Simulation and training sphere for receiving persons

A simulation and training ball for accommodating persons comprising an electromotor, a pivoting friction roll drive and an electronic drive controller, additionally comprising a system for determining the position of moving components in the ball, which generates electromagnetic waves based on an electronic comparison of runtime measurements, and consists of at least one direction-finding transmitter and at least two receivers, wherein the direction-finding transmitter is accommodated in the movable part of the device, and the receivers are accommodated in the stationary part of the device, or vice versa.

A simulation and training ball for accommodating persons comprising an electromotor, pivoting friction roll drive and an electronic drive controller, additionally comprising a system for determining the position of the ball sheath that works based on a reference mark situated on the moving ball sheath, wherein the reference mark can be positionally referenced to a structural component fixed in place outside the ball, and the ascertained positional reference can be imparted to the drive controller.

A simulation and training ball for accommodating persons comprising an electromotor, a pivoting friction roll drive and an electronic drive controller, wherein the ball sheath has visually differentiable features, and that at least one camera that has a precisely known position and orientation and image section and is oriented toward the ball sheath photographs these differentiable features, and relays the recorded image to a computer, as well as software running on this computer, which contains a virtual model of the ball surface and differentiable features thereon, moves this model based on the ball movements intended by the drive controller, initiates a comparison between the image provided by the camera and an identical image section of the virtual model, and can arrive at a conclusion as to the actual position of the ball sheath based on this comparison, and that this information is used to control the ball movements.

A simulation and training ball for accommodating persons comprising an electromotor, a pivoting friction roll drive and an electronic drive controller, wherein the user in the ball is photographed by at least three cameras in tight periodic intervals from various perspectives, wherein all cameras always take a picture at the same point in time, and that the image group belonging to each point in time a picture is taken is relayed for analysis to a computer having software that can generate a three-dimensional virtual image of the user body by comparing the image information items to each other, and if necessary, additionally comparing templates with digitized images or a virtual model of a user body, and have the information about user posture and position in the ball obtained in this way interpreted by this software as control commands and relayed to the drive controller, so that the user can influence the ball movements with his own movements in this way.