IP Library Granted Patent US 10,744,383
Granted Patent B2
US 10,744,383 · App. 16/171,127 · Granted Aug 18, 2020

System, apparatus and method for an intelligent goal

Inventors: Edward J. Lewis (Thousand Oaks, CA); Steven Eannarino (Newport Beach, CA); Thomas Denison (Newport Coast, CA)
Assignee: TOCA Football, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,744,383
App. No.
16/171,127
Granted
Aug 18, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon logic is disclosed. The logic is executable by one or more processors to perform operations including receiving information associated with a selection of a first training drill, responsive to receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill and based on the first training drill, causing a first light to be placed in an activated state, wherein the first light is coupled to a first goal apparatus, and responsive to a triggering event, causing the first light to be placed in a deactivated state and causing a second light to be placed in an activated state. The goal apparatus includes posts that form a goal plane, wherein a first sensor pair is coupled to the goal, and wherein the triggering event is a detection of an object passing through the posts and across the goal plane.

Claims (32)

1. A non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon logic, the logic being executable by one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving information associated with a selection of a first training drill;

responsive to receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill and based on the first training drill, causing a first light to be placed in a first state, wherein the first light is located within a first goal post of a first goal apparatus; and

responsive to a triggering event, causing the first light to be placed in a second state, wherein a second light is located within the first goal post of the first goal apparatus, the first goal post forming a goal plane with a second goal post of the first goal apparatus, and wherein a first triggering event is a detection of an object passing through the goal plane, and wherein the goal plane is an uninterrupted plane.

2. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a first sensor pair is coupled to the goal apparatus.

3. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 2 , wherein the detection of an object passing through the posts and across the goal plane equals a threshold number of detections of objects passing through the posts and across the goal plane, wherein the threshold number is defined by the first training drill.

4. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a second triggering event is an expiration of a time limit defined by the first training drill.

5. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein a third light is configured to indicate scoring in accordance with the first training drill.

6. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill includes (i) a selection of the first goal apparatus, and (ii) a selection of a status for at least a portion of the first light.

7. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 6 , wherein the selection of the status for the portion of the first light is activated, wherein an activated status includes illumination using a first color.

8. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill includes (i) a selection of a plurality of goal apparatuses including the first goal apparatus, and (ii) a selection of a sequence of illuminating and deactivating one or more lights of each of the plurality of goal apparatuses based on either triggering events or a timing sequence.

9. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 8 , wherein the triggering events include detections of objects passing across goal planes of each of the plurality of goal apparatuses.

10. The non-transitory storage medium of claim 1 , wherein the first state is an activated state and the second state is a deactivated state.

11. A system comprising:

a first goal apparatus, wherein the first goal apparatus includes at least a first light and a second light disposed therein; and

a non-transitory storage medium having stored thereon logic, the logic being executable by one or more processors to perform operations including:

receiving information associated with a selection of a first training drill,

responsive to receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill and based on the first training drill, causing the first light to be placed in a first state, and

responsive to a triggering event, causing the first light to be placed in a second state, wherein a second light is located within a first goal post of the first goal apparatus, the first goal post forming a goal plane with a second goal post of the first goal apparatus, and wherein a first triggering event is a detection of an object passing through the goal plane, and wherein the goal plane is an uninterrupted plane.

12. The system of claim 11 , wherein a first sensor pair is coupled to the goal apparatus.

13. The system of claim 12 , wherein the detection of an object passing through the posts and across the goal plane equals a threshold number of detections of objects passing through the posts and across the goal plane, wherein the threshold number is defined by the first training drill.

14. The system of claim 11 , wherein receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill includes (i) a selection of the first goal apparatus, and (ii) a selection of a status for at least a portion of the first light.

15. The system of claim 11 , wherein the selection of the status for the portion of the first light is activated, wherein an activated status includes illumination using a first color.

16. The system of claim 11 , wherein receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill includes (i) a selection of a plurality of goal apparatuses including the first goal apparatus, and (ii) a selection of a sequence of illuminating and deactivating one or more lights of each of the plurality of goal apparatuses based on either triggering events or a timing sequence.

17. The system of claim 11 , wherein the first state is an activated state and the second state is a deactivated state.

18. A computerized method comprising:

receiving information associated with a selection of a first training drill;

responsive to receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill and based on the first training drill, causing a first light to be placed in a first state, wherein the first light is located within a first goal post of a first goal apparatus; and

responsive to a triggering event, causing the first light to be placed in a second state, wherein a second light is located within the first goal post of the first goal apparatus, the first goal post forming a goal plane with a second goal post of the first goal apparatus, and wherein a first triggering event is a detection of an object passing through the goal plane, and wherein the goal plane is an uninterrupted plane.

19. The computerized method of claim 18 , wherein receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill includes (i) a selection of the first goal apparatus, and (ii) a selection of a status for at least a portion of the first light.

20. The computerized method of claim 18 , wherein receiving the information associated with the selection of the first training drill includes (i) a selection of a plurality of goal apparatuses including the first goal apparatus, and (ii) a selection of a sequence of illuminating and deactivating one or more lights of each of the plurality of goal apparatuses based on either triggering events or a timing sequence.

21. The computerized method of claim 18 , wherein the first state is an activated state and the second state is a deactivated state.

Assignments (3)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2025
From: TOCA FOOTBALL, INC.
To: ACP REDSTONE CREDIT, LLC, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 073327/0558 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 27, 2025
From: TOCA FOOTBALL, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 070019/0032 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 25, 2018
From: LEWIS, EDWARD J.; EANNARINO, STEVEN; DENISON, THOMAS
To: TOCA FOOTBALL, INC.
Reel/Frame 047316/0070 →
Continuity (4)
Continuation 15374984 · Dec 9, 2016
Continuation In Part 14617599 · Feb 9, 2015
Continuation 13287749 · Nov 2, 2011
Related Publication 20190060728A1 · Feb 28, 2019
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