ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,511,727, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to ACUSHNET COMPANY (Fairhaven, Mass.).
"Groove wear measurement system and method" was invented by Peter M. Broome (Jupiter, Fla.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method for estimating groove wear, the method including: receiving one or more captured images of a striking face of a first golf club head having a first set of grooves in the striking face; comparing, by at least one processor, the one or more captured images to a plurality of reference images, including at least a first reference image and a second reference image, wherein the first reference image includes an image of a first refere...