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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 02, 2020
Filed:
Feb. 02, 2018
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Robert T. Thurman, Plainfield, IL (US);
Kevin L. Krysiak, Palatine, IL (US);
Daniel E. Hare, Park Ridge, IL (US);
Frank Garrett, Jr., Barrington, IL (US);
David Betzold, Evanston, IL (US);
David J. Proeber, Milwaukee, WI (US);
Wilson Sporting Goods Co., Chicago, IL (US);
Abstract
An automated objective American-football evaluation system may include an American-style football, at least one sensor carried by the football, and electronics. The electronics arranged to: (a) receive strings of sensor signals from the at least one sensor, wherein the characteristic of the throw of the football determined by the electronics; and (b) output throw quality. The throw quality is based upon a combination of at least two throw characteristic determined based upon the received string of sensor signals associated with a throw of the football. The at least two throw characteristics are selected from a group of throw characteristics consisting of: velocity; spin rate; time-of-flight; angle of attack; release angle; cone angle; nutation angle; spiral efficiency; and spiral decay.
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