Golf putter assembly

• US 20090137333A1
• Filed: 11/28/2007
• Published: 05/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 11/28/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chia-Hsun Chen, Chih-Chien Lin
• Original Assignee: Chia-Hsun Chen, Chih-Chien Lin
• Inventors: Chen, Chia-Hsun, Lin, Chih-Chien
• Application Number:
  US11/998,209
• Publication Number:
  US 20090137333A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/233
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0602 Non-electronic means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0658 Position or arrangement of display
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/18 Inclination, slope or curvature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/30 Speed
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0437 with special crown configurations
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/0487 for putters A63B53/065 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 53/14 Handles
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 60/46 Measurement devices associated with golf clubs, bats, rackets or the like for measuring physical parameters relating to sporting activity, e.g. baseball bats with impact indicators or bracelets for measuring the golf swing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3685 Putters or attachments on putters, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user

Abstract

A golf putter assembly includes a putter including a head, a display unit disposed in the putter, and a detecting unit disposed in the putter and electrically coupled to the display unit. The detecting unit is operable to detect and record a stationary starting position of a golf ball. The detecting unit is further operable to detect, during a practice swing, an instantaneous speed of the head as the head moves past the starting position, and to calculate what would be an initial speed of the golf ball if the golf ball was actually hit by the head with reference to the instantaneous speed of the head detected thereby. The detecting unit further performs control such that the initial speed of the golf ball as calculated is displayed on the display unit.

Claims

1. A golf putter assembly, comprising:

a putter including a head;

a display unit disposed in said putter; and

a detecting unit disposed in said putter and electrically coupled to said display unit, said detecting unit being operable to detect and record a stationary starting position of a golf ball, said detecting unit being further operable to detect, during a practice swing, an instantaneous speed of said head as said head moves past the starting position of the golf ball, said detecting unit being further operable to calculate what would be an initial speed of the golf ball if the golf ball was actually hit by said head with reference to the instantaneous speed of said head detected thereby, said detecting unit further performing control such that the initial speed of the golf ball as calculated is displayed on said display unit.

2. The golf putter assembly of claim 1, wherein said detecting unit includes a detector for detecting the instantaneous speed of said head, said detector being based on MEMS (Micro-Electro-Mechanical Systems) technology.

3. The golf putter assembly of claim 1, wherein said detecting unit is further operable to determine a ground slope at the starting position of the golf ball.

4. The golf putter assembly of claim 3, further comprising a user input unit disposed on said putter and electrically coupled to said detecting unit, said user input unit allowing input of a putting green speed, said detecting unit being further operable to calculate what would be a rolling distance of the golf ball if the golf ball was actually hit by said head with reference to the putting green speed, the instantaneous speed of said head, and the ground slope, said detecting unit further performing control such that the rolling distance of the golf ball as calculated is displayed on said display unit.

5. The golf putter assembly of claim 4, wherein said putter further includes a grip, and a shaft that interconnects said head and said grip, said user input unit being disposed on said grip of said putter.

6. The golf putter assembly of claim 1, further comprising a power supply unit disposed in said putter, and electrically coupled to said detecting unit and said display unit, said power supply unit providing electricity to said detecting unit and said display unit.

7. The golf putter assembly of claim 6, wherein said power supply unit includes a solar cell disposed in, and at least partly exposed from, said putter.

8. The golf putter assembly of claim 1, wherein said display unit is disposed in said head.

9. The golf putter assembly of claim 1, further comprising a user input unit disposed on said putter, and electrically coupled to said display unit and said detecting unit, said user input unit including a switch for controlling On and Off states of said display unit and said detecting unit.

10. The golf putter assembly of claim 9, wherein said switch of said user input unit further allows activation of said detecting unit for detecting and recording the starting position of the golf ball.

11. The golf putter assembly of claim 1, wherein said detecting unit calculates the initial speed of the golf ball with reference to the instantaneous speed of said head and at least one pre-established parameter selected from the weight of said head, the weight of the golf ball, and the coefficient of elasticity of the golf ball.