Wireless motion capture system using magnetically coupled LC resonant marker

A novel motion capture system using magnetically coupled LC resonant marker have been developed. This system composed from the LC marker, a driving coil and a pickup coil array. The marker consists only of an inductor and a capacitor without battery or electric wires, and driven wirelessly by the action of electromagnetic induction. The position accuracy was around 2 mm when the marker was located within the space of 50 mm apart from the pickup coil array. The system is applicable for highly accurate motion capturing without magnetic shielding because the system is free from the earth field. Additionally, it has a possibility of a multi-point motion capturing because the system allow markers to have an individual frequency band. © 2004 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.