ABSTRACT
This chapter presents a research project on Laban Motion Analysis (LMA) in Taiwan. Motion capture has collected an extensive profile of human movements with LMA methodology during the three years of research. In total, over 1500 data sets were recorded and stored in MotionDB. The Digital Motion Capture and Data Mining results show that the recognition and reconstruction of LMA properties is feasible. From Data Mining results and data mapping technology, the sensors have been integrated into a 3-in-1 sensor technology, the LMA sensors. From the analysis of various kinematical quantities in MotionDB, the mapping function between properties and the related quantities of each body parts can be identified by computer techniques like Data Mining Process. The practical implementation applying LMA sensor is the interactive Rotation Chair. In response to the increasing need in the healthcare sector, other new exercise machines are being designed.
