US 12,186,642 B2
System and method for golf super tag multifunction golf swing capture and analysis device
Richard L. Root, Ridgeland, MS (US); Richard C. Edmonson, Ridgeland, MS (US); Gord Parke, Winnipeg (CA); Jeremy Rittenhouse, Lancaster, PA (US); and Greg Breland, Alpharetta, GA (US)
Assigned to SkyHawke Technologies, LLC, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed by SkyHawke Technologies, LLC, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed on Nov. 15, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/987,442.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,576, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0149789 A1, May 18, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 69/36 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/3632 (2013.01) [A63B 2220/40 (2013.01); A63B 2220/833 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device attachable to a golf club for measuring characteristics of a golf swing comprising:
an inertial measurement unit, a gyroscope, a magnetometer, a microcontroller including a microprocessor, a photosensor, and a battery;
wherein the inertial measurement unit is in communication with the magnetometer;
wherein the microcontroller is in communication with the inertial measurement unit and the photosensor;
wherein the device is initially in a dark state;
wherein in the dark state, the battery provides power to the photosensor;
wherein upon the photosensor detecting a predetermined threshold of light, the photosensor sends a communication to the microprocessor indicating the photosensor has detected the predetermined threshold of light;
wherein the microprocessor instructs the device to transition from the dark state to an inactive state;
wherein in the inactive state, the battery provides power to an accelerometer of the inertial measurement unit but does not provide power to the gyroscope;
wherein, upon the accelerometer detecting motion of the device above a predetermined threshold, the accelerometer communicates a notification regarding the motion above the predetermined threshold to the microprocessor;
wherein, upon the microprocessor receiving the notification regarding the motion above the predetermined threshold, the microprocessor instructs the device to transition from the inactive state to an active state;
wherein upon the accelerometer detecting an orientation of the device indicating the golf club is in a pre-swing state, the accelerometer sends a notification to the microprocessor;
wherein the pre-swing state is indicated when the accelerometer detects an acceleration above a first preset threshold in a z-axis or an adjusted z-axis, and detects a total acceleration below a second preset threshold;
wherein, upon the microprocessor receiving the notification from the accelerometer, the microprocessor instructs the device to transition from the active state to a data collection state;
wherein in the data collection state, the battery provides power to the gyroscope of the inertial measurement unit and to the accelerometer and the magnetometer; and
wherein in the data collection state, the magnetometer measures an orientation of the device, the gyroscope measures a rate of rotation of the device, and the accelerometer measures motion of the device.