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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 1979
Filed:
Sep. 12, 1977
Paul F Sullivan, Acushnet, MA (US);
Randall W Moore, Acushnet, MA (US);
Hoyt C Hottel, Jr, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Raymond G Pelletier, New Bedford, MA (US);
William Gobush, North Dartmouth, MA (US);
Francis deS Lynch, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Acushnet Company, New Bedford, MA (US);
Abstract
A video data acquisition system takes at least two snapshot views of selected points on a golf ball in the immediate post-launch time period. Analog video data are converted to digital data for analysis in an external system. A trigger generator, of a type well known in the art, senses the existence of a certain set of conditions associated with the launch of the golf ball and thereupon generates a set of precisely timed impulses which trigger the following sequence of events: