System and method for synchronized rowing
OwnerSean Huang Schwartzinventor
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Abstract
The present teaching relates to methods for synchronizing rowers in rowing. A synchronization timing instruction is generated based on a stroke rate as a stroke cycle with multiple timings for corresponding events to occur and used to facilitate synchronization across multiple rowers on the events in each stroke cycle based on the timings in the instruction. For each of the events and a timing specified in the instruction, an actual timing for the event related to each rower is received from a sensor and used to determine a synchronization status of the rower on the event in comparison with the timing for the event as provided by the instruction. The synchronization status on each event with respect to each rower is signaled to the rower.
Claims20
A method, comprising:
- receiving a synchronization timing instruction having a duration and a plurality of timings therein, wherein the duration represents a rowing stroke cycle determined based on a stroke rate and the plurality of timings specifies desired time instances for a corresponding plurality of events in the stroke cycle to occur;
- transmitting the synchronization timing instruction to multiple rowers to facilitate synchronization, across the multiple rowers, of each of the plurality of events based on the plurality of timings, wherein the plurality of events includes an event that an oar passes a knee of a rower;
- with respect to each of the plurality of events with a corresponding one of the plurality of timings as specified in the synchronization timing instruction,
- receiving, from a sensor associated with each of the rowers for detecting an occurrence of the event, an actual timing of the event relating to the rower,
- determining, based on the actual timings of the event relating to the multiple rowers and the corresponding timing, a synchronization status on the event for each of the multiple rowers,
- signaling, to each of the multiple rowers, the synchronization status on the event.
A machine-readable and non-transitory medium having information recorded thereon, wherein the information, when read by the machine, causes the machine to perform the following steps:
- receiving a synchronization timing instruction having a duration and a plurality of timings therein, wherein the duration represents a rowing stroke cycle determined based on a stroke rate and the plurality of timings specifies desired time instance for a corresponding plurality of events in the stroke cycle to occur;
- transmitting the synchronization timing instruction to multiple rowers to facilitate synchronization, across the multiple rowers, of each of the plurality of events based on the plurality of timings, wherein the plurality of events includes an event that an oar passes a knee of a rower;
- with respect to each of the plurality of events with a corresponding one of the plurality of timings as specified in the synchronization timing instruction,
- receiving, from a sensor associated with each of the rowers for detecting an occurrence of the event, an actual timing of the event relating to the rower,
- determining, based on the actual timings of the event relating to the multiple rowers and the corresponding timing, a synchronization status on the event for each of the multiple rowers,
- signaling, to each of the multiple rowers, the synchronization status on the event.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.