Mixed Reality Golf Simulation Using Sensor-Integrated Launch Monitor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current golf simulation technologies are limited in realism and entertainment value, relying on projection screens and hand-held displays that fail to provide an immersive experience for users.
Innovation Solution
A mixed reality golf simulation and training system using mixed reality glasses that overlays virtual golf courses and tracking data onto the real world, allowing users to practice with actual golf clubs and balls, and providing immersive feedback through a combination of augmented reality and sensor data.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If projection screens and hand-held displays are used for golf simulation, then the system can provide basic gaming functionality, but the realism and entertainment value are limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple technologies (mixed reality display, launch monitor, sensors, virtual environment rendering) into a unified system that creates immersive golf simulation. The mixed reality glasses merge virtual golf course elements with the user's real-world view, while the launch monitor integrates ball trajectory tracking with the display system, achieving high realism through technology consolidation.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixed reality glasses serve as an intermediary device between the user and the virtual golf environment. Instead of requiring the user to look at a separate screen, the system overlays virtual elements onto the real world through the glasses, creating a more natural and immersive interaction that improves realism without requiring complex external projection equipment.
2Ease of operation
If projection screens are used for golf simulation, then users can see virtual golf courses, but the immersive experience is insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The system transitions from traditional 2D projection screens to 3D mixed reality display. The virtual golf course elements are rendered in three dimensions and overlaid onto the user's field of view through the mixed reality glasses, creating depth and immersion. This dimensional transformation allows users to perceive the virtual environment as if it were physically present, significantly improving the immersive experience.
Solution Approach 2:
The mixed reality glasses serve multiple functions simultaneously: they display the virtual golf course, overlay ball trajectory data, provide targeting reticles, show scoring information, and maintain the user's natural field of view. This multi-functionality consolidates what would otherwise require multiple separate display devices into a single immersive interface.
3Measurement precision
If actual golf clubs and balls are used with simulation technology, then training accuracy is improved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system incorporates sensors on golf clubs and balls that provide real-time feedback data (trajectory, speed, spin, contact point) to the launch monitor. This feedback is then displayed to the user through the mixed reality glasses, enabling precise measurement and analysis of swing mechanics. The feedback loop allows users to adjust their technique based on objective data, significantly improving training accuracy.
Solution Approach 2:
The sensors on the golf clubs and balls automatically collect and transmit data without requiring manual input from the user. The launch monitor autonomously processes the sensor data and generates the visual feedback display, reducing the need for complex manual setup and operation. This self-service approach improves measurement precision while minimizing the operational complexity burden on the user.
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AI summary
A mixed reality golf simulation and training system that can use, along with a user's existing standard golf equipment, a golf ball launch monitor to track the initial ball positional data, spin and acceleration, and simulate the complete ball path and location or use complete ball tracking data and displays the actual ball path and location. Mixed reality glasses allow the display of ball tracking data over the real world view and/or an immersive display of a simulated world view, depending on the user's head or view position. Golf simulation graphical views can include various options, including simulated or panoramic photographic views of a golf course, simulated graphics and data superimposed over a real world driving range view, or simple ball tracking data superimposed over a real world view at any location.