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Multi-functional basketball game monitoring unit

  • US 4,999,603 A
  • Filed: 11/13/1989
  • Issued: 03/12/1991
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/05/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A multifunctional basketball game monitoring unit comprising:

  • (a) a scoring sensor means to sense passage of a basketball through a hoop on a backboard;

    (b) a power source to power said scoring sensor means and communication means from said scoring sensor means to a controller means;

    (c) an impact sensor means to determine when a basketball impact said backboard and to transmit data to said controller means;

    (d) laser beam generator means and laser beam receiver means to form a laser beam grid over a playing surface between two of said backboard with beams of said laser beams grid being closer together than a diameter of said basketball;

    said laser beam receiver means communicating with said controller means to allow determination of coordinates of a point where said basketball passes through said laser grid;

    (e) an output from said controller means to a visual display unit.

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