Method for real time interactive visualization of muscle forces and joint torques in the human body

a technology which is applied in the field of real-time interactive visualization of muscle force and joint torque in the human body, can solve the problems of no known system or method available for visualizing in 3d, and no known way of viewing the body force array in real tim

Inactive Publication Date: 2008-09-11
MOTEK
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[0011]Still another embodiment of the invention creates a new measurement and visualization tool, bearing applications in various industries. The invention creates the possibility of looking at muscle force transference in the body for determining, registering and evaluating human functional performance to a range of given situations.

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Currently there is no known system or method available for visualizing in 3D the muscle forces exerted by the human body in real time.
Most rehabilitation clinics and medical research institutes use specialized therapeutic programs, based on cause related classifications of movement disorders, but there is no known way that they can view the body force arrays in real time as it usually takes many hours and days of calculations to derive those parameters and the results are numerical or graphical and not intuitive to the viewer.

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[0024]Muscle forces are typically invisible by nature and one can normally only see the results of applied muscle forces on the individual's surroundings. One embodiment of the present invention makes it possible to view simulated muscle forces in the human body in real-time, in a way that makes clear the force transference in the human musculoskeletal system. The process of achieving this functionality relies on fast and accurate real time motion capture data processing into an IK (inverse kinematics) skeletal layer containing joint positions and orientations, a further process deriving accelerations and velocities, a further process deriving inverse dynamics in real time, a further process deriving muscle forces from joint torques, and a final process converting the result streams into 3D visualizations of color and form changes in a 3D accurate human body muscle model.

[0025]The applicant herein incorporates by reference U.S. Pat. No. 6,774,885 for all purposes.

[0026]One embodimen...

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A method and system are provided for the visual display of anatomical forces, that system having: a motion capture system; a computer, receiving data from said motion capture system; and a computational pipeline disposed on said computer; that computational pipeline being configured to calculate muscle forces and joint torques in real time and visually display those forces and torques.

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RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application claims the benefit of U.S. Provisional Applications No. 60 / 893,394, filed Mar. 7, 2007. This application is herein incorporated in its entirety by reference.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]This invention most generally relates to a system that combines motion capture technology and a 3D computational musculoskeletal model to create a real time display environment where muscle forces and joint torques are illustrated. More specifically, various embodiments of the present invention create real time visualizations of the physical muscle forces and joint torques in the body during movement.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]Currently there is no known system or method available for visualizing in 3D the muscle forces exerted by the human body in real time. Most rehabilitation clinics and medical research institutes use specialized therapeutic programs, based on cause related classifications of movement disorders, but there is no known way that they c...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61B5/103G06T13/40
CPCA61B5/103A61B5/1114A61B5/1127A61B5/224G09B23/28A61B5/4528A61B5/1116A61B5/6804A61B5/4519
Inventor ZOHAR, OSHRI EVENVAN DEN BOGERT, ANTONIE J.
Owner MOTEK
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