Sporting equipment audible device

Abstract

A sound or characteristics of a sound that a golf club makes when swung by a test golfer may be displayed on a monitor, recorded in memory, and may be used by the test golfer as an aid to improving his or her swing. The sound that the club makes during the swing is enhanced when a sound generation element is attached to the golf club. A processor may cause a graph of characteristics of test golfer sound waves to be displayed along with a graph of an ideal case of a golf club being swung in an ideal manner.

I claim:  
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising 
 a memory;    a receiver; and    a processor;    wherein the processor receives data concerning test golfer sound waves received by the receiver, the test golfer sound waves generated by the sound of a golf club being swung by a test golfer; and    wherein the processor causes characteristics of the test golfer sound waves to be recorded in the memory.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising 
 a monitor; and  
 wherein the processor causes the monitor to display characteristics of the test golfer sound waves.  
 
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to time.  
 
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves recorded are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to frequency.  
 
     
     
         5 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves recorded are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to time.  
 
     
     
         6 . The apparatus of  claim 2  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves recorded are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to frequency.  
 
     
     
         7 . The apparatus of  claim 1  wherein 
 the processor causes a graph of characteristics of the test golfer sound waves to be displayed along with a graph of an ideal case of a golf club being swung in an ideal manner.  
 
     
     
         8 . The apparatus of  claim 7  wherein 
 the graph of the ideal case is derived from ideal sound waves recorded from a golfer swinging a golf club in a ideal manner.  
 
     
     
         9 . The apparatus of  claim 1  further comprising 
 a golf club having a sound generation element located thereon.  
 
     
     
         10 . The apparatus of  claim 9  wherein 
 the sound generation element includes containing an airfoil made of a semi-rigid material.  
 
     
     
         11 . A method comprising 
 receiving data concerning test golfer sound waves, the test golfer sound waves generated by the sound of a golf club being swung by a test golfer; and    recording characteristics of the test golfer sound waves in a memory.    
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 11  further comprising 
 displaying characteristics of the test golfer sound waves.  
 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 11  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to time.  
 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 11  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to frequency.  
 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 12  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to time.  
 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 12  wherein 
 the characteristics of the test golfer sound waves are one or more amplitudes of the test golfer sound waves with respect to frequency.  
 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 11  wherein 
 the processor causes a graph of characteristics of the test golfer sound waves to be displayed along with a graph of an ideal case of a golf club being swung in an ideal manner.  
 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 17  wherein 
 the graph of the ideal case is derived from ideal sound waves recorded from a golfer swinging a golf club in a ideal manner.  
 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 11  wherein 
 the test golfer sound waves are derived from a test golfer swinging a golf club having a sound generation element located thereon.  
 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 19  wherein 
 the sound generation element includes an airfoil made of a semi-rigid material.