Putting system and method
OwnerJason Prudhommeinventor
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Abstract
A putting system includes a sensor device, a software application, and in some embodiments, a ball rebound assembly. The putting system enables a user to practice long distance putting, or ‘lag putting,’ on varying green speeds and with minimal space requirements. The sensor device utilizes sensors and calculations to determine how far a putt would roll on a desired green speed and provides immediate feedback to the user of the putting system. As such, the putting system enables the user to train the feel and touch for long distance putts, as well as putts of varying distances, to practice and improve the skill of putting.
Claims20
A putting system comprising:
- a sensor device for placement on a surface, the sensor device including:
- a housing defining an opening through which a golf ball is able to roll unimpeded;
- at least one sensor disposed within the housing, the at least one sensor configured to generate sensed data as the golf ball rolls through the housing;
- and
- a controller disposed within the housing and in communication with the at least one sensor, the controller configured to:
- determine a rolling speed of the golf ball based on the sensed data;
- determine a speed of the surface on which the sensor device is placed based on the sensed data;
- predict a distance at which the golf ball will roll based on at least the speed of the golf ball and the speed of the surface;
- and
- send the predicted distance to a remote device for display to a user.
A putting system comprising:
- a software application useable on a remote device;
- and
- a sensor device for placement on a surface, the sensor device including:
- a housing defining an opening spanning from a front to a rear of the housing, through which a golf ball is able to roll unimpeded;
- at least one sensor disposed within the housing, the at least one sensor configured to generate sensed data as the golf ball rolls through the housing;
- a memory disposed within the housing, the memory storing green speed data pertaining to a plurality of green speeds;
- and
- a controller disposed within the housing and in communication with the at least one sensor and the software application, the controller configured to:
- determine a rolling speed of the golf ball based on the sensed data;
- determine a speed of the surface on which the sensor device is placed based on the sensed data;
- predict a distance at which the golf ball will roll based on the speed of the golf ball and at least one of the speed of the surface and desired green speed data pertaining to a desired green speed selected by a user from the plurality of green speeds;
- and
- send the predicted distance to the software application for display on the remote device.
A method for a putting system, the method comprising the steps of:
- placing, by a user, a sensor device on a surface, the sensor device including:
- a housing defining an opening through which a golf ball is able to roll unimpeded;
- at least one sensor disposed within the housing;
- and
- a controller disposed within the housing and in communication with the at least one sensor;
- placing, by the user, a golf ball at a distance from the front of the housing;
- putting, by the user, the golf ball through the housing, the golf ball rolling through the opening of the housing unimpeded;
- sensing, by the at least one sensor, the golf ball rolling through the opening;
- generating, by the at least one sensor, sensed data;
- determining, by the controller, a rolling speed of the golf ball based on the sensed data;
- determining, by the controller, a speed of the surface on which the sensor device is placed based on the sensed data;
- predicting, by the controller, a distance at which the golf ball will roll based on at least the speed of the golf ball and the speed of the surface;
- and
- sending, by the controller, the predicted distance to a remote device for display to the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.