# US 2021/0275876 A1 · Control system for regulation balls in a football field and regulation ball support for same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0275876 A1 - Document ID: US20210275876A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/258,603 - Filed: 2019-07-10 - Published: 2021-09-09 - Earliest claimed: 2018-07-10 - Inventors: Javier RODRIGUEZ PEREZ - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210275876A1 ## CPC - A63B 47/00: Devices for handling or treating balls {, e.g. for holding or carrying balls} - A63B 47/002: {Devices for dispensing balls, e.g. from a reservoir (automatic teeing devices A63B57/0006; devices for projecting balls A63B69/40)} - A63B 69/0073: {Means for releasably holding a ball in position; Balls constrained to move around a fixed point, e.g. by tethering} - A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user} - A63B 2071/0625: {Emitting sound, noise or music} - A63B 2071/0658: {Position or arrangement of display} - A63B 2220/52: Weight, e.g. weight distribution - A63B 2220/56: Pressure - A63B 2220/801: Contact switches - A63B 2220/805: Optical or opto-electronic sensors - 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 2225/74: with powered illuminating means, e.g. lights - A63B 2243/0025: Football - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) ## Abstract A control system for regulation balls in a football field and regulation ball support for same is provided. The system has ball supports arranged in a football field, a central control unit and a portable electronic device. Each ball support has presence sensors for detecting a football in a supporting base and data processing means for wirelessly communicating information from the presence sensors to the central control unit. The central control unit monitors the presence of footballs in each ball support and repeatedly sends, wirelessly, the results from the monitoring to the portable electronic device, which graphically shows on a screen the presence or absence of footballs in the corresponding ball supports. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A control system for regulation balls in a football field, comprising: a plurality of ball supports arranged in established positions of a football field, wherein each ball support comprises: a supporting base prepared to secure a football; a power source; presence sensor means configured to detect the presence of a football in the ball support; wireless communication means; data processing means configured to receive information coming from the presence sensor means and wirelessly communicate, through the wireless communication means, information regarding the presence of the football in the ball support to a central control unit; a central control unit, comprising: wireless communication means configured to receive the ball presence information sent by each ball support; a processor, configured to monitor the presence of a football in each ball support using the received presence information and repeatedly send, wirelessly, through the wireless communication means the results from the monitoring to a portable electronic device; the portable electronic device, comprising a processor, a wireless communication module and a screen, the processor being configured to receive, through the wireless communication module, the results from the monitoring and graphically show on the screen the presence or absence of footballs in the corresponding ball supports. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the supporting base has a cavity or hole, made in the upper portion thereof, prepared to partially house a football, the presence sensor means being located in the contour of the cavity or hole. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The system according to claim 2, wherein the presence sensor means comprise at least one barrier sensor. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, further comprising a remote server, in communication with the central control unit, configured to receive the results from the monitoring of the presence of a football in each ball support. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The system according to claim 4, wherein the wireless communication means of each ball support are configured to wirelessly communicate with the remote server and send information regarding the presence of a football in the ball support. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The system according to claim 5, wherein the wireless communication means of each ball support comprise a cellular communication module for remote communication with the server and a Wi-Fi modem for communication with the central control unit. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is an electronic tablet. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the central control unit is a computer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the portable electronic device is configured to show: an image which represents the football field with the location of each ball support; a status signal which visually indicates in the image the presence or absence of a football in each ball support. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The system according to claim 1, wherein the ball supports are arranged along the sidelines, in the corners and behind the goals of the football field. ### Claim 11 A regulation ball support, arranged in an established position of a football field, comprising: a supporting base prepared to secure a football; a power source; presence sensor means configured to detect the presence of a football in the ball support; wireless communication means; data processing means configured to receive information coming from the presence sensor means and wirelessly communicate, through the wireless communication means, information regarding the presence of the football in the ball support. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The regulation ball support according to claim 11, wherein the supporting base comprises a cavity or hole prepared to partially house a football, the presence sensor means being located in the contour of the cavity or hole. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The regulation ball support according to claim 12, wherein the presence sensor means comprise at least one barrier sensor. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The regulation ball support according to claim 11, wherein the wireless communication means comprise a cellular communication module and a Wi-Fi modem.