# US 2014/0195022 A1 · Basketball shot determination system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0195022 A1 - Document ID: US20140195022A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/204,932 - Filed: 2014-03-11 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2012-11-09 - Assignees: Wilson Sporting Goods Co. - Applicants: Wilson Sporting Goods Co. - Inventors: Robert T. Thurman; Kevin L. Krysiak - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140195022A1 ## CPC - A63B 69/0071: {for basketball} - A63B 41/02: Bladders - A63B 43/00: Balls with special arrangements - A63B 43/004: {electrically conductive, e.g. for automatic arbitration} - A63B 43/06: with illuminating devices {; with reflective surfaces} - A63B 60/46: Measurement devices associated with golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like for measuring physical parameters relating to sporting activity, e.g. baseball bats with impact indicators or bracelets for measuring the golf swing - G09B 19/0038: {Sports} - A63B 43/007: {Arrangements on balls for connecting lines or cords} - A63B 67/002: {Games using balls, not otherwise provided for} - A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music} - A63B 2102/18: Baseball, rounders or similar games - A63B 2102/182: {Softball} - A63B 2208/12: specially adapted for children - A63B 2220/12: Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS - A63B 2220/13: Relative positions - A63B 2220/30: Speed - A63B 2220/35: Spin - A63B 2220/40: Acceleration - A63B 2220/72: Temperature - A63B 2220/833: Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement - A63B 2225/20: with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like - A63B 2225/50: Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry - A63B 2243/0025: Football - A63B 2243/0037: Basketball - A63B 2243/0066: Rugby; American football - A63B 2243/007: American football - A63B 2243/0095: Volleyball - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - G09B: EDUCATIONAL OR DEMONSTRATION APPLIANCES; APPLIANCES FOR TEACHING, OR COMMUNICATING WITH, THE BLIND, DEAF OR MUTE; MODELS; PLANETARIA; GLOBES; MAPS; DIAGRAMS (devices for psychotechnics or for testing reaction times A61B5/16; games, sports, amusements A63; projectors, projector screens G03B) ## Abstract A basketball shot determination system for use with a basket and a portable electronic device including a data acquisition device, a processing unit, a memory and an output device, the system includes a basketball, at least one sensor carried by the basketball, and a non-transient computer-readable medium. The medium contains code to direct the processor to obtain at least one attribute of a shot of the basketball towards the basket from the data acquisition device. The at least one attribute is sensed by the sensor or derived from signal output by the sensor. The medium contains code to direct the processor to determine whether the shot is a made basket by comparing the at least one attribute of the shot to one or more predetermined signature characteristics of a made basket, and to present output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A basketball shot determination system for use with a basket and a portable electronic device including a data acquisition device, a processing unit, a memory and an output device, the system comprising: a basketball; at least one sensor carried by the basketball; a non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the processor to: obtain at least one attribute of a shot of the basketball towards the basket from the data acquisition device, the at least one attribute being sensed by the at least one sensor or derived from signal output by the at least one sensor; determine whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot by comparing the at least one attribute of the shot to one or more predetermined signature characteristics of a made basket; and present output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code further directs the processor to display information regarding a plurality of shots by the person. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system of claim 2, wherein the other information includes a shooting percentage. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions for directing the processing unit to present a graphical representation on the output device, and wherein the graphical representation comprises a diagram of at least a portion of a basketball court and a representation of shooting percentages from different locations on the basketball court. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the graphical representation further comprises an indication of a number of shot attempts from different locations on the basketball court. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The system of claim 4, wherein the graphical representation comprises a heat map of made and missed shots on the basketball court. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The system of claim 6, wherein the heat map includes colors that vary depending upon the shooting percentage of the person at the different locations on the basketball court. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions for directing the processing unit to present a statistical comparison on the output device indicating differences of at least one of shot release speed, launch angle, shot direction, and spin for made shots and missed shots. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions for directing the processing unit to track shooting percentages, to compare the tracked shooting percentages with corresponding shooting percentages of a celebrity basketball player and to output the comparison on the output device. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions for directing the processing unit to present at least one of audio and video of a celebrity basketball player. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The system of claim 10, wherein the at least one audio and video of the celebrity basketball player comprises at least one of training or shooting recommendations. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions for directing the processing unit to share shooting results to a social media forum. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions for directing the processing unit to track shooting percentages, to compare the tracked shooting percentages with corresponding shooting percentages of another person and to output the comparison on the output device. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the data acquisition device, processing unit, the memory and the output device are part of a phone. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1 further comprising a made shot signature storage containing the one or more predetermined signature characteristics of the made shot. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the made shot signature storage is remote from the portable electronic device. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions to direct the processing unit to determine whether the shot is a made basket are remote from the portable electronic device and are in communication with the portable electronic device across a network. ### Claim 18 (depends on 15) The system of claim 15, wherein the made shot signature storage is part of the portable electronic device. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The system of claim 1, wherein the code includes instructions to direct the processor to determine a type of the shot that is a made basket based upon the at least one attribute of the shot and to store the determined type of the shot.