Golf device and method
First Claim
1. A wristop computing device for measuring the movement of a user'"'"'s wrist while performing a series of swings of an object comprising:
- a housing attachable to a users wrist and measuring the bodily movement of the wrist within different defined areas of temporal space,the housing containing at least;
a timing device,at least one sensor which is responsive to movement and arranged to generate a sensor output signal,a signal processing unit arranged to extract data on the course of each of the swings from the sensor output signal, said data including key time points of the swings,a computing unit arranged to calculate at least one statistical value representative of the user'"'"'s repeatability of the series of swings using said extracted data from the signal processing unit; and
a forecasted handicap for the user, which is directly comparable to the user'"'"'s actual handicap;
wherein the forecasted handicap is based in part on the at least one statistical value; and
a display unit arranged to display at least one of the statistical value and forecasted handicap calculated by the computing unit.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a portable device and a method for monitoring the performance a sportsman performing a plurality of motor acts, such as golf swings. The device comprises at least one sensor providing an output signal, the sensor being responsive to body movements of the sportsman. A signal processing unit is used for extracting data on the course of each of the plurality of motor acts from the sensor output signal, and a computing unit is used for determining, based on the data on the course of the plurality of motor acts, at least one characteristic number describing the repeatability of the motor act. By the means of the invention, the handicap number of the golfer can be predicted with good accuracy by monitoring several his or her subsequent swings.
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15 Claims
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1. A wristop computing device for measuring the movement of a user'"'"'s wrist while performing a series of swings of an object comprising:
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a housing attachable to a users wrist and measuring the bodily movement of the wrist within different defined areas of temporal space, the housing containing at least; a timing device, at least one sensor which is responsive to movement and arranged to generate a sensor output signal, a signal processing unit arranged to extract data on the course of each of the swings from the sensor output signal, said data including key time points of the swings, a computing unit arranged to calculate at least one statistical value representative of the user'"'"'s repeatability of the series of swings using said extracted data from the signal processing unit; and a forecasted handicap for the user, which is directly comparable to the user'"'"'s actual handicap; wherein the forecasted handicap is based in part on the at least one statistical value; and a display unit arranged to display at least one of the statistical value and forecasted handicap calculated by the computing unit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A method of forecasting a golfer'"'"'s actual golf handicap by:
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(a) attaching a wristop computing device to a golfer'"'"'s wrist and measuring the bodily movement of the golfer'"'"'s wrist within different defined areas of temporal space, the wristop computing device comprising a timing device, at least one sensor which is responsive to movement and arranged to generate a sensor output signal, a signal processing unit, a computing unit and a display unit; (b) extracting data on the course of a series of swings of the golfer in the signal processing unit of the wristop computing device from the sensor output signal of the at least one sensor, the extracted data including key time points of the swings; (c) computing at least one statistical value representative of the golfer'"'"'s repeatability of the series of swings in the computing unit of the wristop computing device using the extracted data from the signal processing unit; (d) computing a forecasted golf handicap of the golfer, which can be compared to the golfer'"'"'s actual golf handicap, in the computing unit based in part on the at least one statistical value; and displaying the forecasted golf handicap of the golfer on the display unit of the wristop computing device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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