KR100997899B1 - 3D Image screen golf system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention protects the screen by allowing the golfer to hit the image ball formed as an image instead of hitting the actual golf ball, and to display the trajectory of the golf ball on the screen golf image by analyzing the image and the trajectory of the batter surface of the club head It is possible to implement a stereoscopic image.

Image Ball, Stereoscopic Image, Screen, Artificial Grass, Artificial Tee

Description

Screen golf system using stereoscopic image {3D Image screen golf system}

The present invention uses a three-dimensional image that allows a golfer to hit an image ball formed as an image instead of hitting an actual golf ball, and analyzes the image and the trajectory of the batter surface of the club head to display the trajectory of the golf ball on a screen golf image. It relates to a screen golf system, and more specifically, a method of hitting a virtual golf ball generated at a certain height from the floor by a 3D stereoscopic image, not a method of hitting a real golf ball when practicing golf in a screen golf driving range. The present invention relates to a golf practice device using virtual reality and a method thereof, wherein the golf ball hits the virtual golf ball appearing in the air due to the 3D stereoscopic image, the speed of the golf club, the angle of the golf head when it hits the virtual ball, and Analyze location and display the distance and direction of the ball, etc. on a monitor or screen It relates to a screen golf system using the image.

Rather than simply hitting a golf ball on a target during golf practice, the screen golf system, a golf simulation system that tracks the golf ball's flight trajectory and displays the trajectory on the screen, gives a feeling of playing golf on a real golf course. It is developed and in wide use. In this screen golf system, a technology for calculating the exact trajectory of a golf ball and expressing it on an image screen is a very important technology. Many studies have been conducted on it, and Korean Patent No. 734593 (Invention: Golf Ball for Screen Golf) Dynamic information measuring system) is one of the inventions for accurately calculating the trajectory of such a golf ball. However, in the above patents and other inventions, in order to calculate the trajectory of the golf ball, a trajectory detection ray net formed by crossing one or two rays in front of the turn at bat is formed, and when the golf ball passes through the trajectory detection ray net. By detecting the blocked region, the speed and flight direction of the golf ball are calculated.

However, when the golfer directly hits the golf ball with the golf club, the golf ball hits the screen on which the golf course image is displayed, and thus the screen is damaged and flows. You feel dizzy. In addition, in order to implement a stereoscopic image, the screen uses a silver screen having a high reflectance, but it is difficult to implement a realistic stereoscopic image because it is damaged by a golf ball.

In addition, the conventional screen golf course is used as a space in which the golf ball is dropped after hitting the screen without displaying an image in the space between the batter and the screen on which the golfer stands. In an actual screen golf course, since the green is formed on the screen spaced from the golfer's turn at the golf course, the putting image allows the user to know the color of the image or the inclination angle of the arrow.

In addition, the golfer hits the actual golf ball in the conventional screen golf course can cause a pain, such as wrist injury, elbow to the golfer.

The present invention is to solve this problem, the problem of the present invention is to form a virtual image ball in the plate by using the 3D image technology, the golfer to strike the image ball, the trajectory of the golf club and the trajectory of the club head image processor By analyzing by forming a trajectory of the golf ball, and to display the trajectory of the golf ball in a three-dimensional image on the screen to prevent the screen from being damaged or flow.

Another object of the present invention is not only to implement a stereoscopic image on the screen, but also to form a stereoscopic image in the space between the plate and the bottom surface and the image ball is formed, and the angle of the turn at the surface and the continuous field by the stereoscopic image To achieve the same effect as in

Another problem of the present invention is to prevent physical damage such as elbows caused to the golfer because the club head passes through the image ball without contacting the actual golf ball during the swing.

Another problem of the present invention is to install a striking member that hits the head when the golf head passes at the position where the batter's image ball is formed so that the golfer feels a real hitting feeling, and installs artificial turf whose height is adjusted. This allows golfers to feel the presence of fairway, rough, etc. when swinging.

Many other problems of the present invention will be described in the course of describing the embodiments of the present invention.

Solution means for solving the above problem is the image ball forming means for forming an image ball of the image of the golf ball on the front of the golfer; Storage means for storing an image of the golf course; Golf ball trajectory tracking means for calculating a flight trajectory of the golf ball when the club head passes through the image ball by a golfer's swing; It comprises a screen image display means for synthesizing the image of the golf ball flying along the track calculated by the golf ball track tracking means to the image of the golf course and displayed on the screen.

In addition, another solution of the present invention is a storage means for storing the image of the golf course; Screen image display means for displaying an image of the golf course on a screen installed at a position spaced from a golfer; It includes a bottom image display means for displaying an image of the golf course on the bottom surface between the golfer and the screen.

In addition, in the present invention, the golfer is located on the scaffolding plate, it is preferable that the artificial turf plate protruding artificial turf to the top surface on one side of the scaffolding plate is installed.

In addition, in the present invention, a plurality of through holes are formed in the artificial turf plate, and an artificial turf protruding upward through the artificial turf plate through the through holes is installed at a lower portion of the artificial turf plate, and a flow plate is installed to move up and down. It is preferable to install.

In the present invention, the artificial turf plate in the artificial turf is installed on the path through which the club head passes during the swing of the golfer is preferably in contact with the club head to feel the feeling of hitting the swing.

In addition, the screen golf system in the present invention preferably further comprises a display means for displaying an image of the golf course on the bottom surface including the artificial turf plate.

In addition, another solution of the present invention is an image of a golf course and a bunker at each image position, fairway. Storage means for storing geographic information including rough; Orbit calculating means for analyzing an image of a club head when a golfer swings and calculating flight trajectory of the golf ball based on geographic information of the position of the golf ball; Image synthesizing means for synthesizing the flying image of the golf ball according to the flight trajectory of the golf ball to the image of the golf course; And image display means for displaying the image synthesized by the image synthesizing means on a screen and a bottom surface between the screen and the golfer.

According to the present invention having the above-mentioned problems and solutions, it is possible to implement a three-dimensional image on the screen by hitting the image ball during the swing of the golfer, so that the golfer does not feel the fear of injury such as wrist do.

In addition, the stereoscopic image is also displayed on the bottom surface including the artificial turf plate on which the image ball is located, and the footrest plate on which the golfer is positioned also has a tilt angle corresponding to the stereoscopic image, thereby feeling a sense of reality.

In addition, the length of the artificial turf protruding on the artificial turf plate can be adjusted to set the conditions, such as fairway, rough, and the like to make the golfer feel the impact by contacting the club head by installing an artificial tee.

In addition, since the stereoscopic image can be implemented on the bottom surface and the putting green of each hole of the golf course on the bottom surface, the golfer has a vivid sense of reality when putting.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining the arrangement of the optical device of the present invention, Figure 2 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the structure of the scaffolding plate and artificial grass plate.

The golfer stands on the top surface of the footrest plate 1 and swings the golf club head through while fitting the image ball 7 formed on the artificial turf plate 5. In this case, the image ball 7 is formed by the first beam projector 19 installed above the image ball 7. The beam projector 19 not only forms the image ball 7 as a 3D image, but also a stereoscopic image of a virtual environment in which a golf ball is located on the bottom surface 9 including the scaffold plate 1 and the artificial grass plate 5. Form.

At this time, the X-axis, Y-axis exists in the plane of the bottom surface (9) around the image ball (7), the Y-axis is set in the screen 11 direction, the axis forming 90 degrees with respect to the Y-axis, The direction perpendicular to the bottom surface 9 is set to the Z axis.

In this state, the first camera 13 is installed in a direction coinciding with the X axis to capture the movement of the club head in the vertical plane (YZ plane), and the second camera 17 is installed in the direction corresponding to the Y axis. Shooting the surface (XZ plane) is exposed to the front of the club head, the third camera 15 is installed in a direction corresponding to the Z-axis to shoot the surface (XY plane) is revealed the overall trajectory of the club head.

In addition, the second beam projector 23 is installed to be inclined on the bottom surface 9 to form a stereoscopic image on the screen 11, the third beam projector 21 is irradiated with light perpendicular to the bottom surface (9). To form a stereoscopic image on the bottom surface (19).

In addition, the stereoscopic images of the first beam projector 19, the second beam projector 23, and the third beam projector 21 may be continuous by conventional edge blending techniques.

As described above, the image beam 7 is formed by the first beam projector 19 and an image of a virtual environment such as a bunker may be formed at a portion close to the turn at bat including the artificial turf plate 5. By the three-beam projector 21, a three-dimensional image can be formed on the bottom surface 9 so that a discontinuous image between the conventional bottom surface and the screen can be continuously formed, and in particular, the putting green is imaged on the bottom surface 9. By allowing the golfer to feel the putting green environment of the actual golf course.

In addition, a groove is formed in the bottom surface 9 so that the scaffold plate 1 and the artificial turf plate 5 can be installed, and the scaffold plate 1 is formed in the lower frame 3 by the cylinders 31 and 33. It is coupled to the inclination angle is changed by the operation of the cylinder (31), (33).

In addition, when the golfer is positioned on the footrest plate 1 to make a golf swing, an image ball 7 is formed at the spot formation portion of the golf head, and an artificial turf plate 5 is installed below the image ball 7. . The artificial turf plate 5 has a plurality of upper and lower through-holes 39 formed therein, and the lower portion of the artificial turf plate 5 has a cylinder in the lower frame 25 so that the interval is variable with respect to the artificial turf plate 5. The flow plate 6 which is installed so that it may flow by 35 and 37 is provided.

The artificial plate 27 and the artificial tee 29 are installed in the flow plate 6 in the vertical direction so as to pass through the through holes. Artificial turf 27 is made of synthetic resin or natural material to give the golfer a sense of hitting the golf ball on the grass when swinging, the flow plate 6 is moved up and down artificial turf 27 is artificial turf plate ( Rough and fairway can be reproduced separately by adjusting the length of projecting to the top of 5).

The artificial tee 29 is made of a material having elasticity, and has a diameter larger than that of the artificial turf 27, and the upper end thereof is adjacent to the image ball 7 or positioned in the image ball 7 when the golfer swings. It is desirable to make the golfer feel the blow by making contact with the club head.

3 is a circuit block diagram of a system of one embodiment of the present invention.

The entire system is controlled by the controller 41, and the beam projector driver 59 for driving the first beam projector 19, the second beam projector 23, and the third projector 21 is connected to the controller 41. And an image storage unit 57 for storing geographic information such as fairways, rough, water hazards, bunkers, and inclination angles at each position in the image and the image displayed from each beam projector, and the first camera 13, A camera driver 61 driving the second camera 17 and the third camera 15 and transmitting an image photographed by each camera to the signal processor 63 is connected. In this case, the signal processor 63 separates the golf head image and the background image from the image input from the camera driver 63, and inputs the golf head image to the controller 41.

In addition, the control unit 41 is connected to the scaffold plate driver 53 for driving the scaffold plate cylinders 31 and 33, and the flow plate driver 55 for driving the flow plate cylinders 35 and 37 is provided. Connected.

In addition, the control unit 41 is connected to a speed sensor 71 for measuring the speed of the head of the golf club passing through the image ball 7 when the golfer swings.

In addition, the control unit 41 has a control module 43 in charge of the operating system (Operating System (OS)), the golf club head track input from the signal processing unit 63 and the golf club input from the speed sensor 77 The golf ball trajectory tracking module 47 calculates the trajectory of the golf ball based on the speed of the head and the geographic information on the stop position of the golf ball in the image storage unit 57 and the first, second, and third beam projectors. An image synthesizing module 45 for synthesizing an image of a golf ball along a trajectory of a golf ball calculated from the golf ball track tracking module 47 to an image to be virtually blown by a golf ball from the first, second, and third beam projectors; Position of the image processing module 49 for blending the edges of the image displayed from the first, second, and third beam projectors so that a continuous image is displayed, and the falling point at which the golf ball falls from the golf ball track tracking module 47. Information and video storage unit 57, the tilt angle of the foot plate 1 is calculated from the image stored in the falling point and the geographic information such as the fairway and the rough, and the height of the floating plate 6 is calculated to calculate the height of the floating plate 6. A driving module 51 for supplying a driving signal to the plate driving unit 55 is provided.

Hereinafter, an operation process of an embodiment of the present invention will be described.

When the golfer starts the screen golf game, the first, second, and third cameras are operated to form a three-dimensional image of the golf course on the screen 11, the bottom surface 9, and the artificial turf plate 5, and at the same time, the artificial turf plate ( The image ball 7 is formed on the upper portion of the artificial tee 7 protruding from the upper surface of 5).

When the golfer swings, the club head passes through the image ball 7. At this time, the club head is to hit the artificial tee 7 so that the golfer feels to hit the actual golf ball.

The golfer swings and the club head passes through the image ball (7), the speed of the club head detected by the speed sensor (77), geographic information about the track of the club head and the stop position of the golf ball taken by each camera Is input to the golf ball track tracking module 47, the golf ball track tracking module 47 calculates the track of the golf ball. The golf ball trajectory tracking module 47 calculates the trajectory of another golf ball with respect to the club head at the same speed based on the geographic information of the stop position, that is, attributes such as rough, fairway, and bunker, and attributes such as slice and hook.

The golf ball trajectory calculated by the golf ball track tracking module 47 is input to the image synthesis module 45, and the image synthesis module 45 receives an image corresponding to the trajectory of the golf ball from the image storage unit 57. Read and synthesize the image of the golf ball flying along the track to the read image to be transmitted to the beam projector driver 59 to display the image of the actual golf ball flying in the golf course.

In addition, the track calculated by the golf ball track tracking module 47 is input to the driving module 51, and the driving module 51 reads geographic information on the stop position of the golf ball from the image storage unit. At this time, the geographic information includes various information such as the inclination angle of the stop position, the fairway area and the rough area.

The driving module 51 adjusts the inclination of the scaffold plate 1 according to the inclination angle according to the read geographic information, and moves the flow plate 6 up and down to protrude from the through hole 39 of the artificial turf plate 5. The height of the artificial turf 27 and the artificial tee 29 is adjusted.

At this time, the three-dimensional image of the golf course is formed on the scaffolding plate 1 and the artificial turf plate 5 by the first beam projector 19, and since the scaffolding plate 1 has an inclination corresponding to the three-dimensional image, the golfer Will have a sense of realism like playing golf on a real golf course. If the stop position of the golf ball is a bunker, the bunker image is displayed on the scaffold plate 1 and the artificial turf plate 5, and at the same time, the foot plate 1 is aligned with the inclination of the bunker. You will feel like

Such an embodiment of the present invention calculates the trajectory of the golf ball by extracting the trajectory of the club head with a camera, but when the club head hits the artificial tee 29, the golfer shoots and analyzes the movement of the artificial tee 29. Naturally, the trajectory of the ball can be calculated, and various modifications may be made with reference to the present invention. Thus, the present invention should not be limited to the described embodiments but should be protected by the following claims.

1 is a configuration diagram for explaining an arrangement of optical devices of the present invention.

2 is a cross-sectional view for explaining the structure of the scaffolding plate and the artificial turf plate.

3 is a circuit block diagram of a system of one embodiment of the present invention.

Claims (8)

Image ball forming means for forming an image ball which is an image of a golf ball in front of a golfer; Storage means for storing an image of the golf course; Golf ball trajectory tracking means for calculating a flight trajectory of the golf ball when the club head passes through the image ball by a golfer's swing; And a screen image display means for synthesizing the image of the golf ball flying along the track calculated by the golf ball track tracking means and displaying the image on the screen of the golf course. Storage means for storing an image of the golf course; Screen image display means for displaying an image of the golf course on a screen installed at a position spaced from a golfer; And a bottom image display means for displaying an image of a golf course on the bottom surface between the golfer and the screen. 3. The screen golf system according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the golfer is positioned on the scaffolding plate, and an artificial turf plate is installed on one side of the scaffolding plate to protrude artificial turf upward. The flow of claim 3, wherein a plurality of through holes are formed in the artificial turf plate, and artificial turf protruding upward through the artificial turf plate through the through holes is installed at a lower portion of the artificial turf plate, and is installed to move up and down. Screen golf system, characterized in that the plate is installed. The golf club according to claim 3, wherein an artificial tee is installed on a path through which the club head passes when the golfer swings so that the artificial turf makes contact with the club head to feel a feeling of hitting when swinging. system. 4. The screen golf system according to claim 3, wherein the screen golf system further comprises display means for displaying an image of a golf course on a bottom surface of the artificial turf plate. Image of golf course and bunker and fairway at each image location. Storage means for storing geographic information including rough; Orbit calculating means for analyzing an image of a club head when a golfer swings and calculating flight trajectory of the golf ball based on geographic information of the position of the golf ball; Image synthesizing means for synthesizing the flying image of the golf ball according to the flight trajectory of the golf ball to the image of the golf course; And an image display means for displaying the image synthesized by the image synthesizing means on a screen and a bottom surface between the screen and the golfer. 8. The screen golf system according to claim 7, wherein the golf ball is a virtual image ball formed by image processing.

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