Abstract: A motion analysis system for tracking the motion of one or more light-emitting markers attached to an object includes at least one camera for recording a series of image frames, and at least one light source in communication with said at least one camera for generating optical trigger signals. Each of the light-emitting markers includes a sensor for detecting the optical trigger signals generated by the at least one light source. Each light-emitting marker also includes one or more light-emitting elements for generating optical response signals after the sensor detects the optical trigger signals, the optical response signals having a first state and a second state being recordable by the camera as a series of image frames.

Abstract: A method for determining a position of a body having at least one marker object with a known dimension parameter. The method utilizes at least one camera unit having a sensor device and an optical element a determinable distance from the sensor device. The at least one camera unit includes an element for retrieving and calculation. The method includes the steps of computing the coordinates of an image of the object reproduced on the sensor device, computing a dimension parameter of the object corresponding to the known dimension parameter of the at least one marker object and calculating the proportion of parameters obtained to determine the position of the object.