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J. A. Wells and Associates L.l.c

Jawku L.l.c. a Delaware Co.

Jawku L.l.c.

John Andrew Wells

Paul T Kolen

Michael E Cummings

Kevin Cera

A multi-purpose truncated triangular pyramidal shaped cone is used as a sports field marker having a multi-sided shape with sides sloping at approximately 102.5° upward for the support of a smartphone with camera(s) leaning against a side to provide a stable view and record a timed finish of an athlete crossing a finish line of a race. The smartphone is secured to a side of the cone by an intermediate clamp holder having tapered resilient plugs pressed into receiving holes in the cone side. In an alternate use, plural cones are used to hold ends of a horizontal hurdle bar. This bar is raised higher by stacking identical hollow cones forming a stack with a long pole extending through a hole in a flat top surface of a top truncated cone. The pole is secured along a vertical axis of the cone stack by set screws converging along their axes from holes on each side of the pyramidal cone. A bowed cradle is mounted atop the pole to hold the horizontal hurdle bar.

Multi-purpose truncated pyramidal cone

A multi-directional expandable modular agility exercise ladder has spaced rows of two part paired rungs having overlapping ends joined to each by a pivot post forming a variable angle chevron prow. Outer ends of the paired rungs are interlocked to two parallel spaced bands to complete the ladder. A hook and loop pad interlock is used. Alternately, spaced key holes extend through the bands with the outer ends of the rungs having downwardly extending retainer poles secured in a respective key hole. Alternately, releasable spring clamps hand movable along the band length secure rung ends to the bands.

Multi-directional expandable modular exercise ladder

An athlete wearing footwear measures jump heights with a motion sensor mounted on the footwear over toes of the athlete. By sensing vertical jump start motions the sensor detects jump start and finish times of &#x2212;4 g start and &#x2212;4 g landing. The sensor, a body wearable mems sensor developed by JAWKU, L.L.C., has a previously installed generic factory scale calibration factor. The athlete replaces this calibration factor with a new calibration scale factor selecting an 'absolute' external reference device which measures jump height. This device measures several jump heights then inputted to an algorithm app in the sensor to calculate the new calibration scale factor customized to the actual athlete. The motion sensor has built in programming apps to periodically receive an upgraded factory scale calibration factor which upgrade is based on an ever increasing data pool of jump heights. The updated factory calibration factor is then again replaced by the athlete personally taking several new measured jumps which jump heights are in turn inputted to the sensor. The progress made in evolving jumping skills based on training and specific conditioning exercises can thus be motion sensor evaluated.

Height jumping sensor system and method

The present invention measures jump heights using an IMU sensor module slipped in a pocket of a removable side ankle mount clip placed over any low, mid or high tops ankle athletic running shoe. A micro-processor in the IMU sensor module converts analog jump height data collected with real time digital signal processing to digital data sent to specialized algorithms loaded in a RF paired smartphone to refine the digital data to accurately calculate the height of the jump. The clip has two downward spaced legs joined by a curved arch at the top with a first leg being flexible and fitting snugly against a wearer's ankle below the fibula bone with the curved arch resting over the shoe's collar. The second leg has a foot extending outwardly from the curved arch to form a pocket with a top opening to receive and snugly hold the module.

Side foot mounted IMU jump height sensor system

A universal 6-DOF mems sensor combined with six degree of motion algorithms and human motion parameters permits individualized real time motion analysis of a user to enable accurate measurements. Data derived thereby is wirelessly sent for viewing to a Bluetooth&#xae; enabled smartphone or combination smartphone and eyeglass device, such as the Google Glass&#xae; headset. The sensor is worn on a wrist or ankle band or in combination with a chest mounted cardio heart rate monitor dependent on the biometric parameters measured. Typical physical exercise data gathered includes reps, sets, 10-100 yard dash times, vertical, horizontal and broad jump distances, a range of shuttle times, RAST, steps taken, distance traveled, velocity, acceleration, and calories burned. The heart rate monitor provides cardio assessment and the 6-DOF sensor measures a runner's pace and cadence data.

Biometric data gathering

An athlete () measures sprint time by locating a smartphone () having a camera and crystal oscillator clock which is first activated at the finish line. The sprint end time is recorded by a photo stamp time app activated by a video trigger causing the smartphone () to send a RF stop event signal to the athlete's wrist mounted motion sensor (). Before this a sensor timer or clock is started via the sprinter's start event. The sprinter's start activates the sensor's clock and saves the captured start time including time drift error. Upon the phone app selecting the run time function, a sync command sent to the sensor () by the app zeros out the phone and sensor timers. A one-time crystal calibration routine correcting for drift errors caused by the smartphone's operating system is activated which provides the sprint with a corrected start time.

Camera-biometric motion sensor and method of synchronization

An athlete measures sprint time by locating a smartphone having a camera and clock start button which is first activated at the finish line. The sprint end time is recorded by a photo stamp time app. This sprint end time activates a video trigger causing the smartphone to send a RF stop event signal to a wrist mounted motion sensor worn by the athlete. A sensor timer is started via the start event by track or self starting. In track starting, the athlete pushes a start button on the sensor to initiate a variable 2-5 second delayed sound READY-SET-GO series of beeps to start the sprint. In self starting, the sensor detects threshold motion parameters of the sprinter's start which activates the sensor's free running clock and saves the start time. The time base on the sensor is used to calculate run time.

Camera-biometric motion timer and method

A universal 6-DOF mems sensor combined with six degree of motion algorithms and human motion parameters permits individualized real time motion analysis of a user to enable accurate measurements. Data derived thereby is wirelessly sent for viewing to a Bluetooth&#xae; enabled smartphone or combination smartphone and eyeglass device, marketed as the Google Glass&#xae; headset. The sensor is worn on a wrist or ankle band or in combination with a chest mounted cardio heart rate monitor dependent on the biometric parameters measured. Typical physical exercise data gathered includes reps, sets, 10-100 yard dash times, vertical, horizontal and broad jump distances, a range of shuttle times, RAST, steps taken, distance traveled, velocity, acceleration, and calories burned. The heart rate monitor provides cardio assessment and the 6-DOF sensor measures a runner's pace and cadence data.

A headset is disclosed having a transmitting unit for each ear. Each unit () mounts a first bone vibration sensor () in the external auditory canal and a second bone vibration sensor () next to the jawbone/skull. Controls on a housing module () activate either sensor. The first sensor is moveable outside the auditory canal by a flexible support attached to the module. A digital speech processor shared by both sensors is mounted within the module. Two-way communication is maintained between the user and an external source (), such as a cellular telephone which has a multi-task processor with memory and applications stored therein for receiving and transmitting user voice commands and text messages. A recently developed Bluetooth&#xae; protocol transmitter () and antenna used with the external source permits digital wireless simultaneous synchronization signals to be sent to both units for true stereo sound.

True stereo wireless headset and method

Digital musical footwear is disclosed having hidden compartments which house a thin integrated multi-plane electronic circuit board assembly () and a rechargeable lithium ion battery pack. A transmitter antenna is attached to a hand held device such as a smart phone which antenna sends wireless short wave sound signals to a receiving antenna part of the circuit board assembly. Multiple mini-speakers () are footwear mounted to play the music. Bluetooth&#xae; version 4.0 wireless protocol technology is employed in the circuit board assembly. The circuit board can be flat and hidden in a recess of a heel or curved and hidden in a wall recess of the footwear as can the battery pack. Advanced lithium ion batteries such as silicon wafer or silicon core-shell nanowire batteries may be used to reduce battery weight. Flexible flat speakers () such as the FleXpeaker&#xae; may also be used to further reduce weight.

Wireless speaker footwear

A music playing system employing the combination of mini-speaker footwear wirelessly receiving music from a music source () external to the footwear using an audio adapter transmitter () connected to the music source () to wirelessly transmit music to an audio adapter receiver () mounted in the footwear is disclosed. A rechargeable lithium-ion polymer battery pack () is hidden in a shoe compartment (). This battery pack powers the speakers (-) in the footwear and the audio adapter receiver (). The external music source () may for example be but not limited to an iPod, iPhone, iPad, iPad 3G, iPod nano, iPod Shuffle, iPod Touch, iPad Tablet, smart phone, Droid phone, Android phone, MP3 player, CD player, microchip player or computer. Power for the audio adapter transmitter () is provided by the battery power pack of the external music source.

Speaker shoes with audio adapter receiver

An automated feeding system for feeding livestock in a plurality of pens and a method for using the feeding system. The feeding system includes a plurality of feeders with one feeder in each of a first subset of a plurality of pens. A single controller is used for operation of the feeders and a communication line/cable is provided between the controller and the feeders. The communication line/cable is releasably coupled to each feeder so that the feeders can be used in a first subset of pens after which they are uncoupled from the communication line/cable, moved to a second subset of pens and recoupled to the communication line/cable so that a single controller operates the feeders regardless of which pen they are positioned in.

Automated livestock feeder

An automated livestock feed delivery system for delivering a pre-weighed quantity of feed to one of a plurality of feeders along a single feed delivery conduit. The system can include multiple feed storage bins for delivery of different feeds to different feeders along the delivery conduit. When feed is required, as sensed by a feed level sensor, feed is delivered from one of the storage bins into a weighing hopper where the quantity of feed is weighed. The feed is then moved through the delivery conduit by an auger or a cable and disk mechanism to deliver the feed to one of a plurality of drop boxes along the conduit. A valve in the particular drop box is opened, enabling the feed to drop from the conduit into the drop box and from there into the feeder. A programmable controller controls the operation of the system and records the weight of feed delivered to each feeder. The system is particularly useful in feed research where it is necessary to accurately record the quantity of feed consumed to compare with the weight gain of the livestock fed with different feeds.

Automated livestock feeding system

This is an automatic livestock feeder and the method of operation. The feeder includes a stationary mixing system in which formula is mixed in batches, a movable traveler having a nipple for sucking on by animals housed within individual stalls with a flexible formula hose connecting the mixing system to the delivery system. A pump is used to pump formula from the mixing system to the delivery system through the formula hose and a return line is provided to return formula from the pump back to the mixing system. A selector valve controlled by a vacuum switch in communication with a nipple on the delivery system is used to determine in which direction the formula is pumped. The feeder is operated by mixing a plurality of batches of formula which are then pumped to individual animals until all the animals along a predetermined path of the delivery system have been fed. A programmable controller is provided to operate the feeder and record the amount of formula consumed by each animal. In addition, the controller insures that the total quantity of formula mixed is substantially equal to the total formula consumed such that essentially no formula is left over after the animals have been fed.

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Paradise Valley, AZ, United States of America

John Andrew Wells