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Systems and methods of measuring and evaluating performance of a physical skill and equipment used to perform the physical skill

  • US 20050196737A1
  • Filed: 01/26/2005
  • Published: 09/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/26/2004
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method of providing a quantitative analysis of a subject'"'"'s performance in undertaking a physical skill or task, the method comprising:

  • (i) obtaining a set of body measurements representative of one or more physical characteristics of the subject'"'"'s body;

    (ii) modifying an elite performance data model representative of a body movement pattern associated with a superior performance of the skill or task in accordance with the set of the subject body measurements to provide a customized individual subject performance data model representative of the body movement pattern for an ideal performance of the skill or task by the subject;

    (iii) capturing video data of the subject undertaking the physical skill or task;

    (iv) determining from the captured video data a set of data representative of the subject'"'"'s body movements while undertaking the skill or task;

    (v) identifying positional differences between body movements represented by the body movement data set derived from the video data, and body movements represented by the individual subject performance data model; and

    (vi) quantifying one or more of the identified positional differences to provide a quantitative analysis of the extent to which the body movement pattern of the subject while undertaking the skill or task differs from the body movement pattern represented by the individual subject performance data model, wherein a quantitative analysis of the subject'"'"'s performance in undertaking the skill or task is provided.

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