Method and system for detecting and displaying the impact of a blow
First Claim
1. A system for displaying data representing forces of impacts on articles of athletic equipment, comprising:
- an article of athletic equipment, adapted to detect a characteristic of an impact and provide an output signal representative of the detected characteristic, having a body having an outer impact receiving surface portion, a force detector located within said body in communication with said impact receiving surface portion to detect force, a circuit coupled to said detector and adapted to provide an output signal representative of a force detected by said force detector, and a transmitter located in said body for receiving said output signal from said circuit and transmitting a wireless signal representative of said signal;
a receiver adapted to receive said wireless signal from said transmitter;
a processor coupled to said receiver, said processor obtaining force data from said wireless signal; and
a display controller, said display controller providing an image signal of an event, said event having said article of athletic equipment therein, with said force data.
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Abstract
A system for detecting and displaying force data relating to impacts received on an item of athletic equipment includes two or more items of athletic equipment each having a force sensor, logic and a wireless transmitter therein, a receiver adapted to receiver signals from each of the transmitters, and a processor for formatting the data for display. The force sensor may be a capacitive force sensor. The logic may have an operating mode and a sleep mode, with an inertial sensor providing a signal to cause the logic to switch from sleep mode to operating mode. The logic identifies and stores signals exceeding a threshold for transmission. Transmissions are repeated, and the receiver is adapted to distinguish and discard corrupted and repeated transmissions. The display provides an indication of force and number of recorded hits in association with the names of the competitors. The athletic equipment may be boxing gloves, and the force and number of hit data may be provided simultaneously with images and commentary for a boxing match. The data may be displayed as a standalone graphic or superimposed over an image of a match.
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20 Claims
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1. A system for displaying data representing forces of impacts on articles of athletic equipment, comprising:
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an article of athletic equipment, adapted to detect a characteristic of an impact and provide an output signal representative of the detected characteristic, having a body having an outer impact receiving surface portion, a force detector located within said body in communication with said impact receiving surface portion to detect force, a circuit coupled to said detector and adapted to provide an output signal representative of a force detected by said force detector, and a transmitter located in said body for receiving said output signal from said circuit and transmitting a wireless signal representative of said signal; a receiver adapted to receive said wireless signal from said transmitter; a processor coupled to said receiver, said processor obtaining force data from said wireless signal; and a display controller, said display controller providing an image signal of an event, said event having said article of athletic equipment therein, with said force data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. An article of athletic equipment, adapted to detect a characteristic of an impact and provide an output signal representative of the detected characteristic, having a body having an outer impact receiving surface portion, a force detector located within said body in communication with said impact receiving surface portion to detect force, a circuit coupled to said detector and adapted to provide an output signal representative of a force detected by said force detector, and a transmitter located in said body for receiving said output signal from said circuit and transmitting a wireless signal representative of said signal,
wherein said circuit is further adapted to: -
sample force data from said detector; store sampled force data in excess of a threshold; compare said stored sampled force data with sampled data received within a time interval, selecting a higher of said stored and said received sampled data; and selectively transmit signals representing the highest sampled data received within said time interval. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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- 19. An article of athletic equipment, adapted to detect a characteristic of an impact and provide an output signal representative of the detected characteristic, having a body having an outer impact receiving surface portion, a force detector located within said body in communication with said impact receiving surface portion to detect force, a circuit coupled to said detector and adapted to provide an output signal representative of a force detected by said force detector, and a transmitter located in said body for receiving said output signal from said circuit and transmitting a wireless signal representative of said signal, wherein said circuit is adapted to transmit sensor data only when a detected impact is above a selected threshold.
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