Patent ID: 9555284
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: A63B,G01S

Claim:
1. A driving range for hitting golf balls, the driving range comprising: a range surface; a computer; a plurality of hitting stations positioned at a first end of the range surface, each hitting station comprising: a second sensor at a side of the plurality of hitting stations and positioned to aim toward the driving range and having a second sensor type that is different from the first sensor type and connected to the computer and configured to detect a second plurality of parameters associated with a total travel path of the golf ball; wherein the computer is further configured to evaluate both the first plurality of parameters and the second plurality of parameters to determine whether to use the first plurality of parameters or the second plurality of parameters when both the first plurality of parameters and the second plurality of parameters are available; wherein the computer calculates the total travel path of each golf ball coming from each of the hitting stations in the plurality of hitting stations using either the first plurality of parameters from the respective hitting station or the second plurality of parameters.