Abstract: The invention disclosed includes a head gear to be worn when it is desirable to have an indication of the wearer's head motion or position. The head gear may be incorporated into an existing article of head wear. The incorporation may be permanent, or the head gear may be alternatively attached to various articles of head wear. Integral with the head gear are motion and/or position sensing devices to indicate the motion or position of the wearer's head. The data from the sensors may be fed into a digital processor to process the sensed data and derive a signal indicative of the wearer's head motion or position. Some embodiments employ a programmable processor to adapt the head gear to a variety of applications. The signal indicative of head motion or position may be fed into an indicator to provide the wearer with a recognizable feedback signal indicative of head motion or position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2004
Publication date:
November 11, 2004
Applicant:
Creative Sports Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Mark Winthrop Wheeler, Mark William Donahue, Roger David Socci, Robert L. Wakenight, Olin Glenn Lathrop, Robert Jonathan Schmidt
Abstract: The invention disclosed includes a head gear to be worn when it is desirable to have an indication of the wearer's head motion or position. The head gear may be incorporated into an existing article of head wear. The incorporation may be permanent, or the head gear may be alternatively attached to various articles of head wear. Integral with the head gear are motion and/or position sensing devices to indicate the motion or position of the wearer's head. The data from the sensors may be fed into a digital processor to process the sensed data and derive a signal indicative of the wearer's head motion or position. Some embodiments employ a programmable processor to adapt the head gear to a variety of applications. The signal indicative of head motion or position may be fed into an indicator to provide the wearer with a recognizable feedback signal indicative of head motion or position.
Type:
Application
Filed:
March 12, 2004
Publication date:
September 2, 2004
Applicant:
Creative Sports Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Roger David Socci, Mark Winthrop Wheeler, Mark William Donahue, Robert L. Wakenight, Olin Glenn Lathrop, Robert Jonathan Schmidt
Abstract: The invention disclosed includes a head gear to be worn when it is desirable to have an indication of the wearer's head motion or position. The head gear may be incorporated into an existing article of head wear. The incorporation may be permanent, or the head gear may be alternatively attached to various articles of head wear. Integral with the head gear are motion and/or position sensing devices to indicate the motion or position of the wearer's head. The data from the sensors may be fed into a digital processor to process the sensed data and derive a signal indicative of the wearer's head motion or position. Some embodiments employ a programmable processor to adapt the head gear to a variety of applications. The signal indicative of head motion or position may be fed into an indicator to provide the wearer with a recognizable feedback signal indicative of head motion or position.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 16, 2001
Date of Patent:
May 4, 2004
Assignee:
Creative Sports Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Roger David Socci, Robert L Wakenight, Mark Winthrop Wheeler, Mark William Donahue, Olin Glenn Lathrop, Robert Jonathan Schmidt
Abstract: Apparatus and method for using head gear to sense the motion of the wearer's head and output a signal indicative of the motion. Sensors are used to detect head motion about two mutually perpendicular axes. The sensor signal is fed into a microprocessor to compute a feedback signal indicative of the deviation of the motion from a desired, pre-programmed path. The feedback signal is delivered to an indicator to alert the wearer of the head motion. The device is adaptable to monitor head motions for various athletic, sporting and safety applications.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 7, 2000
Date of Patent:
December 18, 2001
Assignee:
Creative Sports Technologies, Inc.
Inventors:
Roger David Socci, Robert Leslie Wakenight