Mental State Evaluation via Motion Reproducibility Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Athletes face challenges in identifying and improving their mental state, which affects their performance, as it is difficult to find effective counseling and assess its impact on their sports performance.
Innovation Solution
A mental/physical state evaluation system that includes a reproducibility evaluator, a mental evaluator, and an evaluation value storage to determine and associate reproducibility and mental evaluation values, allowing users to visualize the relationship between their mental state and exercise performance.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If an athlete receives counseling to improve mental state, then the mental state may improve, but it takes a relatively long time to determine the effect of the counseling
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements immediate feedback by continuously monitoring body motion reproducibility and mental state indicators, allowing athletes to see the direct correlation between their mental state and performance in real-time. This eliminates the long delay in determining counseling effectiveness by providing ongoing quantitative data rather than waiting for future outcomes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical counseling evaluation process (which requires waiting for future performance changes) with an automated information processing system that uses sensors, data analysis, and immediate feedback to evaluate mental state effects in real-time.
2Reliability
If an athlete seeks expert counseling to improve mental state, then the mental state may improve, but it is not easy to find an expert and receive counseling
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables athletes to independently evaluate and improve their own mental state by providing them with the tools to monitor their body motion reproducibility and mental state indicators. The automated analysis and immediate feedback allow athletes to self-diagnose and self-correct without requiring expert intervention, making the service universally accessible.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an automated information processing system as an intermediary between the athlete and expert counseling. This system bridges the gap by providing objective, data-driven insights that supplement or replace the need for difficult-to-access human experts, while still maintaining scientific validity.
3Reliability
If traditional counseling methods are used, then mental state may improve, but the relationship between mental state and exercise performance is not easily grasped
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides immediate feedback that directly connects mental state indicators with body motion reproducibility metrics. By continuously monitoring both aspects and presenting their correlation in real-time, the system makes the relationship between mental state and performance visible and understandable to athletes.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent employs visual indicators (such as color-coded feedback) to represent the relationship between mental state and performance. This transforms abstract psychological concepts into concrete, easily interpretable visual information that athletes can immediately understand and act upon.
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AI summary
In a mental/physical state evaluation system (100), a motion information acquirer (70) acquires information indicating a motion state of a subject who repeatedly performs a predetermined body motion. A reproducibility evaluator (94) determines a reproducibility evaluation value on the basis of an analysis result regarding the reproducibility of the predetermined body motion. A mental information acquirer (80) acquires information indicating the mental state of the subject. A mental evaluator (96) determines a mental evaluation value on the basis of an analysis result regarding the mental state of the subject. An evaluation value storage (98) stores the reproducibility evaluation value and the mental evaluation value in association with each other. A result outputter (99) outputs information indicating the relevance between the mental evaluation value and the quality of the reproducibility evaluation value.