Motion Information Apparatus Visualizing Response Appropriateness
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing techniques cannot effectively visualize the appropriateness of a motion actor's response to the motion of another moving body, such as a baseball batter's batting motion in relation to a pitcher's ball throw.
Innovation Solution
A motion information apparatus outputs images or sequences that display the relative time positions of a motion actor's actions in response to a moving body's motion, allowing visualization of the appropriateness of the motion actor's actions by correlating their timing with the moving body's movements on a shared time axis.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If existing techniques are used to visualize motion actor's basic motions, then muscle activity and basic motion appropriateness can be visualized, but the appropriateness of motion in response to another moving body's motion cannot be visualized
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the moving body's motion sequence and the motion actor's response sequence into a single integrated display showing both time axes simultaneously. This allows the relationship between the ball's flight and the batter's swing to be visualized together, enabling assessment of response appropriateness without requiring separate analyses or complex post-processing comparisons.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a dual time axis display that adds a temporal dimension comparison by showing two different time scales (moving body time and motion actor time) on the same visual plane. This dimensional approach allows observers to directly compare timing relationships and assess response appropriateness through the visual alignment or misalignment of events across the two time axes.
2Measurement precision
If separate analysis of moving body motion and motion actor response is performed, then individual motion characteristics can be studied, but the temporal relationship and response appropriateness cannot be evaluated
Solution Approach 1:
The system combines separate motion capture data of the moving body and the motion actor into a unified visualization that displays both sequences simultaneously with their respective time axes. This merging enables direct temporal comparison and precision measurement of response timing without requiring complex post-processing or multiple separate analyses.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a dual time axis display system as an intermediary that mediates between the moving body's motion data and the motion actor's response data. This intermediary structure allows precise temporal relationships to be measured and visualized while maintaining the simplicity of the analysis process, as the system automatically handles the alignment and comparison of the two sequences.
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AI summary
The appropriateness of a motion of a motion actor who makes a motion in response to a motion of at least one moving body other than him/herself is visualized. To display motion information of a motion actor who makes a motion in response to a motion of at least one moving body other than him/herself, an image showing one sequence which is visible or a plurality of sequences which are visible is output. In this case, a relative time which is a position on a relative time axis corresponds to a position on a specific axis of the image. The one sequence or each of the plurality of sequences graphically shows at least a position on the axis which corresponds to a moving body time that is a relative time at which at least one predetermined motion of the moving body was made, and a position on the axis which corresponds to a motion actor time that is a relative time at which at least one predetermined motion of the motion actor was made.