Patent ID: 8597133
Filing Date: 2013-12-03
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A motion trainer for improving a person's movement of an implement along a desired path, the motion trainer comprising: an implement for the person to move; at least one video camera for capturing video images of the person moving the implement; at least one motion characteristic sensor disposed on the implement for generating motion characteristic signals indicative of positions of an implement face plane and an implement shaft plane during the movement of the implement by the person, the implement face plane comprising a plane having substantially zero degree of loft, which plane intersects the implement face but which is independent of the actual loft of the implement face, the implement shaft plane comprising a plane coinciding with the implement shaft and coinciding with the direction of travel of the implement shaft during the movement; a computing device for receiving the motion characteristic signals and for generating biofeedback information signals comprising video representations of the implement face plane and the implement shaft plane of the implement; and a video display device for simultaneously displaying the video images from the video camera and the video representations of the implement face plane and implement shaft plane.