US 12,029,963 B2
Scoring method and system
Matthew B. Hemberger, Covington, KY (US); Benjamin P. Schmidlin, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Amanuel A. Tsegai, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Assigned to Caddie Snap, LLC, Covington, KY (US)
Filed by Caddie Snap, LLC, Covington, KY (US)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/176,258.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258027 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A63B 71/06 (2006.01); G06V 30/148 (2022.01); G06V 30/222 (2022.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 71/0669 (2013.01) [G06V 30/153 (2022.01); G06V 30/155 (2022.01); G06V 30/222 (2022.01); A63B 71/0619 (2013.01); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2225/20 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method to score a round of golf using a golf scoring system, the method comprising:
(a) manually handwriting characters, including a plurality of individual hole scores of the round of golf, at least partially within rectilinear boxes of a physical scorecard;
(b) capturing a photograph of the physical scorecard including the handwritten text using a camera of a user device of a user;
(c) accessing the photograph in an application of the user device;
(d) identifying the rectilinear boxes by using a color contrast between the rectilinear boxes of the physical scorecard and a background color of the physical scorecard;
(e) removing the rectilinear boxes without removing the handwritten characters;
(f) after removing the rectilinear boxes, extracting at least the handwritten characters from the physical scorecard;
(g) after extracting at least the handwritten characters, calculating a score of the round of golf using the extracted handwritten characters on the application; and
(h) after calculating the score, transmitting the score to the user using the application.