Patents by Inventor Walter Kenneth Lovell

Walter Kenneth Lovell has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11986699
    Abstract: A system for predicting a resting position of a golf ball may use ball tracking sensor data to identify an impact location of the ball. Modeling of ball movement following impact may be performed that incorporates measured ball impact physics, impact coordinates, and material properties of ground or objects to which the impact coordinates correspond and, together with historical shot data corresponding to the impact coordinates or an encompassing zone, bounce and roll behavior and/or final resting position predictions may be generated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 25, 2023
    Date of Patent: May 21, 2024
    Assignee: PGA TOUR ENTERPRISES, LLC
    Inventors: Barry Walker, Jeremy Craven, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Walter Kenneth Lovell, Kevin Kerr, Spencer Border
  • Publication number: 20230405438
    Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stoke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2023
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Applicant: PGA TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell
  • Patent number: 11745084
    Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stoke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 5, 2023
    Assignee: PGA TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell
  • Patent number: 11607601
    Abstract: A score tracking system may include a tracking module, companion device, and location system. The tracking module may be configured to be carried by a player competing in a golf tournament. The companion device may be configured to receive an input corresponding to a stroke event and that includes a time stamp corresponding to an occurrence of the stroke event. The location system may collect or receive location data, which comprises or is used by the location system to generate a plurality of sets of location coordinates. Each set of location coordinates may correspond to a location of the tracking module at a specified time. The location system may pair the time stamp with a set of the location coordinates corresponding to the location of the tracking module at the occurrence of the stroke event.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2023
    Assignee: PGA TOUR, INC.
    Inventors: Walter Kenneth Lovell, Jonas Henrik Gredenhag, Jeremy Craven, Marianne Marie Davis, Troy Thomas Cooke, Barry Thomas Walker, Jeffrey Luke Howell