the feet gesture recogn...

Because snowboarders are known to injure their ankles more often than Alpine skiers, it has been postulated that stiffer snowboard boots would provide better protection to the ankle than current soft boots do. Snowboarders are also known to injure their front ankle more often than their back ankle, presumably because of the asymmetrical rotations of the ankles due to asymmetrical binding adjust...

PURPOSE This study aimed at examining the influence of different playing surfaces on in-shoe loading patterns in each foot (back and front) separately during the first serve in tennis. METHODS Ten competitive tennis players completed randomly five first (ie, flat) serves on two different playing surfaces: clay vs GreenSet. Maximum and mean force, peak and mean pressure, mean area, contact are...

We present an easy, practical and efficient full body cloning methodology. This system utilizes photos taken from the front, side and back of a person in any given imaging environment without requiring a special background or a controlled illuminating condition. A seamless generic body specified in the VRML H-Anim 1.1 format is used to generate an individualized virtual human. The system is com...

OBJECTIVE To investigate the location, frequency and intensity of muscle pain in dysphonic functional/organofunctional women in comparison to women with healthy voices. METHODS Sixty women, ranging in age from 18 to 45 years, divided into two groups: Dysphonic Group (DG) - 30 women with functional or organofunctional dysphonia; Non-Dysphonic Group (NDG) - 30 women without vocal complaints, an...

This paper investigated factors influencing injury severity of crashes involving median traffic barriers, including the impact barrier characteristics and their geometric features in Wyoming. Combining field data inventoried barriers with crash on Wyoming interstates highways, a random parameters multinomial logit (mixed logit) model was estimated. methodological approach allowed for possibilit...

The different characteristics of the four swimming strokes affect interplay between limbs, acting as a constraint to force produced by each hand and foot. purpose this study was analyze symmetry production with varying number limbs in action see its effect on velocity. Fifteen male swimmers performed all-out bouts 25-m swims full-body stroke segmental actions. A differential pressure system use...