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Electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck
Assignee: Sportsmedia Technology Corp
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Filing: 1995-06-30
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Granted: 1996-10-15
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Expires: 2015-06-30
Abstract
Abstract A hockey puck with an electromagnetic transmitter. The electromagnetic transmitter could include an infrared transmitter, ultraviolet transmitter, radar repeater, RF transmitter or other device for transmitting electromagnetic waves outside of the visible spectrum. The electromagnetic transmitter is turned on using a shock sensor and is turned off using a timer.
Inventors
- 👤 Stanley K. Honey
- 👤 Richard H. Cavallaro
- 👤 David B. Hill
- 👤 Fred J. Heinzmann
- 👤 Alan C. Phillips
- 👤 Harold Guthart
- 👤 Alan A. Burns
- 👤 Charles L. Rino
- 👤 Philip C. Evans
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-08 03:52
CPC Classifications
A; A63; A63B; A63B24/00; A63B24/0021; A63B67/00; A63B67/14; A63B71/00; A63B71/06; A63B71/0605; G; G01; G01S; G01S3/00; G01S3/78; G01S3/782; G01S3/785; G01S3/786; G01S3/7864; G01S5/00; G01S5/16; H; H04; H04N; H04N5/00; H04N5/222; H04N5/262; H04N7/00; H04N7/08; H04N7/087; H04N7/088; A63B2024/0025; A63B2220/00; A63B2220/80; A63B2220/806; A63B2220/83; A63B2220/836; A63B2225/00; A63B2225/50; A63B2225/54; A63B43/00
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 29
Claim 1
Independent Claim
44 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising: a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface; and an electromagnetic transmitter, completely disposed inside said cylindrical body, said electromagnetic transmitter adapted to transmit an electromagnetic signal not visible to a human eye.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
44 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising: a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface; and an electromagnetic transmitter, completely disposed inside said cylindrical body, said electromagnetic transmitter adapted to transmit an electromagnetic signal not visible to a human eye.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes a power source.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
28 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes a shock sensor which turns on said electromagnetic transmitter when said puck is shocked.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes a timer that turns off said electromagnetic transmitter automatically after a predetermined period of time but before all available power has dissipated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said hockey puck has a thickness and shape similar to a conventional hockey puck.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck is a retrofitted conventional hockey puck.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes an infrared emitter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
18 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 7, wherein said infrared emitter includes an infrared emitting diode.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
14 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 7, wherein said infrared emitter pulses.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 7, further including a receiver completely disposed inside said cylindrical body and in communication with said electromagnetic transmitter so that said infrared emitter will pulse in response to said receiver receiving a predetermined signal.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
36 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes at least two sets of infrared emitters connected in parallel, each of said sets including at least two emitters connected in series.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 11, wherein at least a first subset of said infrared emitters are arranged substantially along an outer circumference of said cylindrical body.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
19 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 12, wherein said infrared emitters are arranged in an interleaving manner.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
31 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 12, wherein at least a second subset of infrared emitters are arranged substantially along said flat upper surface and said flat lower surface.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes a radar repeater.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
34 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 15, wherein: said radar repeater receives a first signal having a first frequency, modulates said first signal at a modulation rate and transmits said modulated signal.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 16, wherein said modulated signal includes a tone having a frequency equal to said first frequency plus or minus said modulation rate.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
42 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 16, wherein: said puck is at a first position; and said modulated signal indicates that said puck is at a phantom position farther from a source of said first signal than said first position.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
17 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 1, wherein said electromagnetic transmitter includes an RF transmitter.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
33 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising: a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface; and a means for transmitting an electromagnetic signal not visible to a human eye.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
33 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising: a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface and a flat lower surface; and a means for transmitting an electromagnetic signal not visible to a human eye.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
27 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 20, wherein said means for transmitting includes means for starting said means for transmitting when said puck is shocked.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
37 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 20, wherein said means for transmitting includes means for turning off said means for transmitting automatically after a predetermined period of time but before all available power has dissipated.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
91 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising: an infrared transmitter including control electronics and a plurality of infrared emitting diodes; and a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface, a flat lower surface, a recess for receiving said control electronics and a plurality of bores for receiving said diodes, a first subset of said bores being displaced substantially along an outer circumference of said cylindrical body, a second subset of said bores located substantially along said flat lower surface, a third subset of said bores located substantially along said flat upper surface.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
91 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck, comprising: an infrared transmitter including control electronics and a plurality of infrared emitting diodes; and a cylindrical body having a flat upper surface, a flat lower surface, a recess for receiving said control electronics and a plurality of bores for receiving said diodes, a first subset of said bores being displaced substantially along an outer circumference of said cylindrical body, a second subset of said bores located substantially along said flat lower surface, a third subset of said bores located substantially along said flat upper surface.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
58 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 23, wherein said control electronics includes: a battery for supplying power to said diodes; a shock sensor that turns on said infrared emitter if a shock is detected; and a timer that turns off said infrared emitter after a predetermined period of time but before all available power has dissipated.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
56 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 23, wherein: said control electronics is secured within said body with an adhesive; any gaps in said recess not occupied by said control electronics are substantially filled with said adhesive; and said adhesive having an elasticity or hardness substantially similar to an elasticity or hardness of said body.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
25 words
An electromagnetic transmitting hockey puck according to claim 23, wherein said plurality of infrared emitting diodes are located in said bores in an interleaved arrangement.
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