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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 02, 2015
Bridgestone Corporation, Chuo-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Bridgestone Sports Co., Ltd, Minato-ku, Tokyo, JP;
Hiroyuki Ueda, Fuchu, JP;
Kazuo Uchida, Fuchu, JP;
Atsushi Komatsu, Chichibu, JP;
Wataru Ban, Chichibu, JP;
BRIDGESTONE CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A contact state observation apparatus of golf ball can observe the contact phenomenon between a golf ball and a golf club which has been conventionally hidden and unobservable. The contact state observation apparatus of golf ball includes: launching means for launching a golf ball; an impact platewith which the launched golf ballimpacts; and imaging means, provided opposite to the launching means across the impact plate, for shooting an image of the contact state between the golf balland the impact plateat the time of impact of the golf ball. The impact platehas, in a part where the golf ballimpacts, an observation holewhose area is smaller than a contact area with the golf ball, and the imaging meansshoots the image of the contact state through the observation hole