EP4217080A2 - Indicateurs visuels ou audibles de mouvement détecté dans un palet de hockey - Google Patents

Indicateurs visuels ou audibles de mouvement détecté dans un palet de hockey

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EP4217080A2
EP4217080A2 EP21873331.9A EP21873331A EP4217080A2 EP 4217080 A2 EP4217080 A2 EP 4217080A2 EP 21873331 A EP21873331 A EP 21873331A EP 4217080 A2 EP4217080 A2 EP 4217080A2
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hockey
hockey puck
values
readable code
processor readable
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Frank D. II ROBERTS
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Sensor Maestros LLC
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/06—Indicating or scoring devices for games or players, or for other sports activities
    • A63B71/0619—Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills
    • A63B71/0622—Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B67/00—Sporting games or accessories therefor, not provided for in groups A63B1/00 - A63B65/00
    • A63B67/14—Curling stone; Shuffleboard; Similar sliding games
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2102/00—Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity ; particular sports involving the use of balls and clubs, bats, rackets, or the like
    • A63B2102/22—Field hockey
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2102/00—Application of clubs, bats, rackets or the like to the sporting activity ; particular sports involving the use of balls and clubs, bats, rackets, or the like
    • A63B2102/24—Ice hockey
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2220/00—Measuring of physical parameters relating to sporting activity
    • A63B2220/20—Distances or displacements
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2220/00—Measuring of physical parameters relating to sporting activity
    • A63B2220/30—Speed
    • A63B2220/34—Angular speed
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2220/00—Measuring of physical parameters relating to sporting activity
    • A63B2220/40—Acceleration
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2225/00—Miscellaneous features of sport apparatus, devices or equipment
    • A63B2225/50—Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B2225/00—Miscellaneous features of sport apparatus, devices or equipment
    • A63B2225/74—Miscellaneous features of sport apparatus, devices or equipment with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights

Definitions

  • Another broad object of particular embodiments can be to provide a hockey puck including an illumination core having a processor communicatively coupled to a non-transitory computer readable medium containing a processor readable code executable to: collect acceleration data generated by an accelerometer contained in the illumination core over a time period; calculate acceleration magnitude based on the acceleration data over the time period; calculate an acceleration baseline based on the acceleration data over the time period; correlate the acceleration baseline with the acceleration magnitude over the time period; and detect a hockey puck shot, wherein a hockey puck shot start occurs when the acceleration magnitude exceeds the acceleration baseline, and wherein a hockey puck shot end occurs when the acceleration magnitude subsequently falls below the acceleration baseline.
  • Another broad object of particular embodiments can be to provide a computing device including a non-transitory computer readable medium containing a processor readable code, the processor readable code executable to display a graphical user interface on a display surface of the computing device configured to receive user indications to control the functionalities of a hockey puck including: a radio frequency transceiver configured to communicatively couple to the computing device; at least one sensor which generates sensor data that varies based on change in hockey puck movement; a microprocessor operable to execute the processor readable code to: record the sensor data that varies based on change in hockey puck movement; convert the sensor data generated by the at least one sensor to hockey puck movement values correlated to the one or more of hockey puck movements; save hockey puck movement values as a recorded session of a hockey move; superimpose a plurality of recorded sessions of the hockey move; and calculate average hockey puck movement values correlated to hockey puck movement in the plurality of recorded sessions of the hockey move as hockey puck movement pattern.
  • a radio frequency transceiver configured to communicative
  • Figure 6 is a second side view of the particular embodiment of the hockey puck.
  • Figure 15B illustrates a graph including a plot of acceleration magnitude values superimposed with a plot of velocity magnitude values for a hockey shot.
  • Figure 20 is a block flow diagram of a particular method of using an embodiment of a hockey puck.
  • the computing devices (3) can be hand-held devices such as smart phones, slate or pad computers, personal digital assistants or camera/cell phones, or multiprocessor systems, microprocessor-based or programmable consumer electronics, network PCs, minicomputers, mainframe computers, or the like.
  • the invention relates to embodiments of a system (1), methods of making the system (1) and methods of using the system (1) including one or more of: a computing device (3) having a non-transitory computer readable medium (8) containing a processor readable code (9) executable to display a graphical user interface (10) on a display surface (11) of the computing device (3) to receive user indications (12) to activate an illumination core (13) of a hockey puck (14).
  • a computing device (3) having a non-transitory computer readable medium (8) containing a processor readable code (9) executable to display a graphical user interface (10) on a display surface (11) of the computing device (3) to receive user indications (12) to activate an illumination core (13) of a hockey puck (14).
  • the radio frequency band (32) can include as illustrative examples: BLUETOOTH® (35) which operates at frequencies of about 2402 MHz to about 2480 MHz or about 2400 MHz to about 2483.5 MHz, or WI-FI® (36) which operates at about 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz; however, these illustrative examples are not intended to preclude embodiments operating at other frequencies to afford wireless communication between the illumination core (13) of the hockey puck (14) and the computing device (3).
  • the illumination core (13) can, but need not necessarily include a tone generator (37) which generates tones (38) also referred to as an “audio beacon” that provides a signal (33) over the communication path (34) between the illumination core (13) of the hockey puck (14) and a computing device (3).
  • the gyroscope (28b) can be configured as a single axis, a dual axis or a tri-axis gyroscope (28b) to generate one or more data streams that vary based on the angular acceleration forces (mV/deg/s) acting on the illumination core (13) to allow measurement of one or more of: rotation of the illumination core (13) or inclination of the illumination core (13), or combinations thereof, to allow determination of the rate of rotation or inclination of the illumination core (13) and the corresponding hockey puck (14) around one or more of three axis (X axis, Y axis, Z axis).
  • the main difference between the accelerometer (28a) and the gyroscope (28b) can be that the gyroscope (28b) can sense rotation about an axis, whereas the accelerometer (28a) cannot.
  • the magnetometer (28c) can be configured as a single axis, a dual axis or a tri-axis magnetometer (28c) to generate one or more data streams that vary based on the Earth’s magnetic field forces (T) acting on the illumination core (13) to allow measurement of the magnetic field in one or more of three axis (X axis, Y axis, Z axis) to determine orientation of the illumination core (13) and corresponding orientation of the hockey puck (14) by detection of the direction of the Earth’s magnetic field.
  • a magnetometer (28c) suitable for use with embodiments of the invention can be a Digital Output triaxial magnetometer manufactured by ST Microelectronics having part number LIS2MDL.
  • embodiments can further include one or more sound generators (17) which can comprise an integrated circuit to produce audio signals.
  • sound generators (17) can comprise a piezoelectric sound generator including a ceramic piezoelectric material affixed to a metal diaphragm. The ceramic piezoelectric material can be excited with an alternating voltage which increases the size of the ceramic piezoelectric material causing the diaphragm to vibrate and generate audible sound (20).
  • inventions can, but need not necessarily, include an overcoat (22) substantially enveloping the illumination core (13).
  • the overcoat (22) can comprise an elastomer layer (46) having an overcoat external surface (47) configured as a circular first flat face (48) opposite a circular second flat face (49) joined by an annular side wall (50).
  • the overcoat (22) can be configured as a hockey puck (14) including substantially circular or circular first and second flat faces (48, 49) having diameter of about three inches disposed in opposite parallel relation joined by an annular side wall (50) having a height of about one inch thick.
  • the overcoat (22) can have an overcoat internal surface (51) defining a hollow interior space (52) configured to receive the illumination core (13).
  • FIGS. 1-10 show a plurality of apertures (21) configured as radially extending slots in both the first and second faces (48, 49) of the overcoat (22); this is not intended to preclude embodiments having one or more apertures (21) in only the first face (48) or in only the second face (49).
  • the one or more apertures (21) can define any configuration of aperture open area (55) sufficiently limited to retain the illumination core (13) within the hollow interior space (52) during a hockey stick handling move (90) (also referred to as a “hockey move”).
  • the velocity magnitude values (65) can be plotted over time to provide the velocity plot (53) as shown in the example of Figure 16B.
  • the one or more servers (2) can be used primarily as sources of system content (24), with primary responsibility for implementing the graphical user interface (10) being placed upon each of the one or more computing devices (3).
  • each of the one or more computing devices (3) can download and run the appropriate portions of the processor readable code (9) implementing the corresponding functions attributable to the computing device (3).
  • the processor readable code (9) can in part include computer instructions to depict elements in the graphical user interface (10) on the display surface (11) of the computing device (3) which correspondingly allows entry of user indications (12) in the graphical user interface (10) to execute one or more functions of the processor readable code (9).
  • the user indications (12) in the graphical user interface (10) can as illustrative examples include: selection of one or more control icon(s), entry of text into one or more fillable fields, voice command, keyboard stroke, mouse button point and click, touch on a touch screen, or combinations thereof (individually and collectively referred to as a “user indications”).
  • the cool down period (81) can be a user configured time period in which the hockey puck (14) does not record sensor data (29) from the one or more sensors (28) of hockey puck movement (15) or hockey puck shots (15a).
  • the cool down period (81) can minimize or avoid recording of general hockey puck movement (15), such as: general stick handling between hockey shots (15a).
  • the cool down period icon (79) can toggle between a time period up icon (79a) and a time period down icon (79b) with concurrent depiction of a cool down time period value (82).
  • the processor readable code (9) can function to depict a default minimum cool down time period value (82a), for example, five seconds.
  • an acceleration threshold icon (83) upon selection of a hockey puck (14), user indications (12) in an acceleration threshold icon (83) can activate the radio frequency transceiver (26) to receive acceleration threshold data (84) which can be processed by the microprocessor (25) to set an acceleration threshold (85) for the selected hockey puck (14) in the system (1) (S-2).
  • the acceleration threshold (85) can be a user configured acceleration magnitude value (55) that must be exceeded during hockey puck movement (15) to validate a hockey shot (15a).
  • user indications (12) upon selection of the acceleration threshold icon (83), user indications (12) can toggle between an acceleration threshold up icon (83a) or in an acceleration threshold down icon (83b) with concurrent depiction of an acceleration threshold value (86).
  • the processor readable code (9) can function to depict a default minimum acceleration threshold value (87).
  • the processor readable code (9) will function to stop recording of the sensor data (29) generated by the one or more sensors (28) in the illumination core (13) (S-7). Subsequent to user indications (12) in the graphical user interface (10) to stop recording, the processor readable code (9) can function to process the recorded session(s)(93) (S-8).
  • User indications (12) in a continuous session icon (106) can activate the hockey puck (14) to generate continuous sensor data (29) during a plurality of hockey stick handling moves (90) without a cool down period (81) between the hockey stick handling moves (90) (S-19).
  • the acceleration magnitude threshold icon (83) By user indications (12) in the acceleration magnitude threshold icon (83) the acceleration magnitude threshold (85) can be associated with the hockey puck (14).
  • the processor readable code (9) can activate the one or more light emitters (16) in the illumination core (13) to provide the first visual indicia (88) that the hockey puck (14) is ready to record sensor data (29) (S-20).

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Abstract

Palet de hockey comprenant un microprocesseur utilisable pour exécuter un code lisible par processeur pour convertir des données de capteur générées par au moins un capteur en valeurs de mouvement de palet de hockey, pour comparer les valeurs de mouvement de palet de hockey aux valeurs de seuil de mouvement de palet de hockey, et pour actionner un ou plusieurs émetteurs de lumière ou générateurs de son lorsque des valeurs de mouvement de palet de hockey satisfont les valeurs de seuil de mouvement de palet de hockey.
EP21873331.9A 2020-09-23 2021-09-22 Indicateurs visuels ou audibles de mouvement détecté dans un palet de hockey Pending EP4217080A2 (fr)

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