| US 7,513,839 B2 | ||
| Golf ball with improved dimple pattern | ||
| Nicholas M. Nardacci, Bristol, R.I. (US); and Kevin M. Harris, New Bedford, Mass. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Acushnet Company, Fairhaven, Mass. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 25, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/923,742. | ||
| Application 11/923742 is a division of application No. 11/049609, filed on Feb. 03, 2005, granted, now 7,303,491. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2008/0043029 A1, Feb. 21, 2008 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63B 37/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 473—378 | 12 Claims |
| 5. A method for placing a surface texture on an outer surface of a golf ball comprising:
segmenting the outer surface into a plurality of Euclidean geometry-based shapes;
mapping a first set of surface texture placement locations within at least one of the Euclidean geometry-based shapes using
at least a segment of an L-system generated pattern;
packing the surface texture on the outer surface according to the L-system generated pattern; and
placing the surface textures at random intervals along the L-system generated pattern;
assigning the surface textures a charge value;
determining a gradient based solution; and
rearranging the surface textures according to the gradient based solution.
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