Golfing aid device capable of displaying and setting points-of-interest

• US 7,571,052 B2
• Filed: 02/27/2006
• Issued: 08/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 03/16/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Chun-Sam Liu
• Original Assignee: Chun-Sam Liu
• Inventors: Liu, Chun-Sam
• Primary Examiner(s): Black; Thomas G
• Assistant Examiner(s): Olsen; Lin B
• Application Number:
  US11/362,079
• Publication Number:
  US 20060212221A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,254 Days
• Field of Search: 701/208, 701/209, 701/213, 473/409, 342/357.13
• US Class Current: 701/213
• 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 2220/20 Distances or displacements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G01C 21/20 Instruments for performing navigational calculations G01C21/24, G01C21/26 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/19 Sporting applications
• CPC Class Codes: G01S 19/42 Determining position

Abstract

A golfing aid device capable of displaying and setting points-of-interest includes a processor, a screen, an input mechanism, a memory, a GPS module and a software program stored in the memory. The software program includes a points-of-interest setting interface and a points-of-interest displaying interface. A characteristic of the points-of-interest displaying interface are left-side, central and right-side displaying areas. When a point-of-interest with a left-side/right-side attribute is displayed, it is displayed in the left-side/right-side displaying area. On the other hand, a point-of-interest without a left-side/right-side attribute is displayed in the central displaying area. Therefore, the user can easily read the information displayed on the points-of-interest displaying interface.

Claims

1. A golfing aid device configured for displaying and setting points-of-interest comprising:

a processor;

a screen electrically connected to the processor;

an input mechanism electrically connected to the processor;

a GPS module electrically connected to the processor for obtaining a current position for the golfing aid device; and

a memory electrically connected to the processor, wherein the memory stores a software program comprising;

a points-of-interest setting interface, the points-of-interest setting interface displaying a plurality of different point-of-interest symbols for a user, the plurality of different point-of-interest symbols corresponding respectively to the points-of-interest, the plurality of different point-of-interest symbols including a bunker point-of-interest, the points-of-interest setting interface being configured to record a coordinate of the points-of-interest; and

a points-of-interest displaying interface, the points-of-interest displaying interface having a left-side displaying area, a central displaying area, a right-side displaying area and a distance displaying area, wherein the plurality of different point-of-interest symbols are displayed in at least one of the left-side displaying area, the central displaying area and the right-side displaying area according to a respective distance from the points-of-interest to the golfing aid device, and the respective distances are displayed in the distance displaying area.

2. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of points-of-interest further comprises a green points-of-interest.

3. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the green point-of-interest is divided into a green center point-of-interest and a green front-end point-of-interest.

4. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the green point-of-interest is displayed, a green point-of-interest symbol is displayed in the central displaying area.

5. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of points-of-interest further comprises a turn points-of-interest.

6. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of points-of-interest further comprises a best location points-of-interest.

7. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of points-of-interest further comprises a water points-of-interest.

8. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the plurality of points-of-interest further comprises a tree points-of-interest.

9. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bunker point-of-interest is divided into a left bunker point-of-interest and a right bunker point-of-interest.

10. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the left bunker point-of-interest is further divided into a left front bunker point-of-interest and a left rear bunker point-of-interest, and the right bunker point-of-interest is further divided into a right front bunker point-of-interest and a right rear bunker point-of-interest.

11. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 9, wherein when the left bunker point-of-interest is displayed, a left bunker point-of-interest symbol is displayed in the left-side displaying area, and when the right bunker point-of-interest is displayed, a right bunker point-of-interest symbol is displayed in the right-side displaying area.

12. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the input mechanism further comprises a hot key, and when a user clicks the hot key, the screen displays the points-of-interest setting interface.

13. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the software program further comprises a fairway selection interface for inputting a desired fairway.

14. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the left-side displaying area, the central displaying area, and the right-side displaying area are arranged in parallel.

15. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 14, wherein each point-of-interest is arranged in sequence according to the distance between each point-of-interest and the golfing aid device.

16. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the left-side displaying area, the central displaying area, the right-side displaying area, and the distance displaying area are arranged in parallel.

17. The golfing aid device as claimed in claim 16, wherein each point-of-interest is arranged in sequence according to the distance between each point-of-interest and the golfing aid device.