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US 12,528,005 B2Granted
Weather-based projectile range prediction and club selector tool
AssigneeEdh US LLC
InventorHenri Johnson
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and computer-readable media are provided for making a weather-based club recommendation.
Claims18
A system for providing a weather-based golf club recommendation for a player, the system including:
- processors;
- and
- a memory storing instructions that, when executed by at least one processor among the processors, cause the system to perform operations comprising:
- in a player characterization phase:
- capturing test player performance data for a series of test shots using a golf club in a set of golf clubs, the test player performance data including at least a test distance achieved in each test shot in the series of respective test shots;
- obtaining test weather data pertaining to local weather conditions prevailing at a time at which the test shots were made;
- and
- associating or mapping the test player performance data with the obtained test weather data to generate weather-based performance correlations for each golf club in the set of golf clubs;
- in a data normalization phase:
- normalizing the test player performance data against standard weather conditions for a region in which the test player performance data was captured to generate normalized player performance data;
- and
- storing the test player performance data and the normalized player performance data in a database;
- in a competition or play phase:
- accessing on-course weather data at a time and for a region of the competition or play;
- accessing the test player performance data and/or the normalized player performance data stored in the database;
- and
- accessing course data including an on-course distance from a player's position to a target or hole for an upcoming shot in the competition or play;
- in a club recommendation phase:
- based on the accessed on-course weather data, the accessed test player performance data and/or the normalized player performance data, determining a predicted distance or range achievable by at least one club in the set of clubs for the upcoming shot;
- comparing the predicted distance or range against the accessed on-course distance to generate a comparison;
- based on the comparison, generating a weather-related, player-personalized club recommendation for the upcoming shot;
- and
- displaying, or causing a presentation of, the weather-related, player-personalized club recommendation in a screen of an electronic device.
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A method for making a weather-based golf club recommendation for a player, the method including:
- in a player characterization phase, for each golf club in set of golf clubs:
- capturing test player performance data for a series of respective test shots using each golf club in the set of golf clubs, the test player performance data including at least a test distance achieved in each test shot in the series of respective test shots;
- obtaining test weather data pertaining to local weather conditions prevailing at a time at which the test shots were made;
- and
- associating or mapping the test player performance data with the obtained test weather data to generate weather-based performance correlations for each golf club in the set of golf clubs;
- in a data normalization phase:
- normalizing the test player performance data against standard weather conditions for a region in which the test player performance data was captured to generate normalized player performance data;
- and
- storing the test player performance data and the normalized player performance data in a database;
- in a competition or play phase:
- accessing on-course weather data at a time and for a region of the competition or play;
- accessing the test player performance data and/or the normalized player performance data stored in the database;
- and
- accessing course data including an on-course distance to a target or hole for an upcoming shot in the competition or play;
- in a club recommendation phase:
- based on the accessed on-course weather data, the accessed test player performance data and/or the normalized player performance data, determining a predicted distance or range achievable by at least one club in the set of clubs for the upcoming shot;
- comparing the predicted distance or range against the accessed on-course distance to generate a comparison;
- based on the comparison, generating a weather-related, player-personalized club recommendation for the upcoming shot;
- and
- displaying, or causing a presentation of, the weather-related, player-personalized club recommendation in a screen of an electronic device.
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A non-transitory machine-readable medium comprising instructions that, when read by a machine, cause the machine to perform operations comprising, at least:
- in a player characterization phase:
- capturing test player performance data for a series of test shots using a golf club in a set of golf clubs, the test player performance data including at least a test distance achieved in each test shot in the series of respective test shots;
- obtaining test weather data pertaining to local weather conditions prevailing at a time at which the test shots were made;
- and
- associating or mapping the test player performance data with the obtained test weather data to generate weather-based performance correlations for each golf club in the set of golf clubs;
- in a data normalization phase:
- normalizing the test player performance data against standard weather conditions for a region in which the test player performance data was captured to generate normalized player performance data;
- and
- storing the test player performance data and the normalized player performance data in a database;
- in a competition or play phase:
- accessing on-course weather data at a time and for a region of the competition or play;
- accessing the test player performance data and/or the normalized player performance data stored in the database;
- and
- accessing course data including an on-course distance from a player's position to a target or hole for an upcoming shot in the competition or play;
- in a club recommendation phase:
- based on the accessed on-course weather data, the accessed test player performance data and/or the normalized player performance data, determining a predicted distance or range achievable by at least one club in the set of clubs for the upcoming shot;
- comparing the predicted distance or range against the accessed on-course distance to generate a comparison;
- based on the comparison, generating a weather-related, player-personalized club recommendation for the upcoming shot;
- and
- displaying, or causing a presentation of, the weather-related, player-personalized club recommendation in a screen of an electronic device.
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