Athletic Skill Video Analysis for Personalized Biomechanic Feedback

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing athletic performance analytics technologies lack precision and adaptability to cater to individual athletes' specific biomechanics, failing to provide real-time, actionable insights that accurately reflect personal strengths and weaknesses, thereby hindering optimal performance improvement.

Innovation Solution

Employing AI/ML to analyze a player's own shooting data, focusing on individual biomechanics and actual performance-of-skill success rates, and providing personalized biomechanic adjustments based on correlated metrics.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If traditional manual tracking methods are used to evaluate athletic performance, then the system complexity is low, but the measurement precision and reliability of biomechanic metrics are insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvebiomechanic metric accuracyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Measurement precisionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual mechanical tracking methods with automated computer vision and machine learning systems. Multiple cameras capture athletic performance data, and AI algorithms automatically analyze biomechanic metrics such as balance, alignment, and movement patterns, eliminating the need for manual observation and measurement while significantly improving precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The patent introduces AI software applications and processing systems as intermediaries between the athletic performance data and the evaluation results. These intermediaries automatically process video content, extract biomechanic metrics, and provide actionable insights, bridging the gap between raw data and meaningful performance assessment.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Adaptability or versatility

If existing automated technologies are used, then the measurement precision is improved, but the adaptability to individual athlete biomechanics is insufficient

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveindividual athlete adaptabilityVSAvoidbiomechanic metric accuracy
Core Design Contradiction:
Adaptability or versatilityVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by customizing the evaluation criteria and biomechanic metrics for each individual athlete. The system analyzes each athlete's unique movement patterns, strengths, and weaknesses, providing personalized feedback rather than applying uniform standards to all athletes. This allows the system to adapt to individual biomechanics while maintaining high measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

Solution Approach 2:

The patent implements dynamic adaptability by allowing the system to learn and adjust to each athlete's evolving performance characteristics over time. The machine learning algorithms continuously refine their analysis based on accumulated data, enabling the system to adapt to changes in an athlete's biomechanics and provide increasingly accurate and personalized insights.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #15Dynamics

3Loss of information

If comprehensive biomechanic analysis is performed, then the measurement precision and actionable insights are improved, but the loss of time for data processing increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveactionable insights qualityVSAvoiddata processing time
Core Design Contradiction:
Loss of informationVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies preliminary action by pre-configuring the system with relevant biomechanic metrics and evaluation criteria before data collection. The AI models are pre-trained to recognize and extract key performance indicators, allowing the system to process athletic performance data efficiently without requiring extensive post-processing or analysis setup, thus reducing time loss while maintaining comprehensive analysis quality.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

4Reliability

If subjective observation methods are used, then the system complexity is low, but the reliability and consistency of performance evaluation deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveevaluation consistencyVSAvoidsystem complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
ReliabilityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces subjective human observation with objective automated measurement systems. Computer vision technology and AI algorithms consistently evaluate biomechanic metrics without being influenced by human bias, fatigue, or variability, ensuring high reliability and consistency across all athletic performance assessments while managing system complexity through automated processing.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Data Source

PatentUS20250312680A1Methods, systems, and devices for capturing video content associated with performing an athletic skill and determining biomechanic adjustments for performing the athletic skill
Publication Date: 2025.10.09 ATHLETIQ LLC
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AI summary

Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, obtaining current video content of a player repeatedly performing a physical skill, analyzing the current video content based on previous video content, the previous video content comprises other video content of the player repeatedly performing the physical skill, determining biomechanic metrics of the player performing the physical skill based on the analysis, and determining each biomechanic metric of a portion of the biomechanic metrics does not satisfy a respective biomechanic metric success rate. Further embodiments include generating a first image of the player performing the physical skill from the current video content, generating a second image of the player performing the physical skill from the previous video content, and presenting the first image and the second image simultaneously and indicating the portion of the biomechanics that did not satisfy the respective biomechanic metric success rate. Other embodiments are disclosed.