Putting Stroke Training System with Alignment Sensor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current putting stroke training systems fail to provide a consistent and accurate method for golfers to replicate a successful putting stroke, leading to random behavior and lack of predictability in their putting.
Innovation Solution
A putting stroke training system that includes a putting surface with a stroke recording section and result section, a stroke analysis tool to identify successful strokes, and an alignment tool with a movable side wall and alignment sensor to guide the golfer into replicating a preferred stroke path, which is generated based on successful strokes.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional putting practice is used where golfers repeatedly practice aiming at a cup, then golfers can accumulate practice experience, but the putting results remain random and unpredictable without any benchmark or record
Solution Approach 1:
The system provides visual feedback by displaying the recorded stroke path on a screen, allowing golfers to see exactly how their putter head moved during each stroke. This feedback loop enables golfers to compare their actual stroke path against the ideal path, making putting results predictable and measurable rather than random
Solution Approach 2:
The system creates a visual copy of the golfer's stroke path by projecting light through a cylindrical lens system to generate light planes that trace the putter head's movement. This optical copy serves as a benchmark record that can be analyzed and replicated, eliminating the information loss inherent in traditional practice without records
2Measurement precision
If multiple laser sources are used to generate light planes for swing analysis, then measurement accuracy is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system merges multiple laser sources into a single integrated optical system where lasers are positioned at specific locations (above and below the putting surface) and their light paths are combined through cylindrical lenses to create comprehensive light planes that trace the putter head's three-dimensional movement without requiring separate analysis systems
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The system enables golfers to consistently replicate a preferred putting stroke, improving predictability and accuracy by correlating successful strokes with their recorded paths and providing real-time feedback and guidance.
Implementation Method 1
a monochromatic laser light projected through a cylindrical lens system to generate a series of light planes in space
Data Source
AI summary
A putting stroke training system identifies a preferred putting stroke and facilitates training for a golfer to repeat the preferred putting stroke. The training system includes a grid box with a fixed side wall and a movable side wall. The movable side wall is positionable relative to the fixed side wall into alignment with the preferred putting stroke. The training system also includes an alignment sensor attachable to a putter head. In some embodiments, the alignment sensor signals when the putter head deviates from the preferred stroke.