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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 03, 2002
Filed:
May. 08, 2000
William Gobush, North Dartmouth, MA (US);
Diane Pelletier, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Douglas C. Winfield, Mattapoisett, MA (US);
Charles Days, South Dartmouth, MA (US);
Steven Aoyama, Marion, MA (US);
Edmund A. Hebert, Fairhaven, MA (US);
James Alan Silveira, Bristol, RI (US);
Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US);
Abstract
A launch monitor system including a support structure, a first light-reflecting element disposed on this support structure, a lighting unit and an camera unit. A computer receives signals generated by light patterns received by the camera unit and computes a variety of flight characteristics for the object. The system may be moved back and forth to vary the field-of-view of the camera unit. The system also computes and displays object trajectories from the computed flight characteristics which account for the characteristics of the object and the atmospheric conditions.