Jason E Koo

US Patent:

20180161656, Jun 14, 2018

Filed:

Dec 8, 2017

Appl. No.:

15/836378

Inventors:

Jason Koo - Manhattan Beach CA, US

International Classification:

A63B 69/36
A63B 43/00
A63B 37/00

Abstract:

A sports ball for communicating to an external electronic device various parameters related to an impact with a sporting implement, such as a golf club. The sports ball comprises an outer resilient shell within that is contained a resilient core. An electronic circuit comprises at least one sensor, a transmitter, optionally a light-emitting diode, and a power source. The electronic circuit is cushioned from the impact of the sporting implement by the resilient core. The electronic circuit is adapted for communicating sensor data to the external electronic device via the transmitter. The at least one sensor is taken from the group of sensors comprising: a GPS receiver, a multi-axis accelerometer, an orientation sensor, an altitude sensor, and a microphone. The transmitter may be an RFID chip that passively transfers data from the at least one sensor and a unique ID number of the sports ball.