BALL MOVEMENT PATH MEASURING METHOD

• US 20110283782A1
• Filed: 05/18/2010
• Published: 11/24/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/18/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Francis Chung Hwa Pan
• Original Assignee: Francis Chung Hwa Pan
• Inventors: Chuang, Fu-Chin, Chu, Chin-Chieh, Pan, Francis Chung Hwa
• Granted Patent: US 8,256,276 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 73/65.03
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2024/0034 during flight
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/18 Baseball, rounders or similar games
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/40 Acceleration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 43/00 Balls with special arrangements

Abstract

A ball movement path measuring method includes the steps of: preparing an operating unit and a measurement unit, mounting the triaxial accelerometer in the object to be measured for enabling the triaxial accelerometer to define XYZ triaxial space coordinates, obtaining the data of a initial position of the XYZ axes at a first measuring time and the data of a reference position of the XYZ axes at a second measuring time and transmitting the obtained data to the operating unit, and comparing the reference position to the initial position and calculating the XYZ acceleration data, XYZ vector components of force and torsion force relative to each of XYZ axes after receipt of force subject to the contained angle between the coordinates data of the reference position and the coordinate data of the initial position and then using the XYZ acceleration data and the data of the weight and size of the object to calculate the force experienced by the object, initial velocity, flight duration, flight height, flight distance and/or rotation speed.

Claims

1. A ball movement path measuring method, comprising the steps of:

preparing an operating unit and a measurement unit, said operating unit being an electronic apparatus having computing and display functions, said operating unit having stored in a memory therein the weight and size data of the object to be measured, said measurement unit being a triaxial accelerometer connectable to said operating unit and adapted for transmitting the measured data to said operating unit;

mounting said triaxial accelerometer in the object to be measured for enabling said triaxial accelerometer to define XYZ triaxial space coordinates;

obtaining the data of a initial position of the XYZ axes at a first measuring time and transmitting the data to said operating unit, and then obtaining the data of a reference position of the XYZ axes at least one second measuring time and then transmitting the data to said operating unit;

comparing the reference position to the initial position and calculating the XYZ acceleration data after receipt of force subject to the contained angle between the coordinates data of the reference position and the coordinate data of the initial position, and then using the XYZ acceleration data and the data of the weight and size of the object to calculate the force experienced by the object.

2. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time points of said first measuring time and said at least one second measuring time is within the start point and end point of a predetermined length of time after said object experienced a force.

3. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time point of said first measuring time is a time point before said object experiences a force;

the time point of each said second measuring time is a time point after said object experienced a force.

4. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, wherein the time point of said first measuring time is a time point after a first predetermined length of time after said object experienced a force;

the time point of each said second measuring time is a time point after a second predetermined length of time started after said first predetermined length of time.

5. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triaxial accelerometer comprises a connection port connected to a connection line set and adapted for obtaining the necessary working power from an external power source and outputting measured data.

6. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triaxial accelerometer has a built-in battery and configured to output measured data wirelessly.

7. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, wherein said triaxial accelerometer is configured to use the measured XYZ acceleration data and the basic reference data of the weight and size of said object for calculating at least one of the data of initial velocity, flight duration, flight height, flight distance and rotation speed.

8. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, further calculating the XYZ vector components of force to calculate the force experienced by the object.

9. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 8, further calculating the torsion force relative to each of the XYZ axes to calculate the force experienced by the object.

10. The ball movement path measuring method as claimed in claim 1, further calculating the torsion force relative to each of the XYZ axes to calculate the force experienced by the object.