US Patent Issued to Topgolf Callaway Brands on May 27 for "Method and system utilizing imaging analysis for golf balls" (California, Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 17 -- United States Patent no. 12,311,236, issued on May 27, 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.) and Megan Ilnicky (Chicopee, Mass.).

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 a best fit diameter or e...