Determining golf club head location in an image using line detection and contour separation
US11229824B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 23, 2017 |
| Grant date | Jan 25, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 6, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2220/807
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Disclosed are a sensing device for calculating information about a golf shot when the user hits a ball using a golf club in order to take a golf practice or play a virtual golf game using a screen golf system and a sensing method thereof, and in particular a sensing device for calculating information about a golf shot taken by a user, wherein, when acquiring and analyzing an image of a user hitting a ball using a golf club, the sensing device is configured to effectively detect the position of a feature point corresponding to the position of the golf club through analysis of the acquired image without attaching a certain characteristic marker to the golf club and to calculate various kinds of physical information about the motion of the golf club according to a golf shot using the feature point, and a sensing method using the same.
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