Title:
BALL COLLECTION APPARATUS AND METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2018/198122
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A ball collection apparatus constituted of: a control circuitry; a body; motors; wheels arranged to rotate responsive to the motors, the body arranged to move along a surface responsive to the rotation of the plurality of wheels; a collection compartment arranged to maintain a ball within a predetermined area in relation to the body; a ball input port in communication with the collection compartment; and a ball ejector arranged to eject the ball from the collection compartment, wherein the control circuitry is arranged to: receive information regarding the location of the ball; responsive to the received information, control the at least one motor to advance the body towards the location of the ball, the collection compartment arranged to collect the ball through the ball input port; and control the ball ejector to eject the ball from the collection compartment and propel the ejected ball towards a predetermined target area.
Inventors:
REFAELI NIR (IL)
Application Number:
PCT/IL2018/050462
Publication Date:
May 09, 2019
Filing Date:
April 26, 2018
Export Citation:
Assignee:
REFAELI NIR (IL)
International Classes:
A63B47/02; A63B65/12
Foreign References:
| US20150328503A1 | 2015-11-19 | |||
| FR2510285A1 | 1983-01-28 | |||
| US20160243970A1 | 2016-08-25 | |||
| US6212799B1 | 2001-04-10 | |||
| US20060137672A1 | 2006-06-29 | |||
| US20020148455A1 | 2002-10-17 | |||
| US20090137348A1 | 2009-05-28 |
Other References:
See also references of EP 3615151A4
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
KAHN, Chanoch et al. (IL)
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