EP1303335B1 - Golftrainingsgerät und ein sich darauf beziehendes verfahren - Google Patents

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EP1303335B1
EP1303335B1 EP01956600A EP01956600A EP1303335B1 EP 1303335 B1 EP1303335 B1 EP 1303335B1 EP 01956600 A EP01956600 A EP 01956600A EP 01956600 A EP01956600 A EP 01956600A EP 1303335 B1 EP1303335 B1 EP 1303335B1
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/36—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for golf
    • A63B69/3623—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for golf for driving
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/0073—Means for releasably holding a ball in position; Balls constrained to move around a fixed point, e.g. by tethering
    • A63B69/0079—Balls tethered to a line or cord

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  • the present invention relates first of all to a practice device for golf practice. It also relates to a method adapted to be implemented by the device according to the invention, and allows the calculation of the length of a shot and its angular offset with respect to a reference trajectory.
  • the invention will find application in the field of training in the practice of golf, whether in a club or in an individual setting, in an individual.
  • the invention essentially makes it possible for the user wishing to train to obtain from the machine an analysis of the shot he has just made.
  • the device and the calculation method according to the invention will enable it to determine the length of its shot as well as its angular offset with respect to a reference trajectory. He can thus estimate very precisely the theoretical point of impact of the bullet.
  • the rod capable of being moved in axial translation acts as a core for a coil to determine its displacement, thereby forming an inductive sensor.
  • a disadvantage of this configuration is that it is relatively complex, the measuring means therein imbedded with an essential element of the mechanism.
  • the present invention aims to overcome the disadvantages of existing devices.
  • Another advantage of the device, here presented, is that one distinguishes the regular counting of the number of turns made by the rod of the measurement of the angular offset.
  • Figure 1 is a general sectional side view of the device according to the invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a horizontal section at the level of the rod according to the particular embodiment of FIG. 1.
  • a golf ball 18 is suspended from a cable 17.
  • the device 1 will include a bracket 2, generally mounted on a plate receiving the assembly and used for the placement of the player.
  • the bracket 2 has a substantially oblique portion and a horizontal branch substantially oriented in the direction of the horizontal axis 21 marked in phantom in Figure 1.
  • the mounting of the ball 18 takes place via a rod 19 of FIG. horizontal axis corresponding to the horizontal axis 21, by means of movement transmission means.
  • the motion transmission means make it possible to transform the movement of the ball 18 in view of its operation for the measurement and calculation of the desired parameters.
  • the transmission means drive the rod 19 in its own rotation by the rotation of the ball along the horizontal axis 21 when the player taps.
  • This axial movement is generated by the shift of the ball 18 relative to a plane orthogonal to the horizontal axis 21.
  • FIG. 1 shows the bale 18 in a vertical downward and dotted upward position, corresponding to an obligatory position and systematically perpendicular to the horizontal axis 21 during the rotation of the bale 18, regardless of the axial displacement of the rod 19 and the cylinder 7 at the time of the horizontal position of the cable 17 and the ball 18 ..
  • the rod 19 is integrated in a hollow shaft 4, itself free to rotate in a bearing 3, integral with the bracket 2, and oriented substantially along the horizontal axis 21.
  • the rod 19 is slidably mounted inside the hollow shaft 4.
  • a cable tie 5 is provided, as shown in Figures 1 and 2.
  • the cable tie 5 includes an adjustable end portion adapted to receive and hold the cable 17.
  • the optional setting allows the player to position the ball 18 at the desired height relative to the mat.
  • the cable tie 5 is pivotally mounted on the hollow shaft 4.
  • the cable tie receives a connecting rod 6 pivotally mounted relative to the cable tie 5 along an axis different from the axis 22, but in the same direction.
  • crankshaft system is formed capable of transforming the rotational movement of the cable tie 5 about the axis 22 in a horizontal translational movement of the axis 21 of the rod 19.
  • the hollow shaft ends in the form of a fork for receiving the end of the cable tie 5.
  • the number of turns made by the rod 19 will be essentially measured so as to deduce the firing length of the ball 18. Furthermore, the axial displacement of the rod 19 is measured to determine the angular displacement of the trajectory of the ball. ball 18 with respect to the reference trajectory.
  • the measurements are advantageously made at the other end of the rod 19 (that opposite to the connection with the cable 17).
  • the rod 19 advantageously comprises at this location a cylinder 7 kinematically integral with the rod 19 and of a larger diameter, preferably made of non-metallic and magnetically neutral material, the cylinder is able to receive a part of the necessary organs on measures.
  • the measurement means comprise at least one magnetic tachometer 14 cooperating with a metal bar 9 placed on the periphery of the cylinder 7 so as to pass each revolution of the cylinder 7 opposite the revolution counter sensor 14.
  • the measuring means comprise at least one lateral magnetic sensor 12 cooperating with at least two lateral metal markers 8, 8bis placed at different locations around the periphery of the cylinder 7.
  • the metal markers 8, 8a pass successively opposite the lateral sensor 12 at each revolution of the cylinder 7.
  • an axial displacement sensor identified 13 in FIG. 2 allows the measurement of the axial position of the cylinder 7 at given times.
  • an axial reference mark 10 will be constituted in the horizontal axis 21 facing the axial sensor 13 to detect the translation displacement of the rod 19 and the cylinder 7.
  • the measuring means comprise two lateral marks 8, 8bis spaced 180 ° on the circumference of the cylinder 7.
  • Detection is thus carried out at three quarters of the first lap and quarter of the second lap.
  • the lateral marks 8, 8bis are preferably positioned so that they define a vertical diameter of the cylinder 7, when the ball 18 is at rest.
  • the lateral sensor 12 will be positioned to be placed in the direction of a horizontal diameter of the cylinder 7 when the ball is at rest.
  • the lateral sensor 12 will detect three-quarters of the first turn and quarter of the second turn.
  • a magnetic sensor 13 will preferably be used with a magnetized axial reference 10.
  • the magnetic sensors 12, 13 and 14 will be Hall effect sensors thus inductive technology.
  • the sensors 12 and 14 will be coupled to magnets respectively 15 and 16 and positioned on a support 11, integral with the bracket 2.
  • the calculation of the length of a shot and its angular offset with respect to a reference trajectory may be operated by the implementation of the device thus described and with regard to the method presented below.
  • Measuring the angular offset at these times is particularly advantageous since it is at the beginning of the movement of the ball 18 that the angular offset is maximum. In addition, it is three quarters of the first lap and the first quarter of the second lap, that we note the maximum angular offset.
  • the number of turns produced by the cylinder 7 is counted.
  • the tachometer sensor 14 detects the passage at each turn of the metal bar 9.
  • the metal strip 9 is angularly offset relative to the lateral references 8, 8a.
  • the measurement data thus collected on the number of turns made by the cylinder 7 and its maximum angular displacement at the beginning of the shot allow the calculation of the angular offset of the ball 18 and the length of the shot.
  • the calculation method which is able to be implemented by the device, according to precise parameters, makes it possible to program a microprocessor and to obtain the display, on a screen, of the result of a shot, that is to say say the angular offset and the distance depending on the club used and the usual level of the player.

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  1. Vorrichtung (1) für das Golf-Training, bestehend aus:
    a) einem Ausleger (2), der eine Auflage (11) für einen Ball (18) trägt, welcher an einem Seil (17) am Ende des horizontalen Arms des Auslegers (2) aufgehängt ist, wobei das Seil (18) mit dem einen Ende einer Stange (19) mit horizontaler Achse (21) über Bewegungsübertragungseinrichtungen verbunden ist, die geeignet sind,
    - aufgrund der Rotationsbewegung des Balls (18) um die horizontale Achse (21) die Stange (19) in Drehung zu versetzen,
    - aufgrund der Abweichung zwischen der Bewegung des Balles (18) und der zur horizontalen Achse senkrecht stehenden Ebene, die Stange (19) in Richtung der horizontalen Achse (21) translatorisch anzutreiben,
    b) Messmitteln zur Ermittlung der Anzahl der Umdrehungen und der von der Stange (19) ausgeführten axialen Bewegung sowie Einrichtungen zur Auswertung der Messdaten, um die Schlagweite und die Winkelabweichung in bezug auf eine Referenzbahn zu berechnen, gekennzeichnet dadurch,
    - dass sie einen Zylinder (7) besitzt, der mit dem zweiten Ende der Stange (19) fest verbunden ist,
    - dass die Messmittel folgende Elemente umfassen :
    - mindestens einen magnetischen Drehzahlmesser (14), der mit einer auf dem Umfang des Zylinders (7) angeordneten Metallleiste (9) des Drehzahlmessers so zusammenwirkt, dass diese bei jeder Umdrehung des Zylinders (7) die Sonde des Drehzahlmessers (14) passiert,
    - mindestens einen seitlichen magnetischen Sensor (12), der mit mindestens zwei seitlichen Bezugselementen (8, 8bis) zusammenwirkt, die an verschiedenen Orten auf dem Umfang des Zylinders (7) angeordnet sind,
    - einen Sensor für die axiale Bewegung (13) des Zylinders (7), um die axiale Position beim Passieren der seitlichen metallischen Bezugspunkte (8, 8bis) vor der seitlichen Sonde (12) zu messen.
  2. Vorrichtung (1) gemäß Anspruch 1, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass sie zwei seitliche Bezugspunkte (8, 8bis) im Abstand von 180° auf dem Umfang des Zylinders (7) besitzt.
  3. Vorrichtung (1) gemäss Anspruch 2, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die seitlichen Bezugspunkte (8, 8bis) auf dem Zylinder (7) einander diagonal gegenüber und in senkrechter Position angeordnet sind, wenn der Ball (18) in Ruhestellung ist, und dass die seitliche Sonde (12) dem horizontalen Durchmesser des Zylinders (7) gegenüber angeordnet ist, damit die Messung der seitlichen Sonde (12) bei drei Viertel der ersten Umdrehung und bei ein Viertel der zweiten Umdrehung erfolgt.
  4. Vorrichtung (1) gemäss einem der vorstehenden Ansprüche 1 bis 3, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Sonde für die axiale Bewegung (13) eine Magnetsonde ist, die dem Zylinder (7) gegenüber und in dessen Achse angeordnet ist und dass diese mit einem auf dem Zylinder (7) angeordneten magnetischen axialen Bezugspunkt (10) zusammenwirkt.
  5. Vorrichtung (1) gemäss Anspruch 4, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Magnetsonden Hallsonden sind.
  6. Vorrichtung gemäss einem der Ansprüche 1 bis 5, gekennzeichnet dadurch, dass die Bewegungsübertragungsmittel aus folgenden Elementen bestehen:
    - eine Hohlwelle (4), die um die horizontale Achse (21) drehbar in einem Lager (3) des Auslegers (2) gelagert ist und bei der die Stange (19) verschiebbar montiert ist und an deren Ende eine Seilklemme (5) schwenkbar befestigt ist, in welche das Seil (17) eingelegt wird,
    - eine Stange (6), die schwenkbar an der Seilklemme (5) befestigt ist, auf einer anderen Ebene als das Gelenk der Seilklemme (5) an der Hohlwelle (4) und die außerdem mit dem ersten Ende der Stange (19) verbunden ist.
  7. Verfahren zur Berechnung der Schlagweite und der Winkelabweichung in bezug auf eine Referenzbahn für das Golftraining, geeignet zur Ausführung mit der Vorrichtung gemäss Anspruch 3 zusammen mit einem der Ansprüche 4 bis 6, bei dem:
    - die Winkelabweichung der Bewegung des Golfballs (18) in bezug auf eine Referenzbahn in eine Translationsbewegung einer Stange (19) mit horizontaler Achse (21) umgesetzt wird sowie auf einen Zylinder (7), der mit der Stange (19) fest verbunden ist,
    - die Drehbewegung der horizontalen Achse (21) des Balls (18) an den Zylinder (7) übertragen wird,
    - die Anzahl der Umdrehungen des Zylinders (7) und die Amplitude seiner axialen Bewegung gemessen werden, gekennzeichnet dadurch,
    - dass das Passieren des Zylinders (7) bei drei Viertel der ersten Umdrehung und bei ein Viertel der zweiten Umdrehung erfasst wird und die axiale Bewegung zu diesen Zeitpunkten gemessen wird,
    - jede vollständig ausgeführte Umdrehung des Zylinders (7) getrennt erfasst wird, um sie zu zählen,
    - die Winkelabweichung des Balls (18) in Abhängigkeit von der axialen Bewegung des Zylinders (7) berechnet wird und die Schlagweiter in Abhängigkeit von der Anzahl der vom Zylinder (7) ausgeführten Umdrehungen.
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