SELF-RECORDING GOLF BALL, GOLF BALL CUP, AND READING DEVICE SYSTEM
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1. A golf ball comprising:
- an inner core surrounded by an outer cover;
a microprocessor, a power source, a receive and transmit device, and a piezo sensor electrically connected to one another and housed within said inner core;
wherein the microprocessor is pre-programmed with information identifying the golf ball, wherein the piezo sensor is operable to detect when the ball has been struck and to subsequently activate the microprocessor;
wherein the microprocessor is pre-programmed to (i) record data corresponding to one stroke upon activation (ii) to record a magnitude of force of said one stroke, and (iii) to subsequently ignore signals transmitted by said piezo sensor after said one stroke is received by said ball for a period of time thereafter correlative to said magnitude of force of said one stroke;
wherein the receive and transmit device is operable to receive an incoming signal and to transmit the identification of the ball and any recorded data in response the incoming signal.
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Abstract
The present invention provides a self-recording golf ball having an inner core defined by an outer cover, said golf ball further comprising a microprocessor, a power source, a receive and transmit device, and a piezo sensor electrically connected to one another and housed within said inner core of said golf ball; wherein the microprocessor further is programmed to record data corresponding to strokes received by the ball and to transmit the data, via the receive and transmit device, to a second microprocessor.
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1. A golf ball comprising:
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an inner core surrounded by an outer cover;
a microprocessor, a power source, a receive and transmit device, and a piezo sensor electrically connected to one another and housed within said inner core;
wherein the microprocessor is pre-programmed with information identifying the golf ball, wherein the piezo sensor is operable to detect when the ball has been struck and to subsequently activate the microprocessor;
wherein the microprocessor is pre-programmed to (i) record data corresponding to one stroke upon activation (ii) to record a magnitude of force of said one stroke, and (iii) to subsequently ignore signals transmitted by said piezo sensor after said one stroke is received by said ball for a period of time thereafter correlative to said magnitude of force of said one stroke;
wherein the receive and transmit device is operable to receive an incoming signal and to transmit the identification of the ball and any recorded data in response the incoming signal. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A golf ball cup for receiving a golf ball, said cup comprising:
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a cup body;
a means for sensing when a golf ball enters the cup body;
a means for signaling the golf ball to transmit data;
a means for receiving data transmitted from the golf ball;
a means for storing data transmitted from the golf ball; and
a means for transmitting the data to a remote computer;
wherein the means for sensing when a golf ball enters the cup body, the means for signaling the golf ball to transmit data, the means for receiving data transmitted from the golf ball, the means for storing data transmitted from the golf ball; and
the means for transmitting the data to a remote computer, are all electrically connected to each other and mounted on or within the cup body and powered by a power source. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A golf ball scoring method comprising the steps of:
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providing a golf ball comprising an inner core surrounded by an outer cover, a microprocessor, a power source, a receive and transmit device, and a piezo sensor electrically connected to one another and housed within said inner core, wherein the microprocessor is pre-programmed with information identifying the golf ball;
providing a golf ball cup for receiving the golf ball, said cup comprising a microprocessor, a power source, a receive and transmit device, and a piezo sensor electrically connected to one another and mounted on or within said cup;
providing a central scoring computer remote from the golf ball cup;
hitting the golf ball with a plurality of different golf clubs toward the cup;
recording and storing data within the ball for each time the ball is struck with one of the plurality of different golf clubs;
hitting the ball into the cup with one of the plurality of different clubs such that the ball strikes the cup piezo sensor upon entering said cup, activating the cup microprocessor based on a signal from the cup piezo sensor that the ball has entered the cup, transmitting a signal from the cup and receiving the signal by the ball;
transmitting the data from the ball and receiving the data by the cup;
storing the data in the cup microprocessor; and
transmitting the data from the cup microprocessor to the remote central scoring computer. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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