US 12,488,487 B1
Method and system for analyzing durability of golf ball
Paul Furze, Tiverton, RI (US); and Leonidas Amarant, Middletown, RI (US)
Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed by Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, MA (US)
Filed on May 22, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/321,012.
Int. Cl. G06K 9/00 (2022.01); A63B 37/00 (2006.01); G06T 7/64 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/64 (2017.01) [A63B 37/0006 (2013.01); A63B 2225/02 (2013.01); G06T 2207/20024 (2013.01); G06T 2207/30224 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of determining durability of a golf ball having an outer surface with a plurality of dimples, the method comprising:
(i) applying a damaging treatment to the golf ball to mar at least a portion of the outer surface of the golf ball;
(ii) scanning the outer surface of the golf ball via an imager to acquire at least one first initial image of the golf ball;
(iii) applying a high-pass filter function via a computing system to the at least one first initial image to generate at least one first filtered image; and
(iv) determining the durability of the golf ball via the computing system based on an extent of marring in the at least one first filtered image.