COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM

• US 20080221745A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 09/11/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/02/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Rocket Racing, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Rocket Racing, Inc.
• Inventors: Diamandis, Peter H., Whitelaw, Granger, D'Angelo, Michael R.
• Application Number:
  US11/932,698
• Publication Number:
  US 20080221745A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 701/3
• CPC Class Codes: A63K 3/00 Equipment or accessories for racing or riding sports training equipment for animals A01K15/02
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 27/023 of rocket type, e.g. for assisting taking-off or braking
• CPC Class Codes: B64G 3/00 Observing or tracking cosmonautic vehicles

Abstract

A collection and distribution system wherein information is collected from one or more aerial vehicles and from one or more ground-based sources before being processed and provided to an end-user.

Claims

1. A data collection system comprising:

collecting a first set of data from one or more aerial vehicles in an aerial race;

collecting a second set of data from one or more sources apart from the one or more aerial vehicles, said second set of data comprising data regarding the aerial race;

providing at least some of the first and second sets of data to one or more computers; and

said one or more computers processing said data and providing said processed data to one or more end-users.

2. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data is from one or more ground-based sources.

3. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data comprises images.

4. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data comprises geospatial data of at least one of the aerial vehicles.

5. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein the end-user comprises a race official.

6. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein the end-user comprises a broadcaster.

7. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein at least one of the vehicles comprises a rocket-powered vehicle.

8. The data collection system of claim 2 wherein the ground-based data comprises video images.

9. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data is real-time data.

10. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data is real-time data.

12. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data comprises a pilot'"'"'s heart rate.

13. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data comprises distance from another vehicle.

14. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data comprises temperature.

15. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data comprises engine data.

16. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said first set of data comprises video.

17. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data comprises augmented reality data.

18. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data comprises pit crew information.

19. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data comprises fuel and refuel information.

20. The data collection system of claim 1 wherein said second set of data comprises information from gamers.

11. (canceled)