Patent ID: 9684009
Date: 2017-06-20
CPC Classifications: G01P,G01S

Claim:
1. An apparatus for monitoring launch parameters of an object, the apparatus comprising: a housing; a transmitter optical subassembly (TOSA) disposed within the housing and including at least one laser source configured to transmit a laser sheet along an expected flight path of an object; a receiver optical subassembly (ROSA) disposed within the housing and configured to receive light reflected from the object; a processing unit configured to estimate a velocity of the object based at least partially on the light reflected back from the object and received at the ROSA; a camera configured to capture one or more images of the object at a time in which the object passes through a field of view of the camera according to the estimated velocity of the object; and an illumination source configured to emit light at a time in which the object passes through a field of view of a camera according to the estimated velocity of the object; wherein the camera, the TOSA, the ROSA, and the illumination source are arranged according to a center line such that the apparatus is configured to operate in a first position, for a right handed golfer and a second position, for a left handed golfer, the second position being a 180° rotation from the first position; wherein the TOSA and the ROSA are configured to trigger the camera and an illumination source in the first position and in the second position.