Patent ID: 8401818

Claim:
A golf ball movement measuring apparatus comprising: a camera for taking a plurality of images of a golf ball hit by a golf club; a dark-colored background material which is disposed so as to configure a background of the golf ball in the images; a processing unit which receives the images taken by the camera, the processing unit masking a background portion, except for the dark-colored background material in the images, into a dark color through image processing, and the processing unit analyzing a movement of the golf ball hit by the golf club; a first distance between the golf ball and the camera is about 700 to 900 mm; a second distance between a center of the golf ball and a center of the camera is about 120 to 140 mm; and a third distance between the center of the golf ball and the dark-colored background material is about 110 to 130 mm, wherein the dark-colored background material is disposed to prevent the processing unit from falsely recognizing the golf ball, wherein the golf club is a putter, wherein the plurality of images comprise a moving image.