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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2018
Filed:
Apr. 03, 2017
Craig Andrews, Loudon, TN (US);
Judy Andrews, Loudon, TN (US);
Craig Andrews, Loudon, TN (US);
Judy Andrews, Loudon, TN (US);
Other;
Abstract
A system for tracking and monitoring a game ball, wirelessly gathering data from the ball, game elements, players, officials, to improve timeliness and accuracy of game, includes a wireless tag disposed within ball to provide an identification, wirelessly communicable with a receiver to indicate a position in X, Y, Z coordinates, such that ball edge locations are identified; wireless communication system tag reading devices arranged in an array, each configured to sense and read each wireless communication system tag; a pressure sensor disposed upon player and configured to send signal of sudden pressure change; a computer control center connected to the wireless communication system tag and tag reading devices, configured for receiving, computing, processing a plurality of game data and communicating a decisive signal for exact position for placement of ball; and a personal computing device worn by game official for communications and configured to send, receive data during game.