Patents by Inventor Heather Frances Driscol

Heather Frances Driscol 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 of measuring a property of a trajectory of a ball with a mobile computer device
    Patent number: 9652859
    Abstract: Methods for determining a property of a trajectory of a ball with a mobile computer device are described, which include: (a) capturing a sequence of video frames of the ball with a camera of the mobile computer device; (b) determining a first picture coordinate of the ball in a first video frame of the sequence; (c) determining a second picture coordinate of the ball in a second video frame of the sequence; and (d) computing a property of the trajectory of the ball based on a difference of the first and second picture coordinates, a time difference between the first and second video picture and a reference quantity, which may be determined based on a form and/or dimension of the ball in a picture taken with the camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2017
    Assignee: adidas AG
    Inventors: Robert Frank Kirk, Heather Frances Driscol, John Kelley, Lee Hickey
  • METHOD OF MEASURING A PROPERTY OF A TRAJECTORY OF A BALL WITH A MOBILE COMPUTER DEVICE
    Publication number: 20170076464
    Abstract: Methods for determining a property of a trajectory of a ball with a mobile computer device are described, which include: (a) capturing a sequence of video frames of the ball with a camera of the mobile computer device; (b) determining a first picture coordinate of the ball in a first video frame of the sequence; (c) determining a second picture coordinate of the ball in a second video frame of the sequence; and (d) computing a property of the trajectory of the ball based on a difference of the first and second picture coordinates, a time difference between the first and second video picture and a reference quantity, which may be determined based on a form and/or dimension of the ball in a picture taken with the camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 3, 2016
    Publication date: March 16, 2017
    Inventors: Robert Frank Kirk, Heather Frances Driscol, John Kelley, Lee Hickey