Golf data collection system with RFID in golf club
AssigneeTag Golf, LLC
InventorsChris Savarese, Susan McGill
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Abstract
A golf data collection system can use a near field communication system in a data processing application to record golf club identifiers and golf strokes, taken (with the identified club) at GPS identified positions.
Claims20
A method of recording a golf stroke comprising:
- detecting, by an RFID reader of a golf data collection device, an RFID tag on a golf club;
- detecting, by an impact sensing device of the golf data collection device, an impact of the golf club against the golf data collection device;
- and
- recording a golf stroke in response to the impact sensing device detecting the impact on the golf data collection device within a predetermined time window of the RFID reader detecting the RFID tag.
A method of recording a golf stroke, the method comprising:
- detecting, by an RFID reader of a golf data collection device, an RF signal from an RFID tag on a golf club;
- detecting, by an impact sensing device of the golf data collection device, an impact of the golf club against the golf data collection device;
- and
- recording a golf stroke in response to a combination of the RFID reader detecting the RF signal and the impact sensing device detecting the impact on the golf data collection device, wherein the recording of the golf stroke includes a club identifier received from the RFID tag.
A machine readable non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform a method of recording a golf stroke comprising:
- detecting, by an RFID reader of a golf data collection device, an RFID tag on a golf club;
- detecting, by an impact sensing device of the golf data collection device, an impact of the golf club against the golf data collection device;
- and
- recording a golf stroke in response to the impact sensing device detecting the impact on the golf data collection device within a predetermined time window of the RFID reader detecting the RFID tag.
A machine readable non-transitory storage medium storing executable instructions which when executed by a machine cause the machine to perform a method of recording a golf stroke, the method comprising:
- detecting, by an RFID reader of a golf data collection device, an RF signal from an RFID tag on a golf club;
- detecting, by an impact sensing device of the golf data collection device, an impact of the golf club against the golf data collection device;
- and
- recording a golf stroke in response to a combination of the RFID reader detecting the RF signal and the impact sensing device detecting the impact on the golf data collection device, wherein the recording of the golf stroke includes a club identifier received from the RFID tag.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.