Athletic training system and method

• US 10,391,381 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 08/27/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/30/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Nike, Inc.
• Inventors: Tawiah, Daniel
• Primary Examiner(s): Vaughn, Jr., William C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Jean Baptiste, Jerry T
• Application Number:
  US15/695,420
• Publication Number:
  US 20170361197A1
• Time in Patent Office: 721 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0009 Computerised real time comparison with previous movements or motion sequences of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0025 Tracking the path or location of one or more users, e.g. players of a game
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0096 using performance related parameters for controlling electronic or video games or avatars
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0647 Visualisation of executed movements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/22 Field hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/24 Ice hockey
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/06 heartbeat rate only
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2230/207 P-O2, i.e. partial O2 value
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0025 Football American football A63B2243/007
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0037 Basketball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2243/0066 : Rugby; American football
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0006 : Computerised comparison for qualitative assessment of motion sequences or the course of a movement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 : Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0075 : Means for generating exercise programs or schemes, e.g. computerized virtual trainer, e.g. using expert databases
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0084 : Exercising apparatus with means for competitions, e.g. virtual races
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0087 : Electric or electronic controls for exercising apparatus of groups A63B21/00 - A63B23/00, e.g. controlling load
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/00 : Balls with special arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/02 : for large-room or outdoor sporting games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/03 : Athletic drills or obstacles for sport training, other than foot obstacles for skipping
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0605 : Decision makers and devices using detection means facilitating arbitration
• 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 13/65 : automatically by game devices or servers from real world data, e.g. measurement in live racing competition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/69 : Involving elements of the real world in the game world, e.g. measurement in live races, real video
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/8011 : Ball
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 20/42 : of sport video content
• CPC Class Codes: G16H 20/30 : relating to physical therapies or activities, e.g. physiotherapy, acupressure or exercising
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 : for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

An athletic training system (200) has a data recording system (202) and a data engine (204). The data recording system (202) is configured to record an athletic competition event. The event may have a first team of players competing against a second team of players. The data engine (204) is configured to receive data associated with the recorded athletic competition event. The data engine (204) processes the data and displays the data as a replay of the event in animated form.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving data electronically recorded in a sporting event, wherein the data includes athletic performance metrics of an athlete participating in the sporting event;

processing the recorded sporting event data through a data engine;

generating a virtual replay of the sporting event using the recorded sporting event data, including;

generating an avatar of the athlete, wherein the avatar of the athlete is a virtual representation of the athlete;

adding the avatar into the virtual replay in a user-selectable manner, such that, when the virtual replay is rendered, the avatar of the athlete is user-selectable within the virtual replay; and

receiving a user selection of the avatar in the virtual replay to cause display of an athlete display portion during the virtual replay, the athlete display portion including one or more activity metrics of the athlete; and

displaying an athletic performance analysis based on the received athletic performance metrics, wherein the athletic performance analysis includes one or more suggested training programs for the athlete based on the received athletic performance metrics.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the recorded sporting event data includes video recorded from a plurality of cameras and wherein processing the recorded sporting event data includes determining one or more sporting event statistics based on the recorded video.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the electronically recorded data is received from one or more sensors worn by the athlete in the sporting event.

4. The method of claim 3, wherein the electronically recorded data is received from a plurality of sensors worn by the athlete.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of sensors includes a hand location sensor.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein the plurality of sensors includes a shoe sensor.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the recorded sporting event data includes positional data of at least one of:

a player and athletic equipment.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein processing the recorded sporting event data includes converting a player in the sporting event into a virtual form.

9. The method of claim 8, wherein the virtual form includes a user-selectable avatar.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual replay includes views of the sporting event from multiple angles.

11. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating a map of a frequency with which the athlete occupies an area of the sporting event.

12. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving a request for the virtual replay, wherein the virtual replay is generated in response to the request and wherein the virtual replay is generated by reconstructing the sporting event from the recorded sporting event data.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual replay includes a replay from a point of view of a player in the sporting event.

14. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

transmitting the virtual replay to a display device;

receiving a selection of the athlete shown in the virtual replay; and

in response to receiving the selection, providing an athletic performance metric of the athlete.

15. The method of claim 14, wherein the athletic performance metric includes a rating of one or more attributes of the athlete.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the athletic performance metric includes a speed of the athlete.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the athletic performance metric includes a distance traveled by the athlete.

18. The method of claim 14, wherein the athletic performance metric includes a number of times the athlete crossed a boundary.

19. The method of claim 14, wherein the athletic performance metric includes an accuracy of the athlete with respect to a piece of sporting equipment.

20. The method of claim 1, wherein the virtual replay includes metrics of an action taken by the athlete during the sporting event.

21. The method of claim 1, wherein generating the virtual replay includes generating a timeline of the sporting event, the timeline including one or more visual indicators of one or more events occurring in the sporting event.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the one or more events includes a scoring of a goal.