Method and system for marking content for physical motion analysis

• US 20020115047A1
• Filed: 02/16/2001
• Published: 08/22/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 02/16/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: GolfTEC Enterprises LLC (Golftech)
• Original Assignee: Golftec Incorporated
• Inventors: Parks, Jeffrey Jack, McNitt, Michael John
• Application Number:
  US09/788,031
• Publication Number:
  US 20020115047A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 434/252
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0012 Comparing movements or motion sequences with a registered reference
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/807 Photo cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0003 Analysing the course of a movement or motion sequences during an exercise or trainings sequence, e.g. swing for golf or tennis
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0015 for cricket
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/36 for golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/38 for tennis A63B61/006, A63B69/0073 and A63B69/0097 take precedence

Abstract

An analysis system and method for providing athletic training and instruction by sensing different types of information, such as video, positional information, weight transfer information during a training session and storing the information to a lesson file. The method and system marks portions of sensed information contemporaneously during the training session. Contemporaneous marking allows for saving of only pertinent information to lesson file without the need to review an entire lesson to generate the lesson file.

Claims

1. An analysis system for analyzing physical motion, the physical motion occurring during a training session, the analysis system comprising:

a plurality of sensors that sense physical motion, wherein the sensors generate information signals related to sensed information;

a storage medium for storing the sensed information conducted by the information signals; and

a marking module for marking a plurality of portions of the sensed information, the marking module marks the portions of sensed information contemporaneously with the training session.

2. An analysis system as defined in claim 1 wherein the marking module is user-activated.

3. An analysis system as defined in claim 1 wherein the marking module automatically saves marked information to a separate location in the storage medium.

4. An analysis system as defined in claim 1 wherein the sensed information relates to audio information, video, still images, and positional measurement information.

5. An analysis system as defined in claim 1 wherein the plurality of sensors comprise a first sensor and a second sensor and wherein the sensed information from the first sensor is video information and the sensed information from the second sensor is positional measurement information.

6. An analysis system as defined in claim 5 wherein the sensed video information and positional measurement information is synchronized.

7. An analysis system as defined in claim 6 wherein the first type of the physical motion relates to a golf swing.

8. A method of storing lesson information, the lesson information relating to portions of a training session, the method comprising:

receiving sensed information during the training session and relating to the training session;

contemporaneously marking portions of the sensed information; and

storing marked portions of the sensed information to a lesson file.

9. A method of storing lesson information as defined in claim 8 wherein the sensed information is video information.

10. A method of storing lesson information as defined in claim 8 wherein the marked portions are automatically saved to a lesson file.

11. A method as defined in claim 8 further comprising:

contemporaneously recording audio information during the training session;

automatically linking the recorded audio information to a displayed image; and

marking the linked recorded audio information and displayed image for storage.

12. A method as defined in claim 8 wherein the sensed information comprises video information, audio information and positional measurement information.

13. A method as defined in claim 12 wherein the video information and the positional measurement information are synchronized.

14. A method as defined in claim 8 further comprising uploading the lesson file to a server computer system, wherein the lesson file on the server computer system may be accessed by a remote client computer system over a network connection.

15. A method as defined in claim 14 wherein the network connection is the Internet.

17. A computer program product as defined in claim 16 wherein the sensed information is video information.

18. A computer program product as defined in claim 16 wherein the sensed information comprises video information, audio information and positional measurement information.

19. A computer program product as defined in claim 16 wherein the physical motion relates to a golf swing.

20. A computer program product as defined in claim 16 wherein the lesson file is stored on a computer readable medium

21. A computer program product as defined in claim 16 wherein the process further comprises the following two acts that occur prior to the contemporaneous marking act:

synchronizes at least two different types of sensed information; and

presenting the synchronized information on a display.

16. A computer program product readable by a computing system and encoding a computer program of instructions for executing a computer process for providing athletic instruction related to a physical motion, said computer process comprising:

receiving sensed information related the athletic instruction;

contemporaneously marking portions of the sensed information; and

storing the marked portions to a lesson file.