Golf Ball Selection System Using Universal Data Indexing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current golf ball selection systems fail to unify a golfer's playing characteristics and preferences with specific performance characteristics across different brands, limiting the ability to find the optimal golf ball for an individual's game.
Innovation Solution
A system that correlates ballistics and material measurement data with a golfer's profile to select the most suitable golf ball, using standardized testing protocols, data structures, and interactive feedback to generate a performance model and recommend optimal golf balls based on unique player preferences and available inventory.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If manufacturer-specific recommendation systems are used, then brand loyalty and marketing control are improved, but comprehensive golf ball selection across all brands is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal selection system that works across all golf ball brands by establishing a common data structure and indexing methodology. The system ingests performance data from multiple manufacturers and provides unified recommendations, making the selection process brand-agnostic while maintaining comprehensive coverage of available golf balls.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an independent intermediary system that sits between the golfer and various manufacturer recommendation systems. This intermediary collects, standardizes, and compares data from multiple sources, providing objective third-party recommendations that transcend individual brand biases while maintaining data integrity through standardized measurement protocols.
2Measurement precision
If comprehensive ballistics and material data collection is implemented, then selection accuracy is improved, but data processing complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the complex data collection and processing system into distinct modular components: data collection modules for different measurement types, data structure generation modules for organizing raw data, indexing modules for efficient retrieval, and analysis modules for generating recommendations. This segmentation makes the overall complex system manageable and maintainable.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms raw ballistics and material data into standardized performance parameters through defined data structures and indexing schemes. By changing the representation of data from raw measurements to normalized performance metrics, the system enables accurate comparisons while simplifying the complexity of handling diverse measurement types.
3Ease of operation
If interactive feedback and modeling are implemented, then personalization of recommendations is improved, but system complexity and interaction time increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent performs preliminary actions by pre-collecting and pre-processing golf ball performance data, generating standardized data structures and indexes before the golfer interacts with the system. This allows the system to quickly retrieve and compare relevant ball characteristics without requiring extensive real-time computation during the selection process.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements interactive feedback loops where the system presents initial recommendations to the golfer, receives feedback on preferences and priorities, and refines recommendations accordingly. This iterative feedback process personalizes recommendations while managing interaction time by building upon previous analysis rather than starting from scratch.
Data Source
AI summary
A system for selecting a golf ball comprises a ballistics data input configured to receive ballistics data for a plurality of golf balls and for a plurality of launch conditions; a material data input configured to receive material measurement data for each of the plurality of golf balls; a data structure generation module configured to generate a data structure for each of the plurality of golf balls based on the ballistics data and measurement data; an indexing module configured to index the data structures relative to each other; a interactive feedback module configured to solicit and receive launch monitor data and preferences; a modeling module configured to generate a performance model based on the launch monitor data and preferences; and a selection module configured to select one of the plurality of golf balls based on the index and the performance model.