The present invention provides a sports implement whose characteristics a user can adjust freely and minutely. According to the present invention, it is realized that a light-weight high functional circuit is installed in various sports implements by constituting various functional circuits with a TFT formed on a film, without using a printed board. A high functional circuit using a TFT formed over a flexible plastic film is light-weight and strong in bending and impacts. It is possible to provide a sports implement that is favorable in operationality and friendly to many users in a wide range regardless of the muscle strength or physical constitution and the like of a user, since the user can adjust characteristics of a sports implement.

Sports implement, amusement tool, and training tool

An electronic paddle that requires a player to strike an object with the paddle in a certain sequence. The electronic paddle includes a paddle that contains a game circuit and a speaker. The game circuit is connected to a first pressure sensor located on a first side of the paddle, and a second pressure sensor located on a second side of the paddle. The pressure sensors provide feedback signals to the game circuit when the paddle strikes the object. The game circuit and speaker generate a first sound when the object strikes the first side of the paddle, and a second sound when the object strikes the second side of the paddle. To play a game the player strikes the object with the first and second sides of the paddle in a pattern that is compared by the game circuit with a predetermined sequence. The game circuit and speaker can emit one sound to indicate a successful matching of the sequence, or another sound to indicate that the player did not strike the object in the correct sequence. The sequence can be either generated by the game circuit, or a pre-existing pattern created by another player striking the object with the first and second sides of the paddle.

Electronic paddle game

An electronic system for incorporation in a racquet that monitors a player's ability to hit balls within a specific region on the string bed A plurality of sensors are positioned around the periphery of the racquet string bed for detecting the relative time-of-arrival of transverse waves produced by impacts of balls on the string bed A circuit incorporated within the racquet receive the signals from the sensors and provide a plurality of signals from which the position of impact on the string bed may be calculated The system incorporates a low power microprocessor that is programmed to compute the ball impact location from the signals produced by the sensors A display device on the racquet displays information derived from the calculated impact location to permit players to assess their performance as related to hitting a predetermined region A sound generator is incorporated that emits audible signals having an amplitude, frequency and duty cycle that indicate relative positions of impact on the string bed The system provides for statistical reporting of impacts as either percentages within a zone or a total tally of impacts A user interface is provided permitting selection of various modes of operation The microprocessor architecture and programming is optimized for lower power consumption while providing adequate resolution of impact locations

Electronic apparatus for providing player performance feedback

Apparatus for playing a game includes a racquet having a handle and an elongated foam member defining a hoop shape and having two ends, each end of the hoop shape terminating in the handle.

Racquet sport apparatus & method

A mobile wireless communications device and associated method of making same includes a housing and circuit board having a ground plane. Radio frequency (RF) circuitry and a processor are carried by the circuit board and operative with each other. An antenna is carried by the housing and operative with the RF circuitry. Audio circuitry is carried by the circuit board and operative with the RF circuitry and processor. An audio transducer assembly such as a receiver is carried by the circuit board and engages audio circuitry for carrying audio signals between the audio circuitry and speaker. A filter is mounted at the speaker for blocking RF energy from the antenna through the speaker to the ground plane and decoupling the antenna from the speaker and any other components on the circuit board to minimize any detuning of antenna impedance match and degradation in antenna gain.

Mobile wireless communications device having improved antenna impedance match and antenna gain from RF energy

A sport paddle is disclosed having a circuit board substrate inside the handle which has a sound light circuit, a counter circuit, and a radio circuit. The opening and closing of the sound light circuit and the counter circuit are controlled by a vibration switch which is actuated. The sound light circuit is connected to an elastic concussion switch to give an amplified reverberatory sound and simultaneously cause a luminous body to illuminate whenever the ball is hit by the paddle. While the elastic concussion switch is connected, the counter circuit is also connected to display on a display screen the aggregated number of times of the ball has been hit. A radio circuit is also provided on the circuit board substrate inside a the handle of the paddle. The opening and closing of the radio circuit is controlled by a switch which allows the user to listen to the broadcasting of a radio station whether or not the paddle is being used in sport.

Peter S. Y. Yeh

Papers

Sport paddle providing the effects of sound and light