Patent ID: 6186908
Filing Date: 2001-02-13
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
A golf course operation-management system comprising:at least one repeater placed on a golf course and including a repeater ID transmitting apparatus configured to transmit a repeater ID;a plurality of sensors arranged along a golf cart path at plural locations corresponding to at least a teeing ground, a fairway area, and a putting green of each hole of the golf course, each of said plurality of sensors including a sensor ID transmitting apparatus configured to transmit a sensor ID and to maintain communication between said at least one repeater and said plurality of sensors;a receiver provided on a vehicle and configured to receive said repeater ID and said sensor ID from said at least one repeater and each of said plurality of sensors; anda retrieval apparatus mounted on said vehicle and including a control unit configured to process information data transmitted from said at least one repeater and said plurality of sensors based on the sensor ID and the repeater ID received by said receiver, a memory configured to store the information data processed by said control unit, and a display configured to indicate the information data relating to a sequential order of the sensor ID and the repeater ID transmitted from each of said plurality of sensors and said at least one repeater and received by said receiver.