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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 27, 2018

Filed:

Aug. 30, 2017
Applicant:

Nike, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Inventors:

Arthur Molinari, Portland, OR (US);

Nicholas A. Leech, Beaverton, OR (US);

Nicholas Yontz, Portland, OR (US);

Assignee:

NIKE, Inc., Beaverton, OR (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 69/36 (2013.01); A63B 24/0003 (2013.01); A63B 69/3623 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0028 (2013.01); A63B 2220/12 (2013.01); A63B 2220/13 (2013.01); A63B 2220/16 (2013.01); A63B 2220/56 (2013.01); A63B 2220/805 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method and system for using a low resolution image of a golfer's swing for analysis is disclosed. Cameras obtain images of various portions of a golfer's swing. A computer calculates parameters associated with a golfer and a golf club from the images. Parameters include body angles, head position, shoulder positions, arm positions, hand positions, leg positions, foot positions, club shaft angles, and club head position. Different portions of the swing are captured using the cameras, including a static initial address, a backswing, a downswing, a forward swing, and a follow-through. A computer uses measured parameters from two or more portions of the swing to determine comparative parameters during different portions of the swing. The computer uses the parameters to generate swing analysis outputs, including swing characteristic information and/or swing profile information. A correlation table relates identified swing analysis outputs to recommendations to the golfer to improve the swing.


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