JP2001037931A - Management device for service of golf cart - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To precisely estimate and show the finishing time of a play of a half course for each cart. SOLUTION: The predicted finishing time of play for half time is obtained based on positional data and time data which are obtained from each cart and predicted play time which is set beforehand. For example, when the 12th cart is arrived at a tee T for 2H at '08:25', 24 minutes, i,e., a difference which is calculated by taking time '08:01', a time which is arrived at the tee T for 1H from a time '08:25', i.e., the time which is arrived at the tee T for 2H is regarded as an actual play time for 1H of the 12th cart. If the actual play time is different from the predicted play time (20 minutes) which is set beforehand, the predicted end time for half play is amended for the difference. In such a case, '10:20' which is added 4 minutes to the predicted end time for half play '10:16' which is shown on the display area 25 on 1H is shown in the display area 25 as the new predicted area for half play.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf cart operation management device for managing the operation of a golf cart on a course of a golf course, and is particularly suitable for predicting the end time of half play of a cart. Things.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In recent years, a so-called self-play golf course in which a player operates a golf cart by himself and enjoys playing is known. When a golf cart (hereinafter, simply referred to as a “cart”) is operated by self-play, the golf course manager determines from the time the player starts playing until the player finishes playing and returns to the clubhouse. In addition, the degree of congestion in the course and the degree of delay in play cannot be grasped. For this reason, there are golf courses, for example, in which a course guide is arranged every few holes to grasp the congestion situation in the course or to encourage the player to proceed with the play, but in this case, labor costs etc. There was a problem that it took.

Accordingly, for example, the present applicant has proposed a golf cart operation management system suitable for managing the operation of a self-play golf cart (Japanese Patent Application No. 9-3).
No. 1855, Japanese Patent Application No. 10-28504). In these proposals, for example, as shown in FIG.
The tee ground (hereinafter simply referred to as "tee") T and the fairway F of the cart road R, which is the route of 2 ...
Near the green G, a weak radio wave (for example, if the communication area is 1
Sensors S1 and S2 that transmit position information
Are arranged, and each cart K1, K2,.
When passing through the vicinity of S1,..., The position information is detected, and the detected position information is transmitted to the club house (management building) CH as an information signal together with the own cart ID and the like. I have. Thus, in the management building CH, the operation status of each cart is grasped by displaying the position of each cart K1, K2,... On the course on the display device.

There are various possible display modes of the operation status of the cart K by the operation management system. One example is a display mode in a window format. FIG. 13 is a diagram showing an example of the golf course, in which a golf course course layout created by computer graphics or the like is displayed in a window 70, and a cart position (black circle) is displayed in the course layout. It is.

[0005] The window 70 is provided with scroll bars 71 and 72, and the display area currently displayed in the window 70 is the scroll bars 71 and 7.
2 are indicated by scroll boxes 71c and 72c. When monitoring the status of a hole not displayed in the window 70, scroll keys 71a, 71b, 72 provided on the scroll bars 71, 72 are provided.
By selecting a and 72b with a pointer or the like (not shown) and performing a click operation, the display area is scrolled up, down, left and right. Therefore, when the operation status of each cart is displayed by adopting such a display form, the position of each cart on the course can be easily grasped visually.

However, the course layout on golf is
Each golf course differs, and for example, in order to realize the display form as shown in FIG. 13, it is necessary to create a graphic image according to the course layout of each golf course. This makes the system relatively expensive. In addition, golf courses are subject to minor changes on a daily basis, and each time it is necessary to change the graphic image in accordance with the course layout, it is important to maintain and operate the system on a daily basis. It costs money.

Therefore, as a display form that is not easily affected by the layout change of the golf course, for example, it is conceivable to display the operation status of the cart with time. FIG.
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing an example of a display mode in which the operation status of each cart is displayed by time. In the window 80 shown in FIG. 14, reference numeral 81 denotes a cart number area for displaying each cart number, and 82, 83, 84,..., Carts K are installed near the tee T, the fairway F, and the green G in each hole of the cart path R. The time when the position information from the sensors S1, S2,... Is detected is set as a time display area for displaying in units of holes, and these areas are provided in the vertical axis direction.

[0008] In the example shown in FIG. 14, it is shown that it is "8:35" that the cart with the cart number 9 has detected the position information of the sensor of the fairway F in the second hole (2H). . And now, since the 9th cart has detected the position information from the sensor S of the green G in the third hole (3H), the 9th cart is playing in the 3G green G or the 3H green. It can be seen that the player is on the way to the tee T in the fourth hole (4H) after finishing the play in G.

Therefore, if the operation status of the cart K is displayed in such a display form, each cart is used from the time when the cart K passes the tee T, the fairway F, and the green G of each hall in the management building CH. It is possible to grasp the playing progress of the player who is playing. In addition, even if the course layout differs for each golf course, there is no need to create graphic images that match the course layout, and there is no impact from daily course changes, so the system and maintenance and operation should be performed at low cost. Can be.

The window 80 shown in FIG.
Shows an example in which a so-called folder type display mode is adopted. For example, by selecting the tag portions 80a, 80b, 80c using a pointer (not shown), a cart of a desired course among a plurality of courses is selected. Operation status can be displayed.

[0011]

On the golf course, by canceling a player on the day or adding a player,
Since the number of play groups fluctuates, for example, in a golf course in which a caddy accompanies each cart, it is difficult to grasp the required number of caddies until just before the start. In particular, if the number of caddies exceeds the number of play groups, labor costs will be wasted accordingly.Therefore, usually, the number of caddies is set smaller than the number of play groups, and when the caddies are insufficient, one caddy will be Was turned around. For this reason, by predicting the end time of the play of the cart from the operation status of each cart, the situation of the caddy was also grasped.

If the sunshine time is long in summer, for example, some players may play one and a half rounds (three courses, a total of 27 holes). In this case, the play time of one round and the break time are taken into consideration. The start time of the other half round was set.

As described above, conventionally, in a golf course, predicting the end time of the half play of each cart has been regarded as one important point in performing accurate operation management. However, in the golf course operation management system as described above, the play time is predicted for each hole in advance, and the end time of half play is predicted based on the play time set in advance for each hole. Because of this, there was a risk that the actual playing time of the cart would be far away. For this reason, the manager predicts the end time of the half play of the cart from the operation status of the cart displayed on the display device, and manages the operation of each cart and the operation management of each cart such as the arrangement of caddies. Various management was performed.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and provides a golf cart operation management device capable of more accurately predicting and displaying the half-course play end time of each cart. The purpose is to do.

[0015]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention provides an information signal including identification information of a cart moving in a golf course and position information indicating a position of the cart in the golf course. Receiving means capable of receiving, at least play time calculation means capable of calculating a play time of a cart player in each hole of the golf course, predicted play time in each hole, and predicted play in the golf course From the setting means capable of setting the time, the time at which position information indicating the start position of the golf course is obtained from the cart, and the predicted playing time at the golf course set by the setting means, the play end time of the cart is determined. End time calculating means to calculate, play time of each hole calculated by play time calculating means, In on the basis of the predicted time of play at each hole that has been set, and includes a correction means for correcting the play end time of the cart in a golf course, and a display means for displaying to display the play end time.

The playing time calculating means calculates, based on the position information from the cart, the time at which the cart entered the first area, which is the start position of each hole, and the second area, which is the end position of each hole. The play time in each hole of the cart is calculated based on the separated time and the position information of the front cart running ahead of the cart.

The correction means corrects the play end time of the cart based on the difference between the play time of each hole calculated by the play time calculation means and the predicted time of play in each hole set by the setting means. I did it.
Further, based on the difference time, the predicted play time of the remaining hole where no play is performed is corrected, so that the play end time of the cart on the golf course is corrected. Still further, the play end time of the cart on the golf course is corrected based on the average waiting time of each cart existing on the golf course.

When the play end time of the cart corrected by the correction means is earlier than the play end time of the front cart running ahead of the cart, the cart displayed by the display means is displayed. The display form of the play end time has been changed.

That is, according to the present invention, the play time calculating means calculates the play time in which the player has actually played in each hole, and calculates the play time and the predicted play time in each hole set by the setting means. By correcting the half-play end time in comparison, the predicted half-play end time of each cart can be displayed more accurately on the display means.

[0020]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a golf cart operation management device according to the present invention will be described below. FIG. 1 is a diagram schematically illustrating a part of a layout near a start point of a golf course to which an operation management system including an operation management device according to the present embodiment is applied. In FIG. 1, for convenience, the cherry blossom course (out), the cherry blossom course (in), and the pine course (out) are separated by a chain line.
As shown, the vicinity of the start point (tee ground T) of each course is shown.

As shown in FIG. 1, a management building CH having a caddy master room is generally located near a tee ground (hereinafter simply referred to as "tee") T of each course. Each course has at least Administration Building C
Repeaters RE11, RE21, RE31 are provided at positions where communication with H and low power radio waves is possible. The repeaters RE11, RE21, RE31
Is located at a position that can cover the widest possible range of the course and can communicate with the management building CH and the cart K on the course by low-power radio waves.

Management building CH, cart K, and each repeater R
Transmitters and receivers installed in E11 to RE31 are, for example, certified as low power types, eliminating the need for a radio administrator and using low power type radio transmitters and radio receivers. 500m inside the golf course
Since communication at a distance of up to 1 km is possible, in a course having a normal zigzag course layout,
If one or two repeaters are arranged for one course (9 holes), communication can be performed.

Each course is the 1st hole (1H), 2nd hole (2H), 3rd hole (3H), 4th hole (4H)
9 holes (9H) are laid out in the order of..., And these holes can be communicated with each other by a cart path R or a rail on which the cart K can move along the course.
Communication between the management building CH and the carts K on each course is made possible by at least one repeater RE11 to RE31. For example, in the case of a course where information transmission becomes impossible in a remote part of the course, a repeater (child) dependent on the main repeater (parent) may be arranged.

In the vicinity of the management building CH, a cart dispatch area 2 for distributing a cart K to players going to each course from now on.
There is 0, and at the time of self-play, the player borrows the cart K predetermined here and heads to the start point (start tee) of each course. A locator (sensor) is located at a required position along the cart road R of each course
S (Sa, Sb, Sc, Sd, Se, Sf...) Are arranged. Although a part of the locator S is shown in this drawing, the locator S is arranged at a position corresponding to, for example, the tee T, the fairway F, and the green G of each hole.

FIG. 2 shows a management building CH, a locator S, of an operation management system having an operation management device according to the present embodiment.
And a diagram schematically showing a data communication path of the cart K. The locator S shown in FIG. 2 is installed along the cart path R, and intermittently sends out position data (position ID) ST for specifying the place by a small amount of electric power. That is, the locator S determines that the cart K has passed
Alternatively, the position data ST is transmitted with weak power that can be received only when the vehicle stops.

The cart K is provided with a weak radio wave receiver capable of receiving the position data transmitted from the locator S, in addition to the low power type wireless transmission / reception device. Thereby, the cart K is located on the locator S.
When the vehicle passes or stops around, the current position can be known by receiving the position data ST with this weak radio wave receiver.

The cart K stores various data such as the position data ST received from the locator S and its own cart ID and the like from a repeater RE installed in a communicable range from the loaded low-power type wireless transmitter. As a cart data signal (information signal) KT. The repeater RE transfers the cart data signal KT from each cart K to the management building CH at a required timing as the cart data signal KT.

The cart data signal KT transmitted from each cart K is packetized and transmitted in a time slot assigned to each cart K. for that reason,
The management building CH transmits a trigger signal Trg indicated by a chain line to the repeater RE as synchronization information, and indirectly transmits the trigger signal Trg to the cart K via the repeater RE. As a result, the management building CH
Time-division transmission / reception control can be performed for each cart K.

In the operation management system provided with the operation management device of the present embodiment, each cart K detects the position data ST output from the locator S and transmits it to the management building CH via the repeater RE. Although the explanation is made by taking as an example, for example, each cart K has its own cart ID.
And a locator S detects a cart ID output from each cart K, and transmits its own position data and the like along with the cart ID from a low power type transmitter via a repeater RE. It may be transmitted to the management building CH. The information signal transmitted from the cart K to the management building CH is transmitted indirectly via the repeater RE, but may be transmitted directly without passing through the repeater RE.

In the control building CH, a low-power type radio transmitter / receiver 3 capable of transmitting / receiving data to / from the repeater RE via the antenna A1, and reception by the radio transmitter / receiver 3. A predetermined processing is performed on the cart data signal KT, for example, a management device 1 serving as a main body of the operation management device of the present embodiment constituted by, for example, a personal computer and a display device 2 for displaying the operation status. And so on.

Based on the cart data signal KT received by the wireless transmission / reception device 3, the management device 1
The necessary operation data is created from the current position of the and the passing time of each hall, and the details will be described later,
The playing time during which the player of each cart K has actually played in each hole can be calculated. Then, based on the operation data of each of the carts K and the actual play time of each of the carts K in the course, the image information of the operation status screen including the predicted end time of the half play in which the play end time of each cart is predicted is displayed. Generate. The operation status screen generated by the management device 1 can be monitored by the display device 2. Thereby, in the management building CH, it is possible to grasp at a glance the current position of each cart K playing in each course and the passing time of each hole, as well as the estimated end time of the half play.

The display device 2 is not necessarily the management device 1
The management device 1 need not be provided as a pair, and may be installed in a room separate from the management device 1. The operation status screen can also be displayed on a plurality of display devices 2 and 4. Also, for example, a fluorescent display tube VFD (Vacuum Fluorescent D
A relatively large display device 5 formed of a liquid crystal (Liquid Crystal Display) panel or the like is installed, and the image information is supplied to the display device 5 so that a player in a lobby can be provided. The operating status and the actual playing time may be notified.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing the internal configuration of the management device 1 according to this embodiment. The cart data signal KT (Cart I) transmitted from the cart K via the repeater RE
D, sensor ID, etc.) are supplied to the wireless transmission / reception device 3 via the antenna A1. The cart data signal KT received by the wireless transmission / reception device 3 is subjected to required signal processing in a signal processing unit 11, and cart number data and position data are demodulated and supplied to a control unit 12.

The control unit 12 creates the operation data of the cart K based on, for example, the cart number data and the position data and the detection time obtained from the timer 15, and calculates the actual play time of each cart K. I have to.
The method of calculating the actual play time in the control unit 12 will be described later. Further, the control unit 12 generates display image data for displaying a required operation status screen on the display device 2 based on the operation data of each cart K and the actual playing time of each cart K.

The data input unit 13 is an input device such as a keyboard. The memory 14 is a rewritable non-volatile memory, for example, a registration table in which the preset upper limit time of the play time of each hole is registered, and the actual play time calculated for each hole is temporarily stored. From the actual playing time of each hole,
A work table is provided for calculating a predicted play end time for each course (9 holes). The signal modulator 16 modulates the display image data from the controller 12 and supplies the display image data to the display device 2 as display data.

The timer 15 is not the management device 1 but
Each cart K may be provided. In this case, the cart data signal KT transmitted from each cart K to the management building CH includes time data indicating the time at which the position data was detected, together with the position ID and the cart ID.

Hereinafter, an example of a method of calculating the actual play time of each cart K by the operation management device for a golf cart according to the present embodiment will be described with reference to FIG. Cart K shown in FIG.
1 (hereinafter referred to as “own cart K1”), the accurate actual play time is calculated not only with the position data transmitted from the own cart K1, but also before the own cart K1. Cart K0 (hereinafter referred to as "Mae Kart K
0 ") is used to calculate the more accurate actual play time of the cart K1.

For example, as shown in FIG.
If self cart K1 and before assembly cart K0 installation has been that the communication area of the locator S ₁ (tee area) is present, the pre-set cart K0 leaves the tee area, a player self cart K1 is performed tee It is safe even if, for example, when the front assembly cart K0 has moved to the communication area of the locator S ₂ installed in the fairway F, so as to start counting of the actual playing time of the self cart K1 I have.

Also, as shown in FIG. 3B, when the own cart K1 is playing away from the tee area and the previous cart K0 is present in the area from the fairway F to the green G. It is pre-set cart K0 to suspend the counting of the playing time of the self cart K1 to leave the communication area of the locator S ₃ which is installed in the green G (green area). When the previous cart K0 leaves the green area and the player of the self-cart K1 can safely take a shot, the play time of the self-cart K1 is restarted to resume the actual progress of the play. I try to get the right playing time.

Further, the management apparatus 1 of the present embodiment can set the playing time of the cart in units of holes. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a configuration of a window 50 for setting a predicted play time of each hole in course units. The window 50 shown in this figure is displayed, for example, by selecting a predicted time folder 50a from a folder on the setting screen. In this window 50,
Reference numeral 51 denotes a course selection area for selecting a course to be set, and 5
2 is a display area for displaying the hole number of the course selected in the course selection area, 53 is an input area for inputting the predicted time of play in each hole, and 54a is for registering the setting of the predicted time input in the input area 53. Registration area, 54
b is a cancel area for canceling the time input to the input area 53. The prediction time is input by the data input unit 13 shown in FIG.

In FIG. 5, the course A is selected by the course selection area 51, and the set time of each hole is, for example, the predicted play time of 2H, 4H, 5H, 6H, 9H which is a middle hole is 15 minutes, 3H to be a hall,
The predicted play time of 7H is set to 10 minutes, and the predicted play times of 1H and 8H, which are long holes, are set to 20 minutes. Then, the half play time in the course is set to 2 hours and 15 minutes, which is the total of the predicted play time of each hole. Note that this window 50
Can be changed at any time while referring to the play operation status. Further, in this example, the minimum setting unit of the prediction time is the hole unit. However, the prediction time may be set in an area unit such as between the tee T and the fairway F or between the fairway F and the green G of each hole.

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing an example of an operation status screen displayed on the display device 2 of the operation management device for a golf course according to the present embodiment. In the window 20 shown in FIG. 6, reference numeral 21 denotes a cart number area in which the cart number of each cart K is displayed, and reference numeral 22 denotes a case where the cart K is installed in the vicinity of the tee T, the fairway F, and the green G in each hole of the cart path R. A time display area is provided for displaying the time at which the position data from the locators S ₁ , S ₂ ,...

Reference numeral 23 denotes a display area for displaying the time required for each cart K to play the half course (9 holes).
The half play time calculated from the time when each cart K enters the tee T of 1H and the time when it leaves the green G of the ninth hole (9H) is displayed. Reference numeral 24 denotes a display area for displaying a waiting time in which the play is forced to be interrupted due to a delay in play of a preceding cart or the like when each cart K performs a half play, and 25 denotes a half play of each cart which is a feature of the present invention. The display area is a display area for displaying the predicted end time, the details of which will be described later. As the hole advances, a more accurate predicted end time is displayed.

26 is a display area for displaying the next start time of each cart, 27 is a display area for displaying the free time from the predicted end time of the half play of each cart to the next start time, and 28 is the next area for each cart. Of the course.

In the example shown in FIG. 6, the time display area 22
The time when the cart with the cart number 3 arrived at the tee T at 1H is "8:01", the time when it arrived at the fairway F was "8:04", and the time when it arrived at the green G was "8:10". This indicates that the third cart has arrived on the final 9G green G at "10:14". In the display area 23, the half play time “02:13” required for the half play is shown, and in the display area 24, the waiting time in which the third cart is interrupted by the influence of the preceding cart (not shown) “ 00:32 "is shown. The display area 25 shows a predicted half-play end time “10:14”, which will be described later.
The time is almost the same as the time of entering the green G of H.

Further, from the next start time of each cart displayed in the display areas 26 to 28, the free time until the next start, and the course information, the third cart is “10: 5”.
5 shows that "A course" starts again, and the free time until the next start is "00:41". When the current time is within 20 minutes of the next start time displayed in the display area 27, for example, the display color of the display area 27 is changed to notify the administrator of the fact. May be.

The display area 29 shown by hatching
Displays the cart number of the cart used in the course and the name of the course in which the cart was used before in the cart number area 21 and displays the time in the time display area 22
Shows the start time of the cart. For example, in FIG. 6, the start time of the cart No. 44 used in the course B is “11:26”, and the start time of the cart No. 52 used in the course C is “11:33”.
Is displayed.

The operation status screen of the present embodiment is an operation status screen displayed when the tag unit 30a is selected by a pointer (not shown) among the tag units 30a, 30b, and 30c. Reference numerals 71 and 72 denote scroll bars, 71a and 71b and 72a and 72b denote scroll keys, and the display area displayed in the window 20 is indicated by scroll boxes 71c and 72c.

Hereinafter, a method of calculating the predicted half-play end time displayed on the operation display screen 20 as a feature of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. In the operation management device of the present embodiment, each cart K
The half-play end predicted time is calculated based on the position data obtained from the above, the time data, and the preset play predicted time. For example, FIG.
As shown in the display area 22a, if the twelfth cart arrives at the tee T of 1H at "8:01", the arrival time "08:01" is registered in advance on the setting screen shown in FIG. The time “10:16” obtained by adding the current half play time “02:15” is displayed in the display area 25 as the predicted half play end time.

Next, assuming that the player of the twelfth cart advances the play and arrives at the tee T of 2H at "08:25" as shown in the display area 22b of FIG. Display area 25 of operation status screen of the present embodiment
The predicted end time of the half play displayed in “1” is “1”.
[0:16] → [10:20].

Since the time when the twelfth cart arrived at the tee T of 2H is “8:25”, the tee T of 2H
24 hours obtained by subtracting the time of arrival at the tee T of 1H “8:01” from the time of arrival at “8:25” at 1H can be considered to be the actual playing time at 1H of the twelfth cart.

On the other hand, the predicted play time of 1H registered in advance on the setting screen shown in FIG. 5 is 20 minutes, and as shown in FIG. When the vehicle arrives at the tee T, the predicted half-play end time displayed in the display area 25 is the time calculated from the 1H predicted play time. Therefore, when the twelfth cart arrives at the tee T of 2H, at least 1H
That is, the predicted end time of the half play is already shifted by 4 minutes which is a difference time from the actual play time (24 minutes) of the actual play time and the predicted play time (20 minutes).

Therefore, in the operation management apparatus of the present embodiment, when the actual play time of a hole for which play has already been completed is different from the preset play prediction time, the half play end prediction is made by the time difference. The time is corrected. Therefore, in the example shown in FIG.
Since the actual play time in H is 4 minutes longer than the preset play prediction time, the predicted half-play end time “10: 1” previously displayed in the display area 25 in 1H.
“10:20” obtained by adding 4 minutes to “6” is displayed in the display area 25 as a predicted end time of the new half play.

The time display area 22c shown in FIG.
As shown in the figure, assuming that the twelfth cart arrives at the tee T of the next 3H at “8:38”, the second
Is 13 minutes ("8:38"-
"8:25" = "00:13").
Therefore, in this case, the actual play time at 2H (1
3H) is set in advance and the predicted play time of 2H (1
5 minutes), which is 2 minutes shorter than 2 minutes, as shown in FIG.
"1" obtained by subtracting 2 minutes from the predicted half-play end time "10:20" displayed in the display area 25 at the tee of H
"0:18" is displayed in the display area 25 as a predicted end time of the new half play.

As described above, when the actual play time of each hole is known, the operation management apparatus of the present embodiment can reduce the half of the actual play time by the difference between the preset predicted play time of each hole and the actual play time. The predicted play end time is corrected and displayed in the display area 25. Therefore, the predicted half-play end time displayed in the display area 25 of the operation display screen can be displayed as a more accurate end time as the player of each cart K proceeds to play.

Thus, the manager of the golf course sees the predicted end time of the half play on the operation display screen displayed on the display device 2 so that when each cart K approaches the final hole, a more accurate result can be obtained. Since the half ending time is reached, for example, when a caddy accompanies each cart K, the caddy can be efficiently placed on another cart after the play of each cart K ends. In particular, when the player performs one or more rounds of play, the estimated half-play end time of the player
Since the free time until the start time of the remaining round can be accurately grasped, the dispatch of the cart, the guidance of the player, and the like can be smoothly performed. Also, by accurately predicting the predicted half-play end time of each cart, for example, it is possible to predict a congestion situation such as a resting place where a player who has completed a half-course play will have a break or a meal. There are advantages too.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the control unit 12 provided in the management apparatus 1 to realize the operation described above will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The control unit 12 of the management device 1 executes the following operation based on the position data included in the cart data signal KT transmitted from each cart K.
In this case, the control unit 12 first determines in step S101 the cart K from the cart transmission data KT from the cart K.
It is determined whether the cart K has entered the tea area. If the cart K has entered the tea area, the process proceeds to step S102.
In step S102, it is determined whether or not the cart transmission data KT from the cart K includes start tee position information. If the start tee position information is included, the process proceeds to step S103, where the cart K The half-play time set in advance is added to the time at which the start tee is entered, the predicted half-play end time is displayed in the display area 25, and the process returns to step S101.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S102 that the start tee is not the start tee, the process proceeds to step S104, and the time of entering the tee area of the previous hole and the time of entering the tee area of the current hole are determined. Calculate the actual play time.

Next, in step S105, after calculating the time difference between the play time of the previous hole and the preset predicted play time of the hole, the process proceeds to step S10.
Then, the process advances to step 6 to correct the currently displayed predicted half-play end time based on the calculated time difference, and to correct the display area 25.
After executing the display control for displaying the information in step S101, step S101 is performed.
Return to

If it is determined in step S101 that the cart K is not in the tee area, the process proceeds to step S107. In step S107, it is determined whether or not the next course information of the cart K has been input. If it has been input, the process proceeds to step S108, and if not, the process returns to step S101. Step S
At 108, display control for displaying the time difference between the predicted end time of the half play displayed on the display area 25 and the next start time on the display area 26 is executed. The display control for displaying the course information of is executed.

Then, in step S110, the predicted start time of the next course is calculated from the start time of the next course and the preset half play time, and the display area 25 is calculated.
The display control to be displayed on is executed. By executing such a processing operation by the control unit 12, a process of displaying the operation status screen on which the predicted half-play end time of each cart is displayed on the display device 2 as shown in FIG. 6 is realized. be able to.

Next, a method of calculating a predicted half-play end time according to the second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIG. The predicted play time and the half play time set in advance for each hole are as shown in FIG.

The method of calculating the predicted half-play end time according to the second embodiment of the present invention is based on the fact that the actual play time in each hole is determined as described above, and the play time of the hole is set in advance. The half-play end predicted time is corrected by the difference time between the predicted time and the actual play time, and further, based on the difference time, the predicted play time of the hole in which no play is performed is corrected and the half-play is corrected. The predicted end time of play is obtained.

In this case, first, as shown in FIG. 9A, when the first cart arrives at the tee T of 1H at "8:01", the arrival time is "08:01" as in FIG. 7A. The time “10:16” obtained by adding the half play time “02:15” previously shown in FIG. 5 is displayed in the display area 25 as the predicted half play end time.

Then, the player of the first cart progresses the play, and as shown in FIG.
It is assumed that the tee arrives at the tee T of H at “8:25”. In this case as well, the actual play time at 1H from the arrival time of the tee T of 1H and 2H shown in FIG. 9B is 24 minutes, and the play prediction time of 1H set in advance (see FIG. 7). 20 minutes), which is 4 minutes behind,
In the second embodiment, as described with reference to FIG.
Predicted end time of half play in H "10:16"
"10:20" obtained by adding 4 minutes to the display area 25 is not displayed in the display area 25, but as shown in FIG.
"10:43" is displayed.

The predicted half-play end time displayed in the display area 25 is determined as follows. In the first cart shown in FIG. 9, the waiting time displayed in the display area 24 is set to 0 minute, so that the delay in playing at 1H is due to the time required for the player of the first cart to play. It can be said that, even after 2H, the playing time of the player of the first cart is delayed similarly to 1H.

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the actual play time of the hole that has already been played is added to the preset predicted half-play end time, and the player has not played yet. The play time of each player in the subsequent holes is predicted, and the predicted half-play end time obtained by adding this time is displayed in the display area 25.

At this time, the time required for the player of each cart to play is weighted using a correction time corrected based on the course length of each hole (for example, long hole, middle hole, short hole). .
For example, 1H is a long hole, and the play delay time of the first cart in 1H is 4 minutes. Therefore, the delay time when the player of the first cart plays in the middle hole and the short hole is the delay of the long hole. It is easily imagined that the time will be shorter than the time. Therefore, when the player of the first cart plays in the middle hole, the delay time of the long hole is delayed by 3 minutes, which is one minute shorter than the delay time of the long hole, and the short hole is delayed by 2 minutes, which is one minute shorter than the delay time of the short hole. I made it.

Here, the breakdown of the course length in the half course is as follows: if the long hole is 2 holes, the middle hole is 5 holes, the short hole is 2 holes, and the play delay time in the 1H long hole is 4 minutes. The predicted delay time predicted when the player of the first cart plays the half course is 27 minutes (4 minutes × 2H + 3 minutes × 5)
H + 2 minutes × 2H).

Therefore, in the second embodiment, the predicted end time of the first cart is “08:01” when it arrives at 1H.
The time "10:43" obtained by adding the predicted half-play time "2:15" and the predicted delay time of the first cart player of 27 minutes is displayed in the display area 25 as the predicted half-play end time. I am trying to do it.

Next, as shown in FIG. 9 (c), the third cart starts the 1H tee T at "8:08" and
Arrives at tee T at 8:39. In this case, the play time of the third cart in 1H is 31 minutes ("8:39"-"8:08"), which is 11 minutes behind the predicted play time (20 minutes) of 1H. However, the playing time of the third cart in 1H (3
1 minute) includes the waiting time (10 minutes) as shown in the display area 24, so the actual play delay time at 1H of the third cart is 1 minute (11 minutes-10 minutes).
Becomes

That is, since the delay time peculiar to the player of the third cart is 1 minute for a long hole, it can be predicted that 0 minutes for a middle hole and -1 minute for a short hole. However, although it actually depends on the time required for the preceding cart player to play, the play time in the short hole is rarely shorter than the preset half play time. The inherent delay time was set to 0 minutes for both the middle hole and the short hole.

Therefore, when the player of the third cart plays the half course, the predicted delay time is 2 minutes (1 minute × 1 minute).
2H + 0 minutes × 5H + 0 minutes × 2H), and the predicted end time of the half play of the third cart is “08:08” when it arrives at 1H, and the predicted half play time is “2: 1”.
Time “10:35” obtained by adding “5”, the waiting time “00:10”, and the delay time 2 minutes unique to the player of the third cart.
Is displayed in the display area 25 as the predicted end time of the half play.

In the operation management apparatus of the present embodiment, when obtaining the predicted half-play end time of the own cart, only the wait time of the own cart is added to obtain the final predicted half-play end time. However, in practice, the average time of all waiting times of the cart playing ahead of the self-cart, including the waiting time of the own cart, is calculated, and this average waiting time is added to predict the end of half play Time will be required. In this example, the preceding cart (the first cart) of the self-cart (the third cart) is the leading cart of the golf course, and it is assumed that there is no waiting time. Therefore, the average waiting time of the third cart is: It is the waiting time of the self-cart.

In this case, the predicted completion time of the half play of the third cart is "10:35" earlier than the predicted predicted end time of the half play of the preceding cart, "10:43". In this case, the display color of the display area 25 of the third cart is changed as shown by cross hatching, so that the operator of the golf course is notified of the change.

Note that, based on the predicted end time of the half play of the preceding cart (first cart), the succeeding cart (third cart)
If the predicted half-play end time is earlier, the predicted end time of the subsequent cart (3rd cart) is changed to the preceding cart (1
It is also possible to display the same time as the predicted end time of the second cart and change only the display form.

Then, as shown in FIG. 13D, the player of the first cart progresses the play, arrives at the tee T of 3H at “8:45”, and the playing time of the first cart in 2H. Is 20 minutes (“8:45” − “8:25”). In other words, when the delay time of the play in 2H is earlier than the predicted delay time in 1H from 1 minute to 5 minutes, the player-specific delay time in the subsequent holes is determined based on the delay time newly obtained in 2H. Determine the expected delay time.

In this example, since 2H is a middle hole, when the player of the first cart plays a long hole, the delay time of the middle hole is longer by one minute.
In the case of a short hole, a delay of one minute and a delay of four minutes is assumed, and a predicted end time of half play is obtained. Therefore, the predicted delay time of the play from 2H to 9H excluding 1H in which the player of the first cart has finished playing is predicted to be 39 minutes (6 minutes × 1H + 5 minutes × 5H + 4 minutes × 2H).

Therefore, the predicted end time of the first cart is 1
The predicted half-play time "2:15" and the actual play delay time of 4 minutes at 1H and the predicted delay time of 39 minutes at 2H to 9H of the first cart are added to the time "08:01" when the vehicle arrives at H. Time “10:59” is display area 2
5 will be displayed.

As described above, the operation management device according to the second embodiment of the present invention provides the half play time set in advance and the actual play time in each hole,
The average waiting time of each cart and the predicted delay time unique to the player in each hole are obtained, and the predicted delay time is added to predict the final half play end time. At this time, the predicted delay time of the player of the cart in each hole is determined according to the hole length of each hole, and the final half-play end time is predicted in consideration of the waiting time of each cart. As a result,
When each cart starts and finishes playing in the first hole, it is possible to predict the end time of the half play relatively accurately.

In the present embodiment, when calculating the predicted delay time of each hole from the actual play time of the hole, the length of the long hole is +1 minute with respect to the middle hole, and the value of -1 is the short hole. The correction is performed by the minute, but this is merely an example, and such a correction time can be arbitrarily set for each hole.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of an operation status screen displayed on the display device 2 of the operation management device for a golf course according to the second embodiment. The same parts as those in FIG. 6 are denoted by the same reference numerals, and description thereof will be omitted. In the window 40 of FIG. 10, the third cart is set to “8: 0” on the tee T of 1H.
1 ”, arrived at Fairway F at 8:12, arrived at Green G at 8:19, and reached 2H on tee T at 8: 2.
5), arrived at fairway F at 8:35, arrived at green G at 8:40 and arrived at 3H on the display area 25 of the first cart. The predicted time “10:57” is displayed. Also, the display area 41 of the third cart indicated by cross hatching indicates the predicted end time of half play “10: 3”.
9) is displayed, but since the predicted end time is earlier than the predicted end time of the preceding cart, the display color has been changed so that the administrator can see at a glance. I have.

Hereinafter, the processing operation of the control unit 12 provided in the management device 1 to realize the operation shown in FIG. 9 will be described with reference to the flowchart shown in FIG. The control unit 12 of the management device 1 performs the following operation based on the position data included in the cart data signal KT transmitted from each cart K.

In this case, the control unit 12 first executes step S
At 201, it is determined whether or not the cart K has entered the tea area. If the cart K has entered the tea area, the process proceeds to step S202. In step S202, it is determined whether or not the cart transmission data KT from the cart K includes the start tee position information of the course.
If the position information of the start tee is included, the process proceeds to step S203, and a half play time set in advance is added to the time at which the start tee is entered, and the predicted half play end time is displayed in the display area 25. Step S2
It returns to the process of 01.

On the other hand, if it is determined in step S202 that the cart K is not a start tee, the process proceeds to step S202.
Proceeding to 204, the actual play time of the previous hole is calculated from the time of entering the tee area of the previous hole and the time of entering the tee area of the current hole.

Next, in step S205, the time difference between the play time of the previous hole and the preset predicted play time of the hole is calculated, and then, in step S20.
Proceed to 6. In step S206, the half play time set in advance, the average wait time of the cart currently playing on the course including the wait time of the own cart, the actual play time in each hole up to the current hole, and the predicted play time Based on the time difference between the times and the time difference between the predicted play time of each hole and the actual play time, which is expected to occur in the remaining holes, a final predicted end time of the half play is obtained, and the currently displayed half is displayed. The predicted end time of the play is corrected.

Then, in step S207, it is determined whether or not the predicted end time is earlier than the predicted end time of the previous cart. If it is earlier, the process proceeds to step S208, and if not, the process proceeds to step S209. In step S208, the predicted half-play end time is displayed, the display form is changed, and the process returns to step S201. In step S209, the predicted half-play end time is displayed, and the process proceeds to step S201. Returning, the processing from step S201 is executed.

If it is determined in step S201 that the cart K has not entered the tee area, the process proceeds to step S210. In step S210, it is determined whether or not the waiting time has been changed. If the waiting time has been changed, the process proceeds to step S211 to change the predicted half-play end time due to the change in the waiting time, and then proceeds to step S212. If the waiting time has not been changed, the process proceeds to step S211 without moving to step S211.
Proceed to 212.

In step S212, it is determined whether or not the course information of the cart K has been input. If the course information has been input, the process proceeds to step S213. If the course information has not been input, the process returns to step S201. In step S213, a time difference between the predicted end time of the half play displayed in the display area 25 and the next start time is displayed in the display area 26, and then, in step S2.
Then, in step S214, display control for displaying the next course information in the display area 26 is executed.

Thereafter, in step S 215, display control is performed to calculate the predicted end time of the next course and display the calculated time on the display area 25. By executing such a processing operation by the control unit 12, it is possible to cause the display device 2 to display an operation status screen on which the predicted end time of each cart K as described above is displayed. In step S216, the counted play time is added to the half play time as the play time of the own cart K1 in that hole, and the process is terminated.

In the present embodiment, a locator S for transmitting position data is arranged along the cart path, and each cart K detects the position data from these locators S. GPS (Global Positioning) where each cart K knows the cart position by radio waves from satellites
System).

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As described above, according to the first aspect of the present invention, the play time calculating means calculates the time the player has actually played in each hole,
Based on the play time, the predicted time of play on the golf course set by the setting means is corrected. Thereby, the manager of the golf course can grasp the accurate play end time of each cart from the operation status screen displayed on the display means, so that the operation management of the cart and the placement of, for example, caddies accompanying the cart can be performed. , Etc., can be easily performed.

Further, according to the present invention described in claim 2,
The playing time calculation means calculates the time when the cart enters the first area, which is the start position of each hole, the time when the car leaves the second area, which is the end position of each hole, and travels in front of the cart. If the play time of the cart is calculated based on the position information of the front cart, and if the play time in accordance with the actual play time of the cart is calculated, the accurate golf course play end time is displayed on the display means. It becomes possible.

According to the third aspect of the present invention,
Since the play end time of each cart is corrected by the difference time between the play time of each hole calculated by the play time calculation means by the correction means and the predicted play time of each hole set by the setting means. As a result, as the carts approach the final hole, the display means can accurately display the end time of the play.

Further, according to the present invention as set forth in claim 4,
The correcting means further corrects the predicted time of play of the remaining holes that have not been played, based on the difference time between the play time of each hole and the predicted time of play of each hole set by the setting means. Therefore, it is possible to display the accurate play end time on the display means. Further, according to the present invention, a correction means corrects the play end time of the cart on the golf course based on the average waiting time of each cart existing on the golf course. Therefore, the accurate end time of the play can be displayed by the display means.

According to the present invention described in claim 6,
The playing end time of the cart corrected by the correcting means is
When it is earlier than the play end time of the front cart running ahead of the cart, the display form of the cart play end time displayed by the display means is changed, so that the administrator On the other hand, it is possible to provide an operation status screen in which the operation status can be easily grasped.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram showing a partial layout of a golf course to which a golf cart operation management system according to an embodiment of the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a diagram illustrating communication paths of a sensor, a cart, and a management building.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an operation management unit disposed in the management building.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram of a method of creating operation data in the operation management device of the present embodiment.

FIG. 5 is an explanatory diagram of a setting screen of the operation management device according to the embodiment;

FIG. 6 is a diagram showing a display form of operation data created by the operation management device according to the first embodiment.

FIG. 7 is an explanatory diagram of a method of creating operation data created by the operation management device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of a control unit of the operation management device according to the first embodiment;

FIG. 9 is an explanatory diagram of a method of creating operation data created by the operation management device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 10 is a diagram showing a display form of operation data created by an operation management device according to a second embodiment.

FIG. 11 is a flowchart illustrating a processing operation of a control unit of the operation management device according to the second embodiment.

FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of an arrangement of sensors arranged on a cart path of a golf course.

FIG. 13 is a diagram showing a display form of a conventional operation status screen.

FIG. 14 is a diagram showing a display form of a conventional operation status screen.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 operation management device, 2 display device, 3 wireless transmission / reception device, 11 signal processing unit, 12 control unit, 14 memory, 15 timer, 16 signal modulation unit, K cart, S
Sensor, RE repeater

Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A receiving means capable of receiving an information signal including identification information of a cart moving in a golf course and position information indicating a position of the cart in the golf course, at least a golf course. A play time calculating means capable of calculating a play time of the player of the cart in each hole of: a setting means capable of setting a predicted time of play in each hole, and a predicted time of play in the golf course; An end time calculating means for calculating a play end time of the cart from a time at which positional information indicating a start position of the golf course is obtained from the cart and a predicted time of play at the golf course set by the setting means; And the play time of each hole calculated by the play time calculating means, and Correction means for correcting the play end time of the cart on the golf course based on the determined predicted time of play in each hole, and display means for displaying the play end time. An operation management device for a golf cart. 2. The play time calculation means, based on position information from the cart, a time at which the cart enters a first area which is a start position of each hole;
Time leaving the second area which is the end position of each hole,
The operation management device for a golf cart according to claim 1, wherein a play time in each hole of the cart is calculated based on position information of a front cart running in front of the cart. 3. The cart according to claim 1, wherein the correcting means calculates a difference between the play time of each hole calculated by the play time calculating means and a predicted play time of each hole set by the setting means. The operation management device for a golf cart according to claim 1, wherein the play end time is corrected. 4. The method according to claim 1, wherein the correcting means corrects a play end time of the cart on the golf course by correcting a predicted time of play of a remaining hole where no play is performed based on the difference time. The operation management device for a golf cart according to claim 3, wherein: 5. The golf club according to claim 1, wherein the correction means corrects a play end time of the cart at the golf course based on an average waiting time of each cart existing on the golf course. The operation management device of the golf cart described in the above. 6. When the play end time of the cart corrected by the correction means is earlier than the play end time of the front cart running ahead of the cart, the display is displayed by the display means. The golf cart operation management device according to claim 1, wherein a display form of the playing end time of the cart is changed.