System and method for processing sensor data

• US 10,706,740 B2
• Filed: 12/24/2014
• Issued: 07/07/2020
• Est. Priority Date: 12/24/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Sampathkumaran, Sriram
• Primary Examiner(s): Hong, Thomas J
• Application Number:
  US14/582,398
• Publication Number:
  US 20160184686A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,022 Days
• Field of Search: 434247, 434461
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

Various aspects of a system and method to process sensor data are disclosed herein. In an embodiment, the method includes receipt of sensor data from one or more sensors associated with an item of sports equipment. The received sensor data is analyzed by use of an inference engine. One or more recommendations are generated based on the analyzed sensor data.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a display screen;

a memory configured to store instructions; and

one or more circuits configured to execute said instructions stored in said memory to;

receive sensor data from at least one sensor associated with an item of sports equipment, wherein said at least one sensor includes a stroke-trajectory sensor;

graphically plot said received sensor data on a user interface (UI) of said display screen for at least one shot played;

determine a first set of sensor data among said received sensor data that is received during a contact of said item of sports equipment with a moving object, wherein said first set of sensor data corresponds to a first set of timestamps at which said contact of said moving object with said item of sports equipment is detected;

analyze, in real time, said first set of sensor data;

generate a current profile of a first player based on said analyzed first set of sensor data, wherein

said first player is associated with said item of sports equipment, and

said current profile of said first player indicates a performance of said first player;

compare said current profile of said first player with a first profile of a second player, wherein said first profile of said second player is retrieved from said memory;

determine a change in said performance of said first player based on said comparison and said analyzed first set of sensor data;

generate at least one recommendation based on said determined change in said performance of said first player; and

control said display screen to display said generated at least one recommendation, wherein

said generated at least one recommendation is displayed on said UI of said display screen.

2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said received sensor data corresponds to at least one of pressure data exerted by said first player on a hand grip of said item of sports equipment or shot detection data that corresponds to said contact between said moving object and said item of sports equipment.

3. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said received sensor data corresponds to at least one of stroke trajectory data of said item of sports equipment, trajectory detection data of said moving object associated with said item of sports equipment, speed detection data of said moving object, or geospatial positioning data of said first player associated with said item of sports equipment.

4. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said one or more circuits are further configured to generate said at least one recommendation based on comparison of said current profile of said first player with a historical profile of said first player.

5. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said one or more circuits are further configured to compare said received sensor data with at least one threshold value.

6. The system as claimed in claim 5, wherein said one or more circuits are further configured to:

detect a change in at least one physical attribute based on said comparison with said at least one threshold value; and

dynamically generate said at least one recommendation based on said change in said at least one physical attribute of said item of sports equipment.

7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said one or more circuits are further configured to re-analyze said analyzed first set of sensor data based on a user preference, and

said user preference is received via said UI.

11. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein

said one or more circuits are further configured to categorize said received sensor data into said first set of sensor data associated with a first set of time periods and a second set of sensor data associated with a second set of time periods.

12. The system as claimed in claim 11, wherein

said first set of time periods corresponds to said first set of timestamps, based on detection of said contact between said moving object and said item of sports equipment, and

said second set of time periods corresponds to a second set of timestamps based on a lack of said contact between said moving object and said item of sports equipment.

8. A method, comprising:

in an electronic device;

receiving sensor data from at least one sensor associated with an item of sports equipment, wherein said at least one sensor includes a stroke-trajectory sensor;

graphically plotting said received sensor data on a user interface (UI) of a display screen for at least one shot played;

determining a first set of sensor data among said received sensor data that is received during a contact of said item of sports equipment with a moving object, wherein said first set of sensor data corresponds to a first set of timestamps at which said contact of said moving object with said item of sports equipment is detected;

analyzing, in real time, said first set of sensor data;

generating a current profile of a first player based on said analyzed first set of sensor data, wherein

said first player is associated with said item of sports equipment, and

said current profile of said first player indicates a performance of said first player;

comparing said current profile of said first player with a first profile of a second player;

determining a change in said performance of said first player based on said comparison and said analyzed first set of sensor data;

generating at least one recommendation based on said determined change in said performance of said first player; and

controlling said display screen of said electronic device to display said generated at least one recommendation, wherein

said generated at least one recommendation is displayed on said UI of said display screen.

9. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising

generating said at least one recommendation based on comparison of said current profile of said first player with a historical profile of said first player.

10. The method as claimed in claim 8, further comprising

dynamically generating said at least one recommendation based on a change in at least one physical attribute of said item of sports equipment, wherein

said change in said at least one physical attribute is detected based on comparison of said received sensor data with at least one threshold value.