Terminal equipment of golf play information and analyzing system thereof

• US 6,900,759 B1
• Filed: 06/12/2000
• Issued: 05/31/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 07/27/1999
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Muneomi Katayama
• Original Assignee: Muneomi Katayama
• Inventors: Katayama, Muneomi
• Primary Examiner(s): VO, TIM T
• Application Number:
  US09/592,113
• Time in Patent Office: 1,814 Days
• Field of Search: 710/100, 710/305, 701/213, 342/357.08
• US Class Current: 342/357.52
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0691 Maps, e.g. yardage maps or electronic maps
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2102/32 Golf
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/3605 Golf club selection aids informing player of his average or expected shot distance for each club
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices

Abstract

A portable terminal is used so as to provide play results of a golf player and information necessary for the golf player wherein the golf player inputs a score into the portable terminal and thus necessary information and play results are directly provided from the portable terminal to the golf player.

Claims

1. An input terminal equipment of golf play information, comprising:

a pocket-sized terminal equipment main body portable for a golf player having displaying means for displaying a plan layout of a golf course to be displayed on said terminal equipment main body and a corresponding cross-sectional layout of the golf course taken vertically showing elevations, and an input member for inputting golf play results into said terminal equipment main body.

2. An input terminal equipment of golf play information according to claim 1, wherein the input member is an electronic pen.

3. An input terminal equipment of golf play information according to claim 1, wherein the displaying means further displays an enlarged diagram of a putting green portion of the golf course after the putting green portion of the golf course is indicated by the input member.

4. An analyzing system of golf play information, comprising:

at least one pocket-sized terminal equipment main body and a respective data input member portable for a respective golf player;

a computer for editing and analyzing data loaded from said terminal equipment main body;

a cradle dedicated for loading a plurality of said terminal equipment main bodies simultaneously and collectively managing the data from said terminal equipment main bodies into said computer; and

an output mechanism for outputting information edited or analyzed by said computer.

5. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein said computer is connected via a communication system with web contents so that the data edited or analyzed by said computer can be visually captured in a remote place.

6. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein said computer is connected with the world wide web (WWW) so that the data edited or analyzed by said computer can be visually captured in a remote place.

7. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein said computer is connected with the Virtual Training Repository (VTR) to retrieve visual information therein.

8. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein the input member is an electronic pen.

9. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein the displaying means further displays a corresponding cross-sectional layout of the golf course showing elevations thereof.

10. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein the computer ranks and averages play results of different players inputted via respective terminal equipment main bodies.

11. An analyzing system of golf score play information according to claim 4, wherein the output mechanism includes a printer or a copy machine.

12. An input terminal equipment of golf play information, comprising:

a pocket-sized terminal equipment main body portable for a golf player having a plan layout of a golf course to be displayed on said terminal equipment main body and a hand-held electronic pen for plotting golf play results into said terminal equipment main body by clicking at an arrival position and drawing a trajectory of a golf ball on the plan layout.

13. An input terminal equipment of golf play information according to claim 12, wherein the terminal equipment main body calculates a carry or residual distance based upon information of the arrival point or the trajectory of a golf ball on the plan layout.

14. An input terminal equipment of golf play information according to claim 12, wherein the displaying means further displays an enlarged diagram of a putting green portion of the golf course after the electronic pen clicks or draws on the putting green portion of the golf course.

15. An input terminal equipment of golf play information according to claim 12, wherein the terminal equipment main body displays a corresponding cross-sectional layout of the golf course showing elevations thereof.

16. An input terminal equipment of golf play information according to claim 13, wherein the carry or the residual distance is displayed by the displaying means.