Force and/or motion measurement system that includes at least one kinematic sensor device and at least one data processing device configured to execute computer executable instructions for determining a position and/or movement of a person based upon output data from the at least one kinematic sensor device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12372547-B1
Application number	US-202318222939-A
Country	US
Kind code	B1
Filing date	Jul 17, 2023
Priority date	Oct 25, 2021
Publication date	Jul 29, 2025
Grant date	Jul 29, 2025

Abstract

A force and/or motion measurement system is disclosed herein. In one or more embodiments, the force and/or motion measurement system includes at least one kinematic sensor device configured to detect a position and/or movement of a body portion of a person, the at least one kinematic sensor device being mounted in a floor of a room or in a force measurement assembly; and at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one kinematic sensor device, the at least one data processing device including at least one hardware component storing computer executable instructions, and the at least one data processing device configured to execute the computer executable instructions. The computer executable instructions comprise instructions for determining a position and/or movement of the person based upon output data from the at least one kinematic sensor device.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A force and/or motion measurement system, comprising:
at least one kinematic sensor device configured to detect a position and/or movement of a body portion of a person, the at least one kinematic sensor device being mounted in or on a bounding surface of a room or in a force measurement assembly; and
at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one kinematic sensor device, the at least one data processing device including at least one hardware component storing computer executable instructions, and the at least one data processing device configured to execute the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
determining a position and/or movement of the person based upon output data from the at least one kinematic sensor device; and

wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a sonar-based sensor, (ii) a sensor using wireless network technology, (iii) a LIDAR sensor, (iv) an ultrasonic sensor, and (v) combinations thereof.

2. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the bounding surface in or on which the at least one kinematic sensor device is mounted comprises a floor of the room.

3. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the force and/or motion measurement system comprises the force measurement assembly, and the force measurement assembly comprises:
a top component for receiving at least a portion of the body of the person; and
at least one force transducer, the at least one force transducer configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to the top component of the force measurement assembly by the person;
wherein the force measurement assembly is operatively coupled to the at least one data processing device, and the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for:
receiving the one or more signals that are representative of the forces and/or moments being applied to the top component of the force measurement assembly by the person, and
converting the one or more signals into output forces and/or moments; and
wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device is mounted in the force measurement assembly.

4. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device is disposed below or generally flush with an upper surface of the top component of the force measurement assembly.

5. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 3 , wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device comprises one or more additional kinematic sensor devices mounted in or on the bounding surface of the room.

6. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device is configured to detect a lower body motion of the person; and
wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise instructions for:
predicting one or more ground reaction forces of the person using the output data from the at least one kinematic sensor device for the lower body motion of the person.

7. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 6 , wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise instructions for:
predicting the one or more ground reaction forces of the person using a trained neural network.

8. A force and/or motion measurement system, comprising:
at least one kinematic sensor device configured to detect a position and/or movement of a body portion of a person, the at least one kinematic sensor device being mounted in or on a bounding surface of a room; and
at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one kinematic sensor device, the at least one data processing device including at least one hardware component storing computer executable instructions, and the at least one data processing device configured to execute the computer executable instructions, the computer executable instructions comprising instructions for:
determining a position and/or movement of the person based upon output data from the at least one kinematic sensor device; and

wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device is selected from the group consisting of: (i) a sonar-based sensor, (ii) a sensor using wireless network technology, (iii) a LIDAR sensor, (iv) an ultrasonic sensor, and (v) combinations thereof.

9. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 8 , wherein the force and/or motion measurement system further comprises a force measurement assembly, and the force measurement assembly comprises:
a top component for receiving at least a portion of the body of the person; and
at least one force transducer, the at least one force transducer configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to the top component of the force measurement assembly by the person;
wherein the force measurement assembly is operatively coupled to the at least one data processing device, and the computer executable instructions further comprising instructions for:
receiving the one or more signals that are representative of the forces and/or moments being applied to the top component of the force measurement assembly by the person, and
converting the one or more signals into output forces and/or moments; and
wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device comprises one or more additional kinematic sensor devices mounted in the force measurement assembly.

10. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 9 , wherein the one or more additional kinematic sensor devices are disposed below or generally flush with an upper surface of the top component of the force measurement assembly.

11. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 8 , wherein the at least one kinematic sensor device is configured to detect a lower body motion of the person; and
wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise instructions for:
predicting one or more ground reaction forces of the person using the output data from the at least one kinematic sensor device for the lower body motion of the person.

12. The force and/or motion measurement system according to claim 11 , wherein the computer executable instructions further comprise instructions for:
predicting the one or more ground reaction forces of the person using a trained neural network.

13. A force and/or motion measurement system, comprising:
a force measurement assembly including:
a top component for receiving at least a portion of the body of a person; and
at least one force transducer, the at least one force transducer configured to sense one or more measured quantities and output one or more signals that are representative of forces and/or moments being applied to the top component of the force measurement assembly by the person;

at least one kinematic sensor device configured to detect a position and/or movement of a body portion of the person, the at least one kinematic sensor device being mounted in the force measurement assembly; and
at least one data processing device operatively coupled to the at least one kinematic sensor device and the force measurement assembly, the at least one data processing device including at least one hardware component storing computer executable instructions, and the at least one data processing device configured to execute the computer executabl

Assignees

• Bertec Corp

Inventors

• Berme Necip
• Berme Murat Kerim
• Sunderland-Ober Kuba

Classifications

• G16H40/67

  for remote operation · CPC title

• G01S17/88

  Lidar systems specially adapted for specific applications · CPC title

• G01S15/88

  Sonar systems specially adapted for specific applications (seismic or acoustic prospecting or detecting G01V1/00) · CPC title

• G01S7/4804

  Auxiliary means for detecting or identifying lidar signals or the like, e.g. laser illuminators · CPC title

• G01P13/02 Primary

  Indicating direction only, e.g. by weather vane · CPC title