Control device and method for intelligent basketball shooting machine

• US 10,265,611 B2
• Filed: 04/21/2016
• Issued: 04/23/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Chunfang Luo
• Original Assignee: Chunfang Luo
• Inventors: Luo, Chunfang
• Primary Examiner(s): Cuff, Michael A
• Application Number:
  US15/134,397
• Publication Number:
  US 20170151493A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,097 Days
• Field of Search: 2733173
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/083 for basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0071 for basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/0612 Basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 7/0664 Electric
• CPC Class Codes: G05B 15/02 electric
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 4/80 Services using short range communication, e.g. near-field communication [NFC], radio-frequency identification [RFID] or low energy communication

Abstract

The disclosure refers to a control device and method for an intelligent basketball shooting machine, the device includes a control module, a blue-tooth communication module, a display module, a control switch, a power-supplying module, and a first sensor and a second sensor both for counting; the first sensor is used for catching amount of goals in one basket of basketball shooting machine, and the second sensor used for catching amount of goals in another basket of basketball shooting machine; the first sensor, second sensor, blue-tooth communication module, display module, control switch and power-supplying module are respectively connected with control module; the disclosure makes the basketball shooting machine go on single game or online game, besides, the player can play the shooting game with friends by remote way just through an intelligent terminal, which increases interest and convenience.

Claims

1. A control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine, comprising a control module, a communication module, a display module, a control switch, a power-supplying module, and a first sensor and a second sensor both for counting;

wherein, the first sensor is used for catching amount of goals in one basket of the basketball shooting machine, the second sensor is used for catching amount of goals in another basket of the basketball shooting machine, the first sensor, the second sensor, the communication module, the display module, the control switch and the power-supplying module are electrically connected with the control module respectively, the display module comprises a timing display module, a first counting display module and a second counting display module, and the control module is used for responding a switch control signal which is transmitted by the control switch;

when in a first working mode, the control module controls a work state of the first sensor, the second sensor, the timing display module, the first counting display module and the second counting display module;

when in a second working mode, the control module controls the communication module to send a signal, which cause the communication module wirelessly connect to an intelligent terminal and receive a control signal sent by the intelligent terminal, in order to control a work state of the first sensor, the timing display module, the first counting display module and the second counting display module,

wherein when in the second working mode, counting information of a user is displayed on the first counting display module, and the control module receives an opponent'"'"'s counting information from another intelligent basketball shooting machine via the intelligent terminal and display it on the second counting display module.

2. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, wherein the control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine further comprises a loudspeaker, and the loudspeaker electrically connects with the control module.

3. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, wherein the communication module is a blue-tooth communication module.

4. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, wherein the control switch is a three section type slide switch.

5. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, wherein the power-supplying module is a lithium battery, a dry cell or AC transformer.

6. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor which are infrared sensors or proximity sensors are respectively fixed in the corresponding basket.

7. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, wherein the first sensor and the second sensor which are elastic press switches are respectively just below the corresponding basket.

8. A control method for an intelligent basketball shooting machine, which is applied to the control module of the control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 1, comprising the steps of:

S1;

receiving a switch control signal which is transmitted by the control switch;

the switch control signal comprises a closing signal, a first working mode signal and a second working mode signal;

if the switch control signal is the first working mode signal, the control module enters a single working mode;

if the switch control signal is the second working mode signal, performing S2;

S2;

entering a online working mode and controlling the communication module to enter a connection wait state until the communication module set up a connection with an intelligent terminal, and the intelligent terminal set up a network connection with cloud, performing S3;

S3;

receiving a timing start instruction sent by the intelligent terminal, then performing a counting communication step with intelligent terminal;

S4;

receiving a timing end instruction sent by the intelligent terminal, then sending a final counting information to intelligent terminal.

9. The control method for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 8, wherein the particular single working mode thereof is as follows:

sending a working start signal to the first sensor and the second sensor, sending a timing start signal to the timing display module, and sending a counting information of the first sensor to the first counting display module, and sending a counting information of the second sensor to the second counting display module.

10. The control method for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 8, wherein the counting communication step with intelligent terminal thereof is as follows:

controlling the first sensor, the timing display module, the first counting display module and the second counting display module to start to work;

when in a presetting time interval, the control module sends the counting information displayed on the first counting display module to the intelligent terminal, meanwhile, receives an opponent'"'"'s counting information sent by the intelligent terminal and displays it on the second counting display module;

wherein, the counting information sent to the intelligent terminal is uploaded to cloud, and the opponent'"'"'s counting information is downloaded from cloud by the intelligent terminal.

11. The control method for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 10, wherein the presetting time interval is 0.5 second.

12. The control method for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 8, wherein the intelligent terminal is a smartphone or a smart tablet PC.

13. A control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine, comprising a communication module, a display module, a control switch, a power-supplying module, a sensor for counting amount of goals in one basket of the basketball shooting machine, and a control module electrically connecting with the communication module, the display module, the control switch, the power-supplying module and the sensor, wherein the display module comprises a timing display module, a first counting display module and a second counting display module, the control switch is capable of transmitting different switch control signal to the control module, and controlling different work modes;

during in a working mode, the control module controls the communication module to wirelessly connect to an intelligent terminal, transmit a timing instruction to another intelligent basketball shooting machine, receive a counting information from another intelligent basketball shooting machine via the intelligent terminal and display it on the second counting display module.

14. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 13, wherein the communication module is a blue-tooth communication module.

15. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 14, wherein the control module controls the blue-tooth communication module to send a blue-tooth signal, which cause the blue-tooth communication module wirelessly connect to another intelligent basketball shooting machine and transmit the timing instruction to another intelligent basketball shooting machine.

16. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 13, wherein the switch control signal comprises a closing signal, a first working mode signal and a second working mode signal;

when the control switch transmits the first working mode signal, the control module enters the first working mode;

when the control switch transmits the second working mode signal, the control module enters the second working mode.

17. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 16, wherein when the switch control signal is the second working mode signal, the control module controls the communication module to transmit a timing instruction to another intelligent basketball shooting machine, receive a counting information from another intelligent basketball shooting machine and display it on the second counting display module.

18. The control device for an intelligent basketball shooting machine of claim 13, wherein the timing instruction comprises a timing start instruction and a timing end instruction.