{"id":516,"date":"2017-03-23T12:30:49","date_gmt":"2017-03-23T12:30:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.admengroup.com\/blog\/?p=516"},"modified":"2022-02-16T06:38:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-16T06:38:03","slug":"addmen-omr-software-solution-for-omr-based-golf-score-card","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.admengroup.com\/blog\/addmen-omr-software-solution-for-omr-based-golf-score-card\/","title":{"rendered":"ADDMEN OMR SOFTWARE SOLUTION FOR OMR BASED GOLF SCORE CARD"},"content":{"rendered":"

REQUIREMENT BACKGROUND<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)      There is a Score Card which the golf clubs have, either it is common provided by golf management, or varying, designed & printed by golf club themselves.<\/p>\n

2)      This score card is filed by golfers and returned to the scoring officials.<\/p>\n

3)      Currently the scoring team has to key in a lot of values from the Score cards to calculate scores, which is a very time consuming and tedious process.<\/p>\n

EXPECTED SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

1)      There is a predefined Score Card template which is printed centrally and golf management team brings with them when they go to conduct a tournament.<\/p>\n

2)      At the tournament location\/golf course a \u2018Printer-Scanner-Software\u201d combo shall be deployed.<\/p>\n

3)      Participant will key in their details and a card will be printed and provided to them with their Unique ID. However this pre-printing exercise can be avoided if there is a general blank block to fill Golfer ID in terms of OMR bubbles.<\/p>\n

4)      Participant will return the card to scoring desk where it will be scanned.<\/p>\n

5)      After scanning, the total score for each card will be extracted by the software based on the golfer unique ID provided on the card.<\/p>\n

6)      The scores (totals) for all the cards will be provided in a specified output format on screen or Excel file on the local PC.<\/p>\n

7)      The scores (totals or even details) should and simultaneously uploaded to central online server. (Additional requirement to basic)<\/p>\n

8)      From the new solution it only expected to get quick totals. Because result calculation is dependent on too many factors which are complicated.<\/p>\n

9)      The solution has to be deployed at multiple locations.<\/p>\n

SUGGESTED SOLUTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

We divide the process in 5 parts:<\/p>\n

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  1. Printing of Cards with Unique ID.<\/li>\n
  2. OMR Reading of tally from the card to generate total scores.<\/li>\n
  3. Providing in Excel on Local PC.<\/li>\n
  4. Displaying in specific format on screen for golfers\/lobby.<\/li>\n
  5. Uploading to central server.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Parts B,C,E are already in place.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    We have a OMR Software<\/a> which is ready with following capabilities :<\/p>\n

    1)      It is capable of reading OMR format Score Cards.<\/p>\n

    2)      It is capable of reading Barcodes as unique golfer IDs.<\/p>\n

    3)      It provides details\/totals in Excel.<\/p>\n

    4)      It also has a server version which uploads to central server with or without displaying locally as desired..<\/p>\n

    Parts A has 2 alternatives. Second alternative is more suitable.<\/strong><\/p>\n

    At the golf location, the card must bear the unique golfer ID to be able to be identified.<\/p>\n

    Alternative 1:<\/strong><\/p>\n

    Score Card template be fed in the system, when the golfer keys in his ID on screen, a Card is instantly printed out of the printer and bears golfer details. This alternative will have following posers:<\/p>\n

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    1. On-screen Interface required to key in details either by touch screen or keyboard.<\/li>\n
    2. If the details are not keyed in using on-screen interface, then a real-time card swapping machine would be required at each terminal that would make it unnecessarily costly.<\/li>\n
    3. Queuing at the counter.<\/li>\n
    4. Dependency on printer. Susceptibility to Ink loss or smudging.<\/li>\n
    5. In case a card is damaged, generation of new card would be typical.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Alternative 2: (Recommended)<\/strong><\/p>\n

      A OMR based Score card will be designed and printed centrally, and shall be supplied uniformly to all locations.<\/p>\n

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      1. Besides the score tally area, the score card also has a OMR<\/a> block for filling Golfer ID.<\/li>\n
      2. The cards will not be unique, all will be similar.<\/li>\n
      3. The pattern would be similar to the Exam Answer sheets used in competitive exams where student fill his Roll no.<\/li>\n
      4. The golfer will fill his ID in the Golfer ID block.<\/li>\n
      5. New card can be instantly used even if one is damaged.<\/li>\n
      6. No dependency on printer or ink.<\/li>\n
      7. No Queuing at the counter.<\/li>\n
      8. No requirement for developing Part A of software as a special customization.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Part D<\/strong> will need customization, if the on-screen display has to be provided from our software.<\/strong><\/p>\n

        Alternatively, if you have an already established mechanism for this, the output from the OMR software<\/a> source file can be directly imported by your developer. This will not need any customization from our end.<\/p>\n

        Alternatively, it can be your webpage, which will be integrated with the server data and will show realtime data as received by the server.<\/p>\n

        \"OMR<\/a><\/p>\n

        Golfer ID:<\/strong>Either it can be filled as OMR bubbles or it can be pre-printed numbers using t variable data printing facility of the Addmen OMR Software.<\/p>\n

        Gross Score Columns:<\/strong>These are the columns for each of the 18 holes in which the player\/scorer marks the number of shots it took the golfer to sink this hole.<\/p>\n

        DATA OBTAINED FROM READING OMR BASED GOLF SCORE CARD<\/strong><\/p>\n

        \"DATA<\/a><\/p>\n

        The above chart is the raw data obtained after reading of several score cards, later this data can be presented into various formats.<\/p>\n