Hybrid golf launch monitor

US11351436B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Garmin Switzerland GmbH · CH

Inventors

• David M. Hendrix · Austin, US
• Caleb A. Pinter · Overland Park, US
• Elliot Samuel Wilder · Prairie Village, US
• Jeffrey B. Wigh · Overland Park, US
• Maxwell C. Goldberg · Overland Park, US
• William Perry Copus, Jr. · Warrensburg, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Jun 2, 2020
• Grant date: Jun 7, 2022
• Expiry date: Sep 9, 2040

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06T2207/30241
• WIPO field: Furniture, games
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A golf launch monitor is configured to determine a flight characteristic of a golf ball. The golf launch monitor includes two low-speed cameras, a trigger device, and a processor. The trigger device is configured to detect a golf swing. The processor is configured to instruct, upon the trigger device detecting said golf swing, the first camera to capture the first ball image; instruct the second camera to capture the second ball image after a time interval, wherein the time interval is less than the first frame rate and the second frame rate; and determine, based at least in part on the first ball image and the second ball image, the flight characteristic of the golf ball.