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7344446 |
Ball detection apparatus for detecting when a golf ball is hit off a golf tee
The ball detection apparatus is for detecting when a golf ball is hit off a golf tee of an automatic golf ball teeing machine. The detection apparatus comprises a radar device for producing a first...
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7321330 |
Ball measuring apparatus
The present invention provides a ball measuring apparatus capable of measuring a trajectory of a ball from a hitting position to a landing position, the landing position and a stop position. A ball...
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7255649 |
Golf putting distance control training device
A golf putting training device is provided which allows a golfer to practice distance control in a confined area by displaying an estimate of how far a golf ball would have traveled on a green...
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7220187 |
Apparatus and method for computing and outputting golf ball putting instructions
Apparatus and a method for computing and outputting a putting backstroke instruction for a planned putt of a golf ball during recreational play. A computing means includes means for initializing or...
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7214138 |
Golf ball flight monitoring system
A system is described for monitoring the swing path of a golf club head and for monitoring flight characteristics of a golf ball following impact. A processor utilizes data from spaced apart spaced...
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7153215 |
Method of fitting a golf club to a golfer
A method a fitting a golf club to a golfer based on the golfer's playing characteristics and the inherent properties of the golfer's current golf club. A golf club is selected and a analyzed to...
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7130782 |
Gas flow simulation method
A gas flow simulation method includes setting an imaginary object model such as a sphere model having at least one concavity, convexity, groove or projection formed thereon by means of a computer....
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7086955 |
Method and apparatus to determine golf ball trajectory and flight
A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated...
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7033281 |
Augmented kinematic feedback device and method
The biomechanical angle of a body joint 11 of a trainee during a given physical activity is continuously monitored and a corresponding audible tracking signal ( 31, 32, 33, 43, 42, 44 ) is...
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6842232 |
Electro-optical determination of target parameters
Electro-optical measurement of distance and motion parameters of a target is obtained with high resolution by employing matched comparators for obtaining differences in arrival times of transmit...
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6834129 |
Method of measuring rotation of sphere
A flying sphere is photographed twice at a predetermined time interval and two static images thus obtained are used to measure a rotation of the sphere through an image processing based on a...
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6782118 |
System for measuring, substantially instantaneously, the distance and trajectory traveled by a body in flight during sports competitions
A system for measuring the distance traveled by bodies in flight during sports events, the bodies executing trajectories having a common predetermined take-off area, and a variable landing point...
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6774932 |
System for enhancing the televised broadcast of a golf game
A system for the enhancement of a televised golf broadcast, which requires: obtaining detailed topographic measurements of golf greens; inputting these data into a Geographic Information System...
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6764412 |
Method and apparatus to determine golf ball trajectory and flight
A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated...
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6682446 |
Range estimator
A device for estimating the range of a struck ball includes a backstop, at least one velocity measuring device, a data processor having a data structure communicating with the velocity measuring...
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6671642 |
Method of evaluating energy loss of golf ball
At step 1, a golf ball model is divided into a large number of elements composed of a large number of nodal points in the form of meshes; a physical property of a material for the golf ball is...
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6616543 |
Apparatus to determine golf ball trajectory and flight
A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated...
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6561917 |
System and method for measuring a golfer's ball striking parameters
A system ( 20 ) for capturing and analyzing golf club information and golf ball information during and after a golfer's swing is disclosed herein. The golf club information includes golf club head...
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6533674 |
Multishutter camera system
A launch monitor system including a light source and at least one camera unit with an electronic shutter. The camera unit captures at least one image of an object in flight when the electronic...
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6458035 |
Method of measuring rotational motion of a golf ball
A method of measuring rotational motion of a golf ball. A hit golf ball is photographed by use of two cameras disposed along the traveling direction of the golf ball with a predetermined distance...
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6456232 |
System for determining information about a golf club and/or a golf ball
A system is disclosed that can determine the speed of a golf club or golf ball, and report that speed in a format suitable for use on a television broadcast, a radio broadcast, the Internet or...
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6371862 |
Game apparatus and method
A game apparatus and method can determine flight characteristics of an object propelled by a player from a launch site toward a backstop. The foregoing can operate with a launch detector located at...
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6346055 |
Golf play pacing method
A golf play pacing system utilizing a device that is contained in the flag stick itself. The system is initiated either by an external device or by an activation switch in the flag stick that is...
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6302802 |
Methods and apparatus for a portable golf training system with an optical sensor net
An optical sensor net system for measuring the relational dynamic information of a spheroidal projectile. A support frame for the system may include light emitters that generate divergent...
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6293802 |
Hybrid lesson format
A hybrid format for representing a video lesson which is transported from a first location to a second location across a communication channel includes a first item having a first format type and a...
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6113504 |
Golf ball locator
A golf ball locator system. The golf ball comprises a transmitter that transmits a coded signal, identifying the ball, and that is received by an array of receivers. The receivers measure either...
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6062985 |
Golf flag stick play pacer
A golf play pacing device that is contained in the flag stick itself. The device includes an orientation sensing switch in the flag stick that is activated when the stick moves through an arc of...
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6042483 |
Method of measuring motion of a golf ball
There is disclosed a method of measuring the motion of a golf ball. The passing of a club head to hit a ball is detected by a sensor. A detection signal is sent from the sensor to a trigger section...
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6012987 |
Recreational game
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5984794 |
Sports trainer and simulator
An apparatus for determining flight parameters of a ball in flight along a flight path, includes a pair of light conditioning elements on the ball, a first set of sensors having mutually orthogonal...
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5906547 |
Golf simulation system
This system combines television and computer technology to permit one or more golfers to play a highly realistic round of golf from tees to greens. Each golf clubhead has color-coded bars on the...
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5863255 |
Device and method to measure kinematics of a moving golf ball
A device for measuring the movement of a ball is a flat pad or a frame defining an opening with one or more magnetic field inducing elements mounted thereon. One or more sensor elements are mounted...
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5846139 |
Golf simulator
A golf simulator has a housing and three arrays of IR receivers and emitters positioned in the housing. A launch area is established near one end of the housing, and a user can launch a golf ball...
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5833549 |
Sports trainer and game
An arrangement for use in training players of a game during a simulated game session in the correct use of a game implement that has to be moved properly during an actual game to encounter a ball...
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5803823 |
Method and apparatus to determine object striking instrument movement conditions
A striking instrument and struck object monitoring system including at least two shutterable camera units which view a field of view each of which cameras receives light patterns from each and...
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5798833 |
Rotation speed measuring machine for flying globe
A rotation speed measuring machine for a flying globe is formed of a light projecting device 10 projecting light on a measurement conducting area A which is a space including an expected flying...
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5733200 |
Automated practice putting green with oversurface ball return
A practice putting green assembly has a strip of artificial grass supported on an articulated multi-sectional frame. A plurality of motor/lift arm combinations can selectively raise or lower...
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5700204 |
Projectile motion parameter determination device using successive approximation and high measurement angle speed sensor
The invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining parameters of motion regarding a struck projectile. The invention has particular application to determining the launch parameters of...
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5626526 |
Golf training device having a two-dimensional, symmetrical optical sensor net
The present invention relates to a golf training device capable of forming a two-dimensional, single planar and total symmetrical optical sensor net for detecting movement of a golf ball. The...
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5489099 |
Apparatus and method for tracking the flight of a golf ball
The golf ball tracking apparatus has a video camera for producing data representative of video images of a golf ball, a video frame processor connected to receive data from the video camera for...
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5486002 |
Golfing apparatus
A golfing apparatus for estimating the carry distance of a struck golf ball includes a doppler radar unit, a correlating circuit and a display. The doppler radar unit measures the doppler shift of...
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5481355 |
Flying spherical body measuring apparatus
The initial movement of a spherical body is detected by detecting the intersection with a light beam emitted from trigger light illuminating portion 2 to trigger light-receiving portion 3, and as a...
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5479008 |
Apparatus and method for measuring the speed, position, and launch angle of a spherical object in flight by sensing the positions and length of interruption of adjacent light beams
A ray projecting means emitting a plurality of parallel rays of light, a ray receiving device for detecting the incidences of the rays of light impinging on them and the interceptions of the rays...
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5471383 |
Monitoring systems to measure and display flight characteristics of moving sports object
A sports object flight monitoring system including at least one shutterable camera units each of which units receive light patterns from each and every one of a plurality of contrasting areas or...
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5439217 |
Method and training device to assure sportsmen a proper grip with membrane switch
The training device, to assure a proper grip, utilizes a thin sheet wrap sized to wrap around an outside grip surface of a racket handle, or a golf club handle or a hand grip surface. A non-domed...
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5437457 |
Golf ball trajectory and spin sensing system
A golf simulator is provided with an improved trajectory sensing and spin detector. The trajectory sending system includes a first row of light sensors located adjacent to a tee and receiving light...
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5401026 |
Method and apparatus for determining parameters of the motion of an object
The present invention provides a method and apparatus for determining a desired parameter of the motion of an object. In one embodiment, the device can be used to calculate the estimated carry...
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5393064 |
Apparatus and method for determining projectile impact locations
This invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining projectile impact locations and, in a specific application, to determining a golfer's performance in using a particular club, such...
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5277426 |
Sports simulation system
Sport simulation equipment, such as a equipment for simulating a game of golf, and made up of a plurality of components, each component adapted to carry out a function of the system in coordination...
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5226660 |
Golf simulator apparatus
A golf simulating apparatus having a driving simulator and an actual green area adjacent thereto for simulating a complete game of golf, comprising apparatus for generating signals indicative of...
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