Inventors:
Donald Brady - Las Vegas NV, US
Sammy Elhag - San Diego CA, US
Steve Liu - San Diego CA, US
Matthew Banet - Del Mar CA, US
International Classification:
G01L 3/00, G01P 11/00, G01L 5/00, G06F 15/00
Abstract:
The invention provides a system, method and device which allows for real time monitoring of an athlete's performance during an athletic event, such as a boxing match or kick-boxing match, to provide a greater quantity of information to a viewer of the event. The system () includes a plurality of monitoring articles () attached to each fighter (and ) and a computing device () positioned outside of the fighting environment (). Each of the plurality of monitoring articles () preferably includes a motion sensing device (), a microprocessor () and a wireless transceiver (). The monitoring article () creates a real-time impact force signal for each punch or kick, which is wirelessly transmitted outside of the fighting environment () to a computing device () for processing into an impact value for transmission to and image on an electro-optical display ().