Golf shot tracking system
OwnerJames W Meadows, Richard L Root +1inventors
InventorsJames W Meadows, Richard L Root, Richard C Edmonson
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Abstract
A golf tracking system including a tag coupled to a golf club. The tag includes a plurality of sensors, each which output a signal based on a detected movement of the golf club, a microcontroller that compares each of the plurality of sensor outputs to stored reference sensor output values, and a transceiver that transmits data corresponding to the sensor outputs to a device remote from the tag based on the comparison performed by the microcontroller. The location-aware device then processes the information received from the tag to determine whether a shot should be registered.
Claims15
A tag, comprising:
- a microcontroller;
- a plurality of sensors that, when the tag is physically coupled to a golf club, are each configured to output a sensor output signal to the microcontroller based on a detected movement of the golf club;
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- a transceiver, wherein:
- the microcontroller is configured to;
- set, when the tag is physically coupled to the golf club, a sensor processing profile based on physical characteristics of the golf club, the sensor processing profile including profile reference values for each of the plurality of sensor output signals,
- compare the plurality of sensor output signals to the profile reference values in the sensor processing profile to determine whether any of the plurality of sensor output signals are equal to or exceed predetermined thresholds, and
- control, when at least one of the plurality of sensor output signals exceeds a corresponding predetermined threshold, the transceiver to transmit data corresponding to the plurality of sensor output signals to a remote device that is remote from the tag,
- the transceiver is configured to receive, from the remote device, update parameters input to the remote device by a user in response to a display output of the data;
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- the microcontroller is further configured to adjust the profile reference values according to the update parameters;
- wherein the plurality of sensors comprise a set selected from one or more of an accelerometer configured to detect acceleration of the golf club, a shock sensor configured to detect a shock imparted on the golf club, a position sensor configured to detect a position of the golf club, a tilt sensor configured to output a tilt sensor output signal based on a detected tilt of the golf club, and a gyro sensor configured to detect an orientation of the golf club.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.