Sports Apparatus and Method
First Claim
1. A sports apparatus for monitoring one or more spatial positions of one or more players within a spatial playing region, wherein the sports apparatus includes:
- one or more personal monitors that are carried by the one or more players when moving within the spatial playing region;
a monitoring arrangement coupled in communication with the one or more personal monitors for determining one or more spatial positions of the one or more personal monitors within the spatial playing region;
a camera arrangement for capturing views of at least a portion of the spatial playing region for determining spatial positions of the one or more players when moving within the spatial playing region; and
a data merging arrangement for merging position-measurement data generated by the monitoring arrangement and the camera arrangement to provide output information indicative of the one or more spatial positions of the one or more players within the spatial playing region.
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Abstract
A sports apparatus for monitoring spatial positions of players within a spatial playing region is provided. The sports apparatus includes personal monitors carried by the players, and a monitoring arrangement coupled in communication with the personal monitors for determining spatial positions of the personal monitors within the spatial playing region. The sports apparatus also includes a camera arrangement for capturing views of at least a portion of the spatial playing region for determining spatial positions of the players within the spatial playing region, and a data merging arrangement for merging position-measurement data generated by the monitoring arrangement and the camera arrangement to provide output information indicative of the spatial positions of the players within the spatial playing region.
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19 Claims
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1. A sports apparatus for monitoring one or more spatial positions of one or more players within a spatial playing region, wherein the sports apparatus includes:
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one or more personal monitors that are carried by the one or more players when moving within the spatial playing region; a monitoring arrangement coupled in communication with the one or more personal monitors for determining one or more spatial positions of the one or more personal monitors within the spatial playing region; a camera arrangement for capturing views of at least a portion of the spatial playing region for determining spatial positions of the one or more players when moving within the spatial playing region; and a data merging arrangement for merging position-measurement data generated by the monitoring arrangement and the camera arrangement to provide output information indicative of the one or more spatial positions of the one or more players within the spatial playing region. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of employing a sports apparatus for monitoring one or more spatial positions of one or more players within a spatial playing region, wherein the sports apparatus includes one or more personal monitors that are carried by the one or more players when moving within the spatial playing region, and a monitoring arrangement coupled in communication with the one or more personal monitors for determining one or more spatial positions of the one or more personal monitors within the spatial playing region, wherein the method includes:
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using a camera arrangement of the sports apparatus for capturing views of at least a portion of the spatial playing region for determining spatial positions of the one or more players when moving within the spatial playing region; and using a data merging arrangement of the sports apparatus for merging position-measurement data generated by the monitoring arrangement and the camera arrangement to provide output information indicative of the one or more spatial positions of the one or more players within the spatial playing region. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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