Virtual Caddy Display for Precise Golf Club Targeting
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Solution Overview
Problem
Golfers often struggle with understanding their distance and accuracy with each club, leading to hazards and improper shots during a game, due to a lack of proper understanding of their swing and club selection.
Innovation Solution
A golf aid system that includes a user tracking system, a heads-up display, and a processor to determine target locations and display indicators for optimal club use, providing real-time feedback and statistics through a wearable display device.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Loss of information
If golfers rely on their own judgment and experience for club selection, then they maintain independence and simplicity of operation, but they lack accurate distance and accuracy information leading to poor shot decisions
Solution Approach 1:
The patent introduces a processor and display system as an intermediary between the golfer and the course environment. The processor receives data from user tracking systems and club databases, then presents processed information (ideal targets, distance indicators) to the golfer through a display device, eliminating the need for the golfer to manually calculate or estimate distances and accuracies
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by continuously providing the golfer with information about their current location, the ideal target locations for different clubs, and the expected accuracy for each club. This real-time feedback loop allows the golfer to make informed club selection decisions based on objective data rather than subjective judgment
2Measurement precision
If golfers use traditional methods without assistance, then the operation remains simple, but shot accuracy and club selection precision deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by pre-calculating and storing ideal target locations and accuracy data for multiple clubs in a database before the golfer needs this information. When the golfer takes a shot, the system quickly retrieves and displays the relevant pre-computed information, providing precise measurements without requiring complex real-time calculations or complicating the golfer's operation
3Reliability
If no real-time information is provided, then the device complexity is low, but golfers cannot make informed decisions about hazards and target locations
Solution Approach 1:
The system implements feedback by continuously providing the golfer with information about their current location, the ideal target locations for different clubs, and the expected accuracy for each club. This real-time feedback loop allows the golfer to make informed club selection decisions based on objective data rather than subjective judgment
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces a processor and display system as an intermediary between the golfer and the course environment. The processor receives data from user tracking systems and club databases, then presents processed information (ideal targets, distance indicators) to the golfer through a display device, eliminating the need for the golfer to manually calculate or estimate distances and accuracies
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AI summary
A golf aid system for assisting a user with a golf shot on a golf course includes a user tracking system configured to determine the location of the user on the golf course, a portable electronic device with a display screen, and a processor. The processor, which is operable to communicate with the user tracking system and the portable electronic device, is configured to determine one or more target locations on the golf course, with each of the target locations representing a recommended target for a respective one of the golf clubs. The processor directs the portable electronic device to display an indicator of the respective golf club proximate the corresponding target location via the display screen, such that the user perceives at least a portion of the indicator to be coincident with the corresponding one of the target locations.