Golf ball locator
AssigneeOblon, Spivak, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, P.C.
InventorEckhard H. Kuesters
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Abstract
A golf ball locator system including a golf ball including an electromagnetic signal transmitter; at least two electromagnetic signal receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic signal transmitted by the golf ball; and a processor coupled to the receivers and configured to receive signals from the receivers, to determine a location of the golf ball using triangulation calculations, and to output at least one signal indicating the location of the golf ball in relation to a two-dimensional area including the location of the golf ball.
Claims86
A golf ball locator system comprising:
- a golf ball including an electromagnetic signal transmitter;
- at least two electromagnetic signal receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic signal transmitted by the golf ball;
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- a processor coupled to the receivers and configured to receive signals from the receivers, to determine a location of the golf ball using triangulation calculations, and to output at least one signal indicating the location of the golf ball in relation to a two-dimensional area including the location of the golf ball.
A computer-based product storing computer instructions which can be used to program a processor to perform the following steps:
- obtaining triangulation data indicative of a location of a golf ball;
- processing the triangulation data to produce at least one location signal defining the location of the golf ball;
- outputting the at least one location signal indicating the location of the golf ball in relation to a two-dimensional area including the location of the golf ball;
- obtaining signals indicative of a position of a player playing the golf ball;
- determining a location of the player playing the golf ball;
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- communicating traveling instructions to the player to find the golf ball.
A computer-based product storing computer instructions which can be used to program a processor to perform the following steps:
- storing in a first memory data field zone templates corresponding to plural holes of a golf course, each template identifying zones of play associated with respective holes;
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- storing in a second memory data field quality numbers associated with each zone of play.
A computer-based product storing computer instructions which can be used to program a processor to perform the following steps:
- obtaining, for each of plural strokes, first and second distances derived from golf ball locations obtained by triangulation calculations performed upon reception of a signal transmitted from a golf ball, said first distance representative of a distance of a respective stroke in a direction parallel to a centerline of a fairway and said second distance representative of a distance of a respective in a direction perpendicular to the centerline of the fairway;
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- storing in a first memory data field, for said plural strokes, said first and second distances.
A golf ball position location device comprising:
- an input section configured to receive golf ball position location information derived by remote performance of triangulation calculations performed on signals received by remote receivers for a signal transmitting golf ball transmitter;
- a display coupled to the input section and configured to display at least one signal indicating the location of the golf ball in relation to a two-dimensional area including the location of the golf ball;
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- a computer-based product storing computer instructions which can be used to program a processor to perform the following steps:
- determining a distance of ball travel in a direction parallel to a fairway and a distance of ball travel in a direction perpendicular to the fairway for at least one of selected strokes;
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- storing the determined distances in a memory.
In a golf ball locator system in which an electromagnetic signal transmitter provided in a golf ball emits a signal when the golf ball is hit by a golfer, the improvement comprising:
- at least two electromagnetic signal receivers configured to receive an electromagnetic signal transmitted by the golf ball;
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- a processor coupled to the receivers and configured to receive signals from the receivers, to determine a location of the golf ball using triangulation calculations, and to output at least one signal indicating the location of the golf ball in relation to a two-dimensional area including the location of the golf ball.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.