Athletic performance monitoring systems and methods in a team sports environment
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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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Abstract
Systems, apparatuses, and methods estimate the distance between a player and a ball by transmitting a chirp (sweep signal) to a radio tag located on the ball. During the chirp, the frequency of the transmitted signal is changed in a predetermined fashion. The radio tag doubles the transmitted frequency and returns the processed signal to a transceiver typically located on the player. The currently transmitted frequency is then compared with the received frequency to obtain a difference frequency from which an apparatus may estimate the distance. The apparatus may simultaneously receive the processed signal from the radio tag while transmitting the sweep signal.
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1. An athletic monitoring system comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A computer-implemented method comprising:
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processing, in real-time with a processor, athletic movement data from 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 the plurality of body-worn athletic devices comprises a first body-worn athletic device that is uniquely associated a first player amongst the plurality of players; wherein the processing comprises calculating on the first athletic device, athletic metric data comprising at least a first vertical height measurement for the first player; during the performance of the athletic activity by the first player, displaying on an on-board display unit of the first athletic device, the vertical height measurement of the first player; transmitting, via a transceiver of each plurality of athletic devices during the athletic activity, a vertical height measurement of each respective player of the respective athletic device, to a central computer device; determining that the first vertical height measurement of the first player is higher than the vertical height measurements transmitted from at least a portion of the plurality of athletic devices; and displaying, 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. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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