Sports monitoring and tracking system
OwnerMichael Joseph Costabileinventor
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Abstract
A sports monitoring and timing system utilizing remotely actuated game clock controls with coded identification carried by a plurality of officials and a signal processor to combine the control signals with timing signals to generate a record of each starting and stopping of the game clock along with the identity of the initiator and the control equipment initiating the action, to record the time of each goal, and to preserve and transmit the record to others for quality review purposes. The system includes a security code to prevent unauthorized actuation of the game clock, and remote battery monitoring.
Claims19
A sports event monitoring and tracking system comprising:
- a plurality of signal generators at least some of which are adapted to be carried by a plurality of officials;
- each of said signal generators providing an individually identifiable control signal;
- a timer to provide timing signals for said sports event;
- said individually identifiable control signals controlling the time of play of said sports event provided by said timer;
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- a signal processor to combine said individually identifiable control signals with said timing signals to generate a time record of the initiation each of said individually identifiable control signals;
- said time record identifying the initiator and time of each initiation of said individually identifiable control signal.
A sports event monitoring and tracking system comprising:
- a plurality of signal generators at least some of which are adapted to be carried by a plurality of officials;
- each of said signal generators providing an individually identifiable control signal;
- a timer to provide timing signals for said sports event;
- said individually identifiable control signals controlling the time of play of said sports event;
- a signal processor to combine said individually identifiable control signals with said timing signals to generate a time record of the initiation each of said individually identifiable control signals;
- said time record identifying the initiator and time of each initiation of said individually identifiable control signal;
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- control of said time of play being responsive to only signals from a designated plurality of said signal generators to provide security to said system from other signals.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.