US 8,137,208 B2 · Automatic real-time game scoring device and golf club swing analyzer

Abstract

An automatic real-time game scoring device and golf club swing analyzer which may include enhanced capability based on GPS parametric and golf course specific information. One aspect of the invention includes the capability to assess a player's swing as a function of ball strike, club information, and length of an actual golf shot. In another aspect of the invention, the device provides for scoring a game as a function of the club used, the shot characteristics, and specific course parameter such as the hole played, game conditions, which may be analyzed during game play, as well as post game. The system presented according to the present invention is capable of adding to an individual's score only actual golf ball shots while ignoring practice swings. For recreational golf, the system allows for user overrides (“whiffs” and “mulligans”) at the golfer's digression.

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Dependent claims

A system configured to track parameters of a golf player's actual golf shots during play comprising:

at least one sensor configured to detect parameters indicative of actual game play including a golf ball strike and responsively generate at least one sensor signal indicative of the parameters;
a processing unit configured to automatically receive the at least one sensor signal without manual manipulation of the system, wherein processing unit includes an algorithm configured to automatically process the at least one signal and determine the occurrence of, and a difference between, a scorable stroke including the golf ball strike and a scorable whiff, and a non-scorable swing including a divot taken during a practice swing;
and
a display configured to render a visual image indicative of the golf ball strike and a parameter indicative of actual game play.

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