GOLF CLUB APPARATUSES AND METHODS
First Claim
1. A golf ball comprising:
- a battery within the golf ball;
a sensor configured to detect a hit on the golf ball by a golf club;
a processing logic coupled to the battery and to the sensor;
an RF transmitter coupled to an antenna and coupled to the processing logic, the processing logic being configured to cause the RF transmitter to transmit a first RF signal to a mobile device in response to the sensor detecting a hit on the golf ball.
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Abstract
Methods, apparatuses, machine readable non-transitory storage media, and systems which process measured light values in order to determine the status of a golf club relative to a golf club bag are described. In one embodiment, a system uses a floating threshold, which is between a running bright average and a running dark average, to determine whether to add a current light meter value to one or the other of these running averages. In another embodiment, a system resets or re-seeds the running averages so that re-seeded averages are used after exiting from a sleep state such as a dark sleep state. In another embodiment, a system uses light sensor information or other sensor information to determine when a club is in use. Other embodiments are also described.
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23 Claims
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1. A golf ball comprising:
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a battery within the golf ball; a sensor configured to detect a hit on the golf ball by a golf club; a processing logic coupled to the battery and to the sensor; an RF transmitter coupled to an antenna and coupled to the processing logic, the processing logic being configured to cause the RF transmitter to transmit a first RF signal to a mobile device in response to the sensor detecting a hit on the golf ball. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A mobile golf rangefinder comprising:
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a satellite positioning system (SPS) receiver for providing position information; one or more receivers for receiving RF signals from an RF transmitter in a golf ball and RF signals from RF transmitters in one or more golf club tags; data storage for storing map information about one or more golf courses; processing logic coupled to the SPS receiver and coupled to the one or more receivers and coupled to the data storage, the processing logic configured to determine, from RF signals from the RF transmitter in the golf ball, the type of impact and configured to determine from the position information and the type of impact and the map information whether to record a stroke, wherein a certain type of impact to the golf ball is not recorded as a stroke by using the map information and using the position information. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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11. A golf ball comprising:
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a battery; an RF transmitter coupled to the battery; a logic circuit coupled to the battery and to the RF transmitter; at least one antenna contact pad coupled to the RF transmitter; a first core having an outer surface which surrounds the battery, the RF transmitter, the logic circuit and the at least one antenna contact pad; an antenna coupled to the at least one antenna contact pad, the antenna extending out beyond the outer surface of the first core; a second core which surrounds the first core, the antenna being disposed within the second core and placed between portions of core material, which is used to form the second core, before the second core is formed; a shell which surrounds the second core. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method of making a golf ball, the method comprising:
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coupling a battery to an RF transmitter and to a logic circuit, the RF transmitter having at least one antenna pad; coupling an antenna to the at least one antenna pad; forming a first core which encapsulates the RF transmitter and the logic circuit within the first core, the first core having an outer surface, the antenna extending outwardly beyond the outer surface; placing the first core in a mold, the first core being placed between core material in the mold; forming a second core from the core material in the mold, the second core encapsulating the first core and the antenna; forming a shell around the second core.
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17. A golf data collection system comprising:
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a golf ball containing a battery and at least one sensor that is configured to detect a hit on the golf ball by a golf club and an RF transmitter and a processing logic coupled to the battery and to the at least one sensor and to the RF transmitter; a mobile device having a battery and having a first receiver configured to receive RF signals from the RF transmitter in the golf ball and having an RFID reader configured to transmit a query signal to one or more passive RFID golf club tags, wherein the RFID reader is also configured to process a response to the query signal from the one or more passive RFID golf club tags. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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