Basketball shot determination system
US9656143B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 11, 2014 |
| Grant date | May 23, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 21, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2243/0095
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
A basketball shot determination system for use with a basket and a portable electronic device including a data acquisition device, a processing unit, a memory and an output device, the system includes a basketball, at least one sensor carried by the basketball, and a non-transient computer-readable medium. The medium contains code to direct the processor to obtain at least one attribute of a shot of the basketball towards the basket from the data acquisition device. The at least one attribute is sensed by the sensor or derived from signal output by the sensor. The medium contains code to direct the processor to determine whether the shot is a made basket by comparing the at least one attribute of the shot to one or more predetermined signature characteristics of a made basket, and to present output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket.
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