Method for determining the heights of multiple jumps

• US 6,389,894 B1
• Filed: 08/18/2000
• Issued: 05/21/2002
• Est. Priority Date: 08/24/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: K.K. Holding AG
• Original Assignee: K.K. Holding AG
• Inventors: Calame, Christian
• Primary Examiner(s): Williams, Hezron
• Assistant Examiner(s): WILSON, KATINA M
• Application Number:
  US09/640,757
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 731/72, 733/790.1, 733/790.4, 73/120.1, 738/623.81, 735/03
• US Class Current: 73/379.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1038 Measuring plantar pressure during gait
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/7242 using integration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/01 User's weight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 5/00 Apparatus for jumping mats for jumping A63B6/00; for racing or riding sports, e.g. hurdles A63K
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 5/16 Training devices for jumping; Devices for balloon-jumping; Jumping aids A63B25/02, A63B25/10 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities

Abstract

Comparable values for the heights of the individual jumps in a series of multiple jumps can be achieved, if defined initial conditions for first and second successive integrations of measured vertical forces are given for each individual jump. The initial condition for the first integration is taken as a zero velocity in the middle of the flight time interval for each individual jump. For every second integration, as initial condition for the jump height, a constant initial height is taken. This is a characteristic value of the test person.

Claims

1. A method for determining the heights of a series of immediately successive jumps, so-called multiple jumps, by twice integrating by time accelerations determined from measured vertical forces, characterized by the force curve of each individual jump being integrated twice under the following boundary conditions:

a) at each first integration, an acceleration integral is calculated starting from a velocity in the middle of the flight time interval which velocity is taken as zero, and

b) at each second integration, a velocity integral is calculated starting from a constant initial height at the time of jumping.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein a mean value of the accelerations of the particular jump is taken as starting condition for the acceleration at each individual jump for every first integration.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the mean value of the velocities of the individual jump is selected as an initial velocity for every second integration.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the initial height is disregarded at the second integration of the first jump in a series, and its quotient with the time interval up to first jump-off is deducted from the mean value of velocity under the starting condition for the velocity.

5. The Method according to claim 4, wherein the starting instant of the time interval of the first jump is fixed when the measured values within a preselected time period lie inside a predetermined fluctuation range.

6. The method according to claim 3, wherein the starting height as a quotient with the_time_integral of the last jump is added to the mean value of velocity under the starting condition for the velocity for the second integration of the last jump in a series.

7. The method according to claim 6, wherein the end of the time interval of the last jump in a series is fixed when the measured values within a preselected time period lie inside a predetermined fluctuation range.

8. The method according to claim 1 wherein the initial height is determined by evaluation of an individual jump.

9. The method according to claim 1 wherein the initial height is determined as an anthropometric variable depending on body size of the jumper.

10. The method according to claim 1, wherein a mean value of velocities of the individual jump is selected as an initial velocity for every second integration.

11. The method according to claim 1, wherein the first integration is taken between middle of flight time intervals of two individual jumps.