1. A lacrosse head, comprising:
a pair of opposing sidewalls each having a top end and a bottom end;
a base portion extending between and connecting said bottom ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls;
a scoop portion extending between and connecting said top ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls;
a netting coupled to at least said scoop portion and said pair of opposing sidewalls; and
at least one retention partition directing a lacrosse ball away from said pair of opposing sidewalls and enhancing ball control within the lacrosse head;
said at least one retention partition offset from a horizontal reference line by a predetermined angle for directing said lacrosse ball away from said pair of opposing sidewalls;
said at least one retention partition extending substantially across a width of said netting and substantially defining a ball retention region and at least one peripheral region of said netting;
said at least one peripheral region extending between said ball retention region and said pair of opposing sidewalls;
said at least one retention partition sufficiently extending from said netting for contacting said lacrosse ball and assisting in retaining said lacrosse ball within said ball retention region;
said at least one retention partition offset from a shooting strip portion of said netting for rolling said lacrosse ball along said shooting strip portion when throwing said lacrosse ball from said lacrosse head;
wherein said ball retention region is a center area of said netting; and has a shape selected from the group consisting of a diamond shape, a circular shape, a polygonal shape, and an elliptical shape.
2. The lacrosse head of claim 1 wherein said netting includes a shooting string extending laterally between said pair of opposing sidewalls with said at least one retention partition extending from said shooting string by said predetermined angle.
3. The lacrosse head of claim 1 wherein said netting includes a shooting string extending laterally between said pair of opposing sidewalls with said ball retention region extending from said shooting string by said predetermined angle.
4. The lacrosse head of claim 1 wherein said at least one retention partition comprises:
at least one stringing retention detent woven through said netting, said at least one stringing retention detent protruding from said netting and adapted for contacting said lacrosse ball and retaining said lacrosse ball within said ball retention region.
5. The lacrosse head of claim 4 wherein said at least one stringing retention detent is woven through at least one hole formed within said pair of opposing sidewalls.
6. The lacrosse head of claim 5 wherein said at least one stringing retention detent comprises at least one of a nylon material, a polyester material, and a cotton material.
7. The lacrosse head of claim 1 wherein said at least one peripheral region extends between said ball retention region and said scoop portion.
8. The lacrosse head of claim 1 wherein said at least one peripheral region extends between said ball retention region and said base portion.
9. A lacrosse head, comprising:
a pair of opposing sidewalls each having a top end and a bottom end;
a base portion extending between and connecting said bottom ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls;
a scoop portion extending between and connecting said top ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls;
a netting coupled to at least said scoop portion and said pair of opposing sidewalls; and
at least one detent coil coupled to said netting for directing a lacrosse ball away from said pair of opposing sidewalk and enhancing ball control within said lacrosse head;
said at least one detent coil extending above said netting and along a predetermined length of said netting for directing said lacrosse ball away from said pair of opposing sidewalls;
said at least one detent coil substantially defining a ball retention region and at least one peripheral region of said netting;
said at least one detent coil contacting said lacrosse ball and assisting in retaining said lacrosse ball within said ball retention region;
said at least one peripheral region extending between said ball retention region and said pair of opposing sidewalls;
said netting including a shooting strip portion extending an entire length of said netting;
said at least one detent coil laterally offset from said shooting strip portion;
wherein said netting comprised a substantially shallow pocket and;
wherein said ball retention region has a shape selected from the group consisting of a diamond shape, a circular shape, a polygonal shape, and an elliptical shape.
10. The lacrosse head of claim 9 wherein said netting has a shallow pocket comprised of at least one of a traditional pocket and a mesh pocket.
11. The lacrosse head of claim 9 wherein said at least one detent coil is formed from at least one stringing retention detent woven through said netting and protruding above said netting.
12. The lacrosse head of claim 9 wherein said at least one stringing retention detent is woven through at least one hole formed within said pair of opposing sidewalls.
13. The lacrosse head of claim 9 wherein said at least one stringing retention detent extends substantially across a width of said netting so as to define a center area of said netting tapering toward said pair of opposing sidewalls.
14. The lacrosse head of claim 9 wherein said at least one stringing retention detent is formed from at least one of a nylon material, a polyester material, and a cotton material.
15. A lacrosse head, comprising:
a pair of opposing sidewalls each having a top end and a bottom end;
a base portion extending between and connecting said bottom ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls;
a scoop portion extending between and connecting said top ends of said pair of opposing sidewalls; and
a netting coupled to said pair of opposing sidewalls and including at least one pair of stringing detent coils for enhancing ball control within said lacrosse head;
said at least one pair of stringing detent coils substantially defining a ball retention region, a shooting strip region, and at least one peripheral region of said netting;
said at least one pair of stringing detent coils assisting in retaining a lacrosse ball within said ball retention region and blocking said lacrosse ball from rolling toward said pair of opposing sidewalls;
said at least one pair of stringing detent coils extending along a predetermined length of said netting;
said shooting strip portion forming a central portion of said netting extending along an entire length of said netting;
said at least one pair of stringing detent coils offset from said shooting strip portion for quickly rolling said lacrosse bail along said shooting strip portion.
16. The lacrosse head of claim 15 wherein said at least one peripheral region extends between said ball retention region and at least one of said scoop portion, said base portion, and said pair of opposing sidewalls.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. An editing apparatus comprising:
a storage unit configured to store a plurality of templates in each of which a pattern used in editing at least one object and a size of each object are defined;
an object acquiring unit configured to acquire an object targeted for editing;
a template acquiring unit configured to acquire, from the storage unit, a template in which the object acquired by the object acquiring unit is editable;
a determination unit configured to determine whether a size of the object acquired by the object acquiring unit is different from the size defined in the template;
an embedding unit configured to, in a case where the determination unit determines that the size of the object acquired by the object acquiring unit is different from the size defined in the template, modify the object in accordance with the size defined in the template and embed the modified object into the template;
a calculation unit configured to calculate a difference between the size defined in the template and the size of the object acquired by the object acquiring unit, as a consequence of the embedding unit embedding the object into the template; and
an output unit configured to output an evaluation based on the difference calculated by the calculation unit.
2. The editing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the object has an attribute representing either text data or image data.
3. The editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in a case where the object acquired by the object acquiring unit has an attribute representing text data and the determination unit determines that the size of the object is larger than the size defined in the template, the embedding unit changes a font size of the object so as to embed the object into the template in accordance with the size defined in the template.
4. The editing apparatus according to claim 2, wherein, in a case where the object acquired by the object acquiring unit has an attribute representing image data and the determination unit determines that the size of the object is larger than the size defined in the template, the embedding unit performs trimming processing on the object so as to embed the object into the template in accordance with the size defined in the template.
5. The editing apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising:
a table configured to associate, for each of the plurality of templates, the number of objects having an attribute representing text data in the template, the number of objects having an attribute representing image data in the template, and a storage location of the template,
wherein the template acquiring unit references the table using the number of the objects representing text data and the number of the objects representing image data, the objects being acquired by the object acquiring unit, and acquires a template that corresponds to the numbers of the objects.
6. The editing apparatus according to claim 3, wherein, in a case where the determination unit determined that the size of the object acquired by the object acquiring unit is smaller than or equal to the size defined in the template, the object is embedded into the template with a font size of the object acquired by the object acquiring unit.
7. An editing method performed by an editing apparatus for editing an object using a template, the method comprising:
acquiring an object targeted for editing;
acquiring a template into which the acquired object can be edited, from a memory that stores a plurality of templates in each of which a pattern used in editing an object and a size of each object are defined;
determining whether a size of the acquired object is different from the size defined in the template;
modifying the acquired object in accordance with the size defined in the template and embedding the modified object into the template in a case where it is determined that the size of the acquired object is deferent from the size defined in the template;
calculating a difference between the size defined in the template and the size of the acquired object, as a consequence of the object being embedded into the template; and
outputting an evaluation based on the calculated difference.
8. A non-transitory computer readable storage medium storing a computer executable program, the program comprising:
acquiring an object targeted for editing;
acquiring a template in which the acquired object is editable, from a memory that stores a plurality of templates in each of which a pattern used in editing at least one object and a size of each object are defined;
determining whether a size of the acquired object is different from the size defined in the template;
modifying the object in accordance with the size defined in the template and embedding the modified object into the template in a case where it is determined that the size of the acquired object is different from the size defined in the template;
calculating a difference between the size defined in the template and the size of the acquired object, as a consequence of the object being embedded into the template; and
outputting an evaluation based on the calculated difference.