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US 8,272,970 B2Granted
Device for shot tracking
AssigneeCallaway Golf Company
InventorsJoseph Balardeta, Scott Denton
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Abstract
A device for tracking a golfer's shot during a round of golf wherein the device comprises a housing, a battery having no more than 225 milliamp hours of power, a microprocessor and an accelerometer. The accelerometer is preferably a multiple axis accelerometer. The circuit is preferably utilized with a device for shot tracking.
Claims9
A device for tracking a golfer's shot during a round of golf, the device comprising:
- a housing;
- a battery having no more than 225 milliamp hours of power;
- a microprocessor in electrical communication with the battery;
- a multi-axis accelerometer for determining movement, monitoring movement and communicating the movement to the microprocessor, the multi-axis accelerometer in electrical communication with the microprocessor;
- a radiofrequency component in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the radiofrequency component transmitting a signal comprising data related to the movement monitored by the multi-axis accelerometer;
- wherein the device consumes less than 600 nano-amps during a sleep mode, the sleep mode having a time period ranging from 10 seconds to 30 seconds;
- wherein the microprocessor operates during the sleep mode, a sampling mode, an analysis mode, a monitoring mode and a transmission mode of the device.
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A device for tracking a golfer's shot during a round of golf, the device comprising:
- a housing;
- a battery having no more than 225 milliamp hours of power;
- a microprocessor in electrical communication with the battery;
- a multi-axis accelerometer for determining movement, monitoring movement and communicating the movement to the microprocessor, the multi-axis accelerometer in electrical communication with the microprocessor;
- a radiofrequency component in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the radiofrequency component transmitting a signal comprising data related to the movement monitored by the multi-axis accelerometer;
- wherein the device consumes less than 600 nano-amps during a sleep mode, the sleep mode having a time period ranging from 10 seconds to 30 seconds;
- wherein the power for the multi-axis accelerometer is drawn from the battery, and the multi-axis accelerometer is only active during a sampling mode, an analysis mode and a monitoring mode of the device.
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A device for tracking a golfer's shot during a round of golf, the device comprising:
- a housing having a main body and a projection body extending from the main body, the projection body having a length ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm and the main body having diameter ranging from 20 mm to 25 mm;
- a battery having no more than 225 milliamp hours of power, the battery positioned within the housing;
- a microprocessor positioned within the housing, the microprocessor in electrical communication with the battery;
- a multi-axis accelerometer for determining movement, monitoring movement and communicating the movement to the microprocessor, the multi-axis accelerometer positioned within the housing;
- a radiofrequency component positioned within the housing, the radiofrequency component in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the power for the radiofrequency component drawn from the battery;
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- wherein the device consumes less than 600 nano-amps during a sleep mode, the sleep mode having a time period ranging from 10 seconds to 30 seconds;
- wherein the microprocessor operates during the sleep mode, a sampling mode, an analysis mode, a monitoring mode and a transmission mode of the device.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.