ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,656,879, issued on June 16.
"Leveraging machine learning and fractal analysis for classifying motion" was invented by Cooper Ray Boydston (Redmond, Ore.), Sean Michael Roach (Terrebonne, Ore.), Richard Philip Taylor (Eugene, Ore.) and Conor Rowland (Bend, Ore.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A machine learning process for classifying human or animal motion, including the classification of repetitive movements of a human or an animal in order to assess the quality of athletic performance, artistic performance, form, or other quality of motion. The classification of the repetitive movements, in particular, provide an indication of movement ...