Measurement System and Measurement Device

• US 20150224380A1
• Filed: 02/09/2015
• Published: 08/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 02/13/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
• Original Assignee: Mizuno Corporation
• Inventors: Iwata, Mototaka, Naruo, Takeshi, Shimizu, Yuichi, Uchishima, Makoto, Shibata, Shohei
• Application Number:
  US14/616,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20150224380A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/11 Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor, mobility of a limb for measuring pulse A61B5/02 ;A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6804 Garments; Clothes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6806 Gloves
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3632 Clubs or attachments on clubs, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence; clubs for swinging exercises in general A63B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration

Abstract

A measurement system capable of easily notifying a subject of characteristics of motion during swing is provided. A measurement system for measuring motion of a subject includes a detection unit attached to a lower back portion of the subject, which is capable of obtaining motion information on motion of the lower back portion during swing by the subject, a processing unit finding an evaluation parameter for a swing by the subject based on the motion information obtained by the detection unit, and an output unit outputting the evaluation parameter found by the processing unit.

Claims

1. A measurement system for measuring motion of a subject, comprising:

a detection unit attached to a lower back portion of the subject and configured to obtain motion information on motion of the lower back portion during swing by the subject;

a processing unit configured to find an evaluation parameter for a swing by the subject based on the motion information obtained by the detection unit; and

an output unit configured to output the evaluation parameter found by the processing unit.

2. The measurement system according to claim 1, wherein

the motion information includes an angular speed around a body axis of the subject and an acceleration in a direction of swing at the lower back portion of the subject, and

the processing unit calculates as the evaluation parameter, a time difference between a time at which an absolute value of the angular speed around the body axis is maximal and a time at which the acceleration in the direction of swing is zero.

8. The measurement system according to claim 1, wherein

the processing unit evaluates a swing level of the subject based on the evaluation parameter obtained from the subject and a predetermined rule, and

the output unit outputs the swing level together with the evaluation parameter.

3. A measurement system for measuring motion of a subject, comprising:

a first detection unit attached to a lower back portion of the subject and configured to obtain first motion information on motion of the lower back portion during swing by the subject;

a second detection unit attached to a back of a hand of the subject and configured to obtain second motion information on motion of the back of the hand during swing by the subject;

a processing unit configured to find at least one evaluation parameter for a swing by the subject based on the first motion information obtained by the first detection unit and the second motion information obtained by the second detection unit; and

an output unit configured to output the at least one evaluation parameter found by the processing unit.

4. The measurement system according to claim 3, wherein

the first motion information includes an angular speed around a body axis of the subject,

the second motion information includes an angular speed around an axis orthogonal to the back of the hand of the subject, and

the processing unit finds a time difference between a time at which an absolute value of the angular speed around the body axis of the subject is maximal and a time at which an absolute value of the angular speed around the axis orthogonal to the back of the hand of the subject is maximal immediately before impact.

5. The measurement system according to claim 3, wherein

the second motion information further includes an acceleration in a direction of swing at the back of the hand of the subject, and

the processing unit finds a time difference between a time at which an absolute value of an angular speed around a body axis of the subject is maximal and a time at which a rate of change in acceleration in the direction of swing at the back of the hand of the subject is zero.

6. The measurement system according to claim 3, wherein

the second motion information further includes respective angular speeds around three axes at the back of the hand of the subject, and

the processing unit finds a swing speed at impact based on a square-root of sum of squares of the angular speeds around the three axes at the impact and a total length of a bat used by the subject.

7. The measurement system according to claim 3, wherein

the second motion information further includes an acceleration in a direction of swing at the back of the hand of the subject, and

the processing unit calculates a swing time period of the subject by finding a time difference between a time at which a rate of change in acceleration in the direction of swing at the back of the hand of the subject is not smaller than a predetermined threshold value and an impact time.

9. A measurement device attached to a lower back portion of a subject for measuring motion of the subject, comprising:

a first detection unit configured to obtain first motion information on motion of the lower back portion during swing by the subject;

an input unit configured to accept input of second motion information on motion of a back of a hand during swing by the subject, which is obtained by a second detection unit attached to the back of the hand of the subject;

a processing unit configured to find at least one evaluation parameter for a swing by the subject based on the first motion information obtained by the first detection unit and the second motion information of which input has been accepted by the input unit; and

an output unit configured to output the at least one evaluation parameter found by the processing unit.