| 摘要 |
<p>The present invention relates to a sensing system which is capable of discriminating types of causes of changing loads on a surface, such as the type of motion of a human subject. The system has wide ranging applications including sports performance (e.g. golf club swing analysis). The system comprises a deformable load bearing surface ( 2 ), a plurality of mutually spaced sensors ( 6 ), a processor ( 8 ) and an output ( 10 ). The sensors ( 6 ) are coupled through the deformation response of the surface ( 2 ) to an applied load ( 4 ) to receive local sensory data from the surface ( 2 ). The processor ( 8 ) is operatively coupled to the sensors ( 6 ) and is arranged to transform the sensory data into information data relating to a load ( 4 ) applied to the surface ( 2 ), e.g. by means of a neural network algorithm. In an alternative embodiment, a housing including the deformable load bearing surface ( 2 ) contains a flowable material (e.g. liquid) which flows in response to the deformation of the surface.</p> |
