Impact and Sound Analysis for Golf Equipment
AssigneeNIKE, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey Hadden, Douglas A. Thornton, Bradley C. Glenn
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Abstract
Golf performance and equipment characteristics may be determined by analyzing the impact between a golf ball and an impacting surface. In some examples, the impacting surface may be a golf club face. The impact between the golf ball and the surface may be measured based on sound and/or motion sensors (e.g., gyroscopes, accelerometers, etc.). Based on motion and/or sound data, various equipment-related information including golf ball compression, club head speed and impact location may be derived. Such information and/or other types of data may be conveyed to a user to help improve performance, aid in selecting golf equipment and/or to insure quality of golfing products.
Claims27
A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:
- receive data generated from an impact of a golf ball against a face of a golf club, wherein the data includes motion sensor data from at least one of:
- a gyroscope and an accelerometer;
- analyze the impact data to determine one or more characteristics of the impact between the golf ball and the face of the golf club, including filtering the motion sensor data and generating a response spectrum from the filtered motion sensor data;
- and
- generate an output specifying an impact location of the golf ball on the face of the golf club.
An apparatus comprising:
- a processor;
- and
- memory storing computer readable instructions that, when executed, cause the apparatus to:
- receive data generated from an impact of a golf ball against a face of a golf club, wherein the data includes motion sensor data from at least one of:
- a gyroscope and an accelerometer;
- analyze the impact data to determine one or more characteristics of the impact between the golf ball and the face of the golf club, including filtering the motion sensor data and generating a response spectrum from the filtered motion sensor data;
- and
- generate an output specifying an impact location of the golf ball on the face of the golf club.
A method comprising:
- receiving, by a computing device, data generated from an impact of a golf ball against a face of a golf club, wherein the data includes motion sensor data from at least one of:
- a gyroscope and an accelerometer;
- analyzing, by the computing device, the impact data to determine one or more characteristics of the impact between the golf ball and the face of the golf club, including filtering the motion sensor data and generating a response spectrum from the filtered motion sensor data;
- and
- generating an output specifying an impact location of the golf ball on the face of the golf club.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.