Patent ID: 6929558
Filing Date: 2005-08-16
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
1. A system for predicting a golfer's ball striking performance, the system comprising: a plurality of cameras, each of the plurality of cameras focused on a field of view, the field of view including a golf ball; a golf club having means for providing a true golf club head orientation at a moment of time prior to impact with the golf ball in the field of view; means for triggering the activation of each of the plurality of cameras prior to the golf club impacting the golf ball; means for determining a plurality of pre-impact swing properties for the golfer based on the golfer's swing with the golf club; means for generating a plurality of ball launch parameters from a plurality of club head properties of the golf club, a plurality of ball properties of a golf ball, and the plurality of pre-impact swing properties; means for inputting into a trajectory code the plurality of ball launch parameters, a plurality of atmospheric conditions, and a plurality of lift and drag properties for the golf ball; and means for generating a predicted performance from the trajectory code of the golf ball if struck with the golf club by the golfer under the atmospheric conditions.