US 12,257,479 B2
Golf equipment identification and fitting system
Chris Hixenbaugh, North Dartmouth, MA (US); and Nicholas M. Nardacci, Barrington, RI (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on May 1, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/652,200.
Application 18/652,200 is a continuation of application No. 18/052,433, filed on Nov. 3, 2022, granted, now 11,992,728.
Application 18/052,433 is a continuation of application No. 17/014,810, filed on Sep. 8, 2020, granted, now 11,497,963, issued on Nov. 15, 2022.
Application 17/014,810 is a continuation of application No. 16/193,858, filed on Nov. 16, 2018, granted, now 10,799,759, issued on Oct. 13, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2024/0286004 A1, Aug. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. A63B 24/00 (2006.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 102/32 (2015.01)
CPC A63B 24/0021 (2013.01) [A63B 24/0003 (2013.01); A63B 69/3614 (2013.01); A63B 2024/0034 (2013.01); A63B 69/3605 (2020.08); A63B 2102/32 (2015.10); A63B 2220/10 (2013.01); A63B 2220/805 (2013.01); A63B 2220/83 (2013.01); A63B 2220/89 (2013.01); A63B 2225/50 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system for generating a recommendation associated with a golf ball, the system comprising:
at least one performance tracking device configured to track a golf ball flight to thereby generate golf ball flight characteristics of the golf ball flight;
a display operatively connected to the at least one performance tracking device;
at least one input device for receiving static input; and
at least one processor and memory operatively connected to the at least one performance tracking device, the display, and the at least one input device,
the memory storing instructions that, when executed by the at least one processor, cause the system to perform a set of operations comprising:
receiving the static input via the at least one input device, wherein the static input includes at least one golf equipment characteristic or golfer characteristic;
receiving dynamic input for a first swing striking a golf ball by a golfer via the at least one performance tracking device, wherein the dynamic input includes the flight characteristics of the golf ball for the first swing;
executing, by the at least one processor, a trained machine-learning model based on the static input and the dynamic input for the first swing to generate a first output for the golfer, wherein the trained machine-learning model has been trained from shot data comprising prior static inputs and prior dynamic inputs for a plurality of golf shots; and
displaying, on the display, the first output, wherein the first output is a recommendation associated with a golf ball.