KR102268511B1 - A golf swing exercise apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a swing practice machine capable of comprehensively analyzing a swing trajectory, along with a head speed and a sense of hitting rhythm. The present invention includes a switch, a movable body, an elastic body, a light emitting member, and a displacement sensor.

Description

Golf swing practice machine {A GOLF SWING EXERCISE APPARATUS}

The present invention relates to a golf swing practice device having low power consumption and excellent user convenience that provides various information on swing characteristics such as swing speed and trajectory.

Golf is widely spread as a popular sport, and it is recognized as a sport that is beneficial not only for physical but also mental health.

Since golf is an outdoor sport and is greatly affected by the weather, it is difficult to enjoy in bad weather.

Therefore, various golf practice devices have been developed, for example, by installing a pocket formed in a mesh on the front side to hit a ball with a golf club, or a golf club-type exercise machine, etc. are being developed.

A golf swing must have a proper rhythm to prevent miss shots, and fast head speed along with a moderate tempo can be a factor in long hitting.

In particular, the head speed should be the fastest at impact during a golf swing, and this can be implemented when maintaining an appropriate rhythm.

Recently, a sound generator that generates a constant alarm sound when an appropriate rhythm is established during a golf swing, and a golf club for practice in which the head weight is increased to increase the swing speed have been developed.

However, most of the conventional golf swing practicers maintain a proper rhythm or simply increase the head speed, which is not suitable for practice for deriving the best results.

In addition, a correction device has been developed that makes it possible to visually determine the swing trajectory through the LED installed on the upper part of the golf club head, but simply installing a small LED in the form of a dot has caused the problem of not being able to clearly determine the swing trajectory. there was.

Therefore, the present inventor has completed the present invention by devising various methods for comprehensively analyzing the swing trajectory along with the head speed and the sense of hitting rhythm.

The present invention is to solve the problems of the prior art described above, and an object of the present invention is to provide a swing practice machine of excellent function that can produce a comprehensive swing practice result as well as a simple structure.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a grip portion; shaft; socket; and a head unit; a switch located at the lower end of the socket in the swing exerciser connected in sequence; a movable body reciprocating within the socket and contacting the switch by centrifugal force; an elastic body for restoring the movable body to an upper end of the socket; and a light emitting member electrically connected to the switch to indicate a change in the position of the head part;

In one embodiment, the light emitting member may be a band-shaped LED (Light-Emitting Diode).

In one embodiment, the light emitting member may be a COB (Chips on Board) LED.

In an embodiment, the light emitting member may emit light of a predetermined wavelength according to a swing speed or a swing trajectory.

In one embodiment, a sound generator electrically connected to the switch; may further include.

In one embodiment, the elastic body may be one or more selected from the group consisting of a spring, an elastic rubber, and an elastic sponge.

In one embodiment, the swing exerciser is a speed sensor for detecting the speed of the head portion; a pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the switch by the movable body; Or a displacement sensor for detecting a change in the position of the head portion; may further include.

In an embodiment, the swing exercise machine may further include a stopper located on the top of the socket.

A user according to an aspect of the present invention can clearly grasp the swing trajectory.

In addition, the swing practice device of the present invention can be easily utilized for the user to learn the swing feeling because the LED is emitted at the appropriate swing timing and can feel the hitting feeling.

It should be understood that the effects of the present invention are not limited to the above-described effects, and include all effects that can be inferred from the configuration of the invention described in the detailed description or claims of the present invention.

Figure 1 shows the overall shape of the swing exerciser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows the internal structure of the swing exerciser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 3 is an exploded view of a swing exerciser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 4 shows a change in the internal structure according to the swing of the swing exerciser according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 5 is a classification of the swing trajectory of the swing practicer according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention may be implemented in several different forms, and is not limited to the examples described below.

In addition, in order to clearly explain the present invention in the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted, and similar reference numerals are attached to similar parts throughout the specification.

The terms used in this specification have been selected as currently widely used general terms as possible while considering the functions in the present invention, which may vary depending on the intention or precedent of a person skilled in the art, the emergence of new technology, and the like.

In addition, in specific cases, there are also terms arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in detail in the description of the corresponding invention. Therefore, the term used in the present invention should be defined based on the meaning of the term and the overall content of the present invention, rather than the name of a simple term.

Throughout the specification, when a part is "connected" with another part, this includes not only the case where it is "directly connected" but also the case where it is "indirectly connected" with another member interposed therebetween. . In addition, when a part "includes" a certain component, this means that other components may be further provided without excluding other components unless otherwise stated.

In addition, terms such as “…unit”, “…means”, “…part”, “…member” described in the specification refer to a unit of a comprehensive configuration that performs at least one function or operation. it means.

The present invention will be further described in detail below with reference to the drawings.

According to one aspect of the present invention, the grip portion 400; shaft 300; socket 200; And the head unit 100; is provided with a swing exerciser 10 connected in sequence.

The above “swing practice machine” is a product that is similar to a golf club, and allows you to correct your posture and learn a sense of swing while swinging it as if you were actually swinging.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the swing exerciser 10 may have a shape in which a grip part 400 , a shaft 300 , a socket 200 , and a head part 100 are sequentially connected.

The “grip portion” is a handle portion of the rear end, and may be a material having high frictional force to prevent slipping.

The “shaft” may be a cylindrical rod constituting the body of the swing practice device 10 , and may generally be of a metal material and shape constituting the shaft 300 of the golf club.

The "head part" may be attached to the front end of the shaft 300 to provide a sense of weight. The head unit 100 may have a shape similar to that of a general golf club head, and may have a cylindrical shape or a rectangular parallelepiped shape if necessary.

2 and 3, the swing exerciser 10 is; a switch 130 positioned at the bottom of the socket 200; a movable body 210 reciprocating within the socket 200 and in contact with the switch 130 by centrifugal force; an elastic body 240 for restoring the movable body 210 to the top of the socket 200; and a light emitting member 120 electrically connected to the switch 130 to display a trajectory of the head part 100 .

The socket 200 may include a predetermined configuration for implementing the function of the swing exerciser 10 .

Specifically, the socket 200 may have a cylindrical shape, which is a hollow body, and may include a movable body 210 therein. The movable body 210 may reciprocate up and down according to the movement of the swing exerciser 10 .

The movable body 210 may reciprocate within the socket 200 and may come into contact with the switch 130 located at the lower end of the socket 200 by centrifugal force.

That is, when the user uses the swing exerciser 10 , centrifugal force may act on the head portion 100 of the swing exerciser 10 .

When the user sequentially performs a back swing, a down swing, and a follow swing while holding the grip part 400 , the head part 100 may rotate while drawing a large circle around the user's torso.

At this time, since the centrifugal force acts on the movable body 210 being kept in contact with the stopper 230 , the movable body 210 may be forced to move toward the lower end of the socket 200 .

The swing exerciser 10 may further include a stopper 230 positioned on the top of the socket 200 .

The stopper 230 may limit the upper movement area of the movable body 210 to limit the reciprocating motion section of the movable body 210 .

In a normal case, the movable body 210 may be maintained in contact with the stopper 230 by the restoring force of the elastic body 240 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , when the swing is made, the movable body 210 is separated from the stopper 230 by centrifugal force and is in contact with the switch 130 located at the bottom of the socket 200 to switch (Switching) and , at the same time, it is possible to deliver a predetermined hitting feeling or sound to the user.

The switch 130 may be a physical method that is connected by direct pressure of the movable body 210 or an electrostatic type that is electrically operated in contact with the movable body 210 .

Thereafter, when the swing finish operation is completed, the centrifugal force applied to the end of the swing exerciser 10 is removed, and the elastic body 240 can restore the movable body 210 to the top of the socket 200 .

The elastic body 240 is contracted by pressure, and if it can be restored to its original shape after the pressure is removed, its material or shape is not particularly limited, for example, one or more selected from the group consisting of a spring, an elastic rubber, and an elastic sponge. can be

That is, in the swing practicer 10, the movable body 210 may be in contact with or not in contact with the switch 130 depending on the strength of the centrifugal force applied, so the user takes this into consideration and training to generate an appropriate level of swing speed. can be performed.

The stopper 230 may have a structure integral with the socket 200 , or may be implemented as a separate structure and movable up and down.

In this case, when the stopper 230 is implemented in a vertically movable form, the user may simply control the head speed required for switching by adjusting the vertical position of the stopper 230 .

That is, when the position of the stopper 230 is moved to the upper end, the head speed required for switching may increase, and if the stopper 230 is moved to the lower end, the head speed required for switching may be reduced.

In another embodiment, the stopper 230 positioned on the top of the socket 200 may have a magnetism.

If the magnetism between the stopper 230 and the movable body 210 is greater than the centrifugal force, the movable body 210 will remain fixed at the top of the socket 200, but if the magnetism is less than the centrifugal force, the movable body ( 210 may be separated from the stopper 230 and move rapidly to the lower end.

The stopper 230 having the magnetism may be attached to the movable body 210 made of a metal material. In general, the movable body 210 is fixed to the top of the socket 200 by the magnetism of the stopper 230 . can be maintained as

The swing exerciser 10 may operate the light emitting member 120 by contacting the movable body 210 with the switch 130 at the bottom when the required swing level is achieved.

The switch 130 may supply the power of the power supply 110 to the light emitting member 120 by switching.

The power supply unit 110 is not particularly limited as long as it is a means capable of supplying power for driving the light emitting member 120 or the swing exerciser 10, and may be, for example, a battery.

The light emitting member 120 may be electrically connected to the switch 130 to display the trajectory of the head part 100 to the user.

The "light emitting member 120" allows the user to visually recognize the trajectory of the head part 100 through light, and may be, for example, a band-shaped LED (Light-Emitting Diode).

The “Light-Emitting Diode (LED)” is a semiconductor device that emits light to a compound such as gallium arsenide. It basically consists of a p-type and an n-type semiconductor junction, and when a voltage is applied, a band of a semiconductor is created by combining electrons and holes. Energy corresponding to the gap may be emitted in the form of light.

The light emitting member 120 may be installed in the opposite direction (upper side) when the user grips the swing exerciser 10 and looks at the head 100, and specifically may be a band-shaped LED. (Fig. 1).

Since the conventional swing exerciser 10 displaying the swing trajectory is merely a structure that emits light of weak intensity, it is difficult for the user to easily grasp the swing trajectory.

The swing exerciser 10 can visually provide information on a swing trajectory to a user clearly through a band-shaped LED, and the length of the LED may be 3.0 cm or more.

When the length of the LED is excessively short, since the user cannot clearly grasp the swing trajectory, the length of the strip LED can be appropriately selected in consideration of the price or design of the product.

In addition, the light emitting member 120 may be a COB (Chips on Board) LED.

The “Chips on Board (COB) LED” may be configured in the form of several LED chips directly coupled to a substrate to form a single module, and in the light emitting area of a COB LED in which a plurality of chips are packaged, a standard LED is installed in the same area. It can include a significantly more light source than it occupies, so that strong light can be displayed even in a small area.

Since the area of the head part 100 of the swing exerciser 10 is limited, the conventional LED could not display light of an appropriate intensity when the user grasps the swing trajectory, but the COB LED allows the user to It can represent light of strong intensity that can be easily recognized.

Therefore, the swing exerciser 10 can recognize the swing trajectory very easily by applying the COB LED, so that usability and intuition can be significantly increased.

In this case, the light emitting member 120 may emit light of a predetermined wavelength according to a swing speed or a swing trajectory.

As described above, the swing exerciser 10 not only provides a variety of information such as visual information about the swing trajectory, swing timing, and head speed to the user at the same time, but also provides more detailed information by changing the wavelength of the emitted light. have.

Specifically, the swing exerciser 10 may emit light of a predetermined wavelength according to the swing speed.

The swing exerciser 10 may preset the head speed to a predetermined level according to a predetermined range, and may display light having a wavelength corresponding to the level according to the head speed.

For example, when the head speed in a predetermined range is subdivided into 1 to 5 levels, and light of a color corresponding to each level is displayed, it is possible to intuitively determine whether the user indicates an appropriate head speed.

The swing exerciser 10 may include a speed sensor for detecting the speed of the head unit 100 or a pressure sensor for detecting the pressure applied to the switch 130 by the movable body 210 .

The “speed sensor” is a sensor installed inside the head unit 100 to detect a change in speed of the head unit 100 , and may calculate the speed of the head unit 100 .

The “pressure sensor” is a type of pressure gauge that measures the pressure, and may indirectly calculate the speed of the head speed by measuring the pressure applied by the movable body 210 .

In addition, the swing exerciser 10 may emit light of a predetermined wavelength according to the swing trajectory.

The swing exerciser 10 provides the user with visual information on the trajectory of the head unit 100, and at this time, the wavelength may be different to intuitively determine whether the swing trajectory is appropriate.

Referring to FIG. 5 , a swing can be made in three types, namely, an OUT to IN track, an IN to IN track, and an IN to OUT track, and at this time, a strike in the case of an OUT to IN track and an IN to OUT track other than a normal track A golf ball may travel in an unintended direction.

Therefore, the user must maintain a correct posture, and the swing exerciser 10 can provide the corresponding information to the user by grasping the swing form for each track.

For example, the swing exerciser 10 indicates a wavelength of green light when the head unit 100 moves to an IN to IN trajectory, and indicates a wavelength of red light when moving to an OUT to IN trajectory, and an IN to OUT trajectory. In the case of moving to , it is possible to intuitively grasp whether the user's swing has been performed properly by emitting a yellow wavelength.

The swing exerciser 10 may include a displacement sensor for detecting the trajectory of the head unit 100 .

The “displacement sensor” may provide information on the trajectory of the head unit by identifying and analyzing a change in the position of the head unit 100 .

It is sufficient that the displacement sensor detects the amount of physical change of the head part 100 with various elements and can quantitatively calculate the amount of change, for example, a variable resistance type in which the resistance changes, a pressure type in which the pressure changes according to the position, and a pressure type according to the position. Various types of sensors such as a trance type in which the coupling degree of the internal coil is changed may be used, and the amount of displacement may be measured from the outside with the swing exerciser 10 and a separate sensor device for more accurate analysis.

It may further include; a sound generator electrically connected to the switch 130 .

The “sound generator” is a device that generates sound by using an electrical signal, and may transmit a predetermined sound signal that can be recognized by a user.

The swing exerciser 10 may provide information on the swing trajectory to the user through the light emitting member 120 and deliver a feeling of hitting or a sound of hitting by the moving body 210 .

In this case, the sound generator may assist the user to more easily recognize the hitting sound.

That is, the swing practicer 10 can maximize the user's practice effect by simultaneously providing visual information, sound information, and tactile information when using the swing practicer 10 .

The swing practicer 10 may further include a control unit for controlling the vertical position of the stopper 230 and displaying the swing speed of the head unit 100 .

The “control unit” includes controlling the overall operation of the swing exerciser 10 or displaying predetermined information to the user, and may include, for example, a processing device, a display device, a motor device, and the like.

The control unit may provide swing information to the user or allow the user to set a desired head speed.

For example, the stopper 230 may have a structure that can move up and down, and when the position of the stopper 230 is moved to the upper end, the head speed required for switching may increase, and if it is moved to the lower end, it is necessary to switch The required head speed may be reduced.

The swing exerciser 10 may be borrowed without particular limitation as long as it has a structure capable of appropriately adjusting the position of the stopper 230 , and the user can set the desired head speed through the structure.

In this case, the means for adjusting the vertical position of the stopper 230 may be a physical method using a screw and an adjustment ring, or may be implemented electronically through an electric motor and a controller.

The description of the present invention described above is for illustration, and those of ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention pertains can understand that it can be easily modified into other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are illustrative in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a dispersed form, and likewise components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

The scope of the present invention is indicated by the following claims, and all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and their equivalents should be construed as being included in the scope of the present invention.

10: Swing Exerciser
100: head
110: power unit
120: light emitting member
130: switch
200: socket
210: mobile
230: stopper
240: elastic body
300: shaft
400: grip part

Claims (8)

In the swing exerciser in which the grip part, the shaft, the socket, and the head part are sequentially connected,
a switch located in the head of the socket lower end;
a movable body reciprocating within the socket and in contact with the switch at the lower end by centrifugal force;
an elastic body for restoring the movable body to an upper end of the socket;
a light emitting member formed of a strip-shaped COB (Chips on Board) LED that is electrically connected to the switch and displays a change in the position of the head; and
Including; a displacement sensor for detecting a change in the trajectory of the head part;
The moving body comes into contact with the switch located at the bottom of the socket by centrifugal force and at the same time conveys a sense of hitting to the user,
A swing exerciser that emits light of different wavelengths according to the OUT to IN trajectory, IN to IN trajectory, and IN to OUT trajectory of the head part. delete delete According to claim 1,
The light emitting member is a swing exerciser that emits light of a predetermined wavelength according to the head speed. According to claim 1,
Swing exerciser further comprising; a sound generator electrically connected to the switch. According to claim 1,
The elastic body is a swing exerciser selected from the group consisting of a spring, an elastic rubber, and an elastic sponge. According to claim 1,
a speed sensor for detecting the speed of the head part; Or a pressure sensor for sensing the pressure applied to the switch by the moving body; swing exerciser further comprising. According to claim 1,
Swing exerciser further comprising; a stopper located on the top of the socket.

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