Smart communicating sports equipment

a sports equipment and communication technology, applied in the field of sports equipment, can solve the problems of high cost and/or cumbersome use of equipment, and achieve the effect of improving the user experience and improving the user experien

Inactive Publication Date: 2006-07-06
MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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[0004] According to another aspect of the invention, data that relates to the sensor measurements are transmitted wirelessly from the sports equipment to another device, such as a

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[0012] Generally, the present invention relates to a system and method for interfacing mobile communication devices with sports equipment that includes at least one embedded sensor(s). Sensor data from the smart communicating sports equipment are transmitted wirelessly to a device for further analysis and display. Instead of having to estimate sensor data associated with a piece of equipment, actual sensor data is sent from the piece of equipment to another device, such as a mobile device. Many different types of information may be sensed. For example, 3D-acceleration information, pressure level on a hand grip, bat speed, and the like may be calculated by the embedded sensors.

[0013]FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram generally illustrating a smart communicating sports equipment system 300, in accordance with aspects of the invention. Computing device 330 is a computing device such as the one described in conjunction with FIG. 1 and mobile device 320 is a mobile computing device su...

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Mobile communication devices are interfaced with sports equipment that include at least one embedded sensor. The sensor may be a variety of different sensors, including, but not limited to: 3D acceleration sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors; humidity sensors; wind speed sensors; pressure sensors; and the like. Data that relates to the sensor measurements are transmitted wirelessly from the sports equipment to another device that may analyze the data. This device may be a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, or a wired device, such as a desktop computer. The data may be transmitted through one or more networks.

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0001] The sport equipment market continues to expand. Over the past several years, equipment has been developed to analyze the performance of a user with sports equipment. Some of this equipment includes golf devices to measure the speed of a golf swing, as well as the launch angle, backspin, and sidespin of a golf ball. Other sports equipment has been developed to measure the speed of baseball bats, baseball pitches, as well as equipment to determine the location of a ball within an strike zone or near a foul line. This equipment is typically located in close proximity to the user while they are participating or practicing in their sport. For example, a person measuring the speed of their golf swing may please the measuring device within a short distance from their swing plane. Once the person has swung the club, the device outputs the swing speed. This equipment, however, may be very costly and / or cumbersome to use. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION [0002] Embo...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B57/00
CPCA63B69/3632A63B2220/40A63B2225/50
Inventor SAINTOYANT, PIERRE-YVESMAHONEN, PETRI
Owner MICROSOFT TECH LICENSING LLC
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