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Golf cart computer with cartridge storage

  • US 5,095,430 A
  • Filed: 04/17/1990
  • Issued: 03/10/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/23/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A computer system for use on a golf course comprising:

  • a) a central computer located in a substantially fixed location on said golf course and accessible to golf players about to play a game of golf or having just finished playing a game of golf on said golf course;

    b) a mobile computer coupled to a golf cart, said golf cart used by a golf player while playing a game of golf on said golf course;

    c) said central computer includingi) a first central processing unit for controlling functions of said central computer,ii) a printer means for printing a golf score on a golf score card for golf players having played a game of golf on said golf course,iii) a first interface for receiving a transferable programmable memory means in which said transferable programmable memory means is pre-programmed with a pictorial data of fairways and greens of holes of said golf course and said pictorial data is represented in vector-graphic form, and is golfer programmed with information including golf scoring and golf score data;

    d) said mobile computer includingi) a second central processing unit for controlling functions of said mobile computer,ii) a monitor for displaying data stored in said transferable programmable memory means upon request, such data including pre-programmed information concerning the nature and extent of physical characteristics of the fairway and green of each hole of said golf course,iii) a second interface for receiving said transferable programmable memory means, andiiii) a key pad means for programming said transferable programmable memory means with a golf scoring data and a golf score data and for requesting display on said monitor of data programmed into said transferable programmable memory means in which said golf scoring data includes a golf score handicap value of said golf player using said mobile computer and said golf score data includes the number of strokes for a hole made by said golf player playing said game of golf;

    e) said mobile computer further includes means for calculating said golf score from said golf scoring data and said golf score data and for storing said golf score in said transferable programmable memory means when said transferable programmable memory means is in said second interface andf) said central computer further includes means for reading said golf score stored in said transferable programmable memory means when said transferable programmable memory means is in said first interface and for printing said golf score on said golf card.

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