MOTION ANALYZING APPARATUS

• US 20120128203A1
• Filed: 10/31/2011
• Published: 05/24/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: NAKAOKA, Yasushi
• Granted Patent: US 8,565,483 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/36 for golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/38 for tennis A63B61/006, A63B69/0073 and A63B69/0097 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 13/00 Indicating or recording presence, absence, or direction, of movement electric switches H01H; counting moving objects G06M7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 15/00 Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: G01P 21/00 Testing or calibrating of apparatus or devices covered by the preceding groups

Abstract

A sensor unit is installed to a target object and detects a given physical amount. A data acquisition unit acquires output data of the sensor unit in a period including a first period for which a real value of a value of m time integrals of the physical amount is known and a second period that is a target for motion analysis. An error time function estimating unit performs m time integrals of the output data of the sensor unit and estimates a time function of an error of a value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit with respect to the real value of the value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit based on a difference between a value of m time integrals of the output data and the real value for the first period.

Claims

1. A motion analyzing apparatus comprising:

a sensor unit that is installed to a target object and detects a physical amount;

a data acquisition unit that acquires output data of the sensor unit in a period including a first period for which a real value of a value of m time integrals (here, m is an integer equal to or greater than one) of the physical amount is known and a second period that is a target for motion analysis;

an error time function estimating unit that performs m time integrals of the output data and estimates a time function of an error of a value of the physical amount detected by the sensor unit with respect to the real value based on a difference between a value of m time integrals of the output data and the real value for the first period;

a data correcting unit that corrects a value of m time integrals of the output data for the second period based on an estimation result of the error time function estimating unit; and

a motion analysis information generating unit that generates motion analysis information of the target object based on the value of the m time integrals for the second period that is corrected by the data correcting unit.

2. The motion analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the error time function estimating unit estimates the time function of the error by approximating the time function of the error as a polynomial equation and calculating coefficients of the polynomial equation.

3. The motion analyzing apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein a plurality of the first periods is set, and

wherein the error time function estimating unit estimates the time function of the error based on data for each of the plurality of the first periods that is acquired by the data acquiring unit.

4. The motion analyzing apparatus according to claim 3,

wherein at least one of the plurality of the first periods is a period before start of the second period, and

wherein at least one of the plurality of the first periods is a period after end of the second period.

5. The motion analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first period is a period in which the target object is stopped.

6. The motion analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the sensor unit detects at least one of acceleration and angular velocity as the physical amount.