Patent ID: 9737784
Date: 2017-08-22
CPC Classifications: A63B,G01B,G06K

Claim:
1. An automated officiating system for a game played on a court with a net, said system comprising: a plurality of optical scan assemblies, each of said optical scan assemblies containing at least one array of imaging devices that image both a first scan field and a second scan field over a section of the court, wherein said first scan field and said second scan field are parallel and extend at least 90 degrees in planes that are parallel to said section of the court, wherein said first scan field and said second scan field are at different elevations above said section of the court, and wherein said at least one array produces pixilated images of any object that contacts said section of the court by passing through said first scan field and said second scan field; and a processor that analyzes said pixilated images to identify said object that contacts said section of the court and quantifies where on said section of the court said object made contact.