System and method adapted to enable simultaneous play of one or more sports games in the same facility with automated ball delivery, tracking and collection

A home plate for use in a batting system, comprising:

• one or more sensors connected with the home plate and configured to detect at least a batter;
• one or more computer implemented software applications operatively connected to the one or more sensors, wherein one or more of the sensors and one or more of the software applications are operatively connected to one or more lights and to a ball launch machine, wherein one or more of the lights are configured to indicate to at least the batter one or more of 1) a readiness of the ball launch machine to launch one or more balls and 2) when the batter can expect to receive the one or more launched balls, and wherein the ball launch machine is configured to launch the one or more balls upon one or more of 1) a detection of the batter by one or more of the and 2) an input by one or more of the software applications;
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• wherein the one or more sensors include one or more of RFID, pressure sensors, weight sensors, motion sensors, infrared sensors, optical sensors, cameras, microphones, and radar sensors, and wherein one or more of the sensors are configured to detect at least one or more of 1) the one or more launched balls, including one or more of ball location, speed, spin, apex, arc, trajectory, path, and placement, 2) the batter, including one or more of batter presence and batter motions, further including arm and bat motions, hand waves, bat swings, and ball hits and misses, and 3) location, speed, spin, apex, arc, trajectory, and path of a hit ball.

A home plate for use in a batting system, comprising:

• one or more lights integrated with the home plate;
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• one or more computer implemented software applications operatively connected to 1) the one or more lights, 2) one or more sensors configured to detect a batter, and 3) a ball launch machine configured to launch one or more balls,
• wherein the ball launch machine is configured to launch the one or more balls upon one or more of 1) detection of the batter by one or more of the sensors, and 2) input by one or more of the software applications, and
• wherein one or more of the lights are configured to indicate to at least the batter one or more of 1) readiness of the ball launch machine to launch the one or more balls and 2) when the batter can expect to receive the one or more launched balls, and
• wherein the one or more sensors include one or more of RFID, pressure sensors, weight sensors, motion sensors, infrared sensors, optical sensors, cameras, microphones, and radar sensors, and wherein one or more of the sensors are configured to detect at least one or more of 1) the one or more launched balls, including one or more of ball location, speed, spin, apex, arc, trajectory, path, and placement, 2) the batter, including one or more of batter presence and batter motions, further including arm and bat motions, hand waves, bat swings, and ball hits and misses, and 3) location, speed, spin, apex, arc, trajectory, and path of a hit ball.