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Video Based Motion Analysis
Tetyana Antimirova and Marina Milner-Bolotin,
Department of Physics
Faculty of Engineering, Architecture and Science
Ryerson University
OAPT Conference, May 22-24, 2008
Ryerson University, Toronto
WHAT IS VIDEO-BASED MOTION ANALYSYS?
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In Motion Video Analysis, experimental demonstrations or
real-life events involving motion (roller-coaster rides, car
race, sports events, objects falling, etc.) are recorded on
videos and later analyzed using Logger Pro or VideoPoint
software
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The position data are collected from each time frame
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Positions of objects in the video frame can be measured by
pointing a mouse and clicking.
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The data generated can be graphed, analyzed in
spreadsheets, compared to theoretical models.
ADVANTAGES
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Demonstrates real event (as opposed to idealized
textbook end-of-chapter questions)
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The data for problems/modeling come from the
experiment
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A Video Analysis mini-project presents a feasible cost
effective alternative to live experiments.
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Works whenever visible motion takes places
Data Acquisition and Analysis Software from Vernier
(LoggerPro)
David Vernier
www.vernier.com
Motion Video-Based Analysis
Motion Video-Based Analysis Resources:
LivePhoto Project
http://livephoto.rit.edu/
http://livephoto.rit.edu/wiki/
Patrick Cooney website
http://www.millersville.edu/~pjcooney
http://muweb.millersville.edu/~pjcooney/making-movies/
TETYANA’S FIRST TRY…
Tetyana’s first attempt at
motion video analysis at
summer Activity-Based
Physics Faculty Institute
(ABPFI),
Dickinson College,
Carlisle, Pennsylvania,
June 2007
EXAMPLES
Cart Going Forth and Back
Cart Going Forth and Back
Incline
Free Fall
VIDEO FROM “CONTEMPORARY GALILEO’S
PROJECTILE” HOMEWORK
(Courtesy of Activity Based Physics Group)
Frame-by-frame traced trajectory
TWO-TRACKS DEMO FROM ONTARIO SCIENCE
CENTRE
Question: Two
metal balls are
released from the
the top point
simultaneously.
Which one will
finish first?
HOMEWORK
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Some of the traditional end-of-chapter
problems can be converted into motion video
analysis problems
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Additional benefit: comparison of analytical
solutions (whenever possible) with numerical
solutions/modeling using real data
MANY STUDENTS FAIL TO RECOGNISE THE
SIMILARITIES
BETWEEN THESE SITUATIONS
TRADITIONAL END-OF-CHAPTER PROBLEM
A package is dropped from the plane which is flying with a constant horizontal
velocity of Va=150 ft/s. Determine the normal and tangential components
of acceleration, and the radius of curvature of the path of motion just
before the package strikes the ground R.C Hibbeler, (2006), “Engineering
Mechanics”, Pearson
PROBLEM EXAMPLE
Based on what you know about curvilinear motion,
calculate the rate of increase of speed for the third last
point of the trajectory (t=0.917). Whenever possible,
use real data from the movie.
(was offered as a supplement to the ABP’s “Galileo’s
Projectile II: Using Contemporary Techniques”
assignment)
THE PROJECTILE PATH
TRACED
HORIZONTAL MOTION
VERTICAL MOTION
VIDEO-BASED MOYION
ANALYSIS
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Potential to captivate and engage the students
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Potential to use whenever the visible motion
takes place
HANDS-ON PART
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Recoding our own video and inserting it into
LoggerPro
Analyzing movie using LoggerPro
THANK YOU!