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|Oct 26, 1999
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|Mar 26, 1998
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|Mar 26, 1997
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|John R. French, Philip Witham
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|John R. French
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|Patent Citations (15), Referenced by (66), Classifications (11), Legal Events (6)
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This application claims the benefit of the filing date of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 60/042,111, filed Mar. 26, 1997, for "Golf Club and Bag Security System" to Witham, et al.
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention generally relates to security systems, and more specifically, to systems for security of a golf bag with golf clubs.
2. Description of the Related Technology
The recent dramatic rise in the popularity of golf and the number of golfers, along with the extraordinary increase in the price of clubs and equipment has focused a spotlight on the problem of stolen clubs and bags around the courses of the world. Security is an everyday concern in the current era. Not all golfers can afford to purchase the newest clubs of choice, and not all golfers are trained in the old club-house etiquette which formerly allowed players to leave their clubs unattended without fear of loss. Further, non-golfers often frequent clubs and courses, and some make an active trade in stolen clubs of the most popular brands which are generally unmarked and easily converted to cash.
Although there is no industry-wide data maintained, most professional and amateur golfers have stories about their favorite club or their friend's clubs that were stolen. Despite the prevalence of the problem, however, golfers have not been presented with a viable solution. Previous patents describe devices which are not effective, are too costly to make, or are simply impractical. The problem of stolen clubs and bags therefore persists and continues to grow. What is desired is a small, lightweight alarm which could be easily mounted on a golfer's existing bag or could be built into a golf bag at the time of its manufacture to effectively protect both clubs and the bag from theft.
The invention may utilize a small, lightweight alarm which is easily mounted on a golfer's existing golf bag to protect both golf clubs and the bag from theft. In another embodiment, the golf security system can be built into or integrated with a golf bag. The golf security system includes an electronic, programmable alarm which is designed to prohibit false alarms but to sense minute unauthorized changes in the electromagnetic field defined by the alarm's detection loop. The alarm system may include a control subsystem with a keypad, a detection loop and a mounting band for mounting on an existing golf bag.
In one embodiment of the present invention there is a golf bag security system, comprising a detection loop arranged around the circumference of a golf bag, a loop oscillator circuit, connected to the detection loop, capable of detecting a change in inductance of the loop, a control circuit identifying an alarm condition in response to the loop oscillator circuit, and an alarm device responsive to the alarm condition. The security system detects and sounds an alarm when the golf bag is moved by at least a predetermined amount.
The system may additionally comprise an arming device enabling or disabling the security system. The system may additionally comprise a tag attached to a golf club, wherein the golf club is located in the golf bag when the security system is enabled. The security system may detect and sound an alarm when an attempt is made to remove the golf club from the golf bag. The tag may comprises a ferromagnetic metal and the tag may have high magnetic permeability. The arming device may be a key, wherein the key is programmable. Alternatively, the arming device may be a keypad, wherein the keypad is used to program a code.
In another embodiment of the present invention there is a method of providing security for a golf bag having a detection loop around its circumference, the method comprising detecting a change in inductance of the loop; and generating an alarm responsive to the change of inductance indicative of a disturbance of the golf bag.
In yet another embodiment of the present invention there is a method of providing security for a golf bag, the method comprising attaching a tag to a golf club; and detecting when the golf club is removed from the golf bag based on the tag.
FIG. 1a is a diagram showing one embodiment of the golf club and bag security system of the present invention.
FIG. 1b is a diagram of an exemplary golf club with a tag attached for use with the security system of FIG. 1a.
FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the hardware components of the golf club and bag security system shown in FIG. 1a.
FIG. 3 is a block diagram of the loop oscillator portion of the security system shown in FIG. 2.
FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the top-level security process performed by the system of FIG. 2.
FIG. 5 is a flowchart of the Initialize Computer function shown in FIG. 4.
FIG. 6 is a flowchart of the Change Code function shown in FIG. 4.
FIG. 7 is a flowchart of the Alarm Functions function shown in FIG. 4.
The following detailed description of the preferred embodiments presents a description of certain specific embodiments to assist in understanding the claims. However, the present invention can be embodied in a multitude of different ways as defined and covered by the claims. Reference is now made to the drawings wherein like numerals refer to like parts throughout.
The detailed description is organized into the following sections: System Overview, Hardware Description, Software Description, User Operation, and Features and Benefits.
System Overview
Referring to FIG. 1a, a golf club and bag security system 100 will be described. The security system 100 is also referred to as an alarm. The alarm 100 includes a control subsystem 110 and a detection loop 112 connected to the control subsystem. In one embodiment, the detection loop 112 is mounted externally around any circumference of a golf bag 102. As shown in FIG. 1a, the detection loop 112 may be mounted near the mouth 106 of the bag 102. The control subsystem 110 may be physically located near the mouth 106 of the bag 102, or it may be electrically connected at a location away from the mouth of the bag. A separate strap or mounting band (not shown), which may include a buckle, holds the control subsystem 110 and the detection loop 112 on the bag 102 and also covers and protects the detection loop 112. The strap may be made of an elastic material in which case the buckle is not utilized.
In another embodiment, the control subsystem 110 and the detection loop 112 are built into or integrated in the bag 102 either at the time the bag is manufactured or subsequent to its manufacture but before it is sold to the golfer. In this situation, the detection loop 112 would not be visible to the golfer. As described above, the control subsystem 110 can either be near the mouth 106 of the bag 102, or at a location remote from the mouth.
When the alarm's owner wants to leave his golf bag 102 unattended, while he buys a soda or checks in with the starter, for example, he simply sets the bag 102 down and activates the alarm 100 by entering a personal code on an input device 114 of the control subsystem 110. In one embodiment, the input device 114 may be a keypad. In another embodiment, rather than using the input device 114, the alarm 100 is activated by removing a key (not shown). The alarm 100 works to effectively deter theft in the following three ways: 1) the visible presence of the alarm 100 causes a prospective thief to turn to another target; 2) a blinking LED 116 on the control subsystem 110 signals that the bag 102 is protected; and, 3) an audible alarm signal serves to draw immediate attention to the person who has attempted to remove one or more clubs 104 or the bag 102 from its resting position. When the owner returns to his bag 102, he enters his personal code, or reinserts the security key (in another embodiment), and the alarm is again rendered passive (disarmed).
Hardware Description
Referring to FIG. 2, the control subsystem 110 of the security system 100 may, in one embodiment use a Microchip Technology PIC16C622 single-chip microcontroller (U1) 200, also called a "μP" or PIC here. The microcontroller chip 200 executes about one million instructions per second and performs most of the alarm functions. In one embodiment, the chip 200 includes 2 kbytes of one-time-programmable (OTP) read-only memory (ROM). In another embodiment, the chip 200 includes electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM) in place of the OTP ROM. The chip 200 also includes 128 bytes of random access memory (RAM), a set of analog comparators, and a watchdog timer. The chip 200 has a sleep mode (4 microAmps supply current) and utilizes less than 2 milliAmps while running.
A theft condition is detected by an inductive loop (L1) 112 around the golf bag 102 (FIG. 1a). The loop 112 is part of an LC resonant oscillator circuit 202, which is further described in conjunction with FIG. 3. A small tag 108 (FIG. 1b) may be attached near the handle or grip 107 of a golf club 104' (FIG. 1b). In one embodiment, the tag is composed of a high magnetic permeability ferromagnetic metal. A tag 108 is generally necessary for golf clubs having composite shafts, such as graphite, but can be used on all shaft types including metal shafts. Since the permeability of normal steel and other metals is low, a tag 108 may be used on even the metal clubs to make the golf clubs easier to detect. The strong signal from the tag allows the system software to be set to a low sensitivity, thereby preventing false alarms caused by slight movement of the golf bag. Withdrawing the club 104' brings the tag 108 through the loop sensor, effecting its inductance slightly (0.06% or more, for example). Moving the bag 102 by a predetermined amount also shifts the loop 112 itself and changes the loop inductance.
Power is supplied by, for instance, a 9 V battery 204, either lithium or alkaline type. In this embodiment, at least 6 V is required to operate the alarm. Circuit U3 206 is a micropower 5 V regulator with a low battery voltage warning output. The microcontroller 200 will not arm if the battery 204 is at a low voltage. Life expectancy (at 20� C.) of an alkaline battery in this alarm is two years if disarmed, and 340 hours (14 days) when armed. This is approximately one year of use, armed over three hours per week, every week. A lithium battery would last about two to three times as long. Current consumption when disarmed averages 21 μA, and when armed, 1.43 mA. When the alarm and LED are on, the current consumption is 13.8 mA, mostly into the LED 116.
Certain discrete components such as diodes, resistors, transistors and capacitors are not shown for ease of explanation but will now be described. A set of diodes D1, D2, D3 and D4 protect the μP chip 200 from electrostatic discharge (ESD). Diode D5 protects the circuit from a reversed-battery condition.
A capacitor C1 prevents an alarm signal from being generated when the microcontroller 200 blips the LED 116 while armed. This is because of the slow speed of the voltage regulator (U3) 206 and the sensitivity of the loop oscillator 202 to power supply voltage.
A pair of resistors R6 and R7 determines the low-battery warning threshold, which is sensed with a transistor Q2 turned on (in other words, when the LED is turned on). Transistor Q2's VCEsat is about 15 mV.
A transistor Q1 drives a piezoelectric beeper element A1 208. The circuit around transistor Q1 forms a symmetrically slew-limited driver, which reduces the noise introduced to the power supply when the beeper 208 is going. Q1 is driven by a software generated square wave.
Switches S1 through S5 are the five-button keyboard or keypad 114 for code entry. When the alarm signal is activated, no combination of simultaneously pressed buttons will silence the alarm signal.
A circuit U4, in the plug-in key 210, is, in one embodiment, a "Silicon Serial Number" chip available from Dallas Semiconductor. Each circuit has a guaranteed unique 48-bit serial number, of which the control subsystem 110 uses 32 bits. The number of possible alarm key serial numbers is thus over four billion. The μP 200 communicates with the key 210 through a one-wire serial interface. The key 210 plugs into a connector 212 to establish the connection with the microcontroller 200.
A circuit U2 is a 128-byte electrically erasable programmable read-only memory (EEPROM). The μP 200 communicates with EEPROM 214 by a well-known two-wire serial interface known as I2 C. The EEPROM 214 stores the user's four-digit code and 32 bits of the plug-in key's serial number. The number of possible four-digit user codes is 625.
A circuit X1 is the clock crystal for the microcontroller 200. The circuit X1 is a quartz crystal rather than a ceramic resonator for temperature stability (needed by the loop sensor 202).
Referring to FIG. 3, the detection loop 112 is part of the LC resonant oscillator circuit 202, and a change in inductance affects the frequency of this "loop oscillator". The loop 112 itself is preferably sixteen turns made of a single wrap of ribbon cable.
The loop oscillator (FIG. 3) is formed by using a comparator 300 which is one of the built-in comparators of the microcontroller 200. The DC voltage on capacitors C9 302, C10 304, and the loop 112 is 2.5 V. The AC voltages at C9 302 and C10 304 are at 180� from each other, on opposite sides of the resonant circuit. The signal on the loop 112 is a clean sine wave, 150 mV RMS or so (above 40 mV p-p) at 50-65 KHz (depending on the diameter of the golf bag 102 that the loop is attached to). A resistor R2 306 sets this signal level. The PIC 200 also contains the reference voltage source used by the comparator 300. The output of the comparator 300 is available to the PIC's software directly, and also generates an interrupt to the microcontroller for precise timing of the oscillator frequency.
The metalized polypropylene capacitors C9 302 and C10 304 are paralleled by a pair of capacitors C11 and C12, which are metalized polyester types. This mix balances the temperature coefficient of the capacitors to near zero over a 0� C. to 40� C. range. Otherwise, changing temperature would set off the alarm. The capacitor pairs should be located adjacent to each other on a printed circuit board (PCB), which is part of the control subsystem 110, to keep them both at the same temperature.
The components comprising one embodiment of the security system are listed in Table 1 below:
TABLE 1______________________________________Designation Description Mfg. Part #______________________________________U1 Microprocessor, PIC16C622-04/P (OTP) Microchip Technology PIC16C622/JW (EPROM) U2 EEPROM 24LC01B/P U3 Voltage regulator Maxim MAX666CPA U4 Serial number IC Dallas DS2401 Q1, 2 NPN transistor Zetex ZTX689B D1-5 G.P. diodes IN4004 D6 Red high-efficiency LED, T-1 Liteon LT1035 diffused D7 Key ESD protection Zener 1N5232 diode R1 4.7KΩ 5% 1/8 W CF Any R2 3.3KΩ 5% " R3 220Ω 5% " R4 680Ω 5% " R5 30KΩ 5% " R8, R9 22KΩ 5% " R10 6.8KΩ 5% " R6 267KΩ 1% " R7 1 MegΩ 1% " C1 100 μF 10 V Aluminum 85C Panasonic ECE-A10Z100 Low leakage (<3 μ Amax @ 9 V) C2 6.8 μF 6.3 V Tantalum Any C3 Not stuffed C4 1 nF Ceramic Monolythic " C5, 6 .01 μF Ceramic Monolythic " C7, 8 8.2 pF Ceramic Monolythic " C9, 10 .1 μF Metalized Polypropy- Panasonic ECQ-P1H104GZ lene Film, 2% C11, 12 27 nF Metalized Polyester Panasonic ECQ-V1H273JL Film, 5% X1 4 Mhz HC-49/US crystal ECS-40-20-4 J1 Key socket CUI Stack PJ-003B P1 Key plug CUI Stack PP-002B S1-5 Custom keypad and overlay A1 Peizoelectric alarm, self- Panasonic EFB-RL28C11 driving B1 9 V alkaline Any B1 clip Battery clip " Loop 16 Conductor, Ribbon cable, " gray, 30", with DIP headers Loop Strain relief straps, two each " Box Custom PCB Custom Club Labels 0.8 mil METGLAS or Amuneal Corp. Hi-Mu 80 equivalent, 3 in2 � 20 or AlliedSignal Corp. METGLAS 2705M Back Label Misc. Info, custom______________________________________
Software Description
Referring to FIG. 4, one embodiment of the top-level flow process 400 of the software executed by the microcontroller 200 (FIG. 2) will now be described. The system software is written in Assembly language. One advantage of process 400 is that it prevents false alarms. The golfer/user activates or arms their particular security system 100, and the golfer/user controls when the system is activated.
When a battery 204 (FIG. 2) is first inserted into the control subsystem 110, the process 400 enters a power-on reset state 402. Process 402 moves to an Initialize Computer function 404. Function 404 sets the initial conditions for microcontroller 200 and will be further described in conjunction with FIG. 5 below. Proceeding to a decision state 406, process 400 determines if any of the buttons of keypad 114 have been pressed. If not, process 400 continues at a sleep state 408 to wait for a watchdog timer (WDT) to reset at state 410. Use of the sleep state 408 helps prolong the lifetime of the battery 204. In one embodiment, the WDT resets every one seventh of a second.
When the WDT resets at state 410, the microcontroller 200 is woken from the sleep state and process 400 proceeds to decision state 406 again to determine if any button on the keypad 114 has been pressed. It takes about two milliseconds for the microcontroller 200 to wake up and look around. If a button has been pressed, as determined at decision state 406, process 400 proceeds to a decision state 412 to determine if the correct user Personal Code is entered within four seconds after the first button was pressed. In one embodiment, the user Personal Code is a four-digit code number. In another embodiment, the length of time to wait for entry of the Personal Code may be different. If the correct user Personal Code is not entered within the arming delay period, process 400 moves to a decision state 414 to determine if the bottom button (S5) of the keypad 114 has been held down for five seconds. In another embodiment, the particular button held down and/or the length of time that the button is held down may be different. If the bottom button was not held down for five seconds, process 400 continues to the sleep state 408 as described above.
If the bottom button of the keypad 114 has been held down for five seconds, as determined by decision state 414, process 400 advances to a Change Code function 420. Function 420 obtains and stores a new user Personal Code and is further described in conjunction with FIG. 6 below. After the new code is stored, process 400 continues to the sleep state 408 as described above.
Returning to decision state 412, if it has been determined that the correct user Personal Code has been entered within four seconds, process 400 advances to state 422 wherein the security system 100 is armed. The loop oscillator 202 (FIG. 3) is started and a reference period measurement is made and temporarily stored. Process 400 turns on a Vref module (not shown) and a Comparator module (which includes comparator 300, FIG. 3) of the microcontroller 200, and ceases sleeping. After an arming delay of a few seconds, process 400 begins making loop frequency (period) measurements about 100 times per second. The first eight measurements are averaged together and stored as the "reference" period to which subsequent measurements are compared.
Alternatively, in an embodiment that utilizes the key 210 (FIG. 2) ("the key embodiment"), if a button is pressed at state 406, process 400 checks if the key 210 is plugged into the subsystem 110. If so, the system 100 is armed if the top button of keypad 114 is pressed. The key 210 then has to be removed before an arming delay passes. The alarm system 100 can then be disarmed by plugging in the correct key 210.
At the completion of arming the system 100 and taking the reference period measurement at state 422, process 400 moves to an Alarm Functions function 430. Function 430 performs measurements and sets an alarm condition or flag on if the detection loop 212 (FIG. 3) is triggered. Function 430 will be further described in conjunction with FIG. 7 below. Upon return of function 430, process 400 proceeds to a decision state 432 to determine if the alarm condition was set on during function 430. If so, process 400 triggers activation of the peizo alarm 208 to make an alarm noise at state 434. Several sound effects are available for the peizo alarm 208 (which are selected in the sound descriptor), including "upsweep" (steady increase in frequency), "dnsweep" (steady decrease in frequency), "pwin" (pulse width starts narrow and increases), and "pwout" (pulse width starts at 50% and decreases.) A frequency and a pulse width effect can both be done simultaneously, although that would provide a subtle difference from the frequency effect alone.
If the alarm condition was not set, as determined at decision state 432, process 400 continues at a decision state 436 to determine if any button of keypad 114 (FIG. 2) has been pressed. If not, process 400 loops back to function 430 as previously described above. If a button has been pressed, as determined at decision state 436, process 400 advances to a decision state 438 to determine if the correct user Personal Code was entered by the user. If not, process 400 loops back to function 430 as previously described above. If the correct code has been entered, as determined at decision state 438, process 400 moves to state 440 wherein the security system 100 is disarmed and the loop oscillator 202 is stopped. Process 400 then moves back to the sleep state 408 as previously described above.
When armed, the alarm will immediately sound if the sensor is triggered. Disarming is by the same methods as when the alarm is not going off. The alarm and other sounds are generated by software.
When armed, the LED 116 (FIG. 2) is blipped on for 20 ms every two seconds. At the end of this blip, the low battery warning is checked. If it turns up true, the alarm system 100 is disarmed to prevent false alarms.
When disarmed, holding down the bottom button for a number of seconds puts the alarm system into one of two reprogramming modes. If the key embodiment is not utilized when the button is pressed, the "change code" function 420, described above, is started. If the key embodiment is being used and the key (210) is not in when the button is pressed, the "change key" function is started. The "change key" mode waits for the user to enter the current user code number, and then the user plugs in the new key.
Referring now to FIG. 5, the Initialize Computer function 404, identified in FIG. 4, will be described. The Initialize Computer function 404 is invoked after a power-on reset. Beginning at a start state 500, process 400 moves to state 502 wherein the microcontroller 200 is configured. The configuration details are well known by practitioners of microcontroller software. Proceeding to a decision state 504, process 400 determines if the EEPROM 214 (FIG. 2) is initialized, i.e., checks to see if the EEPROM has been initialized at the factory yet. If so, function 404 returns at return state 508. An initialized EEPROM is marked with a number that could not be random (e.g., hex 55 AA or binary 0101010110101010). If the mark is not found, as determined at decision state 504, the Personal Code is initialized to "1 2 3 4". The alarm makes a long, complicated tweedling noise rather than just the normal powerup noise when the initialization takes place. At the completion of initializing the factory code at state 506, function 404 returns at return state 508.
In a "key" embodiment, if the mark is not found, as determined at decision state 504, the Personal Code is initialized to "1 2 3 4" and the unique serial number of the key 210 (FIG. 2) currently plugged in is authorized and saved in the EEPROM 214 (FIG. 2). For one key embodiment, if no key is in, no initialization occurs. Initialization will happen on a subsequent power-up if a key is plugged in.
Referring now to FIG. 6, the Change Code function 420, identified in FIG. 4, will be described. The Change Code function 420 handles changing the existing or old Personal Code to a new Personal Code. In one embodiment, each of the steps through the function 420 is accompanied with a unique sound from the control subsystem 110. Process 420 will time out after waiting a predetermined length of time for user input.
Beginning at a start state 600 of function 420, process 400 to state 602 to obtain the old Personal Code from the user/golfer by use of the input device 114 (FIG. 2). Advancing to a decision state 604, process 400 determines whether the code obtained from the user is correct, i.e., matches the code stored in the EEPROM 214 (FIG. 2). If not, processing of function 420 is terminated and function 420 returns at a return state 622. Thus, in one embodiment, the user needs to enter the correct old code before a new code can be entered.
However, if the correct old code is entered, as determined at decision state 604, process 400 continues at state 606 wherein the user enters a new Personal Code. Proceeding to state 608, process 400 verifies the new code from the user by requesting the user to re-enter the new code on the input device 114. Advancing to a decision state 610, process 400 determines if the second entry of the new code (at state 608) matches the first entry of the new code (at state 606). If not, processing of function 420 is terminated and function 420 returns at the return state 622. The user can then try again to change the code by calling the Change Code function 420 as before (FIG. 4). However, if process 400 determines that the second entry of the new code matches the first entry of the new code at decision state 610, processing continues at state 620 wherein the new Personal Code is stored into the EEPROM 214 (FIG. 2). Function 420 then completes and returns at the return state 622.
Referring now to FIG. 7, the Alarm Functions function 430, identified in FIG. 4, will be described. The function 430 is called after the system 100 is armed, the loop oscillator 202 (FIG. 2) is started and a reference period measurement is made.
Beginning at a start state 700 of function 430, process 400 moves to a decision state 702 to determine if the alarm condition (flag) is on (set), such as from a previous execution of function 430. If the alarm condition is on, the alarm condition is left on, processing of function 430 terminates, and function 430 returns at a return state 712. However, if the alarm condition is off, as determined at decision state 702, process 400 proceeds to state 704 to measure the oscillator period.
Most of the time of the microcontroller 200 while armed is utilized to count loop oscillator cycles. Process 400 times the start of an oscillator cycle, then counts a large number of cycles (e.g., 512 cycles in one embodiment), and then times the end of the next cycle. The difference in time between these two measurements ("period") is watched for changes. The timing measurement is in one microsecond units, based on a real time clock register of the microcontroller 200. The 10,000 μs period measurement is repeatable to �1 μs. Only one byte of period information is measured, the least significant byte (256 μs range). This procedure works because the system 100 is looking for a small change. Moving to state 706, the period is subtracted from the reference period (obtained at state 422, FIG. 4). The binary math results in a correct difference ("delta") calculation. Process 400 takes the absolute value of the delta.
Proceeding to a decision state 708, process 400 determines if the absolute value of the delta is over an alarm threshold (3 μs, in one embodiment). If so, process 400 continues to a set of states 720, 722 and 724, which are the same as states 704, 706 and 708 described above. Two period measurements in a row must exceed the threshold to set off the alarm so as to prevent false triggers from electromagnetic interference (EMI), electrostatic discharge (ESD) or so forth. If the absolute value of the delta is over the alarm threshold for the second time, as determined at decision state 724, the alarm condition (flag) is set at state 726 and function 430 returns at the return state 712.
If the absolute value of the delta is not greater than the alarm threshold during the first measurement at decision state 708 or during the second measurement at decision state 724, process 400 moves to state 710 to possibly adjust the reference period. Periodically, to compensate for temperature changes and other such changes, the reference period is bumped up or down by one count to track the ongoing period measurements. Eight measurements are averaged, and the result determines if the reference is changed or left unchanged. In one embodiment, it takes about one minute to make a change of one microsecond in the reference. This rate is set to make it impractical to slowly withdraw a golf club from the bag in an attempt to defeat the system. At the completion of state 710, function 430 returns at the return state 712.
User Operation
The user operation for one embodiment of the system 100, is now described. In the description, it should be noted that the key embodiment may have a primary key and a backup key to be used if the primary key is lost or stolen.
First, there is an initial user set-up after purchase of the security system as follows:
A. Insert a 9 Volt battery per instruction diagram.
B. If the key embodiment is used, leave primary security key in place in control unit, and place the second, back-up key in secure storage at home or other secure location.
C. Initial programming of Personal Code:
1. Hold down bottom button until first tone is heard.
2. Enter a factory code, "1,2,3,4".
3. Enter user Personal Code (4 digits). The Personal Code is any four digit code that the user selects, for example: New Years Eve=1231; or April Fools Day 0401; user's Birthday (mm/dd), and so forth. A tone is heard when the Personal Code is properly entered. Re-enter Personal Code a second time. A tone confirms completion of initial programming sequence.
The following instructions describe two alternative ways of operating the security device where a key is designed and included with the system 100. The first method does not use the security key and the second method incorporates the use of the security key. Instructions for using the security system under normal conditions on the course and at the clubhouse are as follows:
Arming the alarm without the use of a security key:
1. Arming without key: With the key out of the control subsystem or unit, enter the Personal Code. The LED will remain on for several seconds while the alarm waits for the system to settle. After a programmed delay to allow the system to settle, a second tone is heard indicating that the unit is armed, at which time the LED begins to blink.
2. Disarm without key: enter Personal Code; the LED stops blinking and a tone sounds indicating that the unit is disarmed.
3. Alternate Disarm: reinsert key; the LED stops blinking indicating the control subsystem is disarmed.
Alternate operation with the use of a security key:
1. Arming with the security key: press the "Arm" button and pull the security key from the control subsystem. In one embodiment, the Arm button is the top keypad button (S1). The LED will remain on for several seconds while waiting for the system to settle. After the programmed delay to allow the system to settle, a second tone is heard indicating that the control subsystem is armed, and the LED will begin to blink.
2. Disarm: reinsert the key; LED stops blinking and a tone indicates that the unit is "disarmed".
Instructions for reprogramming the alarm in the event the key is lost (for key embodiment) are as follows:
If a golfer loses the primary (first) key, the alarm can still be armed and disarmed using the keypad. However, to prevent misuse by someone else who may have found the particular golfer's key, the particular system must be reprogrammed to accept only the golfer's back-up key. If the lost primary key is later found, the system can be reprogrammed and the primary key used again by performing the following instructions. Programming to use the back-up key simultaneously disables the lost primary key.
1. With the key removed from the control subsystem, hold down the bottom keypad button until the first tone is heard, then release the button.
2. Enter the old (previous) code after which a single, steady tone is heard.
3. Insert the back-up key and operate the system according to the above, normal instructions. The alarm will no longer respond to the lost key unless it is reprogrammed again to recognize and respond to it.
Features and Benefits
This section relates to the features and benefits of the invention. Several of the features and several of the benefits are listed below as follows:
Light-weight, integrated sensor and controls
Simple, inexpensive and reliable electronic design
Positive control by owner
Incorporates custom shaft labels
Easily installed
Effective security in sleek, miniature package
If key utilized, security ensured even in event of lost key
Prohibits irritating false alarms
Protects both steel and graphite shafts
While the above detailed description has shown, described, and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to various embodiments, it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in the form and details of the system illustrated may be made by those skilled in the art, without departing from the spirit of the invention.
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|Daniel Joseph Lee
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|Aug 20, 2009
|Niegowski James A
|System and method for tracking one or more rounds of golf
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|Sep 17, 2009
|Chris Savarese
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|Oct 21, 2010
|K Golf Bags, Inc.
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|Dec 9, 2010
|Chris Savarese
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|Radar Corporation
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|Radar Corporation
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The indigenous peoples of Northern Ontario have taken on a massive task: translating the Bible into the Oji-Cree language.
The Archbishop of Canterbury has called for reconciliation in 2017, after a year shaped by damaging political climates and the refugee crisis.
The Fresh Expressions movement is gathering momentum in the UK, despite its detractors, reports Pat Ashworth.
Muslim and Christian leaders meeting in Tehran this week condemned violence and criminal acts, saying they cannot be justified by right reading of religious texts.
Anglican leaders from around the world have returned home from the Diocese of Polynesia with a fresh understanding of what's at stake in climate change.
•Rising seas threaten life in Kirbati
Anglicans in Fiji feature in the latest edition of communion wide magazine 'Anglican World'.
ACC has passed a resolution that affirms the Primates' plan for unity.
ACC turns attention away from sexuality, toward evangelism, ecology, ending poverty and war.
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Apple wasn't the only one to know a good song when it heard one, and it wasn't first: Providing the soundtrack to the campaign for Windows 95 (and the operating system's Start button) was the Rolling Stones' "Start me up." There's no question that "Start me up" is a great song, but many did question whether Microsoft had listened to the sexually explicit lyrics. (The song was also one of three played by the Rolling Stones during halftime at the Super Bowl in 2006.)
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2010 Summer Movie Preview - June | 3 May 2010 // 4:00 PM
After May's gangbusters' start, June settles down with The A-Team, Toy Story 3, and more Twilight.
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A group of '80s TV soldiers of fortune get a big budget, big screen adaptation in 2010.
'The A-Team' Is a Cynical '80s Retread | 10 Jun 2010 // 11:30 PM
The A-Team is a cynical film that only trusts the audience to follow the most simplistic plot, it arbitrarily switches tones, assuming no one will care.
Let's Get Physical: Casting Choices on 'Nikita' | 1 Oct 2010 // 3:00 AM
Actors often talk about bringing an emotional authenticity to the characters they play. A physical authenticity should also be required if the part involves a weekly round of fighting off scary Russian operatives or shady government spies who know jiu jitsu.
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When the A-Team find themselves plummeting to earth in an M-1 tank, using the cannon to slow their descent, it would take a heart of stone not to find some spark of giggly enjoyment.
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I grew up in the state of Colorado. It's known for cowboys, mountains, skiing, smoking pot, the Broncos, but also — mass school shootings. Since the recent shooting at Seattle Pacific University my connection to mass murder and school shootings has become all too familiar.
My younger brother is a freshman at Seattle Pacific University where a 26-year-old with a shotgun recently killed one and injured three others in the latest school shooting. My brother is finishing up his first year of school as a music major before moving to Santa Cruz in the summer to work as Christian summer camp counselor. While untouched by the damage to the shooter, another young man on the same dorm floor as him, Paul Lee, was not so fortunate. He was taken to the hospital where he was pronounced dead (three other wounded victims survived). Though the body count was considerably less than recent events at Santa Barbara, its timing mirrors the increasing normality with which such shootings are now taking place. Sadly, a tragedy such as this merely becomes fodder for political bickering and ideological advancement.
My brother and I grew up with guns in the town of Bailey, Colo. Bailey is a strange mixture of rednecks, conservative Christians, new age folks, commuters, hippies, outdoor enthusiasts, and undeniably proud gun owners. My dad was a hunter and kept a rifle beneath his bed, which was made out of Aspen trees he chopped, stripped, and stained himself. Every October he would take a week off work and go into the mountains with some friends to go hunt.
It seems like violence will never end. Portland. Seattle. Las Vegas. Isla Vista. Almost every day in Chicago. Not to mention Iraq, Boko Haram, the conflict in Ukraine, and the continued war in Afghanistan.
The Huffington Post just reported that "If it's a school week in America, odds are there will be a shooting." Since the Sandy Hook tragedy in 2012, the United States has averaged 1.37 school shootings per week.
And our culture is divided on how best to respond. One side declares we need to increase gun regulations. The other side insists we need more guns. The two sides are locked in a bitter political rivalry, using terms like "rights" and "responsibilities" and neither side will budge. One side will win the political battle concerning gun rights, but I fear that no matter who wins the battle it will only perpetuate the war.
I'm feeling despair, and from my Facebook feed, I know many others are feeling the same way. After all, this is so much bigger than guns; it's about a culture of violence. But please, don't fall into despair. We have too much work to do.
"Not one more" was the sentiment and catchphrase of the community in Isla Vista, the town near Santa Barbara where Elliot Rodger shot and killed six people. Christopher Michaels-Martinez, a 20 year-old man, was among the victims and it was his father, Richard, who has passionately enjoined citizens and politicians to enact gun reform.
But it seems inevitable that, when we talk about gun reform, it will always be too little, too late. Yesterday, a gunman opened fire at Seattle Pacific University, a Christian liberal arts college, killing one person and injuring three others. A student named John Meis was working as a building monitor nearby and took advantage of the pause while the shooter reloaded his gun to pepper spray him. Other students and faculty members joined Meis in restraining the shooter until police arrived. The shooter, a 26 year-old man named Aaron Yberra, was armed with a shotgun, a knife, and extra ammunition. He is now in custody.
On this 70th anniversary of D-Day, I thought of my father, who died several years ago. James Emerson Wallis, Sr. was commissioned in the Navy, graduated from college at the University of Michigan, and was married — all on the same June day in 1945! After a very quick honeymoon, my Dad was sent out almost immediately to the Pacific as the engineering officer on a destroyer minesweeper. I heard most about that day, and the days that followed, while sitting with my father on the benches at the World War II Memorial shortly after it opened in Washington, D.C. I soon realized why there were so many benches there — so old war veterans could sit down for a while, even for hours, to remember and tell their stories to the ones they most love.
For his 80th birthday, our family invited my dad to go anywhere in the world he wanted to go. He said he wanted to go to Oxford, England, to see the where his favorite Christian author C.S. Lewis lived — and then he wanted to go to Normandy, where so many of his high school buddies died on D-Day. He wanted to go to those beaches and to that special place himself to see the memorials to his friends. So we did both. My father got to sit at the desk of C.S. Lewis with a big smile on his face. Then I took my dad and my father-in-law to that very solemn place where American and Allied soldiers paid such a heavy human cost in perhaps the most historically significant military action in history.
So my son comes marching into the kitchen, and says in a demanding tone, "Make me snacks now!" My first reaction is to think that this is simply unacceptable behavior, and that he needs a good talking to. But I also notice that I am quite triggered by this, and that before I do anything, I need to reflect.
So I start boiling water for some pasta (I do have enough sense to know that when he asks for a snack that what his body really needs is some healthy food and not junk). As the water boils it dawns on me why he was so rude. In a word: metabolism.
It's amazing to me how much of our spiritual and emotional problems have clear biological and physical causes. The reason he was so demanding is that his body was hungry, and so his brain went into alarm mode:
I need food NOW .
The problem is not that he is a rude kid, it's that his metabolism was flooding his brain. If I had scolded him this would have had the effect of riling up his brain even more, which was already in freakout mode (I'll leave it to a neurobiologist to explain this with big $10 words like amygdala and cerebral cortex, but the basic science here is quite solid).
Anti-Muslim hate speech on the Internet is commonplace and can motivate some people to commit acts of violence against Muslims, according to a report released Tuesday by Muslim Advocates, a legal and advocacy group in San Francisco.
The report contains examples of hate speech and how it can lead to violence, as well as how victims of online hate speech can report it and counter it. The report aims to help educate parents, students, youth, community leaders, Internet companies, and policymakers on how to counter online hate speech.
Like many people, I was troubled when I heard about the recent shooting outside of a Jewish community center in Overland Park, Kansas. According to several news accounts, the perpetrator — Frazier Glenn Cross — yelled, "Heil Hitler" at onlookers as he was being carried away in a police car. Cross also has a long history of anti-Semitic behavior and has publically declared a hatred of all Jews.
In addition to being troubled by this act of hatred and violence, I was also troubled by the quick response of CNN Belief Blog Co-Editor, Daniel Burke, who made it a point to emphasize that Frazier was not a Christian but rather allegedly an adherent of Odinism, a "neo-pagan" religion which, according to Burke, "has emerged as one the most vicious strains in the white supremacist movement."
While the annals of Christian history — ancient and modern — are full of accounts of violence perpetrated in the name of Christianity, my objective here is neither to defend Odinism nor to criticize Christianity. Instead, I want to highlight the socially constructed nature of beliefs and beliefs systems and emphasize how these socially constructed beliefs say far more about us than they do about the "gods" we claim to accept or reject.
I felt the ground crumbling from beneath me and so I clung to silence. Still, the sound of death was there. I tried to drown out the haunting screams echoing in my brain with my breath — but the rising and falling of my chest exhausted my efforts. In remembering those suffocated by inhumanity, I felt guilty for breathing in the sweet scent of life. Here, memories of death are inescapable in a country that holds so much beauty.
We stayed in silence together as we drove home — attempting to escape the bloody reminders of death. Home is at the Pallottine mission guesthouse built on the same campus that the Gikondo Massacre took place 20 years ago. On April 10, 1994, three days after the genocide began, the interahamwe savagely murdered 110 Tutsis in a large parish on this campus. As if simply killing wasn't enough, the militia slowly tortured and mutilated the bodies of all Tutsis present at the church. Somehow, 11 children survived the slaughter and were hidden in another chapel by the parish nuns — I could see this chapel from the balcony of my guest room. But three days later, the interahamwe returned to Gikondo to set the chapel on fire. There were no survivors. This is the place we call "home." The UNAMIR considered this massacre at Gikondo the first evidence of "genocide," referring to violent crimes intending to wipe out the existence of a people group. In response to these evident systematic killings, the commander of the U.N. Peacekeepers pleaded with his superiors to allow him to intervene before more died. He said that he only needed 2,500 troops to end the slaughter within weeks to defend the Tutsis. His plan of attack against the interahamwe would stop their violent rampage. Shockingly, the U.N. denied his request and instead, required 90 percent of peacekeeping forces to withdraw from Rwanda. A month later in May, the U.N. Security Council finally voted to send 5,500 peacekeeping troops to Rwanda however, the United States stalled their deployment. Delighted by the world's lack of response, the interahamwe continued to reign and the bloodbath escalated. One hundred days passed and still, the world did not say a word.
Joshua broke the silence,
The violence of hatred breaks our hearts. This past weekend in my neighborhood of Overland Park, a shooter killed three people and injured others. My church sits a mile from the sites, and members of my parish know the families of the victims. We are in the process of responding, holding vigils and praying, seeking to comfort one another and make sense of this hateful thing.
I know two ways souls respond to such hate. In one, the heart hardens against the violence, protecting itself. In the other, the heart weeps, leaving itself open to be broken again.
The first way can seem so right. There is a dark logic in giving our hearts permission to loathe the one who could go to so terrible a place, and arm himself to take lives randomly with gunfire. There is a sort of helpless security in burying our hearts away from the reports of such violence. If this gives up some piece of our humanity, at least it keeps our hearts from feeling such pain again.
Yet I have to believe in the other way, leaving my heart open to the world, though it will be broken again and again. In part, this is because I know that claiming permission to hate one man makes way for hating others, and then hating them by groups and by labels, until perhaps one day I wouldn't care if they lived or died.
Denise Levertov: A Poet's Life. University of Illinois Press.
A Poet's Revolution: The Life of Denise Levertov. University of California Press.
As a Christian, I grieve over the unspeakable violence wrongly done in the name of faith.
The news coverage of international conflicts can be very disappointing from a mimetic perspective. When conflicts escalate into violence as in Syria or the Ukraine, news outlets rush to cover the hostilities. They give us the facts on the ground, or rumors thereof, accompanied by an almost mindless report of what each side is saying by way of self-justification. However, if you listen to their rhetoric with mimetically tuned ears, which happens after spending time here at Raven, you realize that their rhetoric is all sound and fury signifying nothing. Unfortunately, it is this "nothing" that usually makes the headlines.
Major outlets like the New York Times rarely give as good an analysis as my colleague Adam Ericksen did last week. Speaking of the crisis in Ukraine, Adam said that we often think conflict is the result of differences. But the truth is that rivals resemble each other in often surprising ways. They are in conflict because they share the same desires and so are locked in a competition for something that they cannot or will not share. In the case of the conflict over Crimea, the "thing" is not the region but power and prestige. Adam explains:
Russia's desire for power is mimetic, or imitative, and modeled on its rival for power, the United States. Russia wants what the United States has — the prestige of being a global super power — and Russia is willing to use the same methods that the United States has used to gain and sustain that prestige — violence.
It baffles me when people who are deeply concerned about peace and peacemaking define themselves as "spiritual but not religious." In pursuit of personal and/ or global peace, they shun organized religion in favor of indigenous spirituality. Celtic music, eastern spiritual disciplines like yoga and meditation, and the Native American relationship with nature all seem so attractive and obviously non-violent. I actually have nothing against any of those expressions of spirituality – allow me to offer as proof the trip my husband and I will be taking in July. We will be touring Northern Ireland to enjoy the "storytelling, music, art and peace" of Celtic culture "ancient and new. Great food, inspiring art, and beautiful journeys on foot will form the heart of this soulfully unique and transforming experience." Sounds great, doesn't it?
Normally this sort of description would not entice me. It sounds vaguely new age-y, all too "spiritual but not religious." So why am I going? Because one of the tour leaders is my friend and brilliant cultural critic, the founder of the Wild Goose Festival, Gareth Higgins. Gareth understands that alternative forms of religiosity and spirituality are a necessary part of the revival of Christianity that is going on today, but he also understands that without "religion," the pursuit of peace is at a serious disadvantage.
I am aware that such a claim runs counter to the primary reason many people give for being spiritual but not religious. They blame religion for violence and war, and there is no denying that many people have killed in the name of their beliefs. Somehow those who abandon organized religion believe that the cure for violence is to purge themselves of religious texts and doctrines that have any reference to violence in them. Why read the Old Testament or believe in a God who requires the death of an innocent victim to be reconciled to us? How could that possibly lead to a more peaceful world?
The Myth of Redemptive Violence
The growing militarization of Honduran society is fueled by U.S. support.
Despite our best efforts, we've somehow missed it.
Even in the midst of our generous financial donations, volunteer hours, mission trips, and letter writing, we've failed to see what should have been glaringly obvious: the global poor lack the most basic ingredient for forward progression — personal security.
In their recently released book, The Locust Effect, Gary Haugen (founder of the International Justice Mission), and Victor Boutros (federal prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice) convincingly argue that all our best work to eradicate poverty — even while worthwhile, helpful, and well-intended — is for naught unless we concurrently address the epidemic of violence and fear facing the poor in the developing world. They write:
"...the forces of predatory violence will not simply go away... On the contrary, if the forces of violence are not restrained, it is the hope of the poor that will just keep going away...and there is nothing that our programs for feeding, teaching, housing, employing, and empowering the poor will be able to do about it."
Caleb is a father in Africa. He works hard as a night watchman, and he and his wife save from their small income with the dream of sending their daughter to college. But the family's dreams are destroyed when the police arrest Caleb on a random sweep for a robbery he had nothing to do with. This is not to say that the evidence against him was flimsy; there is no evidence against him whatsoever. The police needed to show an arrest had been made, and Caleb was an easy target … because he was poor.
Once in police custody, Caleb is viciously beaten. He is shaken down for bribes. And then, he is thrown in jail and charged with a capital offense. He is given no indication of when he might have a chance to prove his innocence – and even if he were, Caleb can't afford a lawyer to help him. His family struggles to hang on without him.
What is perhaps most stunning about Caleb's story is not the brutality (though it certainly is brutal), the singular unfairness of it all (though it is dramatically and utterly unjust), the hopelessness (though the story is obviously devastating). No, what is most stunning is just how ordinary Caleb's story is.
Two weeks ago in a room in Kabul, Afghanistan, I joined several dozen people — working seamstresses, some college students, socially engaged teenagers, and a few visiting internationals like myself — to discuss world hunger. Our emphasis was not exclusively their own country's worsening hunger problems. Rather, tmhe Afghan Peace Volunteers, in whose home we were meeting, draw strength from looking beyond their own very real struggles.
With us was Hakim, a medical doctor who spent six years working as a public health specialist in the central highlands of Afghanistan and, prior to that, among refugees in Quetta, Pakistan. He helped us understand conditions that lead to food shortages and taught us about diseases, such as kwashiorkor and marasmus, which are caused by insufficient protein or general malnutrition.
We looked at U.N. figures about hunger in Afghanistan, which show malnutrition rates rising by 50 percent or more compared with 2012. The malnutrition ward at Helmand Province's Bost Hospital has been admitting 200 children a month for severe, acute malnutrition — four times more than in January 2012.
A recent New York Times article about the worsening hunger crisis described an encounter with a mother and child in an Afghan hospital: "In another bed is Fatima, less than a year old, who is so severely malnourished that her heart is failing, and the doctors expect that she will soon die unless her father is able to find money to take her to Kabul for surgery. The girl's face bears a perpetual look of utter terror, and she rarely stops crying."
Photos of Fatima and other children in the ward accompanied the article. In our room in Kabul, Hakim projected the photos on the wall. They were painful to see and so were the nods of comprehension from Afghans all too familiar with the agonies of poverty in a time of war.
Qadeer Abbasi is recovering from a broken arm in his two-room shanty home not far from the capital, Islamabad.
On Nov. 15, Abbasi, 34, offered noontime Friday prayers at Madrassa Taleem ul Quran when the seminary was attacked by a procession of Shiite mourners. Besides the Sunni madrassa, the Shiites also struck 100 shops, four private banks, and scores of cars.
In less than an hour, 12 people were killed and intense gunfire prevented humanitarian services from ferrying the injured to hospitals.


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