Method and apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment

1. A method for impact position detection of impact sport equipment, detecting, by using a vibration sensor mounted on impact sport equipment, an impact position by an apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment comprising a processor, the method comprising following steps:

retrieving a vibration signal generated by the vibration sensor detecting a vibration caused by impact of the impact sport equipment and a ball;

performing a spectrum analysis on the vibration signal to obtain a plurality of eigenfrequencies of the vibration signal in a frequency domain; and

calculating at least one piece of characteristic information by using an amplitude of each of the eigenfrequencies and inputting the same into a prediction model established in advance by using machine learning, so as to estimate an impact position of the ball on the impact sport equipment, wherein the prediction model is trained by using the characteristic information of multiple vibration signals and corresponding impact positions.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a step of calculating the at least one piece of characteristic information by using the amplitude of each of the eigenfrequencies comprises:

selecting one primary eigenfrequency and at least one secondary eigenfrequency according to the magnitude of the amplitude of the eigenfrequency and calculating the characteristic information by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency as well as that of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency.

3. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a step of calculating the characteristic information by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency as well as that of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency comprises:

calculating a ratio of the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency with respect to that of each of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency as the characteristic information.

4. The method according to claim 3 , wherein a step of calculating the characteristic information by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency as well as that of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency further comprises:

calculating a ratio of the amplitude of each of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency with respect to one another as the characteristic information.

5. The method according to claim 2 , wherein a step of calculating the characteristic information by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency as well as that of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency comprises:

calculating a first eigenvalue by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency, calculating at least one second eigenvalue by using the amplitude of each of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency, and calculating a ratio of the first eigenvalue with respect to each of the second eigenvalues as the characteristic information.

6. The method according to claim 1 , further comprising:

retrieving multiple vibration signals generated by the vibration sensor detecting vibrations caused by impact of the ball at multiple preset impact positions on the impact sport equipment;

respectively performing a spectrum analysis on the vibration signals to obtain a plurality of eigenfrequencies of the vibration signals in the frequency domain, and calculating the characteristic information by using the amplitude of each of the eigenfrequencies; and

using the characteristic information as input of the prediction model and using the corresponding impact positions as output of the prediction model so as to train the prediction model, and recording multiple learning parameters of the trained prediction model.

7. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the machine learning comprises a decision tree, a convolutional neural network (CNN), a deep neural network (DNN), or a support vector machine (SVM).

8. A method according to claim 1 , wherein the vibration sensor comprises one or a combination of a piezoelectric vibration sensor, an electric vibration sensor, an eddy current vibration sensor, an inductive vibration sensor, a capacitive vibration sensor, a resistive vibration sensor, and a photoelectric vibration sensor.

9. An apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment, the apparatus comprising:

a data retrieving apparatus, connected to a vibration sensor mounted on impact sport equipment, the vibration sensor detecting a vibration of the impact sport equipment to generate a vibration signal;

a storage apparatus, storing multiple learning parameters of a prediction model established in advance by using machine learning, wherein the prediction model is trained by using characteristic information of multiple vibration signals and corresponding impact positions, wherein the impact position is a position where the impact of the impact sport equipment and a ball occurs; and

a processor, coupled to the data retrieving apparatus and the storage apparatus and configured to:

retrieve, by the data retrieving apparatus, the vibration signal generated by the vibration sensor detecting the vibration generated by impact of impact sport equipment and the ball;

perform a spectrum analysis on the vibration signal to obtain a plurality of eigenfrequencies of the vibration signal in a frequency domain; and

calculate at least one piece of characteristic information by using an amplitude of each of the eigenfrequencies and inputting the same into the prediction model, so as to estimate an impact position of the ball on the impact sport equipment.

10. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the processor selects one primary eigenfrequency and at least one secondary eigenfrequency according to a magnitude of the amplitude of the eigenfrequency and calculates the characteristic information by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency as well as that of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency.

11. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 10 , wherein the processor calculates a ratio of the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency with respect to that of each of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency as the characteristic information.

12. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 11 , wherein the processor further calculates a ratio of the amplitude of each of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency with respect to one another as the characteristic information.

13. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 10 , the processor calculates a first eigenvalue by using the amplitude of the primary eigenfrequency, calculates at least one second eigenvalue by using the amplitude of each of the at least one secondary eigenfrequency, and calculates a ratio of the first eigenvalue with respect to each of the second eigenvalues as the characteristic information.

14. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the processor further retrieves, by the data retrieving apparatus, multiple vibration signals generated by the vibration sensor detecting vibrations generated by impact of the ball at multiple preset impact positions on the impact sport equipment; respectively perform a spectrum analysis on the vibration signals to obtain a plurality of eigenfrequencies of the vibration signals in the frequency domain; calculate the characteristic information by using the amplitude of each of the eigenfrequencies; and use the characteristic information as input of the prediction model and use the corresponding impact positions as output of the prediction model so as to train the prediction model and record multiple learning parameters of the trained prediction model in the storage apparatus.

15. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 9 , wherein the machine learning comprises a decision tree, a convolutional neural network, a deep neural network, or a support vector machine.

16. The apparatus for impact position detection of impact sport equipment according to claim 9 , the vibration sensor comprises one or a combination of a piezoelectric vibration sensor, an electric vibration sensor, an eddy current vibration sensor, an inductive vibration sensor, a capacitive vibration sensor, a resistive vibration sensor, and a photoelectric vibration sensor.