Portable Electronic Device Holder for Golf Swing Analysis
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golf training devices are often specialized and not compatible with everyday portable electronic devices, limiting their use for golf swing analysis and feedback.
Innovation Solution
A portable electronic device holder that securely attaches a wireless communication device or media player to a golf club or flagstick, enabling the use of existing portable electronics for golf swing analysis and feedback through sensors and data communication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If dedicated golf training devices are used, then measurement precision of golf swing characteristics is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies universality by enabling everyday portable electronic devices (smartphones, tablets, media players) to function as golf training devices. The holder device attaches these multi-functional portable devices to golf clubs, allowing them to perform golf swing analysis while maintaining their original purposes for communication, entertainment, and other uses. This eliminates the need for dedicated single-purpose golf training devices.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent uses an intermediary approach by introducing a holder device that connects portable electronic devices to golf clubs. This holder acts as a mediator, enabling data collection from the golf swing while allowing the portable device to remain removable and reusable for other purposes. The intermediary holder resolves the contradiction by providing a simple connection mechanism without requiring integration of complex systems.
2Measurement precision
If specialized golf training devices are used, then analysis accuracy is improved, but ease of operation deteriorates due to limited compatibility
Solution Approach 1:
The holder device is designed with universal compatibility to work with various types of portable electronic devices including smartphones, tablets, and media players. This universality maintains ease of operation by allowing users to employ devices they already own and are familiar with, rather than requiring specialized golf training equipment with limited compatibility.
3Ease of operation
If portable electronic devices are used for golf training, then ease of operation is improved, but measurement precision may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by utilizing the sensors, processors, and displays already present in portable electronic devices. These devices provide real-time feedback on golf swing characteristics through their screens and can communicate swing data to remote devices or servers. This feedback mechanism maintains measurement precision by leveraging the computational and sensing capabilities of modern portable devices while preserving ease of operation.
Data Source
AI summary
A portable electronic device is disclosed. The portable electronic device comprises memory for storing instructions that are executed by a processor to perform the operations of analyzing data with the portable electronic device related to the position and motion of a putter at least one of before, during and after at least one putting stroke performed with the putter. The portable electronic device analyzes the data by utilizing a plurality of sensors within the portable electronic device including accelerometers configured to measure accelerations and gyroscopes to identify an angle of the putter during the at least one putting stroke. The portable electronic device is attached to the putter. A putting stroke characteristic can be determined based on the data generated from the sensors of the portable electronic device.