APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR IDENTIFYING AND ANALYZING THE FREE FLIGHT DYNAMICS OF A BODY
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1. An apparatus for analyzing free flight of a body, said apparatus comprising:
- an inertial measurement unit having at least one accelerometer continuously measuring three orthogonal axes of acceleration and outputting data representative thereof; and
a processing unit operably receiving said data, said processing unit determining three components of an angular velocity of the body.
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Abstract
An apparatus for analyzing free flight of a body including an inertial measurement unit having at least one accelerometer continuously measuring three orthogonal axes of acceleration and outputting data representative thereof and a processing unit operably receiving the data and determining three components of an angular velocity of the body during free flight.
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17 Claims
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1. An apparatus for analyzing free flight of a body, said apparatus comprising:
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an inertial measurement unit having at least one accelerometer continuously measuring three orthogonal axes of acceleration and outputting data representative thereof; and a processing unit operably receiving said data, said processing unit determining three components of an angular velocity of the body. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An apparatus for analyzing free flight of a body, said apparatus comprising:
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an inertial measurement unit measuring three rigid body degrees of freedom and outputting data representative thereof; and a processing unit operably receiving said data, said processing unit determining six rigid body degrees of freedom of the body during free flight. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A method of sports training, said method comprising:
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providing a sports device having an inertial measurement unit measuring three rigid body degrees of freedom of said sports device during free flight and outputting data representative thereof; and a processing unit operably receiving said data, said processing unit determining six rigid body degrees of freedom of said sports device during said free flight. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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