Patents by Inventor Kasper Mackeprang

Kasper Mackeprang 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).

  • Publication number: 20260021347
    Abstract: A system includes a tracking device generating data corresponding to range/range rate of the object passing through a device field view; an imager having a field view at least partially overlapping with the device field view and generating object's images; and a processor detecting the object in each image and a mass center of object portions. The processor identifies the center and constructs a composite image including portions of selected images so that the center is located at the same position in the composite image. The processor identifies a point on the object in each portion and determines a displacement of the point relative to the center. The processor determines, using data from the device and the displacement, a wobbling angle of the object corresponding to an angle between a rotation plane of object's major axis and a travel direction along which the center are moving.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 30, 2024
    Publication date: January 22, 2026
    Inventors: Kasper MACKEPRANG, Fredrik TUXEN, Phillip ROSASCO-ANDERSEN
  • Publication number: 20240374959
    Abstract: A system includes a radar configured to capture radar data of a non-spherical object. The system also includes a processor configured to detect, in the radar data, oscillations corresponding to rotation of the object about an axis that is not an axis of symmetry of the object and determine a frequency of the rotation of the object about the axis based on the detected oscillations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 22, 2024
    Publication date: November 14, 2024
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP, Kasper MACKEPRANG
  • Publication number: 20240316402
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 25, 2024
    Publication date: September 26, 2024
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP, Kasper MACKEPRANG
  • Patent number: 12042698
    Abstract: A system includes a radar configured to capture radar data of a non-spherical object. The system also includes a processor configured to detect, in the radar data, oscillations corresponding to rotation of the object about an axis that is not an axis of symmetry of the object and determine a frequency of the rotation of the object about the axis based on the detected oscillations.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2024
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup, Kasper Mackeprang
  • Patent number: 11938375
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup, Kasper Mackeprang
  • Publication number: 20220387851
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 11, 2022
    Publication date: December 8, 2022
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP, Kasper MACKEPRANG
  • Patent number: 11446546
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Date of Patent: September 20, 2022
    Assignee: TRACKMAN A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup, Kasper Mackeprang
  • Publication number: 20210052940
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 21, 2020
    Publication date: February 25, 2021
    Inventors: Fredrik TUXEN, Michael UNGSTRUP, Kasper MACKEPRANG
  • Patent number: 10850179
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2020
    Assignee: Trackman A/S
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup, Kasper Mackeprang
  • Publication number: 20190282881
    Abstract: A system determining a spin axis of a ball includes a radar transmitting a signal into a target area. The radar includes a minimum of three receivers arranged so that two pairs of receivers are not co-linear. The system also includes a Processing Unit (“PU”) receiving data from the radar and determining a radar range of frequencies received at a point in time corresponding to differing velocities relative to the radar of different portions of the ball as the ball is spinning. PU divides the radar frequency range into a plurality of frequency components and calculating, for each of the frequency components, an angular position associated therewith. PU identifies as a projection of the spin axis in a plane perpendicular to a line of sight from the radar to the ball, a line perpendicular to a line represented by the determined angular positions.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 11, 2018
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup, Kasper Mackeprang
  • Publication number: 20190282854
    Abstract: A system includes a radar configured to capture radar data of a non-spherical object. The system also includes a processor configured to detect, in the radar data, oscillations corresponding to rotation of the object about an axis that is not an axis of symmetry of the object and determine a frequency of the rotation of the object about the axis based on the detected oscillations.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 5, 2019
    Publication date: September 19, 2019
    Inventors: Fredrik Tuxen, Michael Ungstrup, Kasper Mackeprang