CN101378812A - Rangefinding devices and methods for golfing - Google Patents

Rangefinding devices and methods for golfing Download PDF

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CN101378812A
CN101378812A CNA2007800045814A CN200780004581A CN101378812A CN 101378812 A CN101378812 A CN 101378812A CN A2007800045814 A CNA2007800045814 A CN A2007800045814A CN 200780004581 A CN200780004581 A CN 200780004581A CN 101378812 A CN101378812 A CN 101378812A
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安德鲁·W.·优克
伟德·史帝芬斯
维多利亚·J.·彼得斯
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    • A63B55/00—Bags for golf clubs; Stands for golf clubs for use on the course; Wheeled carriers specially adapted for golf bags
    • A63B55/60—Wheeled carriers specially adapted for golf bags
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A device (50) comprises a rangefinder (54), memory (420), display (100), and processor (410). The rangefinder 54 can measure a distance (615) between a user and a target (605) on a course. The memory (420) stores data concerning a plurality of clubs including a hitting distance for each of the golf clubs. The processor (410), which is connected to the rangefinder 54, memory (420), and display (100), is configured to select, based on the measured distance (615), a recommended golf club and to determine a recommended swing speed for a golfer to hit a golf ball with the recommended golf club. The processor (410) is further configured to cause the display (100) to indicate (140, 150) the recommended golf club and swing speed. The device (50) may alternatively or additionally comprise an inclinometer and calculate an adjusted distance based on tilt and the distance (615), and select the recommended golf club based on the adjusted distance.

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Range unit and the method that is used to play golf
Related application
The application's case is advocated the priority of the 60/772nd, No. 016 U.S. Provisional Application case of application on February 9th, 2006, and the full text of described application case is incorporated this paper by reference into.
Technical field
The present invention relates generally to golf, and more particularly (but non-exclusively) relates under situation about playing golf and finding range.
Background technology
The known distance of when playing golf, utilizing distance mearuring equipment to inform the target (for example hole or flagpole) of the person of playing golf on the golf course.Some rangefinders based on laser at golf market can be buied on market.Those rangefinders with club selection or club suggestion feature also are known.For instance, disclosed this type of rangefinder in people's such as (Dunne) Dunne No. 2005/02211905 U.S. patent application case.The described rangefinder of people such as Dunne is collected about the data of the person of playing golf for the hitting distance of various clubs, and based on described data and on the court the measured club of recommending with the distance of target.People such as Dunne have for example disclosed that various other sensors of inclination sensor can be incorporated in the rangefinder, and claim and when the user recommends club inclination is being taken into account.Yet what people such as Dunne were mentioned only uses club higher or low numbering respectively based on the adjustment of tilting under situation about tilting downward or upward.In addition, the described rangefinder of people such as Dunne does not provide any suggestion except club uses to the user.
Another rangefinder is disclosed in Wo Milien people's such as (Vermillion) No. 2006/0077375 U.S. Patent Application Publication case.The described rangefinder of people such as Wo Milien is based on determining second distance with target with first distance of target with the angle of target, makes the parabolic path of considering golf when determining second distance.The described rangefinder of people such as Wo Milien comprises and is used for determining with the range sensor of first distance of target, is used for determining with the inclination sensor of the angle of target and is used for based on first distance and determined angle is determined and the computing element of the second distance of target.Though people such as Wo Milien may recommend the required change aspect the golf clubs selection, it does not propose any other suggestion, for example speed that swings of Tui Jianing.In addition, people such as Wo Milien does not select the club of one or more recommendations based on striker's ability.
Summary of the invention
According to an embodiment, a kind of device that is used for using when playing golf comprises rangefinder, memory, display, input unit and processor.Described rangefinder is determined the distance between the target on user and the golf course.Described memory stores is about the data of a plurality of golf clubs, and described data comprise each the hitting distance in the described golf clubs.Described display can be watched for the person of playing golf.Described input unit receives the indication of the hitter ability of selecting from described user from least two different hitter ability.Described processor is communicated by letter with described rangefinder, described memory, described display and described input unit.Described processor is configured to come the golf clubs that selection is recommended from described a plurality of golf clubs based on described distance, described hitter ability and described data.Described processor further is configured so that described display is indicated the golf clubs of described recommendation.
According to another embodiment, a kind of method uses electronic installation to play golf with auxiliary.Described method is determined the distance between the target on user and the golf course, and access is about the data of a plurality of golf clubs, and described data comprise each the hitting distance in the described golf clubs.Described electronic installation comes the golf clubs that identification is recommended from described a plurality of golf clubs based on described distance, described data and the hitter ability of being selected from least two different hitter ability by the user.Described electronic installation shows that the golf clubs of described recommendation watches for described user.
According to another embodiment, a kind of device that is used for using when playing golf comprises rangefinder, memory, display and processor.Described rangefinder can be determined the distance between the target on user and the golf course.Described memory stores is about the data of a plurality of golf clubs, and described data comprise each the hitting distance in the described golf clubs.Described display can be watched for described user.Described processor is connected to described rangefinder, described memory and described display.Described processor is configured to come the golf clubs of identification recommendation from described a plurality of golf clubs and impact golf for the person of playing golf determines the speed that swings of recommending with the golf clubs that uses described recommendation based on described distance and described data.Described processor further is configured so that described display is indicated the golf clubs of described recommendation and the speed that swings of described recommendation.
According to another embodiment, a kind of method uses electronic installation to play golf with auxiliary.Described method receives the input of first hitting distance comprise first golf clubs one group of golf clubs from the user.Described method is calculated one or more hitting distance in other golf clubs in described group based on described first hitting distance, and the hitting distance of described first hitting distance and described one or more calculating is stored in the memory.Described method is determined the target range between the target on described user and the golf course.Described method is come the golf clubs recommended from described group of golf clubs identification based on described target range and the described hitting distance of storing, and shows that the golf clubs of described recommendation watches for described user.
Listed vide infra accompanying drawing is stated about the structure of specific embodiment and the details of operation in following paragraph.
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Fig. 1 is the diagrammatic sketch according to the device of an embodiment.
Fig. 2 is the enlarged drawing of the electronic console watched of the eyepiece of device that can be by Fig. 1.
Fig. 3 A, 3B, 3C, 3D and 3E are the explanations that is used for the various cross hairs that use on the display of Fig. 2.
Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of an illustrative structures of the device of Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is the flow chart according to the method for an embodiment.
Fig. 6 is the figure that shows the track of golf.
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Referring to above listed accompanying drawing, specific embodiment and detailed construction and operation are described in this part.Be understood by those skilled in the art that some embodiment can realize being better than some advantage of known prior art, comprises some or all in the following content: (1) auxiliary person of playing golf reaches higher degree; (2) except club is selected to instruct, also, the person of playing golf instructs for providing the speed that swings; And (3) provide more accurate range finding by more accurately the effect that tilts being taken into account.To understand these and other advantage of various embodiment by reading following content.
Fig. 1 is the diagrammatic sketch according to the device 50 of an embodiment.Device 50 is to have to be used for when playing golf the specific characteristic that uses and the portable hand-holding type rangefinder of ability.In this version, device 50 comprises rangefinder 54, and it is the machine of measurement with the distance of target.Rangefinder 54 can be operated according to any principle, for example sonar, radar or laser reflectometer.At present, it is preferred using rangefinder based on laser to be used for rangefinder 54.Rangefinder based on laser is launched laser pulse to target usually, and scioptics 56 detect the reflection of those pulses.By measuring the time between emission and the reflection detection, can calculate distance.Although can use a laser beam or other beam shape, can the shape of laser beam be extended in vertical direction by using beam-shaping optical instrument, scanning beam etc., thereby can better measure the flagpole in the hole or the distance of flag.Rangefinder 54 can use the integrated optics sight 60 that comprises object lens 62 and eyepiece 64 to aim at, and the user can watch distant place target by integrated optics sight 60.Object lens 62 focus on the image of target and are positioned at object lens 62 and locate with first (preceding) focal plane (not shown) of the centre of eyepiece 64.Erecting lens assembly (not shown) can be inserted between object lens 62 and the eyepiece 64, to focus on second (back) focal plane (not shown) between erecting lens assembly and the eyepiece 64 again with image inversion and with it.The part of erecting lens assembly can move in response to light multiplying power selector mechanism, thereby adjusts the light multiplying power in the predetermined amplification range.
Some electronic component of device for opening 50 when pressing power button 66, and make rangefinder 54 emission laser pulses and obtain range reading.Device 50 also has a pair of menu interface button 68 that is used to operate the input configuration information and the menu of the function of enabling rangefinder 54, as the 11/265th of being entitled as of on November 1st, 2005 application " be used for laser range finder etc. rotary menu-driven and line of sight (Rotary Menu Displayand Targeting Reticles for Laser Rangefinders and the Like) ", describe in detail in No. 546 U.S. patent application case, described application case is incorporated herein by reference.
Fig. 2 is can be by installing the enlarged drawing of the electronic console 100 that 50 eyepiece 64 watches.Display 100 preferably is placed in the visual field of sight 60 of device 50.Display 100 is preferably formed by the transmission type LCD display floater that is placed between object lens 62 and the eyepiece 64, so that can not disturb the visual field.For instance, the LCD panel can comprise the transmission-type electrode that is formed by tin indium oxide (ITO).Vision element on the display 100 (for example, cross hairs 110, line-of-sight distance readout 120) can be reflective or opaque when activity or both have concurrently.Can provide according to circumstances light source (not shown) with the display element that is used for flare activity to strengthen its visibility in the low ambient light condition.Light source can be integrated into the device 50 from the mode that object lens 62 projections go out by the head for target that prevents to throw light on.(not shown) in other embodiments, display 100 can comprise any one that is different from LCD display or the multiple visual display unit except LCD display.For instance, display 100 can comprise optical fiber displays, light emitting diode (LED), Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED), AMLCD (AMLCD) or the like.In addition, display does not need to be arranged in optical path.For instance, can be on prism that is arranged in optical path or backward beam optical splitter at the display of for example LCD, the DLP of optical path outside or another display with the image projection of vision element.
Display 100 can comprise circular menu along its periphery, and it can use navigate one or more with in the various functions of selecting arrangement 50 of button 66,68.Vision element on the display 100 comprises cross hairs 110, and where its indication rangefinder 54 points to (that is, based on the laser beam direction of the rangefinder of laser where) and therefore obtain survey measurements wherein.It below cross hairs 110 line-of-sight distance readout of measuring as by rangefinder 54 120.Can rice, the sign indicating number or other long measure come reported distance.It above cross hairs 110 " truly " range reading 130.Consider better that based on inclination measurement and possible golf ball flight data the difference in height between the person of playing golf of target and operative installations 50 calculates actual distance.The details of those calculating is described in the following content of this document.Display 100 also comprises the club indicator 140 of suggestion, its indicating device 50 recommends the person of playing golf to use based on line-of-sight distance, actual distance and possible other factors club.In addition, display 100 is further batted with the club that uses suggestion for the person of playing golf indicates the speed that swings of suggestion, thereby arrives or shift to target.The speed that swings of suggestion is preferably indicated by hodometer 150 or other graphical scale.The algorithm that is used to select club and determines the speed of swinging is described in the following content of this document.
For instance, be that ball-type selects 160 along the periphery of display 100, in Fig. 2, be designated as " A ", " B " and " C ", correspond respectively to short distance, gauged distance and grow apart from ball.The ball-type that can show more or less number.The user can make suitable selection to mate the ball-type that it is just using.The user also can select between default club selector 170 and custom club selector 175.As more detailed description hereinafter, club is selected and the speed of swinging determines that algorithm takes range data to be used for various possible clubs into account.Described data can be default value or can be customization data, and this can be by training or programing system are determined for specific user's the feature that plays golf (specifically, it uses the historical of various clubs or expection hitting distance).
Display 100 also can comprise one or more hitter ability (not shown).For instance, occupation, man, man, woman and woman's hitter ability can be expressed as " 1 ", " 2 ", " 3 ", " 4 " and " 5 " respectively.Can use and/or show the hitter ability of more or less number.The user can make suitable selection with one or more hitter ability of optimum response (its batting ability of its optimum response).As more detailed description hereinafter, club is selected and the speed suggestion algorithms that swings can be taken hitter ability into account when recommending one or more clubs.According to an embodiment, for each hitter ability, each golf clubs is associated with the scope of hitting distance or hitting distance.For instance, pro can have the hitting distance of 310 yards (or scopes of 290 to 330 yards) being associated with the long dozen rod, man's hitter ability can have the hitting distance of 255 yards (or scopes of 250 to 280 yards) being associated with the long dozen rod, and woman's hitter ability can have the hitting distance of 195 yards (or scopes of 190 to 220 yards) being associated with the long dozen rod.In another embodiment, come the data of convergent-divergent by factor about the club distance based on hitter ability.For instance, pro can have 1.5 factor, and man's hitter ability can have 1.3 factor, and woman's hitter ability can have 1.0 factor.Suppose that the long dozen rod has 200 yards hitting distance (or scope of 195 to 205 yards), and the user indicates it to have pro, the factor (for example, multiply by 1.5) of distance scalable percent 50 is to approximate 300 yards (or scope of 293 to 308 yards) so.
According to another embodiment, the user can indicate it to belong to more than one batting abilities.For instance, batting ability can comprise short hitter, mid hitter, long apart from striker, male hitter and women striker.The user can indicate that it is male hitter, and it is long apart from hitter ability, mid hitter ability or short hitter ability then to indicate it to have.For instance, male short hitter uses the long dozen rod can have 200 to 230 yards scope, male mid hitter uses the long dozen rod can have 230 to 260 yards scope, and male long hitter uses the long dozen rod can have 260 to 290 yards scope.Similarly, female short hitter uses the long dozen rod can have 150 to 170 yards scope, and female mid hitter uses the long dozen rod can have 170 to 190 yards scope, and female long hitter can have 190 to 220 yards scope.Other hitter ability can for example comprise PGA occupation, LPGA occupation and amateur, and in addition, the user can import the profile of one group of club.For instance, the user's distance that can indicate it to use iron to reach is long and distance that use rod to reach is shorter.
According to another embodiment, the user can import user's the hitting distance of whole or sub-group of golf clubs or the scope of hitting distance.If the user imports the hitting distance of child group of user's golf clubs, so for example, can calculate the one or more hitting distance in other golf clubs based on the hitting distance of two or more golf clubs in the described son group by using known interpolation method or extrapolation technology.For instance, if the user uses No. 5 irons to have 150 yards hitting distance and use No. 7 irons to have 130 yards hitting distance, deducibility goes out described user and uses No. 6 irons to have 140 yards hitting distance and use No. 4 irons to have 160 yards hitting distance so.In addition, if user input is used for the hitting distance data of a golf clubs, can use hitting distance increment between the golf clubs to calculate one or more hitting distance in other golf clubs so.For instance, if the user uses No. 7 irons to have 150 yards hitting distance, under the situation of 10 yards increments between the supposition golf clubs, can calculate so and use No. 6 clubs to have 160 yards hitting distance, use No. 5 clubs to have 170 yards hitting distance and use No. 4 clubs to have 180 yards hitting distance.As discussing in more detail about Fig. 4, the user can be directly inputted to some or all of its golf club information in the device 50.In addition, the user can otherwise import information, for example via using wired or wireless connection to download data to the software of device 50.
At last, display 100 comprises various other marks, for example user's less than 180, Current Temperatures 190 or for example with respect to other sensing condition and the battery charge indicator 195 at the angle of inclination of target.In other version of display 100, reconfigurable vision element can omit some elements shown in Fig. 2 and/or can show additional element (for example, the bar number of current score, current match play, date and time etc.).Display 100 also can show the out of Memory about installing 50, for example control or configuration information.
Various cross hairs 110 all are possible, show some cross hairs for the ease of describing in Fig. 3 A-3E.Preferably, the user can select needed cross hairs 110 to be presented on the display 100.Device 50 can utilize different cross hairs under different condition.For instance, illustrated cross hairs 110 comprises the cross-hair that has transparent part around the crosspoint among Fig. 3 A.Flagpole or flag that this can help the user that device 50 is aimed in golf, green, hole or the hole.Illustrated cross hairs 110 is included in another rectangle of a rectangle inside among Fig. 3 B.Flagpole or flag that this can help the user when rangefinder 54 emission vertical elongated laser beams device 50 to be aimed in the holes.Illustrated cross hairs 110 is included in another rectangle of a rectangle inside among Fig. 3 C.Two rectangles all have transparent part along the center of rectangle major axis.The planche cross directrix is from the transparent part horizontal expansion.Flagpole or flag that this can help the user that device 50 is aimed in golf, green, hole or the hole.Cross hairs 110 illustrated among Fig. 3 D is included in the circle that its center has aiming point.This can help the user to make device 50 aiming golf, hole or greens when rangefinder 54 launch point laser beams.Cross hairs 110 illustrated among Fig. 3 E is included in the square that its center has aiming point.This can help the user to make device 50 aiming golf, hole or greens when rangefinder 54 launch point laser beams.
Fig. 4 is the functional block diagram of an illustrative structures of device 50.In Fig. 4, based on bus 405 Benqs in the structure of bus.The structure of other type also is suitable.Many other assemblies and bus 405 are situated between and connect, and it comprises rangefinder 54, processor 410, memory 420, display driver 430, user's input interface 440, outer peripheral interface 450, other sensor interface 460 and GPS (global positioning system) receiver 470.The device 50 of other version can have and is less than all these assemblies and/or can contains other assembly.
For instance, processor 410 can be any type of processor and is preferably digital processing unit, for example general purpose microprocessor or digital signal processor (DSP).For instance, processor 410 can be easy programming, hard-wired (for example special IC (ASIC)) or can programme under particular surroundings (for example programmable logic array (PLA) or field programmable gate array (FPGA)).The program storage of processor 410 can be integrated in the processor 410, can be the part of memory 420 or can be external memory storage.
Processor 410 is carried out one or more programs to control the operation of other assembly, between other assembly, to transmit data, so that be associated (preferably in the suitable data structure) from the data of various assemblies, to use data to carry out calculating, manipulation data and otherwise so that the result is presented to the user.For instance, processor 410 preferred execution clubs selections and the speed of swinging are determined algorithm.
Memory 420 can be stored program and other data (for example, map graph file) of default club distance data, custom club distance data, execution on processor 410.Memory 420 can be permanent or removable.
Display driver 430 can connect with processor 410 and display 100 Jie and present the club selection and speed suggestion that swings that (for example) calculated by processor 410 with literal and/or graphic form.Some versions of system 100 can not comprise display 100, and display driver 430 can wirelessly or via wired connection alternatively drive external display in the case.External display can be dedicated display unit, printer of PDA (personal digital assistant), handheld computer, mobile phone, device 50 or the like.
User's input interface 440 can be situated between and receive one or more user input apparatus, for example button 66 or other controller.
External device interface 450 allows to be connected to external device (ED), for example another computer, display screen, printer etc.External device interface 185 preferably provides industry standard interface, for example wireless or wired connection.Under the situation of wired connection, can use any agreement that data/address bus is provided, for example advanced techniques attachment device (ATA), PCMCIA (PCMCIA) and/or USB (USB).Wireless connections can use the low-power electromagnetic ripple to use wireless protocols transmission data, for example Bluetooth TM, WiFi or IEEE 802.11.Be illustrated as any assembly that is directly connected to bus 405 among Fig. 4 and alternately be external peripheral via external device interface 450 connections.For instance, rangefinder 54 (being not to be directly connected to internal bus 405) can be the separate outer device that connects via external device interface 450.
A particular instance that can be connected to the electronic installation of device 50 via external device interface 450 is computers, and device 50 is connected to described computer as ancillary equipment.This computer can be personal computer, handheld computer (for example PDA(Personal Digital Assistant)) or intelligent mobile phone etc.Utilize the extended user interface of outer computer can simplify some data incoming task of user, for example import the user club characteristic (for example, available iron, available rod and the plane angle that is associated or high strike angle), nodule number according to, user for each club in user's group apart from one or more hitter ability of Performance Characteristics (that is, how far its batting has), its batting ability of best reflection and about the data of the court layout of selected golf course.The manufacturer of preferred club or ball or the side of selling or golf course can be downloaded the club data high strike angle and the default distance of the average user of these a little clubs (for example, for), nodule number certificate and court layout for the user.Preferably, the user imports some customization distances of each club by the speed of swinging (or suitable approximate, for example swing firmly, mediumly swing, soft swinging), but makes for each club construction rate curve that goes out to swing.Can by the user with striking limits on the ball batting and note down employed club, the speed that swings and length of hit obtain this data.Perhaps, but the computer software program for execution with inquiry user its experience that plays golf so that calculate or estimating user for the range data of various clubs.For instance, about user's sex, highly, data such as weight, the experience that plays golf, deficiency can be in order to adjust the default club distance value.
Other sensor can be that the part of device 50 maybe can be connected to device 50 according to circumstances.For instance, these other sensors comprise dipmeter (that is inclination sensor), temperature sensor, humidity sensor, altimeter, airspeedometer, compass and barometer.The measured variable of known one or more sensors, processor 410 can calculate the density of air or influence other parameter of the flight of golf.
Device 50 can comprise according to circumstances also or can communicate by letter with gps receiver 470 that it can be in the position of determining device aspect latitude, longitude and the height above sea level.In addition, device 50 and/or gps receiver 470 can comprise that altimeter is to provide altitude readings.Rely on described information and about the latitude-longitude-altitude data of possible the target on the golf course, but install 50 compute line-of-sight distance and inclination and need not to utilize rangefinder 54 or other sensor.Club described herein is selected and the speed suggestion algorithms that swings can be operated these type of data, and no matter whether data are from gps receiver, rangefinder and dipmeter or otherwise acquisition.
Fig. 5 be according to an embodiment can carry out by device 50 or can be at the flow chart of the auxiliary method of carrying out down 500 of device 50.Sight line (LOS) distance that method 500 is determined between (step 510) person of playing golf (more particularly installing 50) and the target.This step preferably uses rangefinder 54 to carry out, but can otherwise carry out.For instance, use gps receiver 470 to determine that the person's of playing golf current location and access can be by the target position datas of golf course supply, but the distance between two points in the processor computer memory.As another example, the person of playing golf with electronic installation can estimate to be input in the electronic installation described electronic installation executing method 500 with the range mark of the distance of target or the printing on the observation golf course and with that distance.Method 500 determines that also (step 520) target is with respect to the person of playing golf or install 50 inclination.This is preferably carried out by the dipmeter as the part of device 50, and preferably carries out when distance L OS finds range.
Then, method 500 is calculated (step 530) distance through adjusting based on LOS distance and inclination.According to an embodiment, the distance through adjusting can be the equivalent level distance.Referring to Fig. 6, flagpole or the hole 605 of Figure 60 0 detail bit on massif 610.In order to describe, geometric locus 620, angle and massif 610 amplify a lot and and not drawn on scale.Flagpole 605 is elevated to tiltangle place, person's of playing golf (intersection point by x axle and y axle is represented) top.As described previously, method 500 is determined the LOS distance 615 between (step 510) person of playing golf and the flagpole 605, and determines the tiltangle of (step 520) flagpole 605 with respect to the person of playing golf.The track 620 of golf depends on many factors, comprises the resistance that is produced by the indenture on the ball, the speed of rotation of ball, terminal velocity, wind-force, serve speed and the ball spring and the rolling on clinoplain of ball.The equivalent level distance 625 help persons of playing golf determine that the distance that the person of playing golf should aim at is so that arrive flagpole 605.For instance, although flagpole 605 is positioned at horizontal range 630 places (for example 120 yards) apart from the person of playing golf, if the person of playing golf bats under the expection ball is advanced 120 yards situation, so described ball can not arrive flagpole 605.By the track of ball is taken into account, can calculate equivalent level distance 625 (for example 130 yards).Rely on equivalent level distance 625, the person of playing golf can be as flagpole 605 130 yards batting at a distance in the level ground.In addition, the predicted roll and the spring of ball can be included.
Equivalent level distance 625 is the functions at LOS distance and angle of inclination, perhaps f (LOS, θ).Track 620 can define by polynomial equation or polynomial equation group, can find the solution described multinomial to determine equivalent level distance 625 based on LOS distance, angle of inclination and other factors.For instance, known LOS distance 615 and tilt angle theta can be calculated the height of flagpole 605 (for example, x axle) top on ground.Because the track 620 of ball can be regarded as the vertical and horizontal level that changes along with the time, can find the solution curve and its polynomial equation guaranteeing when ball intersects with flagpole 605, it has and equals to use LOS apart from 615 and the height of the height that calculates of tilt angle theta.Fabricate track 620 and follow the extensible point (for example, if there is not massif 610, ball intersects at described some place and x axle originally) that passes massif 610 arrival from the person's of playing golf horizontal location.Equivalent level distance 625 then can be calculated as the horizontal range between the person of playing golf and the imaginary point (ball and x axle intersect at this some place).In addition, equivalent level distance 625 can be initial velocity, height above sea level, atmospheric pressure, environment temperature, relative humidity and the possible function of other factors of the person of playing golf on the sea level of golf.
In addition, the distance through adjusting can be to be similar to true ballistic range TM(TRUE BALLISTICRANGE TM) actual distance, its equivalent level distance for inclination is taken into account, as the 11/555th of being entitled as of on November 1st, 2006 application " ballistic ranging methods and the system (Ballistic RangingMethods and Systems for Inclined Shooting) that are used for inclined shooting ", No. 591 U.S. patent application case is described, and the full text of described application case is incorporated this paper by reference into.The principle that discloses in the described application case is compared the correlation (the more precipitous direction of taking off of club generation of higher number, and the more smooth direction of taking off of club generation of low numbering) of the main difference in aerodynamics, the direction of taking off and the club that uses and the correlation of the original ball speed and the speed that swings applicable to golf ball flight track, golf with bullet.For the many different clubs and the velocity composition that swings, processor 410 or other suitable processor can use above the equation of being stated in the application case with the reference of above institute to determine many different batter's boxs as calculated with principle, and then select optimal combination or several optimal combination, and show described combination at step 570 place in step 550 and 560 places.But the using iterative technology is will the speed of swinging to be fine-tuning to the more accurate value for given club.When having a plurality of appropriate combination, step display 570 can circulate in regular turn that the club recommended is selected and for the combination of the corresponding speed that swings of each club, or has some or all that show described combination under the situation of space and ability simultaneously at display 100.
In the prior art teaching calculate through adjusting other method of distance.
As the part of said method, method 500 access (step 540) players' club range data, it can be default value, custom value, based on some combinations of value or these values of hitter ability.
According to circumstances, method 500 can determine that also the type of golf is used for batting.Different golf has different flight or ballistic characteristics.Some ball warps are designed for maximum range, other balls be used to have easily prediction flight than short distance.Therefore, the club range data in the access of step 540 place can be club-ball-range data.Ball type is can be through selection and another variable of advising to the person of playing golf.In the case, method 500 is carried out additional step (not shown) to select club.For instance, this can calculate final ball position by track based on many different ball-club-velocity composition that swing and select immediate one or immediate some persons carry out.
Any other combination among club, club and the speed that swings, club and ball type, whole three or the three can be calculated and/or only be recommended to method 500.Therefore, the speed determining step 560 that swings is optional.In addition, method 500 can be based on hitter ability, determined LOS distance, select (step 550) one or more clubs of being recommended through distance and/or the club range data adjusted.This can relate to additional step (not shown): select hitter ability from a plurality of different hitter ability groups, for example occupation, man, man, woman and woman's hitter ability; And make data convergent-divergent one factor about the hitting distance that is associated with golf clubs based on hitter ability.
In addition, step display 570 can show out of Memory, for example LOS distance, actual distance and other measured variable.For instance, temperature indicator 190 can alternatively show the angle of inclination and continue the regular period (for example about 5 seconds) before being reduced to temperature reading.
Device 50 can have additional capabilities, and method 500 can carry out other function, and it might not illustrate in the accompanying drawings.For instance, device 50 can comprise not enough tracker and can show player's less than 190, as illustrated in fig. 2.As another example, device can have with the hole or with the ability of taking turns to the bar counting number, for example by start button after each bar, and upgrades described accumulation score of taking turns with respect to par.
As another example, device 50 is used in finishes batting measurement afterwards apart from the distance of golf.This can offer the player with the immediate feedback about hitting distance.Measured distance also can be in order to expand player's club range data storehouse.Project in this database can have timestamp.When accumulating enough data in database, it has represented user's ability better.If data have timestamp and very abundant, but access step 540 filtering datas so, for example by in time with the window of exponential weighting so that give nearer data with bigger flexible strategy.If measure with hit a ball apart from the time also surveyors' compass orientation and inclination, can calculate the position of being hit a ball so.This position can be presented on the map to provide the user to describe for the figure of the match of particular hole or whole wheel.This position as calculated also can be in order to determine the distance apart from next target.
The algorithm that is used to operate the illustrated and method and system described of this paper can be initiatively and the existence of the various ways of non-active.For instance, it can be used as one or more softwares that the programmed instruction by source code, object sign indicating number, executable code or other form constitutes or firmware program and exists.In above-mentioned any one may be implemented on the computer-readable media, and it comprises compression or the not storage device and the signal of compressed format.The exemplary computer-readable storage device comprises conventional computer system RAM (random access memory), ROM (read-only storage), EPROM (erasable programmable ROM), EEPROM (electrically erasable ROM), flash memory and magnetic or optical disc or band.Exemplary computer-readable signals (no matter whether using carrier wave to modulate) is the signal that the computer system of manipulation or operation computer program can be configured to access, comprises the signal by internet or other network download.The instantiation of foregoing comprise on the CDROM or distribute via the internet downloaded software.In some sense, the internet itself as abstract entity is a computer-readable media.Also be like this substantially for computer network equally.
Term as used herein and description are only stated in the mode of explanation but not are meaned restriction.Those skilled in the art will realize that under the situation that does not break away from basic principle of the present invention and can make many changes the details of the foregoing description.For instance, " target " that marks can be geology, geography, botany, drawing, the mankind or social feature or condition.In appended claims, all terms should be interpreted as its most reasonable implication, unless indication is arranged in addition, and the item of claims and the equivalent of element clearly keep within the scope of the invention.

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1. one kind is used for when playing golf the device that uses, and described device comprises:
Rangefinder, it determines the distance between the target on user and the golf course;
Memory, its storage be about the data of a plurality of golf clubs, and described data comprise each the hitting distance in the described golf clubs;
Display, it can be watched for described user;
Input unit, it is used for receiving from described user the indication of the hitter ability of selecting from least two different hitter ability; And
Processor, it is communicated by letter with described rangefinder, described memory, described display and described input unit, described processor is configured to come the golf clubs that selection is recommended from described a plurality of golf clubs based on described distance, described hitter ability and described data, and described processor further is configured to cause described display to indicate the golf clubs of described recommendation.
2. device according to claim 1, it further comprises the dipmeter of aiming at installation with described rangefinder, so that measure the inclination of the sight line between described user and the described target, and wherein said processor is communicated by letter with described dipmeter, and wherein said distance comprises distance and the line-of-sight distance from described user to described target through adjusting based on described inclination.
3. device according to claim 2, wherein said display are described at least one in described distance and the described distance through adjusting.
4. device according to claim 1, wherein said processor is configured to determine for the person of playing golf the speed that swings of the iron type golf club golf of the described recommendation of use, described processor further is configured to cause described display to indicate described definite speed that swings, and described display is described instrument to indicate described definite speed that swings.
5. device according to claim 1, it further comprises:
One or more sensors, it is selected from the group that comprises the following: temperature sensor, humidity sensor, altimeter, airspeedometer, compass and barometer, described processor access is by one or more variablees of described sensor measurement but wherein said one or more sensors are connected to described processor, and wherein said processor is selected the golf clubs of described recommendation based on described one or more measured variablees.
6. device according to claim 1, but wherein said input unit allows type that described user indicates golf so that the golf type of the described indication of described processor access, and wherein said processor is selected the golf clubs of described recommendation based on the golf type of described indication.
7. device according to claim 1, it further comprises:
Interface port, it is used to be connected to the computer that separates with described device, and
Wherein the described data about described a plurality of golf clubs are the customization datas that are sent to the person of playing golf of described device via described interface port.
8. device according to claim 1, the described data that wherein are stored in the described memory further relate to a plurality of different golf, and the golf that wherein said processor further is configured to select to use the golf clubs of described recommendation to impact, described processor further is configured to cause described display to indicate described golf.
9. device according to claim 1, wherein said data pin comprise the hitting distance of the soft speed that swings, medium the swing speed and the speed that swings firmly to each golf clubs.
10. device according to claim 1, wherein said data pin comprises each hitting distance in the described different hitter ability to each golf clubs.
11. device according to claim 1 is wherein based on described hitter ability and will be about described data convergent-divergent one factor of described a plurality of golf clubs.
12. device according to claim 1, wherein said hitting distance comprises the hitting distance of certain limit.
13. one kind is used electronic installation with the auxiliary method that plays golf, described method comprises:
Determine the distance between the target on user and the golf course;
Access is about the data of a plurality of golf clubs, and described data comprise each the hitting distance in the described golf clubs;
Described electronic installation comes the golf clubs that identification is recommended from described a plurality of golf clubs based on described distance, described data and the hitter ability of being selected by the user from least two different hitter ability; And
Described electronic installation shows that the golf clubs of described recommendation watches for described user.
14. method according to claim 13, it further comprises the inclination of determining the sight line between described user and the described target and calculates distance through adjusting based on described definite distance and described inclination, and the step of the golf clubs of the described recommendation of wherein said identification is based on described distance through adjustment.
15. method according to claim 13, wherein said data pin comprises each hitting distance in the described different hitter ability to each golf clubs.
16. method according to claim 13, it further comprises based on the hitter ability of described selection and with described data convergent-divergent one factor.
17. comprising, method according to claim 13, the step of wherein said definite described distance use laser range finder to measure line-of-sight distance.
18. method according to claim 13, the step of the described distance between wherein said definite described user and the described target comprises:
Utilize gps system to determine described user's position;
Utilize map to determine the position of described target; And
Calculate described distance based on described user's the described position and the described position of described target.
19. method according to claim 13, it further comprises:
Come to determine to use the speed that swings of recommendation of the iron type golf club golf of described recommendation for the person of playing golf based on the golf clubs of described definite distance and described recommendation; And
The speed that swings that shows described recommendation is watched for described user.
20. method according to claim 14, the step of the distance of wherein said calculating through adjusting is based on following one or more:
A) initial velocity of golf;
B) height above sea level of described user above the sea level;
C) atmospheric pressure;
D) environment temperature; And
E) relative humidity.
21. method according to claim 13, wherein said hitting distance comprises the hitting distance of certain limit.
22. a device that is used for use when playing golf, described device comprises:
Rangefinder, it can determine the distance between the target on user and the golf course;
Memory, its storage be about the data of a plurality of golf clubs, and described data comprise each the hitting distance in the described golf clubs;
Display, it can be watched for described user; And
Processor, it is connected to described rangefinder, described memory and described display, described processor is configured to come the golf clubs that identification is recommended from described a plurality of golf clubs based on described distance and described data, and determine to use the speed that swings of recommendation of the iron type golf club golf of described recommendation for the person of playing golf, described processor further is configured to cause described display to indicate the golf clubs of described recommendation and the speed that swings of described recommendation.
23. device according to claim 22, it further comprises:
Dipmeter, it fixes with described rangefinder so that measure the inclination of the sight line between described user and the described target with aiming at, the inclination of the described measurement of described processor access but wherein said dipmeter is connected to described processor, wherein said processor further is configured to based on the distance of being calculated by the definite described distance of the inclination of described rangefinder and described measurement through adjusting, and wherein said processor is discerned the golf clubs of described recommendation and the speed that swings of definite described recommendation based on described through the distance of adjusting.
24. device according to claim 22, wherein said display are described described distance through adjusting.
25. device according to claim 22, it further comprises:
One or more sensors, it is selected from the group that comprises the following: temperature sensor, humidity sensor, altimeter, airspeedometer, compass and barometer, described processor access is by one or more variablees of described sensor measurement but wherein said one or more sensors are connected to described processor, and wherein said processor is selected the golf clubs of described recommendation based on described one or more measured variablees and determined the speed that swings of described recommendation.
26. device according to claim 22, wherein said display generating writing pattern engineer's scale is to indicate the speed that swings of described recommendation.
27. device according to claim 22, wherein the described data pin about described a plurality of golf clubs comprises the soft speed that swings, the medium speed and the speed that swings firmly of swinging to each golf clubs.
28. device according to claim 22, it further comprises input unit, described input unit is connected to described processor to be used for receiving from described user the indication of the hitter ability of selecting from least two different hitter ability, and wherein said data pin comprises each hitting distance in the described hitter ability to each golf clubs, and processor is based on the hitter ability of described selection and discern the golf clubs of described recommendation.
29. device according to claim 22, it further comprises input unit, described input unit is connected to described processor to be used for receiving from described user the indication of the hitter ability of selecting from least two different hitter ability, and wherein based on described hitter ability and will be about described data convergent-divergent one factor of described a plurality of golf clubs, and described processor be discerned the golf clubs of described recommendation based on the hitter ability of described selection.
30. device according to claim 22, wherein said hitting distance comprises the hitting distance of certain limit.
31. one kind is used electronic installation with the auxiliary method that plays golf, described method comprises:
Receive the input of first hitting distance comprise first golf clubs one group of golf clubs from the user;
Calculate one or more hitting distance in other golf clubs in described group based on described first hitting distance;
The hitting distance of described first hitting distance and described one or more calculating is stored in the memory;
Determine the target range between the target on described user and the golf course;
Hitting distance based on described target range and described storage comes the golf clubs that identification is recommended from described group of golf clubs; And
The golf clubs that shows described recommendation is watched for described user.
32. method according to claim 31, wherein said input comprises second hitting distance of second golf clubs in described group, and based on described first hitting distance and described second hitting distance and the one or more described hitting distance in described other golf clubs in described group of the interpolation.
33. method according to claim 31, wherein said input comprises second hitting distance of second golf clubs in described group, and based on described first hitting distance and described second hitting distance and the one or more described hitting distance in described other golf clubs in described group of the extrapolation.
34. method according to claim 31 is wherein calculated one or more described hitting distance in described other golf clubs in described group based on the hitting distance increment between the golf clubs.
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