US 10,769,967 B2 · System, method and computer readable medium for quantifying anatomical device deformation under load

Abstract

An automated method and system of determining movement and/or deformation of an anthropomorphic test device (ATD). The method and system includes an acoustic transmitter device located on a first region of the ATD and an acoustic receiver device located on a second region of the ATD. An electric field is provided in communication with the acoustic transmitter to activate the acoustic transmitter for generating mechanical waves to be received by the acoustic receiver. Relative locations of the acoustic transmitter device and the acoustic receiver device are determined by the time of flight of the generated mechanical wave traveling from the acoustic transmitter device to the acoustic receiver device while the first region of the ATD and/or the second region of the ATD are subjected to movement and/or deformation; and determining movement and/or deformation data of the second region of the ATD. Information may be transmitted that represents the movement and/or deformation data of the second region, or information may be presented that represent the movement and/or deformation data of the second region on a display.

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Dependent claims

A system, comprising:

an anthropomorphic test device (ATD);
an acoustic transmitter device located on a first region of said ATD;
an acoustic receiver device located on a second region of said ATD;
power circuit configured to provide an electric field in communication with said acoustic transmitter to activate said acoustic transmitter to generate mechanical waves to be received by said acoustic receiver;
a location determination circuit comprising a memory circuit and processor circuit, the memory circuit comprising instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, cause the location determination circuit to determine relative locations of said acoustic transmitter device and said acoustic receiver device by the time of flight of the generated mechanical wave traveling from said acoustic transmitter device to said acoustic receiver device while said first region of said ATD and/or said second region of said ATD are subjected to movement and/or deformation;
and
said memory circuit comprising instructions that when executed by the processor circuit, said movement of said second region of said ATD is determined that provides movement and/or deformation data of said second region of said ATD.

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An automated method of determining movement and/or deformation of an anthropomorphic test device (ATD), said method comprising:

supplying an acoustic transmitter device located on a first region of said ATD;
supplying an acoustic receiver device located on a second region of said ATD;
providing an electric field in communication with said acoustic transmitter to activate said acoustic transmitter for generating mechanical waves to be received by said acoustic receiver;
determining relative locations of said acoustic transmitter device and said acoustic receiver device by the time of flight of the generated mechanical wave traveling from said acoustic transmitter device to said acoustic receiver device while said first region of said ATD and/or said second region of said ATD are subjected to movement and/or deformation;
and
determining movement and/or deformation data of said second region of said ATD, and transmitting information representing the movement and/or deformation data of said second region, or presenting the information representing the movement and/or deformation data of said second region on a display.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

System, method and computer readable medium for quantifying anatomical device deformation under load

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System, method and computer readable medium for quantifying anatomical device deformation under load

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