US Patent Issued to TARKETT SPORTS CANADA on Jan. 20 for "Electronic assessment of playing surface properties" (Canadian Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,530,786, issued on Jan. 20, was assigned to TARKETT SPORTS CANADA INC. (Montreal).

"Electronic assessment of playing surface properties" was invented by Habib Eric (Montreal).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Playing surface properties can be assessed electronically. A ball can be launched onto the playing surface, and movement of the ball recorded. Ball movement information can be derived from a recording of ball movement. A ball's position in pixels in each frame of recording can be translated to a real-world position of the ball to determine the ball's path or trajectory. Further ball movement information, such as bounce height and spin, ...