SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MONITORING AND DISPLAYING ATHLETE CHARACTERISTICS

摘要

A system and method for monitoring and displaying characteristics of one or more athletes, the system including a plurality of tag devices, at least one tag being located on each athlete and being capable of periodically transmitting a tag device signal in the form of a short burst, frequency-hopped spread spectrum radio frequency signal. At least three separately located wideband receivers are capable of receiving a tag device signal and processing the tag device signal to provide data representative of the time of arrival of the tag device signal at the receiver. A centralised processing means receives and processes the time of arrival data from each receiver to determine the position of the tag devices using differences in the time of arrival data from each receiver. The positions determined by the centralized processing means are stored on a data server and are able to be retrieved and processed so as to enable a graphical representation of at least one selected athlete characteristic to be displayed.