DESCRIPTION -1-
GOLF YARDAGE MEASURiNG DEVICE The present invention relates to a golf yardage measuring device and system.
More particularly to gather information for use in determining the distance golf balls travel during golf play or playing golf, plus other information relevant to playing golf and of use to a golfer, and then visually showing this information during golf play.
Normally when golf players play a game of golf and the golf ball is driven off the tee or between the tee and green, the player can only guess the distance the ball has travelled.
So no real precise information has ever been available, only if there are certain markers on the golf course fairway present, or par three holes with the distances shown, but even then the player will never know precisely how far they drive every single ball, this lack of precise important information concerning drive lengths of woods and irons leaves a gap in their play, all golf clubs are manufactured to carry the golf ball certain distances for different handicap players in general, and not knowing precisely how far you are hitting the golf ball must be a problem In trying to gauge ones golfing ability.
This present invention relates to a golf yardage measuring device and system housed within a control box enclosure employing an electronic and mechanical system with a programmed microprocessor and printed circuit board with sensors and liquid crystal display screens, plus operation touch key/buttons.
The device and system would advantageously be built into or located within the frame structure of a golf bag transporting trolley, and the trolleys wheels should be of such a diameter so that the outer circumference of the wheels measure one yard ie. 36 inches in length, so that when the trolley is moved and the wheels rotate 360 degrees on the ground the golf bag trolley has moved one yard in distance.
With a electronic! mechanical apparatus operating in conjuntion with each wheel/wheels rotation with the aid of sensors which are able to signal with electronic/mechanical means to the systems PCB and microprocessor that the wheels of the trolley have moved it one yard.
The systems control box enclosure would advantageously be situated on the trolleys framework structure so to be conveniently accessable for the user golf player to see the liquid crystal display screens which carry information and also to operate the touch keys/buttons which require to be operated at various times.
The aim of the golf yardage measuring device is to maximize the information received by the numerate signals from the trolleys wheels which are then transformed into numerical digits by the microprocessor and then transferred onto dedicated LCD screens for visual information for the golf player during playing a game of golf or practice.
It is the aim of the present invention to provide new information to the golf player whilst playing golf, information which has great value to his own game knowledge and importantly a record of all his shot lengths, and the average shot lengths of all clubs used during the game, precise knowledge and information never known before in golf.
According to the present invention there is provided a specifically designed enclosure control box with electronic/mechanical controls and printed circuit board allied to a programmed microprocessor system, located within the control box.
According to the present invention there is provided a golf bag transporting trolley, which has wheels of such a diameter that the outside circumference of the wheels measure one yard ie. 36 inches, and the trolleys framework structure facilitates to hold or have built into it the golf yardage measuring device system.
According to the present invention there is provided a sensor apparatus of electronic/mechanical design able to pick up electronic/mechanical signals each time the trolleys wheels rotate 360 degrees, these numerate signals are then received by the printed circuit board and microprocessor system and transformed into numerical digits representing one yard each in yardage measurements shown on the liquid crystal display screens.
According to the present invention there is provided numerous liquid crystal display screens, dedicated to various segments of golf play and vital statistics such as precise length of all shots, precise average of all shot lengths, precise length of individual holes within the golf course, and precise length of the full course, plus part screens for individual hole shots and putts, also screens for hole number and game number and score card are electronically filled in automatically from information from other liquid crystal display screens plus touch keys and buttons.
According to the present invention there is provided battery or solar power to maintain computerized system commands and functions.
According to the present invention there is provided touch keys/buttons to facilitate the manually starting and stoping the device and system, for processing individual named clubs for "shot lengths," for processing "shot averages" individual club yardages, to zero yardages at the end of each hole, to operate memory recall facility on the present game or past games, to put into the "shots" and "puns" liquid crystal display screens each holes puns and shots via dedicated touch keys/buttons, for updating "score" "hole" and "game" screens.
According to the present invention there is provided a memory board system with detachable memory card, to record all aspects of the information received and used during each game of golf or play, all this information could again be played and viewed on the liquid crystal display screens on the golf yardage measuring device by the operation of dedicated touch keys/buttons, or the memory card could replay the games on a personel computer.
According to the present invention there is provided particular liquid crystal display screens showing specific indicators for "very good" "good" "average" "bad" "poor" for different lengths of yardage on all clubs, based on average specifications of general golf club manufacturers, and thereby used by the programmed microprocessor to inform the golf player if his driven ball on all his clubs are good, bad, or average.
According to the present invention there is provided a programmed microprocessor and printed circuit board able to process numerate signals from the golf trolleys wheels and transform them into yard measurements, which are then allied to clubs names supplied by the microprocessor when operated for by the golf player, and put onto dedicated liquid crystal display screens, whilst other information is transferred to other screens or between screens, so therefore all manual operations and automatically received information are processed and used to give maximum information to the golf player visually.
This invention will now be described by way of example and with reference to the accompanying drawings in which: Figure 1. Shows an electronic/mechanical golf yardage measuring device control box enclosure, with liquid crystal display screens and touch keys/buttons.
Figure 2. Shows an electronic/mechanical yardage measuring devices electronic/mechanical sensor apparatus attached to the golf trolleys framework adjacent to the wheel.
By way of example only, a specific embodiment and use of the present invention will now be described, with reference to the accompanying drawings.
As illustrated in fig. I shows the operational face of the golf yardage measuring device 1 and the liquid crystal display screen strips 9 10 13 and information screens 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 14 15 and the operational touch keys/buttons 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 and touch key/buttons 7 8 for adjustment of information and scores.
As illustrated in fig. 2 shows the golf trolleys framework 25 and the rotating wheels numerate signal sensor apparatus device 23 and the trolley wheel 24 and the accompanying golf yardage measuring device I. Described by way of use The golf player user of the golf yardage measuring device advantageously should initiate the operation and use of the device on the first tee, by parking the golf trolleys 25 wheels 24 at right angles to the teed golf ball and its proposed line of flight. The golf player then operates touch key/button 22 to switch the yardage device on, which then brings all the liquid crystal display screen strips 9 10 13 to life with all the numerical information screens 2 3 4 5 6 11 12 14 15 reading zero.
The golf player then selects a club out of the golf bag to drive the teed golf ball up the fairway towards the distant green, but before that action the player operates the touch keys/buttons 17 to bring up onto screen 14 the particular name of selected club about to be used.
This action automatically alters screen 6 "Hole" to one numerical higher, and screen 15 "Game" to one numerical higher but only on the first hole in every new golf game.
The golf player now drives the golf ball off the tee up the fairway, then as soon as the player wheels the golf trolley up the fairway towards the grounded golf ball, the wheel sensor apparatus 23 starts sending numerate signals to the golf yardage measuring devices 1 printed circuit boards programmed microprocessor which then transforms these signals into numerical digits, which then start appearing on screens 9 11 14 simultaneously at each yards travel of the golf trolley up the fairway.
Upon reaching the grounded golf ball the golf player again parks the trolleys 25 wheels 24 at right angles to the golf ball and the proposed line of flight of the next drive, the golf player can now see on screen 14 11 9 the length in yards the last club drove the golf ball, this precise information has always eluded golf players in the past.
The golf player now selects another club to play the next shot, and operates the touch keys/buttons 17 to bring onto the screen 14 the newly selected clubs name, this action zeros the yardage of the previous club, which automatically puts the previous clubs name and yardage into the yardage devices memory file for future viewing and assessment.
The player now drives the golf ball towards the green and sees the ball land on the front edge of the green, the golf player now proceeds to transport the golf trolley 25 towards the ball and green, when arriving at the side of the green the golf player again parks the trolley 25 wheels 24 at right angles to the ball and the line to the hole, the golf player can now see on screen 14 the yardage measurement of the last drive, the golf player then selects a putter, and then operates touch keys/buttons 17 to bring Putter onto screen 14 at the same time the previous named club and its yardage disappears off the screen into the games memory file.
The player puns out the hole, then moves the trolley 25 and parks its wheels 24 at right angles to the holes flag post, then operates the touch keys/buttons 7 to put in the amount of shots scored on this hole on screen 3 and the amount of puns on this hole on screen 4 then to operate touch key/button 18 to close the hole yardages, so no more yard signals will be processed between green and the next tee.
On the yardage devices liquid crystal display screens will now show the first holes measurement in yards from tee to the golf hole on the green, on screen 2 and also the same yardage figure on screen 11 but only the same on the first hole, but not on any other hole. Screen 3 will show the number of shots taken on the first hole, and screen 4 will show the number of puns taken, on screen 6 will still show "one", until the tee of The next hole, whilst waiting at the next tee or other tees, the golf player can always utilize by operating touch keys/buttons 18 and 17 the "Shot averages" memory system of the microprocessor, which would be able to bring up on screen 12 all the shot averages of all the shots played during the game being played, or even past games by using touch key/buttons 19 in conjunction with touch keys/buttons 8 on screen 15 to bring back from memory, past games.
Upon reaching the second tee the golf player again parks the golf trolley wheels 24 at right angles to the teed golf ball and proposed line of flight of the ball, then selects the club to drive the golf ball off with, the golf player then operates the touch keys/buttons 17 to bring the clubs name onto screen 14 alongside three zeros in the yardage slots, this action reactivates the reception of yardage signals by the programmed microprocessor for this hole, again the golf player drives off and the sequence of operations start again like the previous hole, this device is able to gather more pertinent information on ones play and possible areas whereto improve it, and importantly a memory system of games played and possibly where they were played information.
Other information available from this device and system are the average number of shots and putts per hole, plus number of shots and putts per game, the average score per game over a number of games, all provided by the memory board system file.
The memory board system file is operated by use of touch keys or buttons 19 to implement the procedure which would start on the last game played and on the first tee, or by using buttons 8 on screen 15 alter the game number to which ever game required, buttons 20 and 21 would fast forward, or fast reverse showing of memory replay, with screen 6 showing the hole number as a guide to stop replay.
The yardage measuring devices 1 microprocessor is programmed to supply all the normally named golf clubs via the five 17 touch keys or buttons onto screens 12 and 14 for shot lengths and shot averages, and various calculations on averages which yardages originally come from screen 14 shot lengths,