Aces guide: the unbeatable golf guidebook that elevates your game and lowers your scores
AssigneeHCI Hughes Company Innovations Inc.
InventorJames H. Hughes, IV
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Abstract
This invention pertains to a golf guidebook, either physical or electronic, that incorporates golf-related data specific to a selected golf course. The data is computationally derived from sensor information, captured by an unmanned aerial vehicle flown above the course. The guidebook provides high-resolution imagery, distance mark-ups, and elevation deltas for individual golf holes. It may also feature putting-green maps with contour lines, interactive user-input fields, and synchronization capabilities with a mobile application for performance tracking. Additional features may include reusable or replaceable pages, environmental resistance, and an inverted color scheme for enhanced visibility in direct sunlight.
Claims27
A golf guidebook comprising a plurality of physical pages having golf-course-related data printed thereon to display said golf-course-related data to a user, wherein said golf-course-related data pertains to a selected golf course, wherein at least some of said golf-course-related data is computationally derived from sensor data captured from an unmanned aerial vehicle remotely and controllably flown above said selected golf course, wherein said golf-course-related data includes ultra-high-resolution two-dimensional orthomosaic photographic imagery, a digital surface model, a digital terrain model, and contour data of the terrain and obstacles for each golf hole within said selected golf course, wherein said ultra-high-resolution two-dimensional orthomosaic photographic imagery, said digital surface model, said digital terrain model, and said contour data create a three-dimensional model for said selected golf course, and wherein said golf guidebook has a guidebook areal size of less than 60 square inches, and wherein said golf guidebook includes reusable or replaceable pages to record multiple rounds of golf by said user on said selected golf course.
A method of making a golf guidebook, said method comprising:
- (a) selecting a golf course for analysis;
- (b) controlling an unmanned aerial vehicle to capture sensor data from each golf hole within said golf course;
- (c) printing golf-course-related data on a plurality of physical pages corresponding to all of said golf holes, wherein said golf-course-related data pertains to said golf course selected in step (a), wherein said golf-course-related data is computationally derived from said sensor data captured in step (b), and wherein said golf-course-related data includes ultra-high-resolution two-dimensional orthomosaic photographic imagery, a digital surface model, a digital terrain model, and contour data of the terrain and obstacles for all of said golf holes within said golf course selected in step (a);
- (d) creating a three-dimensional model for said selected golf course, wherein said three-dimensional model comprises said ultra-high-resolution two-dimensional orthomosaic photographic imagery, said digital surface model, said digital terrain model, and said contour data;
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- (e) assembling and binding said plurality of physical pages into a golf guidebook that has a guidebook areal size of less than 60 square inches,
- wherein each individual golf hole within said selected golf course is presented on two physical pages in an end-to-end view of said individual golf hole, and wherein said two physical pages includes a hole-specific interactive user-input field, and
- wherein said method further comprises capturing images of said interactive user-input fields that contain user-inputted data, uploading said images onto a remote server, converting said images into user data via optical recognition, and then analyzing said user data, thereby generating analyzed user data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.