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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2020
Filed:
Jun. 27, 2017
Information Systems Laboratories, Inc., San Diego, CA (US);
Joseph R. Guerci, La Jolla, CA (US);
David R. Kirk, Springfield, VA (US);
Jameson S. Bergin, Glastonbury, CT (US);
Raymond M. Guerci, San Diego, CA (US);
Joel R. Studer, San Diego, CA (US);
Brian C. Watson, Gainesville, FL (US);
Jeffrey R. Ridgway, San Diego, CA (US);
INFORMATION SYSTEMS LABORATORIES, INC., San Diego, CA (US);
Abstract
A system for visually tracking the trajectory of an in-flight golf ball through an x-y-z space above a driving range includes a plurality of cameras for respectively creating a video stream of the x-y-z space. Each video stream is presented on a dedicated camera focal plane with information on respective azimuth angles θ and elevation angles ϕ from the particular camera to the in-flight golf ball. A central computer is connected with the camera focal plane of each camera to identify a start point for the golf ball, to track its trajectory in the x-y-z space, and to filter out background clutter. A visual display is provided to show the in-flight golf ball from its start point to a target point in real time.