Golf Ball Surface Hue Segmentation for Visibility

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Solution Overview

Problem

Conventional golf balls are difficult to track and find, especially in bad weather conditions due to their white color, and there is a growing demand for fashionable and visible golf balls.

Innovation Solution

A golf ball design featuring a surface with a first region and a second region of complementary colors, where the hues satisfy a specific mathematical formula in the HSL color space, enhancing visibility and orientation during shots.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If a white golf ball is used, then the golf ball has traditional appearance and standard compliance, but the visibility and trackability are poor in bad weather conditions

Engineering Contradiction:

ImprovevisibilityVSAvoiddifficulty to track and find

Core Design Contradiction:

Illumination intensityVSObject-affected harmful factors

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies color changes by transitioning from a conventional white golf ball to a colored golf ball with specific hue values (H1 and H2) in HSL color space that satisfy a mathematical formula. This color change enhances visibility and trackability in bad weather conditions while maintaining traditional golf ball functionality and appearance standards.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

2Ease of operation

If a colored golf ball is used, then the visibility and orientation are improved, but the traditional white appearance is changed

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveorientation at shotVSAvoidappearance

Core Design Contradiction:

Ease of operationVSShape

Solution Approach 1:

The patent implements color changes by applying specific hue values (H1 and H2) to different regions of the golf ball surface. These colors are selected to satisfy a mathematical formula that ensures complementary color relationships, thereby improving orientation visibility at shot while creating a fashionable and distinctive appearance.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #32Color changes

3Loss of information

If the golf ball surface is divided into multiple colored regions, then the orientation and visibility are enhanced, but the manufacturing complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:

Improveorientation informationVSAvoidsurface structure

Core Design Contradiction:

Loss of informationVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the golf ball surface into multiple regions (first region with first color, second region with second color) that satisfy specific hue relationships. This segmentation enhances orientation information visibility while the mathematical constraints on hue values help control the complexity of color application and manufacturing.

Inventive Principle:

Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250010141A1Golf ball

Publication Date: 2025.01.09 SUMITOMO RUBBER INDUSTRIES LTD

AI summary

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball having high visibility and excellent orientation at shot. The present invention provides a golf ball comprising a core and a cover disposed outside of the core, wherein a surface of the golf ball has a first region with a first color and a second region with a second color, the first color has hue H1 represented by H value in HSL color space, the second color has hue H2 represented by H value in HSL color space, and the H1 and the H2 satisfy the following mathematical formula (1):60<|H1−H2|<300 (1).