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.
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An electronic golf guidebook comprising a mobile-computing device having a graphical user interface capable of displaying 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, and 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.
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 includes reusable or replaceable pages to record multiple rounds of golf by said user on said selected golf course.
An augmented golf guidebook comprising (a) a golf guidebook and (b) augmented-reality glasses, wherein said golf guidebook comprises 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 augmented-reality glasses are optionally connected to a cloud-based platform.
A golf guidebook comprises 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 said golf guidebook is configured with a QR code, wherein said QR code, when scanned by said user using a mobile-computing device, links said user to a web page that contains additional information pertaining to said selected golf course.
A golf guidebook comprises 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 said golf guidebook is configured to enable images contained therein to be captured, uploaded onto a remote server, converted into user data via optical character recognition and/or intelligent character recognition, and analyzed using a cloud-based platform to generate one or more insights to aid said user in tracking performance, identifying areas of improvement, and/or informing future golf strategy.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.