Golf club tracking system

摘要

Apparatuses, methods, and systems for tracking movements of golf clubs and alerting a golfer when one or more golf clubs are misplaced from a group of golf clubs. A peripheral unit is associated with and affixed to each of a number of golf clubs, and transmits signals that are detected and collectively processed by a base unit to determine the status of those clubs. A club may be designated as misplaced based on the sequence and timing of status events, upon which an alarm is activated to alert the golfer. Also the base unit may process signals regarding movement of golf clubs in conjunction with location data from a Global Positioning System device to obtain information regarding the user's golf performance.

主权项

1. A system comprising:
a) a peripheral unit affixed to each golf club of a group of golf clubs operative to transmit radio frequency (RF) signals; b) a base unit operative to detect RF signals from each peripheral unit and operative to process such signals in conjunction with location data from a Global Positioning System device; and c) a means for determining when a golf club of the group of golf clubs is put into use, wherein the location from the Global Positioning System device when a first golf club is put into use is compared to the location from the Global Positioning System device when a second golf club is put into use to estimate the distance a ball was hit using the first golf club.