Accurate measurement of ground reaction forces under discrete areas of the foot is important in the development of more advanced foot models, which can improve our understanding of foot and ankle function. To overcome current equipment limitations, a few investigators have proposed combining a pressure mat with a single force platform and using a proportionality assumption to estimate subarea s...

BACKGROUND Assessments of stair climbing in real-life situations using an optical tracking system are lacking, as it is difficult to adapt the system for use in and around full flights of stairs. Alternatively, a portable system that consists of inertial measurement units (IMUs) can be used to collect anatomical joint angles during stair ascent. The purpose of this study was to compare the anat...

Problem statement: The fundamental frequency (F0) of the human speech corresponds to the vibration frequency of the human vocal chords. To extract the F0 from a speech utterance, one approach is based on the Cepstral analysis. In Thai, there are four main dialects spoken by Thai people residing in four core region including central, north, northeast and south regions. Environmental noises are a...

In this paper, we present the simulation of the propagation characteristics of the picocellular propagation channel environment. The first aim has been to find a correct description of the environment for received wave. The result of the first investigations is that the environment of the indoor wave significantly changes as we change the electric parameters of material constructions. A modifie...

that produce the \best ̄t" to the data. Here, n denotes the noise or ̄tting error. By the term \best ̄t," we mean the minimization of the ̄tting error in some sense. For example, typical norm or norm-like functionals used as arguments in the above minimization problem are: 2 knk1 = ess. supt jn(t)j; the L1 norm. 2 knk2 = ¡R1 0 jn(t)j2 dt¢1=2; the L2 norm (energy). 2 knk2;± = ¡R1 0 e2±tjn(t)j2 dt¢1=...

In this paper we propose a method for human joint torque estimation with surfaceelectromyogram (sEMG) during dynamic joint movements. sEMG measurement is non-invasive and costs less than external force measurement. Typical torque estimation methods from EMG are available for isometric movements. Our method works also during dynamic movement and outputs the torque timehistory data. Their propose...

A new device of reduction for seismic response using friction force was developed. In this paper, vibration analysis of a small base isolation system using the device was investigated by excitation experiment using artificial seismic waves. Peak acceleration amplitude on the base isolation system has decreased to 43 90% compared to input waves. And root mean square (RMS) amplitude has decreased...