Sport equipment input mode control
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a sensor to be carried by a piece of sporting equipment, the sensor to sense at least one of an orientation of the piece of sporting equipment, non-zero movement of the piece of sporting equipment and an impact experienced by the piece of sporting equipment; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic that operates different operational modes, the program logic to;
receive signals from the sensor;
determine from the signals whether the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state or a mode input state, wherein the program logic is to distinguish between at least one of;
(1) a first sensed orientation of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second sensed orientation of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed orientation and corresponding to the mode input state;
(2) a first sensed non-zero movement of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second nonzero movement of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed nonzero movement and corresponding to the mode input state; and
(3) a first sensed impact of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second sensed impact of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed impact, corresponding to the mode input state;
record a sport action result in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state; and
switch the program logic to a different operational mode in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a mode input state.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a sensor to be carried by a piece of sporting equipment and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic that operates different operational modes. The program logic receives signals from the sensor, determines from the signals whether the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state or a mode input state, records a sport action result in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state, and switches the program logic to a different operational mode in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a mode input state.
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a sensor to be carried by a piece of sporting equipment, the sensor to sense at least one of an orientation of the piece of sporting equipment, non-zero movement of the piece of sporting equipment and an impact experienced by the piece of sporting equipment; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium containing program logic that operates different operational modes, the program logic to; receive signals from the sensor; determine from the signals whether the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state or a mode input state, wherein the program logic is to distinguish between at least one of;
(1) a first sensed orientation of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second sensed orientation of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed orientation and corresponding to the mode input state;
(2) a first sensed non-zero movement of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second nonzero movement of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed nonzero movement and corresponding to the mode input state; and
(3) a first sensed impact of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second sensed impact of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed impact, corresponding to the mode input state;record a sport action result in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state; and switch the program logic to a different operational mode in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a mode input state. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. A method comprising:
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receiving signals from a sensor carried by a piece of sporting equipment; determining from the signals, using program logic, whether the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state or a mode input state, wherein to determine whether the piece of sporting equipment is in the sport action state or the mode input state, the program logic distinguishes between at least one of;
(1) a first sensed orientation of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second sensed orientation of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed orientation and corresponding to the mode input state;
(2) a first sensed non-zero movement of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second nonzero movement of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed nonzero movement and corresponding to the mode input state; and
(3) a first sensed impact of the piece of sporting equipment corresponding to the sport action state and a second sensed impact of the piece of sporting equipment, different than the first sensed impact, corresponding to the mode input state;recording, using the program logic, a sport action result in response to a determination, by the program logic, that that the piece of sporting equipment is in a sport action state; and switching the program logic to a different operational mode in response to determination that the piece of sporting equipment is in a mode input state.
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