PERSONAL GOLFING ASSISTANT AND METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR GRAPHICALLY DISPLAYING GOLF RELATED INFORMATION AND FOR COLLECTION, PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION OF GOLF RELATED DATA

• US 20120264544A1
• Filed: 04/16/2012
• Published: 10/18/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: SkyHawke Technologies LLC (SkyHawke Technologies)
• Original Assignee: SkyHawke Technologies LLC (SkyHawke Technologies)
• Inventors: Root, Richard L., Nash, Dallas L. II, Edmonson, Richard C., MEADOWS, James W.
• Granted Patent: US 8,523,711 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/407
• 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 2220/12 Absolute positions, e.g. by using GPS
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/13 Relative positions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/14 Geo-tagging, e.g. for correlating route or track location data with specific information related to that specific location
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/18 Inclination, slope or curvature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/72 Temperature
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/73 Altitude
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/75 Humidity
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/76 Wind conditions
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/20 with means for remote communication, e.g. internet or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 57/00 Golfing accessories
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/36 for golf
• 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 71/0669 Score-keepers or score display devices
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/40 Correcting position, velocity or attitude
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/51 Relative positioning
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 16/9537 : Spatial or temporal dependent retrieval, e.g. spatiotemporal queries
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 50/10 : Services

Abstract

A handheld apparatus for displaying a graphic representation of a golf course. The handheld apparatus including a location measuring device that generates location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus; a memory that stores location information corresponding to each of a plurality of features of the golf course; a computing device connected to the location measuring device and the memory that retrieves a subset of the plurality of features of the golf course based on the measured location information generated by the location measuring device; and a display connected to the computing device that displays a graphic representation of the retrieved subset of the plurality of features of the golf course.

Claims

1. A handheld apparatus for displaying a graphic representation of a golf course, comprising:

a location measuring device configured to generate location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus;

a memory configured to store location information corresponding to each of a plurality of features of the golf course;

a computing device connected to the location measuring device and the memory, and configured to retrieve a subset of the plurality of features of the golf course based on the measured location information generated by the location measuring device; and

a display connected to the computing device and configured to display a graphic representation of the retrieved subset of the plurality of features of the golf course.