Golf Image Merging for Accurate Yardage Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face challenges in accurately determining and presenting information such as yardages, hazards, and lay up positions on a golf course, which can lead to disadvantages during gameplay.
Innovation Solution
A system and method utilizing global positioning and image processing to provide accurate and clear geographic data, merging images with high geographic accuracy and clarity to offer location services, lay up positions, and statistical information through a user interface on devices like smartphones and tablets.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If multiple images are used to represent a geographic location, then information completeness improves, but determining both geographic accuracy and image clarity becomes difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the evaluation of images into two independent dimensions: geographic accuracy assessment and image clarity assessment. This allows the system to independently evaluate and weight different image attributes, making the determination process more manageable and accurate. By separating these evaluation criteria, the system can process multiple images systematically without confusion between different quality aspects.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces weighted parameters to combine geographic accuracy and image clarity into a composite quality metric. By assigning different weights to these parameters based on their relative importance, the system can objectively rank multiple images and select the optimal one. This parameter-based approach transforms the difficult qualitative assessment into a quantitative decision-making process.
2Measurement precision
If images with high geographic accuracy are selected, then location precision improves, but image clarity may deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies parameter weighting to balance geographic accuracy and image clarity. By adjusting the weights of these two parameters in the composite quality metric, the system can optimize the selection based on specific needs. This allows flexible trade-offs between location precision and visual quality without being constrained by the extreme of either parameter alone.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent creates a composite quality metric that combines multiple image attributes (geographic accuracy, image clarity, and other factors) into a single evaluative framework. This composite approach allows the system to select images that offer the best overall balance between competing qualities, rather than optimizing for just one attribute at the expense of others.
3Productivity
If statistical data is collected and presented to users, then gameplay improvement potential increases, but data presentation complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and presents only the most relevant statistical data to users, rather than displaying all available information. By selectively presenting key metrics and insights that directly impact gameplay improvement, the system reduces data presentation complexity while maintaining productivity benefits. This extraction approach filters out unnecessary information and focuses on what truly matters to the user.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary processing layer that transforms raw statistical data into meaningful, user-friendly presentations. This intermediary layer analyzes complex datasets, identifies patterns and insights, and presents them in an accessible format. By acting as a mediator between raw data and user comprehension, the system reduces the perceived complexity while preserving the value of the statistical information.
Data Source
AI summary
Included are systems and methods for providing data. At least one embodiment of a method includes accessing, by a computing device, a plurality of images for a geographic location; determining which of the images has a predetermined geographic accuracy; determining which of the image has a predetermined image clarity; determining a common point on the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy and the image with the predetermined image clarity; utilizing the common point to merge the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy with the image with the predetermined image clarity; and providing one or more location services on the image with predetermined image clarity, utilizing geographic location data from the image with the predetermined geographic accuracy.