Athletic activity heads up display systems and methods

• US 9,710,711 B2
• Filed: 06/26/2014
• Issued: 07/18/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 06/26/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Adidas AG
• Original Assignee: Adidas AG
• Inventors: Dibenedetto, Christian, Coza, Aurel, Tomlinson, Scott, Valenti, Ben, Lee, Katrina, Lee, Alan, Werner, Jon H., Vaterlaus, Amy Jones
• Primary Examiner(s): Tung, Kee M
• Assistant Examiner(s): Sheng, Xin
• Application Number:
  US14/316,425
• Publication Number:
  US 20150379351A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,118 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2503/10 Athletes
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0219 Inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers, gyroscopes, tilt switches
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 2562/0223 Magnetic field sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1118 Determining activity level
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/1123 Discriminating type of movement, e.g. walking or running A61B5/1116, A61B5/112 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/486 Bio-feedback A61B5/375 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6803 Head-worn items, e.g. helmets, masks, headphones or goggles
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/6823 Trunk, e.g., chest, back, abdomen, hip
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/742 using visual displays A61B5/339 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0034 during flight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/17 Counting, e.g. counting periodical movements, revolutions or cycles, or including further data processing to determine distances or speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/808 Microphones
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• 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 2243/0025 Football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0062 : Monitoring athletic performances, e.g. for determining the work of a user on an exercise apparatus, the completed jogging or cycling distance
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/004 : electrically conductive, e.g. for automatic arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/002 : for football American-football dummies A63B69/34
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 : Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 : Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/211 : using inertial sensors, e.g. accelerometers or gyroscopes
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/212 : using sensors worn by the player, e.g. for measuring heart beat or leg activity
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 : comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/25 : Output arrangements for video game devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/5255 : according to dedicated instructions from a player, e.g. using a secondary joystick to rotate the camera around a player's character
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/56 : Computing the motion of game characters with respect to other game characters, game objects or elements of the game scene, e.g. for simulating the behaviour of a group of virtual soldiers or for path finding
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0138 : comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/014 : comprising information/image processing systems
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0141 : characterised by the informative content of the display
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0178 : Eyeglass type eyeglass details G02C
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 2027/0187 : slaved to motion of at least a part of the body of the user, e.g. head, eye
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/017 : Head mounted
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0189 : Sight systems
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 19/006 : Mixed reality object pose determination, tracking or camera calibration for mixed reality G06T7/00
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/20 : in augmented reality scenes
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 : Sports
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44504 : Circuit details of the additional information generator, e.g. details of the character or graphics signal generator, overlay mixing circuits

Abstract

A method of using an athletic activity heads up display system during an athletic activity includes the steps of a heads up display unit receiving information about a sport ball and the heads up display unit displaying an image to an individual based on the information, where the image is overlaid on the individual'"'"'s present field of view of an environment.

Claims

1. A method of using an athletic activity heads up display system during an athletic activity, comprising:

a heads up display unit optically recognizing the presence of a sport ball in the heads up display unit'"'"'s projected image field; and

the heads up display unit displaying an image to an individual overlaid on the individual'"'"'s present field of view of an environment,

wherein the displayed image indicates an objective for the individual,

wherein the objective is for the individual to approach the sport ball on foot in a specific manner,

wherein the displayed image indicates the specific manner by which the individual should approach the sport ball on foot, and

wherein the specific manner comprises one of a desired speed, timing, and cadence of footsteps.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the displayed image is overlaid on the sport ball falling in the display unit'"'"'s projected image field.

3. The method of claim 2, wherein the objective is for the individual to strike a specific location on the sport ball, and wherein the displayed image indicates the specific location on the sport ball where the individual should attempt to strike.

4. The method of claim 2, wherein the objective is for the individual to direct the sport ball into a specific location in the goal area, and wherein the displayed image indicates the specific location in the goal area.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the location of the displayed image is varied over time throughout the display unit'"'"'s projected image field.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the objective is for the individual to direct the sport ball with a specific projected flight path, and wherein the displayed image indicates the specific flight path.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the specific projected flight path is not constructed from data representing a previous flight path that the individual previously directed the sport ball through.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the objective is for the individual to direct the sport ball past a virtual defender, and wherein the displayed image represents the virtual defender.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the heads up display unit optically recognizing the presence of a sport ball comprises the heads up display unit receiving video information providing information about the position of the sport ball, and wherein the video information is used to trigger the taking of a still photo or video clip by the heads up display unit.