Teaching and gaming golf feedback system and methods
First Claim
1. A golf feedback system, comprising:
- a mat for determining player foot position, a 3D golf tracking system for tracking golf balls hit from the mat and for determining (a) a ground ball track and (b) a player orientation axis, based on the foot position and relative to the mat, and means for determining information indicative of how well the ground ball track correlated to the orientation axis.
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Abstract
The invention provides a golf feedback system. A mat is used to determine player foot position, and a 3D golf tracking system tracks golf balls hit from the mat to determine (a) a ground ball track and (b) a player orientation axis, based on the foot position and relative to the mat. The system further determines information indicative of how well the ground ball track correlated to the orientation axis. Preferably, a golfer using the system is led through a plurality of pin target locations in a simulated golf game. The system evaluates and stores information such as slice and hook, accuracy, player orientation axis and ball carry distance such that the player can evaluate his/her game individually or against one or more other players. The invention can include a plurality of mats, each mat located at a different tee off position at one or more driving ranges, each mat providing player foot position at that mat, a 3D golf tracking system at each of the driving ranges for tracking golf balls hit from one ore more mats at the associated driving, and a web server for storing and collating player performance information (e.g., player orientation axis, slice, hook, distance information) for all golfers. This server is thereinafter accessible by persons connected to the server on the Internet to facilitate gaming and teaching uses.
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14 Claims
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1. A golf feedback system, comprising:
- a mat for determining player foot position, a 3D golf tracking system for tracking golf balls hit from the mat and for determining (a) a ground ball track and (b) a player orientation axis, based on the foot position and relative to the mat, and means for determining information indicative of how well the ground ball track correlated to the orientation axis.
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7. A golf feedback system, comprising:
- a plurality of mats, each mat located at a different tee off position at one or more driving ranges, each mat providing player foot position at that mat, a 3D golf tracking system at each of the driving ranges for tracking golf balls hit from one ore more mats at the associated driving range and for determining (a) a ground ball track and (b) a player orientation axis for each player at a mat, based on the foot position and relative to the mat, means for determining information indicative of how well the ground ball track correlated to the orientation axis, and a web server for storing and collating player performance information (e.g., player orientation axis, slice, hook, distance information), the server being accessible by persons connected to the server by the Internet.
- 8. A method of providing feedback to a golfer at a driving range, comprising the steps of determining player foot positions at a tee off position, tracking golf balls hit from the tee off position to determine a golf ball track, determining a player orientation axis based on the foot position and relative to the tee off position, and determining information indicative of how well the ground ball track correlated to the orientation axis.
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14. A method of exchanging information between a plurality of golfers at one or more driving ranges, comprising the steps of:
- determining foot positions of each of the golfers at tee off positions at the ranges, tracking golf balls hit from one ore more of the tee off positions to determine a ground ball track and a player orientation axis for each of the golfers, determining information indicative of how well the ground ball track correlated to the orientation axis for each of the golfers, and storing and collating player performance information on a server.
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