Athletic training system and method

• US 10,603,570 B2
• Filed: 09/05/2017
• Issued: 03/31/2020
• 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:
  US15/695,374
• Publication Number:
  US 20170361196A1
• Time in Patent Office: 938 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. An athletic training system comprising:

a data recording system configured to record a plurality of athletic events by a first athlete; and

a data engine having a display operably associated therewith and configured to;

receive data associated with the plurality of recorded athletic events;

process the data;

generate, on the display, a video simulation of an athletic competition event between a first avatar and a second avatar in animated form, wherein the first athlete is represented by the first avatar, and wherein movement of the first avatar on the display during the video simulation of the athletic competition event is altered and enhanced based on performance data of the first athlete during the plurality of recorded athletic events;

receive a user selection of the first avatar in the video simulation; and

responsive to receiving the user selection, generate a recommendation for improving one or more athletic performance statistics of the first athlete based on performance data of the first athlete during the plurality of recorded athletic events.

2. The athletic training system of claim 1, wherein selection of the first avatar is further configured to cause the data engine to display an athletic performance metric for the first athlete, wherein the athletic performance metric corresponds to a metric of the first athlete at a current time of the video simulation.

3. The athletic training system of claim 1, wherein the data recording system includes a plurality of cameras configured to record video of the plurality of athletic events.

4. The athletic training system of claim 3, wherein the data engine is further configured to determine one or more athletic performance metrics based on the plurality of recorded athletic events.

5. The athletic training system of claim 1, wherein the data recording system includes one or more motion sensors attached to the first athlete participating in the plurality of athletic events and wherein the data engine is further configured to determine athletic performance metrics based on data from the one or more motion sensors.

6. The athletic training system of claim 5, wherein the athletic performance metrics include one or more of speed, endurance and distance.

7. An athletic training system comprising:

a data recording system configured to record a first individual'"'"'s performance in a first athletic event; and

a data engine having a display operably associated therewith, the data engine configured to;

receive data associated with the first individual'"'"'s performance in the first athletic event; and

generate a video game of an athletic event in an animated form,

wherein the first individual is represented by an avatar and a movement of the avatar on the display is based on a performance of the first individual during the first athletic event,

wherein the video game is based on a plurality of athletic events performed by the first individual,

wherein generating the video game includes generating a recommendation for improving one or more athletic performance statistics of the first individual based on the data associated with the athletic event, and

wherein the recommendation for improving one or more athletic performance statistics is generated by identifying an athletic performance area of the first individual that needs improvement.

8. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein generating the video game includes:

generating a video image of the first individual in a user-selectable manner such that, when the video game is generated, the video image of the first individual is user-selectable within the video game.

9. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein identifying the athletic performance area needing improvement is performed based on a comparison to a specified threshold performance.

10. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein the data engine is further configured to provide the recommendation through a virtual coach.

11. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein the one or more athletic performance statistics includes a first pass completion rate with a second athlete and wherein the recommendation includes a suggestion to pass to a third athlete with which the first individual has a second pass completion rate greater than the first pass completion rate.

12. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein the recommendation includes a training exercise.

13. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein the recommendation further includes an equipment recommendation.

14. The athletic training system of claim 13, wherein the data associated with the athletic event indicates that the first individual is losing traction and wherein the equipment recommendation includes a recommendation for footwear.

15. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein the recommendation includes instructional commentary.

16. The athletic training system of claim 7, wherein the recommendation is provided during a virtual replay of the athletic event.