Systems and methods for illustrating the flight of a projectile
AssigneeTrackman A/S
InventorsFredrik TUXEN, Frederik Ettrup BRINK
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Abstract
A system for illustrating the flight of a sports ball includes a radar, an imager, and a controller. The imager is configured to image a moving sports ball. The controller is configured to (i) receive, from the imager, an image including the moving sports ball, (ii) receive, from the radar, radar data associated with the moving sports ball, (iii) determine, from the radar data, a portion of a trajectory of the moving sports ball, (iv) alter the image to illustrate the portion of the trajectory relative to the moving sports ball, and (v) output the altered image.
Claims23
1-42. (canceled)
A system for determining characteristics of an impact between a sports ball and a sports ball striking implement, comprising:
- an imager having a field of view encompassing a launch area within which the sports ball is to be struck by the sports ball striking implement;
- a radar having a field of view overlapping with the field of view of the imager and encompassing the launch area;
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- a processor receiving data from the imager and the radar, the processor correlating the radar data to the imager data so that positions indicated by the imager data can be correlated to positions indicated by the radar data, the processor determining from the radar data and the imager data at least a portion of a trajectory of the sports ball striking implement.
A method for determining characteristics of an impact between a sports ball and a sports ball striking implement, comprising:
- receiving, from an imager, imager data associated with a sports ball and a sports ball striking implement within the imager field of view;
- receiving, from a radar, radar data associated with the sports ball and sports ball striking implement within the radar field of view, the radar field of view overlapping with the imager field of view;
- correlating, via a processor, the radar data to the imager data so that positions indicated by the imager data can be correlated to positions indicated by the radar data;
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- determining from the radar data and the imager data at least a portion of a trajectory of the sports ball striking implement.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.