# US 12,214,255 B2 · Golf ball location ascertaining method and a golf play information providing system

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- Number: US 12,214,255 B2
- Document ID: US12214255B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/873,147
- Filed: 2022-07-26
- Published: 2023-02-02
- Granted: 2025-02-04
- Earliest claimed: 2021-07-30
- Assignees: Sgm Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Sgm Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Ui Bum Lee; Kap Su Kim; Bok Sung Kwon; Hyun Jin Choi; Jae Hun Gwag
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12214255B2

## CPC

- A63B 24/0021: {Tracking a path or terminating locations}
- A61B 5/681: {Wristwatch-type devices}
- A63B 24/0003: {Analysing the course of a movement or motion sequences during an exercise or trainings sequence, e.g. swing for golf or tennis}
- G06V 40/23: {Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training}
- A63B 2024/0031: {at the starting point}
- A63B 2024/0034: {during flight}
- A63B 2024/0053: {for locating an object, e.g. a lost ball}
- A63B 2071/0663: {worn on the wrist, e.g. wrist bands}
- A63B 2220/836: Sensors arranged on the body of the user
- A63B 2225/50: Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
- A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H)
- A61B: DIAGNOSIS; SURGERY; IDENTIFICATION (usefulness limited to only animals A61D)
- G06V: IMAGE OR VIDEO RECOGNITION OR UNDERSTANDING

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a golf ball location ascertaining method and a golf play information providing system. The golf ball location ascertaining method comprises a first step of ascertaining a motion location at which a predetermined motion is taken when a golfer located near a golf ball on a golf field takes the predetermined motion, and a second step of ascertaining the location of the golf ball on a golf course by using golf course data on the golf field and the motion location.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A golf ball location ascertaining method comprising:
a step of checking whether a golfer takes a swing motion in a golf field;
a step of ascertaining a motion location at which the swing motion is taken when it is determined that the swing motion is taken; and
a step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball on a golf course by using golf course data on the golf field and the motion location,
wherein there are a plurality of golfers, each of the plurality of golfers has a portable device capable of ascertaining his or her location, and whether the swing motion is made can be ascertained by checking a positional relationship between the plurality of golfers.

### Claim 2

A golf ball location ascertaining method comprising:
a step of checking whether a golfer takes a swing motion in a golf field;
a step of ascertaining a motion location at which the swing motion is taken when it is determined that the swing motion is taken; and
a step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball on a golf course by using golf course data on the golf field and the motion location,
wherein there are a plurality of golfers, each of the plurality of golfers has a portable device capable of ascertaining his or her location, and whether the swing motion is made can be ascertained by checking a positional relationship between the plurality of golfers, and
wherein when any one of the plurality of golfers is positioned to be spaced apart from the other golfers positioned adjacent to each other for a predetermined time, a current location of the spaced apart golfer is considered as the motion location at which the swing motion is taken.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The golf ball location ascertaining method of claim 2, wherein the step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball comprises dividing the golf course of the golf field into a plurality of areas and disposing cameras that have the same number of the plurality of divided areas and cover the divided areas respectively, generating photographed images for the divided areas using the cameras, extracting a photographed image including the golf ball among the photographed images, and ascertaining the location of the golf ball on the golf course by applying the extracted photographed image to golf course data on the area covered by the camera that is used to generate the extracted photographed image.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The golf ball location ascertaining method of claim 1, wherein the step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball comprises dividing the golf course of the golf field into a plurality of areas and disposing cameras that have the same number of the plurality of divided areas and cover the divided areas respectively, generating photographed images for the divided areas using the cameras, extracting a photographed image including the golf ball among the photographed images, and ascertaining the location of the golf ball on the golf course by applying the extracted photographed image to golf course data on the area covered by the camera that is used to generate the extracted photographed image.

### Claim 5

A golf ball location ascertaining method comprising:
a step of checking whether a golfer takes a swing motion in a golf field;
a step of ascertaining a motion location at which the swing motion is taken when it is determined that the swing motion is taken; and
a step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball on a golf course by using golf course data on the golf field and the motion location,
wherein there are a plurality of golfers, each of the plurality of golfers has a portable device capable of ascertaining his or her location, and whether the swing motion is made can be ascertained by checking a relative positional relationship between the plurality of golfers.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The golf ball location ascertaining method of claim 5, wherein the step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball comprises dividing the golf course of the golf field into a plurality of areas and disposing cameras that have the same number of the plurality of divided areas and cover the divided areas respectively, generating photographed images for the divided areas using the cameras, extracting a photographed image including the golf ball among the photographed images, and ascertaining the location of the golf ball on the golf course by applying the extracted photographed image to golf course data on the area covered by the camera that is used to generate the extracted photographed image.