Method and system for optimiza of baseball bats and the like

• US 20070021242A1
• Filed: 07/12/2006
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 07/15/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Roger Krickler
• Original Assignee: Roger Krickler
• Inventors: Krickler, Roger
• Application Number:
  US11/484,845
• Publication Number:
  US 20070021242A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/451
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0037 on a target surface or at impact on the ground
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2069/0008 for batting
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 24/0021 Tracking a path or terminating locations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/0002 for baseball
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3614 using electro-magnetic, magnetic or ultrasonic radiation emitted, reflected or interrupted by the golf club

Abstract

A system, method and computer program product for measuring batted ball performance, including measuring bat and ball speeds using two or more speed measuring devices; and determining elevation and azimuth of a batted ball using a target backstop with elevation and azimuth markings.

Claims

1. A method for measuring batted ball performance, comprising the steps of:

measuring bat and ball speeds using two or more speed measuring devices; and

determining elevation and azimuth of a batted ball using a target backstop with elevation and azimuth markings.

2. The method of claim 1, further comprising providing a database of test results collected by the method and for comparison at levels of play and locality.

3. The method of claim 1, further comprising implementing the method via a computer program product including one or more computer-readable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform the steps of the method.

4. The method of claim 1, further comprising implementing the method via one or more hardware and software components configured to perform the steps of the method.

5. A system for measuring batted ball performance, comprising:

two or more speed measuring devices for measuring bat and ball speeds; and

a target backstop with elevation and azimuth markings for determining elevation and azimuth of a batted ball.

6. The system of claim 5, further comprising a database of test results collected by the system and for comparison at levels of play and locality.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the system includes a computer program product including one or more computer-readable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to implement the system.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the system includes one or more hardware and software components configured to implement the system.

9. A computer program product for measuring batted ball performance including one or more computer-readable instructions embedded on a computer readable medium and configured to cause one or more computer processors to perform the steps of:

measunng bat and ball speeds using two or more speed measuring devices; and

determining elevation and azimuth of a batted ball using a target backstop with elevation and azimuth markings.

10. The computer program product of claim 9, wherein the one or more computer-readable instructions are further configured to cause the one or more computer processors to perform the step providing a database of test results collected by the computer program product and for comparison at levels of play and locality.