Adjustable laser and sensor paired system for replicating or creating a swing path
AssigneeSwing Mason LLC
InventorsWalter Leskiff, Harri Bronskyy
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Abstract
An adjustable laser-sensor paired system for creating or replicating a desired swing form includes a laser device and a sensor device. The laser device has a laser which emits a laser beam and a mounting device which attaches the laser device to an object. The orientation of the laser is adjustable. The sensor device has an optical linear position sensor for detecting the laser beam of the laser device and a display with LEDs for providing feedback and user interface. With the system and method, one or more checkpoints for the form of a desired swing can be created at a selected point in the swing path, which may then be used as practice reference guides to check whether the user is correctly replicating the desired swing.
Claims20
An adjustable laser-sensor paired system for creating or replicating a desired swing, the system comprising:
- a laser device having a housing, a laser configured to emit a laser beam mounted in the housing, and a mounting device rotatably attached to the housing and configured to mount the laser device to an object, wherein the mounting device is rotatable 360° around an axis of the object prior to being secured thereto, and wherein the housing is rotatable 360° around an axis of the laser device relative to the mounting device, with a position indicator of the laser device having position reference markings for indicating specific positions of the housing and thus the laser relative to the mounting device;
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- a sensor device having a controller and a display including LEDs and a laser sensor for detecting the laser beam emitted from the laser device, the laser sensor comprising a linear photodiode array which extends across the display and includes a plurality of photodiode cells configured to convert light to electrical signals, with one of the LEDs arranged adjacent each photodiode cell, wherein one or more optical filter films are arranged over the linear photodiode array to reduce interference from environmental light, and wherein the controller is configured to process signals generated by the linear photodiode array to determine which photodiode cell received a highest amount of laser light when the laser beam of the laser device crosses the linear photodiode array, and to control operation of the LEDs to indicate the LED adjacent to the photodiode cell which received the highest amount of laser light.
A method for creating one or more replicable checkpoints for a desired swing of an object by a user, the steps comprising:
- mounting a laser device onto a shaft of the object, the laser device comprising a laser and a mounting device which attaches to the shaft of the object, with an orientation of the laser being rotatable 360° around an axis of the laser device relative to the mounting device, and an orientation of the mounting device being rotatable 360° around the shaft of the object prior to fixing the mounting device on the shaft of the object;
- positioning a sensor device relative to a stance in which the user will swing the object, the laser sensor comprising an optical linear position sensor;
- guiding the user into a target swing position for a selected swing checkpoint and adjusting the laser, by changing a position of the laser relative to the mounting device and/or a position of the mounting device on the shaft of the object, such that a laser beam emitted by the laser passes across a center of the optical linear position sensor of the sensor device when the desired swing is performed;
- reading, with reference to positional indicator markings on the laser device and the shaft of the object, the position of the laser relative to the mounting device and the position of the mounting device on the shaft of the object at which the laser beam crosses the center of the optical linear position sensor of the sensor device when the desired swing is performed, thereby determining reference values for the selected swing checkpoint.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.