INSTRUMENTED SOFTBALL OR BASEBALL BAT AND BAT KNOB AND SYSTEM FOR MONITORING A BAT SWING

摘要

An instrumented baseball or softball bat knob comprising a knob housing including a generally cylindrical member inserted into a handle end of the bat and a knob portion attached to the cylindrical member. The knob portion has a diameter that is larger than a diameter of the handle end of the bat. An electronics package is mounted within the knob housing and includes one or more sensors, a microcontroller (processor), memory device and a battery to generate and store data relative to conditions of a batter's swing. The electronics package may also include a wireless transmitter/antenna/transceiver to transmit swing condition data to an external, remote processing unit.

主权项

1. An instrumented baseball or softball bat knob, comprising;
a housing that is configured to be fixed to a handle end of a bat; and an electronics package mounted within the housing and comprising:
one or more sensors mounted within the housing and capable of detecting conditions associated with a swing of the bat and capable of generating raw swing condition data associated with a swing of the bat, and the raw swing condition data is used to generate processed swing condition data associated with the swing of the bat;a memory device mounted in the housing for storing the processed swing condition data and/or for storing the raw swing condition data generated by the sensors;a battery mounted within the housing that supplies power to the sensors, processor, memory and transceiver; and,a processor mounted within the housing and in electrical signal communication with the one or more sensors, memory device, transceiver and battery.