Patent ID: 9656142
Date: 2017-05-23
CPC Classifications: A63B,G09B

Claim:
1. A basketball shot determination system for use with a basket and a portable electronic device including a processing unit, a memory and an output device, the system comprising: a basketball; at least one sensor carried by the basketball, the at least one sensor comprising an accelerometer; a non-transient computer-readable medium containing code to direct the processor to: obtain at least one attribute of a shot of the basketball towards the basket, the at least one attribute being sensed by the accelerometer or derived from signal output by the accelerometer; determine whether the shot is a made basket by comparing the at least one attribute of the shot sensed or derived from signals output by the accelerometer to one or more predetermined signature characteristics of a made basket shot or a missed basket shot; present output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot; and calibrate and establish a directional coordinate system for the basket.