Systems and methods for measuring and/or analyzing swing information
AssigneeDugan Patents, LLC
InventorBrian M. Dugan
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Abstract
In a first aspect, a method for monitoring a golf swing is provided that includes coupling a mobile telephone to a golf club and employing the mobile telephone coupled to the golf club to monitor acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings while a user swings the golf club, collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings, analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of the golf swing based on the collected acceleration information, and output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on the display of the mobile telephone. Numerous other aspects are provided.
Claims20
A system for monitoring a swing comprising:
- a mobile telephone having one or more accelerometers and a program stored therein that when executed by the mobile telephone causes the mobile telephone to:
- monitor acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings;
- collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the mobile telephone;
- analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a swing based on the collected acceleration information;
- output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the swing on a display of the mobile telephone;
- and
- provide feedback to correct the swing.
An application executable on a mobile telephone comprising:
- a program configured to be stored in the mobile telephone and that when executed by the mobile telephone causes the mobile telephone to:
- monitor acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings using one or more accelerometers of the mobile telephone;
- collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the mobile telephone;
- analyze collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a swing;
- output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the swing;
- and
- provide feedback to correct the swing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.