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US 10,624,320 B2Granted
Rider notification apparatus and method
AssigneeAngular LLC
InventorsJoseph Dominic Lombardo, Hilary Mary Clayton
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Abstract
Disclosed are apparatuses and methods useful for providing a visual indication to the rider of a horse of one or more inputs, such as the pitch of the head of a horse. The apparatuses and methods are useful in connection with the sport of dressage. The rider can be notified of a position or orientation of the horse's head, of rein tension, of the rider's body position or orientation, of a current location within a course or routine, of a warning, or of other information. The visual indication can be in the form of an illuminated light source.
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A position indication apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be secured to a head of a horse;
- a first light source oriented to be visible to a rider of the horse when so secured;
- a power source disposed within the housing and coupled to the first light source to provide power thereto;
- a pitch determination device disposed within the housing for determination of a pitch of the head of the horse;
- a control circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the position determination device and the first light source, the control circuit configured to illuminate the first light source using an illuminated light source to thereby provide pitch information to the rider;
- wherein the position indication apparatus is secured to the head of a horse and is configured to receive illumination information from said illuminated light source relating to the pitch of the head of the horse;
- wherein the position indication apparatus is configured such that a rider can set a plane corresponding to the horse's head being in a desired position, to which subsequent measurements of the position of the head of the horse can be compared.
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A position indication apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be secured to a head of a horse;
- a first light source oriented to be visible to a rider of the horse when so secured;
- a power source disposed within the housing and coupled to the first light source to provide power thereto;
- a pitch determination device disposed within the housing for determination of a pitch of the head of the horse;
- a control circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the position determination device and the first light source, the control circuit configured to illuminate the first light source using an illuminated light source to thereby provide pitch information to the rider;
- wherein a predetermined ideal pitch can be set by the rider.
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A position indication apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be secured to a head of a horse;
- a first light source oriented to be visible to a rider of the horse when so secured;
- a power source disposed within the housing and coupled to the first light source to provide power thereto;
- a pitch determination device disposed within the housing for determination of a pitch of the head of the horse;
- a control circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the position determination device and the first light source, the control circuit configured to illuminate the first light source using an illuminated light source to thereby provide pitch information to the rider;
- wherein the illuminated light source includes a plurality of colors corresponding to ranges of pitches between a predetermined maximum and minimum pitch.
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A position indication apparatus comprising:
- a housing configured to be secured to a head of a horse;
- a first light source oriented to be visible to a rider of the horse when so secured;
- a power source disposed within the housing and coupled to the first light source to provide power thereto;
- a pitch determination device disposed within the housing for determination of a pitch of the head of the horse;
- a control circuit disposed within the housing and coupled to the position determination device and the first light source, the control circuit configured to illuminate the first light source using an illuminated light source to thereby provide pitch information to the rider;
- further comprising a receiver in communication with the control circuit, and permitting maximum and minimum determined pitches to be adjusted via a signal sent to the receiver via a remote device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.