Motion analysis device and motion analysis system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9864904-B2
Application number	US-201514620891-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 12, 2015
Priority date	Feb 21, 2014
Publication date	Jan 9, 2018
Grant date	Jan 9, 2018

Abstract

An motion analysis device includes a processing unit that performs motion analysis of a subject using an output of a sensor unit. The sensor unit includes an angular velocity sensor capable of measuring angular velocity of at least 2500 dps, a second acceleration sensor capable of measuring acceleration of at least 50 G, and a first acceleration sensor capable of measuring acceleration of at least 24 G. The sensor unit is mounted on at least one of a golf club and a subject. The processing unit calculates a posture of the sensor unit at the time of motion using the angular velocity measured by the angular velocity sensor, and performs selection of outputs of the second and first acceleration sensors according to acceleration applied at the time of the motion and calculates a position of the sensor unit during the motion using the selected acceleration of the sensor.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An motion analysis device comprising:
a first sensor that is able to measure angular velocity of at least 2500 dps;
a second sensor that is able to measure acceleration of at least 50 G;
a third sensor that is able to measure acceleration of at least 24 G, the third sensor having a lower measurement range than the second sensor; and
a processing unit that performs motion analysis for a subject using an output of a sensor unit comprising the first sensor, the second sensor and the third sensor and mounted on at least one of a golf dub and the subject operating the golf club,
wherein the processing unit calculates a posture of the sensor unit at a time of motion using the angular velocity measured by the first sensor, and performs selection of outputs of the second and third sensors according to acceleration applied at the time of the motion and calculates a position of the sensor unit during the motion using the selected acceleration of the sensor, the output of the third sensor being selected at a first threshold during the operation of the golf club and the output of the second sensor being selected at a second threshold during the operation of the golf club different from the first threshold, so as to allow for the position of the sensor unit to be determined.

2. The motion analysis device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the first sensor is able to measure angular velocity of rotation of a plurality of axes, and
wherein the processing unit calculates a timing of ball hitting from a norm of the angular velocity generated at the rotation of each axis.

3. The motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the processing unit performs calculation using the acceleration measured by the third sensor at a time of start of the motion and performs calculation using the acceleration measured by the second sensor when acceleration applied during the motion exceeds a threshold value set in advance.

4. The motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein the first sensor is able to measure angular velocity of at least 3000 dps.

5. The motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein a sampling rate of at least one of the first, second, and third sensors is equal to or greater than 1 ksps.

6. The motion analysis device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of the sensor unit is equal to or less than a maximum width of a shaft of the golf club.

Assignees

• Seiko Epson Corp

Inventors

• Saiki Kenji

Classifications

• G06F2218/00

  Aspects of pattern recognition specially adapted for signal processing · CPC title

• G06F18/00 Primary

  Pattern recognition · CPC title

• G01P15/14

  by making use of gyroscopes (gyroscopes per se G01C19/00) · CPC title

• G01P15/00

  Measuring acceleration; Measuring deceleration; Measuring shock, i.e. sudden change of acceleration · CPC title

• G01P15/18

  in two or more dimensions · CPC title