Method, system, and apparatus for analyzing a sporting apparatus
First Claim
1. A method comprising:
- (a) detecting, using an electronic position sensor, user-specific swing data comprising three-dimensional position data of a location on a reference golf club detected at points of time throughout a test swing of a specific user;
(b) receiving the swing data using a processor;
(c) obtaining rules that identify user skill values based on comparisons between first values of a first spatial attribute of a first swing segment and second values of a second spatial attribute of a second swing segment that is different from the first segment, the comparisons identified as correlative of skill value with an acceptable degree of predictiveness;
(d) identifying, based on at least the user-specific swing data, a first user-specific value corresponding to the first spatial attribute and a second user-specific value corresponding to the second spatial attribute;
(e) determining a user skill value based on the user-specific first and second values and on the rules obtained in step (c);
(f) retrieving recommended skill values associated with each of a plurality of golf clubs from a database;
(g) based on the user skill value and the recommended skill values retrieved in step (f), transmitting a recommendation of at least one of the plurality of golf clubs.
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Abstract
The present application is direction to a computing device having a memory and a processor. The processor is configured to receive data generated in response to a motion of a sporting apparatus, where the data includes a first data relating to a first characteristic of the motion of the sporting apparatus. The first data is based on a comparison between at least two different directional segments of a path created by a first location on the sporting apparatus during the motion of the sporting apparatus. The processor is further configured to analyze the data to determine a skill value, determine a recommended sporting apparatus from a group of at least two sporting apparatuses based on the skill value; and transmit information relating to the recommended sporting apparatus.
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13 Claims
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1. A method comprising:
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(a) detecting, using an electronic position sensor, user-specific swing data comprising three-dimensional position data of a location on a reference golf club detected at points of time throughout a test swing of a specific user; (b) receiving the swing data using a processor; (c) obtaining rules that identify user skill values based on comparisons between first values of a first spatial attribute of a first swing segment and second values of a second spatial attribute of a second swing segment that is different from the first segment, the comparisons identified as correlative of skill value with an acceptable degree of predictiveness; (d) identifying, based on at least the user-specific swing data, a first user-specific value corresponding to the first spatial attribute and a second user-specific value corresponding to the second spatial attribute; (e) determining a user skill value based on the user-specific first and second values and on the rules obtained in step (c); (f) retrieving recommended skill values associated with each of a plurality of golf clubs from a database; (g) based on the user skill value and the recommended skill values retrieved in step (f), transmitting a recommendation of at least one of the plurality of golf clubs. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. A method for analyzing a reference golf club, the method comprising the steps of:
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(a) generating an algorithm based on correlations between empirical skill value data and empirical spatial characteristic data, the algorithm being configured to receive at least one user-specific value and calculate a user skill value; (b) receiving, from a sensor device, swing data of a specific user'"'"'s swing of the reference golf club, the swing data including three-dimensional position data of a location on the reference golf club detected throughout the swing; (c) calculating based on at least the three-dimensional position data, a user-specific value representative of a relationship between a first value of a spatial characteristic attributable to a first golf swing portion and second value of the spatial characteristic attributable to a second golf swing portion; (d) determining the user skill value from the user-specific value by applying the user-specific value to the algorithm; (e) determining that the user skill value corresponds to at least one recommended skill value associated with a recommended golf club from a group of at least two golf clubs; and (f) transmitting information relating to the recommended golf club. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A method comprising:
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(a) receiving swing data of a specific user'"'"'s swing of a reference golf club generated by a sensor device associated with the reference golf club, the swing data including three-dimensional position data of a location on the referenced golf club detected throughout the swing; (b) calculating, based on at least the three-dimensional position data, a user-specific value representative of a relationship between a first value of a spatial characteristic attributable to a backswing portion of the swing a second value of the spatial characteristic attributable to the downswing portion of the swing; (c) determining a user skill value from the user-specific value by applying the user-specific value to an algorithm, the algorithm generated based on correlations between empirical skill value data and empirical spatial characteristic data; (d) retrieving recommended skill values associated with each of a plurality of golf clubs from a database; (e) determining at least one of the recommended skill values from the database is similar to the user skill value; and (f) transmitting information relating to the at least one of the golf clubs having the recommended skill value similar to the user skill value. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. In a system implementing a reference golf club comprising a shaft, a grip, and a club head, a sensor device attached to at least one of the shaft, the grip, and the club head, and a computing device, a method comprising:
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(a) receiving swing data of a specific user'"'"'s swing of the reference golf club, the swing data including three-dimensional position data of a location on the reference golf club detected throughout the swing; (b) calculating, based on at least the three-dimensional position data, a user-specific value for a length ratio, the length ratio comprising a relationship between a first value for a length of a backswing segment of the swing and a second value for a length of a downswing segment of the swing; (c) determining a user skill value from the user-specific value by applying the user-specific value to an algorithm, the algorithm generated based on correlations between empirical skill value data and empirical length ratio data; (e) determining a recommended golf club from a group of at least two golf clubs based on the user skill value; and (f) transmitting, by the computing device, information relating to the recommended golf club. - View Dependent Claims (13)
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