Method and system for power conservation of a RF device during shipping

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9289670-B2
Application number	US-201113100162-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 3, 2011
Priority date	Jul 31, 2009
Publication date	Mar 22, 2016
Grant date	Mar 22, 2016

Abstract

The present invention relates to a method for conserving battery power during shipping for an impact activated device for transmitting a radiofrequency signal. The method comprises forming an impact activated device for transmitting a radiofrequency signal. The shot tracking device is shipped in commerce and received at a retailer. The shot tracking device is stored at the retailer, wherein the battery has at least 90% of its capacity until paired with a receiver.

First claim

We claim as our invention the following:

1. A method for conserving battery power during shipping for an impact activated device for transmitting a radiofrequency signal, the method comprising:
forming an impact activated device comprising
a battery having no more than 225 milli-amp hours of power,
a microprocessor in electrical communication with the battery, the microprocessor operating during a sleep mode, a sampling mode, an analysis mode, a monitoring mode and a transmission mode,
a motion activation component, and
a radiofrequency component in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the radiofrequency component only operable during a transmission mode,
wherein the shot tracking device only operates in the sleep mode and the sampling mode until the shot tracking device is paired with a receiver;

shipping the shot tracking device in commerce;
receiving the shot tracking device at a retailer; and
storing the shot tracking device at the retailer, wherein the battery has at least 90% of its capacity until paired with a receiver.

2. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 1 wherein the device further comprises a multi-axis accelerometer for determining movement, monitoring movement and communicating the movement to the microprocessor, the multi-axis accelerometer in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the power for the multi-axis accelerometer drawn from the battery, the multi-axis accelerometer only active during the sampling mode, the analysis mode and the monitoring mode.

3. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 1 wherein the device comprises a housing composed of a polymer material, the housing having a main body and a projection body extending from the main body, the projection body having a length ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm and a diameter ranging from 20 mm to 25 mm.

4. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 1 wherein the radiofrequency component operates at 2.4 giga-Hertz, the power for the radiofrequency component being drawn from the battery.

5. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 1 wherein the sleep mode has a time period ranging from 10 seconds to 30 seconds.

6. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 1 wherein the device consumes less than 600 nano-amps during the sleep mode.

7. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 2 wherein a signal is transmitted from the radiofrequency component during the transmission mode, the signal comprising data related to the movement monitored by the multi-axis accelerometer.

8. A method for conserving battery power during shipping for an impact activated device for transmitting a radiofrequency signal, the method comprising:
forming an impact activated device comprising
a housing composed of a polymer material, the housing having a main body and a projection body extending from the main body, the projection body having a length ranging from 1 mm to 5 mm and a diameter ranging from 20 mm to 25 mm,
a battery having no more than 225 milli-amp hours of power,
a microprocessor in electrical communication with the battery, the microprocessor operating during a sleep mode, a sampling mode, an analysis mode, a monitoring mode and a transmission mode, the sleep mode having a time period ranging from 10 seconds to 30 seconds,
a motion activation component, and
a radiofrequency component in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the radiofrequency component only operable during a transmission mode,
wherein the shot tracking device only operates in the sleep mode and the sampling mode until the shot tracking device is paired with a receiver;

shipping the shot tracking device in commerce;
receiving the shot tracking device at a retailer; and
storing the shot tracking device at the retailer, wherein the battery has at least 90% of its capacity until paired with a receiver.

9. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 8 wherein the device consumes less than 600 nano-amps during the sleep mode.

10. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 8 wherein the device consumes less than 50 micro-amps during the analysis mode.

11. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 8 wherein the device consumes less than 200 micro-amps during the monitoring mode.

12. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 8 wherein the device consumes less than 12 milli-amps during the analysis mode.

13. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 8 wherein the radiofrequency component operates at 2.4 giga-Hertz, the power for the radiofrequency component being drawn from the battery.

14. The method for conserving battery power according to claim 8 wherein the device further comprises a multi-axis accelerometer for determining movement, monitoring movement and communicating the movement to the microprocessor, the multi-axis accelerometer in electrical communication with the microprocessor, the power for the multi-axis accelerometer drawn from the battery, the multi-axis accelerometer only active during the sampling mode, the analysis mode and the monitoring mode.

Assignees

• Balardeta Joseph
• Denton Scott
• Callaway Golf Co

Inventors

• Balardeta Joseph
• Denton Scott

Classifications

• A63B2220/14

  Geo-tagging, e.g. for correlating route or track location data with specific information related to that specific location · CPC title

• A63B2220/12

  Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS · CPC title

• A63B2024/0031

  at the starting point · CPC title

• A63B2225/54

  Transponders, e.g. RFID · CPC title

• A63B24/0021

  Tracking a path or terminating locations · CPC title