ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,510,206, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to PGA TOUR Enterprises LLC (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.).
"Pan and tilt head" was invented by Jeff Howell (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.) and Jonas Henrik Gredenhag (Ponte Vedra Beach, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A head for mounting a device for tracking objects on a golf course during a golf tournament may include a control system that controls delivery of a supply of power to one or more of a tilt motor operable to drive tilt movement of a top plate of the head about a tilt axis or a pan motor operable to drive pan movement of the top plate. The control system may include one or both of a tilt st...