Golf Alignment Device Using Interocular Spaced Faces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face challenges in practicing an accurate golf swing independently due to the inability to self-monitor their body alignment during the swing, requiring a third party for guidance.
Innovation Solution
A practice device with two lateral faces positioned at an interocular distance apart, allowing golfers to visually align themselves relative to the device and underlying surface, with adjustable distance settings to accommodate individual interocular distances, and featuring color contrast for visibility on golf courses.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Productivity
If a golfer practices independently without external assistance, then productivity and independence are improved, but the ability to detect and correct body alignment deviations deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The practice device enables the golfer to self-monitor and self-correct body alignment during the golf swing. The device includes visual indicators (such as colored lines or markers) that allow the golfer to independently detect deviations from proper alignment without requiring a second person to observe and provide feedback.
Solution Approach 2:
The device provides immediate visual feedback to the golfer about body alignment during the swing. By incorporating visible indicators that change or become noticeable when alignment is incorrect, the system delivers real-time information about positional deviations, enabling the golfer to adjust their stance and posture accordingly.
2Measurement precision
If a second person monitors body alignment during golf practice, then measurement precision is improved, but device complexity and operational requirements deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the alignment monitoring function from the human observer and transfers it to a physical device. The practice device incorporates visual indicators and reference markers that objectively display alignment status, removing the dependency on a second person's presence and subjective observation.
Solution Approach 2:
The practice device serves as an intermediary between the golfer and the alignment assessment. Instead of requiring direct human observation, the device acts as a mediator that translates alignment position into visible visual cues, making the alignment status objectively measurable and independently observable.
3Ease of operation
If the practice device uses standard interocular distance spacing for lateral faces, then ease of operation is improved, but adaptability to individual users deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The practice device incorporates adjustable components that allow the spacing between lateral faces and the positioning of visual indicators to be dynamically modified. This enables the device to adapt to different interocular distances of various users while maintaining the basic functionality of alignment checking.
Solution Approach 2:
The device allows users to modify specific parameters such as the distance between lateral faces and the positioning of alignment indicators. By enabling parameter adjustment, the device can be customized to match individual user characteristics (interocular distance) while preserving the core alignment monitoring capability.
Data Source
AI summary
When golf is being played, the golf swing of a person (60) is decisive for the quality of the stroke. In order to obtain as good a golf swing as possible with a high hitting reliability and with precision, it is necessary to rotate the club with the arms (70) in a positionally fixed fashion about an imaginary axis through the head (68) and upper body (66). In order to monitor said positionally fixed rotation, it is generally necessary to consult a second person. Specifically, independent checking is possible only with difficulty. The object of the invention is therefore to provide a practice device (10) with which it is possible to check the position of the imaginary axis independently and without help from further persons in order to be able to practice the optimum golf swing even on one's own.The object is achieved by a practice device (10) according to the invention. The practice device (10) has at least two lateral faces (18, 20) aligned substantially perpendicular to the underlying surface and with a distance between them that corresponds at least substantially to the human interocular distance. By positioning the practice device (10) on the underlying surface (28), it is therefore possible to visually determine even slight lateral deviations from a central ideal position above the practice device (10) by lateral faces (18, 20) that are correspondingly more or less visible.