Rotation Axes of the Head During Positioning, Head Shaking, and Locomotion

2007 ◽  
Vol 98 (5) ◽  
pp. 3095-3108 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mikhail Kunin ◽  
Yasuhiro Osaki ◽  
Bernard Cohen ◽  
Theodore Raphan
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Pivot Point ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Static Head ◽  
Head Positions ◽  
Occipital Condyles ◽  
Digital Human ◽  
Incremental Rotation

Static head orientations obey Donders’ law and are postulated to be rotations constrained by a Fick gimbal. Head oscillations can be voluntary or generated during natural locomotion. Whether the rotation axes of the voluntary oscillations or during locomotion are constrained by the same gimbal is unknown and is the subject of this study. Head orientation was monitored with an Optotrak (Northern Digital). Human subjects viewed visual targets wearing pin-hole goggles to achieve static head positions with the eyes centered in the orbit. Incremental rotation axes were determined for pitch and yaw by computing the velocity vectors during head oscillation and during locomotion at 1.5 m/s on a treadmill. Static head orientation could be described by a generalization of the Fick gimbal by having the axis of the second rotation rotate by a fraction, k, of the angle of the first rotation without a third rotation. We have designated this as a k-gimbal system. Incremental rotation axes for both pitch and yaw oscillations were functions of the pitch but not the yaw head positions. The pivot point for head oscillations was close to the midpoint of the interaural line. During locomotion, however, the pivot point was considerably lower. These findings are well explained by an implementation of the k-gimbal model, which has a rotation axis superimposed on a Fick-gimbal system. This could be realized physiologically by the head interface with the dens and occipital condyles during head oscillation with a contribution of the lower spine to pitch during locomotion.

Eye Movements During Multi-Axis Whole-Body Rotations

2003 ◽  
Vol 89 (1) ◽  
pp. 355-366 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christopher J. Bockisch ◽  
Dominik Straumann ◽  
Thomas Haslwanter
Keyword(s):  
Eye Movements ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Whole Body ◽  
Velocity Storage ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Otolith Organs ◽  
Velocity Signal ◽  
Eye Velocity ◽  
Cue Conflict

The semi-circular canals and the otolith organs both contribute to gaze stabilization during head movement. We investigated how these sensory signals interact when they provide conflicting information about head orientation in space. Human subjects were reoriented 90° in pitch or roll during long-duration, constant-velocity rotation about the earth-vertical axis while we measured three-dimensional eye movements. After the reorientation, the otoliths correctly indicated the static orientation of the subject with respect to gravity, while the semicircular canals provided a strong signal of rotation. This rotation signal from the canals could only be consistent with a static orientation with respect to gravity if the rotation-axis indicated by the canals was exactly parallel to gravity. This was not true, so a cue-conflict existed. These conflicting stimuli elicited motion sickness and a complex tumbling sensation. Strong horizontal, vertical, and/or torsional eye movements were also induced, allowing us to study the influence of the conflict between the otoliths and the canals on all three eye-movement components. We found a shortening of the horizontal and vertical time constants of the decay of nystagmus and a trend for an increase in peak velocity following reorientation. The dumping of the velocity storage occurred regardless of whether eye velocity along that axis was compensatory to the head rotation or not. We found a trend for the axis of eye velocity to reorient to make the head-velocity signal from the canals consistent with the head-orientation signal from the otoliths, but this reorientation was small and only observed when subjects were tilted to upright. Previous models of canal-otolith interaction could not fully account for our data, particularly the decreased time constant of the decay of nystagmus. We present a model with a mechanism that reduces the velocity-storage component in the presence of a strong cue-conflict. Our study, supported by other experiments, also indicates that static otolith signals exhibit considerably smaller effects on eye movements in humans than in monkeys.

Effects of body orientation and rotation axis on pitch visual-vestibular interaction

1999 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11
Author(s):  
Gilles Clément ◽  
Scott J. Wood ◽  
Corinna E. Lathan ◽  
Robert J. Peterka ◽  
Millard F. Reschke
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Head Position ◽  
The Body ◽  
Body Orientation ◽  
Slow Phase ◽  
Eccentric Rotation ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Visual Vestibular Interaction ◽  
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex

Spatial transformations of the vestibular-optokinetic system must account for changes in head position with respect to gravity in order to produce compensatory oculomotor responses. The purpose of this experiment was to study the influence of gravity on the vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) in darkness and on visual-vestibular interaction in the pitch plane in human subjects using two different comparisons: (1) Earth-horizontal axis (EHA) rotation about an upright versus a supine body orientation, and (2) Earth-horizontal versus Earth-vertical (EVA) rotation axes. Visual-vestibular responses (VVR) were evaluated by measuring the slow phase velocity of nystagmus induced during sinusoidal motion of the body in the pitch plane (at 0.2 Hz and 0.8 Hz) combined with a constant-velocity vertical optokinetic stimulation (at ±36°/s). The results showed no significant effect on the gain or phase of the VOR in darkness or on the VVR responses at 0.8 Hz between EHA upright and EHA supine body orientations. However, there was a downward shift in the VOR bias in darkness in the supine orientation. There were systematic changes in VOR and VVR between EHA and EVA for 0.2 Hz, including a reduced modulation gain, increased phase lead, and decreased bias during EVA rotation. The same trend was also observed at 0.8 Hz, but at a lesser extent, presumably due to the effects of eccentric rotation in our EVA condition and/or to the different canal input across frequencies. The change in the bias at 0.2 Hz between rotation in darkness and rotation with an optokinetic stimulus was greater than the optokinetic responses without rotation. During EHA, changes in head position relative to gravity preserve graviceptor input to the VVR regardless of body orientation. However, the modifications in VVR gain and phase when the rotation axis is aligned with gravity indicate that this graviceptive information is important for providing compensatory eye movements during visual-vestibular interaction in the pitch plane.

scholarly journals Does Head Orientation Influence 3D Facial Imaging? A Study on Accuracy and Precision of Stereophotogrammetric Acquisition

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 (8) ◽  
pp. 4276
Author(s):  
Giuditta Battistoni ◽  
Diana Cassi ◽  
Marisabel Magnifico ◽  
Giuseppe Pedrazzi ◽  
Marco Di Blasio ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Head Rotation ◽  
Anthropometric Measurements ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
3D Images ◽  
Face Shape ◽  
Operator Error ◽  
Accuracy And Precision ◽  
Error Magnitude ◽  
Repeatability And Reproducibility ◽  
Head Positions

This study investigates the reliability and precision of anthropometric measurements collected from 3D images and acquired under different conditions of head rotation. Various sources of error were examined, and the equivalence between craniofacial data generated from alternative head positions was assessed. 3D captures of a mannequin head were obtained with a stereophotogrammetric system (Face Shape 3D MaxiLine). Image acquisition was performed with no rotations and with various pitch, roll, and yaw angulations. On 3D images, 14 linear distances were measured. Various indices were used to quantify error magnitude, among them the acquisition error, the mean and the maximum intra- and inter-operator measurement error, repeatability and reproducibility error, the standard deviation, and the standard error of errors. Two one-sided tests (TOST) were performed to assess the equivalence between measurements recorded in different head angulations. The maximum intra-operator error was very low (0.336 mm), closely followed by the acquisition error (0.496 mm). The maximum inter-operator error was 0.532 mm, and the highest degree of error was found in reproducibility (0.890 mm). Anthropometric measurements from alternative acquisition conditions resulted in significantly equivalent TOST, with the exception of Zygion (l)–Tragion (l) and Cheek (l)–Tragion (l) distances measured with pitch angulation compared to no rotation position. Face Shape 3D Maxiline has sufficient accuracy for orthodontic and surgical use. Precision was not altered by head orientation, making the acquisition simpler and not constrained to a critical precision as in 2D photographs.

On the factorization of rotations with examples in diffractometry

1990 ◽  
Vol 428 (1875) ◽  
pp. 451-472 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Angle ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Axial Direction ◽  
The Other ◽  
Rotation Vector ◽  
Coordinate Transformations ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Analytic Expressions ◽  
Direction Cosines

An analysis of compound rotations, such as occur in eulerian cradles, is presented in terms of a calculus of rotation axes, without reference to the associated coordinate transformations. The general case of three rotation shafts mounted on one another, with any relation between them at datum zero, is presented. The problem and its solution may be represented entirely in terms of a plane octagon in which four sides have directions that are instrumental constants and the other four sides have lengths that are instrumental constants. When the first four sides are given lengths that express both the rotation angle and the axial direction of the required rotation, then the remaining four sides have directions that directly express the rotations in the drive shafts, that will generate the required rotation. Analytic expressions are given for the shaft setting angles in the general case. If the first and third axes are parallel and the intermediate one perpendicular to these at datum zero (as in the four-circle diffractometer) then these reduce to θ 1 = arctan ( μ, σ ) + [arctan ( λ , v ) - ψ -½8π], θ 2 = 2 s arcsin ( λ 2 + v 2 )½, θ 3 = ( μ, σ ) - [arctan ( λ , v ) - ψ - ½8π], s = ± 1, 0 ≤ arcsin ( λ 2 + v 2)½ ≤ ½π, in which λ, μ, v and σ are the four components of a rotation vector constructed such that λ, μ and v are the direction cosines of the rotation axis multiplied by sin½ θ for a rotation angle θ and σ is cos½ θ . ψ is a constant determined by the choice of directions to which λ and v are measured. The results for the general case are also expressed in terms of more conventional variables.

Exploring the Design Space Using a Surrogate Model Approach With Digital Human Modeling Simulations

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salman Ahmed ◽  
Mihir Sunil Gawand ◽  
Lukman Irshad ◽  
H. Onan Demirel
Keyword(s):  
Human Factors ◽  
Surrogate Model ◽  
Human Performance ◽  
Design Method ◽  
Human Subjects ◽  
Design Stage ◽  
Digital Human Modeling ◽  
Design Variables ◽  
Human Modeling ◽  
Digital Human

Computational human factors tools are often not fully-integrated during the early phases of product design. Often, conventional ergonomic practices require physical prototypes and human subjects which are costly in terms of finances and time. Ergonomics evaluations executed on physical prototypes has the limitations of increasing the overall rework as more iterations are required to incorporate design changes related to human factors that are found later in the design stage, which affects the overall cost of product development. This paper proposes a design methodology based on Digital Human Modeling (DHM) approach to inform designers about the ergonomics adequacies of products during early stages of design process. This proactive ergonomics approach has the potential to allow designers to identify significant design variables that affect the human performance before full-scale prototypes are built. The design method utilizes a surrogate model that represents human product interaction. Optimizing the surrogate model provides design concepts to optimize human performance. The efficacy of the proposed design method is demonstrated by a cockpit design study.

scholarly journals Crystal structure of trihydrogen bis{[1,1,1-tris(2-oxidoethylaminomethyl)ethane]cobalt(III)} trinitrate

2015 ◽  
Vol 71 (12) ◽  
pp. m275-m276 ◽  
Author(s):  
Waqas Sethi ◽  
Heini V. Johannesen ◽  
Thorbjørn J. Morsing ◽  
Stergios Piligkos ◽  
Høgni Weihe
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bonding ◽  
Network Structure ◽  
Title Compound ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Dimensional Network ◽  
Nitrate Anions

The title compound, [Co2(L)2]3+·3NO3−[whereL= CH3C(CH2NHCH2CH2OH1/2)3], has been synthesized from the ligand 1,1,1-tris(2-hydroxyethylaminomethyl)ethane. The cobalt(III) dimer has an interesting and uncommon O—H...O hydrogen-bonding motif with the three bridging hydroxy H atoms each being equally disordered over two positions. In the dimeric trication, the octahedrally coordinated CoIIIatoms and the capping C atoms lie on a threefold rotation axis. The N atoms of two crystallographically independent nitrate anions also lie on threefold rotation axes. N—H...O hydrogen bonding between the complex cations and nitrate anions leads to the formation of a three-dimensional network structure. The compound is a racemic conglomerate of crystals containing either D or L molecules. The crystal used for this study is a D crystal.

Click-evoked vestibulo-ocular reflex

Neurology ◽  
2006 ◽  
Vol 66 (7) ◽  
pp. 1079-1087 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. T. Aw ◽  
M. J. Todd ◽  
G. E. Aw ◽  
J. S. Magnussen ◽  
I. S. Curthoys ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Semicircular Canal ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Superior Canal Dehiscence ◽  
Ocular Reflex ◽  
Eye Rotation ◽  
Vestibulo Ocular Reflex ◽  
Low Threshold ◽  
Canal Dehiscence ◽  
Click Polarity

Background: An enlarged, low-threshold click-evoked vestibulo-ocular reflex (VOR) can be averaged from the vertical electro-oculogram in a superior canal dehiscence (SCD), a temporal bone defect between the superior semicircular canal and middle cranial fossa.Objective: To determine the origin and quantitative stimulus–response properties of the click-evoked VOR.Methods: Three-dimensional, binocular eye movements evoked by air-conducted 100-microsecond clicks (110 dB normal hearing level, 145 dB sound pressure level, 2 Hz) were measured with dual-search coils in 11 healthy subjects and 19 patients with SCD confirmed by CT imaging. Thresholds were established by decrementing loudness from 110 dB to 70 dB in 10-dB steps. Eye rotation axis of click-evoked VOR computed by vector analysis was referenced to known semicircular canal planes. Response characteristics were investigated with regard to enhancement using trains of three to seven clicks with 1-millisecond interclick intervals, visual fixation, head orientation, click polarity, and stimulation frequency (2 to 15 Hz).Results: In subjects and SCD patients, click-evoked VOR comprised upward, contraversive-torsional eye rotations with onset latency of approximately 9 milliseconds. Its eye rotation axis aligned with the superior canal axis, suggesting activation of superior canal receptors. In subjects, the amplitude was less than 0.01°, and the magnitude was less than 3°/second; in SCD, the amplitude was up to 60 times larger at 0.66°, and its magnitude was between 5 and 92°/second, with a threshold 10 to 40 dB below normal (110 dB). The click-evoked VOR magnitude was enhanced approximately 2.5 times with trains of five clicks but was unaffected by head orientation, visual fixation, click polarity, and stimulation frequency up to 10 Hz; it was also present on the surface electro-oculogram.Conclusion: In superior canal dehiscence, clicks evoked a high-magnitude, low-threshold, 9-millisecond-latency vestibulo-ocular reflex that aligns with the superior canal, suggesting superior canal receptor hypersensitivity to sound.

scholarly journals The Critical Role of Head Movements for Spatial Representation During Bumblebees Learning Flight

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 ◽  
Author(s):  
Charlotte Doussot ◽  
Olivier J. N. Bertrand ◽  
Martin Egelhaaf
Keyword(s):  
Reference Frame ◽  
Apparent Motion ◽  
Visual Information ◽  
Reference Frames ◽  
Head Movements ◽  
Gaze Direction ◽  
Depth Information ◽  
Head Orientation ◽  
Pivot Point ◽  
The Gaze

Bumblebees perform complex flight maneuvers around the barely visible entrance of their nest upon their first departures. During these flights bees learn visual information about the surroundings, possibly including its spatial layout. They rely on this information to return home. Depth information can be derived from the apparent motion of the scenery on the bees' retina. This motion is shaped by the animal's flight and orientation: Bees employ a saccadic flight and gaze strategy, where rapid turns of the head (saccades) alternate with flight segments of apparently constant gaze direction (intersaccades). When during intersaccades the gaze direction is kept relatively constant, the apparent motion contains information about the distance of the animal to environmental objects, and thus, in an egocentric reference frame. Alternatively, when the gaze direction rotates around a fixed point in space, the animal perceives the depth structure relative to this pivot point, i.e., in an allocentric reference frame. If the pivot point is at the nest-hole, the information is nest-centric. Here, we investigate in which reference frames bumblebees perceive depth information during their learning flights. By precisely tracking the head orientation, we found that half of the time, the head appears to pivot actively. However, only few of the corresponding pivot points are close to the nest entrance. Our results indicate that bumblebees perceive visual information in several reference frames when they learn about the surroundings of a behaviorally relevant location.

Singular Problem and Improved Plane Interpolation Algorithm

2011 ◽  
Vol 291-294 ◽  
pp. 2974-2978
Author(s):  
Bin Shen ◽  
Dang Jin Qi ◽  
Liu Qun Fan ◽  
Zhi Hao Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Singular Point ◽  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Singular Value ◽  
Singular Problem ◽  
Interpolation Algorithm ◽  
Tool Orientation ◽  
Nonlinear Error ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Machining Center ◽  
The One

In the 5-axis machining, when the tool orientation approaches the one of the rotation axis, the sharp changing of the rotation angles obtained by the transforming of tool orientations causes a large over cutting or under cutting for the limit of the machine’s dynamic characteristic, which is called singular problem. After analyzing the causing of the singular problem, the position of singular point, the singular value and the nonlinear error, etc, an improved plane interpolation algorithm based on plane interpolation of tool orientation algorithm is given out in the paper following with the simulation and test of the circumference milling of the tilt plane (tilt angle: 1°) separately with the plane interpolation and improved plane interpolation based on a 5-axis machining center with two swiveling heads (rotation axes: C/A). The results prove that the new interpolation is valid and correct.

scholarly journals Diaquabis{1-[(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)methyl]-1H-imidazole-κN 3}dichloridocadmium hexahydrate

2012 ◽  
Vol 68 (6) ◽  
pp. m754-m754
Author(s):  
Xin-Nian Xie ◽  
Meng Lu ◽  
Juan Yuan ◽  
Huai-Xia Yang
Keyword(s):  
Rotation Axis ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Water Molecules ◽  
Complex Molecules ◽  
Rotation Axes ◽  
Octahedral Environment ◽  
Dimensional Network ◽  
Crystal Complex ◽  
Cl Atoms ◽  
Imidazole Ligands

In the title complex, [CdCl2(C11H10N4)2(H2O)2]·6H2O, the CdII atom is located on a twofold rotation axis and is coordinated by two N atoms from two 1-[(1H-benzimidazol-2-yl)methyl]-1H-imidazole ligands and two water O atoms in equatorial positions and by two Cl atoms in axial positions, leading to an elongated octahedral environment. The two coordinating and two of the lattice water molecules are also located on twofold rotation axes. In the crystal, complex molecules and solvent water molecules are linked through a complex intermolecular N—H...O, O—H...N, O—H...O and O—H...Cl hydrogen-bonding scheme into a three-dimensional network.

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