US 2020/0004322 A1Published application

Mixed-Reality Golf Tracking and Simulation

AssigneevGolf, LLC

InventorsThomas Kudirka, Patrick Bennett

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Abstract

A mixed-reality golf simulation system includes a ball-tracking sub-system to generate ball-tracking data when a golf ball is hit by a user, a near-eye display, a storage device to store images of a hole of a golf course associated with location coordinates of a plurality of locations along the hole, and a controller. The controller may direct the near-eye display to display a mixed-reality environment from the perspective of a location on the hole based on images associated with the location, receive ball-tracking data including a landing location of a ball hit by the user, alert the user if the landing location is a target pin, and direct the near-eye display to display a mixed-reality environment from the perspective of the landing location based on images associated with the landing location if the landing location is not the target pin.

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Dependent claims

A mixed-reality golf simulation system comprising:

a ball-tracking sub-system configured to generate ball-tracking data when a golf ball is hit by a user;
a near-eye display with a partially-transparent display element configured to display mixed-reality virtual objects displayed over physical objects within a user field of view, wherein the near-eye display includes a user input device;
a storage device to store images of a hole of a golf course from a plurality of locations along the hole, wherein the images are associated with location coordinates of the plurality of locations along the hole;
and
a controller communicatively coupled to the ball-tracking sub-system and the near-eye display, the controller including one or more processors configured to execute program instructions causing the one or more processors to virtually play the hole by repeatedly:
directing the near-eye display to display a mixed-reality environment including a virtual reality scene from the perspective of a first location on the hole over at least a portion of the user field of view, wherein the virtual reality scene from the perspective of the first location includes images from the storage device associated with location coordinates of the first location;
receiving ball-tracking data of a ball hit by the user in real-time from the ball-tracking sub-system, wherein the ball-tracking data includes a landing location of the ball associated with a shot;
alerting the user that the hole is completed if the landing location of the ball is the target pin;
directing the near-eye display to display the mixed-reality environment including a virtual reality scene from the perspective of the landing location of the ball over at least a portion of the user field of view if the landing location of the ball is not a target pin, wherein the virtual reality scene from the perspective of the landing location of the ball includes images from the storage device associated with location coordinates of the landing location of the ball;
and
receiving ball-tracking data of a ball hit by the user in real-time from the ball-tracking sub-system, wherein the ball-tracking data includes an additional landing location of the ball associated with an additional shot.

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A mixed-reality golf simulation system comprising:

a ball-tracking sub-system configured to generate ball-tracking data for golf balls hit by a user;
a near-eye display with a partially-transparent display element configured to display mixed-reality virtual objects displayed over physical objects within a user field of view;
and
a controller communicatively coupled to the ball-tracking sub-system and the near-eye display, the controller including one or more processors configured to execute program instructions causing the one or more processors to:
direct the near-eye display to display a mixed-reality environment including virtual objects within at least a portion of the user field of view, wherein at least a portion of the field of view is unobstructed to provide visualization of physical objects through the near-eye display;
receive ball-tracking data for a plurality of golf balls hit by the user with a first club type of two or more club types;
receive ball-tracking data for a plurality of balls hit by the user with at least a second club type of the two or more club types;
train a club selector to select a club for the user based on the ball-tracking data associated with the first club type and the ball-tracking data associated with the at least a second club type;
select a club for the user from any of the two or more club types based on a distance to a pin with the club selector.

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Facts

Application: 16/565,209Filed 9 Sep 2019
Priority: 7 Mar 2017
Published: 2 Jan 2020
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification38 codes

G06F 3/011
Input arrangements or combined input and output arrangements for interaction between user and computer: arrangements for interaction with the…
A63B 69/3658
For golf: means associated with the ball for indicating or measuring, e.g. speed, direction
A63B 71/022
For large-room or outdoor sporting games: backstops, cages, enclosures or the like, e.g. for spectator protection, for arresting balls
A63B 71/0622
Displays, user interfaces and indicating devices, specially adapted for sport equipment, e.g. display mounted on treadmills: visual, audio or…

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