Patent US10315093

Systems and methods for illustrating the flight of a projectile
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US10315093

1. A method for tracking a moving object comprising the steps of: (7) (2)

calibrating data from an imaging device to data from a radar device, where a field of view of the imaging device at least partially overlaps with a field of view of the radar device in a common field of view; and

tracking the moving object as it moves through the common field of view simultaneously using both the imaging device and the radar device where the moving object is one of a sports ball and a sports ball striking implement.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein tracking includes determining one of at least a portion of a trajectory of a sports ball and at least a portion of a path of movement of the striking implement. (0)

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising calibrating data from the radar device to a world based coordinate system relating to locations within the common field of view. (2) (0)

6. The method of claim 1, further comprising altering images from the imaging device to illustrate one of a position, trajectory and velocity of the one of the sports ball and the sports ball striking implement and an orientation of the sports ball striking implement. (1) (0)

8. The method of claim 1, wherein positions of the one of the sports ball and the sports ball striking implement as it is tracked are determined based on data from the radar device and the imaging device. (3) (0)

13. The method of claim 1, further comprising identifying an impact location at which a striking implement impacts the sports ball at launch. (3) (0)

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the sports ball is tracked using angular measurements based on data from the imaging device, and wherein distance and velocity measurements of the sports ball are based on data from the radar device. (0)

19. The method of claim 1, further comprising predicting a landing location of the sports ball at which the sports ball will contact the ground based. (1) (0)

22. A device for tracking a moving object comprising: (3) (3)

an imaging device having an imaging device field of view; and

a radar device having a radar field of view at least partially overlapping with the imaging field of view in a common field of view; and

a control device coordinating data from the imaging device and data from the radar device in space and time to track the moving object as it moves through the common field of view, wherein the moving object is one of a sports ball and a sports ball striking implement.

23. The device of claim 22, wherein the control device correlates data from the radar device to a world based coordinate system relating to locations within the common field of view. (1) (0)

24. The device of claim 22, wherein the control device defines an imaging device coordinate system relating data from the imaging device to physical locations within the field of view of the imaging device and defines a radar coordinate system relating data from the radar device to physical locations within the field of view of the radar device, and correlating the imaging device coordinate system to the radar device coordinate system. (0)

26. The device of claim 22, further comprising a data storage device storing image data and wherein the control device alters one of data from the imaging device and image data from the data storage device to match a predetermined reference perspective. (1) (0)

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Systems and methods for illustrating the flight of a projectile

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