Athletic Activity Heads Up Display Systems and Methods
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsChristian DIBENEDETTO, Jon H. WERNER, Scott TOMLINSON, Aurel COZA, Ben VALENTI, Katrina LEE, Alan LEE, Amy Jones VATERLAUS
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method of using an athletic activity heads up display system during an athletic activity includes the steps of a heads up display unit receiving information about a sport ball and the heads up display unit displaying an image to an individual based on the information, where the image is overlaid on the individual's present field of view of an environment.
Claims20
A method of using an athletic activity heads up display system during an athletic activity, comprising:
- a body-mountable heads up display unit receiving information about a sport ball being used in the athletic activity;
- the heads up display unit further receiving information about a plurality of individuals engaged in the athletic activity;
- the heads up display unit displaying a plurality of images to a user wearing the heads up display unit based on the sport ball information and the individuals' information,
- wherein the images are overlaid on the user's present field of view of an environment as viewed through the heads up display unit.
A method of using an athletic activity heads up display system during an athletic activity, comprising:
- a body-mountable heads up display unit determining a position of a part of the body of an individual wearing the heads up display during an athletic movement;
- a separate body-mountable sensor unit in wireless communication with the heads up display unit determining one of body orientation and movement information for the individual;
- and
- the heads up display unit displaying visual feedback to the individual based on both the position of the part of the body during the athletic movement and on one of the body orientation and movement information.
A method of using an athletic activity heads up display system during an athletic activity, comprising:
- a body-mountable heads up display unit receiving information about a sport ball being used in the athletic activity;
- a separate sensor unit mounted on the sport ball configured for wireless communication with the heads up display unit;
- the heads up display unit displaying visual feedback in the heads up display unit's projected image field, wherein the content of the visual feedback is based on the information about the sport ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.