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Segment Inertial Unit Orientation Tag

Record explicit segment inertial-sensor frame metadata without rotating measurements.

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Description

Record explicit segment inertial-sensor frame metadata.

Movement geometry depends on coordinate registration, time origins, force signs and reference axes. A moment arm must already represent perpendicular leverage, a stride percentage has an endpoint convention, and a toe-to-heel projection differs from full Euclidean separation. Scalar results do not establish a movement diagnosis or a safe activity.

Record explicit segment inertial-sensor frame metadata.

When to use this tool

Use Segment Inertial Unit Orientation Tag when you already have segmentId, sensorId, suppliedFrame and need to record explicit segment inertial-sensor frame metadata.

How to use the tool and how it works

  1. Enter segmentId, sensorId, suppliedFrame. Use the units and conventions below.
  2. Run the tool. Correct any format, range, or cross-field input error before interpreting the output.
  3. Read token. Use the output convention below.

Enter segmentId, sensorId, suppliedFrame using the field constraints below. Encode these values, in exactly that order, as a JSON array and return the serialized array as text in token. String values are preserved without trimming or external terminology lookup.1

Input fieldMeaning and unitsAccepted input
segmentIdSegment IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
sensorIdSensor IdRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
suppliedFrameSupplied FrameRequired. Text; minimum UTF-16 length 1; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
Output fieldInterpretationReturned shape
tokenTokenRequired. Text; maximum UTF-16 length 8192.
json
{
  "input": {
    "segmentId": "S17",
    "sensorId": "IMU4",
    "suppliedFrame": "x forward, z up"
  },
  "output": {
    "token": "[\"S17\",\"IMU4\",\"x forward, z up\"]"
  }
}

Limitations and assumptions

  • The result records supplied values without rotating measurements. Sources and asserted relationships are not independently authenticated.
  • Inputs must satisfy both the field types and the cross-field conditions above. Invalid input causes an error; a successful false flag or documented placeholder is a different result.

Alternative or Complementary methods

Use calibrated motion, force and timing records with a complete biomechanical model. Check coordinate frames, axis normalization and sampling limitations before interpreting local distances, moments or phase values as performance or clinical findings.

References

  1. Calculation and input contract: biomechanics/segment-inertial-unit-orientation-tag — tool.io

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