US 12,138,519 B2
Apparatus and method for golf alignment training
Gord Parke, Winnipeg (CA); Jeremy Rittenhouse, Lancaster, PA (US); and Richard C. Edmonson, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Assigned to SkyHawke Technologies, LLC, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed by SkyHawke Technologies, LLC, Ridgeland, MS (US)
Filed on Dec. 20, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/390,900.
Application 18/390,900 is a continuation in part of application No. 18/538,679, filed on Dec. 13, 2023.
Application 18/538,679 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/987,442, filed on Nov. 15, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/279,576, filed on Nov. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0189693 A1, Jun. 13, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 69/36 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 69/3632 (2013.01) [A63B 2220/12 (2013.01); A63B 2220/30 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tag device for determining alignment of a golf swing, comprising:
an inertial measurement unit comprising a plurality of sensors, wherein the plurality of sensors are configured to output a signal based on a detected condition, movement or orientation of the tag device;
a microcontroller including a microprocessor;
a memory in communication with the microcontroller and the inertial measurement unit;
a transceiver configured to transmit data corresponding to sensor outputs from the plurality of sensors to a remote computing device; and
a battery;
wherein the tag device is attached to a golf club;
wherein the plurality of sensors includes at least one magnetometer;
wherein the tag device is in network communication with at least one location-aware device, including a location aware unit and a display;
wherein the tag device determines an actual alignment of the golf club based on the signal output from the plurality of sensors and transmits the actual alignment to the at least one location-aware device; and
wherein the at least one location-aware device determines a difference value comparing an intended target line to the actual alignment of the golf club.