Patent ID: 6079269
Filing Date: 2000-06-27
Classification: A63B,G01S

Abstract:
A ball speed measuring device for providing a measurement of the speed of a ball being caught in a web of a ball glove worn by a person catching the ball, the device comprising:a transmitter/receiver including at least one antenna element generally directable toward an approaching ball being caught by said person and a radiation generating circuit having an output connected to the at least one antenna element to radiate therefrom a signal generated by the radiation generating circuit;a securement configured to support at least said antenna element of the device on the web of the glove with said antenna element directed through the web toward the approaching ball when the glove is positioned for catching the approaching ball by said person;the transmitter/receiver further including a receiver circuit connected to receive from said antenna element and through the web a portion of said radiated signal reflected from the approaching ball and including a signal processor configured to derive from the received reflected signal the speed of the approaching ball; andan output element connected to the receiver circuit and operable to produce a ball speed indication signal indicating the derived speed.