Interactive Visualization for Biomechanical Assessment

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Solution Overview

Problem

Current biomechanical assessment methods for athletes are subjective and prone to error, leading to inaccurate analysis and delayed feedback, which can result in ineffective performance enhancement and injury prevention strategies, especially for those without access to sports performance experts or equipment.

Innovation Solution

An interactive visualization system that uses a receiver to capture and analyze biomechanical data in real-time, generating virtual sports feedback cues via a processor and transmitter, allowing users to receive immediate, precise guidance on biomechanical adjustments through a virtual sports performance expert, regardless of location or equipment availability.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Measurement precision

If conventional biomechanical equipment is used to measure data quantitatively, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of time increases due to weeks or months of analysis delay

Engineering Contradiction:

Improvebiomechanical data measurement precisionVSAvoidanalysis and report generation time

Core Design Contradiction:

Measurement precisionVSLoss of time

Solution Approach 1:

The patent replaces manual biomechanical analysis with an automated computer-based system that uses image processing algorithms to analyze biomechanical movements. The system captures images or video of athlete movements, processes them through computational algorithms, and generates reports automatically, eliminating the need for manual analysis by sports performance experts and reducing analysis time from weeks/months to minutes.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #28Mechanics substitution (Replace mechanical system)

Solution Approach 2:

The system enables automated self-analysis of biomechanical data without requiring continuous human intervention. The computer-based system independently processes biomechanical data, identifies movement patterns, detects compliance issues, and generates reports autonomously, allowing the system to serve itself in the analysis process while maintaining high precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #25Self-service

2Adaptability or versatility

If manual biomechanical analysis is performed by sports performance experts, then adaptability to individual athlete needs is improved, but manufacturing precision of analysis results deteriorates due to subjectivity and human error

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveadaptability to individual athlete assessmentVSAvoidprecision of biomechanical analysis results

Core Design Contradiction:

Adaptability or versatilityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system provides automated feedback mechanisms where the computer-based analysis continuously monitors biomechanical movements against established compliance criteria. The system compares captured movement data with reference standards, identifies deviations, and provides objective feedback on compliance status, eliminating subjective human interpretation while maintaining adaptability to individual athlete characteristics through customizable assessment parameters.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #23Feedback

3Ease of operation

If in-person physical assessment by sports performance expert is conducted, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision deteriorates due to subjectivity and inability to capture invisible metrics

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveease of performing physical assessmentVSAvoidprecision of biomechanical metrics measurement

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSMeasurement precision

Solution Approach 1:

The system introduces an intermediary computational layer between the athlete and the analysis process. Image capture devices record biomechanical movements, and computer algorithms process these visual data to extract precise metrics including invisible parameters such as joint articulation angles and movement patterns that are difficult for human experts to measure accurately. This intermediary processing layer maintains ease of operation while dramatically improving measurement precision.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

Data Source

PatentUS11273341B2Interactive visualization system for biomechanical assessment

Publication Date: 2022.03.15 QUANTUM ATHLETE TECH LLC

AI summary

An interactive visualization system has a receiver that receives image data corresponding to one or more biomechanical movements of a user. Further, the interactive visualization system has a processor that performs a biomechanical analysis, via a biomechanical rules engine, of the image data to determine that the one or more biomechanical movements of the user lack compliance with one or more biomechanical rules. The processor generates a virtual sports feedback cue to be rendered, in at least substantially real-time, via a virtual sports performance expert during performance of the one or more biomechanical movements of the user. Finally, the interactive visualization system has a transmitter that transmits the virtual sports feedback cue to the biomechanical data ingestion apparatus so that a rendering apparatus renders the virtual sports performance expert performing the virtual sports feedback cue in a manner visible to the user during the one or more biomechanical movements.