Impact and Sound Analysis for Golf Equipment

摘要

Golf performance and equipment characteristics may be determined by analyzing the impact between a golf ball and an impacting surface. In some examples, the impacting surface may be a golf club face. The impact between the golf ball and the surface may be measured based on sound and/or motion sensors (e.g., gyroscopes, accelerometers, etc.). Based on motion and/or sound data, various equipment-related information including golf ball compression, club head speed and impact location may be derived. Such information and/or other types of data may be conveyed to a user to help improve performance, aid in selecting golf equipment and/or to insure quality of golfing products.

主权项

1. A non-transitory computer readable medium storing instructions that, when executed, cause an apparatus to:
receive data generated from an impact of a golf ball against a surface, wherein the data includes an audio signal corresponding to a sound of the impact between the golf ball and the surface; analyze the impact data to determine an amount of compression of the golf ball upon impact with the surface based on the audio signal; and generate an output specifying the one or more characteristics of the impact.