RFID-based sensory monitoring of sports equipment
US9740899B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 11, 2017 |
| Grant date | Aug 22, 2017 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 11, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S5/0027
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
In aspects of RFID-based sensory monitoring of sports equipment, a number of RFID readers are positioned throughout a sports area to interrogate RFID tags that are associated with objects, such as sports equipment, used within the sports area. An object, such as a sports ball or protective equipment, can be set in motion along a trajectory within the sports area, and a RFID tag associated with the object receives an interrogation from the RFID readers positioned throughout the sports area. The object can include sensors integrated within a housing of the object, and the sensors are implemented to sense data about the motion and the trajectory of the object, as well as contact by the object with other objects. The sensed data is then communicated from the RFID tag of the object back to the one or more RFID readers that initiated the interrogation of the RFID tag.
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