Electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck
AssigneeFox Sports Productions, Inc.
InventorsStanley K. Honey, Richard H. Cavallaro, David B. Hill, Fred J. Heinzmann, Alan C. Phillips, Harold Guthart, Alan A. Burns, Charles L. Rino, Philip C. Evans
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Abstract
A hockey puck with an electromagnetic transmitter. The electromagnetic transmitter could include an infrared transmitter, ultraviolet transmitter, radar repeater, RF transmitter or other device for transmitting electromagnetic waves outside of the visible spectrum. The electromagnetic transmitter is turned on using a shock sensor and is turned off using a timer.
Claims26
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface;
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- an electromagnetic transmitter, completely disposed inside said cylindrical body, said electromagnetic transmitter adapted to transmit an electromagnetic signal not visible to a human eye.
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising:
- a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface;
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- a means for transmitting an electromagnetic signal not visible to a human eye.
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising:
- an infrared transmitter including control electronics and a plurality of infrared emitting diodes;
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- a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface, a flat lower surface, a recess for receiving said control electronics and a plurality of bores for receiving said diodes, a first subset of said bores being displaced substantially along an outer circumference of said cylindrical body, a second subset of said bores located substantially along said flat lower surface, a third subset of said bores located substantially along said flat upper surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.