Pelvic inclination estimation device, estimation system, pelvic inclination estimation method, and recording medium

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2024148317-A1
Application number	US-202418411130-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jan 12, 2024
Priority date	Jun 8, 2022
Publication date	May 9, 2024
Grant date	—

Abstract

Provided is a pelvic inclination estimation device including a communication unit that acquires feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a subject, a storage unit that stores an estimation model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data, an estimation unit that inputs a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the estimation model and estimate a pelvic inclination of the subject according to the estimation value output from the estimation model, and an output unit that outputs information associated to the pelvic inclination of the subject.

First claim

1 . A pelvic inclination estimation device comprising:
a memory storing instructions, and a processor connected to the memory and configured to execute the instructions to: acquire feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination that is an index related to movement of a waist, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a user; input the feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to an machine learning model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination in response to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data; estimate a pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model; and display a video containing recommended training according to the estimation result of the pelvic inclination of the user on a screen of a mobile terminal used by the user.

2 . The pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the machine learning model is trained to output the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the gait parameter included in the feature amount data, the processor is configured to execute the instructions to acquire the feature amount data including gait parameters extracted from a gait waveform of the spatial acceleration and the spatial angular velocity included in the sensor data, input the gait parameters included in the acquired feature amount data to the machine learning model, and estimate the pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model.

3 . The pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 2 , wherein
the machine learning model is trained to output an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the first feature amount included in the feature amount data, the processor is configured to execute the instructions to acquire the feature amount data including a first feature amount for each gait phase cluster extracted from the gait waveform of the spatial acceleration and the spatial angular velocity included in the sensor data, input the first feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the machine learning model, and estimate the pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model.

4 . The pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 3 , wherein
the machine learning model is trained to output an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of the first feature amount included in the feature amount data, the processor is configured to execute the instructions to calculate, as a second feature amount, an average value and a difference of the first feature amounts and the gait parameters used for estimation of the pelvic inclination among the first feature amounts and the gait parameters for both feet of the user, input the calculated second feature amount to the machine learning model, and estimate the pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model.

5 . The pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 4 , wherein
the machine learning model is trained to output an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to an input of an attribute of the user and the second feature amount, the processor is configured to execute the instructions to input the attribute of the user and the second feature amount input to the machine learning model, and estimate the pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model.

6 . The pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the machine learning model is trained to output at least one variation width of the pelvic inclination related to three axes of a traveling axis, a left-right axis, and a vertical axis in one gait cycle as an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination according to the input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data, the processor is configured to execute the instructions to input a feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to the machine learning model, and estimate the pelvic inclination of the user according to a variation width of at least one of the pelvic inclinations in the three axes of the traveling axis, the left-right axis, and the vertical axis output from the machine learning model.

7 . The pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 1 , wherein
the processor is configured to execute the instructions to display recommendation information according to the estimation result of the pelvic inclination of the user on the screen of the mobile terminal used by the user with content optimized for healthcare application.

8 . An estimation system comprising:
the pelvic inclination estimation device according to claim 1 ; and a measurement device including a sensor that measures a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity, and generates the sensor data based on the spatial acceleration and the spatial angular velocity, and configured to generate feature amount data including a feature amount used for estimating a pelvic inclination using the sensor data.

9 . An estimation method executed by a computer, the method comprising:
acquiring feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination that is an index related to movement of a waist, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a user; inputting the feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to an machine learning model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination in response to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data; estimating a pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model; and displaying a video containing recommended training according to the estimation result of the pelvic inclination of the user on a screen of a mobile terminal used by the user.

10 . A non-transitory program recording medium recorded with a program causing a computer to perform the following processes:
acquiring feature amount data including a feature amount to be used for estimation of a pelvic inclination that is an index related to movement of a waist, the feature amount being extracted from a gait waveform of a spatial acceleration and a spatial angular velocity included in sensor data related to movement of a foot of a user; inputting the feature amount included in the acquired feature amount data to an machine learning model that outputs an estimation value related to the pelvic inclination in response to an input of the feature amount included in the feature amount data; estimating a pelvic inclination of the user according to the estimation value related to the pelvic inclination output from the machine learning model; and displaying a video containing recommended training according to the estimation result of the pelvic inclination of the user on a screen of a mobile terminal used by the user.

Assignees

• Nec Corp

Inventors

• Wang Zhenwei
• Huang Chenhui
• Fukushi Kenichiro
• Ihara Kazuki
• Nihey Fumiyuki
• Kajitani Hiroshi
• Nozaki Yoshitaka
• Nakahara Kentaro

Classifications

• A61B5/1121

  Determining geometric values, e.g. centre of rotation or angular range of movement · CPC title

• A61B5/6807

  Footwear · CPC title

• A61B5/7267

  involving training the classification device · CPC title

• A61B5/7278

  Artificial waveform generation or derivation, e.g. synthesizing signals from measured signals · CPC title

• A61B5/112

  Gait analysis · CPC title