Wireless motion sensor system and method

A wireless system configured for measuring human motion in a sports environment, the system comprising a wearable peripheral, a communication hub, a beacon, a data analysis module, and a cloud server wherein:

• the wearable peripheral is configured to be worn by a human;
• the wearable peripheral comprises a first accelerometer, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a processor, and a communication module wherein the first wearable peripheral processor is configured for:
• receiving rotation rate information from the gyroscope wherein the gyroscope rotation rate information is responsive to angular rotation rates of the gyroscope in three orthogonal axes;
• mathematically integrating the gyroscope rotation rate information to generate gyroscope orientation information comprising orientation in three orthogonal axes;
• receiving a first accelerometer pitch signal and a first accelerometer roll signal wherein pitch and roll are rotations about two perpendicular axes orthogonal to a gravitational vector;
• receiving a magnetometer yaw signal responsive to yaw of the magnetometer wherein yaw is a rotation in a plane perpendicular to the gravitational vector;
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• generating an actual orientation measurement of first wearable peripheral in response to the gyroscope orientation information, the first accelerometer pitch signal, the first accelerometer roll signal;
• and the magnetometer yaw signal;
• generating a predicted orientation signal of the first wearable peripheral in response to an orientation of the first wearable peripheral at a previous time;
• generating a residual signal in response to a comparison of the actual orientation measurement and the predicted orientation signal;
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• generating a fused orientation measurement in response to the residual signal and the actual orientation measurement;
• the communication hub comprises:
• a short-range communication module configured for receiving a signal from the wearable peripheral wireless communication module;
• a sensor configured for measuring a parameter selected from the group of acceleration, altitude, chemistry, rotation, human physiology, humidity, impact, sound, position, pressure, temperature, and vibration;
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• a long-range communication module configured for transmitting a wireless signal using a radio frequency technology;
• the beacon comprises:
• a module configured for receiving and transmitting information to and from the communication hub long-range communication module and the data analysis server;
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• a a microphone;
• the beacon is configured for placement adjacent to a sports field;
• the data analysis module comprises:
• a transmission element configured for receiving and transmitting information to and from the beacon;
• a data storage element;
• a data analysis element;
• a graphical data presentation element;
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• an internet connection;
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• the cloud server comprises:
• an internet connection configured for exchanging information with the data analysis module via the internet;
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• a web server wherein the web server is configured for assessing a human risk factor in response to:
• the fused orientation measurement;
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• the communication hub sensor.

A method for wireless communication and analysis of sensed human motion information in a sports environment comprising the steps of:

• establishing a human-wearable peripheral comprising an accelerometer, a magnetometer, a gyroscope, a processor and a communication module;
• generating a fused orientation measurement in the human-wearable peripheral by:
• receiving rotation rate information from the gyroscope wherein the gyroscope rotation rate information is responsive to angular rotation rates of the gyroscope in three orthogonal axes;
• mathematically integrating the gyroscope rotation rate information to generate gyroscope orientation information comprising orientation in three orthogonal axes;
• receiving an accelerometer pitch signal and an accelerometer roll signal wherein pitch and roll are rotations about two perpendicular axes orthogonal to a gravitational vector;
• receiving a magnetometer yaw signal responsive to yaw of the magnetometer wherein yaw is a rotation in a plane perpendicular to the gravitational vector;
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• generating an actual orientation measurement of first wearable peripheral in response to the gyroscope orientation information, the accelerometer pitch signal, the accelerometer roll signal;
• and the magnetometer yaw signal;
• generating a predicted orientation signal of the first wearable peripheral in response to an orientation of the first wearable peripheral at a previous time;
• generating a residual signal in response to a comparison of the actual orientation measurement and the predicted orientation signal;
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• generating a fused orientation measurement in response to the residual signal and the actual orientation measurement;
• establishing a communication hub comprising:
• a receiver configured for receiving a signal from the human-wearable peripheral communication module;
• a sensor selected from the group of an acceleration sensor, an altitude sensor, a chemical sensor, an electromagnetic sensor, a gyroscope, a human physiology sensor, a humidity sensor, an impact sensor, a magnetic sensor, a microphone, a position sensor, a pressure sensor, a temperature sensor, and a vibration sensor;
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• a transmitter configured for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal using a radio frequency technology;
• establishing a data analysis device comprising:
• a long-range communication module configured for receiving and transmitting information;
• a data storage module;
• a data analysis module;
• a graphical presentation module;
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• an internet connection;
• establishing a beacon comprising:
• a long-range communication module configured for receiving and transmitting information to and from the communication hub and the data analysis device;
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• a microphone;
• establishing a cloud server comprising an internet connection configured for communication over the internet with the data analysis device;
• assessing a human risk factor in response to:
• the fused orientation measurement;
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• the first wearable communication hub sensor.