公开(公告)号：US20190305567A1

公开(公告)日：2019-10-03

申请号：US16367047

申请日：2019-03-27

申请人： ShotTracker, Inc.

发明人： Thomas J. KEELEY ,  Bruce C. IANNI ,  Davyeon D. ROSS ,  Clint A. KAHLER ,  Michael MAZIARZ ,  Patrick M. HERRON

IPC分类号： H02J7/00 ,  H02J7/02 ,  H02J50/90 ,  H02J50/80 ,  H01F38/14 ,  H04B17/318 ,  H04L29/12 ,  H04B1/38

摘要： A wireless charging pod and charging pod rack for sports equipment and game devices, which automatically detects nearby authorized game devices with rechargeable batteries, and automatically initiate and manage charging operations for authorized game devices, and automatically deactivates the charging operations when the rechargeable batteries are fully charged, or the authorized game devices are moved out of wireless charging range.

公开(公告)号：US20190176012A1

公开(公告)日：2019-06-13

申请号：US16213301

申请日：2018-12-07

申请人： ShotTracker, Inc.

发明人： Bruce C. IANNI ,  Davyeon D. ROSS ,  Clint A. KAHLER ,  Thomas J. KEELEY ,  Michael MAZIARZ

IPC分类号： A63B71/06

摘要： A location-and-event-tracking system includes radio-enabled anchors and tags on a field of play, and magnets attached to a goal (e.g., a basketball net). Tags are attached to players and to balls (“game-play objects”), and a magnetometer is embedded within the ball. The system uses the radio-enabled tags to track the position of player and the ball in space, and the system determines whether a basket (i.e., a goal) has been made using both the location of the ball in space and magnetic flux-related data received from the magnetometer. The system also determines whether the ball has gone out of bounds, and it sends a STOP message to the game-clock control system if the ball goes out of bounds or if a shot is made successfully.