Disc golf disc location system
OwnerChristopher Leon Martin, Yong Juay Leeinventors
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Abstract
A system for locating a lost disc golf disc is disclosed. A disc having a Bluetooth transmitter is utilized to send a signal to a smartphone which measures the distance to the disc from the smartphone. Outfitted with a 3-axis accelerometer, the flight path of the disc golf disc can also be tracked.
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A system for monitoring the flight of a disc golf disc thrown by a disc golf user comprising:
- a) a disc golf disc having mounted thereon a Bluetooth location transmitter which has been made water resistant, positioned in a bottom center of the disc golf disc such that it does not interfere with a flight characteristics of the disc golf disc;
- b) a smartphone adapted to receive a Bluetooth transmission from the Bluetooth location transmitter;
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- c) an app running in resident memory on the smartphone which tracks the Bluetooth signal from the transmitter and provides the distance from the smartphone to the disc golf disc on the smartphone.
A disc golf disc which has mounted thereon a Bluetooth location transmitter which has been made water resistant and positioned in a bottom center of the disc golf disc such that it does not interfere with a flight characteristic of the disc golf disc.
A golf disc for use in playing disc golf comprising an upper and lower surface, a portion of which of at least one of the upper and lower surface is smooth, a portion of which is finely textured, and a portion of which is roughly textured, the finely and roughly textured surfaces positioned to aid in gripping the golf disc while throwing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.