GB2610905A

GB2610905A - CUSH coach umpire safely helmet

Info

Publication number: GB2610905A
Application number: GB2209749.7A
Authority: GB
Inventors: Emery Andrew
Original assignee: Cricket Coach Floor Mats Ltd
Current assignee: Cricket Coach Floor Mats Ltd
Priority date: 2021-10-26
Filing date: 2022-07-04
Publication date: 2023-03-22
Anticipated expiration: 2042-07-04
Also published as: GB2613771A; GB2610905B; GB202115381D0; GB202209749D0

Abstract

A helmet including a power pack, inner and outer microphones, central processing unit, earphones, internet connection means, distance calibrated cameras and augmented information mask. The helmet may conform to international regulations for safety. The cameras may be calibrated to the size of the cricket wickets and enables measured analysis of the known dimensions of a cricket wickets and pitch dimensions in order deliver an accurate adjudication and video evidence. The helmet may have internet connectivity that allows real time file sharing and saves or deletes files on request. Image stabilisation software enables improved video evidence of play. The helmet provides umpires and coaches with a measuring tool to enable them to avoid errors that are known to occur when umpiring and coaching cricket, provides safety and allows coaches to be able to share files and real time video clips with others.

Description

A safety helmet and measuring tool in the field of consumer electronics.

A safety helmet to protect umpires and coaches while carrying out the role of umpiring and coaching that is a means of measuring through video capture outcomes that could otherwise be made in error due to the speed of the event or other mitigating factors when adjudicating in the sport of cricket.

This patent application claims the prior date in application number GB2115381.2 on which this application is based and that solves the same issues of keeping umpires safe while providing measured technical assistance and support in order to prevent technical errors while adjudicating and coaching cricket and that uses spaced lenses in order to provide the perspective in order to measure video files and to reach outcomes.

Umpires and coaches are getting seriously injured or even killed while carrying out this role. Currently only the very best elite cricketers have access to a Direct Referral System, that can review the work of umpires. The best elite umpires are widely known to make errors. A measuring and adjudicating system that provides a cost effective solution to the problem of umpire errors and that will be available to a wider audience of cricket players because of cost implications of the current solution which is known as 'Hawkeye', and that uses 6 or more camera lenses placed high up in the stadia infrastructure around the cricket ground.

This application provides more clarity than GB2115381.2 and includes a face mask that can deliver augmented information to the wearer and that was not included in the original application. This augmented information would otherwise have been delivered by a smartphone app or headphones within the helmet. The addition of an augmented information mask which is an output device for delivering information to the wearer this does not alter the novelty of 2 or more calibrated lenses mounted from the unique perspective of a helmet on the head of a cricket umpire in order to adjudicate on the laws of cricket.

Cricket has 4 issues that this application solves. 1, The Safety of Umpires 2, The safety of Coaches, 3, Umpires and coaches need a measuring tool to enable them to avoid errors that it is known currently occur when umpiring and coaching cricket. 4., Cricket Coaches need to be able to share files and real time video clips with others.

A safety helmet that conforms to worldwide regulations and that is measuring tool with 2 or more lenses that are calibrated to the size of the cricket wickets and that enables measured analysis of the known dimensions of a cricket pitch with wickets in order deliver a measured adjudication on the given data and video evidence collected by the unique perspective of the helmets lenses and external microphone of the helmet and that utilises the ideal position that an umpire stands when adjudicating cricket from the bowlers end of the pitch. The helmet has internet connectivity that allows real time file sharing and saves files on request.

A safety helmet with an app on a smartphone that has a remote control that is also a measuring machine specific to the sport of cricket using 2 or more lenses and a microphone mounted on the helmet and with lenses that are calibrated to the size of the cricket wickets in order to measure and adjudicate on the sport of cricket using video capture and by assessing information gathered by the lenses and microphone and using a CPU and cloud connectivity with algorithms that will adjudicate on cricket in accordance with the governing body of the sport using headphones and the augmented information of the analysed gathered video captured data will be delivered to the wearer of the helmet. The helmet wearer will share captured files for analisis for umpiring and cricket coaching and the helmet recordings are started, stopped and shared by instructions from the wearer and by using a remote control or phone App or voice recognition by the helmets internal microphone.

Currently it is known that many international umpires have around 40% of their decisions overturned during a match by the Hawkeye Direct Referral System. The helmet will allow a Direct Referral System to be more widely available to cricketers because of the reduced costs involved compared to the current Hawkeye system. The Hawkeye system uses around 6 or more camera lenses usually placed high up in stadium infrastructures. The cost of this type of Hawkeye system makes it impractical for use by those other than the most elite cricketers. The helmet is a cost effective alternative that delivers safety and a Direct Referral System without the need for stadium infrastructure and that takes advantage of the prime position of the cricket umpire when umpiring at the bowling end of the cricket pitch.

A protective helmet that has two or more calibrated camera lenses that are used as a measuring tool and with a calibrated distance between 2 or more camera lenses on the helmet that are in ratio or the same as the specific distance between the total width of the sets of cricket wickets and this lens arrangement will provide the correct perspective in order to measure and allow adjudication in the sport of cricket and that uses augmented information.

A Helmet safety that conforms to world safety regulations in regard to cricket safety and that is a measuring and adjudication machine for cricket.

A device that measures similar to a theodolite that uses twin calibrated lenses a set distance apart in order to gather evidence using video capture to provide measured evidenced data on which to make adjudication and augmented decisions in cricket.

A helmet that can provide slow motion replays using a computer generated image from 2 or more perspectives in order to determine and show the real tracked path of a cricket ball. The distance between the lenses is known and used to measure the speed and distance of a moving ball, known as 'ball tracking'.

The size and distance between the two sets of stumps are known and these known reference points are used to align and measure angles and predict outcomes. Measurements and outcomes would not be possible with a single lens or lenses that were not calibrated together with the wicket dimensions.

A helmet that is an evidence gathering measuring machine in order to produce adjudications on cricket in accordance with the rules of the governing body of cricket using video capture and using 2 spaced and aligned lenses. This is a measure and a system for cricket adjudication that also protects the wearer with a safety helmet that conforms to the relevant safety standards for cricket helmets throughout the world. The helmet will analyse the sounds collected by the microphone in order to determine if the ball hit bat, glove or pad.

Instructions regarding the operation of the helmets recording equipment can be inputted by voice recognition instructions by the helmets internal microphone and by the remote control where the commands to start or stop or save recordings are inputted.

List of component parts Safety helmet Power pack Outer microphone Inner microphone Central Processing Unit Earphones Internet connection modem and wi-fi Distance Calibrated Camera lenses (2 or more) Augmented Information mask Remote control Smart phone App Software and algorithms.

Image stabilisation software.

Ball tracking software It is acknowledged that licences, agreements, or permissions will be needed from many or all of the above components parts.

Novelty lies in the recognition that a cricket umpire has the ideal vantage point from which to adjudicate the match when umpiring from the bowler's end. This vantage point is available only to the sport of cricket and only when the umpire is umpiring at the bowler's end, and not at square leg, so it is necessary that both cricket umpires have a helmet. The helmet utilises this ideal vantage point by using spaced lenses just above where the umpires eyes are, on the helmet.. Novelty is also present because these lenses are calibrated to the size of a set of cricket wickets given all the known dimensions involved on a cricket pitch and that this provides the perspective required to carry out measuring of captured video clips and through to adjudication using the above components and algorithms.

Claims

CLAIMS1, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket including when a player has delivered a no ball and if the player has delivered a wide and if there is a bye or if there is a leg bye and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of Leg Before Wicket LBW and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of stumped and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of bowled and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of caught and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of run-out and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of hit wicket and to determine if or not a player is out or not by means of 'handled the ball'.

2, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket and that allows file sharing for coaches.

3, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket and can allow slow motion replays 4, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket and that can provide slow motion replays using a computer generated image from 2 or more perspectives in order to determine and show the real tracked path of a cricket ball.5, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket and to analyse the sounds collected by the external microphone in order to determine it the ball hit bat, glove or pad.6, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse with algorithms this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket and that will deliver the measured adjudication outcomes to the wearer by a phone app or a microphone or by an augmented information mask.7, A safety helmet for cricket that adheres to international regulations for cricket safety helmets and that protects both umpires and coaches while carrying out their duties and that adjudicates on all the laws of cricket using the onboard technology by utilisation of a microphone and 2 or more onboard camera lenses that are calibrated with the known size of the cricket wicket and mounted on the helmet in order to provide the correct perspective in order to measure video captured data and to analyse this data and reach an adjudication on all the rules of cricket in accordance with the governing body of cricket and instructions regarding the operation of the helmets recording equipment can be inputted by voice recognition instructions by the helmets internal microphone and by the remote control where the commands to start or stop or save delete or auto-delete recordings is inputted and that gathers evidence using video capture to provide measured evidenced data on which to make augmented adjudication decisions in cricket.