Presentation 2018-05-22
Measurement system for martial arts movement using spherical light reflective markers with elastic belts
Maki Nakamura, Kiyoshi Hoshino,
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Abstract(in English) It is important for trainees to grasp their own tendency and features of motion objectively and quantitatively with no labor and effort when they practice striking and thrusting motions of swordplay such as Tankendo (close quarter combat with short bamboo sword). To fulfil the above requirement, it is desirable that the trainees are supported by a system for capturing and analyzing, which allows them to immediately use on the spot without changing clothes with almost no labor and effort, whenever necessary. Our study therefore suggests a system capable of capturing and analyzing the postures of articulated human motions in a sagittal plane using at most 4-color spherical light reflective markers through one camera. Our system consists of 4 primary-color spherical light reflective markers, elastic belts with markers, indications for marker wearing positions and one small-size high-speed camera (cell phone). The styrene foam marker is formed into a small-sized light sphere on a thin plastic seat. Some of the markers are attached directly to a user’s body by means of double-coated adhesive tape. Others, which have been previously fixed to the elastic belts, are attached to the body by wrapping around the trunk, head and extremities. The indications for marker wearing positions instruct the user what color of marker should be attached to what site of the body according to the colors and size of user’s clothes and the color combination of objects in the background, following a given flow chart.
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Keyword(in English) capturing and analyzing system / articulated human motions in a sagittal plane / light reflective markers / elastic belts / Tankendo
Paper # HCS2018-21,HIP2018-21
Date of Issue 2018-05-14 (HCS, HIP)

Conference Information
Committee HCS / HIP / HI-SIGCE
Conference Date 2018/5/21(2days)
Place (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Place (in English) Okinawa Industry Support Center
Topics (in Japanese) (See Japanese page)
Topics (in English) Communication Enhancing and Human Communications
Chair Yukiko Nakano(Seikei Univ.) / Masahiro Ishii(Sapporo City Univ.)
Vice Chair Nobuyuki Watanabe(Kanazawa Inst. of Tech.) / Tomoo Inoue(Univ. of Tsukuba) / Miyuki Kamachi(Kogakuin Univ.) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Tohoku Univ.)
Secretary Nobuyuki Watanabe(Ritsumeikan Univ.) / Tomoo Inoue(Osaka Electro-Comm. Univ.) / Miyuki Kamachi(NEC) / Shuichi Sakamoto(Univ. of Tsukuba) / (Nagoya Univ.)
Assistant Kazuki Takashima(Tohoku Univ.) / Ken Fujiwara(Osaka Univ. of Economic) / Kazunori Terada(Gifu Univ.) / Atsushi Kimura(Nihon Univ.) / Atsushi Wada(NICT) / Kanaya Hidetoshi(Aichi Syukutoku Univ.) / Rika Mochizuki(NTT)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Human Communication Science / Technical Committee on Human Information Processing / Special Interest Group on Communication Enhancement
Language JPN
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Title (in English) Measurement system for martial arts movement using spherical light reflective markers with elastic belts
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) capturing and analyzing system
Keyword(2) articulated human motions in a sagittal plane
Keyword(3) light reflective markers
Keyword(4) elastic belts
Keyword(5) Tankendo
1st Author's Name Maki Nakamura
1st Author's Affiliation Ibaraki Prefectural University of Health Sciences/University of Tsukuba(Ibaraki Univ. Health Sci./Univ. Tsukuba)
2nd Author's Name Kiyoshi Hoshino
2nd Author's Affiliation University of Tsukuba(Univ. Tsukuba)
Date 2018-05-22
Paper # HCS2018-21,HIP2018-21
Volume (vol) vol.118
Number (no) HCS-49,HIP-50
Page pp.pp.143-148(HCS), pp.143-148(HIP),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2018-05-14 (HCS, HIP)