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1. A system for detecting impact comprising:
- at least one impact sensor producing electrical signal;
a monitoring circuit;
a processor that performs functions comprising;
receiving the electrical signal and processing the electrical signal from the at least one impact sensor;
generating impact detection notification;
wherein the monitoring circuit comprises;
at least one analog to digital converter to translate the electrical signal provided by the at least one impact sensor into a digital signal;
wherein the impact is detected by determining signal to noise ratio of input data provided by the at least one analog to digital converter exceeding an impact detection threshold, wherein the impact detection threshold of the signal to noise ratio of the at least one impact sensor is user configurable.
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Abstract
A system for recording and analyzing an activity, such as a golf activity, is provided. The system comprises an impact detection device and one or more video capture unit for recording and displaying recorded activities. Preferred activities are saved, and may be viewed at a separate viewing unit located remote from the video capture unit. The remote viewing unit allows for replay and analysis of the saved activities. In addition, saved activities and data may be uploaded to the Internet for later viewing and analysis.
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22 Claims
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1. A system for detecting impact comprising:
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at least one impact sensor producing electrical signal; a monitoring circuit; a processor that performs functions comprising; receiving the electrical signal and processing the electrical signal from the at least one impact sensor; generating impact detection notification; wherein the monitoring circuit comprises; at least one analog to digital converter to translate the electrical signal provided by the at least one impact sensor into a digital signal; wherein the impact is detected by determining signal to noise ratio of input data provided by the at least one analog to digital converter exceeding an impact detection threshold, wherein the impact detection threshold of the signal to noise ratio of the at least one impact sensor is user configurable. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
obtaining a noise which is an output of the moving average filter of the incoming signal whose absolute value is below a pre-determined threshold; dividing the signal by the noise.
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8. The system of claim 1, wherein the monitoring circuit further comprises of at least one signal processing filter.
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9. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one impact sensor is user selectable.
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10. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one impact sensor is communicatively connected by wires to the processor.
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11. The system of claim 1, wherein the at least one impact sensor is communicatively connected by wireless signals to the processor.
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12. The system of claim 1, wherein the impact sensor is selected from a group comprising:
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motion sensor; piezo-electric sensor; sound sensor.
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13. The system of claim 12, wherein the motion sensor is selected from a group comprising:
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accelerometer; rate gyroscope; magnetometer; infrared sensor; image sensor.
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14. The system of claim 2, further comprising an image recording system comprising at least one camera wherein, the processor further performs one or more functions from a group comprising:
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receiving video from the camera; receiving still images from the camera; saving the video in slow motion or normal speed; concatenating a plurality of the video to make a single video for purposes of review, comment and sharing; saving the video in local memory or on a server; saving the still images in local memory or on a server; saving the impact notification data along with the video; saving the impact notification data along with the still images; executing an application program to allow interaction with the camera and the at least one impact sensor.
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15. The system of claim 14, wherein the image recording system upon receiving impact detection notification records the video around the time of impact.
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16. The system of claim 15, wherein the duration of the video taken before the time of impact is user configurable.
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17. The system of claim 15, wherein the duration of the video taken after the time of impact is user configurable.
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18. The system of claim 14, wherein the image recording system records the video at a user configurable video frame rate.
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19. The system of claim 15, wherein the impact related information is saved along with the corresponding saved video.
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20. The system of claim 14, wherein the image recording system upon receiving impact detection notification captures the still image at a plurality of user configurable pre-determined times around the time of impact.
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21. The system of claim 20, wherein impact related information is saved along with the still images.
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22. The system of claim 14, wherein the application program running on the processor provides a user interface to execute at least one function from a group comprising:
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start and stop the video recording; review the captured videos; review the captured videos along with impact related information; add comments after reviewing the video; edit and save snippets of the captured video; compare the videos; configure parts of the video to be shown in slow motion to allow detailed review of a user action; edit and save the captured still images; review the captured still images; review the captured still images along with impact related information; compare the still images; configure the video frame rate; configure whether to take the still images in addition to the video; configure length of the video capture; configure plurality of times when the still image is taken.
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