Equestrian performance sensing system

摘要

Systems, devices, and methods for gathering data from a horse and rider and providing training to the rider are provided. In one aspect, for example, a method of training an equestrian rider can include performing a ride by an equestrian rider on a horse, and obtaining ride data from the ride, the ride data including video, inertial measurements, rider joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, horse joint, head, torso, and/or limb information, and at least one force measurement between the horse and the rider during the rider. The ride data can then be analyzed and at least one riding improvement to be made by the rider can be identified, and the at least one riding improvement to be made to the rider can be relayed to the rider to provide training for a subsequent ride.

主权项

1. A closed loop system for training an equestrian rider, comprising:
a plurality of rider position sensors operable for attachment to a rider in locations that provide a plurality of rider joint, head, torso, and limb position information; a plurality of horse position sensors operable for attachment to a horse in locations that provide a plurality of horse joint, head, torso, and limb position information; a plurality of video cameras operable to be spaced apart from the horse and the rider, the plurality of video cameras operable to be time-synced and positioned to capture video of the horse and rider from a plurality of viewing directions; at least one force sensor operable to be functionally coupled between the horse and the rider; a plurality of inertial measurement units operable to couple to at least one of the horse or the rider; a data acquisition system operable to collect and store data from the rider position sensors, the horse position sensors, the at least one force sensor, and the inertial measurement units; a data display system operable to display the data collected from the data acquisition system; and a training system operable to train the equestrian rider based on the data collected from the data acquisition system and displayed on the data display system.