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US Patent 5354063 - Double position golf simulator
US Patent Issued on October 11, 1994
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
December 4, 2012Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.
Estimated Patent Expiration Date:
December 4, 2012Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.AbstractAn improved golf simulation system for two players is contained in a single booth, which has a single screen on which are projected various views of simulated golf holes and into which two golfers independently but concurrently hit golf balls from within the single booth, a dual-player golf simulator system. Each player uses a portion of a golf tee area. Ball flight sensors sense the flight of the two independently, concurrently hit golf balls. A computer concurrently computes the flight and landing location of the first golf ball on the simulated hole and the flight and landing location of the second golf ball on the simulated hole as a function of the sensed velocity, trajectory, and spin of each of the respective golf balls. The simulated golf hole can be viewed as a single view of as a split view when each player has a different viewing location.Other References
| InventorAssigneeApplicationNo. 984948 filed on 12/04/1992US Classes:473/156, Pictorial flight path image display473/155Including sensor responsive to projectile on addressing surface or in flight (e.g., tee-target time detection, etc.)ExaminersPrimary: Stoll, William E.Attorney, Agent or FirmUS Patent References3589732, 3620537, 3697073, 3729315, 3778064, 4086630, Computer type golf game having visible fairway displayIssued on: 04/25/1978 Inventor: Speiser, et al.4437672, Golf Game simulating apparatus Issued on: 03/20/1984 Inventor: Armantrout , et al.4767121, Apparatus for simulating play on a golf course or driving range Issued on: 08/30/1988 Inventor: Tonner5020802Golf training device and method Issued on: 06/04/1991 Inventor: af Strom Foreign Patent References
International ClassA63B 069/36 |
