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US 2020/0005671 A1Published application
Method and apparatus for capturing a golf swing and fitting a golfer
AssigneeAcushnet Company
InventorJames P. Harrington
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Abstract
An image capturing apparatus is disclosed herein. More specifically, image capturing apparatus disclosed herein will be used to help a golfer properly select a golf club utilizing a high speed camera attached to a gantry apparatus capable of adjusting its own position relative to the golfer in order to capture data of a golf swing in an iron type golf club.
Claims9
An article of manufacturing creating an image capturing apparatus comprising:
- a gantry providing structural support to said image capturing apparatus;
- a horizontal cross bar adjustably attaches to a top surface of said gantry;
- a platform adjustably attaches to and drapes down from said horizontal cross bar;
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- a camera adapted to engage said platform capable of capturing at least one performance variable,
- wherein said adjustable horizontal cross bar and said adjustable platform combine to allow said camera to be adjusted along at least two axis across said image capturing apparatus, and
- wherein said camera is a high speed camera capable of a capture rate of greater than about 1,000 frames per second.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.