MOVEMENT SENSING DEVICE; COMPRISES A GOLF SWING AID WHICH SENSES FLEXING OF THE ELBOW AND MOVEMENT OF THE ARM AWAY FROM THE TORSO, DETAILS OF DEVICE COMPONENTS

摘要

PCT No. PCT/AU93/00689 Sec. 371 Date Oct. 18, 1995 Sec. 102(e) Date Oct. 18, 1995 PCT Filed Dec. 31, 1993 PCT Pub. No. WO94/15681 PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 1994A golf swing aid apparatus (FIG. 1) a flexure sensing device (12) for an articulated member and a movement sensing device (13) for sensing angular movement of a limb relative to a body to which it is attached. The device (12) has supports (23a, 23b) attached to either side of the joint of the articulated member, a flexure sensor (12') extending between the supports and a transducer. The flexure sensor is capable of expanding from a first position to a second position and then to a third position in response to different degrees of flexure of the articulated member and contracting back to the second and first positions in response to straightening of the member. The transducer is driven by a circuit (14, FIG. 4) to generate a signal in response to a predetermined expansion of the sensor to the second position and cease generating the signal in response to further predetermined expansion to the third position. The device (13) has a support (23a) to attach to the proximal end of a limb, a body contactor (31) mounted to the support, a contact sensor (13') and a transducer. The body contactor is disposed to contact the body whilst the limb is disposed at a prescribed angular position relative to the body. The contact sensor senses the contact between the body contactor and the body and the circuit (14) drives the transducer to generate a signal in response to the contact sensor sensing a prescribed loss of contact between the body contactor and the body. The apparatus incorporates both devices to aid a golfer in perfecting their golf swing.