Golf round data system
DCFirst Claim
1. A portable golf round data system for providing distance information to a player and for recording stroke data, comprising:
- (a) a portable data collection unit adapted to be carried by said user including a receiver for receiving at least one external locating signal from which the user'"'"'s current location on a golf course can be determined;
(b) course data storage in said data collection unit for storing data relating to the location of golf course features;
(c) a microcomputer in said data collection unit operatively connected to the receiver and to the data storage for determining a player'"'"'s current location on said course from said external locating signal and for calculating distances between said current location and at least one of said golf course features retained in the said data storage;
(d) a display on said data collection unit connected to said processor and operative to display the distance between said current location and at least one selected golf course feature;
(e) stroke register means on said data collection unit to register each stroke taken by a user, said stroke register means being manually actuated by the user to record each stroke;
(f) said microcomputer being responsive to said stroke register means to maintain a count of the strokes taken during a round, wherein said count is incremented each time a stroke is registered;
(g) said microcomputer being further responsive to said stroke register means to calculate, based on said external locating signal, the location on said course from which each stroke is taken; and
(h) stroke data storage in said data collection unit for storing the location on said course of each stroke taken until the end of play so that stroke locations can be subsequently retrieved at the end of a golf round.
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Abstract
A golf round data system includes a portable data collection unit adapted to be carried by the user for displaying information to the user and for recording data concerning the golf round. Data concerning the layout of the golf course and the location of key golf course features is stored in the data collection unit internal memory. The data collection unit includes a receiver for receiving at least one external locating signal from which the user'"'"'s current location on a course can be determined. A microcomputer in the data collection unit uses the external locating signal to determine a player'"'"'s current location on the course and for calculating distances between the player'"'"'s current location and a designated golf course feature, as the pin location. The distance calculated is displayed to the user. The data collection unit also includes input means to register each stroke taken by the user. The microcomputer is responsive to the input means to calculate the location on the course from which each stroke is taken. The location of each lie is stored in the data collection unit'"'"'s memory and may be analyzed subsequently to derive player performance statistics. The recorded lies may be also be used to generate a plot of the golf course with each recorded lie.
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1. A portable golf round data system for providing distance information to a player and for recording stroke data, comprising:
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(a) a portable data collection unit adapted to be carried by said user including a receiver for receiving at least one external locating signal from which the user'"'"'s current location on a golf course can be determined; (b) course data storage in said data collection unit for storing data relating to the location of golf course features; (c) a microcomputer in said data collection unit operatively connected to the receiver and to the data storage for determining a player'"'"'s current location on said course from said external locating signal and for calculating distances between said current location and at least one of said golf course features retained in the said data storage; (d) a display on said data collection unit connected to said processor and operative to display the distance between said current location and at least one selected golf course feature; (e) stroke register means on said data collection unit to register each stroke taken by a user, said stroke register means being manually actuated by the user to record each stroke; (f) said microcomputer being responsive to said stroke register means to maintain a count of the strokes taken during a round, wherein said count is incremented each time a stroke is registered; (g) said microcomputer being further responsive to said stroke register means to calculate, based on said external locating signal, the location on said course from which each stroke is taken; and (h) stroke data storage in said data collection unit for storing the location on said course of each stroke taken until the end of play so that stroke locations can be subsequently retrieved at the end of a golf round. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A golf round data system for recording stroke data, comprising:
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(a) a portable data collection unit adapted to be carried by said user including a receiver for receiving one or more locating signals from which the user'"'"'s current location on a golf course can be determined; (b) stroke register means on said data collection unit to register each stroke taken by a user, said stroke register means being manually actuated by the user to record each stroke; (c) counting means responsive to said stroke register means for maintaining a count of the strokes taken during a round, wherein said counting means is incremented each time a stroke is registered; and (d) stroke data storage in said data collection unit for storing stroke location data for each stroke taken until the end of play so that stroke locations can be subsequently retrieved at the end of a golf round, said location data being derived from said external locating signals. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. A golf round data method for collecting golf round data using a portable data collection unit including data storage and a radiolocation device for determining a player'"'"'s current location from one or more external locating signals, said golf round data method comprising:
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(a) registering each stroke taken in said data collection unit; (b) storing stroke data in said data storage corresponding to the location of each stroke taken when a stroke is registered; (c) transferring said data to a processing means; and (d) analyzing said data with said processing means to determine the location of each recorded lie on said golf course. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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