Abstract: A portable electric pruning shears including: a longitudinal body intended to be held by one hand of a user, called the holding hand, a cutting tool arranged at a distal end of the body, an electric motor for operating the cutting tool, and a security system provided to protect the user; wherein the security system includes: an emitter for emitting at least one electromagnetic wave and a receiver for receiving at least one electromagnetic wave emitted by the emitter, one of which is embedded by said portable electric pruning shears and the other one of which is intended to be worn by the other hand of the user, called the free hand, and a control unit for acting on the operating of the cutting tool as a function of the wave(s) received by the receiver.

Abstract: Electromagnetic tracking systems and methods for automatically providing the required additional information needed to identify the orientation of a sensor are disclosed. The tracking systems are configured to carry out a digital modulation process to determine one or more parameters needed for calibration and to determine if the carrier wave and the modulated signal are in-phase or 180° out-of-phase at time T=0, thereby determining the operational sign of the carrier wave and thus the orientation of the one or more sensors. In some embodiments, at least one offset coil is arranged to generate an additional magnetic field, and the tracking system may be calibrated on the basis of the additional magnetic field.

Abstract: A method for determining information on a position of an object, the object emitting a magnetic field in response to an exciting electromagnetic field comprises monitoring (100) a receive signal of at least one loop antenna, the receive signal having a contribution caused by the emitted magnetic field; determining a first quadrature component (102) of the receive signal; and determining the information on the position of the object (104) based on the first quadrature component.

Abstract: A method for determining information on a position of an object, the object emitting a magnetic field in response to an exciting electromagnetic field comprises monitoring (100) a receive signal of at least one loop antenna, the receive signal having a contribution caused by the emitted magnetic field; determining a first quadrature component (102) of the receive signal; and determining the information on the position of the object (104) based on the first quadrature component.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an elastically deformable item of sports equipment (100; 200; 250; 300; 500), comprising at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure (104; 204; 254; 304; 504) arranged around a curved surface (102; 106; 202; 206; 252; 256; 302; 306; 502; 506) within the item of sports equipment, wherein the at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure has an elongation reserve corresponding to a maximum elastic deformation of the item of sports equipment.

Abstract: Embodiments relate to an elastically deformable item of sports equipment (100; 200; 250; 300; 500), comprising at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure (104; 204; 254; 304; 504) arranged around a curved surface (102; 106; 202; 206; 252; 256; 302; 306; 502; 506) within the item of sports equipment, wherein the at least one deformable electromagnetic coil structure has an elongation reserve corresponding to a maximum elastic deformation of the item of sports equipment.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for detection of whether a movable object, such as a sports object, e.g. a football or an ice hockey puck, has passed goal plane. It is known to encircle the goal plane with conductors (1, 2, 3, 4) to produce an electromagnetic field to excite signal emitter means in the movable object, alternatively detect the signal emitted by the emitter means. With the present invention these circuits are sectioned into a plurality of separate circuits, which provides an improved spatial resolution of the system in particularly when the movable object is close to the conductors.

Abstract: A system is disclosed for detection of whether a movable object, such as a sports object, e.g. a football or an ice hockey puck, has passed goal plane. It is known to encircle the goal plane with conductors to produce an electromagnetic field to excite signal emitter means in the movable object, alternatively detect the signal emitted by the emitter means. With the present invention these circuits are sectioned into a plurality of separate circuits, which provides an improved spatial resolution of the system in particularly when the movable object is close to the conductors.