Equipment fitting system that compares swing metrics
AssigneeBlast Motion Inc.
InventorsJacob Howenstein, Bhaskar Bose
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Abstract
An equipment fitting system that measures swings by a user of different pieces of equipment with inertial sensors, and analyzes sensor data to recommend which piece of equipment is optimal for the user from among those tested. Illustrative applications include fitting of baseball bats and golf clubs. Swing metrics calculated from sensor data may include an acceleration metric, a speed metric, and a momentum metric; these metrics may be combined into a metrics score for each piece of equipment. Other factors may be included in an overall score, such as the user's subjective score for each piece of equipment, and ratings from experts or other consumers. Users may assign the relative importance for the different factors to calculate an overall equipment score.
Claims25
An equipment fitting system that compares swing metrics, comprising:
- one or more inertial sensors, wherein
- each inertial sensor of said one or more inertial sensors comprises
- an accelerometer;
- a gyroscope;
- each inertial sensor is coupled to one or more pieces of equipment of a plurality of pieces of equipment used by a user;
- each inertial sensor is configured to capture inertial sensor data at a sequence of times during a swing of each piece of equipment of said one or more pieces of equipment to which said each inertial sensor is coupled;
- a processor configured to
- receive said inertial sensor data associated with said swing of said each piece of equipment of said one or more pieces of equipment;
- for said each piece of equipment,
- calculate one or more swing metrics based on said inertial sensor data;
- and
- calculate a metrics score from said one or more swing metrics;
- and,
- access a database for at least one similar metrics score and recommend an optimal piece of equipment of said plurality of pieces of equipment for said user based on said metrics score of another user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.