Patent ID: 9486692
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: A61B,A63B,A63F,G06K,G06Q,G09B,G16H

Claim Text:
1. A computer-implemented athletic performance analysis method, comprising: generating, by one or more electronic sensors coupled within a physical basketball, motion data that characterizes motion of the basketball resulting from a human player handling the basketball, wherein the motion comprises impacts from bounces of the physical basketball; obtaining, by a processor coupled within the basketball, the motion data; processing, by the processor, the motion data to produce processed data that reflects athletic performance corresponding to the human player handling the basketball; and transmitting, by a wireless transmitter coupled within the basketball, the processed data; receiving, by a smart phone, the processed data transmitted from the wireless transmitter; graphically representing, on a display of the smart phone, the processed data; entering a sleep mode after the physical basketball has been inactive for a period of time; and activating the physical basketball from the sleep mode in response to detection that the physical basketball has been moved in a predetermined manner.