Basketball training apparatus
First Claim
1. An electronic training apparatus, comprised ofa switch sensor on a basket positioned to provide first signals indicative of passage of a ball through said basket;
- a plurality of light beam sensors distributed in an ordered array dividing a basketball court into a plurality of contiguous zones defined by said array, to generate positional signals indicative of positions of a player on said court; and
control means for generating an audible signal assigning the player to one of said zones for a subsequent shot, for automatically determining said position of said player on said court in response to said positional signals, and for computing results and statistics on a basis of said position in response to said first signals.
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Abstract
An electronic basketball training apparatus that instructs a player to move to a sequence of zones and allows the player a limited amount of time to make a basket in each zone. The apparatus computes results and statistics which can be printed out or viewed from a computer screen. The invention can have the computer automatically communicate or allow a coach to communicate the next zone to the player. The invention uses a switch sensor in the basketball net to sense when a basket is made, laser beam sensors on the floor to locate the position of the player, a controller, memory, software, a visual display terminal, a printer, and a speaker to perform the training routine.
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20 Claims
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1. An electronic training apparatus, comprised of
a switch sensor on a basket positioned to provide first signals indicative of passage of a ball through said basket; -
a plurality of light beam sensors distributed in an ordered array dividing a basketball court into a plurality of contiguous zones defined by said array, to generate positional signals indicative of positions of a player on said court; and control means for generating an audible signal assigning the player to one of said zones for a subsequent shot, for automatically determining said position of said player on said court in response to said positional signals, and for computing results and statistics on a basis of said position in response to said first signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An electronic training process, comprised of:
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generating an audible command directing a player to a first zone of a plurality of distinct contiguous zones defined by a plurality of light beam sensors, emitters, and relays, placed on a court, producing light beams across said court where said beams form the boundaries of a plurality of zones on said court, said emitters, sensors, and relays detecting the zone a player is located in; starting a time clock to measure the time afforded to the player to score a basket upon a first interruption of a beam in route to said first zone; and detecting passage of a basketball through said basket. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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13. An electronic training apparatus, comprised of:
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a switching sensor on a basket to sense the passage of a ball through said basket; a plurality of light beam sensors, emitters, and relays, placed on a court, producing light beams across said court where said beams form the boundaries of a plurality of zones on said court, said emitters, sensors, and relays detecting the zone a player is located in; and a control means to; automatically determine a zone that said player is located in, and compute results and statistics in response to signals from said switch sensor. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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