Patent ID: 6302802
Filing Date: 2001-10-16
Classification: A63B,G01P

Abstract:
A golf training system with an optical sensor net for measuring the relational dynamic information of a golf ball and a golf club comprising:a substantially L-shaped frame having a first leg and a second leg;a light emitter assembly including a first light emitter connected to the first leg of the frame and a second light emitter connected to the second leg of the frame, wherein each light emitter emits a spread of non-parallel light rays in a substantially singular plane;an array of light detectors including a first set of spaced apart light detectors positioned along the first leg of the frame that receive the non-parallel light rays emitted from the second light emitter, and a second set of spaced apart light detectors positioned along the second leg of the frame that receive the non-parallel light rays emitted from the first light emitter, wherein the non-parallel rays from the first and the second light emitter form an asymmetrical optical sensor net that captures relational kinetic information of a golfball and a golf club during a swinging motion when passed through at least a portion of the sensor net; anda data processor in communication with the array of detectors that measure periods of disruption for selected light detectors by the golf ball and by the golf club, and for processing relational kinetic information for the golf ball and the golf club based on the disruption of selected light detectors and their respective periods of disruption.