Patent ID: 6431990
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method for simultaneously measuring the golf club properties and the golf ball properties during a golfer's striking of a golf ball, the method comprising:swinging a golf club toward a teed golf ball; activating a detector as the golf club is swung toward the teed golf ball, the detector transmitting an estimated golf club head speed to an imaging system, the imaging system capable of compiling a plurality of exposures to generate a frame; taking a first plurality of exposures of the golf club head prior to the golf club head impacting the teed golf ball, the first plurality of exposures having a first time interval between exposures; striking the teed golf ball with the golf club; taking a second plurality of exposures of the golf ball after the golf ball has been struck by the golf club head, the second plurality of exposures having a second time interval between exposures, the second time interval different than the first time interval; generating a frame that includes the first plurality of exposures of the golf club head prior to impact with the teed golf ball and the second plurality of exposures of the golf ball after impact with the golf club head; wherein the method provides measurements of the golf club head and of the launched golf ball.