Method and system for automatic identification of player

• US 10,108,854 B2
• Filed: 05/18/2015
• Issued: 10/23/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Sstatzz Oy
• Original Assignee: Sstatzz Oy
• Inventors: Hohteri, Harri, Nieminen, Tuukka, Poropudas, Jirka
• Primary Examiner(s): McClellan, James S
• Assistant Examiner(s): Iannuzzi, Peter
• Application Number:
  US14/715,456
• Publication Number:
  US 20160339297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/00 Scenes; Scene-specific elements control of digital cameras H04N23/60
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training

Abstract

Disclosed are method and system for automatic identification of at least one player. The system and method are associated with a processing unit, and at least one projectile having a wireless interface and at least one sensor. The sensor collects sensor data at a first moment of time before release of the projectile by the player and communicates the sensor data to the processing unit. The processing unit collects and analyses the sensor data to identify similar data, associates such data to a player, and stores the associated data. The sensor collects further sensor data at a second moment of time before release of the projectile by the player, which second moment of time is later than the first moment of time and communicates the further sensor data to the processing unit. The processing unit compares the further sensor data to the stored associated data to identify the player.

Claims

1. A method for automatic identification of a player, using a system comprising

a processing unit, and

at least one projectile separate from the processing unit and comprising a wireless interface and at least one sensor selected from a group consisting of an accelerometer, an angular rate sensor, a magnetometer and a pressure sensor, wherein

the sensor collects sensor data at a first moment of time before release of the projectile by the player, the sensor data consisting of one or more of acceleration data, angular rate data, magnetic field data, and pressure data,

the sensor communicates the sensor data to the processing unit,

the processing unit collects and analyses the sensor data to identify similar sensor data, associates such similar sensor data to the player, and stores the associated similar sensor data,

the sensor collects further sensor data at a second moment of time before release of the projectile by the player, which second moment of time is later than the first moment of time, the further sensor data consisting of one or more of acceleration data, angular rate data, magnetic field data, and pressure data,

the sensor communicates the further sensor data to the processing unit, and

the processing unit compares the further sensor data to the stored associated similar sensor data to personally identify the player, and forms and stores further associated data.

2. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor collects data at a third moment of time after release of the projectile by the player and at a fourth moment of time after release of the projectile by the player, which third moment is after the first moment and before the second moment, and the fourth moment is after the third moment.

3. A method according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit displays the further associated data in a user interface.

4. A method according to claim 3, wherein the user interface is rendered on a mobile communication terminal.

5. A method according to claim 3, wherein the further associated data comprises a list of players.

6. A method according to claim 1, wherein the further associated data is used as a password to log onto a user account.

7. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor data further consists of acceleration data collected by an accelerometer selected from a group consisting of a one-axis accelerometer, a two-axis accelerometer and a three-axis accelerometer.

8. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor data further consists of angular rate data collected by an angular rate sensor selected from a group consisting of a one-axis angular rate sensor, a two-axis angular rate sensor and a three-axis angular rate sensor.

9. A method according to claim 1, wherein the sensor data further consists of magnetic field data collected by a magnetometer selected from a group consisting of a one-axis magnetometer, a two-axis magnetometer and a three-axis magnetometer.

14. A method according to claim 1, comprising using a classification algorithm to analyze the sensor data to identify the similar sensor data.

10. A system for automatic identification of a player, comprising

a processing unit

at least one projectile separate from the processing unit and comprising

at least one sensor selected from a group consisting of an accelerometer configured to collect acceleration data, an angular rate sensor configured to collect angular rate data, a magnetometer configured to collect magnetic field data, and a pressure sensor configured to collect pressure data, and

a wireless interface configured to communicate the sensor data to the processing unit, wherein the processing unit is configured to

collect and analyse the sensor data to identify similar sensor data and to associate such similar sensor data to the player,

store the associated similar sensor data, and

use the associated data to personally identify the player at a later moment of time.

11. A system according to claim 10, wherein the sensor further consists of an accelerometer selected from a group consisting of a one-axis accelerometer, a two-axis accelerometer and a three-axis accelerometer.

12. A system according to claim 10, wherein the sensor further consists of an angular rate sensor selected from a group consisting of a one-axis angular rate sensor, a two-axis angular rate sensor and a three-axis angular rate sensor.

13. A system according to claim 10, wherein the sensor further consists of a magnetometer selected from a group consisting of a one-axis magnetometer, a two-axis magnetometer and a three-axis magnetometer.

15. A system according to claim 10, wherein the processing unit is configured to use a classification algorithm to analyze the sensor data to identify the similar sensor data.

16. A method for automatic identification of one or more players, using a system comprising

a processing unit, and

at least one projectile separate from the processing unit and comprising a wireless interface and at least one sensor selected from a group consisting of an accelerometer, an angular rate sensor, a magnetometer and a pressure sensor,

wherein

the sensor collects sensor data at a first moment of time before release of the projectile by the one or more players, the sensor data consisting of one or more of acceleration data, angular rate data, magnetic field data, and pressure data,

the sensor communicates the sensor data to the processing unit,

the processing unit collects and analyses the sensor data to identify similar sensor data, associates such similar sensor data to each of the one or more players, and stores the associated similar sensor data,

the sensor collects further sensor data at a second moment of time before release of the projectile by the one or more players, which second moment of time is later than the first moment of time, the further sensor data consisting of one or more of acceleration data, angular rate data, magnetic field data, and pressure data,

the sensor communicates the further sensor data to the processing unit, and

the processing unit compares the further sensor data to the stored associated similar sensor data to personally identify each of the one or more players, and forms and stores further associated data.