Systems and methods for measuring and/or analyzing swing information
First Claim
1. A method for monitoring a golf swing comprising:
- providing a mobile telephone having one or more accelerometers and a program stored therein that when executed by the mobile telephone causes the mobile telephone to;
monitor acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings;
collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings;
analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a golf swing based on the collected acceleration information; and
output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on a display of the mobile telephone;
coupling the mobile telephone to a golf club; and
generating, by the one or more accelerometers, a corresponding one or more electrical signals as the mobile telephone swings while a user swings the golf club, the one or more electrical signals indicative of an acceleration of the mobile telephone;
executing the program stored in the mobile telephone coupled to the golf club to;
monitor the acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings while the user swings the golf club to produce acceleration information;
collect the acceleration information as the mobile telephone swings;
analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of the golf swing based on the collected acceleration information; and
output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on the display of the mobile telephone.
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Abstract
In a first aspect, a method for monitoring a golf swing is provided that includes coupling a mobile telephone to a golf club and employing the mobile telephone coupled to the golf club to monitor acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings while a user swings the golf club, collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings, analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of the golf swing based on the collected acceleration information, and output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on the display of the mobile telephone. Numerous other aspects are provided.
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20 Claims
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1. A method for monitoring a golf swing comprising:
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providing a mobile telephone having one or more accelerometers and a program stored therein that when executed by the mobile telephone causes the mobile telephone to; monitor acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings; collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings; analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a golf swing based on the collected acceleration information; and output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on a display of the mobile telephone; coupling the mobile telephone to a golf club; and generating, by the one or more accelerometers, a corresponding one or more electrical signals as the mobile telephone swings while a user swings the golf club, the one or more electrical signals indicative of an acceleration of the mobile telephone; executing the program stored in the mobile telephone coupled to the golf club to; monitor the acceleration of the mobile telephone as the mobile telephone swings while the user swings the golf club to produce acceleration information; collect the acceleration information as the mobile telephone swings; analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of the golf swing based on the collected acceleration information; and output information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on the display of the mobile telephone. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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