The Projected Score Area Calculator is a system used for viewing and analyzing an event occurring during a football game, namely a field goal kick, which enhances viewers involvement and enjoyment, improves the broadcast of the sporting event and also can be used as a coaching tool. The new technology is the subject of a patent with the USPTO. We also have a trademark on the on the best trade name for the innovation.
Many times in a professional football game it would be of great interest to the viewer to know how long a successful field goal kick “would have been good from” if it were kicked from further back down the field. We have a patent on a device for calculating the maximum distance a successful field goal kick would have been good from as well as a trademark on the phrase, “Would Have Been Good From”. Every week in both the NFL and NCAA football telecasts announcers speculate on how far a kick would have been good from or how far a kicker can kick a field goal. This is particularly true for long kicks and kicks made in bad weather. Recently in NFL broadcasts if the games look to be decided by a field goal, footage from the warm-ups before the game is used to speculate on the maximum distance a kicker can kick a field goal. A preferable option would be in-game exact data. Our invention will provide an exact number to answer these questions. The licensee of this invention will not only own the rights to a new statistic in the world’s most popular sport but also unique intellectual property protection through the trademark.
This invention has obvious broadcasting applications as our trademarked phrase is used often every football season. There are however other applications for our invention. It can also be used as a coaching/training tool, providing precise data for every kick a practicing kicker makes. The utility of a device that would allow a kicker to remain in one spot and be appraised of the maximum scoring distance of every practice kick is obvious. A scaled down handheld device will be an irresistible purchase for many of the tens of thousands of high school and college field goal kickers that play football every year. We are currently working on production of such a device and hope to have it ready in late 2010.
There are two video links on this site. One contains a short demonstration of our idea as we think it could be used in a broadcast television application. The second contains a good example in a NFL telecast. If you have any questions give us a call at 413-336-5600, or email us.
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