A group at the University of Tokyo announced that they have developed a new system that can visualize the movements of joints and muscles of people who exercise relatively easily using a camera that is remotely connected to a computer. It is said that it can be widely used in the field.
In order to analyze the movement of joints and muscles from images of exercise using a technology called "motion capture" in order to improve the competitiveness of athletes, sensors, dedicated equipment, and data analysis by specialists are required. It was necessary and could not be done easily.
Research groups such as Senior Researcher Yoshihiko Nakamura of the University of Tokyo have three-dimensional movements of joints and muscles by photographing people exercising with four cameras that are remotely connected to a computer equipped with AI = artificial intelligence. We have developed a system that can be visualized in Tokyo.
In this system, AI judges the position of the joint from the image and applies it to the skeleton model, and in addition to understanding the movement of the skeleton and joints three-dimensionally, each muscle is displayed in a different color depending on the amount of activity. I am.
Once the camera is set, it can be used at the shooting site without the presence of dedicated equipment or specialists.
Senior Researcher Nakamura says, "I want you to use it more widely than ever before, such as instructing amateur sports and in the field of rehabilitation."