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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 24, 2016
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Tawfik M. Rahal-Arabi, Tigard, OR (US);
Hong W. Wong, Portland, OR (US);
Intel Corporation, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Systems and methods for providing a slalom racing gate monitor system are provided herein. A system includes a microcontroller; a first, second, and third sensor, each coupled to the microcontroller, the first, second, and third sensors each having a field of view and disposed on a slalom pole, and disposed where the fields of view of the first, second, and third sensors substantially cover a 360 degree field of view around the slalom pole; wherein the microcontroller is to: obtain a sequence of sensor readings from a plurality of sensors of the first, second, and third sensors, each reading in the sequence of sensor readings indicating an object detected in the field of view of the respective sensor; determine whether the object passed the slalom pole on a correct side; and present a notification of whether the object passed the slalom pole on the correct side.