Wireless play communication wristband

• US 9,757,068 B2
• Filed: 10/20/2015
• Issued: 09/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/20/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Travis Lee Cantrell
• Original Assignee: Travis Lee Cantrell
• Inventors: Cantrell, Travis Lee
• Primary Examiner(s): Wang, Quan-Zhen
• Assistant Examiner(s): Foxx, Chico A
• Application Number:
  US14/811,441
• Publication Number:
  US 20160158639A1
• Time in Patent Office: 693 Days
• Field of Search: None
• CPC Class Codes: A61B 5/681 Wristwatch-type devices
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 2013/222 with LEDs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 21/02 by a carrier person or animal
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 23/0066 on sports articles, e.g. golf clubs
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 3/005 Identification bracelets, e.g. secured to the arm of a person
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/385 Transceivers carried on the body, e.g. in helmets
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 2001/3861 carried in a hand or on fingers

Abstract

This invention is intended to strengthen play transmission between players and coaches before, and during plays.

The wristband is an elastic, or adjustable wristband with a clear plastic window and LED strips or LED matrix that lights the Light Emitting Diode (LED) next to a desired play.

The wristband is wirelessly linked to either a radio frequency panel, bluetooth device, or infrared controller. The wristband LED'"'"'s are wired to a microcontroller, Bluetooth controller (or RF transceiver, or Infrared controller), and a battery power source. The LED'"'"'s are displayed through the clear plastic window and the plays are slid over the top of the LED'"'"'s. The micro controller, battery and wireless controller are contained in a velcro-enclosed, low-profile enclosure opposite the clear plastic window.

Claims

1. A play call communication system comprising:

a wristband having a defining and adjustable opening, the wristband comprising;

an enclosure having a transparent window and at least one slot configured to accept plays, wherein the plays are slid into the enclosure via the at least one slot to be displayed via a insertion, and each play of the plays is displayed at a particular location respectively;

a microcontroller;

at least one wireless controller in communication with the microcontroller to provide transmitted one or more signals to the microcontroller;

a power supply to provide power to the microcontroller and the wireless controller; and

a plurality of light emitting diodes (LEDs) each corresponding to a particular play of the plays displayed with respect to the particular location of that play, wherein the plays are disposed between the plurality of LEDs and the transparent window once the plays have been inserted to permit the plays to be displayed via the transparent window, wherein a determined play of the plays is selectively indicated by at least one lit LED under control of the microcontroller responsive to a received command corresponding to the determined play, and wherein the microcontroller, the at least one wireless controller, the power supply, and the plurality of LEDs are entirely within the enclosure; and

a remote wireless communication device in communication with the wristband based on a selection corresponding to the determined play amongst the plays, wherein the remote wireless communication device transmits said one or more signals, and wherein the one or more signals comprise said command corresponding to said determined play to the wireless controller to select said at least one lit LED to indicate the determined play amongst the plays on the wristband via the transparent window.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the determined play is indicated through a method comprising the steps of:

a player performing the insertion of the plays into the at least one slot;

a coach determining the determined play to be indicated,

by the coach selecting and pressing the at least one button on the remote wireless communication device indicative of the selection corresponding to the determined play amongst the plays;

the remote wireless communication device transmitting the one more signals based on the selected at least one button to the wireless controller;

the wireless controller receiving the one or more signals, wherein the one or more signals are interpreted by the microcontroller;

the microcontroller lighting the at least one lit LED, wherein the at least one lit LED is substantially close to the determined play, wherein the at least one lit LED indicates the determined play to the player.