Patent Application
20100061592
This invention relates to systems and methods for analyzing the movement and structure of an object, more particularly, a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object wherein the movement and structure of the object maybe analyzed without the use of external components connected to the object.
Currently there are many systems and methods on the market wherein the movement and structure of an object are analyzed for educational purposes. For example, electronic systems are commonly placed on an object, such as a human being, during the movement of said object so as to capture various points of movement in a three-dimensional field. The pinpoints, or data, are then transmitted to an analyzation system, typically a computer, to generate a three-dimensional image of the object. Ideal body movement of the object is then displayed on the analyzation system so as to indicate how the object should ideally move as opposed to how the object is currently moving. These types of analyzation systems and methods are commonly used when analyzing the swing of a golfer, baseball player, tennis player, etc.
Current analyzation systems utilize at least one component that is attached to the object being analyzed. It is often difficult to obtain a true and accurate depiction of the object's complete natural movement because of the placement, size and/or added weight of the component.
Additionally, when an object is analyzed using attached components it is most often done in a laboratory or other controlled environment wherein real-world elements, such as wind-speed, heat, cold, daylight and the like are not present.
Furthermore, most analyzation systems and methods are limited in analyzing only the surface area of an object, thereby converting the movement and imagery of the surface area into imagery for analyzation purposes. Although the data from the surface area of the object is an appropriate means for analyzing the movement of the object, the internal structure of the object is not calculated or taken into account.
Thus, a need exists for a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object wherein both the external and internal movement and structure of the object may be analyzed without the use of external components connected to the object.
The relevant prior art includes the following references:
The primary object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object wherein both the external and internal movement and structure of the object may be analyzed without the use of external components connected to the object.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object wherein an exact center of an object may be determined.
A further object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object that provides feedback for indicating inefficiencies in the movement of the object.
An even further object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object that provides feedback for indicating ideal movement of the object.
Another object of the present invention is to provide a system and method for analyzing the movement and structure of an object that permits a user to locate structurally deficient points in the object.
The present invention fulfills the above and other objects by providing a system for analyzing the movement and structure of an object having a means for displaying the object on a display, such as a computer monitor or television screen, wherein the object has at least one indicator point, at least one cube having at least one reference point located thereon, a means for superimposing the at least one cube over said object wherein the object is placed within the least one cube wherein the at least one indicator point on the object is centered with the at least one reference point on the at least one cube and a means for analyzing movement and structure of said object. The means for analyzing the movement and structure of the object is by creating reference lines, reference circles and reference triangles at predetermined angles and distances in relationship to the at least one cube to create a geometric grid which then may be used as a measuring and graphing tool to analyze an object at rest and/or an object in motion.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the present invention should become even more readily apparent to those skilled in the art upon a reading of the following detailed description in conjunction with the drawings wherein there is shown and described illustrative embodiments of the invention.
In the following detailed description, reference will be made to the attached drawings in which:
For purposes of describing the preferred embodiment, the terminology used in reference to the numbered components in the drawings is as follows:
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The invention may be used with a computer to allow the user to take pictures or video of the object 14 and display those pictures and videos an a computer monitor. The user may then use the computer to create a customized geometric grid 1 based off the cube 2 shown in
It is to be understood that while a preferred embodiment of the invention is illustrated, it is not to be limited to the specific form or arrangement of parts herein described and shown. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various changes may be made without departing from the scope of the invention and the invention is not be considered limited to what is shown and described in the specification and drawings.
