SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A PHYSIOLOGICAL PARAMETER OF PLAYERS ENGAGED IN A SPORTING ACTIVITY

摘要

The present invention provides a system for monitoring a physiological parameter of players engaged in a sporting activity. The system includes a plurality of reporting units, a controller, and a signaling device. The reporting unit has an arrangement of sensing devices that measure the physiological parameter of an individual player and generate parameter data. The controller receives the parameter data transmitted from each reporting unit and then processes the parameter data to calculate a parameter result. When the parameter result exceeds a predetermined value, the controller communicates with a signaling device that provides an alert to sideline personnel to monitor the player(s) in question. The system also includes a remote storage device for holding historical data collected by the system which permits subsequent analysis. The system can monitor a number of player physiological parameters, including the acceleration of a player's body part that experiences an impact and the temperature of each player.

主权项

1. A system for monitoring impact-related acceleration of a body part of a player engaged in a contact sport, the player wearing a piece of protective sports equipment adjacent the body part that receives and attenuates impacts while the player is engaged in the contact sport, the system comprising:
a reporting unit positioned within a piece of protective sports equipment worn against a body part of an individual player while engaged in the contact sport, the reporting unit having: a plurality of sensing devices arranged to measure a direction and a magnitude of acceleration of the player's body part resulting from impacts applied to the protective sports equipment and to generate body part acceleration data for each of said impacts, and a control unit configured to process said body part acceleration data and to calculate for each of said impacts: a direction of the impact;a location of the impact; anda duration of the impact; and a signaling device that provides an alert when said calculated body part acceleration result exceeds a predetermined value.