Mechanical Golf Counter with Movable Score Components
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing mechanical golf counters integrated into watches cannot display the score for each hole separately and store it for analysis, leading to loss of data when moving to the next hole, limiting golfer's ability to analyze their round hole by hole.
Innovation Solution
A mechanical golf counter mechanism with movable score counting, storing, and displaying components that allow selection and alteration of score indications for each hole, enabling efficient storage and retrieval of scores without occupying the dial space, allowing for time display integration into a watch.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If the dial displays the score at each hole simultaneously, then the golfer can view all scores, but the dial space is wasted and cannot be used for time display
Solution Approach 1:
The golf counter mechanism is segmented into multiple independent counting means (12-18), each corresponding to a specific hole. Each counting means can be independently selected and displayed, allowing the system to show only the currently needed hole score rather than all scores simultaneously, thus freeing dial space for time display while maintaining score information availability through sequential access.
Solution Approach 2:
The invention introduces a dynamic selection mechanism where the golfer can choose which hole's score to view by operating a selecting means. The display dynamically switches between different hole scores based on selection, rather than statically displaying all scores at once. This dynamic approach allows the same dial space to serve multiple purposes: time display and sequential score viewing.
2Area of stationary object
If the golf counter displays only the current hole score, then the dial can be used for time display, but the score data for previous holes is lost and cannot be analyzed
Solution Approach 1:
The invention extracts the score storage function from the display function. Multiple counting means (12-18) continuously maintain score data for all holes in the background, while the display mechanism only shows one hole's score at a time. This separation allows the dial to be used for time display while the underlying mechanism preserves all score data for later retrieval and analysis through the selecting means.
Solution Approach 2:
The system changes the display parameter (which hole's score is shown) based on user selection, while the underlying score data for all holes remains unchanged and preserved. This parameter change approach allows dynamic switching between different score views without losing any score information, enabling both time display and complete score analysis.
3Loss of information
If all hole scores are displayed simultaneously on the dial, then complete score information is available, but the device cannot be integrated into a watch with time display
Solution Approach 1:
The invention makes the dial universal by enabling it to serve multiple functions: time display and score viewing. Through the selecting means, the same dial can display different hole scores sequentially, just as it displays time. This multi-functionality allows the golf counter to be integrated into watches without sacrificing either time display capability or complete score information access.
Solution Approach 2:
The dial transitions from a static display showing all scores simultaneously to a dynamic display that can show time or any individual hole score based on selection. This dynamic versatility enables watch integration while preserving complete score information availability through sequential access via the selecting means.
4Loss of information
If a mechanical golf counter stores scores for multiple holes, then hole-by-hole analysis is possible, but the device complexity increases significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The scoring mechanism is segmented into multiple independent counting means (12-18), each handling one hole's score independently. This segmentation allows each counting means to be a simple, standardized module, reducing the complexity of individual components while enabling comprehensive multi-hole score storage through their collective operation.
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AI summary
A mechanical golf counter includes a case in which is mounted a golf counter mechanism including: a plurality of first components for counting score associated with a plurality of holes and for providing indication of the score at each hole; a plurality of second components for storing the indication for each hole and cooperating with the first components; third component for altering the score indication of a selected hole, cooperating with the first component; fourth component for reading the score of the selected hole, and cooperating with the first components; and fifth component for displaying the score of the selected hole, the fifth component cooperating with the fourth component, wherein the first components are mounted mobile inside the case so any one of the components can occupy a determined score incrementing/reading position, in which the component is selected to cooperate with the third and fourth components.