Motion Data Tagging and Section Replacement for Reuse

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing technologies face challenges in reutilizing previously generated motion data, such as replacing user movements with reference motion data effectively.

Innovation Solution

An information processing apparatus and method that acquires motion data, imparts meta-information to associate with basic movements, and replaces designated sections of motion data with reference motion data using a sensor system and server-based similarity evaluation.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Quantity of substance

If motion data is generated and stored for reutilization, then motion data availability increases, but motion data reutilization capability deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotion data availabilityVSAvoidmotion data reutilization capability
Core Design Contradiction:
Quantity of substanceVSAdaptability or versatility

Solution Approach 1:

The motion data is segmented into multiple sections based on meta-information such as movement type, body part, and time period. This segmentation enables selective replacement of specific sections while preserving others, making the large volume of motion data reusable in different contexts. The imparting unit adds meta-information tags to each section, allowing the replacing unit to efficiently locate and substitute only the required portions.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Solution Approach 2:

Meta-information acts as an intermediary between the stored motion data and the replacement process. The meta-information (including movement type, body part, time period, and section identifiers) enables the system to match and replace appropriate motion sections without directly processing the entire motion data set, thus facilitating reutilization while maintaining data integrity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #24Intermediary (Mediator)

2Speed

If motion data replacement is performed without section designation, then replacement speed increases, but replacement precision deteriorates

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvereplacement speedVSAvoidreplacement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
SpeedVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The imparting unit performs preliminary action by adding meta-information to the motion data before the replacement process. This pre-tagging of sections with movement type, body part, and time period information enables the replacing unit to quickly locate and precisely replace only the designated sections without manual search, achieving both high speed and high precision replacement.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #10Preliminary action

3Stability of the object's composition

If detailed meta-information is added to motion data, then motion data organization improves, but data processing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improvemotion data organizationVSAvoiddata processing complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Stability of the object's compositionVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The meta-information structure is designed to be universal and multi-functional, serving multiple purposes simultaneously: section identification, movement type classification, body part specification, and time period marking. This unified approach improves motion data organization while avoiding the need for separate processing systems for each type of information, thus limiting the increase in processing complexity.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #6Universality (Multi-functionality)

Data Source

PatentUS20250258537A1Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and program
Publication Date: 2025.08.14 SONY GROUP CORP
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AI summary

To reutilize motion data.An information processing apparatus, including: an acquiring unit configured to acquire a motion data group indicating time-series data of motion of a user; an imparting unit configured to impart meta-information related to a basic movement in association with motion data with respect to the motion data group acquired by the acquiring unit; and a replacing unit configured to replace the motion data associated with the meta-information corresponding to a designated section indicating a section designated by the user among the motion data group with reference motion data to be a reference.