Ball sensing

摘要

An apparatus including a computing device to receive signals indicating movement of a physical ball relative to a strike zone during a pitch, retrieve a batting characteristic of a simulated batter corresponding to the indicated movement of the physical ball relative to the strike zone during the pitch, and output a simulated pitch result for the pitch based on the retrieved batting characteristic of the simulated batter for the indicated movement.

主权项

1. A pitch monitoring apparatus comprising:
a computing device including a processor and a memory operably coupled to the processor, the memory including batting statistics and characteristics for a plurality of simulated batters, the batting characteristics including at least one of a batting percentage for pitched balls in a particular location relative to a strike zone and a batting percentage for pitched balls of a particular pitch type, the computing device to: retrieve, prior to the throwing of a next pitch by a user, different batting percentages and different batting results for the simulated batter for different ball speeds, ball spins and/or ball locations; output to the user at least one of a recommended pitch speed, pitch location and pitch type for the simulated batter based upon the retrieved different batting percentages and different batting results; receive signals indicating movement of a physical ball thrown by the user relative to the strike zone during a pitch, the received signals indicating at least one of a ball speed, a ball spin and a ball location relative to the strike zone during the pitch when the ball reaches or passes by the strike zone; retrieve at least one batting characteristic of one of the simulated batters from the memory that corresponds to the indicated movement and/or location of the physical ball relative to the strike zone during the pitch, assign a simulated pitch result based upon the received signals and the batting characteristic; and output the simulated pitch result for the pitch based on the retrieved batting characteristic of the simulated batter for the indicated movement.