HEAD IMPACT EVENT DISPLAY

• US 20110181420A1
• Filed: 01/19/2011
• Published: 07/28/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Prevent Biometrics, Seige As A Collateral Agent Christopher
• Original Assignee: X2Impact, Inc.
• Inventors: Votaw, Scott, Mack, Christoph
• Granted Patent: US 8,537,017 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 340/573.1
• CPC Class Codes: A42B 3/046 Means for detecting hazards or accidents
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/53 Force of an impact, e.g. blow or punch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/085 Mouth or teeth protectors A63B71/081 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/10 for the head A63B71/081 takes precedence ; in the form of caps or hats A42B1/08; helmets A42B3/00
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 1/26 Auxiliary measures taken, or devices used, in connection with the measurement of force, e.g. for preventing influence of transverse components of force, for preventing overload

Abstract

Systems and methods for evaluating and displaying an impact. A computer implemented method for interacting with a sports impact sensing and reporting system. The computer implemented method receives sensor data from one or more player modules configured to detect a force experienced by a player. A user interface is configured to graphically display a model of the received sensor data generated based on acceleration and rotational information within the received sensor data, a magnitude of the received sensor data, and a plotted representation of the received sensor data. Assessment tools are presented for a caregiver to assess the player for a medical condition. The received sensor data and a result of the presented medical assessment are stored.

Claims

1. A computer implemented method, comprising:

receiving sensor data from a player module configured to detect an impact experienced by a head of a player;

generating a user interface configured to graphically present on a display a representation of the sensor data; and

presenting further information on the display related to a history of head impact events of the player.

2. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the player module comprises a mouth guard and the method further comprises:

presenting on the display an indication of whether the mouth guard is positioned within a mouth of the player.

3. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the step of receiving sensor data comprises receiving sensor data from a plurality of players on a team, and further wherein the step of generating a user interface comprises generating a user interface configured to graphically present on the display a representation of the sensor data from the plurality of players on the team.

4. The computer implemented method of claim 3, wherein the graphical representation further comprises displaying a representation of a sports field or court and arranging a representation of the plurality of players on the sports field or court, the representation of the plurality of players further having an indication related to the sensor data.

5. The computer implemented method of claim 1, wherein the information on the display related to the history of head impact events of the player further comprises a presentation of prior head impact events experienced by the player together with an indication of the timing of the head impact events experienced by the player.

6. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising providing an interactive assessment for the player and recording the results of the interactive assessment in a computer-readable memory.

7. The computer implemented method of claim 1, further comprising graphically recreating the force experienced by a player in the form of a video.

8. A computer system for presenting information, comprising:

a processor;

a display; and

a memory containing stored programming instructions operable by the processor to cause the processor to;

receive player impact information related to an impact parameter for a head of a player;

present on the display a representation of the player impact information.

9. The computer system claim 8 wherein the stored programming instructions further cause the processor to determine whether the player impact information exceeds a stored threshold and, when the player impact information exceeds the threshold, to present a visual indication on the display.

10. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the stored programming instructions cause the processor to receive the player impact information for each one of a plurality of players and to present on the display a representation of the player impact information for the plurality of players.

11. The computer system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of players are members of a team for a sport, and further wherein the stored programming instructions cause the processor to present the representation of player impact information on the display in a configuration representing positions of the plurality of players with respect to the sport.

12. The computer system of claim 11, wherein the sport is football and the configuration further comprises a depiction of at least a portion of a football field, the display presenting the player impact information for the plurality of players on the portion of the football field.

13. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the impact parameter further comprises acceleration information for the head of the player.

14. The computer system of claim 13, wherein the impact parameter further comprises rotation information associated with the acceleration information.

15. The computer system of claim 9, wherein the memory further comprises a database containing historical impact information for the player.

16. The computer system of claim 15, wherein stored programming instructions further cause the processor to present the historical impact information on the display.

17. The computer system of claim 16, wherein the display of historical impact information further comprises a bar graph of prior head impact events over time.

18. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the impact information is obtained by a mouth guard, the mouth guard having a module indicating whether the mouth guard is in the mouth of the player, and wherein the stored programming instructions further cause the processor to present on the display an indication of whether the mouth guard is in the mouth of the player

19. The computer system of claim 8, wherein the stored programming instructions further cause the processor to present on the display a user-selectable option, the user-selectable option, when selected by the user, causing the initiation of an assessment, wherein the assessment comprises a plurality of player physical status parameters presented by the processor on the display, the programming instructions further being operable by the processor to receive user-entered responses for the player physical status parameters.

20. The computer system of claim 19, wherein the stored programming instructions further cause the processor to display a conclusion related to the assessment.