US Patent Issued to Callaway Golf on March 31 for "Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., March 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,589,282, issued on March 31, was assigned to Callaway Golf Co. (Carlsbad, Calif.).

"Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls" was invented by Julie Caterina (Carlsbad, Calif.), Megan Ilnicky (Chicopee, Mass.) and Grady Crahan (Carlsbad, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and system for determining concentricity of a multiple layer golf ball are disclosed herein. One or more images of a golf ball are generated using an X-ray source, a camera or a digital detector, and an image intensifier. An edge detection algorithm is preferably utilized. The method also includes calculating Y,Z center coordinates of the ...