Monitoring of physical training events
US10532248B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 4, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jan 14, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2036 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2218/12
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A computer-implemented method is disclosed that includes instructing a human player to perform a plurality of different actions in a determined order with a physical basketball, including actions of bouncing the physical basketball, and obtaining, with one or more electronic sensors, data that characterizes motion of the physical basketball being handled by the human player who is performing the instructed actions at a location. The method also includes communicating the data from the sensors to a console videogame system that is proximate to the location, and graphically representing, in a videogame displayed on a display device, performance by the human player, the performance being affected by the captured data, the representation of performance by the human player being compared against a standard of performance.
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