Patent ID: 9656143
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 data acquisition device, a processing unit, a memory and an output device, the system comprising: a basketball; at least one sensor carried by the basketball; 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 from the data acquisition device, the at least one attribute being sensed by the at least one sensor or derived from signal output by the at least one sensor; determine whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot solely by comparing the at least one attribute of the shot to one or more predetermined signature characteristics of a made basket selected from a group of signature characteristics of a made basket consisting of: acceleration over time, spin axis (spin angle); spin rate, launch direction, launch coordinates, launch angle, backboard vibrations and rim vibrations; and present output to a person based on the determination of whether the shot is a made basket shot or a missed basket shot.