Analysis apparatus, analysis method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10406413-B2
Application number	US-201415039097-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 3, 2014
Priority date	Dec 5, 2013
Publication date	Sep 10, 2019
Grant date	Sep 10, 2019

Abstract

Provided is an analysis apparatus including an acquisition unit that acquires vibration data showing a vibration generated in a first object by having a second object come into contact with a first position on the first object, a first analysis processing unit that specifies the first position by comparing a vibration characteristic shown by the vibration data, and a vibration characteristic defined for each position where the second object may come into contact with the first object, and a second analysis processing unit that estimates a velocity after the contact of the second object based on a velocity of the first object and the first position.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An analysis apparatus, comprising:
at least one sensor configured to acquire vibration data
that represents vibration generated in a first object; and

at least one processor configured to:
extract a portion of the acquired vibration data of a section region based on a contact of a second object at a first position on the first object,
wherein the section region includes the first position;
determine the first position, on the first object, of the contact of the second object, based on a comparison of the extracted portion of the acquired vibration data and a vibration characteristic of a plurality of vibration characteristics,
wherein the plurality of vibration characteristics are defined for each of a plurality of positions on the first object;

calculate a first velocity of the first object, based on an angular velocity of the at least one sensor and a displacement of the first position from a second position of the at least one sensor;
estimate a second velocity after the contact of the second object with the first object, based on the calculated first velocity of the first object and an effective mass of the first object at the first position;
estimate, based on the estimated second velocity, trajectory information for motion of the second object after the contact with the first object; and
control a display screen to display the estimated trajectory information.

2. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
calculate an impulse corresponding to the contact of the second object with the first object, based on the vibration characteristic and the extracted portion of the acquired vibration data; and
estimate the second velocity after the contact of the second object with the first object, based on the calculated impulse.

3. The analysis apparatus according to claim 2 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to calculate the impulse from the extracted portion of the acquired vibration data, based on a transfer function included in the vibration characteristic.

4. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the at least one sensor includes a motion sensor configured to acquire motion data indicating a rotation of the first object in the section region of the first object, and
the at least one processor is further configured to:
estimate a posture of the first object based on the motion data, and
estimate the second velocity after the contact of the second object, based on the estimated posture of the first object.

5. The analysis apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
estimate, based on the estimated posture, a velocity direction of the first object at a time of the contact of the second object with the first object; and
estimate the second velocity after the contact of the second object, based on the estimated velocity direction at the time of the contact of the second object with the first object.

6. The analysis apparatus according to claim 4 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to:
estimate, based on the estimated posture, a velocity direction of the first object at a time of the contact of the second object with the first object; and
estimate a rotation amount of the second object after the contact of the second object, based on the estimated velocity direction at the time of the contact of the second object with the first object.

7. The analysis apparatus according to claim 1 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to one of select a restitution coefficient for the contact of the second object with the first object or calculate the restitution coefficient for the contact of the second object with the first object, based on the first position.

8. The analysis apparatus according to claim 7 ,
wherein the at least one processor is further configured to calculate the restitution coefficient based on the effective mass of the first object at the first position.

9. An analysis method, comprising:
in an analysis apparatus:
acquiring, from at least one sensor, vibration data
that represents vibration generated in a first object;

extracting a portion of the acquired vibration data of a section region based on a contact of a second object at a first position on the first object,
wherein the section region includes the first position;

determining the first position, on the first object, of the contact of the second object, based on a comparison of the extracted portion of the acquired vibration data and a vibration characteristic of a plurality of vibration characteristics,
wherein the plurality of vibration characteristics are defined for each of a plurality of positions on the first object;

calculating a first velocity of the first object, based on an angular velocity of the at least one sensor and a displacement of the first position from a second position of the at least one sensor;
estimating a second velocity after the contact of the second object with the first object, based on the calculated first velocity of the first object and an effective mass of the first object at the first position;
estimating, based on the estimated second velocity, trajectory information for motion of the second object after the contact with the first object; and
controlling a display screen to display the estimated trajectory information.

10. A non-transitory computer-readable medium having stored thereon, computer-executable instructions which, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to execute operations, the operations comprising:
acquiring, from at least one sensor, vibration data
that represents vibration generated in a first object;

extracting a portion of the acquired vibration data of a section region based on a contact of a second object at a first position on the first object,
wherein the section region includes the first position;

determining the first position, on the first object, of the contact of the second object, based on a comparison of the extracted portion of the acquired vibration data and a vibration characteristic of a plurality of vibration characteristics,
wherein the plurality of vibration characteristics are defined for each of a plurality of positions on the first object;

calculating a first velocity of the first object, based on an angular velocity of the at least one sensor and a displacement of the first position from a second position of the at least one sensor;
estimating a second velocity after the contact of the second object with the first object, based on the calculated first velocity of the first object and an effective mass of the first object at the first position;
estimating, based on the estimated second velocity, trajectory information for motion of the second object after the contact with the first object; and
controlling a display screen to display the estimated trajectory information.

11. An analysis apparatus, comprising:
a sensor apparatus that includes:
a first sensor configured to acquire vibration data, based on a contact of a second object at a first position on a first object, wherein the vibration data represents vibration generated in the first object; and
a second sensor configured to acquire motion data indicating a rotation of the first object in the first position; and

at least one processor configured to:
determine the first position, on the first object, of the contact of the second object, based on a comparison of the acquired vibration data and a vibration characteristic of a plurality of vibration characteristics,
wherein the plurality of vib

Assignees

• Sony Corp

Inventors

• Matsunaga Hideyuki
• Yamashita Kosei

Classifications

• G06F2218/00

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  Measuring movement of the entire body or parts thereof, e.g. head or hand tremor or mobility of a limb {(A61B5/1038 takes precedence; motion detection to correct for motion artifacts in physiological signals A61B5/721)} · CPC title

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