Golf Swing and Ball Flight Visualization Using Integrated Launch Data
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf monitoring devices either provide limited or inaccurate data on golf club performance or golf ball flight prediction, failing to integrate comprehensive swing and ball launch data for accurate analysis.
Innovation Solution
A system integrating a tag device on the golf club to measure swing parameters and a launch monitor to capture ball launch data, combining their outputs to display a 2-D or 3-D reconstruction of the swing and predicted ball flight path on a single display.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If separate tag device and launch monitor are used, then device complexity is reduced, but measurement precision and data integration are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines a tag device attached to the golf club with a launch monitor into an integrated system. The tag device captures swing parameters (club head speed, attack angle, face angle) while the launch monitor captures ball launch parameters. These two previously separate measurement systems are merged to provide comprehensive swing and ball flight data from a single integrated system, resolving the contradiction between measurement precision and device complexity.
2Loss of information
If comprehensive swing and ball launch data is collected, then measurement precision is improved, but loss of information is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The system segments data collection into distinct functional components: the tag device on the club handles swing parameter measurement, while the launch monitor handles ball launch parameter measurement. This segmentation allows each component to specialize in specific measurements, reducing the complexity of any single device while maintaining comprehensive data coverage. The segmented data is then integrated through a common platform that combines both data streams.
3Reliability
If integrated system is implemented, then loss of information is reduced, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a computing device or processing platform as an intermediary that receives data from both the tag device and launch monitor. This intermediary component integrates the swing parameters and ball launch parameters, processes them together, and generates the predicted ball flight path. The intermediary manages the complexity of data integration while ensuring accurate and reliable results by coordinating information from multiple sources.
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AI summary
A system integrates a launch monitor sub-system with a tag sub-system including a tag attached to a club. The tag sub-system determines swing parameters for a golf club swing, while the launch monitor sub-system determines launch parameters of the ball to estimate a trajectory of the ball. The system integrates data from both sources, associating swing with resulting ball path via timestamps and is able to simultaneously visualize both the swing and the resulting ball trajectory on the same display device.