Golf shot tracking and analysis system
First Claim
1. A system for tracking, in three dimensions, the movement of at least two golf balls and for analysis of said movement of each said golf ball, said system comprising:
- means including at least two strategically directed video cameras for locating and tracking, in three dimensions, the movement of said at least two golf balls and for providing video output signals indicative of the progressive positions of each said ball in response to said tracking;
display means for reception of said video output signals and for display of the resultant track of each said golf ball;
processing means for processing said video output signals; and
storage means for storage of said processed video output signals.
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Abstract
A system utilizing an array of high speed video cameras with image processors coupled to data microprocessors, data memory devices, video monitors, control terminals, printout devices, and related hardware and software. The system functions to identify, track, display and record all or selected portions of the path of one or more golf balls from the time each ball is struck, or after it is in flight, until it reaches its final point of rest. The recorded tracking information may be displayed in selected forms such as video or audio replays of the actual golf shot or selected portions thereof, or by printed data in character or graphic form. The tracking information may be reviewed for detailed study of all or portions of the track of the golf shot as well as the final resting place of the ball with respect to the intended target of the shot. If desired, all or selected portions of the track of the recorded golf shot may be compared to like portions of selected previous golf shots made by the golfer, as well as to selected golf shots may by other golfers and previously entered into the memory of the system. The golf shot may also be compared to selected parameters which one may desire for comparison to the recorded information relating to the golf shot.
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10 Claims
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1. A system for tracking, in three dimensions, the movement of at least two golf balls and for analysis of said movement of each said golf ball, said system comprising:
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means including at least two strategically directed video cameras for locating and tracking, in three dimensions, the movement of said at least two golf balls and for providing video output signals indicative of the progressive positions of each said ball in response to said tracking; display means for reception of said video output signals and for display of the resultant track of each said golf ball; processing means for processing said video output signals; and storage means for storage of said processed video output signals. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3)
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4. A system for tracking, in three dimensions, the movement of at least one golf ball and for analysis of said movement of each said golf ball as said golf ball travels from a teebox area along a golf range, said system comprising:
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at least one locator video camera positioned behind said teebox area and directed generally in the direction of movement of said golf ball; at least one range video camera positioned adjacent said range, and directed generally perpendicularly to the direction of movement of each said golf ball; each of said video cameras including means for producing imagery data indicative of the moving image of each said golf ball as said ball travels along said golf range; and image processing means for viewing, recording, and transmission of said imagery data indicative of the origin and selected aspects of the three dimensional movement of each said golf ball.
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- 5. A system as set forth in claim further comprising a host processor having means for reception of said imagery data and for processing said imagery data so as to provide a history of the origin and movement of each said golf ball.
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