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 18):
A golf club configuration detection system comprising:\n at least one processor; 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 at least one processor to perform a method, the method comprising:\n receiving, from a configuration detection device that includes at least one camera, a first image of an adjustment system of a golf club when the adjustment system is in a first configuration state, wherein the adjustment system includes at least one configurable component capable of being physically adjusted; \n generating first configuration data from the first image; \n causing a comparison of the received first configuration data to reference configuration data in a database, wherein the reference configuration data corresponds to multiple configurations of the golf club; \n based on the comparison of the first configuration data, determining that the adjustment system is in the first configuration state; \n receiving first golf club performance data from a golf club performance tracking device while the adjustment system is in the first configuration state; \n correlating the received first golf club performance data with the first configuration state of the first adjustment system; \n receiving, from the configuration detection device, a second image of the adjustment system when the adjustment system is in a second configuration state; \n generating second configuration data from the second image; \n causing a comparison of the second configuration data to the reference configuration data in the database; \n based on the comparison of the second configuration data and the reference configuration data, determining that the adjustment system is in the second configuration state; \n receiving second golf club performance data from a golf club performance tracking device while the adjustment system is in the second configuration state; \n correlating the received second golf club performance data with the second configuration state of the adjustment system; \n based on the first golf club performance data and the second golf club performance data, generating a recommended configuration state, wherein the recommended configuration state is one of the first configuration state or 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): 0.6444310524495773
- 35 USC 102 Novelty (BERT): 0.5398102603162483
- Combined Prediction Score: 0.6339689732362445
- Mean Citation Score: 251.462586
- Max Citation Score: 407.14185
- Similarity Product: 285.730908103475

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

Dataset: test