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Athletic performance monitoring systems and methods in a team sports environment

  • US 9,403,060 B2
  • Filed: 05/29/2015
  • Issued: 08/02/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/05/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An athletic monitoring system comprising:

  • a plurality of body-worn athletic devices that are each respectively configured to be uniquely associated and attached to a corresponding plurality of players during performance of an athletic activity, wherein each of the plurality of athletic devices comprise;

    a sensor configured to sense athletic movement data;

    an on-board display unit configured to display athletic information;

    a transceiver configured to communicate in real-time during the athletic activity with a central computer device that is not one of the plurality of body-worn athletic devices,a processor; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform at least;

    in real-time, process with the processor, the athletic movement data of the respective athletic device to calculate athletic metric data, comprising at least vertical height for the player uniquely associated with the respective athletic device;

    during the performance of the athletic activity, display on the on-board display unit, a vertical height measurement of the player uniquely associated with the athletic device; and

    transmit via the transceiver during the athletic activity, the vertical height measurement to the a central computer device;

    the central computer device comprising;

    a processor; and

    a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by a processor cause the processor to perform at least;

    receive the vertical height measurement from each of the plurality of body-worn devices;

    determine, with the processor, that a first athletic device amongst the plurality of athletic devices transmitted a first vertical height measurement that is characterized by being higher than vertical height measurements from at least a portion of a remaining plurality of athletic devices;

    determine, with the processor, an identity of a player that is uniquely associated with the first athletic device; and

    display, during performance of the athletic activity, on a second display unit that is viewable to a plurality of individuals, the first vertical height measurement and identity of the player uniquely associated with the first athletic device.

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