Para-peripheral sports training center
First Claim
1. A para-peripheral sports training, competition and amusement center in which a contestant may stand and move about, comprisinga multi-sided para-peripheral volume circumscribed by a boundary surface comprised of a plurality of adjacently hinged panels which form an enclosed cylindrical configuration or which may also be opened into a planar configuration or inverted so that said volume is disposed exteriorly to said surface, whereina plurality of resilient target devices, each of which is capable of absorbing a full impact martial arts blow without injury to the deliverer thereof, is disposed para-peripherally on a plurality of said panels, and whereina plurality of sensory stimulus means is disposed on said panels such that at least one such stimulus means is adjacent to and uniquely associated with each of said target devices, whereby said contestant is alerted and directed toward a particular one of said target devices by activation of a particular one of said stimulus means, and whereinprogrammable timing and selection means are connected to each of said stimulus means to direct activation of said stimulus means in a preselected manner for preselected durations of time at preselected epochs following in a preselected sequence and after preselected inactive durations of time, and whereinstrike-detection means, capable of detection, during said active durations of time, of punches and kicks and blows, are connected to each of said target devices and to an automatic cumulative scoring means, wherein said scoring means provides said contestant with an objective record of the attained levels of reaction times and number of hits at the completion of each exercise session.
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Abstract
In the field of electronically controlled and monitored sports training, competition and amusement centers, particularly adapted for use with the oriental martial arts, but also suitable for rehabilitation training and progress measurement in connection with physical therapy applications, a multi-sided para-peripheral center in which a contestant may stand and move about, constructed as an octagonal cylinder, each of whose eight sides is a panel containing four elastically inflatable balls, suspended by elastic cords, each capable of absorbing a full impact strike without injury to the deliverer, and arrayed vertically at the typical height of head, chest, pelvis and knee of a simulated opponent, together with programmable timing and selection circuits which randomly activate a quartet of light-emitting diodes circumscribed about each of the thirty-two target balls, whose illumination designates the currently selected target, and sensor means for recording strikes if the designated target receives a blow before the designating lights are deactivated, plus an automatic cumulative proficiency scoring system for displaying to the trainee an objective record of his reaction times and overall attained physical agility at the completion of each exercise session.
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1. A para-peripheral sports training, competition and amusement center in which a contestant may stand and move about, comprising
a multi-sided para-peripheral volume circumscribed by a boundary surface comprised of a plurality of adjacently hinged panels which form an enclosed cylindrical configuration or which may also be opened into a planar configuration or inverted so that said volume is disposed exteriorly to said surface, wherein a plurality of resilient target devices, each of which is capable of absorbing a full impact martial arts blow without injury to the deliverer thereof, is disposed para-peripherally on a plurality of said panels, and wherein a plurality of sensory stimulus means is disposed on said panels such that at least one such stimulus means is adjacent to and uniquely associated with each of said target devices, whereby said contestant is alerted and directed toward a particular one of said target devices by activation of a particular one of said stimulus means, and wherein programmable timing and selection means are connected to each of said stimulus means to direct activation of said stimulus means in a preselected manner for preselected durations of time at preselected epochs following in a preselected sequence and after preselected inactive durations of time, and wherein strike-detection means, capable of detection, during said active durations of time, of punches and kicks and blows, are connected to each of said target devices and to an automatic cumulative scoring means, wherein said scoring means provides said contestant with an objective record of the attained levels of reaction times and number of hits at the completion of each exercise session.
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