Nellcor Incorporated

Shottracker, Inc.

Harold K Hoffman, Jr

Jack Branson Sippel, Ii

David E Schloemer

Ronald A Spero

Bruce C Ianni

Davyeon D Ross

Clint A Kahler

Thomas James Keeley

Patrick M Herron

Roger Allan Gruenke

A made-shot-detecting net system is configured to determine when a basketball passes through the net. The system uses a strand of conductive material that is laced through the net, an electrical property (e.g., resistance) of which changes (e.g., increases) as the net&#x2014;and hence the strand of conductive material&#x2014;is stretched. By filtering out steady-state components of a voltage signal obtained from the net, instances where the net is being stretched can be identified. A value obtained by integrating (i.e., summing) the voltage output over the course of a stretch event is compared to various thresholds to identify the nature of the event. In certain embodiments, the fact that a shot has been made is transmitted wirelessly to a basketball-performance tracking application running on a mobile electronic computing device.

Basketball net which detects shots that have been made successfully

This invention provides apparatus for collecting parameter disturbance information from each connected apparatus which can disturb measuring vital signs, and broadcasting a message regarding the disturbance and a coordinating clock signal to all apparatus. Connected sensors susceptible to parameter disturbances identify them from the message and suppress their audible alarm during an interval given in the message. This eliminates false audible alarms caused by such disturbances. The disturbance interval can be extended for later disturbances unless it is a new source or disturbance type and the alarm is already suppressed. A brickwall timer limits the total maximum suppressed interval to a safe maximum. A recovery timer allows a sensor to recover from a parameter disturbance before responding to a subsequent one.

Parameter disturbance response apparatus

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Overland Park, KS, United States of America

Harold K Hoffman, Jr