System for determining the speed and/or timing of an object

A method for determining speed information during a live baseball game, comprising the steps of:

• sensing data using multiple radar units;
• processing said data;
• determining a start of a pitch of a ball based on said processed data;
• determining an end of said pitch based on said processed data and in response to said step of determining a start of a pitch;
• determining a speed of said ball during said pitch based on said processed data and in response to said step of determining a start of a pitch;
• determining a speed of a bat during a swing attempting to hit said ball based on said processed data and in response to said step of determining a start of a pitch;
• and
• reporting one or more of said determined speeds.

A method for determining a speed of a bat during a swing, comprising the steps of:

• accessing radar data for multiple moving objects based on multiple radar units, said bat being one of said multiple moving objects;
• identifying a subset of said radar data that pertains to said bat during said swing;
• and
• determining said speed of said bat during said swing based on said subset of said radar data.

One or more processor readable storage devices for storing processor readable code, said processor readable code for programming a processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• receiving information from multiple radar units;
• processing said information using a frequency-time resolution algorithm;
• accessing radar data for two or more moving objects, said radar data is a result of said frequency-time resolution algorithm;
• identifying a subset of said radar data that pertains to a first object of said two or more moving objects, said first object is a bat;
• and
• determining a speed of said first object using said subset of said radar data, said step of determining a speed includes determining a speed of said bat during a swing.

One or more processor readable storage for storing processor readable code, said processor readable code for programming a processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• accessing radar data for two or more moving objects;
• identifying a subset of said radar data that pertains to a first object of said two or more moving objects, said first object is a bat;
• and
• determining a speed of said first object using said subset of said radar data, said step of determining a speed includes calculating multiple speed values for said bat and choosing a maximum speed from said calculated multiple speed values.

One or more processor readable storage for storing processor readable code, said processor readable code for programming a processor to perform a method comprising the steps of:

• accessing radar data for two or more moving objects;
• identifying a subset of said radar data that pertains to a first object of said two or more moving objects, said first object is a bat, said bat has a tip;
• and
• determining a speed of said first object using said subset of said radar data, said step of determining a speed includes determining a speed of said tip.

An apparatus for determining speed, comprising:

• a first radar unit;
• a second radar unit;
• and
• a processor in communication with said first radar unit and said second radar unit, said processor programmed to perform a method comprising the steps of:
• receiving data from said first radar unit and said second radar unit, said data pertaining to two or more moving objects;
• identifying a subset of said data that pertains to a first object of said two or more moving objects, said first object is a bat;
• and
• determining a speed of said first object using said subset of said data, said step of determining includes calculating a speed of said bat during a swing.

An apparatus for determining speed of a bat during a swing, comprising:

• one or more radar units;
• and
• a processor in communication with said one or more radar units, said processor programmed to perform a method comprising the steps of:
• accessing radar data based on said one or more radars units;
• and
• determining said speed of said bat during said swing based on said radar data.