Solutions for positioning inertia measurements units for motion tracking
Solutions for positioning inertia measurements units for motion tracking
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用于运动跟踪的定位惯性测量单元的解决方案
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2012
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G. Helling
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作者:
G. Helling
Inertial motion capturing is one of a few techniques for real-time analysis of human motion. The main
advantage of this specific technique is that no expensive lab and cameras are needed to get the job done.
Xsens Technologies has been developing this technique for over 10 years. Their system (MVN) can
be used in a number of different settings. For entertainment purposes they have developed a full-body
lycra suit. For motion science purposes they have developed seperate straps that can be put onto each
individual segment. This helps increase accuracy of the measurements because they can be put more
tightly onto the body. It is also a one-size-fits-all solution which makes it a cheaper and easier product
because only one size is needed at all times, unlike the suit. This seems like a perfect solution but there
is always room for improvement, this is especially true for measurements of the shoulder. Currently
the MVN Straps include some sort of shoulder top that has the shoulder sensors and sternum sensor
attached to it. But because of the soft tissue artifact, complexity of the shoulder and complexity of the
shoulder top, the measurements are not very accurate. The goal of this project is to find a new solution
for this problem. Chapter 1 will go into more detail about this.
Chapter 2 is about the analysis phase of this project. It shows how and by who the straps are being used,
how the shoulder works, what the current solutions is and what competitors have come up with. This
chapter is very important to help understand the problem and what needs to be taken into account when
designing a new shoulder strap.
Chapter 3 shows the design phase. To rule out some ideas, some of the old concepts and prototypes
have been analyzed. These ideas did not work or were too complicated so anything similar to any of
those probably would not work either. With that in mind some ideas were generated and the ones that
seemed the most promising were worked out in more detail. Eventually four concepts were created.
Two of them involving neoprene shoulder braces and two of them made from lycra.
In chapter 4 these concepts were eleborated into prototypes. Unfortunately it turned out that one of
them was too complicated to make in the limited time that was left so only three prototypes were created.
The chapter also explains and shows the results of an experiment that was conducted with the prototypes
to see if any of them worked as expected and if any of them would be good enough to replace
the current shoulder piece. Unfortunately the results show quite some inconsistency which made it very
difficult to draw some proper conclusions from them. Results show that the neoprene prototypes do
not perform very well even though people found them to be the most comfortable. Perhaps with a few
adjustments it is still possible for one of the two neoprene ideas to perform better.