WO2006104593A2 - Method and system for locating a lost golf ball - Google Patents
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- A63B24/0021—Tracking a path or terminating locations
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- the present invention relates to a method, a system and a computer program
- the present invention relates to a
- the sport of golf is played on terrain having a variety of characteristics
- Some techniques implement a
- golf ball including an electromagnetic signal transmitter that transmits a signal that can be detected by a receiver antenna. Another technique implements a golf ball that has
- the device is mobile. There is a further need for the device to be mobile. There is a further need for the device to be mobile.
- the object can be applied using Pin Printing technology to at
- the object can be one of: a highly
- the property detected can include any one of: reflected light, vapor,
- Fig. 1 depicts an exemplary functional block diagram of a device in which the
- Fig. 2 depicts an exemplary diagram of Pin Printing system depicted in Fig. 1;
- Fig. 3 depicts an exemplary flow diagram for a method of detecting the location of
- Fig. 1 depicts a functional block diagram of a system 100 in which the present
- the system 100 is a hand ⁇
- the system 100 includes a processor (CPU) 102, Pin Printing system 104, detection circuitry 106, memory 110, data 112, display 108, and program 114.
- processor CPU
- Pin Printing system 104 Pin Printing system 104
- detection circuitry 106 memory 110
- data 112 data 112
- display 108 data 112
- program 114 program 114
- Pin Printing system 104 is a separate standalone
- detection circuitry 106 detects a golf
- circuitry 106 detects the location of the golf ball by monitoring for the properties of the
- the objects detected include, but are not limited to,
- the object is a material, and RFID chips.
- the object is a material, and RFID chips.
- detection circuitry 106 detects
- the vapor properties of organic materials may be detected by well known
- thorium compounds is readily detected by various forms of a Geiger counter.
- NIR near infrared region
- the backscatter of the laser light can be detected and locate golf ball Pin Printed with such reflective substances.
- An RFID chip's signal can be detected by the RF
- UHF frequency
- Pin Printing system 104 applies
- an object is applied into a plurality of dimples of a golf ball.
- Fig. 1 In the Fig. 1
- At least one pin in Pin Printing system 104 is
- the object transferred to the dimple is the object transferred to the dimple
- 104 can be of the type used in biochemistry and described in Schena, Microarray
- the properties of the object are received for further digital signal processing by CPU 102.
- the CPU 102 is a microprocessor, such as an INTEL PENTIUM® or AMD® processor,
- network interface 116 communicate using bus 118.
- the memory 110 is coupled to
- the CPU 102 and stores program 114 and data 112.
- the data 112 includes, but is not limited
- the program 114 provides the functionality associated with detecting the
- the program 114 is
- Fig. 2 depicts an exemplary schematic of a Pin Printing system 104 shown in Fig.
- the Pin Printing system 104 includes an
- object reservoir 202 pin printer head and printer assembly 204, golf ball 206, stage and
- stepper motor assembly 208 battery casing 210, Pin Printing system housing 212, door
- the object reservoir 202 stores objects
- object reservoir 202 can be loaded with objects through door 218.
- reservoir 202 examples include, but are not limited to, highly reflective substances,
- pin printing head and printer assembly 204 receives pin printing head and printer assembly 204.
- the motor assembly 208 includes a stage and a stepper motor.
- the stage of motor assembly 208 receives an object, such as a golf ball, for Pin Printing in
- stage can have a concave configuration to increase the stability of the object on the stage.
- Batteries in case 210 provide power to the stepper motor 208 and pin printer head and
- the door 214 allows for the object to be inserted into Pin Printing system 104 and
- the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the
- this shaft 216 is concave to better support the golf ball.
- Pin Printing system housing 212 houses the components of Pin Printing system 104.
- printing assembly 204 is a miniaturized robotic device with the ability to move back and
- the pin printer senses
- This sensing operation is based on feedback provided to the stepper motor 208
- stepper motor 208 moves the golf ball back and forth until the pin finds the
- reservoir 202 removes a sample of material from the reservoir and prints this material
- the printing may be repeated several times to provide sufficient
- head and printer assembly 204 can be split acting like tweezers or have a capillary core to
- head and printer assembly 204 can be a millimeter or less in diameter and used to transfer
- Fig. 3 is an exemplary flow chart for a method of detecting the location of a golf
- step 302. an object,
- step 304 the bottom of a golf ball
- dimple on the golf ball is located by a pin printer head.
- locating the bottom of a dimple on a golf ball includes the pin printer head
- step 306 the pin printer head rotates to face
- step 308 the pin printer head
- step 310 the pin printer head
- the object is printed to the exterior surface of the golf ball.
- the object is printed in the interior of the golf ball though the golf
- steps 304-310 can be repeated
- the golf ball can be located by detecting the
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Abstract
An object is applied to a golf ball after the golf ball is manufactured for the purpose of allowing the golf ball to be easily located if lost during play in a round of golf. The object is applied to the golf ball without adversely affecting the aerodynamic properties of the golf ball. The object can be applied using Pin Printing technology to at least one dimple of a golf ball. The object applied can be detected by a hand-held device operable to detect one or more properties of the object.
Description
METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR LOCATING A LOST GOLF BALL
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
Field of the Invention:
The present invention relates to a method, a system and a computer program
product for locating a lost golf ball. More particularly, the present invention relates to a
method, a device and a computer program product for detecting the location of a lost
golf.
Description of the Prior Art:
Typically, the sport of golf is played on terrain having a variety of characteristics,
such as grass, sand, trees, water, a specified distance, etc. It is not uncommon for a golf
ball to become lost while playing golf due to the characteristics of the environment in
which it is played. Once a golf ball is lost, a substantial amount of time can be spent
trying to find it. This results in an increase of playing time for the player who lost the
ball, as well as other players playing behind or with the player. In cases where the golf
ball cannot be located, the player who lost the ball is accessed a penalty stroke increasing
the player's final score. There are a variety of techniques that have been implemented to
assist a golfer locate a lost golf ball in a more expedient manner than combing through
the area where the golf ball is believed to have been lost. Some techniques implement a
golf ball including an electromagnetic signal transmitter that transmits a signal that can
be detected by a receiver antenna. Another technique implements a golf ball that has
been subjected to an aroma that can be detected by an electronic detection circuit. Yet
another technique implements a golf ball with a radioactive core, where the golf ball's
radioactive rays can be detected. However each of these techniques require that the golf
ball is modified in some capacity during the manufacturing of the golf ball. Because the
rules of golf restrict the inclusion of object in a golf ball or the modification of a golf ball,
these methods of locating a golf ball are undesirable.
Accordingly, there is a need for a device that detects the location of a golf ball.
There is further need for the device to be mobile. There is a further need for the device to
detect the location of a golf ball over long distances. There is a need for the device to
locate a golf ball without modifying the golf ball at the time of manufacturing. There is a
need for the device to apply an object or an amount material to the interior of a golf ball
to enable detection of the golf ball. There is a need for the device to apply an object or an
amount of material to the exterior of a golf ball to enable the detection of the golf ball.
There is a need for the application of the object or the material to not adversely affect the
aerodynamic properties of the golf ball. There is a need for the device to decrease the
amount of time required to locate an object.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to embodiments of the present invention, a method, a device and a
computer program product for detecting the location of a golf ball are provided. The
method applies an object to a golf ball without adversely affecting the aerodynamic
properties of the golf ball. The object can be applied using Pin Printing technology to at
least one dimple of a golf ball.
According to a method of the present invention detecting the location of a golf ball
includes receiving a golf ball, locating an area on the golf ball, transferring an object to
the area on the golf ball by removing the object from a reservoir of objects, and detecting
a property of the object transferred to the golf ball. The object can be one of: a highly
reflective substance, a naturally radioactive substance, a RFID chip, and an organic
substance. The property detected can include any one of: reflected light, vapor,
radioactivity and RF signal.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The above described features and advantages of the present invention will be more
fully appreciated with reference to the detailed description and appended figures in
which:
Fig. 1 depicts an exemplary functional block diagram of a device in which the
present invention can find application;
Fig. 2 depicts an exemplary diagram of Pin Printing system depicted in Fig. 1;
and
Fig. 3 depicts an exemplary flow diagram for a method of detecting the location of
a golf ball Pin Printed with an object.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
The present invention is now described more fully hereinafter with reference to the
accompanying drawings that show embodiments of the present invention. The present
invention, however, may be embodied in many different forms and should not be
construed as limited to embodiments set forth herein. Appropriately, these embodiments
are provided so that this disclosure will be thorough and complete, and will fully convey
the scope of the present invention.
Fig. 1 depicts a functional block diagram of a system 100 in which the present
invention can find application. In the embodiment of Fig. 1, the system 100 is a hand¬
held device operable to determine the location of a golf ball and apply an object to the
golf ball that is detectable by the device. In the Fig. 1 embodiment of the present
invention, the system 100 includes a processor (CPU) 102, Pin Printing system 104,
detection circuitry 106, memory 110, data 112, display 108, and program 114. In an
embodiment of the present invention, Pin Printing system 104 is a separate standalone
system from system 100. In the Fig. 1 embodiment, detection circuitry 106 detects a golf
ball that has been applied with an object using Pin Printing system 104. The detection
circuitry 106 detects the location of the golf ball by monitoring for the properties of the
object applied to the golf ball. The objects detected include, but are not limited to,
distinctive high vapor pressure organic materials, unregulated materials that exhibit
natural radioactivity, phosphors materials, fluorescent materials, highly reflective
materials, and RFID chips. In an embodiment of the present invention, the object is
applied to the golf ball after the golf ball has been manufactured and is to be used in a
round of golf. In an embodiment of the present invention, detection circuitry 106 detects
a weak emission of the properties of the object. While the present invention described
herein may be described to a particular object, such as a golf ball, it will be understood
that this is just an example for illustrative purposes only.
The vapor properties of organic materials may be detected by well known
analytical techniques such as mass spectrometry or various types of gas chromatography.
The natural radioactivity properties of certain materials, such as clays, marble and
thorium compounds, is readily detected by various forms of a Geiger counter. The
reflective properties of materials, such as phosphors and other fluorescent substances,
may be detected using laser lights sources in the near infrared region (NIR). For
example, the backscatter of the laser light can be detected and locate golf ball Pin Printed
with such reflective substances. An RFID chip's signal can be detected by the RF
receiver antenna that may be incorporated in system 100. The details of ultra high
frequency (UHF) RFID chips and detection are given in, e.g., Gildden et al, "Design of
Ultra-Low-Cost UHF RFID Tags for Supply Chain Applications, IEEE Communications
Magazine, August 2004, 140-150, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its
entirety.
In the Fig. 1 embodiment of the present invention, Pin Printing system 104 applies
at least one object into a dimple of a golf ball. In an embodiment of the present
invention, an object is applied into a plurality of dimples of a golf ball. In the Fig. 1
embodiment of the present invention, at least one pin in Pin Printing system 104 is
inserted into at least one dimple of a golf ball and transfers an object into the at least one
dimple. In an embodiment of the present invention, the object transferred to the dimple
of the golf ball has a property that is detectable by system 100. The Pin Printing system
104 can be of the type used in biochemistry and described in Schena, Microarray
Analysis, Wiley-Liss, 2003, which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
The properties of the object are received for further digital signal processing by CPU 102.
The CPU 102 is a microprocessor, such as an INTEL PENTIUM® or AMD® processor,
but can be any processor that executes program instructions in order to carry out the
functions of the present invention. In the Fig. 1 embodiment of the present invention,
memory 110, Pin Printing system 104, detection circuitry 106, CPU 102, display 108 and
network interface 116 communicate using bus 118.
In the Fig. 1 embodiment of the present invention, the memory 110 is coupled to
CPU 102 and stores program 114 and data 112. The data 112 includes, but is not limited
to, information pertaining to the properties of objects to be detected and data related to
the evaluation of the detected properties. In the Fig. 1 embodiment of the present
invention, the program 114 provides the functionality associated with detecting the
properties of an object applied to a golf ball and operating Pin Printing system 104, as
executed by the CPU 102. In an embodiment of the present invention, the program 114 is
designed to detect the properties of objects and presenting the results on display 108
Fig. 2 depicts an exemplary schematic of a Pin Printing system 104 shown in Fig.
1. In an embodiment of the present invention, the Pin Printing system 104 includes an
object reservoir 202, pin printer head and printer assembly 204, golf ball 206, stage and
stepper motor assembly 208, battery casing 210, Pin Printing system housing 212, door
214, shaft assembly 216 and reservoir door 218. The object reservoir 202 stores objects
for application to golf ball 206 using pin printer head and printer assembly 204. The
object reservoir 202 can be loaded with objects through door 218. The objects that can
be loaded into reservoir 202 include, but are not limited to, highly reflective substances,
naturally radioactive substances, RFID chips, and organic substances.
In the Fig. 2 embodiment of the present invention, the motor assembly 208
receives an object, such as a golf ball, and rotates the golf ball in response to feedback
received from pin printing head and printer assembly 204. In an embodiment of the
present invention, the motor assembly 208 includes a stage and a stepper motor. The
stage of motor assembly 208 receives an object, such as a golf ball, for Pin Printing in
accordance with the present invention. In an embodiment of the present invention, the
stage can have a concave configuration to increase the stability of the object on the stage.
Batteries in case 210 provide power to the stepper motor 208 and pin printer head and
printing assembly 204.
The door 214 allows for the object to be inserted into Pin Printing system 104 and
includes a shaft 216 that centers the golf ball into the concave surface of the stage to
allow for wobble-free rotation of the golf ball. In an embodiment of the present
invention, the shaft 216 is made from an appropriate plastic, such as nylon, so that the
golf ball is supported, but not damaged during Pin Printing. In an embodiment of the
present invention, the end of this shaft 216 is concave to better support the golf ball. The
Pin Printing system housing 212 houses the components of Pin Printing system 104.
In the Fig. 2 embodiment of the present invention, the pin printer head and
printing assembly 204 is a miniaturized robotic device with the ability to move back and
forth as well as rotate. In an embodiment of the present invention, the pin printer senses
the maximum and minimum in depth of the golf ball surface in order to locate the dimple
bottom. This sensing operation is based on feedback provided to the stepper motor 208
so that the stepper motor 208 moves the golf ball back and forth until the pin finds the
dimple minimum. Once the minimum is located, the pin printer head rotates to face
reservoir 202 and removes a sample of material from the reservoir and prints this material
in the center of the dimple of the golf ball through the surface of the golf ball or on the
surface of the golf ball. The printing may be repeated several times to provide sufficient
material for detection. In an embodiment of the present invention, the pin of pin printing
head and printer assembly 204 can be split acting like tweezers or have a capillary core to
allow fluid transfer. In an embodiment of the present invention, the pin of pin printing
head and printer assembly 204 can be a millimeter or less in diameter and used to transfer
small amounts of an object as described herein to the center of dimples on golf balls.
Fig. 3 is an exemplary flow chart for a method of detecting the location of a golf
ball Pin Printed with an object. The method begins in step 302. In step 302, an object,
such as a golf ball is positioned on a stage of stepper motor. In step 304, the bottom of a
dimple on the golf ball is located by a pin printer head. In an embodiment of the present
invention, locating the bottom of a dimple on a golf ball includes the pin printer head
providing feedback to the stepper motor to move the golf ball back and forth until the pin
printer head finds the dimple minimum. In step 306, the pin printer head rotates to face
the reservoir storing objects for application to golf ball. In step 308, the pin printer head
removes a sample of the objects from the reservoir. In step 310, the pin printer head
transfers the object to the golf ball dimple. In an embodiment of the present invention,
the object is printed to the exterior surface of the golf ball. In an embodiment of the
present invention, the object is printed in the interior of the golf ball though the golf
ball's surface. In an embodiment of the present invention, steps 304-310 can be repeated
to other dimples of the golf ball. In step 312, the golf ball can be located by detecting the
properties of the object.
While specific embodiments of the present invention have been illustrated and
described, it will be understood by those having ordinary skill in the art that changes can
be made to those embodiments without departing from the spirit and scope of the
invention.
Claims
1. A method of detecting the location of an golf ball, the method comprising:
receiving a golf ball;
locating an area on the golf ball;
transferring an object to the area on the golf ball;
detecting a property of the object transferred to the golf ball.
2. The method according to claim 1, wherein locating an area on the golf ball further
comprises rotating the golf ball.
3. The method according to claim 1, wherein the area on the golf ball is a dimple.
4 . The method according to claim 1, further comprising storing the object in a reservoir
5. The method according to claim 4, further comprising removing the object from the
reservoir.
6. The method according to claim I3 wherein the object is one of: a highly reflective
substance, a naturally radioactive substance, a RFID chip, and an organic substance.
7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the property includes any one of: reflected
light, vapor, radioactivity and RF signal.
8. An apparatus for determining detecting the location of an golf ball comprising:
a processor operable to execute computer program instructions; and
a memory operable to store computer program instructions executable by the
processor, for performing the steps of:
receiving a golf ball;
locating an area on the golf ball;
transferring an object to the area on the golf ball;
detecting a property of the object transferred to the golf ball.
9. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein locating an area on the golf ball further
comprises rotating the golf ball.
10. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the area on the golf ball is a dimple.
11. The apparatus according to claim 8, further comprising computer program
instructions executable by the processor, for removing the object from a reservoir
12. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the object is one of: a highly reflective
substance, a naturally radioactive substance, a RFID chip, and an organic substance.
13. The apparatus according to claim 8, wherein the property includes any one of:
reflected light, vapor, radioactivity and RF signal.
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