Patent ID: 8758103
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A63B,A63F

Abstract:
1. A method for simulating a sports activity comprising: detecting the launch of a sports object; capturing one or more images of the object using at least one camera; determining a first position of the object based at least in part on at least one of the one or more images; sensing passage of the object through a predetermined fixed plane located between a launch area and a screen; determining a second position of the object based on the sensing; determining one or more components of the translational velocity of the object based at least in part on the first position and second position of the object; determining one or more components of rotational velocity of the object based at least in part on the one or more images; computing a future trajectory of the object based at least in part on the one or more components of rotational velocity and the one or more components of translational velocity; and displaying the future trajectory of the object.