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Granted Patent B2
US 12,611,573 · App. 18/329,110 · Granted Apr 28, 2026

Information processing apparatus, information processing method, and storage medium

Inventors: Tatsuya Ishikawa (Chichibu, JP); Hiroo Takagi (Chichibu, JP)
Assignee: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD.
A63B24/0006A63B2220/10A63B2220/30A63B2220/806
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Patent No.
US 12,611,573
App. No.
18/329,110
Granted
Apr 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An information processing apparatus includes an acquisition unit configured to acquire a video of a swing of a golfer who strikes a golf ball with a golf club, a calculation unit configured to calculates a feature amount of the swing from the video, and a conversion unit configured to convert the feature amount into an estimated value of a behavior of a golf club head by substituting the feature amount into a conversion formula.

Claims (29)

1 . An information processing apparatus comprising a storage device storing a program and a processor configured to execute the program to cause the apparatus to perform:

acquiring a video of a swing of a golfer who strikes a golf ball with a golf club;

calculating a feature amount of the swing from the video; and

converting the feature amount into an estimated value of a behavior of a golf club head by substituting the feature amount into a conversion formula.

2 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the feature amount is specified based on a position of the golf club head on the video.

3 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the feature amount is specified based on a position of the golf club head on the video and a position of a body part of the golfer.

4 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the video includes a video obtained by capturing the golfer from the front,

the feature amount includes a moving velocity of the golf club head in a target line direction at the time of striking, and

the estimated value is a head speed of the golf club head at the time of striking, which is converted from the moving velocity.

5 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the video includes a video obtained by capturing the golfer from the rear in a target line direction,

the feature amount is an angle of a virtual line passing through the golf club head and the golf ball on the video with respect to the ground at a predetermined timing during a down swing, and

the estimated value is a direction of a face surface of the golf club head at the time of striking, which is converted from the angle.

6 . The apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the predetermined timing is defined based on positions of a waist and an elbow of the golfer in a vertical direction at the time of address and a position of a wrist of the golfer in the vertical direction at the time of the down swing.

7 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the video includes a video obtained by capturing the golfer from the front,

the feature amount includes a distance in a target line direction between the golf ball and the golf club head at a lowest point, and

the estimated value is an incident angle of the golf club head at the time of striking, which is converted from the distance.

8 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the conversion formula is a linear equation obtained from the feature amount calculated from videos of swings of a plurality of golfers, and measured values of the behavior of the golf club head measured by a measuring device during the swings.

9 . The apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an estimation unit configured to estimate a behavior of a shot by the swing based on the estimated value.

10 . An information processing method comprising:

acquiring a video of a swing of a golfer who strikes a golf ball with a golf club;

calculating a feature amount of the swing from the video; and

converting the feature amount into an estimated value of a behavior of a golf club head by substituting the feature amount into a conversion formula.

11 . A storage medium storing a program for causing a computer to execute a method, the method comprising:

acquiring a video of a swing of a golfer who strikes a golf ball with a golf club;

calculating a feature amount of the swing from the video; and

converting the feature amount into an estimated value of a behavior of a golf club head by substituting the feature amount into a conversion formula.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 5, 2023
From: ISHIKAWA, TATSUYA; TAKAGI, HIROO
To: BRIDGESTONE SPORTS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 063854/0476 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-101299 · Jun 23, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230414998A1 · Dec 28, 2023
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