Patents Assigned to SkyHawke Technologies, LLC
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Publication number: 20170274255Abstract: A personal golfing assistant system is comprised of software running on a PDA attached directly or remotely to a GPS receiver that enables the user to survey and/or electronically capture geophysical golf data. A handheld device connected to or integrated with a GPS receiver can instead be used. Software allows a golfer to use a handheld PDA/GPS unit during the course of play to mark a ball location automatically and/or determine the distance to golf course targets and/or objects, and to analyze golf related data and generate statistics. The system can send a set of parameters tailored for a specific course to a real time tunable GPS to adjust for optimal performance and can adjust measurements to compensate for environmental condition changes.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 27, 2017Publication date: September 28, 2017Applicant: Skyhawke Technologies, LLCInventors: James W. Meadows, Richard L. Root, Dallas L. Nash, II, Richard C. Edmonson
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Patent number: 9656134Abstract: A handheld apparatus for displaying a graphic representation of a golf course including a location measuring device configured to generate location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store location information corresponding to each of a plurality of features of the golf course. The apparatus includes a computing device connected to the location measuring device and the memory, and configured to retrieve a subset of the plurality of features of the golf course based on the measured location information generated by the location measuring device. The apparatus includes a display connected to the computing device and configured to display a graphic representation of the retrieved subset of the plurality of features of the golf course.Type: GrantFiled: August 23, 2013Date of Patent: May 23, 2017Assignee: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: James W. Meadows, Richard L. Root, Dallas L. Nash, II, Richard C. Edmonson
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Patent number: 9643092Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to receive, from a position sensor, a geospatial position of the device. The circuitry is configured to receive, from a memory, image data corresponding to one or more golf courses, wherein the image data is received when the circuitry determines that the geospatial position of the device corresponds to a current golf course, of the at least one golf courses. The circuitry is configured to control a display such that the image data corresponding to the current golf course is output on the display. The circuitry is configured to receive a simulated shot input representing a simulated golf stroke taken at the geospatial location of the device. The circuitry is configured to calculate a simulated shot trajectory based on the simulated shot input. The circuitry is configured to control the display to output a result of the simulated golf stroke.Type: GrantFiled: March 18, 2014Date of Patent: May 9, 2017Assignee: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventor: James W. Meadows
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Patent number: 9283461Abstract: A fixed clamping member has a first interior surface and is constructed of a first material. A sensor unit formed on an exterior surface of the fixed clamping member detects a motion of the motion analysis device. A pivoting clamping member secured to a first end of the fixed clamping member has a second interior surface that opposes the first interior surface when the pivoting clamping member is in a secured position. A gripping element constructed of a second material different than the first material is formed over the first interior surface and the second interior surface. A tightening member having a threaded portion is secured to a second end of the fixed clamping member. A knob has a threaded interior portion with a diameter corresponding to the cylindrical threaded portion. An opening on the pivoting clamping member has a shape and a size corresponding to the tightening member.Type: GrantFiled: August 19, 2014Date of Patent: March 15, 2016Assignee: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: Gordon Parke, Adam Tsouras, Travis Titus
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Patent number: 9224425Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention address deficiencies of the art in respect to video imagery assembly for course oriented activities and provide a method, system and computer program product for time stamped imagery assembly for course performance video replay. In an embodiment of the invention, a method for time stamped imagery assembly can include acquiring different images from different cameras disposed about an activity course traversed by a moving object and time stamping each of the different images. The method also can include repeatedly acquiring position and time stamp data for the moving object as the moving object traverses the activity course. Finally, the method can include assembling the different images acquired from the different cameras in a single sequence of images with positions in the sequence determined by correlating time stamps for each of the images with the acquired position and time stamp data of the moving object.Type: GrantFiled: December 17, 2008Date of Patent: December 29, 2015Assignee: Skyhawke Technologies, LLCInventors: Joseph F. DiMare, Mark G. DiMare
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Patent number: 8894502Abstract: A housing for a sensor includes the sensor; vertical walls surrounding an aperture containing the sensor; a horizontal floor connected to a bottom of the vertical walls, the floor having the sensor located thereon; and a vertical shaft connected to the bottom of the floor and configured to connect the housing to a grip of a golf club. The shaft and at least the horizontal floor define a continuous air passage to vent air pressure from an inside of the golf club to an outside of the golf club.Type: GrantFiled: September 14, 2011Date of Patent: November 25, 2014Assignee: SkyHawke Technologies, LLCInventor: Roger F. Rose
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Publication number: 20140315660Abstract: A system and method for storing and communicating the location of the pin on one or more greens on a golf course. The location of the golf pin is entered into a system and is uploaded for incorporation in a course map depicting the golf course being played by the golfer. The pin location information is used to measure distance from the location aware device to the pin location.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 13, 2012Publication date: October 23, 2014Applicant: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: Richard C. Edmonson, James W. Meadows
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Patent number: 8840484Abstract: A fixed clamping member has a first interior surface and is constructed of a first material. A sensor unit formed on an exterior surface of the fixed clamping member detects a motion of the motion analysis device. A pivoting clamping member secured to a first end of the fixed clamping member has a second interior surface that opposes the first interior surface when the pivoting clamping member is in a secured position. A gripping element constructed of a second material different than the first material is formed over the first interior surface and the second interior surface. A tightening member having a threaded portion is secured to a second end of the fixed clamping member. A knob has a threaded interior portion with a diameter corresponding to the cylindrical threaded portion. An opening on the pivoting clamping member has a shape and a size corresponding to the tightening member.Type: GrantFiled: January 17, 2013Date of Patent: September 23, 2014Assignee: Skyhawke Technologies, LLC.Inventors: Gordon Parke, Adam Tsouras, Travis Titus
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Publication number: 20140277630Abstract: A location-aware device includes a position determination sensor that determines a position of the location-aware device. A receiver receives, from a tag coupled to a golf club, data corresponding to an output of a sensor included in the tag. A processor associates the data received from the tag with the determined position, and processes the data received from the tag to determine whether to register a golf shot as having occurred at the determined position. A memory stores a golf shot determined to be registered by the processor along with the determined position.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 15, 2013Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SkyHawke Technologies, LLC.Inventors: James W. MEADOWS, Richard L. ROOT
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Publication number: 20140274240Abstract: A device includes circuitry configured to receive, from a position sensor, a geospatial position of the device. The circuitry is configured to receive, from a memory, image data corresponding to one or more golf courses, wherein the image data is received when the circuitry determines that the geospatial position of the device corresponds to a current golf course, of the at least one golf courses. The circuitry is configured to control a display such that the image data corresponding to the current golf course is output on the display. The circuitry is configured to receive a simulated shot input representing a simulated golf stroke taken at the geospatial location of the device. The circuitry is configured to calculate a simulated shot trajectory based on the simulated shot input. The circuitry is configured to control the display to output a result of the simulated golf stroke.Type: ApplicationFiled: March 18, 2014Publication date: September 18, 2014Applicant: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventor: James W. MEADOWS
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Publication number: 20140244012Abstract: Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance for coaching including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online, and wherein all information related to a given user are reviewable by an authorized coach user through a web-based coach access account. The system is further operable to provide the coach user rights for providing corrective or instructive feedback to the user, including visual recommendations such as modified target areas.Type: ApplicationFiled: April 29, 2014Publication date: August 28, 2014Applicant: SkyHawke Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew P. Doherty, James F. Doherty, III, William G. Moore
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Publication number: 20140221118Abstract: A golf tracking system including a tag coupled to a golf club. The tag includes a plurality of sensors, each which output a signal based on a detected movement of the golf club, a microcontroller that compares each of the plurality of sensor outputs to stored reference sensor output values, and a transceiver that transmits data corresponding to the sensor outputs to a device remote from the tag based on the comparison performed by the microcontroller. The location-aware device then processes the information received from the tag to determine whether a shot should be registered.Type: ApplicationFiled: February 28, 2014Publication date: August 7, 2014Applicant: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: James W. MEADOWS, Richard L. Root, Richard C. Edmonson
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Publication number: 20140200093Abstract: A fixed clamping member has a first interior surface and is constructed of a first material. A sensor unit formed on an exterior surface of the fixed clamping member detects a motion of the motion analysis device. A pivoting clamping member secured to a first end of the fixed clamping member has a second interior surface that opposes the first interior surface when the pivoting clamping member is in a secured position. A gripping element constructed of a second material different than the first material is formed over the first interior surface and the second interior surface. A tightening member having a threaded portion is secured to a second end of the fixed clamping member. A knob has a threaded interior portion with a diameter corresponding to the cylindrical threaded portion. An opening on the pivoting clamping member has a shape and a size corresponding to the tightening member.Type: ApplicationFiled: January 17, 2013Publication date: July 17, 2014Applicant: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: Gordon Parke, Adam Tsouras, Travis Titus
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Patent number: 8708841Abstract: Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: April 29, 2014Assignee: SkyHawke Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew P. Doherty, James F. Doherty, III, William G. Moore
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Publication number: 20140018195Abstract: A handheld apparatus for displaying a graphic representation of a golf course including a location measuring device configured to generate location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus. The apparatus includes a memory configured to store location information corresponding to each of a plurality of features of the golf course. The apparatus includes a computing device connected to the location measuring device and the memory, and configured to retrieve a subset of the plurality of features of the golf course based on the measured location information generated by the location measuring device. The apparatus includes a display connected to the computing device and configured to display a graphic representation of the retrieved subset of the plurality of features of the golf course.Type: ApplicationFiled: August 23, 2013Publication date: January 16, 2014Applicant: Skyhawke Technologies, LLCInventors: James W. MEADOWS, Richard L. ROOT, Dallas L. NASH, II, Richard C. EDMONSON
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Patent number: 8620463Abstract: Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online, including detailed diagrammatic representations of golf performance analytics, such as scattergraph diagrams, that provide information including zone-based target areas rather than merely pinpoint targets.Type: GrantFiled: February 6, 2008Date of Patent: December 31, 2013Assignee: SkyHawke Technologies, LLCInventors: Matthew P. Doherty, James F. Doherty, III, William G. Moore
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Patent number: 8556752Abstract: A handheld apparatus comprising: a computing device; a location measuring device connected to the computing device that generates measured location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus; a display connected to the computing device, wherein the measured location information is used to display a representation of an object on that display, as viewed from above the object, and the representation automatically rotates to orient the representation to coincide with the handheld apparatus' line of sight to the object.Type: GrantFiled: July 2, 2012Date of Patent: October 15, 2013Assignee: Skyhawke Technologies, LLC.Inventors: James W. Meadows, Richard L. Root, Dallas L. Nash, II, Richard C. Edmonson
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Patent number: 8523711Abstract: A handheld apparatus for displaying a graphic representation of a golf course. The handheld apparatus including a location measuring device that generates location information corresponding to a location of the handheld apparatus; a memory that stores location information corresponding to each of a plurality of features of the golf course; a computing device connected to the location measuring device and the memory that retrieves a subset of the plurality of features of the golf course based on the measured location information generated by the location measuring device; and a display connected to the computing device that displays a graphic representation of the retrieved subset of the plurality of features of the golf course.Type: GrantFiled: April 16, 2012Date of Patent: September 3, 2013Assignee: Skyhawke Technologies, LLC.Inventors: James W. Meadows, Richard L. Root, Dallas L. Nash, II, Richard C. Edmonson
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Publication number: 20130095939Abstract: A golf tracking system including a tag coupled to a golf club. The tag includes a plurality of sensors, each which output a signal based on a detected movement of the golf club, a microcontroller that compares each of the plurality of sensor outputs to stored reference sensor output values, and a transceiver that transmits data corresponding to the sensor outputs to a device remote from the tag based on the comparison performed by the microcontroller. The location-aware device then processes the information received from the tag to determine whether a shot should be registered.Type: ApplicationFiled: November 8, 2010Publication date: April 18, 2013Applicant: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventors: James W. Meadows, Richard L. Root, Richard C. Edmonson
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Publication number: 20130065703Abstract: A housing for a sensor includes the sensor; vertical walls surrounding an aperture containing the sensor; a horizontal floor connected to a bottom of the vertical walls, the floor having the sensor located thereon; and a vertical shaft connected to the bottom of the floor and configured to connect the housing to a grip of a golf club. The shaft and at least the horizontal floor define a continuous air passage to vent air pressure from an inside of the golf club to an outside of the golf club.Type: ApplicationFiled: September 14, 2011Publication date: March 14, 2013Applicant: SKYHAWKE TECHNOLOGIES, LLC.Inventor: Roger F. ROSE