Basketball make-miss shot sensing
First Claim
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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Abstract
An apparatus including a data acquisition device, a processing unit, a memory and an output device. The data acquisition device obtains at least one attribute of a shot of a basketball towards a basket. The at least one attribute is sensed by at least one sensor carried by the basketball or derived from signal output by the at least one sensor. The memory contains instructions to direct the processing unit to determine whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basketball shot by comparing the at least one attribute of the shot to one or more predetermined signature characteristics of a made basket. The output device presents output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot.
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23 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. An apparatus comprising:
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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, wherein the instructions direct the processing unit to utilize a localized magnetic field in a basketball court containing the basket to calibrate and establish a directional coordinate system for the basket.
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21. An apparatus comprising:
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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; 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 at least one attribute of the shot to one or more predetermined signature characteristics 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, 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, and wherein the instructions prompt a person to move the basketball in a direction of the basket from a free-throw line perpendicular to the free-throw line.
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22. An apparatus comprising:
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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 instructions contained in the memory are to direct the processing unit to determine whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot based upon a characteristic of the basketball sensed by the at least one sensor as the basketball travels from the net to the ground and into impact with the ground.
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23. An apparatus comprising:
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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 instructions contained in the memory are to direct the processing unit to determine whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot based solely upon at least one sensed characteristic of the basketball sensed by the at least one sensor during a time that begins while the basketball is passing through a net of the basket.
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