# US 10,307,657 B2 · Apparatus and method for automatically analyzing a motion in a sport > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,307,657 B2 - Document ID: US10307657B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/304,146 - Filed: 2015-04-14 - Published: 2017-02-09 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2014-04-22 - Assignees: Sony Corporation - Applicants: Sony Corporation - Inventors: Hirokazu Hashimoto; Sho Murakoshi; Hiroshige Okamoto - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10307657B2 ## CPC - A63B 69/3608: {Attachments on the body, e.g. for measuring, aligning, restraining (A63B69/0059, A63B69/3673 take precedence)} - A61B 5/1127: {using markers} - A61B 5/7425: {Displaying combinations of multiple images regardless of image source, e.g. displaying a reference anatomical image with a live image} - A63B 24/0006: {Computerised comparison for qualitative assessment of motion sequences or the course of a movement} - A63B 71/146: {Golf gloves} - G09B 19/0038: {Sports} - A61B 2503/10: Athletes - A63B 2024/0012: {Comparing movements or motion sequences with a registered reference} - A63B 2024/0068: {Comparison to target or threshold, previous performance or not real time comparison to other individuals} - A63B 2220/803: Motion sensors - A63B 2220/836: Sensors arranged on the body of the user - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D) - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) ## Abstract An apparatus includes a communications interface that receives first sensed data from a first sensor attached to a user and second sensed data from a second sensor attached to a user. That apparatus also includes circuitry that analyzes the first sensed data and the second sensed data and provides a display signal that causes a display to produce first visual information regarding a motion of the user and second visual information regarding the motion of the user, the first visual information being different than the second visual information. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An apparatus, comprising: circuitry configured to: receive first data from a first sensor attached to a first body part of a user, and second data from a second sensor attached to a second body part of the user; adjust a delay of at least one of the first data or the second data for analysis of a body movement of the user, wherein the adjustment is based on a time stamp issued to each of the first data and the second data; determine a time-series change of angles of the first body part to represent the body movement, based on the first data, the second data, and the adjusted delay; and generate a display signal that causes a display device to generate first visual information regarding the time-series change of the angles, and second visual information regarding the body movement so as to visualize the body movement, wherein the generation of the display signal is based on at least one of the first data or the second data, and wherein the first visual information is different from the second visual information. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first visual information is based on analysis of the body movement of the user. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first visual information includes a trajectory, of an object based on a user swing, as part of the body movement of the user. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first visual information includes a change in a state of at least one of the first body part or the second body part. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The apparatus of claim 4, wherein the circuitry is further configured to: cause the display device to provide a user selectable indication that identifies a selected body part associated with the change in the state; analyze the body movement of the selected body part, based on a selection of the user selectable indication; and include in the display signal the first visual information based on the change in the state of the selected body part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The apparatus of claim 3, wherein the circuitry is further configured to cause the display device to provide a user selectable indication associated with reset of a displayed trajectory of the object. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first visual information includes at least one of an image, a figure, a video, or a picture. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first visual information and the second visual information are displayed in a synchronous relationship so as to show a time-based relationship between the first visual information and the second visual information. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second visual information is associated with an object trajectory, and the first visual information is associated with a change of a state of at least one of a user hand or a user wrist. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The apparatus of claim 9 wherein the object trajectory is a trajectory of a tennis racket. ### Claim 11 A method, comprising: acquiring first data from a first sensor attached to a first body part of a user, and second data from a second sensor attached to a second body part of the user; sending, by a communications interface, the first data and the second data to analysis circuitry, wherein the analysis circuitry adjusts a delay of at least one of the first data or the second data for analysis of a body movement of the user, wherein the adjustment is based on a time stamp issued to each of the first data and the second data, and wherein the analysis circuitry determines a time-series change of angles of the first body part to represent the body movement, based on the first data, the second data, and the adjusted delay; receiving a display signal from the analysis circuitry; and displaying first visual information regarding the time-series change of the angles, and second visual information regarding the body movement so as to visualize the body movement, wherein the first visual information and the second visual information are displayed based on the display signal, and wherein the first visual information is different from the second visual information. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first visual information is based on analysis of the body movement of the user. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first visual information includes a trajectory, of an object based on a user swing, as part of the body movement of the user. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first visual information includes a change in a state of at least one of the first body part or the second body part. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method of claim 14 further comprising: displaying a user selectable indication that identifies a selected body part that is associated with the change in the state; and displaying the first visual information, based on a selection of the user selectable indication, regarding the change in the state of the selected body part. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, further comprising displaying a user selectable indication associated with reset of a displayed trajectory of the object. ### Claim 17 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the first visual information includes at least one of an image, a figure, a video, or a picture. ### Claim 18 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising displaying the first visual information and the second visual information in a synchronous relationship so as to show a time-based relationship between the first visual information and the second visual information. ### Claim 19 An apparatus, comprising: a display device; a communications interface configured to receive first data from a first sensor attached to a first body part of a user, and a second data from a second sensor attached to a second body part of the user; and circuitry configured to: adjust a delay of at least one of the first data or the second data for analysis of a body movement of the user, wherein the adjustment is based on a time stamp issued to each of the first data and the second data; determine a time-series change of angles of the first body part to represent the body movement, based on the first data, the second data, and the adjusted delay; and generate a display signal that causes the display device to generate first visual information regarding the time-series change of the angles, and second visual information regarding the body movement, wherein the generation of the display signal is based on at least one of the first data or the second data, wherein the first visual information is different from the second visual information, and wherein the display device is configured to display the first visual information and the second visual information. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first visual information is based on analysis of the body movement of the user.