GOLF CLUB DETERMINATION METHOD, GOLF CLUB DETERMINATION DEVICE, AND GOLF CLUB DETERMINATION PROGRAM

• US 20160335911A1
• Filed: 03/24/2015
• Published: 11/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 03/27/2014
• Status: Active Application

• Current Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: NAKAJO, Shoichi, TANAKA, Hisao
• Granted Patent: US 10,276,060 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

To provide a golf club determination method, a golf club determination device, and a golf club determination program capable of automatically determining the type of a golf club by analyzing a swing of the golf club. A golf club determination device includes a measurement unit that measures a posture of a golf club in an address using an output of an acceleration sensor of an inertial sensor mounted on a golf club; and a determination unit that determines the type of the golf club based on the measured posture of the golf club. Another golf club determination device includes a measurement unit that measures a swing of a golf club using an output of an inertial sensor mounted on the golf club, and a determination unit that determines whether the golf club is a putter based on the measured swing.

Claims

1. A golf club determination method comprising:

measuring a posture of a golf club in an address using an output of an acceleration sensor mounted on the golf club; and

determining the type of the golf club based on the measured posture of the golf club.

2. A golf club determination method comprising:

measuring a swing of a golf club using an output of an inertial sensor mounted on the golf club; and

determining whether the golf club is a putter based on the measured swing.

3. The golf club determination method according to claim 2, wherein:

a swing width of the swing of the golf club is measured using the output of the inertial sensor, and

whether the golf club is the putter is determined based on the measured swing width.

4. The golf club determination method according to claim 2, wherein:

the inertial sensor includes an acceleration sensor, and

when it is determined that the golf club in use is not the putter, the type of the golf club is determined based on a posture of the golf club in an address, measured using an output of the acceleration sensor.

5. The golf club determination method according to claim 2, wherein:

the determined type of the golf club and the output of the inertial sensor are associated with each other.

6. The golf club determination method according to claim 2, wherein:

after the determination of the golf club, information regarding the determined golf club is read from a storage unit in which information regarding a plurality of golf clubs is stored.

7. The golf club determination method according to claim 2, wherein:

when it is determined that the golf club in use is the putter, data on the output of the inertial sensor is thinned out.

8. The golf club determination method according to claim 2, wherein:

when it is determined that the golf club in use is the putter, a sampling rate of the output of the inertial sensor is lowered.

9. A golf club determination device comprising:

a measurement unit that measures a posture of a golf club in an address using an output of an acceleration sensor mounted on the golf club; and

a determination unit that determines the type of the golf club based on the measured posture of the golf club.

10. A golf club determination device comprising:

a measurement unit that measures a swing of a golf club using an output of an inertial sensor mounted on the golf club; and

a determination unit that determines whether the golf club is a putter based on the measured swing.

11. A golf club determination program causing a computer to execute:

a process of measuring a posture of a golf club in an address using an output of an acceleration sensor mounted on the golf club; and

a process of determining the type of the golf club based on the measured posture of the golf club.

12. A golf club determination program causing a computer to execute:

a process of measuring a swing of a golf club using an output of an inertial sensor mounted on the golf club; and

a process of determining whether the golf club is a putter based on the measured swing.