Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Koninklijke N.v.

Lifeline Systems Company

Philips Gmbh

Wei Zhang

Warner Rudolph Theophile Ten Kate

Heribert Baldus

Bao Wang

Stephan Schlumbohm

En Qing Jiang

Fabian-Felix Wahle

Bao Min Wang

There is provided a method of estimating the fall risk of a user, the method comprising analyzing measurements of the acceleration of the user to determine if the user has performed a sit-to-stand transfer; identifying the peak vertical acceleration of the user during the sit-to-stand transfer from the measurements of the acceleration of the user; and estimating a fall risk for the user from the identified peak vertical acceleration.

Method and apparatus for estimating the fall risk of a user

The present invention relates to an apparatus () for steaming and blending a food product, comprising: a container () for receiving the food product, wherein the container () comprises a base (), a side wall () and an annular upstanding column () extending from the base () of the container () and surrounding an opening () in the base (); a blade assembly (') comprising (i) a first annular support member () which is coaxially arranged with the annular upstanding column () of the container () and (ii) at least one blade () which extends from the first annular support member (), wherein the first annular support member () of the blade assembly (&#x2032;) and the annular upstanding column () of the container () together form a first steam inlet passage (); a drive system () comprising a motor () and a drive shaft (&#x2032;) for coupling the motor () to the blade assembly (&#x2032;); and a steam generator () for providing steam to the first steam inlet passage () via a second steam inlet passage (&#x2032;) arranged within the annular upstanding column (), wherein the drive shaft (&#x2032;) comprises a hollow interior which forms at least a part of the second steam inlet passage (&#x2032;) and is fluidly connected to the steam generator ().

Apparatus for steaming and blending a food product

There is provided a method for identifying transitions between a standing posture and a sitting posture by a user, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the acceleration experienced by the user during movement; obtaining a signal indicating the height of a part of the user during movement; processing the measurements of the acceleration to identify candidate movements corresponding to transitions between a standing posture and a sitting posture; and determining an identified candidate movement as a transition from a sitting posture to a standing posture where the identified candidate movement coincides with an increase in height in the signal and an identified candidate movement as a transition from a standing posture to a sitting posture where the identified candidate movement coincides with a decrease in height in the signal.

Method and apparatus for identifying transitions between sitting and standing postures

There is provided a method for identifying a sit-to-stand transfer in measurements of the movement of a user, the method comprising obtaining measurements of the vertical acceleration experienced by the user during movement; obtaining measurements indicating changes in height of a part of the user during movement; processing the measurements of the vertical acceleration to identify candidate movements corresponding to a sit-to-stand transfer by the user; and determining an identified candidate movement as a sit-to-stand transfer where the identified candidate movement coincides with an increase in height. A corresponding apparatus and computer program product are also provided.

Sit-to-stand transfer detection

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Wei Zhang