APPARATUSES, METHODS AND SYSTEMS RELATING TO AUTOMATIC GOLF DATA COLLECTING AND RECORDING
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1. A portable golf data collection system comprising:
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a location positioning system;
an RF receiver configured to receive RF signals from an RF tag in a golf club and configured to receive RF signals from an RF tag in a golf ball;
a processing system coupled to the location positioning system and to the RF receiver and to the memory, the processing system being configured to determine automatically when a golf ball has been hit and to cause a position, determined by the location positioning system, to be saved in the memory in response to determining automatically when a golf ball has been hit.
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Abstract
In one exemplary embodiment, an integrated GPS device & RFID transceiver is used with passive RFID tagged golf balls and clubs and sequences of events and rules that enable accurate automatic golf data collection. Active tags may also be used in place of passive tags.
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32 Claims
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1. A portable golf data collection system comprising:
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a memory; a location positioning system; an RF receiver configured to receive RF signals from an RF tag in a golf club and configured to receive RF signals from an RF tag in a golf ball; a processing system coupled to the location positioning system and to the RF receiver and to the memory, the processing system being configured to determine automatically when a golf ball has been hit and to cause a position, determined by the location positioning system, to be saved in the memory in response to determining automatically when a golf ball has been hit. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A system to automatically record golf ball location during a golf game, comprising:
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a golf ball having a first RFID tag; a golf club having a second RFID tag; a mobile GPS and RFID transceiver to communicate with the first RFID tag on the golf ball and the second RFID tag on the golf club, and automatically recording a position of a golf ball before the ball was hit after detecting a swing of the golf club and detecting that the golf ball has been hit away.
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7. A system to detect movement of a golf ball, comprising:
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a golf ball having a RFID tag; a mobile GPS and RFID transceiver to communicate with the RFID tag in the golf ball, the transceiver to automatically determine a velocity of the golf ball.
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8. A system to detect velocity of a golf club, comprising:
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a golf club having an RFID tag; a mobile GPS and RFID transceiver to communicate with the RFID on the golf club, the transceiver to automatically determine a velocity of the golf club upon detecting movement of the golf club during a golf swing. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10)
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11. A system to record a golf stroke, comprising:
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a plurality of golf balls, each golf ball having a RFID tag; a golf club having a RFID tag; a transceiver configured to receive RFID signals from the RFID tag on the golf club and the RFID tags on the plurality of golf balls, the transceiver causing the recording of a position of the golf ball after detecting a swing of the golf club and that one of the plurality of golf balls has been hit by the golf club.
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12. A method to record a golf stroke, comprising:
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detecting presence of a plurality of golf balls, each having a RFID tag; detecting presence of a golf club, the golf club having a RFID tag; detecting, by a transceiver, a plurality of RFID signals from the plurality of golf balls; detecting, by the transceiver, a swing of the golf club and a change in kinematics of one of the plurality of golf balls to thereby determine that one of the golf balls has been hit; and registering a golf stroke, automatically, in the transceiver, in response to determining that the one of the plurality of golf balls with its RFID tag has been hit. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A method to mark a location of a golf ball, comprising:
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detecting presence of a golf ball having a first RFID tag; detecting presence of a golf club having a second RFID tag; detecting, by RFID transceiver, a swing of the golf club and a change in kinematics of the golf ball after the golf ball has been hit; and registering, automatically, a location of the golf ball through a positioning system before the change in kinematics of the golf ball after detecting the swing of the golf club and the change in kinematics of the golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method to automatically assess a penalty stroke during a golf game, comprising:
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determining a golfer'"'"'s position on a golf course using a positioning system; receiving, at an RFID transceiver, a first RF signal from a first RFID tag from a first golf ball; determining a golf club having a RFID tag; comparing the first RF signal from the first RFID tag from the first golf ball against a second RF signal from the second RFID tag from a second golf ball in a golf shot previously made; and determining if a penalty stroke is to be assessed based on the golfer'"'"'s position on the golf course, the golf club having the RFID tag to be used, and if the first golf ball is different from the second golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (32)
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