US 12,420,167 B1
Basketball passing machine for generating highlight reels of player performance
John G. Joseph, Upper Sandusky, OH (US)
Assigned to Shoot-A-Way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US)
Filed by Shoot-A-Way, Inc., Upper Sandusky, OH (US)
Filed on Jul. 8, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/765,507.
Application 18/765,507 is a continuation of application No. 17/126,855, filed on Dec. 18, 2020, granted, now 12,029,960.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/951,282, filed on Dec. 20, 2019.
Int. Cl. A63B 71/06 (2006.01); A63B 69/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/40 (2006.01); G06F 3/04817 (2022.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01)
CPC A63B 71/0622 (2013.01) [A63B 69/0071 (2013.01); A63B 69/40 (2013.01); G06F 3/04817 (2013.01); G06F 3/0482 (2013.01); A63B 71/0605 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0647 (2013.01); A63B 2071/0694 (2013.01); A63B 2210/50 (2013.01); A63B 2220/62 (2013.01); A63B 2220/807 (2013.01); A63B 2225/093 (2013.01); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01); A63B 2230/06 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A basketball passing system for creating a highlight reel, said system comprising:
a launching device for launching basketballs to pass receipt locations spaced apart about a basketball playing area;
an interface for receiving a user selection of the pass receipt locations forming a basketball shooting practice drill;
a sensor for determining if a basketball shot is successfully made;
a camera for recording images of a player attempting basketball shots following receipt of basketball passes from said launching device as part of said basketball shooting practice drill, wherein said camera is positioned to face the pass receipt locations at the basketball playing area to capture the images of the player attempting the basketball shots; and
a controller in electronic communication with said launching device, said interface, said sensor, and said camera, wherein said controller is configured to:
receive data indicating said user selection from said interface;
command said launching device to launch basketballs to said pass receipt locations at said basketball playing area forming part of said basketball shooting practice drill;
receive data from said sensor indicating which of said attempted basketball shots is successfully made and said images from said camera of said attempted basketball shots for said basketball shooting practice drill; and
generate a highlight reel comprising said images from said camera of said player attempting said basketball shots exclusively associated with one of: made shots, missed shots, and shooting attempts from a particular one of the pass receipt locations as indicated in the data from said sensor.