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Enhancement of the presentation of an athletic event

  • US 9,044,198 B2
  • Filed: 07/15/2011
  • Issued: 06/02/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for enhancing a presentation of an athletic event, comprising:

  • a processor; and

    a non-transitory computer readable medium storing machine readable instructions executable by the processor to perform a method comprising;

    receiving data from a sensor located in one of a mouth guard and a lip guard worn a first athlete, the data representing an impact applied to the first athlete by a second athlete;

    determining one of an linear acceleration, angular velocity, angular acceleration, a force and orientation induced by the impact from the data received from the sensor at a location of interest within the head or neck the first athlete, the location of interest being remote from the sensor;

    selecting a strike class, including at least a type and handedness of a strike, associated with the impact from the determined one of the linear acceleration, angular velocity, angular acceleration, force and orientation of the sensor at the location of interest on the first athlete induced by the impact; and

    displaying a representation of the selected strike class comprising an animation of the first athlete receiving an impact represented by the selected strike class from the second athlete and the second athlete delivering an impact associated with the selected strike class to an audience of the athletic event.

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