US 12,214,255 B2
Golf ball location ascertaining method and a golf play information providing system
Ui Bum Lee, Seongnam-si (KR); Kap Su Kim, Seoul (KR); Bok Sung Kwon, Namyangjyu-si (KR); Hyun Jin Choi, Namyangju-si (KR); and Jae Hun Gwag, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to SGM CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed by SGM CO., LTD., Seongnam-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/873,147.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0100463 (KR), filed on Jul. 30, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0131566 (KR), filed on Oct. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032076 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 24/0021 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0003 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0031 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0034 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0053 (2013.01); A63B 2220/836 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A golf ball location ascertaining method comprising:
a step of checking whether a golfer takes a swing motion in a golf field;
a step of ascertaining a motion location at which the swing motion is taken when it is determined that the swing motion is taken; and
a step of ascertaining a location of the golf ball on a golf course by using golf course data on the golf field and the motion location,
wherein there are a plurality of golfers, each of the plurality of golfers has a portable device capable of ascertaining his or her location, and whether the swing motion is made can be ascertained by checking a positional relationship between the plurality of golfers.