Sports ball athletic activity monitoring methods and systems
Assigneeadidas AG
InventorsAurel Coza, Christian Dibenedetto
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Abstract
A method for monitoring the motion of a sport ball that has been impacted by an individual during the course of an athletic activity includes the steps of a portable electronic device wirelessly receiving motion data from the sport ball, and the portable electronic device determining a point of impact based on the motion data, wherein the point of impact includes a location on a surface of the sport ball where the impact occurred.
Claims26
A method for monitoring the motion of a sport ball that has been impacted by an individual during the course of an athletic activity, the method comprising:
- a portable electronic device wirelessly receiving motion data from the sport ball;
- and
- the portable electronic device determining a point of impact based on the motion data, wherein the point of impact comprises a location on a surface of the sport ball where the impact occurred.
A computer program product comprising a non-transitory computer readable medium having computer program logic recorded thereon, for use in monitoring the motion of a sport ball that has been impacted by an individual during the course of an athletic activity, that, when executed by one or more processors of a portable electronic device, is capable of causing the portable electronic device to:
- wirelessly receive motion data from the sport ball;
- and
- determine a point of impact based on the motion data, wherein the point of impact comprises a location on a surface of the sport ball where the impact occurred.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.