Communications: electrical – Condition responsive indicating system – Specific condition
Patent
1992-11-13
1994-04-05
Swann, III, Glen R.
Communications: electrical
Condition responsive indicating system
Specific condition
273 29A, 273DIG17, 340689, 434247, G08B 2100
Patent
active
053009215
ABSTRACT:
A position processor can be mounted on the head of an athlete by means of, for example, a head band. The position processor includes a sensor in the form of a twelve position mercury switch for sensing the direction and angle of tilt of the head. The ON/OFF states of the switches of the sensor are sampled by a multiplexer under the control of a microprocesor. The multiplexer presents the ON/OFF states to the microprocessor for further procesing. Software of the microprocessor processes the sensed ON/OFF states through filtering and hysterisis algorithms and conveys the processed states as positional information to the athlete as a pattern of lights and tones. Proper and improper head positions are indicated for a plurality of directions of tilt. The system uses software filtering to provide hysterisis in order to eliminate rapid changes of state of the switches of the sensor due to sporadic movement caused by the motion of the athelete. The training system is user controllable by means of rotary switches to adjust, among other things, the level of sensitivity of the system.
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Hoch David J.
Thomas Alexander R.
Brinkman Dirk
Rhys Resources Ins.
Swann III Glen R.
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