Golf simulator
First Claim
1. A golf simulator comprising a launch area facing a screen at which the ball is driven and which is used to display an image of part of a golf course;
- sensor devices formed and arranged for detecting at least one of;
the impact of a golf ball on the screen, the flight of the ball towards said screen, and the trajectory of the golf club head during the golf club swing;
a tiltable tee apparatus having a playing surface panel and at least one displacement device formed and arranged for tilting said playing surface panel so as to provide a desired slope angle and slope direction relative to a golf driving direction; and
a computer apparatus operatively connected to said sensor devices and to said at least one displacement device, and programmed so as to control display of part of a golf course on said screen, based on the topography of the golf course, and the position of the launch area in relation to said golf course, and compute an estimated trajectory of the ball on the basis of the inputs received from said sensor devices, compute an estimated position of the ball based on the estimated trajectory and the ball landing zone topography, control said display on the screen so as to display the estimated position of the ball on the screen image, compute the slope angle and slope direction of the estimated position or lie of the ball, and control said at least one displacement device so as to bring the playing surface panel slope angle and slope direction into correspondence with the computed slope angle and slope direction so that the next drive can be played from a realistic lie.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a golf simulator comprising a launch area facing a screen at which the ball is driven and used to display part of a golf course. Sensors detect the impact of a ball on the screen, and/or flight towards it, and/or club head trajectory. The launch area is a playing surface panel tiltable by a displacement device, to provide a desired slope angle α and slope direction β relative to a driving direction. A computer is connected to the sensors and displacement device, and programmed to control display of the course, based on its topography, and position of the launch area, and compute an estimated ball trajectory, ball lie based on the estimated trajectory and landing zone topography. The computer then controls the screen display and displacement device so that the next drive can be played from a realistic lie.
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1. A golf simulator comprising a launch area facing a screen at which the ball is driven and which is used to display an image of part of a golf course;
- sensor devices formed and arranged for detecting at least one of;
the impact of a golf ball on the screen, the flight of the ball towards said screen, and the trajectory of the golf club head during the golf club swing;
a tiltable tee apparatus having a playing surface panel and at least one displacement device formed and arranged for tilting said playing surface panel so as to provide a desired slope angle and slope direction relative to a golf driving direction; and
a computer apparatus operatively connected to said sensor devices and to said at least one displacement device, and programmed so as to control display of part of a golf course on said screen, based on the topography of the golf course, and the position of the launch area in relation to said golf course, and compute an estimated trajectory of the ball on the basis of the inputs received from said sensor devices, compute an estimated position of the ball based on the estimated trajectory and the ball landing zone topography, control said display on the screen so as to display the estimated position of the ball on the screen image, compute the slope angle and slope direction of the estimated position or lie of the ball, and control said at least one displacement device so as to bring the playing surface panel slope angle and slope direction into correspondence with the computed slope angle and slope direction so that the next drive can be played from a realistic lie. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
- sensor devices formed and arranged for detecting at least one of;
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