Patent 8414408 was granted and assigned to Full Swing Golf on April, 2013 by the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
A golf simulator allows a player to launch a golf ball towards a display surface that shows the future trajectory of the golf ball. In one embodiment, the display surface allows the golf ball to pass through it. In one embodiment, the simulator collects the golf ball after it passes through the display surface and returns it to the player.