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Granted Patent B2
US 11,969,626 · App. 17/434,470 · Granted Apr 30, 2024

Electronic device guiding falling point of ball and system including the same

Inventors: Hakyong Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jeongho Park (Gunpo-si, KR)
Assignee: VC INC.
A63B24/0021A63B2024/0053A63B2102/32A63B2220/35A63B2220/36
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Patent No.
US 11,969,626
App. No.
17/434,470
Granted
Apr 30, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electronic device including: a trajectory calculation unit measuring an initial physical quantity of a hit ball and calculating a trajectory of the ball by using the initial physical quantity; an azimuth sensor measuring a first azimuth corresponding to a direction that the trajectory calculation unit faces; and a control unit calculating a displacement of the ball by using the first azimuth and the trajectory of the ball.

Claims (35)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a trajectory calculation unit measuring an initial physical quantity of a hit ball and calculating a trajectory of the ball by using the initial physical quantity;

an azimuth sensor measuring a first azimuth corresponding to a direction that the trajectory calculation unit faces;

a control unit calculating a displacement of the ball by using the first azimuth and the trajectory of the ball;

a memory storing information on a golf course map; and

a position acquisition sensor acquiring a current position,

wherein the control unit calculates a falling point of the ball in a golf course, corresponding to the current position, by using the map information, the current position, and the displacement of the ball.

2. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a communication unit, wherein

the control unit controls information on the falling point to an external electronic device to be transmitted by the communication unit for an indicator indicating the falling point on the golf course map to be displayed on a display unit of the external electronic device.

3. The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising a display unit, wherein the control unit controls an indicator indicating the falling point on the golf course map to be displayed on the display unit.

4. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the trajectory calculation unit includes a Doppler radar sensor measuring the velocity and spin of the ball.

5. The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein

the trajectory calculation unit includes a camera calculating the velocity and spin of the ball by using successively captured image frames.

6. A system comprising:

the electronic device of claim 1 ; and

a wearable electronic device displaying an indicator indicating a falling point of a hit ball on a golf course map on a display unit by receiving information on the falling point of the ball, transmitted from the electronic device, an initial physical quantity of the hit ball and a first azimuth, or the first azimuth and a trajectory of the ball.

7. An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit;

a hit ball measurement unit measuring an initial physical quantity of a hit ball;

an azimuth sensor measuring a first azimuth corresponding to a direction that the hit ball measurement unit faces; and

a control unit controlling information on the initial physical quantity of the hit ball and the first azimuth to be transmitted to an external electronic device by the communication unit for the external electronic device to calculate a trajectory of the ball by using the initial physical quantity, to calculate a displacement of the ball by using the first azimuth and the trajectory of the ball, and to calculate a falling point of the ball in a golf course, corresponding to a current position of the external electronic device, by using information on a golf course map, the current position, and the displacement of the ball.

8. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the hit ball measurement unit includes a Doppler radar sensor measuring the velocity and spin of the ball.

9. The electronic device of claim 7 , wherein

the hit ball measurement unit includes a camera calculating the velocity and spin of the ball by using successively captured image frames.

10. An electronic device comprising:

a communication unit;

a trajectory calculation unit measuring an initial physical quantity of a hit ball and calculating a trajectory of the ball by using the initial physical quantity;

an azimuth sensor measuring a first azimuth corresponding to a direction that the trajectory calculation unit faces; and

a control unit controlling information on the first azimuth and the trajectory of the ball to be transmitted to an external electronic device by the communication unit for the external electronic device to calculate a displacement of the ball by using the first azimuth and the trajectory of the ball, and to calculate a falling point of the ball in a golf course, corresponding to a current position of the external electronic device, by using information on a golf course map, the current position, and the displacement of the ball.

11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein

the trajectory calculation unit includes a Doppler radar sensor measuring the velocity and spin of the ball.

12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein

the trajectory calculation unit includes a camera calculating the velocity and spin of the ball by using successively captured image frames.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2021
From: LEE, HAKYONG; PARK, JEONGHO
To: VC INC.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0036949 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220134183A1 · May 5, 2022
Cited By (1)
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