Display monitor for golf cart yardage and information system
DCFirst Claim
1. A golf cart adapted to support an occupant, said cart having a roof with an underside, a video display monitor mounted on the underside of the roof in a position for ease of viewing by the occupant in sunlight and without substantially interfering with the occupant'"'"'s view forward of the cart.
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Abstract
A player position determining and course management system for a golf course having a plurality of roving units for use by players in playing the course is disclosed. Each roving unit includes a central processing unit (CPU) including a data processor for executing various tasks ranging from fastest-execution of a task to slowest execution of a task on a schedule of priorities of task completion, a real-time means for controlling the processor to give the tasks priority ranging from fastest execution of a task with highest priority to slowest execution of a task with lowest priority, and a means for precisely timing functions of the system including modulating means utilizing a common digital modulation technique for digitally modulating data transmitted to and from all of the roving units. Each of the roving units include a monitor for displaying the golf course including each of the holes with its tee box, fairway, green, cup and hazards, as well as the position of the roving unit on the course in real time. Additionally, the system includes a course management base station for transmitting and receiving information to the roving units and a monitor for displaying the location of each roving unit on the golf course in real time.
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- 1. A golf cart adapted to support an occupant, said cart having a roof with an underside, a video display monitor mounted on the underside of the roof in a position for ease of viewing by the occupant in sunlight and without substantially interfering with the occupant'"'"'s view forward of the cart.
- 7. A golf cart having a seat and a roof with an underside, a video display monitor having a screen and being mounted at the underside of the roof forward of the seat in a position for ease of viewing by an occupant in the seat and without substantially interfering with the occupant'"'"'s view forward of the cart, the underside of the roof having a flat black coating for ease of viewing the screen of the monitor in sunlight.
- 9. A golf cart adapted to support an occupant, said cart having a roof with an underside, a video means for displaying objects on a golf course, the video means being mounted on the underside of the roof in a position for ease of viewing by the occupant in sunlight and without substantially interfering with the occupant'"'"'s view forward of the cart.
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