Smart baseball first base or home plate
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorsAndrew Larson, Mark E. Sprenger, Ralph V. Miele, Eric D. McAfee, Mark MacDonald
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Abstract
Briefly, in accordance with one or more embodiments, a smart base for a baseball system or a softball system comprises a sensor to detect a first time at which a runner has touched the smart base, a radio-frequency (RF) receiver to receive a signal from a smart baseball that indicates a second time at which the smart baseball was caught, timing circuitry to detect if the second time occurs before or after the first time; and indicator circuitry to indicate a force out if the second time occurs before the first time.
Claims7
A smart base for a baseball system or a softball system, comprising:
- a sensor to detect a first time at which a runner has touched the smart base;
- a radio-frequency (RF) receiver to receive a signal from a smart baseball that indicates a second time at which the smart baseball was caught;
- timing circuitry to detect whether the second time occurs before or after the first time;
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- indicator circuitry to indicate a force out when the second time occurs before the first time.
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