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Ball identification error analysis system and method

  • US 10,639,529 B1
  • Filed: 09/18/2017
  • Issued: 05/05/2020
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2017
  • Status: Active Grant
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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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