System for remotely swinging a golf club
AssigneesGolf Laboratories, Inc., Dynes Unlimited Products
InventorsEugene R. Parente, Sean J. Dynes, Timothy W. Bratcher
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A method, system, and computer program product for remote golf club swinging is provided. The method can include receiving in a robotic golf club swing fixture from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters defining different aspects of a golf club swing. The method also can include directing a plurality of robotic arms of the fixture to swing a coupled golf club according to the received swing parameters. The method yet further can include sensing a result of the swinging of the coupled golf club. Finally, the method can include transmitting data derived from the sensed result to the remote operator over the computer communications network.
Claims27
A remote golf club swinging method comprising:
- receiving in a robotic golf club swing fixture from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters defining different aspects of a golf club swing;
- directing a plurality of robotic arms of the fixture to swing a coupled golf club according to the received swing parameters;
- sensing a result of the swinging of the coupled golf club;
- and,
- transmitting data derived from the sensed result to the remote operator over the computer communications network.
A remote golf club swinging system comprising:
- a server configured for communicative coupling to a web server and a computing device;
- a robotic golf club swing fixture comprising at least one servo motor coupled to a controller and at least one data capture apparatus coupled to the controller, each servo motor coupled to a plurality of robotic arms, each of the plurality of robotic arms coupled to a golf club;
- and,
- a golf club swinging module coupled to the server and the fixture, the module comprising program code enabled to receive from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters defining different aspects of a golf club swing, to direct the plurality of robotic arms of the fixture to swing the coupled golf club according to the received swing parameters, to sense a result of the swinging of the coupled golf club, and to transmit data derived from the sensed result to the remote operator over the computer communications network.
A computer program product for remotely swinging a golf club, the computer program product comprising:
- a computer readable storage medium having computer readable program code embodied therewith, the computer readable program code comprising:
- computer readable program code for receiving in a robotic golf club swing fixture from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters defining different aspects of a golf club swing;
- computer readable program code for directing a plurality of robotic arms of the fixture to swing a coupled golf club according to the received swing parameters;
- computer readable program code for sensing a result of the swinging of the coupled golf club;
- and,
- computer readable program code for transmitting data derived from the sensed result to the remote operator over the computer communications network.
A remote golf club testing method comprising:
- receiving in a robotic golf club swing fixture from a remote operator over a computer communications network a set of swing parameters defining different aspects of a golf club swing;
- directing a plurality of robotic arms of the fixture to swing a coupled golf club according to the received swing parameters;
- sensing performance of the golf club;
- and,
- transmitting data derived from the sensed performance to the remote operator over the computer communications network.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.