Method and system for detecting and displaying the impact of a blow
First Claim
1. An article of athletic equipment adapted to detect a characteristic of an impact and provide an output signal representative of the detected characteristic, comprising a conventional item of athletic equipment having a body having an outer surface portion, a force detector located within said body, a circuit coupled to said detector and adapted to provide an output signal representative of a force detected by said force detector, and a transmitter located in said body for receiving said output signal from said circuit and transmitting a wireless signal representative of said signal.
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Abstract
A system for detecting and displaying force data relating to impacts received on an item of athletic equipment includes two or more items of athletic equipment each having a force sensor, logic and a wireless transmitter therein, a receiver adapted to receiver signals from each of the transmitters, and a processor for formatting the data for display. The force sensor may be a capacitive force sensor. The logic may have an operating mode and a sleep mode, with an inertial sensor providing a signal to cause the logic to switch from sleep mode to operating mode. The logic identifies and stores signals exceeding a threshold for transmission. Transmissions are repeated, and the receiver is adapted to distinguish and discard corrupted and repeated transmissions. The display provides an indication of force and number of recorded hits in association with the names of the competitors. The athletic equipment may be boxing gloves, and the force and number of hit data may be provided simultaneously with images and commentary for a boxing match. The data may be displayed as a standalone graphic or superimposed over an image of a match.
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24 Claims
- 1. An article of athletic equipment adapted to detect a characteristic of an impact and provide an output signal representative of the detected characteristic, comprising a conventional item of athletic equipment having a body having an outer surface portion, a force detector located within said body, a circuit coupled to said detector and adapted to provide an output signal representative of a force detected by said force detector, and a transmitter located in said body for receiving said output signal from said circuit and transmitting a wireless signal representative of said signal.
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13. A system for detecting and displaying a characteristic of impacts on first and second articles of athletic equipment, comprising:
- first and second force sensors located respectively within first and second articles of athletic equipment, said sensors each having an output coupled to a wireless transmitter located within the respective article of athletic equipment, a receiver for receiving signals from said transmitters, said signals containing sensor data and article of athletic equipment identifying data, and a processor for processing signals received by the receiver and providing a display signal.
- View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for processing signals representing force detected on an article of athletic equipment comprises the steps of sampling force data, storing sampled force data in excess of a threshold, comparing said stored sampled force data with sampled data received within a time interval, selecting a higher of said stored and said received sampled data, and selectively transmitting signals representing the highest sampled data received within said time interval, said steps of comparing and transmitting being carried out within said article of athletic equipment,
- 19. A method for display of data representing forces of impacts on articles of athletic equipment, comprising the steps of receiving data representing forces of impacts on an article of athletic equipment, wherein said data is derived from a signal provided by a force sensor located within the article of athletic equipment to a wireless transmitter located within the article of athletic equipment, said data having been wirelessly transmitted by the wireless transmitter prior to said step of receiving, and displaying said data.
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