Monitoring device for a piece of sports equipment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsMichael Wallans, Robert M. Boyd, Philip J. Hatton, Mario A. Lafortune, John T. Stites
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Abstract
Golf clubs according to at least some example aspects of this disclosure may include a golf club head and a shaft configured to engage with the golf club head which includes a grip engaged with the shaft. Further, the golf club may include a monitoring device, which includes a sensor and a transmitter. Additionally, the monitoring device may be configured to determine data related to the characteristics of a golf swing. Further, the monitoring device may be configured to transmit the data related to the characteristics of a golf swing to a remote computer.
Claims18
A sports equipment system comprising:
- a piece of sports equipment, wherein the piece of sports equipment is a bat, a tennis racquet, a hockey stick, or a lacrosse stick;
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- an electronic monitoring device attached to the piece of sports equipment, the electronic monitoring device including a first inertial measurement unit and a second inertial measurement unit, wherein each of the first inertial measurement unit and the second inertial measurement unit has at least one gyroscope and at least one accelerometer, wherein the electronic monitoring device is configured to detect motion of the piece of sports equipment,
- wherein the electronic monitoring device includes a processor configured to receive data from the first inertial measurement unit and the second inertial measurement unit, and upon receiving data from the first inertial measurement unit and the second inertial measurement unit indicating detected motion of the piece of sports equipment, the processor determines that the electronic monitoring device is engaged with a particular piece of sports equipment or a particular type of sports equipment.
A monitoring device configured to determine aspects related to a swing of a piece of sports equipment comprising:
- a first inertial measurement unit and a second inertial measurement unit, wherein each of the first inertial measurement unit and the second inertial measurement unit is configured to measure movement of the piece of sports equipment, wherein the piece of sports equipment is a bat, a tennis racquet, a hockey stick, or a lacrosse stick;
- a processor configured to receive data related to the movement of the piece of sports equipment,
- a memory configured to store at least one range of values related to at least one characteristic of the movement of the piece of sports equipment,
- wherein the processor is configured to determine a type of sports equipment with which the monitoring device is engaged, and
- wherein when the processor determines the monitoring device is engaged with a first type of sports equipment, the monitoring device automatically configures itself to collect data from the first inertial measurement unit, and
- wherein when the processor determines the monitoring device is engaged with a second type of sports equipment, the monitoring device automatically configures itself to collect data from the second inertial measurement unit.
A monitoring device configured to determine aspects related to a swing of a piece of sports equipment, comprising:
- an inertial measurement unit configured to measure movement of the piece of sports equipment, wherein the piece of sports equipment is a bat, a tennis racquet, a hockey stick, or a lacrosse stick, and the inertial measurement unit has a first sensitivity range and a second sensitivity range, wherein the first sensitivity range is different than the second sensitivity range,
- a processor configured to receive data related to the movement of the piece of sports equipment,
- a memory configured to store at least one range of values related to at least one characteristic of the movement of the piece of sports equipment,
- wherein the processor is configured to determine a type of sports equipment with which the monitoring device is engaged, and
- wherein the monitoring device is configured to automatically configure itself to selectively collect data based on the type of sports equipment with which the monitoring device is determined to be engaged.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.