Appeal No. 2002-1020
Application 09/348,798
providing a computer and a display, said computer being
operatively connected to said camera for receiving said video
signal therefrom, said computer being connected to said display;
operating said computer to process said video signal to
detect said target golf ball;
further operating said computer to automatically determine a
path of motion of said target golf ball and an end point of said
path of motion;
additionally operating said computer to modify at least a
portion of said video signal to superimpose on a view of said
stationary objects a curvilinear indication of the determined
path of motion of said target golf ball;
also operating said computer to display on said display said
view with said indication of said determined path of motion;
after the display of said view with said indication of said
determined path of motion, moving said video camera along said
fairway from said initial location toward said end point;
between said initial location and said end point, operating
said video camera to generate a second video signal encoding a
second image of only some of said substantially stationary
objects along said fairway;
supplementally operating said computer to modify at least a
portion of said second video signal from said camera to
superimpose on said second image a downstream or end segment of
said curvilinear indication of said determined path of motion,
thereby enabling a user to visualize said path of motion on said
display as the user approaches the target golf ball at its
location along said fairway.
THE PRIOR ART
The references relied on by the examiner to support the
final rejection are:
Nauck 5,413,345 May 9, 1995
Cooper et al. (Cooper) 5,938,545 Aug. 17, 1999
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