Situation-neutral Golf Metrics via Zeroed-out Scattergraph Orientation
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing golf performance analytics systems lack detailed, interactive, and actionable insights specific to player status and course conditions, failing to provide effective analytics during actual golf play that can help golfers identify and correct shot misdirection and improve their performance.
Innovation Solution
A system and method for generating scattergraph diagrams that zero out shot directionality, allowing golfers to input and upload shot data for statistical analysis, providing text, tabular, and image-based outputs that include zone-based target areas, facilitating the identification of shot misdirection and its causes, and enabling adjustments to form and strategy.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If traditional GPS coordinate-based shot tracking is used, then shot locations can be recorded, but the analytics fail to provide actionable insights for correcting shot misdirection
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the directional information from the GPS coordinates and separates it into a standardized format. By taking out the bearing/direction component and normalizing it to a zeroed-out orientation, the system isolates the misdirection element for specific analysis, converting raw location data into actionable directional insights without requiring complete system redesign
Solution Approach 2:
The patent transforms the shot direction parameter from absolute GPS bearing to a relative zeroed-out orientation. This parameter change converts raw coordinate data into normalized directional deviations, making the analytics focused on corrective actions rather than raw position tracking, thereby providing actionable insights
2Loss of information
If detailed analytics are provided for every shot parameter, then comprehensive performance data is available, but the system becomes too complex for practical use during actual play
Solution Approach 1:
The system extracts and highlights only the critical directional deviation information from comprehensive shot data. By separating the zeroed-out orientation analysis from other shot parameters, it provides focused actionable insights without overwhelming the golfer with excessive details, maintaining ease of operation
Solution Approach 2:
The patent segments the shot analysis into distinct components: basic shot tracking, directional deviation analysis, and detailed performance metrics. This segmentation allows users to access comprehensive analytics when needed while maintaining a simple interface for during-play use, resolving the contradiction between detail and usability
3Measurement precision
If shot data is analyzed in absolute GPS orientation, then accurate location data is maintained, but trends in shot misdirection cannot be easily identified
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies a parameter transformation that converts absolute GPS bearing into a zeroed-out relative orientation system. This change preserves the precision of shot location measurement while simultaneously enabling clear identification of misdirection trends, as all shots are referenced from a consistent zero direction rather than varying GPS bearings
Solution Approach 2:
Instead of analyzing shots from the perspective of absolute GPS coordinates, the system inverts the approach by zeroing out the direction and analyzing deviations from a standardized orientation. This inversion allows trend identification while maintaining location accuracy through the original GPS coordinate preservation
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AI summary
Systems and methods providing statistical analytics of golf performance including text, tabular, graphic, and image-based outputs that include trends information for the golfer, all based upon actual golf play on course situations, wherein the golfer inputs shot data during play, without interrupting the flow of the game, and uploads the shot data for analytics and review online, including detailed diagrammatic representations of golf performance analytics, including scattergraph diagrams having the directionality of any shot being uniformly and consistently oriented to provide a zeroed-out orientation for each shot.