ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 12 -- United States Patent no. 12,298,326, issued on May 13, was assigned to Topgolf Sweden AB (Danderyd, Sweden).

"Wind velocity estimation" was invented by Anton Mikael Jansson (Stockholm), Joakim John Hugmark (Stockholm) and Daniel Forsgren (Enebyberg, Sweden).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Methods and apparatus, including computer program products, implementing, and using techniques for estimating wind velocity. Measurements are obtained, which indicate two or more trajectories traversed by flying balls. Individual wind velocity estimates are determined for the two or more trajectories, wherein the determination comprises comparing a model acceleration of the ball wit...