System and method for determining a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play
OwnerArthur M. Jacksoninventor
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Abstract
A coating, for example a piezochromic coating, can adhere to a pickleball court. The coating can mark a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play on the pickleball court. When a pickleball bounces from a coated surface of the pickleball court, the pickleball can produce a mark on or in the coating at the bounce point. The mark can provide a visible indication of location of the bounce point that informs whether the bounce point was in an in-bounds or an out-of-bounds area of the pickleball court. The coating can thus help players and/or referees determine who prevailed in a volley or won a point during a pickleball game.
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A system for determining a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play, the system comprising:
- a piezochromic coating adhering to a selected area of a pickleball court,
- wherein the piezochromic coating comprises a piezochromic threshold,
- wherein the piezochromic threshold is selected to be below a first pressure and above a second pressure,
- wherein the first pressure comprises pressure of a pickleball impacting the pickleball court and bouncing during the pickleball play,
- wherein the second pressure comprises pressure a sole of a shoe of a pickleball player applies to the pickleball court as the pickleball player moves about the pickleball court during the pickleball play, and
- wherein the piezochromic coating comprises a piezochromic tape, the piezochromic tape comprising:
- a first tape that is translucent and chemically inert with respect to the pickleball, wherein the first tape comprises an upper surface defining a plane extending horizontally along the upper surface, wherein the upper surface is disposed to contact the pickleball during said pickleball play, and wherein the first tape comprises polyethylene terephthalate;
- a second tape that is opaque and that is disposed below the first tape;
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- an adhesive that is disposed below the second tape and that adheres the piezochromic tape to the selected area of the pickleball court,
- wherein the piezochromic tape comprises a plurality of materials disposed below the plane and above the adhesive,
- wherein the plurality of materials are separated from one another when the upper surface is subjected to a third pressure that is below the piezochromic threshold, and
- wherein the plurality of materials are operative to interact to produce a color change responsive to the upper surface being subjected to a fourth pressure from a pickleball impact that is above the piezochromic threshold.
A system for determining a pickleball bounce point during pickleball play, the system comprising:
- a piezochromic coating adhering to a selected area of a pickleball court,
- wherein the piezochromic coating comprises a piezochromic threshold,
- wherein the piezochromic threshold is selected to be below a first pressure and above a second pressure,
- wherein the first pressure comprises pressure of a pickleball impacting the pickleball court and bouncing during the pickleball play,
- wherein the second pressure comprises pressure a sole of a shoe of a pickleball player applies to the pickleball court as the pickleball player moves about the pickleball court during the pickleball play, and
- wherein the piezochromic coating comprises a piezochromic tape that comprises:
- a first tape that is translucent, chemically inert with respect to the pickleball, and disposed to contact the pickleball during said pickleball play;
- a second tape that is opaque and that is disposed below the first tape;
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- an adhesive that is disposed below the second tape and that adheres the piezochromic tape to the selected area of the pickleball court.
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