Ball identification error analysis system and method
First Claim
1. A ball identification error analysis system comprising:
- a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator;
a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining a flight path of a ball, the flight path corresponding to a plurality of probabilities, each of the plurality of probabilities corresponding to a probability that the ball will strike a particular target;
a plurality of targets, each target including a ball detector and a second ball ID reader, each ball detector communicatively coupled to the tracking module, each second ball ID reader communicatively coupled to the tracking module;
wherein the tracking module is configured to retrieve a list of all balls hit during a time period when one of the plurality of targets detects a ball and the one target of the plurality of targets does not read the ID indicator of the ball;
wherein the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the second ball ID readers includes more than one ball, the tracking module is further configured to determine a list of balls having a first probability of arriving at the one target from the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the second ball ID readers, and the tracking is module further configured to determine a list of balls having a second probability of arriving at the one target from the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the second ball ID readers, the second probability different than the first probability; and
wherein the greater of the first probability and the second probability is associated with hitting the target.
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Abstract
A ball identification error analysis system and method is described. The illustrative ball identification error analysis system includes a plurality of balls, a plurality of bays, and a plurality of targets. The plurality of bays is communicatively coupled to a tracking module. The tracking module is configured to determine a list of balls having a first probability of arriving at the target from the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the plurality of ball readers. The tracking module is further configured to determine a list of balls having a second probability of arriving at the target from the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the plurality of ball readers. The system associates the greater of the first probability and the second probability with hitting the target.
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1. A ball identification error analysis system comprising:
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a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator; a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining a flight path of a ball, the flight path corresponding to a plurality of probabilities, each of the plurality of probabilities corresponding to a probability that the ball will strike a particular target; a plurality of targets, each target including a ball detector and a second ball ID reader, each ball detector communicatively coupled to the tracking module, each second ball ID reader communicatively coupled to the tracking module; wherein the tracking module is configured to retrieve a list of all balls hit during a time period when one of the plurality of targets detects a ball and the one target of the plurality of targets does not read the ID indicator of the ball; wherein the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the second ball ID readers includes more than one ball, the tracking module is further configured to determine a list of balls having a first probability of arriving at the one target from the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the second ball ID readers, and the tracking is module further configured to determine a list of balls having a second probability of arriving at the one target from the list of balls hit during the time period that have not been read by any one of the second ball ID readers, the second probability different than the first probability; and wherein the greater of the first probability and the second probability is associated with hitting the target. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A ball identification error analysis system comprising:
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a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator; a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining at least one parameter describing a flight path of a ball, the flight path corresponding to a plurality of probabilities, each of the plurality of probabilities corresponding to a probability that the ball will strike a particular target; a plurality of targets, each target including a ball detector and a second ball ID reader, each ball detector communicatively coupled to the tracking module, each second ball ID reader communicatively coupled to the tracking module; a list of balls that hit at least one of the plurality of targets, wherein the list of balls is associated with a predefined time period and the list of balls includes the unique ID indicator for each ball; wherein the tracking module is configured to retrieve the list of all balls hit during a predefined time period when one of the plurality of targets identifies that a detected ball has entered a target and a second ball ID reader associated with the target is unable to read the ID indicator associated with the detected ball; wherein the list of balls hit during the predefined time period is compared to a list of balls read by one of the targets; wherein a detected ball has not been read by one of the second ball ID readers; wherein the detected ball is associated with a unique ID indicator that has not been associated with another ball in the list of balls that hit at least one of the targets. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A ball identification error analysis system comprising:
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a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator; a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining at least one parameter describing a flight path of a ball, the flight path corresponding to a plurality of probabilities; wherein each of the plurality of probabilities correspond to a probability that the ball strikes a particular target; a plurality of targets, each target including a ball detector and a second ball ID reader, each ball detector communicatively coupled to the tracking module, each second ball ID reader communicatively coupled to the tracking module; wherein the tracking module is configured to retrieve a list of all balls hit during a predefined time period when one of the plurality of targets identifies a detected ball that has entered a target and a second ball ID reader associated with the target is unable to read the ID indicator of the detected ball; wherein a ranked list of balls is calculated, in which each ball has an associated probability of hitting the target, and enabling a determination that associates the detected ball with a most likely ball to enter the target. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A ball identification error analysis system comprising:
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a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator; a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining at least one parameter corresponding to a flight path of a ball, in which the flight path is associated with a plurality of probabilities, each of the plurality of probabilities corresponding to a probability that a ball strikes a particular target; wherein each of the plurality of probabilities of the ball hitting a given target is recalculated periodically based upon a history of ball hits and a history of targets hit. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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