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Real-time wireless sensor scoringRelated Patent Categories: Games Using Tangible Projectile, Playing Field Or Court Game; Game Element Or Accessory Therefor Other Than Projector Or Projectile, Per Se, Goal Or Target Structure For Projectile; Element ThereofReal-time wireless sensor scoring description/claimsThe Patent Description & Claims data below is from USPTO Patent Application 20060160639, Real-time wireless sensor scoring. Brief Patent Description - Full Patent Description - Patent Application Claims
CLAIM OF PRIORITY [0001] This U.S. Patent Application claims the benefit of a U.S. Provisional Patent Application No. 60/643,988 entitled REAL TIME WIRELESS SENSOR SCORING, by William M. Klein, filed Jan. 14, 2005 (Attorney Docket KLEIN-01000US0), which is incorporated herein by reference. COPYRIGHT NOTICE [0002] A portion of the disclosure of this patent document contains material which is subject to copyright protection. The copyright owner has no objection to the facsimile reproduction by anyone of the patent document or the patent disclosure, as it appears in the Patent and Trademark Office patent file or records, but otherwise reserves all copyright rights whatsoever. FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0003] The current invention relates generally to measuring shooting performance, and more particularly to a mechanism for real time wireless sensor scoring. BACKGROUND [0004] There is an outstanding need in amateur and professional sports to identify players with the potential for development and to provide measurement and training tools to improve performance of existing players. No where is this more true than in the shooting sports, such as basketball, tennis, hockey, golf and others, in which the outcome of an entire game can be determined by the performance of a single player taking a shot. [0005] Currently, the selection, development, training and evaluation of players is almost completely dependent on the experience and observations of coaches and scouts and based upon observing actual play. These simple methods, however, lack any quantitative measure of shooting proficiency. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS [0006] FIG. 1 is functional block diagram of an example playing environment in which techniques for measuring shooting performance in one embodiment of the present invention may be implemented. [0007] FIGS. 2A-2C are block diagrams illustrating a high level overview of a console apparatus for measuring shooting performance of one embodiment of the present invention. [0008] FIGS. 3A-3D are functional block diagrams of example playing environments having a plurality of superimposed cells indicating location for measuring shooting performance in one embodiment of the present invention. [0009] FIGS. 4A-4C are block diagrams illustrating a high level overview of screens displayed by a console apparatus for measuring shooting performance of one embodiment of the present invention. [0010] FIG. 5 is functional diagram of an example encoding technique for qualifying shot types in the playing environment illustrated in FIG. 1. [0011] FIG. 6 is functional diagram of example historical performance measurements being tracked for a shooting session in the playing environment illustrated in FIG. 1. [0012] FIG. 7 is an operational flow diagram illustrating a high level overview of a technique for measuring shooting performance of one embodiment of the present invention. [0013] FIGS. 8A-8C are functional diagrams of example presentations for displaying performance measurements in the playing environment illustrated in FIG. 1. [0014] FIG. 9 is a block diagram illustrating a high level overview of a screen displayed by a software embodiment for transferring information to and from a console apparatus of one embodiment of the present invention. [0015] FIG. 10 is a hardware block diagram of an example computer system, which may be used to embody one or more components of an embodiment of the present invention. DETAILED DESCRIPTION [0016] Embodiments of the present invention provide mechanisms and methods for measuring shooting performance. These mechanisms and methods for measuring shooting performance make it possible for coaches and players to obtain information they need to measure levels of play, improve and maintain skills, select players to meet game situations and team requirements, and make decisions on player roles. [0017] In one embodiment, the invention provides a system for measuring shooting performance. One embodiment of the system includes a first sensor to detect shots taken and a second sensor to determine shots made. A console is communicatively coupled with the first sensor and the second sensor to receive data and determine performance of a player. Embodiments include one or more location sensors that automatically detect the position of the player when shots are taken and record positional information along with information about the shot. This ability to obtain information to measure levels of play makes it possible to improve skills, select players to meet game situations and team requirements, and make decisions on player roles. [0018] While the present invention is described herein with reference to example embodiments for measuring basketball players' performance, the present invention is not so limited, and in fact, the real time measurement techniques provided by embodiments of the present invention are broadly applicable to a wide variety of shooting sports. As used herein, the term shooting sports is intended to be broadly construed to include any sport in which a player makes a shot, including without limitation basketball, tennis, hockey, water polo, polo, lacrosse, golf and other shooting sports. Continue reading about Real-time wireless sensor scoring... 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