Ball identification error analysis system and method

A ball identification error analysis system comprising:

• a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator;
• a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining at least one parameter describing a flight path of a ball, the flight path corresponding to a plurality of probabilities, each of the plurality of probabilities corresponding to a probability that the ball will strike a particular target;
• a plurality of targets, each target including a ball detector and a second ball ID reader, each ball detector communicatively coupled to the tracking module, each second ball ID reader communicatively coupled to the tracking module;
• a list of balls that hit at least one of the plurality of targets, wherein the list of balls is associated with a predefined time period and the list of balls includes the unique ID indicator for each ball;
• wherein the tracking module is configured to retrieve the list of all balls hit during a predefined time period when one of the plurality of targets identifies that a detected ball has entered a target and a second ball ID reader associated with the target is unable to read the ID indicator associated with the detected ball;
• wherein the list of balls hit during the predefined time period is compared to a list of balls read by one of the targets;
• wherein a detected ball has not been read by one of the second ball ID readers;
• wherein the detected ball is associated with a unique ID indicator that has not been associated with another ball in the list of balls that hit at least one of the targets.

A ball identification error analysis system comprising:

• a plurality of balls, each ball including a unique ID indicator;
• a plurality of bays, each bay including a ball dispenser, a first ball ID reader, and a ball tracking subsystem, each bay communicatively coupled to a tracking module, the ball tracking subsystem determining at least one parameter describing a flight path of a ball, the flight path corresponding to a plurality of probabilities;
• wherein each of the plurality of probabilities correspond to a probability that the ball strikes a particular target;
• a plurality of targets, each target including a ball detector and a second ball ID reader, each ball detector communicatively coupled to the tracking module, each second ball ID reader communicatively coupled to the tracking module;
• wherein the tracking module is configured to retrieve a list of all balls hit during a predefined time period when one of the plurality of targets identifies a detected ball that has entered a target and a second ball ID reader associated with the target is unable to read the ID indicator of the detected ball;
• wherein a ranked list of balls is calculated, in which each ball has an associated probability of hitting the target, and enabling a determination that associates the detected ball with a most likely ball to enter the target.