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US 2023/0012632 A1Published application
Basketball architecture
OwnerKevin J. Brodyinventor
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Abstract
A basketball system comprising a court system having shot locations defined by shot location lines on the play surface and the shot areas defined by shot area lines on the play surface, and a goal system comprising a respective backboard suspended above the play surface at each opposing farthest end of the play surface, an instrumentation system comprises sensors to detect activities within the boundary line of the court system, and a respective penalty box for each team in which players, coaches, and referees can serve a penalty assessed for an infraction.
Claims38
A basketball game system, the system comprising:
- a court system having a play surface on which gameplay occurs, the play surface defined by a boundary line imposed on the play surface and within which gameplay occurs, the court system comprising:
- shot locations and shot areas, the shot locations defined by shot location lines on the play surface and the shot areas defined by shot area lines on the play surface;
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- a goal system comprising a respective backboard suspended above the play surface at each opposing farthest end of the play surface;
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- an instrumentation system of sensors which detects play activities within the boundary line of the court system and non-player activities outside the boundary line of the court system, the instrumentation system derives ball data sensed from ball location and ball heading as a player advances the ball toward a specific goal, the instrumentation system interfaces to the goal system to control features of the respective backboards during the gameplay, the instrumentation system executes rules of gameplay as part of the gameplay, the rules based in part on the ball data, player and non-player activities relative to the court system, the goal system, lines on the play surface, and player interactions relative to each other and the lines during the gameplay.
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A basketball game system, the system comprising:
- a court system having a play surface on which gameplay occurs, the play surface defined by a boundary line imposed on the play surface and within which gameplay occurs, the court system further comprising shot locations and shot areas, the shot locations defined by shot location lines on the play surface and the shot areas defined by shot area lines on the play surface, and a goal system comprising a respective backboard suspended above the play surface at each opposing farthest end of the play surface;
- an instrumentation system which comprises sensors to detect activities within the boundary line of the court system, which activities detected comprise ball data sensed from ball location and ball handler identification as the ball handler attempts to advance the ball toward a specific goal, line infraction data obtained relative to play surface lines, player infraction data related to player interactions during gameplay, and shot point data to score relative to a shot location line;
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- a respective penalty box for each team in which to serve a penalty assessed for an infraction, the respective penalty box located outside the boundary line and proximate to a corresponding team.
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A basketball game system, the system comprising:
- a court system having a play surface on which gameplay occurs, the play surface defined by a boundary line imposed on the play surface and within which gameplay occurs, the court system further comprising shot locations and shot areas, the shot locations defined by shot location lines on the play surface and the shot areas defined by shot area lines on the play surface, and a goal system comprising a respective backboard suspended above the play surface at each opposing farthest end of the play surface;
- an instrumentation system which comprises sensors to detect activities within the boundary line of the court system, which activities detected comprise ball data sensed from ball location and ball handler identification as the ball handler attempts to advance the ball toward a specific goal, line infraction data obtained relative to play surface lines, player infraction data related to player interactions during gameplay, and shot point data to score relative to a shot location line;
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- a respective penalty box for each team in which to serve a penalty assessed for an infraction, the respective penalty box located outside the boundary line and proximate to a corresponding team.
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A basketball game penalty method, comprising:
- receiving a penalty system for assessing basketball game penalties, the penalty system comprising a player penalty box for a player, a referee penalty box for a referee, and a coach penalty box for a coach, and into which a corresponding infracting basketball game participant serves an assessed penalty;
- detecting a penalty of a basketball game participant, which basketball game participant is at least one of a player, a referee, or a coach;
- assessing a time-based penalty to the infracting basketball game participant;
- directing the infracting basketball game participant to a corresponding penalty box to abstain from gameplay activity of the infracting basketball game participant based on the time-based penalty;
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- releasing the infracting gameplay participant from the corresponding penalty box when the respective time-based penalty has expired.
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A basketball game scoring method, comprising:
- enabling three time periods of play followed by a single untimed segment of play;
- after completion of the three time periods of play, setting a maximum number of points to win the game;
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- selecting a winning team based on scoring the maximum number of points during the segment of play.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.