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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 12, 2026
Filed:
Apr. 22, 2022
Applicant:
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Inventors:
Assignee:
Taylor Made Golf Company, Inc., Carlsbad, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 67/02 (2006.01); A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 47/02 (2006.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63B 67/02 (2013.01); A63B 24/0021 (2013.01); A63B 47/024 (2013.01); G06F 16/51 (2019.01); A63B 2024/0025 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0028 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0037 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0056 (2013.01); A63B 2220/05 (2013.01); A63B 2220/806 (2013.01);
Abstract
Golf entertainment venues with a computing system configured to optically identify and track graphical images located on golf balls hit by players. The graphical image located on a golf ball can be associated with a player and the computing system can assign the player a score when that player's golf ball successfully arrives at a target area. In some embodiments, the graphical images can be printed on the golf balls using, for example, a single pass inkjet printing technique. In some embodiments, the computing system can be configured to sort golf balls based on optically identified graphical images.