Apparatus and method for tracking the flight of a golf ball
US5489099A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Aug 29, 1994 |
| Grant date | Feb 6, 1996 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Aug 29, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2220/808
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
The golf ball tracking apparatus has a video camera for producing data representative of video images of a golf ball, a video frame processor connected to receive data from the video camera for determining the golf ball image position within a video frame of the camera, a flight path predictor responsive to the video frame processor for predicting the flight path of the golf ball in response to data from the video frame processor, and a motion controller responsive to the flight path predictor for controlling the movement of the camera to thereby track the actual flight of the golf ball.
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