ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,555,249, issued on Feb. 17, was assigned to CREATZ INC. (Suwon-si, South Korea).

"Method, system, and non-transitory computer readable storage medium for supporting virtual golf simulation" was invented by Yong Ho Suk (Seongnam-si, South Korea) and Jey Ho Suk (Seoul, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for supporting a virtual golf simulation is provided. The method includes the steps of: determining, with reference to information on a first reference pattern specified in an image photographed by a first photographing module positioned to photograph a moving subject and information on a second reference pattern specified ...