Performance coaching apparatus and method
AssigneeApex Pro, LLC
InventorAustin Gurley
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Abstract
An apparatus for coaching improvements for a performer during a performance activity based on observed actual performance in comparison to a possible performance, with sensors measuring performance criteria. A microprocessor computer creates respective pseudo-measurements relevant to the performance activity based on the measurements, which are normalized and evaluated as to proximity to a possible performance value. A display presents the measured actual performance in relation to the possible performance, so the performer may change actions and observe on the display the effect of the change. A method of coaching performer during a performance activity is disclosed.
Claims18
A driver performance apparatus for monitoring and coaching of real-time performance improvement during operation of a motor vehicle, comprising:
- an inertia sensor mounted in a motor vehicle for measuring lateral, longitudinal, and vertical accelerations of the motor vehicle relative to three axis of direction;
- a speed sensor in the motor vehicle configured for measuring a velocity of the motor vehicle;
- a microprocessor configured for receiving periodically from the inertia sensor a respective signal representative of a momentary value of each of the measured lateral, longitudinal, and vertical accelerations of the motor vehicle and from a GPS device a momentary location of the motor vehicle for determining a momentary measured value of the velocity of the motor vehicle;
- a memory device configured for storing a maximum achieved value indicative of a tire grip on a road surface on which the motor vehicle is moving, a maximum achieved value of a power measurement of the motor vehicle moving on the road surface, and a maximum achieved value of a drag measurement of the motor vehicle moving on the road surface based on the respective measured signals;
- the microprocessor configured for determining, with the respective signals, a momentary value indicative of the tire grip, a momentary value of the power measurement, and a momentary value of the drag measurement;
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- a display for mounting within a view of a driver of the motor vehicle, said display presenting a binary presentation for momentarily comparing a driver performance value as indicative of respective momentary values of the tire grip, the power measurement, and the drag measurement relative to the achievable driver performance based on the maximum achieved values thereof,
- whereby the binary presentation provides relative performance information readily understood under time constraints involved in a sports performance activity.
A method for monitoring and coaching of real-time driver performance improvement during operation of a motor vehicle, comprising the steps of:
- (a) equipping a motor vehicle with an inertia sensor for measuring lateral, longitudinal, and vertical accelerations of the motor vehicle relative to three axis of direction and a speed sensor for determining a velocity of the motor vehicle;
- (b) periodically communicating to a memory device from the inertia sensor a respective signal representative of a momentary value of each of the measured lateral, longitudinal, and vertical accelerations of the motor vehicle and from the speed sensor a signal of a measured value of the velocity of the motor vehicle;
- (c) determining, with the respective signals, a momentary value indicative of the tire grip, a momentary value of the power measurement, and a momentary value of the drag measurement;
- (d) tracking a maximum achieved value indicative of a tire grip on a road surface on which the motor vehicle is moving, a maximum achieved value of a power measurement of the motor vehicle moving on the road surface, and a maximum achieved value of a drag measurement of the motor vehicle moving on the road surface based on the respective measured signals;
- (e) providing a binary presentation on a display viewable by a driver for momentarily comparing a driver performance value based on the respective momentary values of the tire grip, the power measurement, and the drag measurement relative to the achievable driver performance based on the maximum achieved values thereof,
- whereby the binary presentation provides relative performance information readily understood under time constraints involved in a sports performance activity.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.