Slow-pitch softball strike-indicating mat
OwnerRussell Brooke Dunninventor
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Abstract
A sensing system and method determines whether a slow pitch softball has been delivered in a strike zone. The system includes: a dual, mirror image slow-pitch software home plate; the home plate having an upper surface and a lower surface; the lower surface configured for attachment to ground; the upper surface comprising a pressure or impact sensing array covering at least edges of the upper surface of the home plate; the sensing array having a battery source for powering the system; the sensing array issuing an electrical signal when sensing pressure or impact; and the electrical signal connected to an audio or visual output device that indicates receiving of the electrical signal by a visual or audio emission.
Claims7
A method of identifying a strike in a game of slow pitch softball comprising providing at home plate on a slow pitch softball field a sensing system for determining whether a softball has been delivered in a strike zone during play of a game of slow pitch softball, the system comprising:
- a) a dual, mirror image slow-pitch softball home plate area;
- b) the minor image slow-pitch softball home plate area having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- c) the lower surface configured for attachment to ground;
- d) the upper surface comprising a pressure or impact sensing array covering at least edges of the upper surface of the mirror image slow-pitch softball home plate area;
- e) the sensing array having a battery source for powering the system;
- f) the sensing array issuing an electrical signal when sensing pressure or impact;
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- g) the electrical signal connected to an audio or visual output device that is triggered to indicate receiving of the electrical signal by a visual or audio emission,
- the method comprising the sensing system detecting that a pitched softball causes pressure on or contact with the pressure or impact sensing array, and then triggering issuance of an electrical signal to the audio or visual output device indicating sensing of pressure or contact on the pressure or impact sensing array.
A sensing system for determining whether a softball has been delivered in a strike zone during play of a game of slow pitch softball, the system comprising:
- a dual, mirror image slow-pitch softball home plate area;
- the home plate having an upper surface and a lower surface;
- the lower surface configured for attachment to ground;
- the upper surface comprising a pressure or impact sensing array covering at least edges of the upper surface of the home plate;
- the sensing array having a battery source for powering the system;
- the sensing array issuing an electrical signal when sensing pressure or impact;
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- the electrical signal connected to an audio or a video signal from a visual output device that indicates receiving of the electrical signal by a visual or audio emission.
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