ES2647954A2 - Ball sports training system (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding) - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is directed to assist in the training of people in the handling of the ball while running. For this, it is based on the person running on a treadmill, while driving the ball, while performing a cognitive activity that attracts their attention. By putting their attention on this cognitive activity, the person is forced to handle the ball instinctively, which develops this capacity. In the preferred embodiment, there are several means for the person to develop the two critical variables in the running of the ball: the maximum distance at which the person can carry the ball, and the speed at which it runs. In this way, he is forced to a greater effort of control of the ball and to greater control of the speed at which he runs, and therefore a greater development of the skill. (Machine-translation by Google Translate, not legally binding)

Description

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These sticks can be in the folded position or can be opened to change from one side to the other and move the ball. Figure 3 shows only one of these sticks, but there may be several. The support 304 can be moved over the joints 305, either manually or with a mechanism that is connected to the computer 108. How to perform this movement manually or under the control of a computer is well known to the person skilled in the art, It will not be explained here.

When one of these clubs is opened from one side to the other, it acts as a broom that sweeps the ball if it is in its area of influence as schematically indicated in Figure 4. The stick 303 at rest is as indicated in Figure 4a. When it is activated, it rotates on its junction point, hits the ball 104 as seen in Figure 4b, and moves it away from its position. Finally, the stick 303 reaches its rest position in the opposite direction, as seen in Figure 4c. The next time, it will start from that position and turn to the opposite position, shown in Figure 4a.

Each of these sticks is connected to the computer, which can open it and act on the ball, if it is in that situation. Photoelectric cells 301 are also connected to the computer. Through it, when the ball reaches a certain area and activates a certain cell, the computer can act on the corresponding stick to act on the ball, removing it from that position.

The computer 104 also moves the support 304 over the supports 305 so that the stick 303 can move the ball at different points of the length 101 of the system.

Use of photoelectric cells

As indicated above, photoelectric cells 301 can be used simply to inform the user of the distance at which the balloon is located, generating for this purpose some type of signal. For example, the system generates a sound when the ball moves away beyond a certain distance.

The preferred embodiment also has another way of functioning, and is to emit a sound with varying intensity depending on the distance. The further the ball is, the higher the sound intensity. There is also the possibility that the user chooses that the distance is not communicated by varying the intensity of the sound, but the tone of the sound.

The preferred embodiment has two more ways of reporting the distance at which the ball is being controlled. In one of these modes, there is a row of LED bulbs 501 in the system along the railings 307 and / or 308 shown in Figure 5A. At every moment the LED bulb that is the same distance as the ball would light up. In the second of these modes, the distance is shown on screen 107, as illustrated in Figure 6. Screen 107 shows a region 601 in which a circle 602 appears indicating the position of the ball. In Figure 6a circle 602 is in a lower position than in Figure 6b which indicates that it is closer to the user.

There is a last mode of operation in which this information medium (sounds, lights or circles on the screen) is simply to train the user in the use of the system. And from a certain moment, this informative means is stopped and wheels 201 or stick 303 are used.

Running surface

The treadmill actually comprises two individual sub-tapes that are attached to each other, as shown in Figure 7. This allows the type of surface on which the user runs to be easily changed:

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The first sub-tape is a "bottom" 701 tape that is arranged directly around the rollers. The system has the usual means for adhesion to occur between the rollers and this first belt, so that the rotation of the rollers is transferred to the belt. It is basically a normal tape, on which you can run, but that has certain additional elements for a second sub-tape to be added, which is explained below.

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The second sub-tape is a tape 702 "countertop", which is added on the bottom tape to which it is fixed as explained below. This tape is not continuous, but has a beginning and an end. This worktop tape can be easily assembled and disassembled. Its function is to allow the surface touch where the player runs to change

The elements 703 allow to firmly adhere the countertop sub-tape to the bottom sub-tape. In the preferred embodiment, these elements are velcro strips that run longitudinally along the sub-tapes.

Changing the speed of the tape

There is a mode of use of the invention in which the speed is kept fixed and the user must adapt to that speed while keeping the ball controlled. This is particularly useful for putting the user in an extreme situation for small intervals of time.

But the preferred embodiment also has means for the user to change the speed of the belt easily and thus choose to run faster or slower. In the preferred embodiment, the change of speed of the tape is carried out by assessing the position of the player on the tape. The press has published in 2015 an invention in which the system detects the position of the user on the tape by means of a sonar system that measures the distance between the user's back and a reference point on the back of the system. The system adjusts the speed of the tape so that the user is always always placed in the same approximate place of reference of the tape. Thus, if the belt is moving at a certain speed and the user increases the speed, this speed increase will cause the user to approach the front of the system. The sonar will detect the change in position and the system will react by increasing the speed of the belt, which will move the user to the back of the tape. When the user returns to said reference point, the speed of the belt is stabilized, and the user is running in the same reference position but at a higher speed.

In the preferred embodiment, the measurement of the user's position is performed by extending the photoelectric cells 301 in the longitudinal direction, to the start of the treadmill, adding several cells in the section 801 as shown graphically in Figure 8. The The system comprises a computerized unit to perform this calculation, which in this case is the computer 108 itself (it is obvious that it can also be an additional CPU integrated in the system), to read the reading delivered by the photoelectric cells, calculate the user's position and modify the speed of the tape.

Measuring the position of the user 105 in the preferred embodiment also allows measuring the distance between it and the ball 104, instead of measuring the position of the ball and interpreting that the user is in a certain position.

Regardless of the fact that in the preferred embodiment the user can modify the speed of the belt by modifying his way of running, there is also an operating mode in which the speed of the belt is fixed and the user must adapt his stroke and his control to that rhythm.

Modes of use of the invention

The user / player simply runs on the belt, controlling a ball with his feet and using a speed that depends on the type of ball control he wishes to train and the level of skill he has. In this simple mode, if the player hits the ball too hard and moves the ball away, the ball will collide with the front. Also, if you do not perform a good control, you could also hit the ball from the sides, sensors

Depending on his training strategy, the player will ideally be running without looking at the ball for as long as possible, so that he trains instinctive ball handling based on tactile and proprioceptive perceptions. Simply, at some times you can take occasional glimpses to recover the ball if it is lost and it is the only way to recover it. But the ideal is that you recover it only by using your tactile and proprioceptive perception. In any case, as you have more experience, you will need to look less times at the ball.

In a second more sophisticated mode, the player is running and is also performing cognitive activity in a program that appears on the J07 computer screen. An unlimited number of cognitive activities that require the player's attention and force him to instinctively handle the ball, and therefore to train the ability to handle it instinctively, can be shown. In the most generic case, this activity is a video game that the player must attend and respond to.

In the preferred embodiment the player performs more specific activities for the football sport. In a specific case, the screen shows other opposing players facing the user of the tape and running near it. Players appear on the screen similar to how other cars appear in a racing simulation. Depending on the distance at which they appear (the size of these players on the screen) the player can let the ball go further or less.

Generally, if opposing players are farther away, the user of the belt can control the ball further and can run faster. The computer that shows the program of cognitive activity is connected to the means that limit the distance to which the ball can travel, mainly the wheels 201 and the stick or stick

303. This fundamental cognitive activity will consist of the player traveling a certain virtual distance defined by the screen in the shortest possible time. If nearby opponents appear, you will usually have to slow down and bring the controlled ball closer to the foot, if more distant players appear, you can run faster and take the ball further.

In this cognitive activity, an opposing player suddenly appears intermittently just in front of the user, and the player is forced to move laterally to avoid it.

The preferred embodiment comprises different utilization programs in which the player must travel a specific distance in the shortest possible time, but ensuring that he adjusts his speed to maintain control of the ball.

To detect the player's lateral movements, the system will consist of a camera that will be connected to the computer and that will monitor the lateral location of the ball and the player. Carrying out this location is a task well known to the person skilled in the art and therefore will not be explained here. It can be done in several ways. One possibility is simply with an image recognition program. Another possibility is to add light emitting diodes (LED) to the ball and to the player that emit infrared, and that the program that monitors the images uses these infrared emissions to identify the position of the ball and the player.

The support 106 allows the screen 107 to move horizontally controlled by the computer, moving through elements located in the support 106. Again, this is an aspect well known to the person skilled in the art and will not be explained in detail . The essential thing is that as the player moves laterally, the screen moves with him, so that the player constantly has the screen aligned with him and in front of him.

The obstacle player "may appear in the center of the screen, just in front of the user, giving the user player the opportunity to choose the side on which he wants to circumvent it (assuming he is not right at one end of the tape) Or it may also appear on one of the sides of the screen, so that the user player must circumvent it on the contrary.

When the obstacle player appears ", the system will measure the time it takes for the user player to move the ball. It will compare this time with reference values that will have been introduced in the program that manages cognitive activity, and will modify the appearance of obstacle players. to adapt it to the player's ability. The more skill the player has, the more suddenly and nearby the obstacle players will appear.

The preferred embodiment also allows other cognitive activities to be performed while the player is running with the value controlled on the tape. One of these activities is to visualize game situations and mark the areas where there are unmarked players on the screen. In general, all activities that are commonly used for cognitive training are valid and can be installed on computer 108 for the player to perform.

It is obvious to the expert in the state of the art that the user can also perform other types of cognitive activities even without using the screen 107. To do this, he can wear helmets and be reacting to sounds he hears, or he can do it from another different way.

Ideally, the player will perform different types of activities and programs, and the activities will show images with different designs. This will allow the player to perform his training in different contexts, and his ability is less influenced by the characteristics of a given context.

Description of other possible embodiments

In another embodiment, the user controls the speed of the tape in other ways. In a particular embodiment, the measurement of the user's position on the tape, to control the

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