Golf Drone Swing Tracking With Cart-Based Auto Charging
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current methods for monitoring golf swing mechanics are hindered by bulky wearable devices and lack of focused video recordings, which are time-consuming and ineffective for live event capture and scoring, necessitating a system that provides live video feeds and recordings without wearables.
Innovation Solution
A golf drone system equipped with 360-degree cameras that wirelessly connects to a mobile device, offering live video feeds and recordings, and autonomously recharges on a golf cart, providing insights for swing improvement through a mobile application.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If wearable patches or devices are used to monitor swing mechanics, then swing monitoring capability is improved, but device complexity and player burden increase
Solution Approach 1:
The monitoring function is extracted from wearable devices and transferred to a drone system. The drone captures swing mechanics externally using cameras and sensors, eliminating the need for players to wear monitoring equipment while maintaining measurement capability.
Solution Approach 2:
A drone serves as an intermediary between the golfer and the monitoring system. Instead of direct contact sensors on the player, the drone acts as a remote mediator that captures swing data through visual and sensor-based measurement from a distance.
2Area of stationary object
If conventional video recordings are used to capture golf course activities, then overall coverage is improved, but focus on individual swings is lost
Solution Approach 1:
The recording system transitions from static fixed cameras to a dynamic drone that can move and adjust its position. This allows the system to maintain broad course coverage while dynamically focusing on individual swings by positioning the drone optimally near each player during their swing.
Solution Approach 2:
The drone performs multiple functions: it provides overall course coverage like stationary cameras while simultaneously capturing detailed individual swing mechanics. This single device replaces both the broad coverage function and the focused swing monitoring function that previously required separate systems.
3Measurement precision
If scorers are positioned on important events for monitoring and scoring, then event monitoring capability is improved, but time consumption and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The drone system operates autonomously without requiring human scorers to physically position themselves at each event. The automated drone navigates to important events, captures footage, and transmits data automatically, making the system self-sufficient and eliminating the time and labor required for manual scorer deployment.
Solution Approach 2:
The system accelerates the monitoring process by using automated drone technology that can rapidly respond to and document events much faster than human scorers can physically move and record, thereby reducing time loss significantly.
4Duration of action of moving object
If drone battery capacity is increased to extend operation duration, then flight time is improved, but device weight and size increase
Solution Approach 1:
The battery system is segmented into multiple smaller battery units rather than using one large battery. This allows the drone to carry multiple lightweight batteries that can be swapped or recharged individually, achieving extended flight time without proportionally increasing the drone's overall weight or size.
Solution Approach 2:
The battery system is extracted as a separate, modular component that can be independently managed. The drone can land on the golf cart to recharge external battery packs, separating the energy storage function from the main drone structure and allowing flexible energy management without permanently increasing drone weight.
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AI summary
A golfer and golf course drone monitoring system. The system includes a golf drone designed to follow golfers during play and be wirelessly connected to mobile devices through a mobile application. The drone is positioned on a golf cart and autonomously activated when golfers move away from a golf cart. The drone includes a plurality of cameras with integrated computer vision algorithms for capturing swing mechanics of a golfer and important scoring events in a game. The videos are transmitted to the mobile application wherein the golfer can view captured videos, receive swing insights, and can also remotely control the drone's functions. The drone is designed to position on a charging station on the top of, or roof of, the golf cart between shots or swings for recharging the battery thereof.