IP Library Granted Patent US 9,761,011
Granted Patent B2
US 9,761,011 · App. 14/319,080 · Granted Sep 12, 2017

Motion information processing apparatus obtaining motion information of a subject performing a motion

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Patent No.
US 9,761,011
App. No.
14/319,080
Granted
Sep 12, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A motion information processing apparatus according to an embodiment includes an obtaining unit, a designating operation receiving unit, an analyzing unit, and a display controlling unit. The obtaining unit obtains motion information of a subject who performs a predetermined motion. The designating operation receiving unit receives an operation to designate a site of the subject. The analyzing unit calculates an analysis value related to a movement of the designated site by analyzing the motion information. The display controlling unit displays display information based on the analysis value related to the movement of the designated site.

Claims (33)

1. A motion information processing apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

obtain motion information of a subject who performs a predetermined motion;

display a Graphical User Interface (GUI) in which a plurality of designating parts for setting a site to be analyzed in a form of at least one of a point and a line in the subject is respectively arranged with a plurality of joints of a body shown in at least one of image information of the subject and human body model information;

receive an operation to set the site to be analyzed in the form of the point corresponding to a joint and the line connecting joints in the subject by accepting a designation operation for a predetermined designating part included in the plurality of designating parts on the GUI;

calculate an analysis value related to a movement of the set site by analyzing the motion information; and

display display information based on the analysis value related to the movement of the set site.

2. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive an operation to arrange the designating part in an arbitrary position of the image information of the subject and the human body model information; and

display the information in which the designating part is arranged in the position received.

3. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is configured to receive the operation to set the site used for analyzing at least one of the following: skeleton information corresponding to a time when the subject is performing the predetermined motion; speed information and angle information in a predetermined position of the subject; and walking information corresponding to a time when the subject is performing a walking motion.

4. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to calculate the analysis value by analyzing at least one of the following: a sway of a knee in a direction orthogonal to a walking direction that is observed while the subject is performing a walking motion; a varus/valgus angle of a knee; a speed of a gravity point of the subject; and an angle of flexion and extension of a knee.

5. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

receive an operation to designate a site of the subject and reference information that serves as a reference for an evaluation regarding a motion of rehabilitation; and

measure, every time the motion information is obtained, an index value that serves as an index for the evaluation of the rehabilitation, on a basis of a positional relationship between the designated reference information and the designated site.

6. A motion information processing apparatus comprising:

processing circuitry configured to:

obtain motion information representing a motion of a person;

set a first reference plane and a second reference plane that serve as a reference for an evaluation regarding a motion of rehabilitation, by using position information of sites of a subject in an initial state of the subject who undergoes the rehabilitation;

measure, every time the motion information is obtained, an index value that serves as an index for the evaluation of the rehabilitation, by using the motion information and the first reference plane;

measure, every time the motion information is obtained, a deviation in the motion of rehabilitation by using the motion information and the second reference plane; and

perform the evaluation regarding the motion of rehabilitation by integrating the measured index value and the deviation.

7. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to set at least one of a coronal plane, a sagittal plane, and a horizontal plane, as the reference plane.

8. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to measure the index value for at least one of the following, by using the coronal plane set: flexion and extension of a shoulder; horizontal flexion and extension of a shoulder; flexion and extension of a shoulder girdle; flexion and extension of a hip; forward flexion and rearward flexion of a head; forward flexion and rearward flexion of a thoracolumbar area; and a rotation of a thoracolumbar area.

9. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to measure the index value for at least one of the following, by using the sagittal plane set: abduction and adduction of a shoulder; an external rotation and an internal rotation of a shoulder; abduction and adduction of a hip; lateral flexion of a neck; and lateral flexion of a thoracolumbar area.

10. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to measure the index value for at least one of the following, by using the horizontal plane set: raising and lowering of a shoulder girdle; and an external rotation and an internal rotation of a shoulder.

11. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display the index value on an display, wherein

the processing circuitry is further configured to display at least one of the following: image information including the reference plane and a site for which the index value is measured; and information indicating the index value.

12. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to display at least one of the following: information indicating a normal range of the index value for the rehabilitation; and information indicating an important notice for the rehabilitation.

13. The motion information processing apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the processing circuitry is further configured to:

detect a site of the subject from depth image information including coordinate information and depth information of the subject;

calculate orientation information indicating a movement of the site in a rotation direction, by using coordinate information of the site detected from the depth image information; and

measure the index value by using the orientation information calculated and the reference plane.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 23, 2016
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 039133/0915 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2014
From: UTSUNOMIYA, KAZUKI; SAKAUE, KOUSUKE; IKEDA, SATOSHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MEDICAL SYSTEMS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 033211/0019 →