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US 2007/0032318 A1Published application
Motion sensor in sporting equipment
OwnerKen Nishimura, Pamela Keeinventors
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Abstract
Sports equipment includes an embedded optical sensor. The embedded optical sensor includes an image array and a navigation engine. The navigation engine receives image information originating from the image array and performs a correlation on the image information to calculate overlap of images and to determine shift between images in order to detect motion.
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Sports equipment, comprising:
- an optical sensor embedded within the sports equipment, the optical sensor including:
- an image array, and
- a navigation engine that receives image information originating from the image array and performs a correlation on the image information to calculate overlap of images and to determine shift between images in order to detect motion.
A method for obtaining motion information from sports equipment, the method comprising:
- embedding an optical sensor embedded within the sports equipment, the optical sensor including an image array, and a navigation engine that receives image information originating from the image array and performs a correlation on the image information to calculate overlap of images and to determine shift between images in order to detect motion;
- and,
- gathering and evaluating information from the embedded optical sensor.
Sports equipment, comprising:
- means for optically sensing motion embedded within the sports equipment, the means for optically sensing motion including:
- means for producing image information, and
- means for receiving the image information and performing a correlation on the image information to calculate overlap of images and to determine shift between images in order to detect motion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.