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7399241 Pitch training system  
A pitch training system for indicating whether a thrown baseball has passed through a strike zone includes a zone assembly for detecting a baseball passing through the zone assembly. The zone...
7393291 Pitching practice apparatus  
A pitching practice apparatus includes a frame unit having a rectangular frame member, X-axis and Y-axis sensor units mounted on the frame member, a control unit connected to the sensor units and...
7341530 Virtual strike zone  
A system adds a graphical image of the strike zone to a video or other image of a baseball game. The system determines location of the strike zone and the ball in real space. The locations of the...
7270616 Batter monitoring system  
The batter monitoring system is a modified home plate for baseball including a sensor unit to detect whether or not the bat crosses the plate as a hitter swings at a pitched ball and also when a...
6709351 Sports game system  
A sports game system for using a ball such as baseball, soccer, cricket, tennis, etc., has two first and second separated area sensors for measuring speed and location of the ball hit or kicked by...
6605011 Game machine  
A game machine that enables the playing of an enjoyable ball game within a limited space, particularly a baseball-related game. This game machine comprises a target ( 10 ) on which is displayed...
6554284 Target assembly for practicing ball games  
A target device includes a rear sheet member and a front sheet member each having one or more conductor members aligned with each other, and an intermediate member disposed between the sheet...
6358164 Strike zone indicator measurement device  
A strike zone indicator apparatus has a mount positioned in relation to a home plate and away from possible interference. First projectors connected to the mount project first beams related to the...
6350211 Baseball pitching aid  
A simulated image of a batter facing a pitcher is provided for use in pitching practice. The lower portion of the batter includes one or more stakes which are inserted into the ground and provide a...
6244979 Mounting structure for a pitching practice device  
A pitching practice device includes a frame with four sides and a net portion composed of longitudinal and latitude strings is defined within the frame. Each string has an end connected to a...
5984810 System for training a pitcher to pitch a baseball  
A system for measuring and analyzing body mechanics of a subject includes receivers, transmitters, a display and a processor. The processor which includes a controller which controls the timing of...
5820496 Backstop system for measuring position, velocity, or trajectory  
A backstop or target particularly suited for use in athletic applications such as baseball or golf, and which includes a frame from which a flexible net is suspended at its corners and connected to...
5676607 Laser beam strike zone indicator  
A laser beam strike zone indicator including a home plate. A plurality of adjustable laser beams are directed upwardly from the home plate to define a strike zone for a height of a predetermined...
5658211 Interactive ball throwing game  
An interactive throwing game apparatus and method includes a longitudinal game table provided in an arcade game environment. An upright ball target is mounted across the front end of the game table...
5602638 Apparatus for accurately determining a moving ball's position and speed  
The invention is to an apparatus and method for determining the position and speed of a pitched ball. A collection box includes arrays of pulsed infrared emitter sensor pairs. As a ball passes...
5599017 Baseball target and projector apparatus  
An apparatus for use in practicing the fundamentals of baseball is provided. The apparatus includes an opening for accepting and capturing baseballs thrown at the apparatus. The opening is covered...
5573239 Apparatus to catch, determine accuracy and throw back a ball  
An apparatus that determines the accuracy and speed of a thrown ball, catches the ball and throws the ball back to a source is provided that a housing with a front opening covered by tension...
5566934 Baseball trainer  
A baseball trainer includes a target apparatus set at a predetermined distance from a practicing ballplayer. The target apparatus includes a plurality of panels for indicating a "strike" or a...
5553860 Sports impact sensor apparatus for proximate operation  
A sports impact sensing target reports a sensed impact to a remote location without interference with the operation of like impact sensing targets that are proximately located. The sports impact...
5509649 Device and method for measuring the velocity and zonal position of a pitched ball  
A plurality of electromagnetic energy transmitters and receivers are each arranged in a respective linear array to define a single vertical plane. A portion of the transmitters are coupled together...
5447315 Method and apparatus for sensing speed and position of projectile striking a target  
A method and apparatus is disclosed for sensing the position and speed (force) of a projectile striking a target of arbitrary size and shape. The strike produces an acoustic shock wave which...
5419565 Electrical device for detecting the location and speed or force of impact with a target  
An electro-mechanical detection system for measuring the point of impact of a missile such as a sports projectile on a target and for measuring the velocity and force of impact. The detection...
5419549 Baseball pitcher game and trainer apparatus  
A baseball pitcher game and training apparatus includes a free swinging target receptacle which is positioned at one end of an elongate enclosure with a player's station positioned at the opposite...
5401016 Automatic baseball ball and strike indicator  
The self-contained ball-strike detector uses two transducers to detect the presence of an incoming pitch, and a series of transducers located on the upper surface of a home plate-shaped housing to...
5333855 Baseball pitching analyzer  
A baseball pitching analyzer having a housing in the form of a cube with a forward face including an opening through which the baseball may pass. The periphery of this opening is angled inward to...
5230505 Apparatus for evaluating ball pitching performance  
There is disclosed an apparatus for monitoring and calculating the position and speed of a projectile as it is pitched over a target zone. A grid of infrared emitters aligned with respective...
5163014 Pitching speed indicator  
An apparatus which can determine the velocity of a projectile based on distance traveled and time of travel. The apparatus includes a manually operated stopwatch function which can measure elapsed...
5046729 Baseball pitchers practice target  
The apparatus of the invention comprises a backboard; a matrix of panels representing a strike zone; springs for resiliently biasing each of the panels outwardly from the backboard; switches...
4972171 Method and apparatus for detecting illegal pitches  
Methods of and apparatus for detecting pitches which are illegal in the game of slow pitch softball by virtue of their having exceeded a maximum allowable height of twelve feet in traveling from...
4949972 Target scoring and display system  
An automatic target shooting system for determining projectile location relative to a target, calculating a score based upon the location and displaying a replica of the target with an indication...
4830369 Baseball pitching practice target  
A baseball pitching practice device comprising a support frame to which is independently supported a plurality of panel members disposed side-by-side and forming a target area. Each of the panels...
4781376 Life-like baseball pitcher's training device  
A training device for pitchers. The training device provides a target comprising a catcher figure and separate batter figure. Both the catcher figure and batter figure are adjustable in height to...
4770527 Photoelectric-piezoelectric velocity and impact sensor  
A photoelectric-piezoelectric velocity and impact sensor has a plurality of photoelectric light sources and associated photodetectors disposed on axes defining an array of light beams. A first...
4659090 Electrical device for indicating the force and/or location of target impacts or other forces  
An electrical device capable of indicating the force and/or location of an impact or other applied force, such as a weight, comprises three or more layers including a continuously-conductive...
4563005 Apparatus for evaluating baseball pitching performance  
Apparatus for detecting and computing the location of a baseball as it is pitched over a plate is disclosed. Infrared receivers are disposed at corner locations on opposite sides of a target zone...
4390181 Practice pitching apparatus  
A practice pitching apparatus for identifying whether a ball pitched would be considered a strike or a ball based upon delineation of a strike area and a ball area on an upright target. The...
4199141 Baseball pitching scoring apparatus  
An instructional and amusement device for teaching the art of correctly pitching a baseball, comprising a plurality of resilient target blocks mounted within contiguous support racks. When the...
3157399 Baseball pitching practice target with ball and strike indicators  
3133733 Baseball game apparatus including movable target panels at which a baseball is thrown by the player  
2943141 Automatic baseball umpire or the like  
2890052 Target with electrical indicator  
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