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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 03, 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 to: (a) receive a string of sensor signals from the at least one accelerometer; (b) determine a time of an initial impact of the football with a receiver based upon the received string of sensor signals; and (c) output a catch quality, the catch quality being based upon a portion of the string of sensor signals that is based upon the determined time of the initial impact of the football with the receiver.