System and Method for Monitoring Performance Characteristics Associated With User Activities Involving Swinging Instruments

摘要

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure are directed to various components of a system for monitoring and/or tracking a user's performance during an activity involving an instrument that is swung. Exemplary embodiments can include a sensor module configured to be secured to and/or embedded within the instrument. The sensor module can detect a swing event and/or an impact between the instrument and an object and can generate pressures waves that propagate through air. The pressure waves can include information or represent information about a use of the instrument and can be detected by an electronic device associated with the user, which can display the information, process the information, and/or transmit the information to a remote system. The pressure waves can be modulated to encode information within the pressure waves.

主权项

1. A sensor module encoded with an identification parameter and adapted to be affixed to or embedded in a golf club, the sensor module comprising:
sensor circuitry including at least one sensor that is operable to generate an output in response to usage of the golf club; an electromechanical device operable to generate a pressure wave that propagates through air; and control circuitry, the control circuitry being operatively coupled to the sensor circuitry and the electromechanical device, the control circuitry being configured to (i) detect whether there is an impact between the golf club and an object during a golf swing based on the output of the sensor circuitry, (ii) control the electromechanical device to move the electromechanical device to generate the pressure wave in response to detection of the impact, and (iii) control the electromechanical device to modulate the movement of the electromechanical device to encode the identification parameter in the pressure wave and to indicate that the impact has been detected.