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US 8,556,752 B2Granted
Personal golfing assistant and method and system for graphically displaying golf related information and for collection, processing and distribution of golf related data
AssigneeSkyHawke Technologies, LLC
InventorsJames W. Meadows, Richard L. Root, Dallas L. Nash, II, Richard C. Edmonson
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Abstract
A handheld apparatus comprising: a computing device; a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus; a display connected to the computing device, wherein the measured location information is used to display a representation of an object on that display, as viewed from above the object, and the representation automatically rotates to orient the representation to coincide with the handheld apparatus' line of sight to the object.
Claims49
A handheld apparatus comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- the measured location information is used to display a representation of an object on that display, as viewed from above the object, and the representation automatically rotates to orient the representation to coincide with the handheld apparatus' line of sight to the object.
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A method performed by a handheld apparatus, the method comprising:
- generating measured location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus;
- and
- displaying, using the measured location information, a representation of an object on a display of the handheld apparatus, as viewed from above the object, the representation automatically rotating to orient the representation to coincide with the handheld apparatus' line of sight to the object.
A non-transitory computer-readable medium including computer program instructions, which when executed by a handheld apparatus, cause the handheld apparatus to perform a method comprising:
- generating measured location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus;
- and
- displaying, using the measured location information, a representation of an object on a display of the handheld apparatus, as viewed from above the object, the representation automatically rotating to orient the representation to coincide with the handheld apparatus' line of sight to the object.
A handheld apparatus comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a current location of the handheld apparatus;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- a representation of an object is displayed on the display, as viewed from above the object, and
- the representation of the object automatically rotates to orient the representation to coincide with a view of the object as it would appear when looking from the current location of the handheld apparatus to a predetermined destination.
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A handheld golf rangefinder comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a current location of the handheld golf rangefinder;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- a representation of an object of interest on a golf hole is displayed on the display, as viewed from above the object, and
- the representation of the object automatically rotates to orient the representation to coincide with a view of the object as it would appear when looking from the current location of the handheld golf rangefinder to a point on the golf hole.
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A handheld golf rangefinder comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a current location of the handheld golf rangefinder;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- a representation of an object of interest on a golf hole is displayed on the display, as viewed from above the object, and the object has an axis of rotation, and
- the representation of the object automatically rotates around the axis of rotation to orient the representation such that the point of the object that is nearest to the current location of the handheld golf rangefinder is at the bottom of the display.
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A handheld golf rangefinder comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a current location of the handheld golf rangefinder;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- a representation of an object of interest on a golf hole is displayed on the display, as viewed from above the object, and the object has an axis of rotation, and
- the representation of the object automatically rotates around the axis of rotation to orient the representation such that a line from the axis of rotation to the current location of the handheld golf rangefinder is perpendicular to a bottom of the display.
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A handheld golf rangefinder comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a current location of the handheld golf rangefinder;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- a representation of an object of interest on a golf hole is displayed on the display, as viewed from above the object, and the object has an axis of rotation, and
- the representation of the object automatically rotates around the axis of rotation and displays at least one point where a line between the axis of rotation and the current location of the handheld golf rangefinder intersects with a perimeter of the object.
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A handheld golf rangefinder comprising:
- a computing device;
- a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a current location of the handheld golf rangefinder;
- a display connected to the computing device, wherein
- a representation of an object of interest on a golf hole of a golf course is displayed on the display, as viewed from above the object, and
- the representation of the object automatically rotates from a default orientation to coincide with a vector from the current location of the handheld golf rangefinder to the object, and said computing device is adapted to selectively display, independent of any golf course infrastructure, a distance from the current location of the handheld golf rangefinder to the object.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.