Patent Grant
12154447
This application is a national phase application of the Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) international application with serial number PCT/IN2017/050398 filed in the Indian Patent Office on Sep. 14,2017 with the title “A SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ANALYZE AND IMPROVE SPORTS PERFORMANCE USING MONITORING DEVICES”, and claims the priority and the benefit of the Provisional Patent Application with serial number 201641032413, filed in the Indian Patent Office on Sep. 22, 2016, with the title “A SYSTEM AND METHOD TO ANALYZE AND IMPROVE SPORTS PERFORMANCE USING MONITORING DEVICES”. The contents of berth the Provisional Patent Application and the PCT international application are incorporated in their entirety by reference herein.
The embodiments herein are generally related to monitoring systems. The embodiments herein are particularly related to sports monitoring systems. The embodiments herein are more particularly related to a system and method for monitoring, analysis and providing an instant feedback to a player on his performance action while playing a sport.
The limits of human performance in sports are pushed in keeping with the Olympic motto output: “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. This has kept the players, sports scientists, coaches and sport technology innovators for continuously looking for ways to improve the performance of the players. The development of technology and better computing systems has also attracted the attention of people attention towards monitoring and analyzing each movement played in a game of sport. The demand for monitoring and analysis has grown even more significantly with the increased usage of digital media.
The performance of a player and a team is monitored and analyzed through a methodical training process to help the player and team to improve techniques and team performances through a continuous feedback process. The performance analysis also helps the players and coaches to identify good and bad performances of a player and facilitate comparative analysis of teams and players. Performance analysis also helps the players and coaches to rank performances against a baseline and leader-board.
The conventional state-of-art systems use a wide variety of equipments and methods for monitoring and analyzing the performance of an individual player and the team. However, the conventional systems are resource intensive and use a plurality of paraphernalia for monitoring and analysis. Further, these conventional systems are used for highly professional players for highly competitive tournaments.
Therefore, there is a need for a ubiquitous system and method for monitoring and analyzing a game of a player in (near) real-time. Further, there is a need for a system and method for providing a deep analysis of the techniques and performance of the player and team for improving their game and skill. Still farther, there is a need for a system and method for providing an instant feedback on the performance of a player during a game in progress. Still further, there is a need for a system and method for providing an in-person or remote coaching for the player and the playing team during a game.
The above-mentioned shortcomings, disadvantages and problems are addressed herein and which will be understood by reading and studying the following specification.
The primary object of the embodiments herein is to provide a system and method for monitoring a game involving bat and ball through a plurality of monitoring devices, and a plurality of sensors.
Another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a game or sports monitoring device with a plurality of sensors for receiving or collecting a plurality of data points and transmitting the same to a remote server.
Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a system and method for analyzing the received data points and deriving an actionable insight.
Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a system and method to present the derived actionable insight to on a computing device.
Yet another object of the embodiment herein is to provide a system and method to generate a visual simulation of the actions captured by the device without using any video recording equipment or an image capturing device.
Yet another object of the embodiments herein is to provide a system and method to generate a common platform for the coaches ant players to share actionable insights and create a ranking.
These and other objects and advantages of the embodiments herein will become readily apparent from the following summary and the detailed description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The following details present a simplified summary of the embodiments herein to provide a basic understanding of the several aspects of the embodiments herein. This summary is not an extensive overview of the embodiments herein. It is not intended to identify key/critical elements of the embodiments herein or to delineate the scope of the embodiments herein. Its sole purpose is to present the concepts of the embodiments herein in a simplified form as a prelude to the more detailed description that is presented later.
The other objects and advantages of the embodiments herein will become readily apparent from the following description taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
The various embodiments herein provide a system and method for monitoring and analyzing a game which includes a ball and a bat or a racket. According to an embodiment herein, a system for monitoring and analyzing a cricket game is provided. The system comprises a game monitoring device/s, a communication network, a remote server, and a computing device. The remote server comprises a plurality of modules including, but not limited to a filtering and signal processing module, an analytics module, a database, and an artificial intelligence module. The computing device includes a plurality of modules along with a user interface.
According to one embodiment herein, the game monitoring device comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting a plurality of data points or parameters from the player and sports equipment or accessories used or worn by the player. The plurality of detected data points or parameters is transmitted to a paired computing device which in turn is the gateway to the remote server. The paired computing device is configured to filter and processes the signals for analyzing each shot, action, pose, movement and game of the player during a game/sport in action. The analysis is visualized and displayed on the computing device of a user. The game monitoring device/s, computing device/the gateway device and the remote server are configured to communicate with each other through a communication network.
According to an embodiment herein, a system is provided for analyzing sports and improving performance by providing feedbacks in near real time without any visual data capture mechanisms. The system comprises a monitoring device, and wherein the monitoring device comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting a plurality of data points from a plurality of actions and poses comprised in a physical motion of a player. The game monitoring device/s includes a plurality of sensors that capture a plurality of parameters of the player and game devices. The parameters captured by the sensors of the game devices include but not limited to a motion of the player, a speed at which the player has hit the ball, an angular motion, a direction of the shot, an impact force, an amount of pressure put on the ball by the bat, a type of shot, pitch direction, a plurality of physiological features of the player, and the like. The plurality of sensors includes motion sensors, pressure sensors, position sensors, proximity sensors, speed sensors, an audio sensor, a pyroelectric sensor, and a piezoelectric sensor. The plurality of sensors preferably comprises a gyro sensor, accelerometer, magnetometer or compass, etc.
According to an embodiment herein, a remote server is provided to communicatively connect with the monitoring device. The remote server comprises a filtering and signal processing module, a database module, an analytics module and an artificial intelligence module. The filtering and signal processing module is connected to the monitoring device and configured to filter unwanted noise signals received from the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device. The analytics module is connected to the filtering and signal processing module and configured to analyze the output signals from the filtering and signal processing module based on preset rules and pre-determined techniques to compare an action and performance of the player with a reference template of best or practices or ways of performing the physical motion, action or pose to provide a feedback to the player for improving a performance of the player.
A database is connected to the remote server and configured to store the analysis data for future reference and retrieval data, meta-data, information related to a plurality of physical motion of a plurality of players. The artificial intelligence module is configured to process the stored data to provide a predictive analytics on the physical motion, action or pose of the player. A plurality of end-point computing devices is connected to the remote server.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device, the plurality of sensors, the remote server, the filtering and signal processing module, the database module, the analytics module and the artificial intelligence module are communicatively connected with each other through a wireless communication network.
According to an embodiment herein, a user computing device is loaded with a software for processing the data or parameters collected with the plurality of sensors to provide a simulation of play to the user and a feedback on the game played.
According to one embodiment herein, the monitoring device comprises a plurality of inertial measurement sensor modules and magnetometer module. The inertial measurement sensors module comprises accelerometer and gyroscope modules. The motion data from the inertial measurement sensor module is transmitted to the gaming engine. The gaming engine is configured to enable a post-noise filtering and error correction in the measured data. The motion is recreated in 3D visual space using a plurality of data points measured using the inertial measurement sensors.
According to one embodiment herein, a microphone is also provided to distinguish an actual action played with the bat and an unwanted movement or action of bat and player.
According to one embodiment herein, the monitoring device is configured to measure a plurality of parameters and common data points including but not limited to quaternions, linear acceleration in three axes, angular velocity and rotational parameters including roll, pitch and yaw values.
According to one embodiment herein, the monitoring device is placed in a plurality of locations on the sports gear and sports attire of a player. The number of monitoring devices and the configuration of the monitoring devices are determined or estimated by a plurality of parameters. The plurality of parameters induce a location and placement of the monitoring device on sports equipment, an impact threshold value, visual context, background and scorecard list. The location and placement of the monitoring device on the sports equipment, accessory and sportswear is determined based on an axis orientation, three-axis of the device and speed of motion of the sports equipment. The impact threshold parameter is configured to capture the point of impact based on the type of sport and sport activity. The parameters for determination of impact include acceleration and a rate of change of acceleration. The parameters for visual context, background and scorecard list are configured specifically to a particular kind of sport activity.
According to an embodiment herein, the computing device is configured to receive an output data from the plurality of sensors to generate a visual simulation of the actions captured by the monitoring device without using any video recording equipment. The computing device is configured to generate a common platform for a plurality of coaches and players to share actionable insights and create a ranking of each player. The computing device is configured to provide a simulation of the physical motion captured through the monitoring device in a plurality of computing devices.
According to an embodiment herein, the paired user computing device is configured to receive an output data from the plurality of sensors to generate a visual simulation of the actions captured by the monitoring device without using any video recording equipment.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device comprises a communication circuit for storing and transmitting the monitored data points to a remote computing device, or the remote server. The plurality of sensors in the monitoring device is placed in the vicinity of the player or mounted or embedded in an attire or a plurality of equipments used by the player in performing a plurality of physical actions or poses. The monitoring device is configured to filter noise signals or unwanted spurious signals from the output data received from the plurality of sensors. The monitoring device is configured to detect data points and processes the output signals from the plurality of sensors to derive a pattern. The monitoring device is configured to synchronize the plurality of sensors, so that the plurality of data points received from the plurality of sensors is used to generate a visual simulation of the players for providing a feedback in near real time.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to analyze the information and the output data from the monitoring device. The analytics module is configured to contextually render the output data from the monitoring device in a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset rules. The end-point devices are configured to access the remote server to access any data stored in the remote server for reference and retrieval in future.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to analyze the output data from the monitoring device in a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset parameters. The preset parameters for analysis includes a position of the bat, a direction of the shot, a type of the shot, a swing analysis, a shot analysis, a direction analysis, a pressure analysis, a pattern determination and a comparative analysis, a virtual replay of the game, and a mechanics of the game.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to provide a comparison of an action of player in a game with the best practice/template/reference shot. The analytics module is configured to provide a guidance on necessary changes or improvements needed to reach to the level of standard/template shots. The guidance and analysis information is provided in a plurality of segments with a color coding for enhanced analysis.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to combine analysis of each shot to derive analysis report for each delivery, game, session, player, and wherein the analysis module is configured to combine a plurality of game patterns of the player to derive optimum factors or parameters for the player, and wherein optimum factors or parameters for the player includes a body dynamics of the player relative to the bat position at the time of impact for increasing a game performance, and unfavorable environmental factors to the player.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device, the remote server, and the plurality of computing devices are connected through a communication network for establishing a wired and wireless communication. The communication network includes, but not limited to the internet, an intranet, a radio-frequency network, telephonic network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a proximity network such as Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
According to an embodiment herein, the mobile device is configured to enable a plurality of computing devices, to interface with the remote server. The mobile device is configured to communicate with the remote server and the plurality of computing devices through a plurality of communication protocols.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device is communicatively connected through wireless network to synchronize a capturing of information or data or an event of a physical motion. The plurality of sensors is configured to capture an information simultaneously. The plurality of sensors is configured to recreate an event from the synchronously captured information even when one of the sensors has failed to capture an event.
According to an embodiment herein, the artificial intelligence (AI) module is configured to automatically identify noise from detected and received information from the plurality of sensors and monitoring device. The AI module is configured to contextually determine and identify noise from useful information. The AI module processes the digital data, applies stochastic filters to determine if the ball impact is actually a legitimate shot or any other motion like gardening of pitch, high speed rotation of bat, dragging of the bat. The AI module is configured to generate an automated audio and text commentary of the physical motion, actions or poses that are captured using the system.
According to an embodiment herein, the artificial intelligence module is configured to learn from the stored previous data or past data of historical data of the player to provide predictive analytics at a plurality of levels. The plurality of levels includes a player level analytics, a game level analytics and a session-level analytics, and wherein the artificial intelligence module is configured to predict the common mistakes or errors made by the player based on the analysis of past or previous games to provide a recommendation to help the player to overcome or avoid the errors in the game on action, and wherein the artificial intelligence module is configured to provide recommendations to enhance skill and performance of the player. The embodiment comprises a machine learning module, which is configured to identify patterns from the observed data and provide contextual suggestions on the user's computing device.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of end-point devices is configured to communicate with the remote server. The plurality of end-point devices is configured to analyze the stored past data of physical actions, poses or motion of a user and quantitatively analyze the physical actions, by comparing the preset or observed data from the same user or a plurality of other users or with a reference data stored and archived in the database.
According to an embodiment herein, the system further comprises a user interface for displaying analysis, visuals and results computed by the remote server. The user interface is configured to display a plurality of information of the player and the game. The plurality of information displayed on the user computing device through the user interface include a visual playback of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous games played by the player, comparative analysis of the game and shots of the player with a plurality of other players.
According to an embodiment herein, the remote server is configured to provide connectivity with a plurality of computing devices for establishing inter-channel communication, and wherein the plurality of computing devices include a computing device of a player, a computing device of a coach and a computing device of a physician, and wherein the computing device of the player is connected to the computing devices of the coach and the computing device of the physician to enable the player to receive personal counseling from the physician and coach based on a complete analysis of the player and a game data of the player, and wherein the remote server is configured to enable the users/players for sharing the analyzed data and results to third-party networks, and wherein the third party networks is a social networking sites.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device further comprises an impact sensor module. The impact sensor module is configured to detect and determine an impact of a ball on a bat. The impact sensor module is configured to determine a position of a plurality of sensors that is attached to the bat, the ball and a human user.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of end-point devices are configured to simulate a virtual rendering of a real-world human action, based on the output of the impact sensor module and the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device. The plurality of end-point devices is configured to enable an integrated rendering of the simulated virtual rendering and real-world human actions.
According to an embodiment herein, a microphone module is provided on the bat used by a player. The microphone module is connected to the communication module. The microphone module is configured to transmit an audio information related to the impact of bat with other player accessories and to help triangulate exact impact time during the bat swing.
According to an embodiment herein, the noise and filtering module is configured to automatically identify noise from information. The noise and filtering module is further configured to contextually determine and identify noise from useful information and pattern.
According to an embodiment herein, a bat is a ball hitting device used by the player engaged in a sports activity, and wherein the bat is a cricket bat, or a tennis racquet or a badminton racquet or a baseball bat, or a table tennis bat or a hockey stick.
According to an embodiment herein, the ball is a cricket ball or tennis ball or badminton shuttle cock, or baseball, or table tennis ball or hockey ball.
According to an embodiment herein, the sports activity/event is cricket or hockey or baseball or tennis or table tennis.
According to an embodiment herein, a method is provided for analyzing sports and improving performance by providing feedbacks in near real time without any visual data capture mechanisms. The method comprises: collecting a plurality of data points with a plurality of sensors provided in a monitoring device; pairing a plurality of computing devices with the monitoring device for processing the collected data points and a plurality of signals; synchronizing the data collected from the plurality of sensors to recreate or simulate an action of the player in near real time, processing the collected data points with the computing device to provide a visual feedback on the actions or pose; generating and rendering a visual simulation of the actions captured by the monitoring device on a plurality of end-point computing devices, without using any video recording equipment; and contextual rendering of the processed data in the plurality of end-point computing devices. The monitoring device is configured to detect a plurality of data points from a plurality of actions and poses comprised in a physical motion of a player. The plurality of data points or parameters captured by the plurality of sensors include a motion of the player, a speed at which the player hits the ball, an angular motion, a direction of the shot, an amount of pressure put on the ball by the bat, and a plurality of physiological features of the player. One of the pluralities of sensors acts as a point of reference for synchronizing the data from a plurality of sensors. The computing device comprises a filtering and signal processing module, a database module, an analytics module, a machine learning module and an artificial intelligence module. The analytics module is configured to analyze the output signals from the filtering and signal processing module based on preset rules and predetermined techniques to compare an action and performance of the player with a reference template of best or practices or ways of performing the physical motion, action or pose to provide a feedback to the player for improving a performance of the player. The database is configured to store the analysis data for future reference and retrieval data, meta-data, information related to a plurality of physical motion of a plurality of players. The artificial intelligence module is configured to process the stored data to provide a predictive analytics on the physical motion, action or pose of the player.
According to an embodiment herein, a method is provided for analyzing sports and improving performance further comprises: transmitting the monitored data points to a remote computing device through a communication circuit configured in the monitoring device; detecting data points and processes the output signals to derive a pattern with the monitoring device; and synchronizing the plurality of sensors to fuse the plurality of data points received from the plurality of sensors to generate a visual simulation of the player and actions of the player in near real time. The method further comprises performing a post-noise filtering and error correction in the measured data with a gaming engine module.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of data points from a plurality of actions and poses of a player is detected with the monitoring device. The monitoring device comprises a gyroscope, an accelerometer, and a magneto meter or a compass, motion sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, position sensors, proximity sensors, speed sensors, an audio sensor, a pyroelectric sensor, and a piezoelectric sensor, a communication module, a microcontroller, a memory, and a battery power supply.
According to an embodiment herein, an analysis of output data from the monitoring device is performed on the analytics module. The output data from the monitoring device is contextually rendered in a plurality of end-point computing devices by the analytics module based on preset rules. The end-point devices are configured to access the remote server to access any data stored in the remote server.
According to an embodiment herein, an analysis of output data from the monitoring device is performed on the analytics module. The analytics module is configured to run on a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset parameters. The preset parameters for analysis includes a position of the bat, a direction of the shot, a type of the shot, a swing analysis, a shot analysis, a direction analysis, a pressure analysis, an audio analysis, a pattern determination, and a comparative analysis, a virtual replay of the game, and a mechanics of the game.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to combine analysis of each shot to derive analysis report far each delivery, game, session and player. The analysis module is configured to combine a plurality of game patterns of the player to derive optimum factors or parameters for the player. Optimum factors or parameters for the player include a body dynamics of the player relative to the bat position at the time of impact for increasing a game performance.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device is communicatively connected through wireless network to synchronize a capturing of information or data or an event or a physical motion. The plurality of sensors is configured to capture an information of an event simultaneously. The plurality of sensors is configured to recreate an event from the synchronously captured information even when one of the sensors has failed to capture an event.
According to an embodiment herein, the artificial intelligence module is configured to automatically identify noise from information. The artificial intelligence module is configured to contextually determine and identify noise from useful information.
According to an embodiment herein, the noise and filtering module is configured to automatically identify noise from information. The noise and filtering module is configured to contextually determine and identify noise from useful information and pattern.
According to an embodiment herein, the artificial intelligence module is configured to generate an automated audio and text commentary of the physical motion, actions or poses that are captured.
According to an embodiment herein, the artificial intelligence module is configured to learn from the stored previous data or historical data of the player to provide predictive analytics at a plurality of levels. The plurality of levels includes a player level analytics, a game level analytics, and a match level analytics. The artificial intelligence module is configured to predict common mistakes or errors made by the player based on the analysis of past or previous games to provide a recommendation to help the player to overcome or avoid the errors in the game on action, and wherein the artificial intelligence module is configured to provide recommendations to enhance skill and performance of the player.
According to an embodiment herein, wherein the plurality of end-point devices is configured to communicate with the remote server. The plurality of end-point devices is configured to analyze the stored past data of physical actions, poses or motion of a user and quantitatively analyze the physical actions, by comparing the preset or observed data from the same user/player or a plurality of other users/players.
According to an embodiment herein, the method further comprises displaying analysis, visuals and results computed by the remote server through a user interface. The user interface is configured to display a plurality of information of the player and the game. The plurality of information displayed on the user computing device through the user interlace include a visual playback of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous games played by the player, comparative analysis of the game and shots of the player with a plurality of other players.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device comprises an impact sensor module. The impact sensor module is configured to detect and determine an impact of a ball on a bat, and wherein the impact sensor module is configured to determine a position of a plurality of sensors that is attached to the bat, the ball and a player. The sensor on the bat of the player is the hub for all the sensors. An impact of the bail on the bat is used to trigger or activate all sensors to start recording the actions. The time of impact is the reference point for starting a recording operation
According to an embodiment herein, a microphone module is provided on the bat used by a player. The microphone module is connected to the communication module. The microphone module transmits audio information related to the impact of bat with other player accessories.
The embodiments herein provide a system and method for monitoring and analyzing a game involving a ball and a bat. The examples of the ball and bat game include, but are not limited to cricket, golf, tennis, badminton, baseball. A game monitoring device/s is/are placed or in the vicinity of a player or attached to the game devices of the player or attached to the sports gear on the player, for receiving a plurality of the data points from the user. The game monitoring device/s includes a plurality of sensors that capture a plurality of parameters of the player and game devices. The parameters captured by the sensors of the game devices include, but are not limited to motion of the player, speed at which the player has hit the ball, angular motion and direction of the shot, best in class ball bowled, ball release point and angle, a plurality of physiological features of the player, and the like.
These and other aspects of the embodiments herein will be better appreciated and understood when considered in conjunction with the following description and the accompanying drawings, it should be understood, however, that the following descriptions, while indicating preferred embodiments and numerous specific details thereof, are given by* way of illustration and not of limitation. Many changes and modifications may be made within the scope of the embodiments herein without departing from the spirit thereof, and the embodiments herein include all such modifications.
The other objects, features and advantages will occur to those skilled in the art from the following description of the preferred embodiment and the accompanying drawings in which:
Although the specific features of the embodiments herein are shown in some drawings and not in others. This is done for convenience only as each feature may be combined with any or all of the other features in accordance with the embodiment herein.
In the following detailed description, a reference is made to the accompanying drawings that form a part hereof, and in which the specific embodiments that may be practiced is shown by way of illustration. These embodiments are described in sufficient detail to enable those skilled in the art to practice the embodiments and it is to be understood that the logical, mechanical and other changes may be made without departing from the scope of the embodiments. The following detailed description is therefore not to be taken in a limiting sense.
The various embodiments herein provide a system and method for monitoring and analyzing a game which includes a ball and a bat or a racket. According to an embodiment herein, a system for monitoring and analyzing a cricket game is provided. The system comprises a game monitoring device/s, a communication network, a remote server, and a computing device. The remote server comprises a plurality of modules including, but not limited to a filtering and signal processing module, an analytics module, a database, and an artificial intelligence module. The computing device includes a plurality of modules along with a user interface. The embodiment comprises a machine learning module, which is configured to identify patterns from the observed data to provide contextual suggestions on the user's computing device.
According to one embodiment herein, the game monitoring device comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting a plurality of data points or parameters from the player and sports equipment or accessories used or worn by the player. The plurality of detected data points or parameters are transmitted to a paired computing device and to the remote server. The remote server is configured to filter and processes the signals for analyzing each shot, action, pose, movement and game of the player during a game/sport in action. The analysis is visualized and displayed on the computing device of a user. The game monitoring device/s, the gateway device, the remote server, and the computing device are configured to communicate with each other through a communication network.
According to an embodiment herein, a system is provided for analyzing sports and improving performance by providing feedbacks in near real time without any visual data capture mechanisms. The system comprises a monitoring device, and wherein the monitoring device comprises a plurality of sensors for detecting a plurality of data points from a plurality of actions and poses comprised in a physical motion of a player. The game monitoring device/s includes a plurality of sensors that capture a plurality of parameters of the player and game devices. The parameters captured by the sensors of the game devices include but not limited to a motion of the player, a speed at which the player has hit the ball, an angular motion, a direction of the shot, an impact force, an amount of pressure put on the ball by the bat, a type of shot, pitch direction, a plurality of physiological features of the player, and the like. The plurality of sensors includes motion sensors, pressure sensors, position sensors, proximity sensors, speed sensors, an audio sensor, a pyroelectric sensor, and a piezoelectric sensor. The plurality of sensors preferably comprises a gyro sensor, accelerometer, magnetometer or compass, etc.
According to an embodiment herein, a remote server is provided to communicatively connect with the monitoring device. The remote server comprises a filtering and signal processing module, a database module, an analytics module and an artificial intelligence module. The filtering and signal processing module is connected to the monitoring device and configured to filter unwanted noise signals received from the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device. The analytics module is connected to the filtering and signal processing module and configured to analyze the output signals from the filtering and signal processing module based on preset rules and pre-determined techniques to compare an action and performance of the player with a reference template of best or practices or ways of performing the physical motion, action or pose to provide a feedback to the player for improving a performance of the player.
A database is connected to the remote server and configured to store the analysts data for future reference and retrieval data, meta-data, information related to a plurality of physical motion of a plurality of players. The artificial intelligence module is configured to process the stored data to provide a predictive analytics on the physical motion, action or pose of the player. A plurality of end-point computing devices is connected to the remote server.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device, the plurality of sensors, the remote server, the filtering and signal processing module, the database module, the analytics module and the artificial intelligence module are communicatively connected with each other through a wireless communication network. A gateway device is communicatively connected to the monitoring device and the remote server.
According to an embodiment herein, a user computing device is loaded with a software for processing the data or parameters collected with the plurality of sensors to provide a simulation of play to the user and a feedback on the game played.
According to one embodiment herein, the monitoring device comprises a plurality of inertial measurement sensor modules and magnetometer module. The inertial measurement sensors module comprises accelerometer and gyroscope modules. The motion data from the inertial measurement sensor module is transmitted to the gaming engine. The gaming engine is configured to enable a post-noise filtering and error correction in the measured data. The motion is recreated in 3D visual space using a plurality of data points measured using the inertial measurement sensors.
According to one embodiment herein, a microphone is also provided to distinguish an actual action played with the bat and an unwanted movement or action of bat and player.
According to one embodiment herein, the monitoring device is configured to measure a plurality of parameters and common data points including but not limited to quaternions, linear acceleration in three axes, angular velocity and rotational parameters including roll, pitch and yaw values.
According to one embodiment herein, the monitoring device is placed in a plurality of locations on the sports gear and sports attire of a player. The number of monitoring devices and the configuration of the monitoring devices are determined or estimated by a plurality of parameters. The plurality of parameters includes a location and placement of the monitoring device on sports equipment, an impact threshold value, visual context, background and scorecard list. The location and placement of the monitoring device on the sports equipment, accessory and sportswear is determined based on an axis orientation, three-axis of the device and speed of motion of the sports equipment. The impact threshold parameter is configured to capture the point of impact based on the type of sport and sport activity. The parameters for determination of impact include acceleration and a rate of change of acceleration. The parameters for visual context, background and scorecard list are configured specifically to a particular kind of sport activity.
According to an embodiment herein, the remote server is configured to receive an output data from the plurality of sensors to generate a visual simulation of the actions captured by the monitoring device without using any video recording equipment. The remote server is configured to generate a common platform for a plurality of coaches and players to share actionable insights and create a ranking of each player. The remote server is configured to provide a simulation of the physical motion captured through the monitoring device in a plurality of computing devices.
According to an embodiment herein, the paired user computing device is configured to receive on output data from the plurality of sensors to generate a visual simulation of the actions captured by the monitoring device without using any video recording equipment.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device comprises a communication circuit for storing and transmitting the monitored data points to a remote computing device, or the remote server. The plurality of sensors in the monitoring device is placed in the vicinity of the player or mounted or embedded in an attire or a plurality of equipments used by the player in performing a plurality of physical actions or poses. The monitoring device is configured to filter noise signals or unwanted spurious signals from the output data received from the plurality of sensors. The monitoring device is configured to detect data points and processes the output signals from the plurality of sensors to derive a pattern. The monitoring device is configured to synchronize the plurality of sensors, so that the plurality of data points received from the plurality of sensors is used to generate a visual simulation of the players for providing a feedback in near real time.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to analyze the information and the output data from the monitoring device. The analytics module is configured to contextually render the output data from the monitoring device in a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset rules. The end-point devices are configured to access the remote server to access any data stored in the remote server for reference and retrieval in future.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to analyze the output data from the monitoring device in a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset parameters. The preset parameters for analysis include a position of the bat, a direction of the shot, a type of the shot, a swing analysis, a shot analysis, a direction analysis, a pressure analysis, a pattern determination and a comparative analysis, a virtual replay of the game, and a mechanics of the game.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to provide a comparison of an action of player in a game with the best practice/template/reference shot. The analytics module is configured to provide a guidance on necessary changes or improvements needed to reach to the level of standard/template shots. The guidance and analysis information is provided in a plurality of segments with a color coding for enhanced analysis.
According to an embodiment herein, the analytics module is configured to combine analysis of each shot to derive analysis report for each delivery, game, session, player, and wherein the analysis module is configured to combine a plurality of game patterns of the player to derive optimum factors or parameters for the player, and wherein optimum factors or parameters for the player includes a body dynamics of the player relative to the bat position at the time of impact for increasing a game performance, and unfavorable environmental factors to the player.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device, the remote server, and the plurality of computing devices are connected through a communication network for establishing a wired and wireless communication. The communication network includes, but not limited to the Internet, an intranet, a radio-frequency network, telephonic network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a proximity network such as Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
According to an embodiment herein, the gateway device is configured to enable a plurality of computing devices, to interface with the remote server. The gateway device is configured to communicate with the remote server and the plurality of computing devices through a plurality of communication protocols.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device is communicatively connected through wireless network to synchronize a capturing of information or data or an event of a physical motion. The plurality of sensors is configured to capture an information simultaneously. The plurality of sensors is configured to recreate an event from the synchronously captured information even when one of the sensors has failed to capture an event.
According to an embodiment herein, the artificial intelligence module is configured to automatically identify noise from detected and received information from the plurality of sensors and monitoring device. The artificial intelligence module is configured to contextually determine and identify noise from useful information. The artificial intelligence module is configured to generate an automated audio and text commentary of the physical motion, actions or poses that are captured using the system.
According to an embodiment herein, tic artificial intelligence module is configured to learn from the stored previous data or past data of historical data of the player to provide predictive analytics at a plurality of levels, and wherein the plurality of levels includes a player level analytics, a game level analytics and a session-level analytics, and wherein the artificial intelligence module is configured to predict the common mistakes or errors made by the player based on the analysis of past or previous games to provide a recommendation to help the player to overcome or avoid the errors in the game on action, and wherein the artificial intelligence module is configured to provide recommendations to enhance skill and performance of the player.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of end-point devices is configured to communicate with the remote server. The plurality of end-point devices is configured to analyze the stored past data of physical actions, poses or motion of a user and quantitatively analyze the physical actions, by comparing the preset or observed data from the same user or a plurality of other users or with a reference data stored and archived in the database.
According to an embodiment herein, the system further comprises a user interface for displaying analysis, visuals and results computed by the remote server. The user interface is configured to display a plurality of information of the player and the game. The plurality of information displayed on the user computing device through the user interface include a visual playback of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous games played by the player, comparative analysis of the game and shots of the player with a plurality of other players.
According to an embodiment herein, the remote server is configured to provide connectivity with a plurality of computing devices for establishing inter-channel communication, and wherein the plurality of computing devices include a computing device of a player, a computing device of a coach and a computing device of a physician, and wherein the computing device of the player is connected to the computing devices of the coach and the computing device of the physician to enable the player to receive personal counseling from the physician and coach based on a complete analysis of the player and a game data of the player, and wherein the remote server is configured to enable the users/players for sharing the analyzed data and results to third-party networks, and wherein the third party networks is a social networking sites.
According to an embodiment herein, the monitoring device further comprises an impact sensor module. The impact sensor module is configured to detect and determine an impact of a ball on a bat. The impact sensor module is configured to determine a position of a plurality of sensors that is attached to the bat, the ball and a human user.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of end-point devices are configured to simulate a virtual rendering of a real-world human action, based on the output of the impact sensor module and the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device. The plurality of end-point devices are configured to enable an integrated rendering of the simulated virtual rendering and real-world human actions.
According to an embodiment herein, a microphone module is provided on the bat used by a player. The microphone module is connected to the communication module. The microphone module is configured to transmit an audio information related to the impact of bat with other player accessories.
According to an embodiment herein, a method is provided for monitoring and analyzing a game involving a ball and a bat. The method involves mounting a plurality of game monitoring devices on the bat of a player, sportswear, sports equipment and accessories used by a player. The plurality of monitoring devices is paired with a computing device of the player for providing an analysis report, feedback and recommendation based on the monitored game data and analysis of the collected data from the plurality of game monitoring devices. The time and clock in the plurality of game monitoring devices are synchronized to remove latency. A pitch calibration and a calibration of the plurality of sensors in the game monitoring devices are performed. A plurality of data regarding a game played by the player is collected with the game monitoring is collected. The collected data are transmitted to the paired computing device. The collected data are analyzed with an algorithm down loaded and installed in the paired computing device. The output data from the plurality of sensors are processed to generate a visual simulation of the actions captured by the monitoring device without using any video recording equipment. The output data from the monitoring device is contextually rendered in a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset rules.
According to an embodiment herein, the plurality of data points or parameters captured by the plurality of sensors include a motion of the player, a speed at which the player has hit the ball, an angular motion and a direction of the shot.
According to an embodiment herein, the unwanted noise signals received from the plurality of sensors are filtered in the monitoring device.
According to an embodiment herein, an action and performance of the player is compared with a reference template of best or practices or ways of performing the physical motion, action or pose, based on preset rules and pre-determined techniques, to provide a feedback to the player for improving a performance of the player, and to detect data points and processes the output signals to derive a pattern. A guidance on necessary changes or improvements needed to reach to the level of standard/template shots, is provided and wherein the guidance and analysis information is provided in a plurality of segments with a color coding for enhanced analysis
According to an embodiment herein, the output data from the monitoring device are analyzed in a plurality of end-point computing devices based on preset parameters, and wherein the preset parameters for analysis includes a position of the bat, a direction of the shot, a type of the shot, a swing analysis, a shot analysis, a direction analysis, a pressure analysis, a pattern determination, a length of the bowling delivery and a comparative analysis, a virtual replay of the game, and a mechanics of the game.
According to an embodiment herein, analysis of each shot is combined to derive analysis report for each delivery, game, session, and player. A plurality of game patterns of the player is combined to derive optimum factors or parameters for the player. The optimum factors or parameters for the player includes a body dynamics of the player relative to the bat position at the time of impact for increasing a game performance, and unfavorable environmental factors to the player.
According to an embodiment herein, a capturing of information or data or an event or a physical motion, the plurality of sensors in the monitoring device is synchronized to capture an information of an event simultaneously. An event is recreated from the synchronously captured information even when one of the sensors has failed to capture an event.
According to an embodiment herein, an automated audio and text commentary of the physical motion, actions or poses that are captured, is generated.
According to an embodiment herein, the stored previous data or past data of historical data of the player is processed to provide predictive analytics at a plurality of levels, and wherein the plurality of levels includes a player level analytics, a game level analytics, and a match level analytics. The predictive analytics is performed to predict the common mistakes or errors made by the player based on the analysis of past or previous games to provide a recommendation to help the player to overcome or avoid the errors in the game on action. The recommendations are provided to enhance skill and performance of the player.
According to an embodiment herein, the computed analysis, visuals and results are displayed with a user interface. A plurality of information of the player and the game is displayed on the user interface. The plurality of information displayed on the user computing device through the user interface includes a visual playback of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous shots played by the player, analysis and visualization of the previous games played by the player, comparative analysis of the game and shots of the player with a plurality of other players.
According to an embodiment herein, an impact of a ball on a bat is detected and determined with the impact sensor module.
According to an embodiment herein, a common platform is provided for a plurality of coaches and players to share actionable insights and create a ranking of each player.
According to an embodiment herein, motion is captured using inertial measurement unit. The motion data from accelerometer, gyroscope and magnetometer are combined and integrated. The combined data is provided to a gaming engine for performing post noise filtering and error correction to recreate the motion in 3D visual space with the help of data points.
According to an embodiment herein, the common parameters collected and analyzed for cricket, hockey, tennis, ball badminton, and table tennis, are Quatranions, Linear Acceleration in all the 3 axis, Angular Velocity, Rotational Parameters (Roll, Pitch & Yaw).
According to an embodiment herein, the following parameters are adjusted to provide analysis depending upon the selected game. The parameters include a Device Location, Impact Threshold, Visual Context & Background, Scorecard List:
According to an embodiment herein, the parameter involving axis orientation are adjusted according to the selected game based on the placement and orientation of device on sports equipment. This involves mapping of x, y & z axis of the device world to that of game world. Device location is also used to accurately determine the speed.
According to an embodiment herein, threshold parameter is adjusted to capture the point of impact based on the game type. Key parameter for this impact determination is acceleration and rate of change of acceleration.
According to an embodiment herein, the visual simulation of motion including player, ground/court/equipment is altered based on parameter mapping depending upon the selected game.
According to an embodiment herein, a list of key items for scorecard are displayed on a Scorecard List based upon the game. The list includes swing speed, impact parameter, angle of bat, balance index, etc.
The game monitoring device/s 102 detects a plurality of data points from the player or game devices and transmits the same to the remote server 106 through the gateway device 105. The remote server 106 filters and processes the signals and analyses each shot and the game of the player. The analysis is visualized and is displayed/rendered on the computing device 116 of a user. The game monitoring device/s 102, the remote server 106, and the computing device communicate with each other using the communication network 104.
The game monitoring device/s 102 comprises a plurality of sensors, for detecting a plurality of data points from the player involved in a game or game devices. The game monitoring device/s 102 is a hardware device that is placed in the vicinity of the player or is worn by the player as an accessory or on the sports equipment used in the given sports or embedded inside the sports equipment or accessories. For example, the game monitoring device/s is placed as a wristband for a player practicing a cricket game. According to an embodiment herein, the game monitoring device/s 102 is placed on one of the accessories worn by the player. For example, the game monitoring device/s is placed behind the helmet and/or on behind the cricket bat in a non-intrusive and non-obtrusive way and/or inside a cricket bat or ball, for a player practicing a cricket game.
The game monitoring device/s 102 includes a plurality of sensors for detecting the data points from the player. The examples of the sensors included in the game monitoring device/s are motion sensors, temperature sensors, pressure sensors, position sensors, proximity sensors, speed sensors, an audio sensor, a pyroelectric sensor, piezoelectric sensor and the like. Further, the game monitoring device/s 102 also includes a transceiver for transmitting the received data points to a remote computing device. Further, the game monitoring device/s 102 is provided with a filler circuit to filter the noise signals and unwanted spurious signals and noises from the detected data points and process the signals to derive a pattern. Further, the game monitoring device/s ensures a synchronization of the plurality of sensors so that the plurality of data points received from the plurality of sensors are translated to meaningful and aligned game insights for a same event or action or game.
The gateway device 105 is a device that interfaces with other computing devices and the remote server 106. According to an embodiment herein, the gateway device 105 is referred as a computing device such as a laptop, desktop computer, smart phone, and the like that is configured to perform the tasks of a gateway. The gateway device 105 is configured to communicate with the remote server 106 and the other computing devices using a plurality of protocols.
A communication is established between the game monitoring device/s 102, the remote server 106, and the computing device 116 through the communication network 104. The communication network includes both a wired and wireless communication. The examples of the communication network include, but ate not limited to the Internet, an intranet, a radio-frequency network, telephonic network, a local area network (LAN), a wide area network (WAN), a proximity network such as Bluetooth, NFC, Wi-Fi, ZigBee, and Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE).
The remote server 106 is configured and programmed to receive the detected signals, process the detected signals and derive analysis about a shot, an action, a pose a style of play, a movement and a game of the player in action. The filtering and signal processing module 108 is configured to filter the unwanted noise signals received from the plurality of the sensors of the game device 102. The filtering and signal processing is carried out using the standard methods known to the person skilled in the art.
The analytics module 108 is configured to analyze the processed signals at a plurality of levels. The analysis module 108 is configured to analyze the processed signals based on the pre-determined steps used for analysis. For example, the analysis for the game of cricket include, but are not limited to position of the bat, virtually replay of the game, the mechanics of the game, the direction of the shot, the type of the shot, swing analysis, shot analysis, direction analysis, pressure analysis, pattern determination, length of the bowling delivery and comparative analysis. This analysis also provides a comparison with the best practice/template shots including guidance on necessary changes or improvements needed to reach to the level of standard/template shots. Information is provided in various segments with color coding for enhanced analysis.
The analysis module 108 is further configured to combines analysis of each shot and derive analysis for each delivery, game, session user, and the like. Further, the analysis module 108 is configured to combine multiple game patterns of the player and derive further analysis such as the optimum factors like body dynamics relative to the bat position at the time of impact for the player to play well, the unfavorable environmental factors to the player and the like.
The database 110 is provided for storing the user data, data related to the analysis, and meta-data of the overall system, and the like. The database 110 is further used for storing information related to players, coaches, data used for feeding the analysis module and the like.
The artificial intelligence module 114 is configured to derive data from the already stored data to provide a predictive analytics at various levels such as at player level, game level, and match level. For example, the artificial intelligence module 114 is configured to predict the common mistakes the player would make based the analysis of his games and also provide a platform to help him/her to overcome it. Further, the artificial intelligence module 114 is configured to recommend improvements to enhance the player's capability/skill.
The monitoring and analyzing of a sports performance of a player is done at a user computing device 116. The remote server renders the analysis and the player's details on the computing device 116. According to an embodiment herein, the computing device 116 receives the information from the remote server 106 through the communication network 104. The examples of the computing device 116 include, but are not limited to a smartphone, a laptop, a wearable device, a smart television, a tablet computer, and the like.
The user interface 118 is provided at a front-end of the system for displaying analysis, visuals and results computed by the remote server. Further, the user interlace 118 is provided with machine-readable instructions. The user interface 118 is configured to display a plurality of data related to the player and the game. The information displayed on the computing device 116 through the user interface 118 include, but are not limited to the visual playback of the previous shot played, analysis and visualization of the previous shot, analysis and visualization of the previous game, comparative analysis with a plurality of other players, and the like.
According to an embodiment herein, the remote server 106 is communicatively connected to a plurality of other computing devices for establishing inter-channel communication. For example, a player A is connected to a coach B and also a physician C, to enable the player A to receive a mentoring on various fronts. It is possible for the coach B and the physician C to get connected to the player A to provide a personal counselling as they are provided with the complete analysis of the player A and his game data. Further, the remote server 106 is configured to enable the users to share the analyzed data and results to third-party networks such as social networking sites. The remote server 106 enables the sharing the analyzed data using a social media module (not shown in the figure).
According to an embodiment herein, the user has the option to register into the portal as different types of operators, such as a player, a physician, a sports scientist, a coach, and the like. At first, the remote server receives a plurality of data points from the game monitoring device/s (Step 202). The game monitoring device/s receives the plurality of data points from a plurality of the sources including, but not limited to a plurality of sensors included in the game monitoring device/s. The plurality of data points received from other components, accessories of the game include a communicable wicket, a communicable crease, and the like. Further, the game monitoring device is configured to transmit the received data points to a game monitoring device for filtering and processing (Step 204). The game monitoring device is configured to transmit the data points to the remote server through the communication network through the gateway device. According to an embodiment herein, the game monitoring device is also configured to transmit the received data points to the computing device.
Once the remote server receives the data points from the game monitoring device/s, the data points are analyzed and an actionable insight regarding the shot, game, player are derived (Step 206). According to an embodiment herein, the analysis also includes predictive analysis using artificial intelligence for predicting possible mistakes the player might make and also recommends effective ways to minimize those errors.
The analyzed results are then presented to the user on the computing device through the communication network (Step 208). The analysis and results are presented to the user in a plurality of ways, which include but not limited to the graphical representation, tabular representation, statistical representation and textual representation.
Further, the monitoring and analysis system provides the users and third-party service providers (including by not limited to the services offered through social media channel) to provide feedback about the player's techniques, suggest improvements, rate the game, compete with other players in virtually simulated games, challenge other players, and the like. These are received by the remote server and is further utilized for improving analysis techniques (Step 210).
According to an embodiment herein, a ball impact area is identified from the plurality of sample data collected with the motion sensors using the linear acceleration. The linear motion is derived from acceleration by performing a doable integration the sensor data over time. To manage the inherent motion drift resulting from the use of motion sensors and the above approach, the time window of motion capture is reduced by accurately identifying instants of time at which the motion starts and ends. The thresholds of the above are derived from numerous data sets acquired from the sensors.
According to an embodiment herein, the rate of change of acceleration data is used to accurately identify the ball impact area accurately. The interrupts like that of “double tap” from accelerometer is further used to triangulate on exact ball impact sample. The microphone data is used as further additional input to detect accurate ball impact position. The quaternions and Roll, Pitch and Yaw is further used to understand the angular motion of the bat and is used by the gaming engine to show the angular movement of the bat.
The various embodiments herein provide a system and method for monitoring and analyzing sports performance of an individual. The system helps the players to enhance the level of player's competence by improving skill levels. Further, the system and method processes the data collected with a plurality of sensors such as inertial motion units (IMU), to capture the motions of the bat, head position, and feet relative to the bat movement, to visually represent the movements in the form of an animation. This visual representation is done without using any video recording equipment. The system and method also provides a dashboard to enable the player to receive the feedback from a plurality of stakeholders such as coaches, mentors, sports scientists, clubs, teams, umpires, family and friends, and the like. Further, the system and method provides recommendations to the users on the possible improvements and the possible ways to eliminate and minimize mistakes. The system also brings the advantages of the video recording solutions used by the international and first class players to every player to help them to advance their game of play or game level at a fraction of the cost with much-reduced effort setup without actually using the video recording. The system enables to store the shot data for entire duration of the game on the game monitoring device itself without a requirement of any external connectivity. Further, the system and method enables to automatically recognize the various types of shots (straight drive, cover drive, square cut, etc.) of a batsman. Further, a comparative analysis of the shot played by the player with the corresponding best-in-class shot or best-in-class ball bowled. Additionally, the system also shares the data regarding the area the batsmen has intended to hit the shot, whether the shot was hit in the air or on the ground, whether the head was balanced, the time of hitting a shot by the batsman, the batting speed of batsman, and many such cricketing parameters which are important to monitor for one's improvement.
The foregoing description of the specific embodiments will so fully reveal the general nature of the embodiments herein that others can, by applying current knowledge, readily modify and/or adapt for various applications such specific embodiments without departing from the generic concept, and, therefore, such adaptations and modifications should and are intended to be comprehended within the meaning and range of equivalents of the disclosed embodiments. It is to be understood that the phraseology or terminology employed herein is for the purpose of description and not of limitation. Therefore, while the embodiments herein have been described in term of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the embodiments herein can be practiced with modification within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
Although the embodiments herein are described with various specific embodiments, it will be obvious for a person skilled in the art to practice the disclosure with modifications. However, all such modifications are deemed to be within the scope of the appended claims.
It is also to be understood that the following claims are intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the embodiments described herein and all the statements of the scope of the embodiments which as a matter of language might be said to fall there between.
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