System and method for measuring the linear and rotational acceleration of a body part
AssigneeRiddell, Inc.
InventorsJoseph J. Crisco, III, Richard M. Greenwald
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Abstract
A system and method for determining the magnitude of linear and rotational acceleration of and direction of impact to a body part. In one version, protective sports equipment is worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity. The equipment includes a padding assembly that resides against the player during the sporting activity; a band removably positioned within the padding assembly, the band including a control unit having a plurality of sensing devices, a processor and a wireless transmitter that collectively interact to transmit data detected by the sensing devices, the control unit further having an encoder that encodes data from the sensing devices with a unique identifier prior to transmission.
Claims18
A real-time acceleration measuring and monitoring system for use with a plurality of helmets wherein each helmet is worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity, the system comprising:
- a plurality of sensing and control units, wherein each unit is removably positioned within a single helmet, each sensing and control unit having an arrangement of accelerometers to detect acceleration data upon an impact to the helmet, each sensing and control unit further having a transmitter to transmit data received from the accelerometers and an encoder that encodes the data prior to its transmission;
- and,
- a remote unit operably connected to the plurality of sensing and control units, the remote unit having a receiver configured to receive the data transmitted from each of the plurality of transmitters, the remote unit further having a processor to determine the magnitude of each impact to the helmets, the remote unit further having a decoder that decodes encoded data received from the transmitter of each of the plurality of sensing and control units.
A protective sports equipment worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity, the equipment comprising:
- a padding assembly that resides against the player during the sporting activity, the padding assembly having a plurality of pad elements, each pad element residing within a pad housing;
- a battery powered control unit connected to the padding assembly, the control unit having a plurality of sensing devices, a processor, an encoder that encodes data detected by the sensing devices with a unique player identifier and a wireless transmitter that collectively interact to transmit data encoded with the unique identifier, wherein each sensing device is positioned within the pad housing of a pad element.
A protective sports equipment worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity, the equipment comprising:
- a padding assembly that resides against the player during the sporting activity;
- a band removably positioned within the padding assembly, the band including a control unit having a plurality of sensing devices, a processor and a wireless transmitter that collectively interact to transmit data detected by the sensing devices, the control unit further having an encoder that encodes data from the sensing devices with a unique player identifier prior to transmission by the wireless transmitter.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.