Golf ball locator

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9500743
APP PUB NO 20110207553A1
SERIAL NO

13017676

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A system and method for locating lost golf balls is described. In one embodiment, a plurality of small RFID chips are applied to or embedded in a ball. When the ball is to be located, a user uses a ball finder to receive RF signals from the RFID chips and locate the ball. The ball finder may have useful additional features such as overlaid maps to help and GIS data to help the user find the ball. In an alternative embodiment, a ball is prepared by applying a highly-reflective paint, such as a metallic paint, or a highly-absorbent paint such as a black iron ball paint, to create a characteristic radar signature for the ball. The ball finder may then be configured to locate the ball using the characteristic radar signature.

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REID DION JNot Provided

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Hunt, Bradley K San Antonio, US 1 24
Reid, Deron San Antonio, US 1 24
Reid, Dion J West Chester, US 3 30

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