US Patent Issued to Baojun Zhiyun on Oct. 21 for "Intelligent scoring method for martial art contests and scoring device and system thereof" (Taiwanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,447,390, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Baojun Zhiyun Co. Ltd. (Taipei, Taiwan).

"Intelligent scoring method for martial art contests and scoring device and system thereof" was invented by Chia Chun Yen (Taichung, Taiwan) and Pao Hsien Kuo (Taipei, Taiwan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An intelligent scoring method, device, and/or system for martial art contests produces intelligent scoring and is applicable to polearm, western fencing, martial art, wrestling, taekwondo or spearing fight contests. These allow both competing parties in the martial art contest to use a weapon or to wear a protective gear that is equipped with a sensor....