Golf Vision Training Eyeglasses with Opaque Lenses
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional vision training devices for golf and similar sports fail to effectively maintain focus on a target during a swing, leading to unnecessary head and body movements due to peripheral vision distractions, resulting in suboptimal performance.
Innovation Solution
An eyeglass assembly with opaque lenses featuring a vertically oriented translucent slit and an opaque horizontal line, allowing users to maintain continuous focus on a target by co-registering these elements with the target, while providing limited peripheral vision for balance and shot tracking.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Measurement precision
If transparent lenses with crosshairs are used to help focus on a single point, then the golfer can see the target, but the eyes can still capture all movements occurring in all directions through peripheral vision, making it difficult to train the human eye to avoid moving towards distractions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts only the necessary visual information for focus by using opaque lenses with precisely positioned viewing portions, removing all unnecessary peripheral visual stimuli while maintaining the ability to see the target through the controlled viewing aperture
Solution Approach 2:
The lenses have different optical properties in different regions: the viewing portions are opaque to block peripheral distractions, while specific localized areas provide controlled transparency or translucency to allow target visualization, creating localized quality variations that solve the focus vs. distraction problem
2Object-affected harmful factors
If opaque lenses with pinholes are used to limit peripheral vision, then distractions are reduced, but the user has difficulty accurately seeing through the pinhole and cannot track the shot following the swing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies local quality by creating specific viewing portions with controlled optical properties in strategic locations on the lenses, allowing enhanced visibility through these localized areas while maintaining opacity in surrounding regions to block distractions
Solution Approach 2:
The patent incorporates colored opaque features that are differentiated from the remainder of the opaque lens, creating visual contrast that enhances the user's ability to see through and focus on the viewing portions while maintaining the blocking function of the opaque material
3Stability of the object's composition
If the user keeps the head motionless during the swing to maintain proper form, then the swing coordination is improved, but the user loses sight of the ball when winding up and has to recapture it during the swing
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts the essential visual information needed for maintaining focus on the target by providing controlled viewing portions that allow the user to see the ball and target area while blocking peripheral movements, enabling head stability without losing target visibility
Solution Approach 2:
The controlled viewing portions act as intermediaries between the user's eyes and the external environment, filtering visual information to maintain continuous awareness of the target while allowing head stability during the swing motion
Data Source
AI summary
An eyeglass assembly for training golfers includes first and second lenses that are opaque except at first and second viewing portions. The first viewing portion on the first lens provides a first eye of the user with a view of the target in a target region, such as the golf ball, while the second viewing portion provides a second eye of the user with a view not including the target region. An opaque feature such as a horizontal line is also provided on the second lens such that the eyes of the user co-register the horizontal line with the first viewing portion to form a focus point that must be maintained on the golf ball if head movement is to be avoided during a swing. The opaque portions at the remainder of the assembly prevent visual distractions that may undesirably move the eyes and the head during the swing.