Golf Score Planning Using Hole-by-Hole Optimal Stroke Routes
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional golf assistance apparatuses fail to provide a method for achieving a target score throughout a golf course, instead focusing only on individual hole strategies, which limits the player's ability to set and achieve personal scoring goals.
Innovation Solution
A golf analysis assistance apparatus that calculates and presents an optimal number of strokes and route for each hole to achieve a target score, incorporating player attributes, golf course data, and weather conditions, with real-time correction capabilities.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If conventional golf assistance apparatuses provide only individual hole strategies, then the device complexity remains simple, but the adaptability to achieve personal target scores throughout the course is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the golf course into individual holes and further segments each hole into multiple shot stages (tee shot, approach shots, putts). This segmentation allows the system to calculate optimal strategies for each segment while integrating them to achieve the overall target score, resolving the contradiction between providing comprehensive course-level guidance and maintaining manageable system complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent performs preliminary calculation of the optimal solution route before the player begins play. By pre-calculating the sequence of shots and club selections needed to achieve the target score based on player attributes and course characteristics, the system provides advance guidance without requiring complex real-time calculations during play, thus improving adaptability while controlling complexity.
2Measurement precision
If the system calculates optimal solution route considering all player attributes and weather conditions, then the measurement precision of stroke recommendations improves, but the loss of time for calculation increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs comprehensive calculations of optimal stroke recommendations before the player begins play, utilizing all available data including player attributes (carry distance, head speed, putting skills), course characteristics, and weather conditions. This preliminary action ensures high measurement precision without causing time loss during actual play, as the calculations are completed in advance.
Solution Approach 2:
The system automatically calculates and updates the optimal solution route without requiring continuous player input or manual adjustments. Once the initial calculation is performed, the system self-updates based on player progress and changing conditions, reducing the time burden on the player while maintaining high accuracy throughout the round.
3Loss of information
If the system provides detailed optimal solution route including club selection and carry distance, then the information completeness for player guidance improves, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the optimal solution information into distinct components: club selection, expected carry distance, target landing area, and stroke count for each shot. This segmentation allows the system to provide comprehensive strategy information without overwhelming complexity, as each segment can be calculated and presented independently while contributing to the complete optimal route.
Solution Approach 2:
The system provides detailed information locally at each shot location rather than presenting all information globally at once. At each position on the course, the system provides specific club recommendations, carry distances, and target areas relevant to that particular shot, ensuring information completeness while managing complexity through localized presentation.
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AI summary
In accordance with "a target score throughout a course" desired by a golf player, an "optimal solution", which is the number of strokes appropriate for each hole and necessary for achieving the target, is derived and presented. A golf analysis assistance apparatus includes an input/output unit (2), a golf course data storage unit (3), a player data storage unit (4), a target score acquisition unit (5) configured to acquire a target score throughout a course, the target score being set by a player, and a control unit (6). The control unit (6) is configured to obtain an optimal solution at each hole that enables achievement of the target score throughout the course, the target score being set by the player, based on golf course data and player data.