Dynamic sampling in sports equipment
First Claim
1. An item of sports equipment, comprising:
- a processor;
a sensor configured to capture sensor data related to at least one metric of a swing;
a transceiver configured to receive transceiver data related to a location of a ball, and prevailing conditions; and
a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor is configured to cause the item of sports equipment to perform;
receiving the sensor data from the sensor;
sampling the received sensor data at a first sampling rate;
receiving the transceiver data from the transceiver;
identifying, from the sensor data, an orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type;
classifying the sensor and transceiver data into one of a plurality of swing categories, based upon the identified orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type; and
based upon at least the classified swing category, selecting a second sampling rate, by a sampling rate processor, for sampling sensor data from the sensor.
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Abstract
Analysis of sporting equipment characteristics may be analyzed using dynamic sampling rates. For example, analyzing a golf swing may include the use of one or more sensors providing data at various sampling rates. According to some aspects, the sampling rate may be dynamically modified upon determination of one or more golf equipment characteristics, environmental conditions, player characteristics and the like. In one example, a sampling rate processor may dynamically select a sampling rate at which data is sampled from one or more sensors. In some examples, by dynamically selecting the sampling rate, an analysis may be tailored to various types, and portions of a golf swing, in addition to producing power consumption by the analysis instruments in the golf club system. According to other aspects, triggering conditions for modifying a sampling rate may be determined from a population of one or more previous golf swings performed by a user.
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20 Claims
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1. An item of sports equipment, comprising:
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a processor; a sensor configured to capture sensor data related to at least one metric of a swing; a transceiver configured to receive transceiver data related to a location of a ball, and prevailing conditions; and a non-transitory computer-readable medium comprising computer-executable instructions that when executed by the processor is configured to cause the item of sports equipment to perform; receiving the sensor data from the sensor; sampling the received sensor data at a first sampling rate; receiving the transceiver data from the transceiver; identifying, from the sensor data, an orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type; classifying the sensor and transceiver data into one of a plurality of swing categories, based upon the identified orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type; and based upon at least the classified swing category, selecting a second sampling rate, by a sampling rate processor, for sampling sensor data from the sensor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An item of sports equipment comprising:
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a first sensor configured to capture data related to at least one metric of a swing; a second sensor configured to capture data related to prevailing conditions; a processor; and a non-transitory machine readable medium comprising instructions that when executed by the processor cause the item of sports equipment to; receive first data from the first sensor; sample the received first data at a first sampling rate; receive second data from the second sensor; identify, from the sensor data, an orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type; classify the first and second data into one of a plurality of swing categories, based upon the identified orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type; and select, based on the classification of the first and second data into the one of a plurality of swing categories, a second sampling rate for sampling data from the first sensor. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A self-contained instrumented item of sports equipment, comprising:
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a shaft; a first sensor, configured to capture swing data related to at least one metric of a swing; a second sensor configured to capture condition data related to prevailing weather conditions; a sampling rate processor; and an analysis processor, wherein the analysis processor is configured to identify, from the swing data, an orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type; wherein the analysis processor is configured to classify the swing data and condition data into a swing category based upon the identified orientation of the item of sports equipment indicating a shot type, wherein the sampling rate processor is configured to select a first sampling rate and a second sampling rate at which the first sensor captures swing data, based upon the swing category, and wherein the analysis processor is configured to compare the swing data sampled at the first sampling rate and the second sampling rate. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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