System and method for notifying a user of an object's presence within a boundary

• US 9,092,952 B1
• Filed: 10/01/2012
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/23/2009
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Isaac Daniel Inventorship Group LLC
• Original Assignee: Isaac S. Daniel
• Inventors: Daniel, Isaac S.
• Primary Examiner(s): Pope, Daryl
• Application Number:
  US13/633,012
• Time in Patent Office: 1,030 Days
• Field of Search: 340/686.1, 340/539.1, 340/539.13, 340/539.23, 340/550, 340/551, 340/552, 340/568.6, 340/572.1, 473/569, 473/570
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0028 Tracking the path of an object, e.g. a ball inside a soccer pitch
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0031 at the starting point
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0655 Tactile feedback
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0663 worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0666 worn on the head or face, e.g. combined with goggles or glasses
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/56 Pressure
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/802 Ultra-sound sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/805 Optical or opto-electronic sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/808 Microphones
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/89 Field sensors, e.g. radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/54 Transponders, e.g. RFID
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/004 : Goals of the type used for football, handball, hockey or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 : for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0013 : Baseball bases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0605 : Decision makers and devices using detection means facilitating arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 1/00 : Systems for signalling characterised solely by the form of transmission of the signal

Abstract

A system that includes at least one processor, at least one 3D camera positioned on or near at least one boundary, at least one radio frequency identification tag reader positioned on or near the at least one boundary, at least one object having at least one radio frequency identification tag connected thereto, and computer executable instructions readable by the at least one processor and operative to use the at least one 3D camera to determine whether the at least one object is within at least one boundary, use the at least one radio frequency identification tag reader to determine whether the at least one radio frequency identification tag is within the at least one boundary, and notify at least one user when the at least one object encroaches the at least one boundary.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one 3D camera connected to the at least one processor and positioned on or near at least one boundary;

at least one radio frequency identification tag reader connected to the at least one processor and positioned on or near the at least one boundary;

at least one object having at least one radio frequency identification tag connected thereto; and

computer executable instructions readable by the at least one processor and operative to;

use the at least one 3D camera to determine whether the at least one object is within at least one boundary;

use the at least one radio frequency identification tag reader to determine whether the at least one radio frequency identification tag is within, near, or encroaching the at least one boundary; and

notify at least one user when the at least one object is within, near, encroaching the at least one boundary by projecting a visual representation of the boundary and/or object.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one headwear display device wearable by the at least one user, wherein the computer executable instructions are operative to use the headwear display device to display a visual representation of the at least one boundary.

3. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one headwear display device wearable by the at least one user, wherein the computer executable instructions are operative to use the headwear display device to show a visual representation of the at least one object.

4. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one headwear display device wearable by the at least one user, wherein the computer executable instructions are operative to use the headwear display device to show a visual representation of the at least one object and the at least one boundary, and the at least one object'"'"'s position relative to the at least one boundary.

5. The system of claim 1, further comprising at least one headwear display device wearable by the at least one user, wherein the computer executable instructions are operative to use the headwear display device to show a visual representation of the at least one object and the at least one boundary, and the at least one object'"'"'s position relative to the at least one boundary and change a color of the visual representation of the at least one boundary or the visual representation of the at least one object, when the at least one object is within, near, or encroaching upon the at least one boundary.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the color of the visual representation of the at least one object or the at least one boundary changes or varies based on how close the at least one object gets to the at least one boundary.

7. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one boundary is a soccer goal, a baseball strike zone, or a football end-zone.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one user is a type of user selected from the group consisting essentially of:

a spectator, a referee, and a player.

9. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one sensor connected to the at least one processor and positioned on or near at least one boundary;

at least one headwear display device wearable by at least one user; and

computer executable instructions readable by the at least one processor and operative to;

use the at least one sensor to determine whether at least one object is within, near, or has encroached upon the at least one boundary;

use the headwear display device to display a visual representation of the at least one boundary or the at least one object; and

notify at least one user as to whether the at least one object is within, near, or has encroached upon the at least one boundary by projecting a visual representation of the boundary and/or object.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one sensor comprises at least one 3D camera.

11. The system of claim 9, wherein notifying the at least one user as to whether the at least one object is within, near or has encroached upon the at least one boundary comprises changing a color of the visual representation of the at least one boundary or the visual representation of the at least one object, when the at least one object is within, near, or encroaches upon the at least one boundary.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein the color of the visual representation of the at least one object or the at least one boundary changes or varies based on how close the at least one object gets to the at least one boundary.

13. The system of claim 9, wherein the headwear display device comprises at least one helmet and at least one heads up display device connected to the at least one helmet.

14. The system of claim 9, wherein the computer executable instructions are operative to alert the at least one user if the computer executable instructions are unable to determine whether or not the at least one object has encroached upon the boundary.

15. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one object is a type of object selected from the group consisting essentially of:

a ball, a puck, a club, a bat, a stick, and a person.

16. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one user is a type of user selected from the group consisting essentially of:

a referee, a player, a coach, and a spectator.

17. The system of claim 9, wherein the at least one boundary is a type of boundary selected from the group consisting essentially of a soccer goal, a baseball strike zone, a hockey goal, a football end zone, a football goal, and a basketball hoop.

18. A system comprising:

at least one processor;

at least one sensor connected to the at least one processor;

at least one headwear display device; and

computer executable instructions readable by the at least one processor and operative to;

use the at least one sensor to sense at least one boundary and at least one object;

use the at least one sensor to determine if the at least one object has encroached on the at least one boundary;

use the headwear display device to display a visual representation of the at least one boundary and/or the at least one object; and

change a color of the visual representation of the at least one boundary or the visual representation of the at least one object, when the at least one object is within, near, or encroaching upon the at least one boundary.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein using the at least one sensor to sense at least one boundary and at least one object comprises using at least one 3D camera to capture at least one 3D image of the at least one boundary and at least one object.

20. The system of claim 19, wherein the visual representation is based on the 3D image of the at least one boundary.