IP Library Granted Patent US 8,442,274
Granted Patent B2
US 8,442,274 · App. 12/695,350 · Granted May 14, 2013

Electronic golf assistant utilizing a plurality of images

Inventors: Josh Baker (Scottsdale, AZ); Frank Craig Prichard (Scottsdale, AZ)
Assignee: Epic Think Media, LLC
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,442,274
App. No.
12/695,350
Granted
May 14, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Included are systems and methods for providing data. At least one embodiment of a method includes accessing, by a computing device, a plurality of images for a geographic location; determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy; determining which of the image has a predetermined image clarity; determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity; utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity; and providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy.

Claims (57)

1. A method comprising:

accessing, by a computing device, a plurality of images for a geographic location;

determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy;

determining which of the images has a predetermined image clarity;

determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity;

utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity;

providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy; and

wherein the common point is located on a golf course.

2. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining whether the image with desired geographic accuracy is the same image as the image with desired visual clarity.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy includes sending the image with predetermined image clarity and the geographic location data to a user device for providing global positioning to the user on a golf course.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy includes determining a location of a plurality of points of interest on a golf course.

5. The method of claim 4 , wherein the plurality of points of interest include at least one of the following: a portion of a green, a lay up position, a bunker, a water hazard, an out of bounds marker, and a portion of a fairway.

6. A method comprising:

accessing, by a computing device, a plurality of images for a geographic location:

determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy;

determining which of the images has a predetermined image clarity;

determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity;

utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity;

providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy; and

wherein the common point is located on a green of a first hole of a golf course.

7. A system comprising:

a memory component that stores logic to perform at least the following:

accessing a plurality of images for a geographic location;

determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy;

determining which of the images has a predetermined image clarity;

determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity;

utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity;

providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy; and

wherein the common point is located on a golf course.

8. The system of claim 7 , the memory component further storing logic configured to determine whether the image with desired geographic accuracy is the same image as the image with desired visual clarity.

9. The system of claim 7 , wherein providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy includes sending the image with predetermined image clarity and the geographic location data to a user device for providing global positioning to the user on a golf course.

10. The system of claim 7 , wherein providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy includes determining a location of a plurality of points of interest on a golf course.

11. The system of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of points of interest include at least one of the following: a portion of a green, a lay up position, a bunker, a water hazard, an out of bounds marker, and a portion of a fairway.

12. A system comprising:

a memory component that stores logic to perform at least the following:

accessing a plurality of images for a geographic location;

determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy;

determining which of the images has a predetermined image clarity;

determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity;

utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity; and

providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy; and

wherein the common point is located on a green of a first hole of a golf course.

13. A system comprising:

means for accessing a plurality of images for a geographic location;

means for determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy;

means for determining which of the images has a predetermined image clarity;

means for determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity;

means for utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity;

means for providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy; and

wherein the common point is located on a golf course.

14. The system of claim 13 , further comprising means for determining whether the image with desired geographic accuracy is the same image as the image with desired visual clarity.

15. The system of claim 13 , wherein providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy includes sending the image with predetermined image clarity and the geographic location data to a user device for providing global positioning to the user on a golf course.

16. The system of claim 13 , wherein providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy includes determining a location of a plurality of points of interest on a golf course.

17. The system of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of points of interest include at least one of the following: a portion of a green, a lay up position, a bunker, a water hazard, an out of bounds marker, and a portion of a fairway.

18. The method of claim 1 , wherein one of the plurality of images comprises an image of a golf course.

19. The system of claim 7 , wherein one of the plurality of images comprises an image of a golf course.

20. The system of claim 13 , wherein one of the plurality of images comprises an image of a golf course.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 25, 2018
From: CHSZ, LLC
To: SHOTZOOM, LLC
Reel/Frame 046453/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2015
From: EPIC THINK MEDIA, LLC
To: CHSZ, LLC
Reel/Frame 035610/0162 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2010
From: BAKER, JOSH; PRICHARD, FRANK CRAIG
To: EPIC THINK MEDIA, LLC
Reel/Frame 023865/0084 →
Continuity (1)
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