Electronic sport sensing device

• US 8,376,852 B2
• Filed: 03/19/2010
• Issued: 02/19/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 01/29/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sport-Ace International Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Sport-Ace International Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Kao, Eddie
• Primary Examiner(s): Bumgarner, Melba
• Assistant Examiner(s): HOWARAH, GEORGE L
• Application Number:
  US12/727,504
• Publication Number:
  US 20110190057A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,068 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 463/36
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/53 Force of an impact, e.g. blow or punch
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 9/24 Electric games; Games using electronic circuits not otherwise provided for video games A63F13/00; computerized gaming systems G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: G01L 5/0052 measuring forces due to impact G01L5/0061, G01L5/14 take precedence; impact testing of structures G01M7/08; impact testing of material G01N3/00

Abstract

An electronic sensing device includes a blanket, at least a sensor unit, and a display unit. The blanket has a circuit unit thereon and a plurality of couplers electrically connected to the circuit unit. The sensor unit is detachably fastened to the blanket and electrically connected to the couplers. The sensor unit has an impact surface. The display unit is electrically connected to the circuit unit of the blanket to show a message when the impact surface of the sensor unit receives an external force.

Claims

1. An electronic sensing device, comprising:

a blanket, on which a circuit unit is provided, having a plurality of blanket couplers;

wherein the blanket has at least a plurality of connecting regions, where a plurality of sensor units are mounted thereto, and the plurality of blanket couplers include first blanket couplers and second blanket couplers for each of the plurality of connecting regions;

wherein the circuit unit includes first wires and second wires, the first wires having ends that are attached to the first blanket couplers and the second wires having ends that are attached to the second couplers of each of the plurality of connecting regions, and the first and second wires being connected to a display unit;

wherein a plurality of sensor units, which each have an impact surface, are detachably fastened to the blanket and electrically connected to the plurality of blanket couplers;

wherein each of the plurality of the sensor units include an up conductive layer, a low conductive layer, at least a first sensor unit coupler, and at least a second sensor unit coupler, further wherein the up conductive layer is electrically connected to the first sensor unit coupler, which is electrically connected to the first blanket coupler, and the low conductive layer is electrically connected to the second sensor unit coupler, which is electrically connected to the second blanket coupler, and the up conductive layer is insulated from the low conductive layer in a normal condition, and the up conductive layer is warped to contact the low conductive layer when the impact surface receives an external force;

wherein each of the plurality of sensor units further include an insulating layer between the up conductive layer and the low conductive layer which has at least an opening for the warped up conductive layer contacting the low conductive layer through the opening;

wherein each of the plurality of sensor units further include a front sheet with the impact surface thereon and a rear sheet to sandwich the up conductive layer, the insulating layer, and the low conductive layer therebetween, and the up conductive layer is behind the front sheet;

wherein a respective one of each of the first blanket couplers and the second blanket couplers are detachably engaged with the first sensor coupler and the second sensor coupler of each of the plurality of sensor units to fix each of the plurality of sensor units on one of the plurality of connecting regions of the blanket; and

wherein the display unit is electrically connected to the circuit unit of the blanket to show a message when the impact surface of each of the plurality of sensor units receive an external force.

2. The electronic sensing device as defined in claim 1, wherein the first sensor unit coupler and the second sensor unit coupler each have a head, a metallic body connected to the head, and a metallic buckle detachably engaged with the metallic body wherein metallic the body passes through the front sheet, the up conductive layer, the insulating layer, the low conductive layer, and the rear sheet in sequence, and then the metallic buckle is engaged with the metallic body, and wherein the first sensor unit coupler and the second sensor unit coupler of each of the plurality of sensor units are detachably engaged by the metallic buckles to the respective one of each of the first blanket couplers and the second blanket couplers.

3. The electronic sensing device as defined in claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of the sensor units further include at least a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad between the up conductive layer and the low conductive layer each of which has an insulating portion and a conductive portion, wherein the sensor unit further includes at least a first conductive pad and a second conductive pad between the up conductive layer and the low conductive layer, wherein the conductive pattern of the up conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive portion of the first conductive pad and the conductive portion of the first conductive pad is electrically connected to the metallic body of the first sensor unit coupler, and the conductive pattern of the low conductive layer is electrically connected to the conductive portion of the second conductive pad and the conductive portion of the second conductive pad is electrically connected to the metallic body of the second sensor unit coupler.

4. The electronic sensing device as defined in claim 1, wherein the plurality of blanket couplers are conductive, the first sensor unit coupler and the second sensor unit coupler of each of the plurality of sensor units are conductive.

5. The electronic sensing device as defined in claim 1, wherein the insulating layer is made of foam.