SBIR Phase I: Sports Performace Improvement Through Novel Methods of Computer Human Interaction

SBIR 第一阶段：通过计算机人机交互的新方法提高运动表现

• 批准号: 0441659
• 负责人: Paul Antonucci
• 金额: $ 9.49万
• 依托单位: Alberti's Window, LLC
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2005-01-01 至 2005-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0441659&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Sports; Performace; Improvement

This Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Phase I project will research, prototype, and test a novel system for improving performance and reducing injuries due to improper body mechanics in sports such as baseball, football, and tennis. The innovation of the proposed system is twofold: First, it builds on the learning theory of real-time feedback combined with inexpensive data collection technologies, that is, ordinary video cameras, wireless accelerometers, personal computers, and computer generated sounds. This makes it an ideal learning tool for a wide audience and puts it within the financial and technical reach of organizations devoted to the development of student-age players. Second, Alberti's Window plans to research the effectiveness of real-time auditory feedback of motion variables (with and without visual feedback on a computer screen), an area that is highly under-explored, and, one that has large potential to leverage learning through human-computer interactions. The application area during Phase I will be youth baseball players.Recreational sports is an area that involves a large number of people; for example, there are nearly 3 million participants in Little League Baseball. Companies that sell to this market are typically billion dollar companies. While computers and modern technology have been used to advantage in professional sports, they are not extensively used in amateur or recreational contexts. Potential benefits of this technology include 1) reduction in injuries that are due to improper body mechanics, and consequently wider and more enjoyable participation , 2) better athletic performance , 3) increased scientific and technological literacy to the target population of young sports enthusiasts, and 4) increased understanding of the possibilities of using real-time multimodal sensory feedback in Human-Computer interactions.

这项小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目将研究、制作原型并测试一种新系统，以提高棒球、足球和网球等运动中由于身体力学不正确而导致的表现和减少伤害。该系统的创新之处在于两个方面：首先，它建立在实时反馈的学习理论基础上，结合了廉价的数据收集技术，即普通摄像机、无线加速度计、个人电脑和计算机生成的声音。这使得它成为广泛受众的理想学习工具，并将其置于致力于培养学生年龄球员的组织的财务和技术范围内。其次，Alberti's Window计划研究运动变量的实时听觉反馈的有效性（在计算机屏幕上有或没有视觉反馈），这是一个高度未开发的领域，并且有很大的潜力通过人机交互来利用学习。第一阶段的应用领域是青少年棒球运动员。休闲体育是一个涉及大量人群的领域；例如，有近300万人参加少年棒球联盟。向这个市场销售产品的公司通常是价值数十亿美元的公司。虽然计算机和现代技术在职业体育运动中被广泛使用，但它们在业余或娱乐环境中并没有广泛使用。这项技术的潜在好处包括：1)减少由于不适当的身体力学造成的伤害，从而更广泛、更愉快地参与；2)更好的运动表现；3)提高年轻运动爱好者目标人群的科学和技术素养；4)增加对在人机交互中使用实时多模态感官反馈的可能性的理解。