System and method for sensing and interpreting dynamic forces
First Claim
1. A sensing system comprising:
- a deformable load bearing surface,a plurality of mutually spaced sensors, said sensors being coupled through the deformation response of the surface to an applied load whereby to receive local sensory data from said surface,a processor operatively coupled to said sensors and arranged to receive said sensory data from the sensors and to transform said sensory data into information data relating to a load applied to the surface, and an output for outputting the information data,wherein the processor is arranged to process the sensory data received by all the sensors collectively.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a sensing system which is capable of discriminating types of causes of changing loads on a surface, such as the type of motion of a human subject. The system has wide ranging applications including sports performance (e.g. golf club swing analysis). The system comprises a deformable load bearing surface (2), a plurality of mutually spaced sensors (6), a processor (8) and an output (10). The sensors (6) are coupled through the deformation response of the surface (2) to an applied load (4) to receive local sensory data from the surface (2). The processor (8) is operatively coupled to the sensors (6) and is arranged to transform the sensory data into information data relating to a load (4) applied to the surface (2), e.g. by means of a neural network algorithm. In an alternative embodiment, a housing including the deformable load bearing surface (2) contains a flowable material (e.g. liquid) which flows in response to the deformation of the surface.
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1. A sensing system comprising:
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a deformable load bearing surface, a plurality of mutually spaced sensors, said sensors being coupled through the deformation response of the surface to an applied load whereby to receive local sensory data from said surface, a processor operatively coupled to said sensors and arranged to receive said sensory data from the sensors and to transform said sensory data into information data relating to a load applied to the surface, and an output for outputting the information data, wherein the processor is arranged to process the sensory data received by all the sensors collectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of characterising a load applied to a load bearing surface comprising the steps of:
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(i) generating sensory data about the surface from a plurality of sensing elements operably coupled with the surface, (ii) combining the sensory data into a single vector of inputs for a transformation, (iii) applying a transformation to the vector of inputs whereby to generate information data characterising the load, and (iv) outputting the information data. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
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