Designation of a Characteristic of a Physical Capability by Motion Analysis, Systems and Methods
First Claim
1. A method of producing a protocol comprising:
- (a) accepting a time-series of values representative of parameters of a plurality of body locations on a plurality of individuals while those individuals perform a plurality of motion tasks;
(b) analyzing those values with a data mining computer program running on a computer system to effectively assign at least a portion of the plurality of individuals into one of at least two groups based upon that analyzing of the time-series values, each group being composed of individuals having a common physical attribute;
(c) identifying one or more subsets of the parameters, and of the associated body locations, and of the associated motion tasks, respectively, that collectively possess effective statistical power to assign an individual to their proper group;
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(d) identifying rules, that when applied to the subset of the parameters, and of the associated body locations, and of the associated motion tasks properly assigns an individual to their proper group;
(e) enumerating the subsets and rules for application to an unknown subject for effectively assigning the unknown subject to their proper group.
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Abstract
Motion Analysis is used to classify or rate human capability in a physical domain via a minimized movement and data collection protocol producing a discreet, overall figure of merit of the selected physical capability. The minimal protocol is determined by data mining of a more extensive movement and data collection. Protocols are relevant in medical, sports and occupational applications. Kinematic, kinetic, body type, Electromyography (EMG), Ground Reactive Force (GRF), demographic, and psychological data are encompassed. Resulting protocols are capable of transforming raw data representing specific human motions into an objective rating of a skill or capability related to those motions.
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39 Claims
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1. A method of producing a protocol comprising:
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(a) accepting a time-series of values representative of parameters of a plurality of body locations on a plurality of individuals while those individuals perform a plurality of motion tasks; (b) analyzing those values with a data mining computer program running on a computer system to effectively assign at least a portion of the plurality of individuals into one of at least two groups based upon that analyzing of the time-series values, each group being composed of individuals having a common physical attribute; (c) identifying one or more subsets of the parameters, and of the associated body locations, and of the associated motion tasks, respectively, that collectively possess effective statistical power to assign an individual to their proper group;
further;(d) identifying rules, that when applied to the subset of the parameters, and of the associated body locations, and of the associated motion tasks properly assigns an individual to their proper group; (e) enumerating the subsets and rules for application to an unknown subject for effectively assigning the unknown subject to their proper group. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of producing a protocol for assessing a given aspect of a human'"'"'s physical performance comprising the steps of:
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a. measuring, and recording in non-transient computer readable memory, human movement parameters from a series of performed movements for a set of human subjects, each subject respectively having a known capability in the given aspect of physical performance; b. data mining, using an electronic computer executing a data mining application program, to identify correlations between the subjects'"'"' recorded movement parameters and their respective known capability in the given domain; c. identifying a sensitive subset of the movement parameters, such that the sensitive subset collectively has adequate statistical correlative power to predict the known capabilities at a predetermined confidence level; d. determining, from the data mining results, criteria for ascribing one or more distinct capability designations in the given aspect of physical performance to an unknown subject based upon that unknown subject'"'"'s performance on the identified subset of movements; e. enumerating the identified subset of movements and their respective parameters, and enumerating the determined criteria and their respective designations of degree of physical performance, thereby producing an assessment protocol. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of rating a given physical capability of a human, comprising:
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ascribing a rating to a given motion-related physical capability of a subject by analyzing a time-series of information representing the relative motion between at least two predetermined points, each respectively related to the subject'"'"'s body position, while that subject performs a predetermined motion task; wherein a point related to the subject'"'"'s body position is either a specific location on the body, or optionally, a location on an article in contact with the body; further, the ascribed rating is determined by detecting a similarity between the time-series of information and time-series information from corresponding measurements made on one or more individuals performing the predetermined motion task;
the similarity criteria for ascribing a rating being based upon predetermined rules. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24)
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25. A protocol for assessing a degree of human capability in a given physical activity domain comprising the steps of:
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a. instrumenting the human to allow measuring a predetermined set of movement parameters; b. performing, by the instrumented human, a predetermined set of movements; c. measuring and storing on a computer readable media, movement information derived from the instrumenting during the performing; d. pre-processing the stored information into a form suitable for comparing; e. comparing pre-processed information to predetermined criteria;
the predetermined criteria previously derived from tests conducted on a variety of humans with known capabilities in the domain;f. assigning to the human, a designation of capability in the physical activity domain based on the results of the comparing to predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method of associating a discrete designation to a given physical capability of a subject, comprising:
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a) a step for accepting data that effectively characterize the movement of two or more of a subject'"'"'s body portions in relation to each other, while the subject performs a series of motions indicated by predetermined rules; b) a step for assessing a degree of similarity of the subject'"'"'s characterized movement with respect to comparable characterizations of comparable movements made by a plurality of individuals;
the individuals each having respective designations in the given physical capability;c) a step for associating a discrete designation to a given physical capability of a subject based upon said step for assessing. - View Dependent Claims (32, 33, 34)
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35. A system for transforming human motion data into an objective rating comprising:
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a. at least one of;
one or more motion sensors, one or more angle sensors, and one or more pressure sensors for instrumenting a human performing one or more motions;b. a first computer communicatively coupled to said sensors, said computer adapted to receive data representative of motion from said sensors;
the first computer is programmed to capture, store and pre-process the data received from sensors;c. a second computer communicatively couplable to said first computer;
said second computer programmed for analyzing the pre-processed motion data in light of a plurality of pre-collected data motion from known subjects, said analysis to produce a discrete result indicative of a level of performance. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37)
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38. A non-transient computer-readable medium containing instructions executable by a computer, said instructions directing the steps of:
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a) accepting movement and force information representative of a human performing a series of movement tasks; b) processing the movement and force information to extract biomechanical information; c) comparing the biomechanical information for an effective match with data representative of biomechanical information related to a plurality of comparable movement tasks performed by a plurality of subjects, the subjects each respectively, having a known rating of a common physical capability; d) assigning a designation of capability to the human according to detecting an effective match between the human'"'"'s biomechanical information and that of one or more of the subjects, an effective match being determined by predetermined criteria. - View Dependent Claims (39)
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