Amusement devices: games – Surface projectile game; game element – Simulated game
Patent
1977-07-18
1979-04-24
Marlo, George J.
Amusement devices: games
Surface projectile game; game element
Simulated game
273187R, 273195A, 273181H, 273DIG28, A63B 6936
Patent
active
041508254
ABSTRACT:
Apparatus for simulating the playing of golf includes a tee area from which a player may drive a golf ball toward a curved target screen in front of the tee area. Three arrays of optical sensing devices are positioned to gather data as to the time and horizontal location at which a driven ball passes through each of three corresponding planes spaced apart between the tee area and the screen, and the horizontal location at which the ball rebounds from the screen through the plane closest to the screen. The sensing devices detect the passage of balls through the planes by detecting the reflection of infrared light from the balls. The infrared light is produced by an infrared light source and directed through the space through which the balls travel. A first and second ones of the planes are vertically disposed between the tee area and the screen and a third plane is disposed to extend from near the top of the second plane to near the bottom of the screen. With the data from the sensing devices, computer apparatus produces an estimate for display of the distance of travel and ultimate resting position the driven ball would have if allowed free flight. Use of sensing devices for detecting passage of a driven ball through three different planes and for detecting the rebound angle of the ball from the screen enables determination of the amount of hook or slice a driven ball would have. A television camera is positioned on one side of the tee area, and a grid pattern is positioned on the other side to provide a background and gauge against which movement of a player photographed for instant replay may be measured.
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