JP2002085611A - Golf cart management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf cart management system capable of being reliably repaired by a service company on a visit day and at the repair time desired by a golf course. SOLUTION: A golf cart 1 is provided with a travel distance detecting means 11, a battery remaining amount detecting means 12, a battery life detecting means 13, and a brake detecting means 14. The outs from these detecting means are stored in a memory 16 via a data coding means 15 and transmitted to a master room 2 together with cart number data by a transmitter 18. The data information transmitted from each golf cart is received by a receiver 21 in the master room 2, fed to a data input means 22, and compared with reference data. When the state of the golf cart is judged as abnormal, the content of an abnormality is reported to a reporting means 25 in the master room 2 and transmitted to the service company 3 by a communication network such as ISDN(integrated services digital network). A visit day setting means 32 in the service company 3 sets a management visit day for each golf course and transmits it to the golf course.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf cart management system.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventional golf cart management systems are disclosed in JP-A-9-66129 and JP-A-10-272217.
As described in the publication, the position of each golf cart running on a golf course is transmitted to a management building (master room), and the operation of the golf cart is performed based on this information. For example, using such an information transmission mechanism, by transmitting the operation status of the golf cart such as mileage, brake wear, battery consumption, and the like from the golf cart to the master room, the status of each golf cart in the master room can be obtained. You can figure out.

[0003]

Even with such a configuration, in a golf course, a judgment as to whether or not to perform maintenance of a golf cart must be made in a master room of the golf course, and communication of repairs is complicated. However, there is a problem that the golf cart is used but the repair becomes impossible even though it is broken, and in the worst case, a runaway occurs during traveling. Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a golf cart management system that allows a service company to reliably perform repairs by a desired visit date and repair time of a golf course.

[0004]

In order to achieve the above object, a golf cart management system according to a first aspect of the present invention has a means for detecting a state of a vehicle and a means for transmitting detected state information. A golf cart, a master room having a means for receiving the transmitted golf cart state information, and a means for inputting the state information of each golf cart and the reservation status of the golf course; and a golf room for each golf cart transmitted from a plurality of golf courses. A service company having means for inputting state information and a reservation status, and means for setting a visit date to a golf course based on the state information and the reservation status, wherein the service company comprises the visit date setting means for the golf course; The result obtained from was transmitted to the golf course.

[0005] In this way, when the golf cart reaches the time of maintenance and needs to be repaired, the state of the cart together with the reservation status is automatically transmitted to the service company, so that the communication of the repair becomes complicated. Or the use of a golf cart while it is out of order makes repair impossible or avoids a dangerous situation such as runaway while driving, so that the golf cart can be managed reliably. .

A golf cart management system according to a second aspect of the present invention provides a golf cart having means for detecting the state of the vehicle and means for transmitting the detected state information, and receiving the transmitted state information of the golf cart. A master room having means for inputting means, state information for each golf cart, a golf course reservation status and a visit date; and inputting golf cart status information, a reservation status and a visit date transmitted from a plurality of golf courses. A service company having means for setting a management visit date to the golf course based on the means and the status information, the reservation status, and the visit date, wherein the service company obtains the result obtained from the golf day visit date setting means. It was configured to transmit to a golf course.

[0007] Thus, the golf cart management system of the present invention automatically informs the service company of the state of the cart and the desired date of visit together with the reservation status when the golf cart reaches the maintenance time and needs to be repaired. Since information is transmitted, repair notification becomes complicated,
The use of a golf cart even if it is out of order makes repairs impossible, avoids dangerous situations such as runaway while driving, and repairs are made almost on the day you want to visit. It is easy to make a plan on the spot,
Golf carts can be managed reliably.

In the golf cart management system according to claim 3 of the present invention, the visit date in claim 2 is a visit deadline and a desired visit date, and the service company uses the visit date setting means to set the visit date based on these visit dates. It is configured to set a management visit date for the golf course.

In a golf cart management system according to a fourth aspect of the present invention, the state of the golf cart according to the first or second aspect is a traveling distance detected by traveling distance detecting means provided on the golf cart. Configured.

In the golf cart management system according to a fifth aspect of the present invention, the state of the golf cart according to the first or second aspect is based on the remaining battery level detected by the remaining battery level detecting means provided in the golf cart. It was configured as such.

In a golf cart management system according to a sixth aspect of the present invention, the state of the golf cart according to the first or second aspect is a battery life detected by a battery life detecting means provided in the golf cart. Configured.

In a golf cart management system according to a seventh aspect of the present invention, the battery life detecting means in the sixth aspect calculates the battery life from the number of times of charging and the voltage data.

In the golf cart management system according to the eighth aspect of the present invention, the state of the golf cart according to the first or second aspect is detected by brake detection means for detecting wear of brake means provided on the golf cart. The brake was configured to be in a worn state.

In the golf cart management system according to a ninth aspect of the present invention, the state of the golf cart according to the first or the second aspect is such that the traveling distance detecting means, the remaining battery level detecting means, and the battery life provided in the golf cart are provided. The state detected by the detecting means and the brake detecting means is all or any two or more.

A golf cart management system according to a tenth aspect of the present invention provides a golf cart having means for detecting the state of the vehicle and means for transmitting the detected state information, and receiving the transmitted state information of the golf cart. Means and a master room having means for inputting status information for each golf cart and reservation status of a golf course, means for inputting status information and reservation status for each golf cart transmitted from a plurality of golf courses, and the status information And a service company having a means for setting a visit date to the golf course based on the reservation status or the status information and the reservation status and the visit date, wherein the status of the golf cart is displayed only in the master room and the service. The service company can transmit the result obtained from the golf course visit date setting means to the golf course. It was configured to.

Thus, in the golf cart management system of the present invention, those which can easily cope with the master room perform maintenance management without contacting the service company, and contact the service company only for difficult repairs and set a visit schedule. Since they can be repaired, you can make sure repairs without interrupting the use of the cart.

A golf cart management system according to an eleventh aspect of the present invention provides a golf cart having means for detecting the state of the vehicle and means for transmitting the detected state information, and receiving the transmitted state information of the golf cart. Means and a master room having means for inputting status information for each golf cart and reservation status of a golf course, means for inputting status information and reservation status for each golf cart transmitted from a plurality of golf courses, and the status information And a service company having means for setting a visit date to the golf course based on the reservation status or the status information and the reservation status and the visit date, the service company owns reference data of the state of the golf cart, and The data is transmitted to the master room, the reference data is compared with the state of the golf cart in the master room, and the service company visits the golf course. The results obtained from the date setting means configured to transmit the golf course.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS An embodiment of a golf cart management system according to the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of information transmission of a golf cart, a master room, and a service company to achieve the golf cart management system of the present invention.

In FIG. 1, 1 is a golf cart, 2 is a master room, 3 is a service company. The golf cart 1 has a running distance detecting means 11, a battery remaining amount detecting means 12, and a battery life based on charging frequency and voltage data. Are calculated, and the outputs from these detecting means are converted by the data converting means 15 into travel distance data, battery remaining data, battery life data, The data is converted into brake wear data and the like, stored in the memory 16 in the golf cart, and transmitted to the master room 2 together with the cart number data 17 by the transmitter 18.

The master room 2 has an information processing device such as a personal computer. Data information transmitted from each golf cart is received by the receiver 21 and taken into the data input means 22. The data input means 22 takes in the abnormal condition standard data (hereinafter referred to as “reference data”) relating to the mileage data, the remaining battery data, the battery life data, the brake wear data, and the like from the service company 3 each time the data is updated. The reference data is compared with the data of the state information from each golf cart.

At this time, if the condition of the golf cart is judged to be abnormal, the contents of the abnormality are notified to the master room 2 by the notifying means 2.
5 and transmitted to the service company 3 via a communication line such as ISDN. Further, the data input means 22 of the master room takes in the reservation status of the golf course from the reservation status input 24, and the master room 2 also transmits the reservation status of the golf course to the service company 3.

The service company 3 has an information processing device such as a computer. The transmitted content of the abnormal state of the golf cart and the reservation status of the golf course are stored in the memory 31. The service company 3 sets a visit date for maintenance (administrative visit date) in consideration of the reservation situation and the golf cart to be repaired, and transmits the decided visit date to the master room 2 or the front desk of the golf course.

The service company 3 manages the reference data 33 of each golf cart. When the reference data 33 is modified / updated due to aging, the master room 2 of the golf course is updated each time it is modified. And the reference data 23 is updated. Thus, the information transmission concept of the golf cart management system is configured.

Next, a first embodiment of the golf cart management system according to the present invention having the above-described configuration will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. FIG. 2 shows reference data 23 fetched from the service company 3 of the golf carts 1 to 4 at a certain golf course, and mileage data, battery remaining data, battery life data, and brake wear data of each golf cart in the master room 2. The table shows how the data is input to the memory of the information processing device by the data input unit 22.

The information processing device in the master room 2 compares the reference data 23 with the state data of the golf cart. The procedure of the comparison will be described with reference to the control flowchart of FIG. When the process is started in step 1, reference data is fetched in step 2, and then state data of the golf cart is input in step 3.

In step 4, the traveling distance of the cart is 90% of the reference data (for example, 1500 km) (that is, 1350 km).
Km) is determined. In this case, the cart 1 is 1480 km (Yes), and all others are less. Therefore, it was found that only the cart 1 was at the time of the periodic inspection. This is displayed on the notification device 25 in the master room in step 5, and the information is transmitted to the service company in step 7 using an ISDN line or the like in step 6.

If the travel distance of the cart is 90% or less of the reference data in step 4 (No), the remaining battery level of the cart is reduced in the next step 9 to the reference data (eg, 40
%) Is determined to be 90% (ie, 36%) or more. In this case, cart 2 is 35% (No),
Everything else is more. Therefore, it turned out that only the cart 2 needs to be charged. This is done in step 10
Is displayed on the notification device 25 in the master room. The result of this determination is that the master room is stopped, and is not transmitted to the service company.
Perform the required battery charging.

In the other carts in which it is determined in step 9 that the remaining battery charge of the cart is equal to or more than the reference data (Yes), in the next step 11, the battery life of the cart is 90 times the reference data (for example, 40% of the life). % (Ie, 36%)
It is determined whether it is the above. In this case, cart 3 is 35% (No) and all others are higher. Therefore, it has been found that only the cart 3 has a short battery life and needs to be replaced. This is called step 1
In step 2, a warning is displayed on the notification device 25 in the master room,
In step 13, the warning information is transmitted to the service company in step 7 using an ISDN line or the like.

In the other carts in which it is determined in step 11 that the battery life of the cart is equal to or longer than the reference data (Yes), in the next step 14, the wear state of the brake of the cart is the reference data (for example, 80% of normal). 90% (ie,
72%) or more. In this case, cart 4 is 75% (Yes), all others are less. Therefore, it was found that only the cart 4 suffered severe wear of the brakes, and it was necessary to replace the brake parts. In step 12, the master room notification device 2
5 and display warning information at step 13
The data is transmitted to the service company in step 7 using an SDN line or the like. Then, the control procedure ends in step S8.

In FIG. 2, the result of this comparison is displayed as a judgment and judgment of the master room as a periodic inspection, only the master room, and a warning. According to the degree of the state of the golf cart, items that can be easily handled in the master room are displayed only in the master room, and difficult maintenance operations can be selected so as to be transmitted to the service company.

The reservation status of the golf cart is input from the reservation status input 24 to the memory of the information processing device in the master room 2 as shown in FIG. 4 (here, the total number is 100). According to this schedule, when and how many sets of players enter and how many carts remain are shown. In this case, there is no trouble in maintenance because the remaining cart has room.

The service company receives such status information for each golf cart and the reservation status of the golf course from a plurality of golf courses. According to the control flow of FIG. 3, data of the periodic inspections or warnings are collected from the golf courses A, B, C, and D in the memory 31, and the data is displayed by the information processing device of the service company in an aggregated manner as shown in FIG. .
In this table, the number of regular inspections at each golf course and the number of golf carts requiring repairs are shown, and the details of repairs are also described. From this fact, it can be understood that the periodic inspection of the golf course A has 20 cases, the warning is one, and the golf course B is as many as five.

In the service company, the visit date setting means 32 determines a maintenance visit schedule according to the control flow of FIG. 6 based on the data of FIG. That is, control is started in step 21, data of each golf course is fetched in step 22, and sorting is performed in step 23 in descending order of the number of warnings. Next, in step 24, the maintenance schedule of each golf course is allocated in the order of the number of warnings. In this case, if the number of warnings is the same, the schedule is determined in descending order of the number of periodic inspections.

At step 25, as shown in the table of FIG. 7, a golf course visit schedule for making a first visit to the B golf course with the largest number of warnings is created, and the information is stored in the master room or front desk of each golf course. And the process ends in step 25. Here, since the number of warnings from each golf course changes daily, the order of visits to golf courses is also changed daily.

Next, a second embodiment of the golf cart management system according to the present invention will be specifically described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 shows a golf cart 1 in a golf course.
Reference data 23 taken from service companies 3 to 4
And a repair data table in which the travel distance data, battery remaining amount data, battery life data, and brake wear data of each golf cart are loaded into the memory by the data input means 22 of the information processing device in the master room 2 (the same contents as in FIG. 2). ) And the reservation status (same content as in FIG. 4) input to the memory of the information processing device in the master room 2, data in which a desired visit date is set in the master room in advance is created.
For example, the cart 1 indicates that the user wants to perform repairs around the brakes by March 3 and that the desired date of a maintenance visit (management visit) is March 2.

The data arranged in advance as described above is stored in the ISD
The transmission is made to the service company through a line such as N. Based on this information, the visit date setting means 32 of the information processing device in the service company determines a maintenance visit (management visit) schedule according to the control flow of FIG. That is, step 3
At 1 the control is started, and at step 32 the golf courses are sorted in order of the desired visit date. Next, in step 33, golf carts of the same golf course are put together, and in step 34, the golf carts are divided into units that can be maintained in one day.

As a result, as shown in the table of FIG. 10, a golf course visit schedule is created such that a visit to the B golf course, in which carts with early repair deadlines are gathered in order of the visit desired date, is first performed. finish. Then, the information is transmitted to the master room or the front of each golf course.

In the above embodiment, the state of the golf cart is described by using all of the states detected by the traveling distance detecting means, the remaining battery level detecting means, the battery life detecting means, and the brake detecting means provided in the golf cart. However, a configuration in which only one of these detecting means is used may be used, or a combination of two or more arbitrary detecting means may be used.

[0039]

As described above, according to the golf cart management system of the present invention, when the golf cart reaches the time of maintenance and needs to be repaired, the status of the cart together with the reservation status is automatically changed to the service company. The information is transmitted to the golf cart, which prevents troublesome communication of repairs, prevents the golf cart from being used even if it is out of order, and prevents it from being repaired. Dangerous situations can be avoided and the golf cart can be managed reliably.

Also, since the state of the cart and the desired date of the visit together with the reservation status are automatically transmitted to the service company,
Repairs become complicated, golf carts can be used even if they are out of order, repairs become impossible, and dangerous situations such as runaway while driving can be avoided. Since repairs are made on the desired date, planning at the golf course is easy and golf carts can be managed reliably.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a conceptual diagram of information transmission of a golf cart, a master room, and a service company according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a display of reference data and state information for each golf cart.

FIG. 3 is a control flowchart of comparison between reference data and golf cart state data.

FIG. 4 shows the reservation status of a golf cart.

FIG. 5 shows state information for each golf cart from a plurality of golf courses.

FIG. 6 is a control flowchart for determining a management visit schedule.

FIG. 7 is a golf course visit schedule.

FIG. 8 shows data in which a desired visit date is set in advance in the master room.

FIG. 9 is a control flowchart for determining a management visit schedule.

FIG. 10 is a golf course visit schedule.

[Explanation of symbols]

 REFERENCE SIGNS LIST 1 golf cart 11 mileage detecting means 12 remaining battery detecting means 13 battery life detecting means 14 brake detecting means 15 data converting means 16 memory 17 cart number data 18 transmitter 2 master room 21 receiver 22 data input means 23 reference data 24 Reservation status input 25 Notification means 3 Service company 31 Memory 32 Visit date setting means 33 Reference data

 ──────────────────────────────────────────────────続 き Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Takeya Matsushita 2-5-5 Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Yutaka Yamauchi 2-chome Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Kazuhisa Matsumoto 2-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd., Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 2-5-2 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. (72) Takehiko Takimoto Keihanhondori, Moriguchi-shi, Osaka 2-5-5 Sanyo Electric Co., Ltd. F term (reference) 5B049 BB63 CC00 EE56 GG00 GG09

Claims (11)

[Claims] 1. A golf cart having means for detecting the state of the vehicle and means for transmitting the detected state information, means for receiving the transmitted golf cart state information, state information for each golf cart, and information on the golf course A master room having means for inputting a reservation status, a means for inputting status information and reservation status of each golf cart transmitted from a plurality of golf courses, and a visit to a golf course based on the status information and the reservation status. A golf cart management system, comprising: a service company having means for setting a date; wherein the service company is configured to transmit a result obtained from the means for setting a visit date to a golf course to the golf course. 2. A golf cart having a means for detecting the state of the vehicle and a means for transmitting the detected state information, a means for receiving the transmitted golf cart state information, the state information for each golf cart, and the golf course A master room having means for inputting a reservation status and a visit date; means for inputting status information of a golf cart transmitted from a plurality of golf courses, a reservation status and a visit date; and the status information, a reservation status and a visit date. A service company having a means for setting a management visit date to the golf course based on the service company, wherein the service company is configured to transmit the result obtained from the visit day setting means to the golf course to the golf course. Characterized golf cart management system. 3. The visit date is a visit deadline and a desired visit date, and the service company sets the management visit date to the golf course based on these visit dates by the visit date setting means. The golf cart management system according to claim 2. 4. The golf cart management system according to claim 1, wherein the state of the golf cart is a traveling distance detected by traveling distance detecting means provided on the golf cart. 5. The golf cart according to claim 1, wherein the state of the golf cart is a remaining battery level detected by a remaining battery level detector provided in the golf cart.
The described golf cart management system. 6. The golf cart according to claim 1, wherein the state of the golf cart is a battery life detected by a battery life detecting means provided in the golf cart.
The described golf cart management system. 7. The golf cart management system according to claim 6, wherein said battery life detecting means is configured to calculate the battery life from the number of times of charging and the voltage data. 8. The golf cart according to claim 1, wherein the state of the golf cart is a brake wear state detected by brake detection means for detecting wear of brake means provided in the golf cart. Golf cart management system. 9. The state of the golf cart includes a travel distance detecting unit, a battery remaining amount detecting unit provided in the golf cart,
3. The golf cart management system according to claim 1, wherein all or any two or more states detected by the battery life detecting unit and the brake detecting unit are detected. 10. The golf cart according to claim 1, wherein a state of the golf cart can be selected from a state displayed only in the master room and a state transmitted to the service company. Management system. 11. The service company has reference data of a golf cart condition, transmits the reference data to a master room, and compares the reference data with the golf cart condition in the master room. The golf cart management system according to claim 1 or 2.