Golf Laser Guide With Multi-Axis Adjustment For Putting Accuracy
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers face challenges in achieving accuracy and consistency when practicing their putting stroke due to the limitations of existing training aids, which fail to account for various factors such as slope, break, grain, and uneven surfaces.
Innovation Solution
A training device featuring a stationary base with a laser guide that offers multiple degrees of freedom, allowing for adjustable alignment and distance settings, enabling precise alignment and practice from different angles and distances, including undulating surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If traditional training aids are used, then the device structure is simple, but the alignment precision and ability to account for slope, break, and grain is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The device is divided into multiple independent components: a base unit, a vertically adjustable pole, a rotatable laser guide, and a coupling mechanism. Each component can be adjusted independently to achieve precise alignment while maintaining modular simplicity in the overall structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The laser guide is made dynamically adjustable through the coupling mechanism, allowing it to rotate and change orientation in multiple directions. This enables the device to adapt to various putting conditions (slope, break, grain) while keeping the base structure stationary and simple.
2Adaptability or versatility
If fixed alignment training aids are used, then the device is easy to operate, but the adaptability to different putting conditions is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The coupling mechanism enables the laser guide to dynamically adjust its orientation and position, allowing adaptation to various putting conditions such as different slopes, breaks, and grain directions. The adjustable design maintains ease of operation through intuitive mechanical controls.
Solution Approach 2:
The device is designed to perform multiple functions: providing alignment guidance for different putting conditions, adjusting to various angles and distances, and accommodating different green surfaces. This multi-functionality is achieved through the versatile coupling mechanism without significantly complicating operation.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable laser guide with multiple degrees of freedom is used, then the alignment precision and versatility are improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The adjustable laser guide system is segmented into distinct functional modules: the base, the vertical pole, the coupling mechanism, and the laser guide unit. This segmentation allows each component to be optimized independently, achieving high adjustability while keeping individual components relatively simple.
Solution Approach 2:
The coupling mechanism acts as an intermediary between the stationary base and the adjustable laser guide. It provides the necessary degrees of freedom for adjustment while isolating the complexity of the adjustment mechanism from both the base and the laser guide, thereby managing overall device complexity.
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
The device enhances putting accuracy and consistency by allowing golfers to meticulously analyze and practice their strokes, improving alignment, distance control, and confidence, leading to better performance on the golf course.
Implementation Method 1
a laser guide coupled to the stationary base and having at least three degrees of freedom of independent movement with respect to the stationary base
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AI summary
The present disclosure relates to a training device and, more particularly, to a training device which improves accuracy and consistency of a putting stroke in the game of golf and methods of use. The training device includes: a stationary base; and a laser guide coupled to the stationary base and having at least three degrees of freedom of independent movement with respect to the stationary base.