Launching device for launching a sports object

Abstract

The invention relates to a launching device ( 100 ) for launching a sports object, comprising a drive ( 101, 201 ) with a drive body ( 103, 111 ) for driving the spurts object according to the controllable drive characteristics, and a control device ( 107 ) for controlling the controllable drive characteristics in accordance with at least one occupational physiological parameter.

1 . A release mechanism for releasing a sports object, comprising:
 a drive having a drive body for driving the sports object according to a controllable drive characteristic; and   a regulating device for regulating the controllable drive characteristic as a function of at least one physiological performance parameter.   
     
     
         2 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the regulating device is designed to regulate the controllable drive characteristic as a function of at least one of the following physiological performance parameters: a vital parameter, particularly heart rate, respiratory rate, oxygen concentration, blood sugar level, blood pressure, skin conductance, myoelectric activity, electrocerebral activity and a biomechanical parameter. 
     
     
         3 . The release mechanism according  claim 1 , wherein the physiological performance parameter encompasses at least one of a target physiological performance parameter and an actual physiological performance parameter. 
     
     
         4 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1  comprising a communication interface which is designed to receive at least one of the physiological performance parameter and information on the physiological performance parameter, via a communication network. 
     
     
         5 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of (i) the physiological performance parameter is an actual parameter of a player, and wherein the regulating device is designed to regulate the controllable drive characteristic of the drive as a function of the actual physiological performance parameter and a target physiological performance parameter and (ii) the physiological performance parameter is a target physiological performance parameter, and wherein the controllable regulating device is designed to regulate the controllable drive characteristic based on the target physiological performance parameter. 
     
     
         6 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1  comprising a memory for storing a plurality of selectable physiological performance parameters, wherein the physiological performance parameter is selected by means of a graphical user interface. 
     
     
         7 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein at least one of
 (i) the drive body is a transversally displaceable drive body and wherein the drive characteristic is a linear drive characteristic,   (ii) the drive body (is a rotatable drive body and wherein the drive characteristic is a rotational characteristic, and   (iii) the drive body is a rotatable drive body and wherein the drive further comprises a transversally displaceable drive body, and   wherein the drive characteristic encompasses a linear drive characteristic of the transversally displaceable drive body and a rotational characteristic of the rotatable drive body.   
     
     
         8 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the drive body (is a rotatable drive body, and wherein the regulating device is designed to regulate the controllable drive characteristic of at least one of the following rotational parameters of the rotatable drive body: rotational speed, rotational direction, rotational acceleration, rotation period, rotational axis inclination, rotational axis inclination relative to perpendicular, and drive body inclination. 
     
     
         9 . The release mechanism according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the drive body is a rotatable drive body, wherein the drive comprises a second rotatable drive body, and wherein the sports object can be driven by means of the rotatable drive body and the second rotatable drive body. 
     
     
         10 . The release mechanism according to  claim 9 , wherein the second rotatable drive body comprises a second controllable drive characteristic, and wherein the regulating device is designed to regulate the second drive characteristic as a function of the physiological performance parameter. 
     
     
         11 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the drive comprises a wall to which the sports object is one of a guided and rolled, and wherein the sports object is introduced at a location from about the drive body to about the wall. 
     
     
         12 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the respective drive body comprises at least one of a drive disk, a drive ball, and a drive cone. 
     
     
         13 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the respective drive body is rotatably mounted, and wherein the regulating device is designed to rotate the drive body as a function of at least one of (i) the physiological performance parameter or and (ii) a direction of release of the sports object. 
     
     
         14 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the drive body is a transversally displaceable drive body which is designed to exert impact momentum on the sports object. 
     
     
         15 . The release mechanism according to  claim 14 , wherein the drive body is a transversally displaceable drive body, wherein the drive characteristic is a linear drive characteristic, and wherein the regulating device is designed to regulate the controllable drive characteristic of at least one of the following parameters of the drive body: momentum, acceleration, lateral displacement relative the sports object, angular displacement relative the sports object, and drive body inclination relative perpendicular. 
     
     
         16 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1  which is designed to release a plurality of sports objects within a predetermined interval of time. 
     
     
         17 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1  which is designed to generate a release notification signal at one of (i) prior to and (ii) concurrent with the release of the sports object. 
     
     
         18 . The release mechanism according to  claim 1 , wherein the sports object is one of a ball and a hockey puck. 
     
     
         19 . A method for releasing a sports object by a drive body which comprises driving the sports object, by a rotatable drive body, according to a controllable drive characteristic comprising: regulating the controllable drive characteristic as a function of at least one physiological performance parameter. 
     
     
         20 . A training system comprising:
 a measuring device for measuring at least one physiological performance parameter of a player; and   the release mechanism for releasing a sports object in accordance with  claim 1  as a function of the physiological performance parameter of the player.