Automatic real-time game scoring device and gold club swing analyzer
First Claim
1. A system tracking parameters of a golf player'"'"'s actual golf shots during play comprising:
- a sensor configured to detect a golf ball strike during actual game play and responsively generate a sensor signal indicative thereof;
a processing unit configured to receive the sensor signal and correlate the sensor signal to a parameter indicative of the actual game play; and
a display configured to render a visual image indicative of the golf ball strike and the parameter indicative of actual game play.
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Abstract
An automatic real-time game scoring device and golf club swing analyzer which may include enhanced capability based on GPS parametric and golf course specific information. One aspect of the invention includes the capability to assess a player'"'"'s swing as a function of ball strike, club information, and length of an actual golf shot. In another aspect of the invention, the device provides for scoring a game as a function of the club used, the shot characteristics, and specific course parameter such as the hole played, game conditions, which may be analyzed during game play, as well as post game. The system presented according to the present invention is capable of adding to an individual'"'"'s score only actual golf ball shots while ignoring practice swings. For recreational golf, the system allows for user overrides (“whiffs” and “mulligans”) at the golfer'"'"'s digression.
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30 Claims
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1. A system tracking parameters of a golf player'"'"'s actual golf shots during play comprising:
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a sensor configured to detect a golf ball strike during actual game play and responsively generate a sensor signal indicative thereof; a processing unit configured to receive the sensor signal and correlate the sensor signal to a parameter indicative of the actual game play; and a display configured to render a visual image indicative of the golf ball strike and the parameter indicative of actual game play. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A device, comprising:
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memory including data indicative of an actual golf hole; a GPS unit configured to generate data indicative of a golfer'"'"'s position; and a processor configured to receive a sensor signal generated by a remote sensor during an actual golf ball strike, the processor configured to correlate the data indicative of the golfer'"'"'s position to the actual golf hole data upon receipt of the sensor signal. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25)
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26. An apparatus for tracking parameters of a golf player'"'"'s actual golf shots during actual golf play, comprising:
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a GPS unit configured to generate an actual golf hole data; a sensor configured to provide an output indicative of an actual golf shot and configured to be coupled to a golfer; a transmitter configured to transmit the sensor output; a receiver configured to receive the sensor output; and a processor configured to process the received sensor output and determine a swing characteristic as a function of the GPS actual golf hole data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29, 30)
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