Double position golf simulator
First Claim
1. A multi-user golf simulation system, comprising:
- a booth having a first portion of a tee area for use by a first golfer and a second portion of the tee area for use by a second golfer;
means for determining the flight parameters of a first golf ball hit by a first golfer using a first golf club from the first portion of the tee area and of a second golf ball hit by a second golfer using a second golf club from the second portion of the tee area;
computer means for computing the distance and location of the first golf ball from a first simulated golf hole and of the second golf ball from a second simulated golf hole as a function of the determined flight parameters of each of said first and second golf balls.
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Abstract
An improved golf simulation system for two players is contained in a single booth, which has a single screen on which are projected various views of simulated golf holes and into which two golfers independently but concurrently hit golf balls from within the single booth, a dual-player golf simulator system. Each player uses a portion of a golf tee area. Ball flight sensors sense the flight of the two independently, concurrently hit golf balls. A computer concurrently computes the flight and landing location of the first golf ball on the simulated hole and the flight and landing location of the second golf ball on the simulated hole as a function of the sensed velocity, trajectory, and spin of each of the respective golf balls. The simulated golf hole can be viewed as a single view of as a split view when each player has a different viewing location.
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26 Claims
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1. A multi-user golf simulation system, comprising:
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a booth having a first portion of a tee area for use by a first golfer and a second portion of the tee area for use by a second golfer; means for determining the flight parameters of a first golf ball hit by a first golfer using a first golf club from the first portion of the tee area and of a second golf ball hit by a second golfer using a second golf club from the second portion of the tee area; computer means for computing the distance and location of the first golf ball from a first simulated golf hole and of the second golf ball from a second simulated golf hole as a function of the determined flight parameters of each of said first and second golf balls. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 25)
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20. In a golf simulator booth having screen display means on which are projected various views of simulated golf holes and into which two golfers independently hit golf balls from within the same booth, a dual-player golf simulator system able to be played concurrently by two golfers, said system comprising:
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a first portion of a golf tee area to be occupied by a first golfer; a second portion of the golf tee area to be occupied by a second golfer, playing with the first golfer; sensing means for determining the flight parameters of two independently hit golf balls, a first ball having been hit by the first golfer using a first golf club and a second ball having been hit by the second golfer using a second golf club; computer means for computing the flight and landing location of the first golf ball on a first simulated golf hole and the landing location of the second golf ball on a second simulated golf hole, after they have been hit by the respective first and second golfers using said respective first and second golf clubs; imaging means, controlled by said computer means, for imaging the location of the first golf ball on said first simulated golf hole and the location of the second golf ball on said second simulated golf hole. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 26)
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