Patent ID: 7536033

Claim:
An apparatus for measuring the motion of a swinging type piece of sporting equipment comprising: (a) a means of taking sequential images attached to said swinging type piece of sporting equipment, the sequential images being of a background element that does not move with the sporting equipment; (b) a means of identifying a common pattern between two sequential images and calculating a displacement vector from the movement of said common pattern in communication with said means of taking sequential images, said displacement vector representing the displacement of said common pattern between said sequential images; (c) a means of interpreting said displacement vector in communication with said means of calculating a displacement vector, the interpretation providing the user a meaningful set of information concerning the use of said sporting equipment; and (d) a means of communicating to user said meaningful set of information concerning the use of said sporting equipment, in communication with said means of interpretation; whereby the user may analyze their performance in the use of said sporting equipment.