Patents by Inventor Alexander HIEMANN

Alexander HIEMANN has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method for calculating a position of an athlete on a sports field
    Patent number: 11179600
    Abstract: A method for calculating the position of an athlete, referred to as target, on a sports field, including estimating an approximate position of the target using a radio-based positioning system, the system including tracking sensors attached to several athletes on the sports field and antennas installed around the sports field, defining a search space around the approximate position, detecting an athlete in the search space using an optical-based positioning system, the system including cameras installed above and/or around the sports field and image recognition device, determining an accurate position of the detected athlete, attributing the accurate position to the target.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 23, 2021
    Assignee: SWISS TIMING LTD
    Inventors: Alexander Hiemann, Thomas Kautz
  • METHOD FOR CALCULATING A POSITION OF AN ATHLETE ON A SPORTS FIELD
    Publication number: 20190381354
    Abstract: A method for calculating the position of an athlete, referred to as target, on a sports field, including estimating an approximate position of the target using a radio-based positioning system, the system including tracking sensors attached to several athletes on the sports field and antennas installed around the sports field, defining a search space around the approximate position, detecting an athlete in the search space using an optical-based positioning system, the system including cameras installed above and/or around the sports field and image recognition device, determining an accurate position of the detected athlete, attributing the accurate position to the target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 18, 2019
    Publication date: December 19, 2019
    Applicant: SWISS TIMING LTD
    Inventors: Alexander HIEMANN, Thomas Kautz