Golf course range finder system

Optics: measuring and testing – Range or remote distance finding – With photodetection

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273 32R, 273 33B, 273 32H, G01C 308, A63B 5500

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050468391

ABSTRACT:
A hand-held electro/optical range finder, sends discrete pulses of coherent light to a retroreflector which is mounted on a golf course pin. The time period required for the light pulses to traverse the distance between the golfer and the pin is converted into a distance measurement which is displayed to the golfer.

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