Wearable Joint Position Monitor for Real-Time Sports Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current wearable training devices for sports are limited in their ability to provide real-time feedback on optimal joint positions and sequences, are often expensive, and cannot be adjusted based on the user's skill level or specific sport, making them ineffective for improving performance.
Innovation Solution
A wearable apparatus equipped with a processor, sensors, and a signaling component that monitors joint positions and movements, providing real-time feedback through sensory cues when the user's joint position deviates from predetermined optimal ranges, and allowing for adjustments based on sport, skill level, and motion type.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If a personal trainer is hired to monitor joint positions, then joint position monitoring accuracy is improved, but training cost increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wearable apparatus enables users to self-monitor their own joint positions through real-time feedback from sensors and signaling components, eliminating the need for external trainers to perform this function while maintaining monitoring accuracy
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical human observer (personal trainer) with an electronic sensing system comprising accelerometers, gyroscopes, and signaling components that automatically detect and communicate joint position deviations
2Adaptability or versatility
If existing wearable training devices are used, then single motion training is supported, but adaptability to different sports and skill levels deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The apparatus allows dynamic adjustment of optimal joint position ranges and feedback thresholds based on selected sport type and user skill level, enabling the same device to adapt to multiple training scenarios without requiring different hardware configurations
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes operational parameters such as optimal joint position ranges, tolerance thresholds, and feedback timing based on pre-programmed sport-specific protocols and user skill level selections, allowing one device to serve multiple purposes
3Productivity
If real-time joint position feedback is provided, then training effectiveness is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device is segmented into distinct functional modules: sensing components (accelerometers, gyroscopes), processing unit, and signaling components, allowing independent optimization of each module while maintaining overall system simplicity
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements real-time feedback through signaling components that provide immediate sensory cues when joint positions deviate from optimal ranges, enabling users to self-correct without requiring complex intervention systems
Data Source
AI summary
A wearable apparatus for using reinforced neurofeedback for sports training is configured to be worn at or near a user's joint to monitor a position of the user's joint. One such a wearable apparatus comprises a processor, a computer-readable medium, a sensor, an I/O component, a battery, a timer, a signaling component, and a flexible printed circuit. The computer-readable medium store at least one optimal range of the user's joint and/or a sequence of timed optimal ranges of the positions of the user's joint for a specific sport. The sensor continuously detects the position of the user's joint. Once the processor determines that the user's joint falls outside the optimal range of the position of the user's joint, the processor activates the signaling component to send a feedback signal for the user to make immediate corrections to the position of the user's joint.