Golf swing analyzing apparatus and method of analyzing golf swing

• US 9,415,290 B2
• Filed: 10/01/2013
• Issued: 08/16/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 10/05/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: KEIO University, Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Original Assignee: KEIO University, Seiko Epson Corporation (Seiko Group)
• Inventors: Ota, Ken, Shibuya, Kazuhiro
• Primary Examiner(s): Chan, Allen
• Application Number:
  US14/043,302
• Publication Number:
  US 20140100048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,050 Days
• Field of Search: 473/222, 473/223, 473/226
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3632 Clubs or attachments on clubs, e.g. for measuring, aligning A63B69/3614 takes precedence; clubs for swinging exercises in general A63B15/00
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

An aspect of the invention relates to a golf swing analyzing apparatus, comprising: a first arithmetic section operating to use an output from a first inertial sensor and an output from a second inertial sensor to calculate a first energy amount, the first inertial sensor being attached to a portion of an upper body of a golfer, the second inertial sensor being attached to a golf club, the first energy amount being generated in the upper body of the golfer; a second arithmetic section operating to use the output from the first inertial sensor and the output from the second inertial sensor to calculate a second energy amount transferred to the golf club from the upper body of the golfer; and a processing section calculating an energy transferring ratio of an energy transferred from the upper body of the golfer to the golf club based on a ratio of the second energy amount to the first energy amount.

Claims

1. A golf swing analyzing apparatus, comprising:

a first arithmetic section operating to use an output from a first inertial sensor and an output from a second inertial sensor to calculate a first energy amount, the first inertial sensor being attached to a portion of an upper body of a golfer, the second inertial sensor being attached to a golf club, the first energy amount being generated at the upper body of the golfer;

a second arithmetic section operating to use the output from the first inertial sensor and the output from the second inertial sensor to calculate a second energy amount transferred to the golf club from the upper body of the golfer;

a processing section calculating an energy transferring ratio of energy transferred from the upper body of the golfer to the golf club based on a ratio of the second energy amount to the first energy amount; and

a force calculating section, wherein;

the first energy amount and the second energy amount are calculated using a three-dimensional double pendulum model that includes a first link that corresponds to the portion of the upper body of the golfer, and a second link that corresponds to the golf club,

the force calculating section calculates a first inter-joint force acting on the second link using acceleration signals included in the output from the second inertial sensor and a mass of the golf club,

the first arithmetic section includes a first integrating section that calculates the first energy amount by integrating a first energy change rate of the first energy amount using angular velocity signals included in the output from the first inertial sensor, and

the second arithmetic section includes a second integrating section that calculates the second energy amount by integrating a second energy change rate of the second energy amount using the first inter-joint force.

2. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first link includes a fulcrum that is located at a center of a line connecting shoulders of the golfer, and a joint between the first link and the second link is located on a grip of the golf club.

3. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the first inertial sensor includes a gyro sensor, and the second inertial sensor includes an acceleration sensor.

4. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an energy change rate inversion detecting section configured to detect an inversion of positive/negative signs of a total energy change rate for the portion of the upper body of the golfer.

5. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an image data generating section generating a first image data for displaying the first energy change rate of the first energy amount and a second image data for displaying the second energy change rate of the second energy amount.

6. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 1, including an image data generating section generating a third image data for displaying the energy transferring ratio.

7. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

an image data generating section generating a fourth image data for displaying a total energy change rate for the portion of the upper body of the golfer.

8. The golf swing analyzing apparatus according to claim 4, further comprising:

an image data generating section that generates image data for relating information on a timing of the inversion to path data of a golf swing generated using an output from at least one of the first inertial sensor and the second inertial sensor.

9. A method of analyzing golf swings, comprising:

calculating a first energy amount generated in an upper body of a golfer based on a three-dimensional double pendulum model, an output from a first inertial sensor, and an output from a second inertial sensor, wherein the first inertial sensor is attached to a portion of the upper body of the golfer, the second inertial sensor is attached to a golf club, the three-dimensional double pendulum model includes a first link that corresponds to the portion of the upper body of the golfer, and a second link that corresponds to the golf club;

calculating a second energy amount transferred to the golf club from the upper body of the golfer, wherein the second energy amount is calculated based on the output from the first inertial sensor and the output from the second inertial sensor;

calculating an energy transferring ratio of an energy transferred from the upper body of the golfer to the golf club based on a ratio of the second energy amount to the first energy amount,

calculating a first inter-joint force acting on the second link using acceleration signals included in the output from the second inertial sensor and mass of the golf club, wherein;

the calculating of the first energy amount further comprises integrating a first energy change rate of the first energy amount using angular velocity signals included in the output from the first inertial sensor, and

the calculating of the second energy amount further comprises integrating a second energy change rate of the second energy amount using the first inter-joint force.

10. The method of analyzing golf swings according to claim 9, further comprising displaying the energy transferring ratio.

11. The method of analyzing golf swings according to claim 9, further comprising displaying at least one of a total amount of the first energy amount and a total amount of the second energy amount.