Systems and methods for measuring and/or analyzing swing information

摘要

In a first aspect, a system for monitoring a swing is provided that includes (1) a swing measurement device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to output a signal indicative of a characteristic of the swinging object; (2) a wireless transmitter coupled to the swing measurement device and adapted to wirelessly transmit the signal output by the swing measurement device; and (3) a wireless device adapted to receive the wirelessly transmitted signal and to provide information regarding the swinging object based on the received signal. The wireless device is a cellular telephone or personal digital assistant (PDA). Numerous other aspects are provided.

主权项

1. A system for monitoring a swing comprising:
a swing measurement device having one or more accelerometers that monitor acceleration of the swing measurement device as the swing measurement device swings so as to generate acceleration information, the swing measurement device adapted to couple to a swinging object and to output a signal indicative of acceleration of the swinging object; a wireless transmitter coupled to the swing measurement device and adapted to wirelessly transmit the signal output by the swing measurement device; and, a cellular telephone adapted to receive the wirelessly transmitted signal and to provide information regarding the swinging object based on the received signal; wherein the cellular telephone has a program that allows the cellular telephone to:
wirelessly communicate with the swing measurement device when the swing measurement device is coupled to a swinging object;receive acceleration information wirelessly from swing measurement device as the swing measurement device swings with a golf club;collect acceleration information based on the monitored acceleration of the swing measurement device as the swing measurement device swings with the golf club;analyze the collected acceleration information to determine one or more characteristics of a golf swing based on the collected acceleration information including golf score; andoutput information regarding the one or more characteristics of the golf swing on a display of the cellular telephone.