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US 11,998,823 B1Granted
System and method to identify impact locations
AssigneeTopgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
InventorsMario Raposo, Peter Ligotti
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Abstract
A golf club comprising a golf club head having a face wall, an inertial motion unit (IMU) positioned within the body, and a transceiver in communication with the IMU, a shaft attached to the golf club head, and a grip attached to the shaft is disclosed herein. The IMU identifies an impact location with a golf ball.
Claims7
A system for identifying an impact location on a golf club, the system comprising:
- a golf ball having an embedded circuitry for transmitting data;
- a golf club comprising
- a golf club head comprising a body, an inertial motion unit (IMU) positioned within the body, and a transceiver in communication with the IMU, and
- a shaft attached to the golf club head;
- wherein the IMU identifies an impact location with a golf ball.
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A method for identifying impact location on a golf club head, the method comprising:
- impacting a golf ball with a face of a golf club head of a golf club, the golf club head comprising an inertial motion unit (IMU);
- transmitting data from an RFID chip embedded within the golf ball;
- and
- identifying an impact location using the IMU and a neural network.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.