GOLF CLUB HEAD AND METHOD FOR DETERMINING A STRIKING POINT ON THE SAME
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Abstract
A golf club head includes a head body and a sensing device. The head body includes a mounting surface, a socket opening at the mounting surface, and a striking surface spaced apart from the socket and having a plurality of striking regions. The sensing device includes a housing removably mounted in the socket, and a sensing module disposed in the housing. The sensing module measures an acceleration and an angular velocity of the head body, and wirelessly transmits the acceleration and the angular velocity to a portable electronic device. When the striking surface strikes a golf ball, the portable electronic device determines one of the striking regions that strikes the golf ball based on the acceleration and the angular velocity.
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15 Claims
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10. A method for determining a striking point on a golf club head, the golf club head including a striking surface having a plurality of striking regions, an accelerometer for measuring an acceleration of the golf club head, a gyroscope for measuring an angular velocity of the golf club head, and a wireless transmitter for transmitting the acceleration and the angular velocity to a portable electronic device, the method to be implemented by the portable electronic device and comprising steps of:
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determining whether the golf club head strikes a golf ball based on the acceleration received from the wireless transmitter; when it is determined that the golf club head strikes a golf ball, calculating a force applied to the striking surface based on the acceleration received from the wireless transmitter, calculating torque based on the angular velocity received from the wireless transmitter, calculating, based on the force and the torque, a distance value between a hosel of the golf club head and the striking point on the striking surface that is in contact with the golf ball upon impact, and determining one of the plurality of striking regions that strikes the golf ball based on the distance value; and displaying said one of the plurality of striking regions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 13, 14, 15)
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12. (canceled)
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