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Basketball make-miss shot sensing

  • US 10,159,884 B2
  • Filed: 03/11/2014
  • Issued: 12/25/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2012
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An apparatus comprising:

  • a data acquisition device to obtain at least one attribute of a shot of a basketball towards a basket, the at least one attribute being sensed by at least one sensor carried by the basketball or derived from signal output by the at least one sensor, the at least one attribute comprising acceleration of the basketball during the shot;

    a processing unit;

    a memory containing instructions to direct the processing unit to determine whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot by comparing the acceleration of the basketball during the shot to at least one signature acceleration trace of a made basket; and

    an output device to present output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot, wherein the memory comprises instructions to direct the processing unit to calibrate and establish a directional coordinate system for the basket and wherein the instructions to calibrate and establish directional coordinate system for the basket comprise instructions to calibrate and establish a baseline for an earth compass direction of the basket with respect to the basketball using a magnetometer carried by the basketball.

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