Fitness System and Method for Basketball Training

Abstract

A fitness system for training a user to perform basketball movements is disclosed. The fitness system may include a sensor configured to detect spatial data associated with the user and a basketball. The fitness system also may include a display configured to provide a prompt associated with a particular movement, and user feedback. The fitness system also may include a movement database configured to store a plurality of movements including the particular movement, each movement including model movement data. The fitness system also may include a movement analysis unit configured to retrieve the model movement data associated with the particular movement from the movement database, determine user movement data based on the spatial data, determine user feedback data based on a comparison of the user movement data and the model movement data, and configure the display to display the user feedback based on the user feedback data.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A fitness system for training a user to perform movements, the fitness system comprising:
 a sensor configured to detect spatial data associated with the user and training gear;   a display configured to provide a visual prompt associated with a particular movement, a real-time visual representation of the relative movement of the user and the training gear, and user feedback;   a movement database configured to store a plurality of movements including the particular movement, each movement including model movement data; and   a movement analysis unit connected to the sensor, the display, and the movement database, the movement analysis unit configured to:
 retrieve model movement data associated with the particular movement from the movement database, 
 determine user movement data based on the spatial data, 
 compare the user movement data and the model movement data, 
 determine user feedback data based on the comparing the user movement data and the model movement data, and 
 configure the display to display the user feedback based on the user feedback data; 
   wherein the movement analysis unit is configured to parse the spatial data to determine a position of the training gear relative to a position of the at least two of at least one of the user's elbows, hands, wrists, forearms, hips, knees, ankles, and feet;   wherein the parsing comprises determining a first data point in three dimensional coordinates associated with the training gear, and determining a second data point in three dimensional coordinates associated with at least one of the user's elbows, hands, wrists, forearms, hips, knees, ankles, and feet.   
     
     
         2 . The fitness system of  claim 1 , wherein the training gear comprises a ball. 
     
     
         3 . The fitness system of  claim 1 , further comprising a housing configured to at least partially enclose each of the sensor, the display, the movement database, and the movement analysis unit. 
     
     
         4 . The fitness system of  claim 1 , wherein the user feedback comprises at least one of visual feedback and audio feedback. 
     
     
         5 . A fitness system comprising:
 a sensor configured to detect spatial data associated with a user and training gear;   a movement database configured to store a plurality of movements; and   a movement analysis unit connected to the sensor and the movement database, the movement analysis unit configured to:
 retrieve model movement data from the movement database, 
 determine user movement data based on the spatial data, wherein the determining the user movement data comprises parsing the spatial data to determine a first data point in three dimensional coordinates associated with the training gear relative to a second data point in three dimensional coordinates associated with at least two of at least one of the user's elbows, hands, wrists, forearms, hips, knees, ankles, and feet, and 
 compare the user movement data and the model movement data. 
   
     
     
         6 . The fitness system of  claim 5 , wherein the training gear comprises a ball. 
     
     
         7 . The fitness system of  claim 5 , further comprising a display configured to provide at least one of a visual prompt associated with a particular movement, a real-time visual representation of the relative movement of the user and the training gear, and user feedback. 
     
     
         8 . The fitness system of  claim 7 , wherein the fitness system further comprises an input unit configured to receive a user input associated with a training set, wherein the training set includes a set of movements including the particular movement. 
     
     
         9 . The fitness system of  claim 7 , wherein the movement analysis unit is configured to determine a deviation between the user movement data and the model movement data. 
     
     
         10 . The fitness system of  claim 9 , wherein the user feedback is positive feedback when the deviation is less than a predetermined threshold value and the user feedback is negative feedback when the deviation exceeds the predetermined threshold value. 
     
     
         11 . The fitness system of  claim 5 , wherein the fitness system further comprises a transceiver configured to receive new movement data associated with a new movement, and
 wherein the movement database is configured to store the new movement data.   
     
     
         12 . The fitness system of  claim 5 , wherein the sensor comprises a red, green, and blue (RBG) camera together with a three-dimensional (3D) infrared depth sensor. 
     
     
         13 . A method comprising:
 receiving, by a movement analysis unit, spatial data associated with a user and training gear;   retrieving, by a movement analysis unit, model movement data associated with the particular movement from the movement database;   determining, by the movement analysis unit, user movement data based on the spatial data, wherein the determining the user movement data comprises parsing the spatial data to determine a first data point in three dimensional coordinates associated with the training gear relative to a second data point in three dimensional coordinates associated with at least two of at least one of the user's elbows, hands, wrists, forearms, hips, knees, ankles, and feet; and   comparing, by the movement analysis unit, the user movement data and the model movement data.   
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, receiving, by the movement analysis unit, a user input associated with a training set, wherein the training set includes a set of movements including the particular movement. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, transmitting, by the movement analysis unit, a visual prompt associated with the particular movement to a display. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 13 , further comprising, determining, by the movement analysis unit, user feedback data based on the comparing the user movement data and the model movement data. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 16 , further comprises at least one of:
 transmitting, by the movement analysis unit, visual feedback based on the user feedback data to a display; and   transmitting, by the movement analysis unit, audio feedback based on the user feedback data to a speaker.   
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17 , further comprising determining, by the movement analysis unit, a deviation between the user movement data and the model movement data. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein the at least one of the visual feedback and the audio feedback is positive feedback when the deviation is less than a predetermined threshold value and wherein the at least one of the visual feedback and the audio feedback is negative feedback when the deviation exceeds the predetermined threshold value. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein the method further comprises receiving, by the movement analysis unit, new movement data associated with a new movement, and storing, by the movement analysis unit, the new movement data.