Golf aid including heads up display for green reading

This invention describes an electronic golf aid that helps golfers read the slopes of a putting green. It uses a camera to capture what the golfer sees, then a computer analyzes the green's contours between the golf ball and the hole. Based on this analysis, it calculates a recommended path for the ball and displays this path directly onto the real-time view of the green on a screen, also highlighting the ball and cup with enhanced images.

Why it matters: Filed before widespread, lightweight augmented reality glasses were common. Real-time 3D mapping and object recognition software has advanced significantly, making the overlay more precise and less computationally intensive on a wearable device.

Status: Not in forceListed as no longer active. The specific reason is not in the record we hold.
How hard to build: SpecializedReal-time image processing, AR software, custom electronics

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