A system for detecting and displaying force data relating to impacts received
on
an item of athletic equipment includes two or more items of athletic equipment
each having a force sensor, logic and a wireless transmitter therein, a receiver
adapted to receiver signals from each of the transmitters, and a processor for
formatting the data for display. The force sensor may be a capacitive force sensor.
The logic may have an operating mode and a sleep mode, with an inertial sensor
providing a signal to cause the logic to switch from sleep mode to operating mode.
The logic identifies and stores signals exceeding a threshold for transmission.
Transmissions are repeated, and the receiver is adapted to distinguish and discard
corrupted and repeated transmissions. The display provides an indication of force
and number of recorded hits in association with the names of the competitors. The
athletic equipment may be boxing gloves, and the force and number of hit data may
be provided simultaneously with images and commentary for a boxing match. The data
may be displayed as a standalone graphic or superimposed over an image of a match.
