Football sensing
First Claim
1. An automated objective American-football evaluation system comprising:
- an American-style football;
at least one of sensor carried by the football; and
electronics to;
(a) receive strings of sensor signals from the at least one sensor, wherein characteristics of a throw of the football is determined by the electronics; and
(b) output a throw quality evaluation, the throw quality evaluation being based upon a combination of at least two throw characteristics determined based upon the strings of sensor signals associated with the throw of the football, the at least two throw characteristics selected from a group of throw characteristics consisting of;
velocity;
spin rate;
time-of-flight;
angle of attack;
release angle;
cone angle;
nutation angle;
spiral efficiency; and
spiral decay and wherein the at least two throw characteristics are differently weighted based upon a type classification of the throw of the football.
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Abstract
An automated objective American-football evaluation system may include an American-style football, at least one sensor carried by the football, and electronics. The electronics arranged to: (a) receive strings of sensor signals from the at least one sensor, wherein the characteristic of the throw of the football determined by the electronics; and (b) output throw quality. The throw quality is based upon a combination of at least two throw characteristic determined based upon the received string of sensor signals associated with a throw of the football. The at least two throw characteristics are selected from a group of throw characteristics consisting of: velocity; spin rate; time-of-flight; angle of attack; release angle; cone angle; nutation angle; spiral efficiency; and spiral decay.
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20 Claims
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1. An automated objective American-football evaluation system comprising:
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an American-style football; at least one of sensor carried by the football; and electronics to;
(a) receive strings of sensor signals from the at least one sensor, wherein characteristics of a throw of the football is determined by the electronics; and
(b) output a throw quality evaluation, the throw quality evaluation being based upon a combination of at least two throw characteristics determined based upon the strings of sensor signals associated with the throw of the football, the at least two throw characteristics selected from a group of throw characteristics consisting of;
velocity;
spin rate;
time-of-flight;
angle of attack;
release angle;
cone angle;
nutation angle;
spiral efficiency; and
spiral decay and wherein the at least two throw characteristics are differently weighted based upon a type classification of the throw of the football. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An apparatus comprising:
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a transceiver to receive a string of sensor signals from at least one sensor carried by a football; a processor connected to the transceiver to receive the string of sensor signals; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing instructions to direct the processor to output a throw quality evaluation, the throw quality evaluation being based upon a combination of at least two throw characteristics determined based upon the string of sensor signals associated with a throw of the football, the at least two throw characteristic selected from a group of throw characteristics consisting of;
velocity;
spin rate;
time-of-flight;
angle of attack;
release angle;
cone angle;
nutation angle;
spiral efficiency; and
spiral decay and wherein the at least two throw characteristics are differently weighted based upon a type classification of the throw of the football. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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