System, method and apparatus for capturing and training a swing movement of a club
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1. The measuring device to capture a swing movement of a club, comprising:
- a first three dimensional accelerometer to capture a first two-dimensional vector of acceleration within a first range of acceleration;
a second three dimensional accelerometer to capture a second two-dimensional vector of acceleration within a second range of acceleration different from the first range of acceleration;
a first angle sensor to capture a first rotation angle, a second rotation angle and a third rotation angle, the first rotation angle corresponding to the first two-dimensional vector of acceleration around a z-axis, where the z-axis is substantially normal to the two-dimensional vector of acceleration, the second angle of rotation corresponding to a one-dimensional acceleration vector to a y-axis, the y-axis is essentially perpendicular to the one-dimensional acceleration vector anda computation means including logic on a computer readable medium for converting a set of raw data captured from the first three dimensional accelerometer, the second three dimensional accelerometer and the first angle sensor into formatted data that includes an orientation, a maximum acceleration, a duration of individual phases of the swing movement, a force distribution and a plurality of accelerations during the corresponding plurality of individual phases of the swing movement and a swing path, wherein the computation means includes an interface, to transmit the processed or raw data to an external data processing systems.
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for training a swing movement of a club includes storing a desired swing data in a measuring device, capturing a training swing data in the measuring device, comparing the training swing data to the desired swing data to determine a set of differential data, outputting a signal to a user corresponding to the set of differential data.
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1. The measuring device to capture a swing movement of a club, comprising:
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a first three dimensional accelerometer to capture a first two-dimensional vector of acceleration within a first range of acceleration; a second three dimensional accelerometer to capture a second two-dimensional vector of acceleration within a second range of acceleration different from the first range of acceleration; a first angle sensor to capture a first rotation angle, a second rotation angle and a third rotation angle, the first rotation angle corresponding to the first two-dimensional vector of acceleration around a z-axis, where the z-axis is substantially normal to the two-dimensional vector of acceleration, the second angle of rotation corresponding to a one-dimensional acceleration vector to a y-axis, the y-axis is essentially perpendicular to the one-dimensional acceleration vector and a computation means including logic on a computer readable medium for converting a set of raw data captured from the first three dimensional accelerometer, the second three dimensional accelerometer and the first angle sensor into formatted data that includes an orientation, a maximum acceleration, a duration of individual phases of the swing movement, a force distribution and a plurality of accelerations during the corresponding plurality of individual phases of the swing movement and a swing path, wherein the computation means includes an interface, to transmit the processed or raw data to an external data processing systems. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 12, 13)
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11. The measuring device of 10, wherein the remote internet server is capable of providing additional processing of the captured data.
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14. A system comprising a measuring device to capture a swing movement of a club, the system comprising:
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a first three dimensional accelerometer configured to capture a first two-dimensional vector of acceleration within a first range of acceleration; a second three dimensional accelerometer configured to capture a second two-dimensional vector of acceleration within a second range of acceleration different from the first range of acceleration, wherein the first three dimensional accelerometer is different from the second three dimensional accelerometer; a first angle sensor configured to capture a first rotation angle, a second rotation angle and a third rotation angle, the first rotation angle corresponding to the first two-dimensional vector of acceleration around a z-axis, where the z-axis is substantially normal to the two-dimensional vector of acceleration, the second angle of rotation corresponding to a one-dimensional acceleration vector to a y-axis, the y-axis is essentially perpendicular to the one-dimensional acceleration vector; and a computation device including logic on a non-transitory computer readable medium for converting a set of raw data captured from the first three dimensional accelerometer, the second three dimensional accelerometer and the first angle sensor into formatted data that includes an orientation, a maximum acceleration, a duration of individual phases of the swing movement, a force distribution and a plurality of accelerations during the corresponding plurality of individual phases of the swing movement and a swing path, wherein the computation device includes an interface configured to transmit a processed version of the set of raw data to an external data processing system.
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