ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 10 -- United States Patent no. 12,290,738, issued on May 6, was assigned to COLLATERAL OPPORTUNITIES LLC (Washington).
"Method and electronic device for identifying golf swings and tracking statistics during a golf round" was invented by Michael McCartin (Washington).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A system and method for automatically identifying a golf swing without any active participation on the part of the golfer is disclosed. The application program stored on and operating from an electronic device system uses data from a gyroscope and accelerometer to identify the golf swing. The system also automatically keeps statistics about the golfer's round of golf based on th...