摘要:
This invention relates to a system and the methods of making custom footwear. A multi-level customization process is employed in the system of the invention. First, shoe last is customized according to the biometric features of the foot. Secondly, the components of the footwear are fine-tuned through a set of interactive measurements for the wearer' needs, while the appearance of the footwear is custom-designed according to the taste of the wearer. Major components of the custom footwear include: a custom upper that best-fits the shape of wearer's foot; a multi-layered custom insole with its surface conforming to the plantar surface of the foot; and a custom sole that sandwiching a heel pad with custom height. The methods for customOmaking of the footwear include: custom last database construction, reverse-engineering for the 3-D foot model, measurement and analysis for foot features, expert system-guided automatic last look-up for the best- fit last, modification and tune-up on the best- fit last, custom- making of shoe upper using the custom last, custom-making of multi-layered insole according to the plantar surface geometry of the foot, making of custom sole, and the integration of custom upper, insole and sole into final custom footwear. In the preferred embodiment, the custom footwear is made through the following process. First, a custom last database is constructed, which stores the geometric features of custom-designed lasts along multiple dimensions. In the last database, one last table corresponds to a footwear style. A reverse- engineering process is used to acquire a 3-D computer model of the foot. The 3- D model of the foot is further measured and analyzed to extract the 3- dimensional features of the foot. In the foot measurement process, not only the foot geometries along last dimensions are measured, but also the 3-D shape and locations of any foot abnormalities are recorded. Automatic last look-up is then carried out according to the extracted foot features, which iterate the last table of the desired style. In this process, fitting indices of all lasts are computed by fitting algorithms derived from a set of rules from an expert system. The fitting indices show the fitting levels between the last features and those of the foot. A best-fit last is chosen from the last database after sorting all the fitting indices of the lasts. The 3-D shape of the best-fit last may further be tuned up and optimized to accommodate any deformities or irregularities of the wearer' s foot. In certain cases, fully customized last would be manufactured if the look-up process is not able to select a best- fit last. Custom upper of the footwear is then made using the finalized custom last. For the insole, a thermal-plastic forming mould is made by Computer Numerical Controlled (CNC) machining process referring to the 3-D shape of the plantar surface of the foot. A multi-layered plate, comprising a layer of shell material, a layer of cushioning material, and a layer of lining material, is then thermal-plastically-formed and trimmed into the custom insole. A custom sole is made by trimming the outlines of the midsole and outsole according to the contour of the bottom of the custom last, and by sandwiching a custom-made heel-pad between the midsole and outsole. Finally, the custom upper, insole, and sole are integrated into the custom footwear, with the colors, materials and other accessories of the footwear customized according to the wearer's preferences.
摘要:
The present invention provides novel methods for isolating rat embryo-derived cells and modifying the genome of the rat cells which typically comprise the steps of: constructing a DNA molecule in which desired sequence modifications are contained in a segment of DNA (a "targeting DNA); introducing the targeting DNA construct into the cell (e.g., by microinjection, electroporation, transfection, or calcium phosphate precipitation); and selecting cells in which the desired sequence modifications have been introduced into the genome via homologous recombination.
摘要:
The present invention relates generally to the field of generating genetically modified C57 mice. More particularly, the present invention pertains to 1) blastocyst-derived mouse embryonic stem cell (ES) cell lines including, but not limited to, the IC1, IC2, IAC1, IAC2, IAC3, IAC4, IAC5, IAC6, IAC7 or IAC8 ES cell line, 2) to efficient methods of making genetically modified C57 mice by introducing the modified C57 ES cells into the mouse blastocysts of either the same mouse strain and/or color of albino C57 strain, or other C57 strain, to generate genetically modified novel, useful and hereto unknown models of C57 mice, and to methods for identifying the chimerism of chimeras which can be not known by coat color.
摘要翻译:本发明一般涉及生产转基因C57小鼠的领域。 更具体地说,本发明涉及1)囊胚衍生的小鼠胚胎干细胞(ES)细胞系,包括但不限于IC1,IC2,IAC1,IAC2,IAC3,IAC4,IAC5,IAC6,IAC7或IAC8 ES 细胞系,2)通过将修饰的C57ES细胞引入与白化C57株或其他C57株相同的小鼠品系和/或颜色的小鼠胚泡中来生产经遗传修饰的C57小鼠的有效方法,以产生转基因小鼠 ,有用的和未知的C57小鼠模型,以及用于鉴定嵌合体的嵌合体的方法,其可以不被外壳颜色所知。
摘要:
The present invention relates to a system for the 3-D monitoring and analysis of motion-related behavior of test subjects. The system comprises an actual camera, at least one virtual camera, a computer connected to the actual camera.and the computer is preferably installed with software capable of capturing the stereo images associated with the 3-D motion-related behavior of test subjects as well as processing these acquired image frames for the 3-D motion parameters of the subjects. The system of the invention comprises hardware components as well as software components. The hardware components preferably comprise a hardware setup or configuration, a hardware-based noise elimination component, an automatic calibration device component, and a lab animal container component. The software components preferably comprise a software-based noise elimination component, a basic calibration component, an extended calibration component, a linear epipolar structure derivation component, a non-linear epipolar structure derivation component, an image segmentation component, an image correspondence detection component, a 3-D motion tracking component, a software-based target identification and tagging component, a 3-D reconstruction component, and a data post-processing component. In a particularly preferred embodiment, the actual camera is a digital video camera, the virtual camera is the reflection of the actual camera in a planar reflective mirror. Therefore, the preferred system is a catadioptric stereo computer vision system.
摘要:
The present invention provides novel methods for isolating rat embryo-derived cells and modifying the genome of the rat cells which typically comprise the steps of: constructing a DNA molecule in which desired sequence modifications are contained in a segment of DNA (a "targeting DNA); introducing the targeting DNA construct into the cell (e.g., by microinjection, electroporation, transfection, or calcium phosphate precipitation); and selecting cells in which the desired sequence modifications have been introduced into the genome via homologous recombination.
摘要:
This invention relates to a system and the methods of making custom footwear. A multi-level customization process is employed in the system of the invention. First, shoe last is customized according to the biometric features of the foot.Secondly, the components of the footwear are fine-tuned through a set of interactive measurements for the wearer' needs, while the appearance of the footwear is custom-designed according to the taste of the wearer. Major components of the custom footwear include a custom upper that best-fits the shape of wearer's foot, a multi-layered custom insole with its surface conforming to the plantar surface of the foot, and a custom sole that sandwiching a heel pad with custom height.
摘要:
This specification discloses non-aqueous solvent, pigmented ink formulations that are suitable for the electronic and aerospace industries and form printed marks that are resistant to smearing and dissolution by organic solvents commonly used in overcoatings in this industry and others. These ink formulations are based on use of an acidic resin with an inherent acid value of at least about 25 mg KOH/g, preferably at least partially neutralized by a quaternary ammonium hydroxide and/or alcohol amine acid neutralizing or modifying agent.
摘要:
Methods and constructs for inserting an intron into a reporter protein coding sequence in a eukaryotic cell and their application of monitoring and reporting genomic modifications are provided. Various related compositions, cells and kits are also provided.
摘要:
The present invention relates to a system far the 3-D monitoring and analysis of motion-related behavior of test subjects, such as laboratory animals. The system comprises an actual camera, at least one virtual camera, and a computer connected to the actual camera. The computer is preferably installed with software capable of capturing the stereo images associated with the 3-D motion-related behavior of test subjects as well as processing these acquired image frames from the 3-D motion parameters of the subjects.
摘要:
The invention provides for improved multi-well plates and platforms that comprise a plurality of wells having increased volume capacity and clustered in a standard multi-well plate format and dimensions, said multi-well plate format being compatible with auxiliary equipment currently used and designed for the particular multi-well plate format. More particularly, the invention provides improved multi-well plates comprising a base to improve wells having one or more said wells having rectangular configuration, better retention of working materials and tissue culture ingredients than observed in conventional round-shaped wells. A cover is provided for protecting the assembly and cell cultures.