ANALYSIS DEVICE, RECORDING MEDIUM, AND ANALYSIS METHOD

• US 20160253553A1
• Filed: 11/06/2014
• Published: 09/01/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: WATANABE, Yusuke, MATSUNAGA, Hideyuki
• Granted Patent: US 10,558,854 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/06 Indicating or scoring devices for games or players , or for other sports activities
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 18/22 Matching criteria, e.g. proximity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 10/761 Proximity, similarity or dissimilarity measures
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

To analyze data obtained from a series of sports plays as a series or a set, an analysis device is provided, including: a process configured to implement an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport, an extraction function of extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events, and an analysis function of analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.

Claims

1. An analysis device, comprising:

a process configured to implement

an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport,

an extraction function of extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events, and

an analysis function of analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.

2. The analysis device according to claim 1,

wherein the analysis function analyzes a feature of the motion corresponding to the plurality of extracted play events.

3. The analysis device according to claim 2,

wherein the plurality of extracted play events are the play events of a single user, and

wherein the analysis function evaluates a play of the single user indicated by the plurality of extracted play events based on the feature.

4. The analysis device according to claim 3,

wherein the analysis function evaluates a degree of stability of the play of the single user based on the feature.

5. The analysis device according to claim 4,

wherein the analysis function determines a learning level of the play of the single user based on the degree of stability.

6. The analysis device according to claim 3,

wherein the analysis function detects a temporal change in the feature.

7. The analysis device according to claim 2,

wherein the plurality of extracted play events include the play events of a plurality of users, and

wherein the analysis function compares plays of the plurality of users indicated by the plurality of extracted play events based on the feature.

8. The analysis device according to claim 7,

wherein the plurality of users include a first user and a second user, and

wherein the analysis function provides information that is provided to the first user in connection with the play also to the second user whose play is indicated to be similar to the play of the first user according to a result of the comparing.

9. The analysis device according to claim 1,

wherein the processor further implements a display control function of causing information generated in the analysis to be displayed on a display.

10. The analysis device according to claim 9,

wherein the analysis function analyzes a feature of the motion corresponding to the plurality of extracted play events, and

wherein the display control function causes information indicating the feature to be displayed.

11. The analysis device according to claim 10,

wherein the plurality of extracted play events include the play events of a plurality of users, and

wherein the display control function causes information indicating the features of the plurality of users on a two-dimensional (2D) plane to be displayed.

12. A recording medium having a program stored therein, the program causing a computer to implement:

an acquisition function of acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport;

an extraction function of extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events; and

an analysis function of analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.

13. An analysis method, comprising:

acquiring data indicating play events defined based on a motion of a user who plays a sport;

extracting a plurality of play events classified into the same type among the play events; and

analyzing data indicating the plurality of extracted play events.