公开(公告)号：US06569028B1

公开(公告)日：2003-05-27

申请号：US09493850

申请日：2000-01-28

申请人： Thomas J. Nichols ,  James Bertoncino ,  Russell C. Brown

发明人： Thomas J. Nichols ,  James Bertoncino ,  Russell C. Brown

IPC分类号： A63B6936

CPC分类号： A63C19/00 ,  A63B63/00 ,  A63B69/3694 ,  A63B2024/0043 ,  A63B2207/02

摘要： A system for facilitating the practicing or playing of golf may include, alone or in combination, a golf target subsystem, a detection subsystem, and a golf ball dispensing subsystem. The golf ball dispensing subsystem comprises a free standing device placed at the teeing area which may be configured to provide various functions, such as, for example, receiving and storing a quantity of golf balls, exposing non-illuminated golf balls to an illuminating source contained therein, and thereby illuminating the golf balls, and/or dispensing the illuminated golf balls to the golfer. The golf target subsystem is suitably configured to permit a golfer to locate and identify the target area while addressing the golf ball so that the golfer may attempt to land the golf ball within the target area. In addition, to facilitate the identification of the target during nighttime conditions, i.e., conditions without external lighting, the golf target is preferably illuminated.

摘要翻译： 用于促进高尔夫练习或演奏的系统可以单独地或组合地包括高尔夫球目标子系统，检测子系统和高尔夫球分配子系统。 高尔夫球分配子系统包括放置在发球区域的独立式装置，其可构造成提供各种功能，例如接收和存储一定量的高尔夫球，将未照射的高尔夫球暴露于所包含的照明源 从而照亮高尔夫球，和/或将照射的高尔夫球分配给高尔夫球手。 高尔夫球目标子系统被适当地配置为允许高尔夫球手定位和识别目标区域，同时寻址高尔夫球，使得高尔夫球手可以尝试将高尔夫球落在目标区域内。 此外，为了便于在夜间条件（即，没有外部照明的条件）下识别目标，优选照射高尔夫球。