US Patent Issued to Topgolf Callaway Brands on April 29 for "Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 9 -- United States Patent no. 12,285,656, issued on April 29, was assigned to Topgolf Callaway Brands Corp. (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 coordinat...