Sport fence

• US 20040244034A1
• Filed: 02/19/2004
• Published: 12/02/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2001
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Klaus Saltzek
• Original Assignee: Klaus Saltzek
• Inventors: Saltzek, Klaus
• Granted Patent: US 7,187,295 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0037 on a target surface or at impact on the ground
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0625 Emitting sound, noise or music
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 63/00 Targets or goals for ball games golf cups A63B57/40
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0605 Decision makers and devices using detection means facilitating arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: A63J 5/00 Auxiliaries for producing special effects on stages, or in circuses or arenas
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/12 using special optical effects
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 19/22 Advertising or display means on roads, walls or similar surfaces, e.g. illuminated
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 27/00 Combined visual and audible advertising or displaying, e.g. for public address

Abstract

The invention relates to a sports hoarding having at least one contact sensor and at least one actuator with the actuator initiating an advertising message when the sensor produces a signal as a result of an impacting body.

Claims

1. A sports hoarding having at least one contact sensor (20) and at least one actuator, with the actuator triggering an advertising message when the sensor produces a signal as a result of an impacting body.

2. The sports hoarding as claimed in claim 1, characterized by an image display with static image sections.

3. The sports hoarding as claimed in claim 1, characterized by an electronic image display.

4. The sports hoarding as claimed in claim 1, characterized by a changing or rotating hoarding (10).

5. The sports hoarding as claimed in claim 1, characterized by an image display, image change or image amplification by means of lighting bodies or fluorescent signals.

8. The apparatus as claimed in one of claims 1 to 7, characterized by means for producing acoustic advertising messages such as music, natural noises, technical noises, sports noises or noises of human origin.

9. The apparatus as claimed in one of claims 1 to 8, characterized by a sound production system which is connected to the hoarding (10).

10. The apparatus as claimed in one of claims 1 to 9, characterized by at least one stadium loudspeaker (60) which is connected to the hoarding (10).

11. The apparatus as claimed in one of claims 1 to 10, characterized by electronic communication media which are connected to the hoarding (10).

12. The apparatus as claimed in one of claims 9 to 11, characterized in that the sound signal is not triggered by a sensor, but by a switch.

13. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, characterized by a time switch.

14. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, characterized by a manual switch.

15. The apparatus as claimed in claim 12, characterized by an automatic switch, which is activated when the hoarding advertisement changes.

16. A method having an apparatus as claimed in claim 11,. characterized by the advertising message being transmitted to the public broadcast radio, television, GSM, UMTS or Internet.

28. The use as claimed in one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the sensor is a goal post sensor, goal line sensor or a corresponding success-related sensor for some other type of sport.

6. A system for triggering an advertising message or some other message, characterized in that a sensor is triggered by a moving sports object, in particular by a football, handball, basketball, water polo ball, volleyball, tennis ball, a Frisbee disk, a wheel, a vehicle, a shot, a discus, a javelin, a hammer or a puck, or else by the sportsperson, with the triggering being mechanical, acoustic or visual.

7. The system as claimed in claim 6, characterized in that the sensor is a goal post sensor, goal line sensor or a corresponding success-related sensor for some other type of sport.

17. A computer game, having a sports hoarding which is displayed digitally or in a virtual form, characterized in that an acoustic or visual advertising message is triggered when a digital or virtual object comes into contact with the sports hoarding.

18. The use of a sensor or of an actuator for triggering an advertising message or a message by the impact or the movement of a sports body or sportsperson.

19. The production of an advertising message on the basis of movement of the sports object.

20. The production of an advertising message as claimed in claim 19, characterized in that the production of the advertising message and the movement of the sports object take place on a screen.

21. The production of an advertising message as claimed in claim 20, characterized in that the production takes place in the course of the television transmission of a sporting event.

22. The use of a system with a sports hoarding having at least one contact sensor (20) and at least one actuator as an advertising medium, as soon as the sensor triggers a signal by means of a body impacting on it.

23. The use as claimed in claim 22, characterized by an image display with static image sections.

24. The use as claimed in claim 22, characterized by an electronic image display.

25. The use as claimed in claim 22, characterized by a changing or rotating hoarding (10).

26. The use as claimed in claim 22, characterized by an image display, image change or image amplification by lighting bodies or fluorescent signals.

27. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 26, characterized by mechanical, acoustic or visual triggering of the signal.

29. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 28, characterized in that the system has means for producing acoustic advertising messages such as music, natural noises, technical noises, sporting noises or noises of human origin.

30. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 29, characterized by a sound production system which is connected to the sports hoarding (10).

31. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 30, characterized by at least one stadium loudspeaker (60) which is connected to the hoarding (10).

32. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 31, characterized by electronic communication media which are connected to the hoarding (10).

33. The use as claimed in one of claims 30 to 32, characterized in that the sound signal is not triggered by a sensor, but by a switch.

34. The use as claimed in claim 33, characterized by a time switch.

35. The use as claimed in claim 33, characterized by a manual switch.

36. The use as claimed in claim 33, characterized by an automatic switch, which is activated by the hoarding advertisement changes.

37. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 36, characterized by the advertising message being transmitted to the public broadcast radio, the television, GSM, UMTS or the Internet.

38. The use as claimed in one of claims 22 to 37 with a sports hoarding which produces a digital or virtual display in a computer game.