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SPORTS SIMULATION SYSTEM

  • US 20120220385A1
  • Filed: 02/27/2012
  • Published: 08/30/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/30/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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  • A sports simulation system comprising;

    a projectile tracking apparatus comprising a display surface on which a sports scene is presented, and at least one pair of camera devices looking into a projectile tracking region from different vantages and having overlapping fields of view at least encompassing said projectile tracking region, said projectile tracking region extending from said display surface to a projectile launch area in front of said display surface, said camera devices capturing images of said projectile tracking region, each camera device including processing capabilities and processing captured images to detect the presence of a launched projectile therein as the launched projectile travels from its launch position, through the projectile tracking region and to its contact position with said display surface; and

    at least one processing stage receiving data from the camera devices relating to images in which a launched projectile exists and determining the three-dimensional positions, velocity, deceleration/acceleration and spin of a detected projectile traveling through said projectile tracking region, the three-dimensional positions, velocity, acceleration and spin being used by said at least one processing stage to calculate a trajectory of said launched projectile into said presented sports scene.

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