Patent ID: 8554509

Claim:
A real-time acceleration measuring and monitoring system for use with a plurality of helmets wherein each helmet is worn by a player engaged in a sporting activity, the system comprising: a plurality of sensing and control units, wherein each unit is removably positioned within a single helmet, each sensing and control unit having an arrangement of accelerometers to detect acceleration data upon an impact to the helmet, each sensing and control unit further having a transmitter to transmit data received from the accelerometers and an encoder that encodes the data prior to its transmission; and, a remote unit operably connected to the plurality of sensing and control units, the remote unit having a receiver configured to receive the data transmitted from each of the plurality of transmitters, the remote unit further having a processor to determine the magnitude of each impact to the helmets, the remote unit further having a decoder that decodes encoded data received from the transmitter of each of the plurality of sensing and control units.