Smart communicating sports equipment
AssigneeMicrosoft Corporation
InventorsPierre-Yves Saintoyant, Petri Mahonen
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Abstract
Mobile communication devices are interfaced with sports equipment that include at least one embedded sensor. The sensor may be a variety of different sensors, including, but not limited to: 3D acceleration sensors, pressure sensors, temperature sensors; humidity sensors; wind speed sensors; pressure sensors; and the like. Data that relates to the sensor measurements are transmitted wirelessly from the sports equipment to another device that may analyze the data. This device may be a mobile device, such as a mobile phone, or a wired device, such as a desktop computer. The data may be transmitted through one or more networks.
Claims20
A system for smart communicating sports equipment, comprising:
- a first piece of sports equipment, comprising:
- an embedded sensor that is configured to produce sensor data;
- a wireless processor module coupled to the embedded sensor that is configured to receive the sensor data and send data over a wireless link, wherein the data relates to the sensor data;
- an antenna that is coupled to the wireless processor module;
- and
- at least one power source configured to provide power to the embedded sensor and wireless processor module;
- and
- a computing device, comprising:
- a data store;
- a network interface configured to communicate with the first piece of sports equipment and that is configured to receive the data from the wireless processor module;
- a display configured to display data relating to the data obtained by the wireless sensor;
- and
- an application configured to perform the following actions, including:
- receiving the data;
- processing the data;
- and
- instructing the display to display the processed data.
A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for processing sensor data received from a piece of smart communicating sports equipment, the instructions comprising:
- receiving sensor data from the piece of smart communicating sports equipment, wherein the sensor data is produced from an embedded sensor and the sensor data is sent over a wireless link;
- processing the sensor data;
- and
- displaying the sensor data to a user.
A method for communicating between a smart communicating piece of sports equipment and a computing device, comprising:
- obtaining sensor data from an embedded sensor on the smart communicating piece of sports equipment;
- sending the sensor data from the smart communicating piece of sports equipment over a wireless link to the computing device;
- wherein the computing device is configured to perform the following actions:
- receiving the sensor data from the piece of smart communicating sports equipment;
- processing the sensor data;
- and
- displaying the sensor data to a user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.