METHODS AND APPARATUSES FOR CORRECTING SPORT POSTURES CAPTURED BY A DIGITAL IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS

• US 20100145232A1
• Filed: 11/25/2009
• Published: 06/10/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Digital Imaging Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Jang, Soon-geun, Kim, Ung-sik
• Application Number:
  US12/625,851
• Publication Number:
  US 20100145232A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 600/587
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2505/09 Rehabilitation or training
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/0064 Body surface scanning
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/103 Detecting, measuring or recording devices for testing the shape, pattern, colour, size or movement of the body or parts thereof, for diagnostic purposes A61B5/08 takes precedence; measuring aids for tailors A41H1/00; measuring instruments specially adapted for dentistry A61C19/04
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1116 Determining posture transitions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0012 Comparing movements or motion sequences with a registered reference
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/05 Image processing for measuring physical parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/807 Photo cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 23/0244 with signalling or indicating means, e.g. of incorrect posture, for deep-breathing exercises
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0006 Computerised comparison for qualitative assessment of motion sequences or the course of a movement

Abstract

A sport posture correcting apparatus including a digital image processing apparatus configured to generate a series of image frames. The sport posture correcting apparatus may include a digital signal processing unit configured to set a region in one of the series of generated image frames. The digital signal processing unit may be configured to trace the set region in the series of generated frames to generate a tracing result. The digital signal processing unit may be configured to display the tracing result.

Claims

1. A sport posture correcting apparatus comprising,

a digital signal processing unit configured to generate a series of image frames, configured to set a region in one of the series of generated image frames, and to trace the set region in the series of generated frames to generate a tracing result, and configured to display the tracing result.

2. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the digital signal processing unit is configured to simultaneously display the tracing result and a reference trace that is stored in advance in the sport posture correcting apparatus.

3. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises:

a region setting unit configured to set a region in an image frame from the series of image frames;

a tracing unit configured to trace the set region in the series of image frames to generate a tracing result; and

a tracing result displayer configured to output the tracing result as a signal that can be displayed.

4. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the tracing unit is configured to:

set the location of the set region in a current image frame from the series of image frames based on the set region in a previous image frame from the series of images frames;

change the location of the set region in the current image frame along a first coordinate to where a calculated similarity is highest along the first coordinate;

change the location of the region along a second coordinate of the current frame to where a calculated similarity is highest along the second coordinate;

and confirm that the set region in the current frame is a tracing region from the set region of the previous frame based on a result of the similarity calculation.

5. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the tracing result displayer is configured to output tracing results with respect to the series of image frames as signals that can be displayed.

6. A sport posture correcting apparatus comprising:

a digital signal processing unit configured to generate a series of image frames of a first user and a second user, configured to set regions in the series of image frames showing postures of the first user and postures of the second user, and configured to trace the set region in the series of generated frames to generate a tracing result for the first user and a tracing result for the second user and configured to simultaneously display the tracing results for the first user and the second user.

7. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 6, wherein the digital signal processing unit comprises:

a region setting unit configured to set a region in an image frame from the series of image frames of the first user and of the second user;

a tracing unit configured to trace the set region in the series of image frames of the first user and to trace the set region of the second user to generate a tracing result for the first user and for the second user; and

a tracing result displayer configured to output the tracing result of the first user and of the second user as a signal that can be displayed.

8. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the tracing unit is configured to:

set the location of the set region in a current image frame based on the set region in a previous image frame from the series of images frames for the first user and from the second user;

change the location of the set region in the current image frame along a first coordinate to where a calculated similarity is highest along the first coordinate;

change the location of the set region along a second coordinate of the current frame to where a calculated similarity is highest along the second coordinate;

and confirm that the set region in the current frame is a tracing region from the set region of the previous frame based on a result of the similarity calculation.

9. The sport posture correcting apparatus of claim 7, wherein the tracing result displayer is configured to output tracing results with respect to the series of image frames of the first user and the second user as signals that can be displayed.

10. A method of correcting sport postures, the method comprising:

generating a series of image frames;

setting a region in an image frame from among the series of image frames;

tracing the set region in other image frames of the series of image frames to generate a tracing result; and

displaying the result of the tracing of the set region in the series of image frames.

11. The method of claim 10, wherein tracing the set region comprises:

setting the location of the set region in a current image frame based on the set region in a previous image frame from the series of images frames;

changing the location of the set region in the current image frame along a first coordinate to where a calculated similarity is highest along the first coordinate;

changing the location of the region along a second coordinate of the current frame to where a calculated similarity is highest along the second coordinate; and

confirming that the set region in the current frame is a tracing region from the set region of the previous frame based on a result of the similarity calculation.

12. The method of claim 10, wherein displaying the result of the tracing comprises:

displaying the result of the tracing with respect to the series of image frames as signals that can be displayed.

13. The method of claim 12, displaying the result of the tracing comprises:

displaying the result of the tracing of the set region in the series of image frames simultaneously with reference traces stored in advance in the digital image processing apparatus.

14. A method of correcting sport postures, the method comprising:

generating a series of image frames showing sport postures of a first user and a series of image frames showing sport postures of a second user;

setting a region in an image frame from among the series of image frames showing the first user and from among the series of image frames showing the second user;

tracing the set region in other image frames of the series of image frames showing the first user to generate a first tracing result and tracing the set region in other image frames of the series of image frames showing the second user to generate a second tracing result; and

displaying the first and second result of the tracing.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein tracing the set region comprises:

setting the location of the set region in a current image frame based on the set region in a previous image frame from the series of images frames for the first user and from the second user;

changing the location of the set region in the current image frame along a first coordinate to where a calculated similarity is highest along the first coordinate;

changing the location of the region along a second coordinate of the current frame to where a calculated similarity is highest along the second coordinate; and

confirming that the set region in the current frame is a tracing region from the set region of the previous frame based on a result of the similarity calculation.

16. The method of claim 14, wherein displaying comprises:

displaying simultaneously the first and second result of the tracing.