Crystal Gyrosensor Golf Putter

This Crystal Gyrosensor Golf Putter uses a three dimensional scanning sensor attached to the back of the club head to collect data on swing, trajectory, impact, etc. that can be analyzed to help improve your golf game.

You may not be familiar with crystal gyrosensor technology, but it’s been used for years in optical devices like digital cameras and camcorders for image stabilization and also in ‘quartz’ clocks, oscillators and resonators.

The photo shows a practice golf putter currently being commercialized by Infics Inc. of South Korea. A small attachment with an LCD screen is fitted to the putter. It accurately measures the trajectory and speed of the swing, as well as impact data. The golfer is then able to view this information on a color LCD screen fitted to the non-contact side of the putter. For example, when the putter hits the back of the ball, the Gyrosensor is able to gauge how much the putter angles to the right, how much it follows through in a straight line, and how much it angles to the left. This allows golfers to obtain factual data on their swing habits.

The development of this technology is also opening up possibilities for things like a 3D mouse that you simply move through the air rather than over a surface like a mouse pad, and in automatic cleaning robots that ’sense’ what areas of a floor have been cleaned and how to get back to their docking or charging stations.

[Source: Ceatec]