IP Library Granted Patent US 12,290,732
Granted Patent B1
US 12,290,732 · App. 18/731,638 · Granted May 6, 2025

System and method to identify impact locations

Inventors: Mario Raposo (Carlsbad, CA); Peter Ligotti (Encinitas, CA)
Assignee: Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp.
A63B69/3632A63B24/0003A63B69/3617G06N3/02A63B69/362
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,290,732
App. No.
18/731,638
Granted
May 6, 2025
Kind
B1
Abstract

A golf club comprising a golf club head having a face wall, an inertial motion unit (IMU) positioned within the body, and a transceiver in communication with the IMU, a shaft attached to the golf club head, and a grip attached to the shaft is disclosed herein. The IMU identifies an impact location with a golf ball.

Claims (11)

1. A system for identifying an impact location on a golf club, the system comprising:

a neural network;

a golf ball having an embedded circuitry for transmitting data;

a golf club comprising

a golf club head comprising a body, an inertial motion unit (IMU) positioned within the body, and a transceiver in communication with the IMU, and

a shaft attached to the golf club head;

wherein the impact location is determined based on an impact signature immediately after a golf club head impact with a golf ball;

wherein the IMU identifies an impact location with a golf ball;

wherein the IMU collects impact datasets from multiple impacts of the golf ball at multiple locations on the face;

wherein the collected impact location dataset is transmitted to the neural network;

wherein the neural network learns from the collected impact location dataset and then resolves impact location from any new dataset.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 18235973 · Aug 21, 2023
Continuation 17534138 · Nov 23, 2021
Continuation 16694681 · Nov 25, 2019
Provisional Application 62772965 · Nov 29, 2018
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