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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2005
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
David Burney, Ramona, CA (US);
Jacobus J. Hageman, San Diego, CA (US);
Carson Whitsett, San Diego, CA (US);
James F. Morse, Poway, CA (US);
David Burney, Ramona, CA (US);
Jacobus J. Hageman, San Diego, CA (US);
Carson Whitsett, San Diego, CA (US);
James F. Morse, Poway, CA (US);
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention provides an apparatus and method for measuring loft and lie angles of a golf club. The apparatus includes a clamping assembly configured to secure the head of a golf club in a stationary position and a shaft sensor system having two cameras spaced apart from the clamping assembly to provide a stereoscopic view of a shaft of the club. The orientation of each of the two cameras is known relative to the face of the club head. A computing device is programmed to use information received from the two cameras to calculate loft and lie angles of the golf club.