Patent ID: 8951138
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: A63B,G06T

Abstract:
1. A system for measuring a golf club head during an impact with a golf ball, the club head having a club face with at least one score line, wherein the club face is substantially planar, the system comprising: at least three markers placed on the club face, the marker placement adapted to (1) define the geometry of the club face, and (2) conform to a known tolerance of relative spacing and orientation between the markers, wherein at least two of the markers define a HEEL-TOE line that is parallel to the score line and at least one marker is not placed in alignment with the HEEL-TOE line; at least two cameras positioned ahead of the golf ball and adapted to capture a plurality of images prior to and at impact of the markers during a swing and communicating those images to a processor; the processor configured to perform the following steps;