Method and system for central controlled rower synchronization and personalized performance data collection
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.
Claims17
A system, comprising:
- a synchronization timing instruction generator implemented by a processor and configured for
- receiving a stroke rate from a coxswain, and
- generating a synchronization timing instruction with a plurality of timings according to a duration corresponding to a stroke cycle determined based on the stroke rate, wherein the plurality of timings in the duration specify respective time instances for a plurality of events to occur;
- a communication unit implemented by a processor and configured for transmitting the synchronization timing instruction to multiple rower units associated with respective multiple rowers;
- a rower sensor initializer implemented by a processor and configured for initializing each of the multiple rower units at the start of the stroke cycle;
- a real-time sensor data processor implemented by a processor and configured for:
- receiving, from a plurality of sensors associated with each of the multiple rowers, sensor data, and
- processing the sensor data to determine actual timings of the plurality of events;
- and
- a synchronization signaling generator implemented by a processor and configured for:
- determining a synchronization status for each of the plurality of events associated with each of the multiple rowers,
- generating an alert signal indicative of synchronization performance associated with each of the plurality of events with respect to each of the multiple rowers based on the synchronization timing instruction and the actual timing for the event associated with the rower, and
- transmitting the alert signals to the multiple rower units reporting the synchronization performance on the plurality of events with respect to the multiple rowers.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.