Patent ID: 9061192
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. An electronic scoring system for use in various styles of martial arts comprising: at least one armor providing impact protection, wherein the armor is worn by a competitor; a scoring machine in the form of a computer that includes a processor and a display device; and wherein the armor has force sensors that are an integral part thereof, two or more of the force sensors recording and measuring force parameter data of each contact to the armor regardless of an origin of the contact, and generating a force parameter data signal that is based on one or more sensed contact forces, said force parameter data including data regarding: i. magnitude; ii. location; iii. duration; and iv. direction of the one or more sensed contact forces applied to the armor; wherein the two or more force sensors are configured to detect a specific location of the contact within a target area; wherein the armor also has at least one motion detector that detects movement irrespective of each contact and sends movement data to the scoring machine, said motion detector being selected from the group consisting of a light-based sensor on the armor, heat-sensing sensor on the armor, and accelerometer, wherein the armor also includes a wireless transmitter for communicating competition data to the scoring machine, wherein said competition data includes said force parameter data and said movement data, wherein the scoring machine is configured to receive the competition data from the wireless transmitter and includes a software application executed by the processor for processing the competition data to: determine, for the contact using the force parameter data from the two or more forces sensors, a distribution of forces across the specific location of the contact within the target area; calculate one or more results including a damage value for each contact using the competition data, wherein the damage value is calculated based on a scoring algorithm that takes into account the force parameter data measured by the two or more force sensors, the distribution of forces across the specific location of the contact within the target area, and one or more of the following specified parameters: render one or more visual representations of competition, including the contact, based on said movement data and said calculated damage value; and output the one or more visual representations to the display device.