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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 21, 1988
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1986
Dean M Peterson, Escondido, CA (US);
Roy H Seim, San Diego, CA (US);
Dennis R Neary, Encinitas, CA (US);
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Abstract
The disclosed apparatus electronically times and records a moving object as it travels over a measured course. The apparatus is especially useful in recording and timing an athlete running over a measured course in order to determine the overall athletic prowess of the athlete. The apparatus provides more accurate and uniform testing of an athlete's ability to run a predetermined distance as fast as possible. The apparatus includes a plurality of ultrasonic detectors positioned in predetermined spaced relationship along a course over which an athlete runs (object moves). A sequence of RF detection signals are sent to a timing circuit which computes the elapsed times of the athlete (object) over the course. The times are recorded along with video information produced by a video camera. When the timing information and recorded scene are played back on a video monitor, the timing information is displayed along with the video image to facilitate analysis of the recorded event.