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公开(公告)号：US20240278097A1
公开(公告)日：2024-08-22
申请号：US18594312
申请日：2024-03-04
Applicant: TopGolf International, Inc.
CPC classification number: A63B63/08 , A63B67/02 , A63B69/3694 , A63B2225/54
Abstract: Systems and apparatus for receiving golf balls include an apparatus including: a body having an ingress and an egress for golf balls passing through the body, wherein each of the golf balls includes a radio frequency identification tag; at least one antenna of a radio frequency identification reader, the at least one antenna arranged with respect to the body to receive information from the golf balls for identification of the golf balls; and multiple protrusions located within the body, the multiple protrusions being positioned with respect to each other in a Galton configuration that both (i) impedes the golf balls from passing through the body without being read by the radio frequency identification reader, and (ii) allows the golf balls to pass through the body without jamming therein.
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公开(公告)号：US20220203178A1
公开(公告)日：2022-06-30
申请号：US17699020
申请日：2022-03-18
Applicant: Topgolf International, Inc.
Inventor： Brian David Burdette , Andrew David Macaulay , Clinton Scott Lovejoy , William Kevin Miner , Theodore YuChiang Cheng , Mark Joseph Semsak , Gabriel Heath Denk , Justin Dean Pendleton , Brian Lee Roderman , David Christopher Singer , Clifton Frederick Geisler , Scott Michael Thibeault , Frances Meng Wang , Michael Ryan Petri , Kenneth John Buras, JR.
Abstract: A golf ball dispenser includes: a receptacle configured to hold multiple golf balls; a passageway connecting an outlet of the golf dispenser with the receptacle; a gateway coupled between the passageway and the receptacle to restrict a passage of the multiple golf balls into the passageway, the gateway being selectively moveable to allow a golf ball to pass into the passageway for delivery to a tee area; and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser to present at least information regarding the golf ball in flight after the golf ball is hit from the tee area. Further, methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for use with such golf ball dispensers, can control holding and dispensing of golf balls at a golf facility, e.g., a driving range.
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公开(公告)号：US20200324171A1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-15
申请号：US16383397
申请日：2019-04-12
Applicant: Topgolf International. Inc.
Inventor： Mark Joseph Semsak , Romeo Espana , Brian David Burdette , Clinton Scott Lovejoy , Adrian Torrance Chaney , Hieu Nguyen-Minh Duong , Robert Benton Ahlfinger
Abstract: Systems and apparatus for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) golf ball testing include, in at least one aspect, an apparatus including: one or more RFID readers having associated read zones; a star wheel unit defining cavities to receive golf balls; golf ball sensors including at least one sensor for each respective path through the read zones; kickers including at least one kicker positioned after each respective path through the read zones and arranged to change a golf ball's direction of travel when the at least one kicker is activated; and a controller coupled with the kickers, the golf ball sensors, and the one or more RFID readers, wherein the controller is configured to activate any of the kickers responsive to the one or more RFID readers inadequately reading an RFID tag in a golf ball detected by the at least one sensor for that kicker's associated path through a read zone.
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Patent Agency Ranking
4.发明公开公开(公告)号：US20240293703A1
公开(公告)日：2024-09-05
申请号：US18657477
申请日：2024-05-07
Applicant: Topgolf International, Inc.
Inventor： Brian David Burdette , Andrew David Macaulay , Clinton Scott Lovejoy , William Kevin Miner , Theodore YuChiang Cheng , Mark Joseph Semsak , Gabriel Heath Denk , Justin Dean Pendleton , Brian Lee Roderman , David Christopher Singer , Clifton Frederick Geisler , Scott Michael Thibeault , Frances Meng Wang , Michael Ryan Petri , Kenneth John Buras, JR.
CPC classification number: A63B47/002 , A63B24/0003 , A63B71/0622 , G06F3/041 , G06V40/172 , A63B2071/0638 , A63B2102/32 , A63B2209/14 , A63B2220/05 , A63B2220/806 , A63B2225/20 , A63B2225/54 , A63B2225/74
Abstract: A system includes: a golf range; targets on the golf range; a building including golf bays including golf ball dispensers, each including a receptacle, a passageway, a gateway, and a display device embedded in the golf ball dispenser; at least one golf ball sensor; one or more computers communicatively coupled with the at least one golf ball sensor and the golf ball dispensers, the one or more computers being configured to track a golf ball in flight on the golf range, identify where the golf ball lands on the golf range, identify the golf bay from which the golf ball was hit, and present information, regarding the golf ball hit from the golf bay, on the display device of the golf ball dispenser associated with the golf bay, the information being in accordance with where the golf ball lands on the golf range.
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公开(公告)号：US11944883B2
公开(公告)日：2024-04-02
申请号：US18296897
申请日：2023-04-06
Applicant: Topgolf International, Inc.
CPC classification number: A63B63/08 , A63B67/02 , A63B69/3694 , A63B2225/54
Abstract: Systems and apparatus for receiving golf balls include an apparatus including: a body having an ingress and an egress for golf balls passing through the body, wherein each of the golf balls includes a radio frequency identification tag; at least one antenna of a radio frequency identification reader, the at least one antenna arranged with respect to the body to receive information from the golf balls for identification of the golf balls; and multiple protrusions located within the body, the multiple protrusions being positioned with respect to each other in a Galton configuration that both (i) impedes the golf balls from passing through the body without being read by the radio frequency identification reader, and (ii) allows the golf balls to pass through the body without jamming therein.
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公开(公告)号：USD1027438S1
公开(公告)日：2024-05-21
申请号：US29706400
申请日：2019-09-19
Applicant: Topgolf International, Inc.
Designer： Brian David Burdette , Andrew David Macaulay , Clinton Scott Lovejoy , William Kevin Miner , Theodore YuChiang Cheng , Mark Joseph Semsak , Gabriel Heath Denk , Justin Dean Pendleton , Brian Lee Roderman , David Christopher Singer , Clifton Frederick Geisler , Scott Michael Thibeault , Frances Meng Wang
Abstract: FIG. 1 is a perspective view of the golf ball dispenser.
FIG. 2 is a front view of the golf ball dispenser.
FIG. 3 is a back view of the golf ball dispenser.
FIG. 4 is a left side view of the golf ball dispenser.
FIG. 5 is a right side view of the golf ball dispenser.
FIG. 6 is a top view of the golf ball dispenser; and,
FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the golf ball dispenser.
The broken lines shown in the figures illustrate portions of the golf ball dispenser and form no part of the claimed design.-
公开(公告)号：US20230338801A1
公开(公告)日：2023-10-26
申请号：US18296897
申请日：2023-04-06
Applicant: Topgolf International, Inc.
IPC: A63B63/08
CPC classification number: A63B63/08 , A63B2225/54
Abstract: Systems and apparatus for receiving golf balls include an apparatus including: a body having an ingress and an egress for golf balls passing through the body, wherein each of the golf balls includes a radio frequency identification tag; at least one antenna of a radio frequency identification reader, the at least one antenna arranged with respect to the body to receive information from the golf balls for identification of the golf balls; and multiple protrusions located within the body, the multiple protrusions being positioned with respect to each other in a Galton configuration that both (i) impedes the golf balls from passing through the body without being read by the radio frequency identification reader, and (ii) allows the golf balls to pass through the body without jamming therein.
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公开(公告)号：US10799770B1
公开(公告)日：2020-10-13
申请号：US16383397
申请日：2019-04-12
Applicant: Topgolf International, Inc.
Inventor： Mark Joseph Semsak , Romeo Espana , Brian David Burdette , Clinton Scott Lovejoy , Adrian Torrance Chaney , Hieu Nguyen-Minh Duong , Robert Benton Ahlfinger
Abstract: Systems and apparatus for Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) golf ball testing include, in at least one aspect, an apparatus including: one or more RFID readers having associated read zones; a star wheel unit defining cavities to receive golf balls; golf ball sensors including at least one sensor for each respective path through the read zones; kickers including at least one kicker positioned after each respective path through the read zones and arranged to change a golf ball's direction of travel when the at least one kicker is activated; and a controller coupled with the kickers, the golf ball sensors, and the one or more RFID readers, wherein the controller is configured to activate any of the kickers responsive to the one or more RFID readers inadequately reading an RFID tag in a golf ball detected by the at least one sensor for that kicker's associated path through a read zone.
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