GOLF SIMULATOR

The present invention provides a golf simulator (80) comprising a launch area (81) facing a screen (82) at which the ball is driven and which is used to display an image (86) of part of a golf course. Sensor devices (83) detect at least one of: the impact of a golf ball on the screen (82), the flight of the ball towards the screen (82), and the trajectory of the golf club head during the golf club swing. The launch area is provided by a playing surface panel of a tiltable tee apparatus (81). At least one displacement device (95, 96) for tilting the playing surface panel (81) so as to provide a desired slope angle alpha and slope direction beta relative to a golf driving direction. A computer apparatus (84) is operatively connected to the sensor devices (83) and to the displacement device (95, 96), and programmed so as to control display of part of a golf course on the screen (82), based on the topography of the golf course, and the position of the launch area in relation to the golf course, and compute an estimated trajectory of the ball on the basis of the inputs received from the sensor devices (83), compute an estimated position of the ball based on the estimated trajectory and the ball landing zone topography. The computer (84) then controls the display on the screen (82) so as to display the estimated position of the ball on the screen image (86), computes the slope angle alpha and slope direction beta of the estimated position or lie of the ball. The computer (84) further controls the displacement device (95, 96) so as to bring the playing surface panel slope angle alpha and slope direction beta into correspondence with the computed slope angle and slope direction so that the next drive can be played from a realistic lie. L'invention porte sur un simulateur de golf (80) comprenant une aire de lancement (81) faisant face à un écran (82) sur lequel se dirige la balle et sur lequel est représentée une image (86) d'une partie de terrain de golf. Des capteurs (83) détectent au moins: l'un des points suivants: l'impact de la balle sur l'écran (82), le vol de la balle vers l'écran (82), et la trajectoire de la tête de la canne pendant l'élan. L'aire de lancement consiste en un plan de surface de jeu inclinable où se place le té (81). Un éléments (95, 96) au moins commande l'inclinaison du plan (81) pour donner à sa pente l'angle alpha et la direction beta , voulus par rapport au sens du jeu. Un ordinateur (84) relié aux capteurs (83) et aux éléments (95, 96