PATENT CLAIM ANALYSIS

Application Number: 15975553
Application Type: Utility
Filing Date: 2018-05
Publication Date: 2019-11
Patent Classification: ["473", "282000"]

Abstract:
Methods and systems for detecting configuration states of a golf club and adjustment systems of a golf club, such as a shaft connection system. A golf club configuration detection system captures configuration data from the adjustment system of the golf club by a configuration detection device, such as a camera, a barcode scanner, or an RFID scanner. The captured configuration data is compared to reference configuration data to determine a configuration state of the adjustment system. Swing data and ball-flight data are tracked for golf-ball strikes with the golf club in the detected configuration state. Recommendations for configuration states may be generated based on the tracked data.

Claim (Index 1):
A golf club configuration detection system comprising:\n a first configuration detection device including at least one camera, wherein the first configuration detection device is configured to automatically detect configuration data for a golf club; a golf club performance tracking device; at least one processor operatively connected to the golf club performance tracking device and the first configuration detection device; and a memory operatively connected to the at least one processor and storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the golf club configuration detection system to perform a method, the method comprising:\n receiving, from the first configuration detection device, a first image of a first adjustment system of a golf club head when the first adjustment system is in a first configuration state, wherein the first adjustment system includes at least one configurable component capable of being physically adjusted; \n providing the first image as input into a trained image analysis algorithm to identify a first optical code identifier of the first adjustment system, wherein the first optical code identifier corresponds to physical markings of the adjustment system; \n causing a comparison of the first optical code identifier to reference configuration data in a database, wherein the reference configuration data corresponds to multiple configuration states of a golf club; \n based on the comparison of the optical code identifier and the reference configuration data, determining that the first adjustment system is in the first configuration state, wherein the first configuration state corresponds to at least one of a loft, a lie, or a weight of the golf club head; \n receiving golf club performance data from the golf club performance tracking device; \n correlating the received golf club performance data with the first configuration state of the first adjustment system; \n receiving, from the first configuration detection device, a second image of the first adjustment system when the first adjustment system is in a second configuration state; \n providing the second image as input into a trained image analysis algorithm to identify a second optical code identifier of the first adjustment system; and \n based on the comparison of the second optical code identifier and the reference configuration data, determining that the first adjustment system is in the second configuration state.

Metadata:
- Claim Count in Document: 50.0
- Percentile: 93.0
- Lexical Diversity: 2.07143
- Patent Class: 473.0
- Transitional Phrase Type: open
- Component Type: 1
- Foreign Priority: False
- Related Applications: ['15975593', '14657576', '14657659', '13750127', '12961652']

Analysis Scores:
- 35 USC 101 Eligibility (BERT): 0.6444120392435024
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5398403127884528
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6339548665979975
- Mean Citation Score: 251.462586
- Max Citation Score: 407.14185
- Similarity Product: 286.18160495557487

Labels:
- Claim Label 101: 1
- Claim Label 102: 1
- Claim Label 103: 0
- Claim Label 112: 0
- Combined Label: 1
- Label 101 Adjusted: 1

Dataset: test