Method and system for shot tracking
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsSCOTT DENTON, JOSEPH BALARDETA
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Abstract
A method for predicting a golfer's swing speed, wherein the method comprises determining that the golfer is addressing a golf ball to swing a golf club, monitoring a backswing, determining a transition time, monitoring a downswing, determining an impact time, transmitting data for the golfer's swing to a receiver for analysis and generating a golfer's swing speed using a length of a shaft of the golf club.
Claims6
A method for predicting a golfer's swing speed, the method comprising:
- determining that a golfer is addressing a golf ball to swing a golf club, the golf club comprising a device comprising an accelerometer and a radiofrequency transceiver;
- monitoring a backswing of the golfer at a rate of at least 5 kilo-Hertz;
- determining a transition time from a backswing to a downswing of the golfer;
- monitoring the downswing of the golfer at a rate of at least 5 kilo-Hertz;
- determining an impact time of the golf club with the golf ball;
- transmitting data for the golfer's swing to a smart-phone for analysis, the data comprising the transition time and the impact time;
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- generating on the smart phone a golfer's swing speed using a length of a shaft of the golf club, the transition time and the impact time.
A method for predicting a golfer's swing speed, the method comprising:
- determining that a golfer is addressing a golf ball to swing a golf club, the golf club comprising a device comprising a battery, a microprocessor, an accelerometer and a radiofrequency transceiver;
- monitoring a backswing of the golfer of at least 5 kilo-Hertz;
- determining a transition time from a backswing to a downswing of the golfer;
- monitoring the downswing of the golfer of at least 5 kilo-Hertz;
- determining an impact time of the golf club with the golf ball;
- transmitting data for the golfer's swing to a smart-phone for analysis, the data comprising the transition time and the impact time;
- and
- generating on the smart-phone a golfer's swing speed using a length of a shaft of the golf club, the transition time and the impact time.
The method according to claim 19 wherein the accelerometer us a multiple axis-accelerometer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.