Patent ID: 6431994
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A method of recording a golfer's swing and the resulting flight of the golf ball, comprising:providing a frame having a generally rectangular configuration, tile frame including a top, a rear, opposed sides, an open front and an open bottom, the top and the opposed sides each having cross members, the frame being dimensioned for receiving a club swinging golfer therein, a top fixed video camera being fixedly secured to the cross member of the top of the frame, a first side fixed video camera being fixedly secured to the cross member of a first of the opposed sides of the frame, and a second side fixed video camera being fixedly secured to the cross member of a second of the opposed sides of the frame; positioning a movable video camera adjacent to the rear of the frame; moving the movable video-camera to follow the flight of a golf ball struck by a golfer positioned in the frame to capture the image of the golf ball in flight.