SCHUMACHER   -  Court inquires about reliability and elements of event-re-creation animation.  Motion capture suit. (XSENS) This suit doesn't have little balls like we're used to,  but 16 accelerometers gives a running log of all movements.  You can measure force per action.  The software came with the suit.  Also used in biometrics for therapy and physical rehabilitation because suit measures progress.  Criteria can be entered for specific measurements and data.  Re-creations are good use of the suit.  In case re-creation, measurements and movements are exported and brought into a 3-d picture.  It's mapped off a person's skeleton and so the Motion Capture file captures movement of specific persons in specific situations.  Expert went to scene and measured markers, features and placed vehicles where they were.  He then plopped that info into the 3-D scene and he can drag everything to move locations.  Then movement can be entered into scene.   All info on screen is taken from evidence.  Total Station data.   Ares (sic?) 360 software, Total Station data identification (measurements) is used by law enforcement,.  Luxology - Movo is used to create scene.  He can use a drone and photo can be draped on frame.

For 13 years he has used animation to re-create events in civil and criminal court.  He himself only appears for criminal case recreations, civil cases he creates the Thing and gives a declaration as foundation.  He has been admitted with his Motion Capture Suit in court since 2009.  Which shots were fired from.  He puts on suit, gets in car and then enters victim's position  adds rods for trajectory to measure which shot came from where.  On screen we see a mannequin and when operator moves, the mannequin moves.  His movements mirror evidence and if info changes, he can refine and alter.  Photogramitry - able to extract info from its relations to the known object.   How far from the wall by position of feet.  In movies the Motion Capture Suit was used in Ironman and X-men and football video games.  Actor or stuntman wear suit to film scene and then animation is dropped in.  He has used suit in court since 2008.  20 times in various counties in 59 criminal cases , including 21 civil cases with 20 declarations re poster-type presentations or animation.  100% defense like police shootings.    Qualified as expert in about 16 California counties.  Never denied,  including Riverside and San Bernadino, Orange counties.  Never been qualified outside CA.   Other experts have used his animation with his declaration which speaks to accuracy of the information.  He has personally appeared in criminal cases only.  Finding the positions of victim and shooter and shots made.   One time he established who did shooting and where everyone was.  He took testimony of cop saying a gun had been pointed at him so everybody started firing.  Defendant was charged but this expert  proved the defendant never stood up or came through the door.   He recreated the pattern of fire and showed the spaces too small for defendant  to have stood where it was said he stood.

Zimmerman case, first meet with O'Mara was end of April 2013.  Scope of work given was re-construct scene, create animated time-line.  This case there's audio of real time phone calls.  Similar to use of video surveillance.   He used DA's discovery and  depos and photos and Total Station data and their measurements.  He went twice to the scene second week of May 2013.   The person in the suit walks around, the suit sees slopes and features like trees came up different than the police diagrams.   Second story window witness looked through has trees in front of it.  Computer says it can't see.  Drawing doesn't show tree.  Matterport scanner set up on tripod, infared for distance, interface with your laptop, and hit scan and twirl around.  It gives a texture map.  Added to total station data.  Match it all up.  Cops didn't measure slope by "T" intersection.

Used volunteers (from law office) to put on suits and had them walk around according to time lines of phone calls and statements of eye witness,  John Goode who drew a diagram and Ms. Mora who testified she saw GZ on top of TM  and ear witnesses to travel of fight.   Along the way the info was modified according to evidence eliminated and court testimony.

Projector broken so judge sees demo of animation at the bench.   We hear the 911 call but only judge sees the show.  Then they demo "posters."  Still images from 3-D scene to show measurements from total station data.  Various views.  Shows slope from Matterport verified in total station.  Photos of what markers marked with items.  Photos of perspectives of witnesses.   Presentation is not going to be as dark so jury can se detail.  (Prosecution is twitchy.)   Mac can't interact with court computers.  Fix at lunch.   This is the only wireless Motion Capture Suit in the USA.  Software Ares 360, updates every Friday online.  Lexology "been around."  Users' group meets to update.   Visual Statement, Ares 360 and Crime Time used in criminal reconstruction.  80%  of use by police depts.   Here it's a little more cutting edge.  Medical rehabilitation use.