1. A prosthetic foot system, said system comprising:
a foot, wherein said foot comprises a base having a rear section for attachment to a socket, a forward section for attachment to at least one padding spring and an arch section spanning said front and rear sections,
wherein said at least one padding spring extends forward and rearward of said forward base section,
wherein said arch and said base rear section are configured to provide clearance for upward deflection of said at least one padding spring opposite thereto, and
wherein said rear section comprises a recess serving as a stator having a plurality of vanes, a rotor having a plurality of vanes received within said recess, and a plurality of spring elements, each said spring element between opposing rotor and stator vanes thereby providing torsional features for said foot.
2. The system of claim 1, wherein said foot further comprises an interface member for attachment between said rotor and said socket.
3. The system of claim 2, further comprising said socket attached to said interface member.
4. The system of claim 1, wherein sad at least one padding spring consists of an upper and lower leaf springs.
5. The system of claim 4, wherein said springs are configured so only said lower spring is used in walking.
6. The system of claim 4, wherein said springs are configured so said upper spring provides supplemental force to said lower spring in running or jumping.
7. The system of claim 4, wherein said upper spring has ends inset from ends of said lower spring.
8. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one padding spring has at least one of a split toe or a split heel.
9. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one padding spring has at least one lateral extension.
10. The system of claim 1, wherein said foot, and an interface member for connecting said foot to a socket has a height of between about 1 and about 2 inches.
11. A prosthetic foot comprising:
a base having a rear section for attachment to a socket, a forward section for attachment to at least one padding spring and an arch section spanning said front and rear sections,
said at least one padding spring extending forward and rearward of said forward base section,
said arch and said base rear section being configured to provide clearance for upward deflection of said at least one padding spring opposite thereto, and
said rear section comprising a stator having a plurality of vanes, a rotor received at least partially within said stator and having a plurality of vanes, and a plurality of spring elements, each said spring element between opposing rotor and stator vanes thereby providing torsional features for said foot.
12. The prosthetic foot of claim 11, wherein said stator is formed in a single piece of base material, together with said arch and forward sections of said base.
13. The prosthetic foot of claim 11, further comprising an interface member adapted to be affixed to said rotor and for attachment to a socket.
14. The prosthetic foot of claim 11, having a height of between about 1 and about 2 inches.
15. The prosthetic foot of claim 11, wherein sad at least one padding spring consists of an upper and lower leaf springs.
16. The system of claim 15, wherein said springs are configured so only said lower spring is used in walking.
17. The system of claim 15, wherein said springs are configured so said upper spring provides supplemental force to said lower spring in running or jumping.
18. The system of claim 15, wherein said upper spring has ends inset from ends of said lower spring.
19. The system of claim 11, wherein said at least one padding spring has at least one of a split toe or a split heel.
20. The system of claim 11, wherein said at least one padding spring has at least one lateral extension.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A portable electronic medium in which application data is stored in a nonvolatile memory based on a plurality of instructions supplied from a host device by serial communication and which performs processes by use of the stored application, comprising:
storage means for previously storing application data which is obtained by simulation based on a plurality of instructions, and which is to be stored in the nonvolatile memory, in the nonvolatile memory by use of the host device.
2. A portable electronic medium according to claim 1, wherein the application data stored in said storage means is bitmap data.
3. A portable electronic medium according to claim 1, wherein the application data stored in said storage means is collectively supplied according to one instruction.
4. A portable electronic medium according to claim 1, in which the application data stored in said storage means is supplied in a compressed form and which further comprises decompression means for decompressing the supplied application data.
5. A portable electronic medium according to claim 4, further comprising a volatile memory which stores a program according to which the compressed application data is decompressed by said decompression means and which is supplied from the host device at the start time of issuance.
6. A portable electronic medium issuing system comprising:
a host device, and
a portable electronic medium which is coupled with said host device by serial communication and includes a nonvolatile memory used to store files and file control information,
wherein said host device includes first creation means for creating a plurality of instruction messages for issuance of said portable electronic medium, second creation means for creating files and file control information obtained by simulation based on a plurality of instruction messages created by said first creation means and to be stored in a nonvolatile memory, and first transmission means for transmitting the files and file control information created by said second creation means and stored in the nonvolatile memory to said portable electronic medium by use of one message; and said portable electronic medium has storage means for storing files and file control information obtained by simulation based on a plurality of instructions supplied from said host device and stored in the nonvolatile memory.
7. A portable electronic medium issuing system according to claim 6, wherein the files and file control information stored in said storage means are bitmap data.
8. A portable electronic medium issuing system according to claim 6, wherein the files and file control information stored in said storage means are collectively supplied according to one instruction.
9. A portable electronic medium issuing system according to claim 6, wherein transmission means of said host device includes processing means for compressing and transmitting to-be-transmitted files and file control information, and said portable electronic medium includes decompression means for decompressing the compressed and transmitted files and file control information.
10. A portable electronic medium issuing system according to claim 9, wherein said host device includes transmission means for transmitting a program which decompresses the compressed and transmitted files and file control information to said portable electronic medium and said portable electronic medium includes a volatile memory which stores a program to decompress the compressed files and file control information supplied from said host device.
11. A method for issuing a portable electronic medium which includes a nonvolatile memory used to store files and file control information and which is to be coupled with a host device by serial communication, comprising:
creating a plurality of instruction messages for issuance of a portable electronic medium,
creating files and file control information obtained by simulation based on a plurality of created instruction messages and stored in a nonvolatile memory,
transmitting the created files and file control information stored in the nonvolatile memory to the portable electronic medium by use of one message, and
storing the transmitted files and file control information obtained by simulation based on the plurality of instructions, and stored in the nonvolatile memory.
12. A portable electronic medium issuing method according to claim 11, wherein the files and file control information stored in the storage means are bitmap data.
13. A portable electronic medium issuing method according to claim 11, wherein the files and file control information stored in the storage means are collectively supplied according to one instruction.
14. A portable electronic medium issuing method according to claim 11, wherein transmission means of the host device includes processing means for compressing and transmitting to-be-transmitted files and file control information, and the portable electronic medium includes decompression means for decompressing the compressed and transmitted files and file control information.
15. A portable electronic medium issuing method according to claim 11, wherein the host device includes transmission means for transmitting a program which decompresses the compressed and transmitted files and file control information to the portable electronic medium and the portable electronic medium includes a volatile memory which stores a program to decompress the compressed files and file control information supplied from the host device.