Flight Time

• Main Authors: Francis, Paul J, Balakrishnan, SantoshKumar, Fraga, Justin, Bruce, Robert M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 07.06.2018
• Subjects: AMUSEMENTS; APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING,CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; CHARACTERISTIC FEATURES OF FOOTWEAR; ELECTRONIC TIME-PIECES; FOOTWEAR; GAMES; HEALTHCARE INFORMATICS, i.e. INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONTECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR THE HANDLING ORPROCESSING OF MEDICAL OR HEALTHCARE DATA; HOROLOGY; HUMAN NECESSITIES; INDICATING PRESENCE, ABSENCE, OR DIRECTION, OF MOVEMENT; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY [ICT] SPECIALLY ADAPTEDFOR SPECIFIC APPLICATION FIELDS; MEASURING; MEASURING LINEAR OR ANGULAR SPEED, ACCELERATION, DECELERATION,OR SHOCK; PARTS OF FOOTWEAR; PHYSICS; SPORTS; TESTING; TRAINING EQUIPMENT

Systems and methods for monitoring athletic performances include determining "flight time," e.g., the amount of time both feet are off the ground, and optionally "flight time" resulting from different types of activities, such as jogging, running, sprinting, jumping, etc. "Flight time" may help a player or coach better understand the effort the athlete is putting out, compare efforts of two or more players, gauge the athlete's performance change over time, and/or identify conditioning needs and/or areas for improvement. Such systems and methods also may generate and display various athletic performance metrics, such as: instantaneous flight time; average flight time; cumulative flight time during an athletic performance or other time period; instantaneous jump height; average jump height; cumulative jump height during an athletic performance or other time period; and comparisons of any flight time and/or jump height metric(s) of one player against another player and/or against himself/herself; etc.