Athletic Performance Monitoring Systems and Methods in a Team Sports Environment
First Claim
1. A unitary athletic monitoring device comprising:
- a body-worn housing configured to be releasably attached to a first player during performance of an athletic activity, the housing comprising;
a sensor configured to sense athletic movement data of the first player, comprising at least a multi-axis accelerometer;
an on-board display unit configured to display athletic information;
a transceiver configured to communicate during the athletic activity with a central computer device;
a processor; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform at least;
during the athletic activity, process the athletic movement data from the first player to calculate athletic metric data, comprising a plurality of vertical height measurements comprising at least a first vertical height measurement for the first player during the athletic activity;
during the performance of the athletic activity, receive athletic metric data of a second player, comprising a plurality of vertical height measurements comprising at least a second vertical height measurement for the second player during the athletic activity;
during the performance of the athletic activity, display on the on-board display unit, the first vertical height measurement of the first player calculated from athletic movement data;
transmit via the transceiver during the athletic activity, the first and the second vertical height measurements to the central computer device;
display, during performance of the athletic activity, on a display, the second vertical height measurement and identity of the second player.
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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods estimate the distance between a player and a ball by transmitting a chirp (sweep signal) to a radio tag located on the ball. During the chirp, the frequency of the transmitted signal is changed in a predetermined fashion. The radio tag doubles the transmitted frequency and returns the processed signal to a transceiver typically located on the player. The currently transmitted frequency is then compared with the received frequency to obtain a difference frequency from which an apparatus may estimate the distance. The apparatus may simultaneously receive the processed signal from the radio tag while transmitting the sweep signal.
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1. A unitary athletic monitoring device comprising:
a body-worn housing configured to be releasably attached to a first player during performance of an athletic activity, the housing comprising; a sensor configured to sense athletic movement data of the first player, comprising at least a multi-axis accelerometer; an on-board display unit configured to display athletic information; a transceiver configured to communicate during the athletic activity with a central computer device; a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform at least; during the athletic activity, process the athletic movement data from the first player to calculate athletic metric data, comprising a plurality of vertical height measurements comprising at least a first vertical height measurement for the first player during the athletic activity; during the performance of the athletic activity, receive athletic metric data of a second player, comprising a plurality of vertical height measurements comprising at least a second vertical height measurement for the second player during the athletic activity; during the performance of the athletic activity, display on the on-board display unit, the first vertical height measurement of the first player calculated from athletic movement data; transmit via the transceiver during the athletic activity, the first and the second vertical height measurements to the central computer device; display, during performance of the athletic activity, on a display, the second vertical height measurement and identity of the second player. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An athletic monitoring device comprising:
a body-worn housing configured to be uniquely associated with and releasably attached to a first player during performance of an athletic activity, the athletic monitoring device comprising; a sensor configured to sense athletic movement data; an on-board display unit configured to display athletic information; a transceiver configured to communicate in real-time during the athletic activity with a central computer device; a processor; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor cause the processor to perform at least; in real-time, process the athletic movement data to calculate athletic metric data; during the performance of the athletic activity, display on a display device, a first measurement of the first player calculated from athletic metric data; and transmit via the transceiver during the athletic activity, the first measurement of the first player to the central computer device; during the performance of the athletic activity, receive athletic metric data of a second player, comprising a second plurality of vertical height measurements comprising at least a second vertical height measurement for the second player during the athletic activity; and display, during performance of the athletic activity, on at least one of the on-board display unit or the display device, the second measurement and an identity of the second player. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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