Golf course yardage utilizing cellular phone

• US 20080090671A1
• Filed: 10/11/2006
• Published: 04/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: In Chul Han, Max Myong Ahn
• Original Assignee: In Chul Han, Max Myong Ahn
• Inventors: Ahn, Max Myong, Han, In Chul
• Application Number:
  US11/580,180
• Publication Number:
  US 20080090671A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/131
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/00 Golfing accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/36 for golf

Abstract

A cellular phone mounted player position as well as a hole position determining system for a golf course for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each of the cellular phone includes a monitor for displaying the golf course including each of the holes with its tee box, fairway, green, cup and hazards, as well as the position of the cellular phone unit on the course in real time. The distance between the target and the current position on a specific course of a golf club is measured when a player push the specific code number of a golf club followed by pushing the course number.

Claims

1. A system for determining the location of golf holes in a cellular phone, the system including a base station determination of yardage for being adapted to operate on a differential global positioning system (DGPS) in conjunction with GPS satellites that transmit GPS satellite signal information for use in determining the relative position of and distance between targeted points a golf course, the system further including:

base stations located on golf course targets, and each of the hand-held cellular phone stations for determination of the yardage, the functions of the system including the transmission and reception of information between the base stations and each of the hand-held cellular phone remote stations.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the base station includes cellular phone for displaying the location of all remote stations in real time such that the remote stations including lent not limited to the golf green holes can be observed while in transit.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the distance between the target and the current position is measured by pushing the golf course'"'"'s code number followed by the number of the golf hole.