ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 20 -- United States Patent no. 12,390,712, issued on Aug. 19, was assigned to 18.EVENTS (Toulouse, France).

"Computer system for the video surveillance of at least one step of a golf course" was invented by Benoit Lemauf (Fontenilles, France), Matthieu Baquier (Toulouse, France) and Jeremy Childes (Toulouse, France).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to a computer system and method for the video surveillance of at least one stage of a golf course (10) comprising at least one hole (40) and at least one tee (20). The video surveillance system (100) comprises video means (110), first electronic storage means (120), and data communication means (130), which ...