Detecting and assessing vibrations caused by sporting equipment

Active Publication Date: 2018-08-23
ROBOSPORT TECH
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The present patent provides a method and system for providing feedback regarding the impact between a sporting implement and a ball. The system includes a glove with a sensor that detects vibrations caused by the impact and sends a signal to a speaker within the glove to emit an auditory tone when the vibration level is within a predetermined range. The system can also calibrate the sensor based on the detected vibration level. The technical effect of the patent is to provide a more intuitive and accurate way for players to receive feedback on the impact between the sporting implement and the ball during training and games.

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Training a batter to be able to make a clean hit is hard.
However, the batter will not be able to determine whether the hit was a clean hit, or how close the point of impact between the ball and the bat was to the center of the bat merely by looking at the result of the hit.

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[0030]The present disclosure is directed to devices, systems, and methods for sports training using various sensors and virtual and / or augmented reality technologies to train athletes and players to improve coordination, timing, and / or skill. More particularly, the disclosure relates to using various sensors and virtual and / or augmented reality visuals to create an immersive training environment for the player to be used in conjunction with the detection of vibrations and / or impacts by one or more sensors to determine whether an impact between sporting equipment and a ball resulted in a clean hit, and thereby providing an indication to the player as to whether the hit was a clean hit. The disclosure further provides for devices, systems, and methods for training the player to hit different types of pitches as well as direct the ball in a particular direction and / or toward a particular target. Thus, the disclosure describes methods for training a player to improve timing based on rep...

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Abstract

Disclosed are systems, devices, and methods for providing feedback regarding an impact between a sporting implement and a ball, an example system comprising a glove worn by a player, the glove including a sensor for detecting vibrations caused by an impact between the sporting implement and the ball and determining whether a level of the vibrations is within a predetermined range, and a speaker within audible range of the player, the speaker configured to emit an audible tone in response to receiving a signal from the sensor indicating that the level of the vibrations is determined to be within the predetermined range.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]The present application is related to commonly-owned co-pending U.S. patent application Ser. No. ______, (Attorney Docket No. 2166-7), entitled “DEVICE FOR DETECTING AND ASSESSING VIBRATIONS CAUSED BY SPORTING EQUIPMENT”, Ser. No. ______, (Attorney Docket No. 2166-8), entitled “SYSTEMS, DEVICES, AND METHODS FOR VIRTUAL AND AUGMENTED REALITY SPORTS TRAINING”, Ser. No. ______, (Attorney Docket No. 2166-11), entitled “SMART NET FOR USE IN SPORTS TRAINING”, and ______, (Attorney Docket No. 2166-13), entitled “VIRTUAL SMART NET FOR USE IN SPORTS TRAINING”, all filed on ______ by Salvatore LoDuca, the entire contents of each of which is incorporated herein by reference.BACKGROUNDTechnical Field[0002]The present disclosure relates to sports training, and particularly to the use of sensors and virtual and augmented reality technologies to train athletes and players to improve coordination and / or skill.Description of Related Art[0003]Various sport...

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IPC IPC(8): A63B24/00A63B71/06A63B69/00
CPCA63B24/0062A63B71/0619A63B2220/836A63B2220/80A63B69/00G09B19/0038A63B69/0002A63B69/0075A63B69/0091A63B69/3608A63B69/38A63B71/0622A63B71/0669A63B71/141A63B71/143A63B71/146A63B24/0059A63B2024/0028A63B2024/0034A63B2024/0068A63B2069/0008A63B2071/0625A63B2071/0636A63B2071/0666A63B2220/64A63B2220/801A63B2225/50
InventorLODUCA, SALVATORE
OwnerROBOSPORT TECH