ALEXANDRIA, Va., April 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,605,606, issued on April 21, was assigned to GOLFZON Co. LTD. (Seoul, South Korea).

"Golf swing platform and control method for the same" was invented by Jung Hun Lee (Sejong-si, South Korea) and Gwang Seok Jeon (Daejeon, South Korea).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The present invention relates to a golf swing platform linked to a virtual golf course, and may independently drive a swing-stage part and a hitting part of the platform, and the inclination information may be calculated from terrain information of an area corresponding to the swing-stage part and the hitting part of the platform based on a position where a virtual ball is pla...