JP2003339929A - Golf play information recording system and hit position recording apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To accurately and easily record a hit position of a ball during golf play. <P>SOLUTION: A golf play information recording system is provided with: a position information acquiring means 15 for acquiring position information on itself by communicating with a GPS satellite 5; a position information recording means 16 for recording the position information; a layout information recording means 26 for recording information on a layout image capable of visually recognizing a layout of holes of a golf course together with information on its latitude and its longitude; and a hit orbit display processing means 27 for displaying a hit orbit by plotting the position information on the layout image. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2004,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf play information recording system and a hit position recording device for recording a ball hit position during golf play.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, when a golf player records his or her play content, a method has been used in which a score card is carried around and the number of hits is entered in the score card after the play in each hole is completed. There is also a method in which a golf player carries a hit counter and pushes the counter every time the player hits the ball to record the number of hits.

[0003]

However, in the conventional method described above, even if the total number of hits for each hole and the total number of hits for all 18 holes can be recorded, the ball is hit at any place in each hole. You cannot record what you did. It is possible to enter the location when the ball was hit on the layout of the holes indicated on the score card, but it is not possible to enter the exact hit location after the end of play on each hole. In addition, if the hit location is entered during play, the round is delayed and other players and the golf course are annoyed.

The present invention was devised to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is a golf play information recording system and a hit position recording device capable of accurately and simply recording the hit position of a ball during golf play. To provide.

[0005]

In order to achieve the above object, the present invention relates to a position information acquisition means for communicating with a GPS satellite to acquire position information of itself and a position information recording for recording position information. Means, the layout information information visually recognizing the layout of the hole of the golf course, layout information recording means for recording together with the latitude and longitude information, and the position information is plotted on the layout image, The golf play information recording system includes a hit trajectory display processing means for displaying a hit trajectory.

According to the above structure, the position information of the ball for each shot (to be exact, the position) can be obtained by performing an operation such as turning on a switch for acquiring position information before and after the player hits the ball. The position information of the information acquisition means) can be acquired and recorded in the memory. After the play is completed, it is possible to accurately and simply grasp what trajectory the player has moved in each hole based on the hit position information and the layout information of each hole.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a microphone capable of collecting the voice of the player or the hit sound of the golf ball, and the voice collected by the microphone are the voice of the player or a predetermined decibel. When the position information acquisition unit is a hit sound of a prerecorded player voice or a predetermined decibel or more, as a result of the determination by the determination unit, The system is a golf play information recording system that acquires position information.

According to the above construction, when the player makes a voice such as "hit the second shot" or "hit" with the same voice as that of the player recorded in advance, the voice is used as a trigger. The processing of acquiring the positional information is performed. Even if another player making a round together utters a voice "hit", since it is different from the voice recorded in advance, a malfunction of recording the hit position of another player does not occur. Further, when the player hits the ball, it is also possible to perform processing for acquiring position information triggered by the hit sound. In this case, the hit sound of the predetermined decibel or higher is set as the execution condition of the position information acquisition process, so that the hit sound of the other player who is rounding together does not reach the predetermined decibel and the hit sound of the other player is hit. There is no malfunction that records up to the position. In addition, since the player's voice or the hit sound of the ball is used as a trigger in this way, a special operation for the player to turn on a switch or the like is unnecessary, and the player can concentrate on playing golf.

Further, the present invention further comprises an acceleration sensor capable of directly or indirectly detecting acceleration when swinging the golf club, and the discriminating means discriminates the presence or absence of the detection operation by the acceleration sensor, and determines the position. The information acquisition unit is a golf play information recording system that performs position information acquisition processing when the result of the determination by the determination unit is a hit sound of a predetermined decibel or higher and there is a detection operation by the acceleration sensor.

According to the above structure, unless the player swings the golf club, a malfunction of recording the hit position of another player even if the hit sound of another player nearby is a predetermined decibel or more. Does not happen.

The present invention further provides a golf play information recording system further comprising reset means for resetting the count of acquisition of position information between holes in order to distinguish the hit number of each hole. I am trying.

According to the above arrangement, even when the player hits a ball that has skipped over the original hole and hits the adjacent hole, the count is not reset, so the hit position on the adjacent hole Is recognized as the hit position during play in the original hole.

According to another aspect of the present invention, the reset means further includes a gate for oscillating a specific signal, a specific signal receiving means for receiving the specific signal, and a play for each hole based on the specific signal. The golf play information recording system includes a step switching unit that detects the start or end and switches the step of the recording process by the position information recording unit.

According to the above construction, the start or end of the play for each hole is detected by passing through the gate installed near the tee shot ground, so that the player himself / herself can carry out the reset process. Even if you do not press the switch, just round each hole,
Accurate position information can be recorded for each hole. Therefore, even if the player hits a ball that has flown over the original hole to the adjacent hole, the count is not reset, and the hit position on the adjacent hole is the play position on the original hole. Recognized as a hit position inside.

Further, another aspect of the present invention further comprises peripheral hole discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the position information is in a peripheral hole other than the proper hole to be originally played, and the position information is in the peripheral hole. In this case, the hit trajectory display processing means is a golf play information recording system for displaying the hit trajectory by displaying the legal hole and the peripheral holes.

Therefore, even if the hit positions are scattered over a plurality of holes, it is possible to accurately grasp where the ball is hit in an adjacent hole.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, when the position information acquisition means and the layout information recording means are physically separated from each other, at least the position information is transmitted to an apparatus provided with the layout information recording means. The golf play information recording system is provided with the position information transmitting means.

For this reason, even if the portable device carried by the player does not have the layout information recording means, a hit is made through the device provided with the layout information recording means installed at another place after the round ends. It is possible to grasp the locus of the position. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size and cost of the portable device.

Further, the present invention provides a golf play information recording system in which the position information acquisition means further acquires position information at regular time intervals.

Therefore, even if the position information due to the player's operation or output cannot be acquired, the position information is acquired at regular time intervals, so that the trajectory of the player's walking can be grasped, and further, that position can be grasped. The locus can also be displayed.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a microphone capable of collecting the voice of the player or the hit sound of the golf ball, and the voice collected by the microphone is the voice of the player or a predetermined decibel or more. The determination means for determining whether or not it is a hit sound, and as a result of the determination by the determination means, when it is a prerecorded voice of the player or a hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more, it communicates with the GPS satellite and The hit position recording device is provided with position information acquisition means for acquiring position information and position information recording means for recording position information.

According to the above configuration, when the player makes a voice such as "hit the second shot" or "hit" with the same voice as the player's voice recorded in advance, the voice is used as a trigger. The processing of acquiring the positional information is performed. Even if another player making a round together utters a voice "hit", since it is different from the voice recorded in advance, a malfunction of recording the hit position of another player does not occur. Further, when the player hits the ball, it is also possible to perform processing for acquiring position information triggered by the hit sound. In this case, the hit sound of the predetermined decibel or higher is set as the execution condition of the position information acquisition process, so that the hit sound of the other player who is rounding together does not reach the predetermined decibel and the hit sound of the other player is hit. There is no malfunction that records up to the position. In addition, since the player's voice or the hit sound of the ball is used as a trigger in this way, a special operation for the player to turn on a switch or the like is unnecessary, and the player can concentrate on playing golf.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, the layout information recording means for recording the information of the layout image capable of visually recognizing the layout of the hole on the golf course together with the information of its latitude and longitude and the position information are laid out. The hit position recording device further comprises a hit track display processing means for displaying a hit track by plotting on the image.

Therefore, even before returning to the clubhouse or home, the player can check his or her hit position while making a round.

Further, another aspect of the present invention further comprises peripheral hole discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the position information is in a peripheral hole other than the proper hole to be originally played, and the position information is in the peripheral hole. In this case, the hit locus display processing means is a hit position recording device for displaying the leg locus by displaying the legal hole and the peripheral holes.

Therefore, even if the hit positions are scattered over a plurality of holes, it is possible to accurately grasp where the ball is hit in an adjacent hole.

Further, another aspect of the present invention is a hit position recording apparatus further including position information transmitting means for transmitting at least position information to an apparatus including layout information recording means.

For this reason, even if the hit position recording device carried by the player does not have the layout information recording means, the hit information can be hit through the device having the layout information recording means installed at another place after the round ends. It is possible to grasp the locus of the position. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the size and cost of the hit position recording device.

Further, another aspect of the present invention is provided with an acceleration sensor capable of directly or indirectly detecting acceleration when swinging a golf club, and the discriminating means discriminates presence / absence of detection operation by the acceleration sensor to obtain position information. The means is a hit position recording device that performs position information acquisition processing when the result of the determination by the determination means is a hit sound of a predetermined decibel or higher and there is a detection operation by the acceleration sensor.

According to the above-mentioned structure, unless the player swings the golf club, the malfunction of recording the hit position of another player even if the hit sound of another player nearby is a sound of a predetermined decibel or more. Does not happen.

Further, according to another aspect of the present invention, a specific signal receiving means for receiving a specific signal transmitted from the gate at the entrance of the hole, and the start or end of the play for each hole based on the specific signal. The hit position recording device includes a step switching unit that detects and switches the step of the recording process by the position information recording unit.

According to the above construction, since the start or end of the play for each hole is detected by passing through the gate installed near the tee shot ground, the player himself / herself can perform the reset process. Even if you do not press the switch, just round each hole,
Accurate position information can be recorded for each hole. Therefore, even if the player hits a ball that has flown over the original hole to the adjacent hole, the count is not reset, and the hit position on the adjacent hole is the play position on the original hole. Recognized as a hit position inside.

Another aspect of the present invention is a hit position recording device in which the position information acquisition means further acquires position information at regular time intervals.

For this reason, even if the position information due to the player's operation or output cannot be acquired, the position information is acquired at regular time intervals, so that the trajectory of the player's walk is grasped, and further, that position is acquired. The locus can also be displayed.

[0035]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of a golf play information recording system according to the present invention. This golf play information recording system is provided with a hit position recording device 1 carried by each golf player during play, a movement locus reproducing device 2 installed in a club house or a player's home, an image display device 3 and a printer 4. Composed. The golf play information recording system does not necessarily need to include the printer 4.

The hit position recording device 1 includes a CPU 10 and an R
OM11, RAM12, display part 13, operation part 14, GP
An S (Global Positioning System) function unit 15, a hit position memory 16, a memory interface 16a, an external interface 17, a microphone 18, an acceleration sensor 19, a specific signal receiving unit 20, and a battery (not shown) are provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing functional units inside the CPU 10. The CPU 10 centrally controls the entire hit position recording device 1. Also, the CPU 10
The discriminating unit 10a, the step switching unit 10b, and the peripheral hole discriminating unit 10c are provided.

The discriminating section 10a is a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the sound collected by the microphone 18 is the voice of the player recorded in advance or the hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more. The predetermined decibel can be set to an arbitrary value such as 70 decibel. The step switching unit 10b detects the start or end of play for each hole based on a specific signal transmitted from the gate installed at the entrance of the tee ground of each hole, and switches the step of the recording process. It is a switching means. Peripheral hall discrimination unit 1
0c is a peripheral hole discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the acquired position information is in a peripheral hole other than the proper hole to be originally played.

The ROM 11 stores hole information of each hole from the first hole to the eighteenth hole, as well as a program for the CPU 10 to control the hit position recording apparatus 1. The hole information is composed of character information indicating the number of pars and the number of yards in each hole, and layout image information indicating the outline of the layout of each hole. RAM12 is C
It is a readable and writable memory used as a work area when the PU 10 executes various processes. The display unit 13 is a unit for displaying hole information, the number of finish strokes in each hole, and the like. Further, the display unit 13 also displays messages prompting the player to perform various operations.

The operation section 14 is a section used by the player to give various instructions to the hit position recording apparatus 1. The GPS function unit 15 is a position information acquisition unit that acquires position information (latitude, longitude) by receiving radio waves from a plurality of GPS satellites 5. In addition, the GPS function unit 1
5 can also receive an error correction signal from a D-GPS (differential GPS) base station (not shown) installed in a clubhouse or the like in order to improve position accuracy.
Furthermore, the GPS function unit 15 can also acquire position information at regular time intervals. For this reason, even if the position information due to the player's operation or output cannot be acquired, the position information is acquired at regular time intervals, so that the track of the player's walk is grasped and the track is displayed. You can also let it.

The hit position memory 16 is a portable flash memory, and is a position information recording means for recording the position information (hereinafter referred to as “hit position information”) when the golf ball is hit by the GPS function unit 15. is there. In the hit position memory 16, a hole number, hit position information (latitude, longitude), and hit time are recorded in association with each shot via a memory interface 16a as described later. The cup position information is recorded as the last hit position information of each hole.

Of the information recorded in the hit position memory 16, the hole number is generated by the player operating the operation unit 14 or by receiving a specific signal from the gate which is a component of the reset means. The hit time is
It is generated by the function of the clock inside the CPU 10. The external interface 17 is a part used for communication with an external device.

The microphone 18 is a component capable of collecting the voice of the player or the hit sound of the golf ball. The acceleration sensor 19 is a component that can directly or indirectly detect acceleration when swinging a golf club. Here, “directly” means that when the hit position recording device 1 is mounted on the golf club itself, the acceleration data thereof is directly obtained from the swing of the golf club. on the other hand,
“Indirectly” means that when the hit position recording device 1 is attached to the player's arm, the acceleration data of the golf club is indirectly obtained through the operation of the arm.

The specific signal receiving section 20 is a specific signal receiving means for receiving a specific signal transmitted from the gate. The specific signal is a signal capable of distinguishing each hole and may be a radio wave or an infrared ray.

The movement locus reproducing apparatus 2 comprises an apparatus main body 2a and input devices such as a keyboard 2b and a mouse 2c connected to the apparatus main body 2a. The device main body 2a includes a CPU 21, R
An OM 22, a RAM 23, a memory interface 24, an external interface 25, a hard disk 26, an image processing unit 27, a video interface 28, and a printer interface 29 are provided.

The CPU 21 centrally controls the entire movement locus reproducing device 2, and performs processing such as input processing by the keyboard 2a and mouse 2c, output processing to the image display device 3 and the printer 4.

A boot program for booting the system of the movement trajectory reproducing apparatus 2 is written in the ROM 22. When the power of the device body 2a is turned on, the CPU 21
Executes the boot program in the ROM 22 and reads the operating system (OS) program from the hard disk 26 into the RAM 23. When the reading is completed, the CPU 21 boots the OS, and thereafter, under the control thereof, calls the BIOS in the ROM 22 to control the hardware.

The RAM 23 is used as a work area when the CPU 21 executes various processes. The memory interface 24 is an interface for receiving data from the hit position memory 16. The external interface 25 is used for communication with an external device.

In addition to the OS program, the hard disk 26 stores information on the layout images from the first hole to the eighteenth hole, layout information including latitude and longitude data on the layout image, and a movement locus reproducing program. There is. That is, the hard disk 26
Is a layout information recording means. The layout information is information about a layout image that allows the layout of a hole on a golf course to be visually recognized, and information about its latitude and longitude. The movement locus reproduction program is an application program that creates image information indicating what kind of locus the player has moved in each hole, based on the layout information of each hole and the hit position information recorded in the hit position memory 16. Is. Hardware control from the application program is performed via the BIOS.

The image processing unit 27 plots the hit positions on the layout image of each hole according to the movement locus reproducing program, and connects the hit positions adjacent to each other with a straight line, so that the layout image and the movement locus image of the player. It is a hit locus display processing means for generating image information obtained by combining and. This display process is performed under the control of the CPU 21. However, the image processing unit 27 can also plot the position information (latitude, longitude) acquired at regular intervals other than the hit position on the layout image of each hole. At this time, the image processing unit 27 distinguishes and displays the position information acquired at regular time intervals and the position information acquired through operation by the player, sound collection by the microphone, or the like.

The image information generated by the image processing unit 27 is temporarily stored in the hard disk 26 and then output to the image display device 3 via the video interface 28, and the display unit 31 of the image display device 3 is output. Is displayed in. Also,
When a print instruction is issued, the image information is output to the printer 4 via the printer interface 29 and printed on the paper 41.

The position information acquisition means, hit locus display processing means, discrimination means, reset means, peripheral hole discrimination means and step switching means are hardware represented by electric circuits, software represented by programs, electronic circuits. And a program may be used together.

FIG. 3 is a view showing the external appearance of the hit position recording apparatus 1. The hit position recording device 1 is provided with an up button 14u, a down button 14d, a hit button 14h, an orvie button 14b, and a cup-in button 14c which are the operation unit 14. The up button 14u and the down button 14d are buttons for switching the hall information displayed on the display unit 13. Up button 14
u is a button for stepping up to the next hole. However, the player manually operates the up button 14u.
It is possible to step up the hole number by receiving a specific signal from the gate, rather than pressing.

The hit button 14h is a button for instructing recording of hit position information. This button 14h
By pressing immediately before (or immediately after) the shot, G
Acquisition of hit position information is executed by the PS function unit 15. The orbi button 14b is a button that is pressed when the result of the shot is orbi. When this button 14b is pressed, the hit position information recorded immediately before is deleted from the hit position memory 16.

The cup-in button 14c is a button for instructing the end of play in each hole. By operating this button 14c at the position of the cup after cup-in, the cup position information can be obtained by the GPS function unit 15. It is acquired and recorded in the hit position memory 16. At the same time, the end of the hole is instructed, and the hole information is switched to the information of the next hole.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing an example of information including the hit position information sent from the hit position memory 16 to the memory interface 24.

In the hit position memory 16, the position information (latitude, longitude) of the hit position recording device 1 when the ball is hit is recorded for each hole together with the time at that time. This information is sent to the movement trajectory reproducing device 2,
The hit position information is plotted on the layout image.
The time information is not always necessary.

FIG. 5 is a diagram showing the layout information recorded in the hard disk 26. As shown in (5A), 18 holes of layout image information 61 for visually recognizing the layout of the holes on the golf course are stored in the hard disk 26 as a part of the layout information. Further, as shown in (5B), the hard disk 26 also stores, for each hole, information 62 of latitude and longitude distributed in the layout of each hole.
When plotting the hit position information acquired by the GPS function unit 15 on the layout image, the one closest to the hit position information is selected from the latitude and longitude information 62 distributed in advance.

On the other hand, the hit position memory 16 or ROM
Layout information may be included in 11. Furthermore, the hit position recording device 1 may include a component having the same function as the image processor 27. In that case, the player
On the display unit 13 of the hit position recording device 1, the hit trajectory of each hole can be seen.

Next, the operation using the golf play information recording system of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 6 to 9.

The hit position recording apparatus 1 is lent to each player in the clubhouse. The player carries the hit position recording device 1 while playing. At that time, the power of the hit position recording apparatus 1 is turned on before the play of the first hole is started. Then, as shown in (6A), the hit position recording device 1 initializes the hit position memory 16 and displays the hole information of the first hole on the display unit 13 and "Please press the HIT button before the first hit. Message is displayed to prompt the player to record the hit position of the first shot.

Here, when the player presses the hit button 14h before and after hitting the ball at the predetermined position where the first hit should be made, the GPS function unit 15 can obtain the current hit position information. In addition, the player "strikes"
, The microphone 18 and CPU as described above
The hit position information can be acquired based on the operation of 10.
Furthermore, the microphone 18 collects a ball hit sound, the acceleration sensor 19 collects acceleration data, and CP.
The hit position information can also be acquired by the processing of U10. In the hit position information acquisition operation, even if either one of the operations is performed by selection, a plurality of these operations may be duplicated. Hereinafter, an example will be described in which the player manually presses the hit button 14h. However, in the present invention, the hit position information is automatically acquired through sound collection by a microphone, collection of acceleration data by the acceleration sensor 19, and determination processing by the CPU 10. Do not preclude the action of getting.

The hit position information of the first shot in the first hole is recorded in the hit position memory 16 and
As shown in (6B), a message for prompting the next operation (that is, a recording operation of the hit position before the second shot) is displayed on the display unit 13, and an orby button 14b is displayed when the first shot is orby.
Message prompting you to press, and in the case of cup-in, a message prompting you to press the cup-in button 14c)
Is displayed. When the player presses the orbit button 14b, the hit position information of the first shot recorded in the hit position memory 16 is deleted and the display immediately before the first shot is returned.

After that, similarly, as shown in (6C),
The player performs a hit position recording operation for each shot (shot) according to the operation instruction message displayed on the display unit 13. Along with that, hit position information for each shot is recorded in the hit position memory 16.

When the player presses the cup-in button 14c at the position of the cup in the case of cup-in, the cup position information of the first hole is acquired by the GPS function unit 15, and the hit position memory 16 stores the first hole. The last hit position information in is recorded. Further, as shown in (6D), the content displayed on the display unit 13 is switched to the hole information and message of the second hole. However, even when the player does not manually press the cup-in button 14c, the content displayed on the display unit 13 is changed to the second content when the player passes through the gate installed in the tee ground of the second hole. It is also possible to switch to the hall information and message of the hall.

Similarly, after the second hole, the player follows the operation instruction message displayed on the display unit 13 and
The hit position acquisition operation is performed for each hit, and the cup position information recording operation is performed each time a cup is inserted. Along with this, position information such as hit position information and cup position information for each shot in each hole is recorded in the hit position memory 16. Note that the cup position information is not always necessary, and if the hit position information immediately before the cup-in is clear, the position of the next ball can be automatically specified as the cup position.

When the cup-in button 14c is pressed in the 18th hole (final hole), as shown in (6E), a message indicating that all holes have been played is displayed on the display unit 13. After finishing playing all the holes, the player returns to the clubhouse and returns the hit position recording device 1 to the attendant. The clubhouse clerk extracts the hit position memory 16 from the memory slot of the returned hit position recording device 1, hands it to the player, and gives permission to use the movement trajectory reproducing device 2.

The player activates the movement locus reproducing program of the movement locus reproducing device 2 which is permitted to be used, and then inserts the hit position memory 16 into the memory slot of the device main body 2a. As a result, the hit position memory 16 is connected to the memory interface 24 of the movement locus reproducing device 2, and the hit position information recorded in the hit position memory 16 is read into the hard disk 26.

Then, based on the layout information stored in the hard disk 26 and the hit position information read from the hit position memory 16, image information indicating what trajectory the player has moved in each hole is obtained. Created. Next, as shown in FIG. 7, images 7 of all holes
1 is displayed as a list on the display unit 31 of the image display device 3. When an image 71 of an arbitrary hole displayed in a list is designated by the mouse pointer 32 and the mouse 2c is single- or double-clicked, the image 71 of the designated hole is enlarged and displayed as shown in FIG. In the image 71 of the hole, in addition to the line connecting the hit positions, a line (dotted line in the figure) to be connected based on the position information acquired at regular time intervals is also displayed separately.

Further, in the display section 31 of the image display device 3,
A list showing the movement trajectory of the player or an image 7 for each hole
In addition to 1, the print button 33 for instructing print execution is displayed. By pointing the print button 33 with the mouse pointer 32 and clicking the mouse 2c, the desired image information is displayed on the paper 41 using the printer 4.
Can be printed on.

Also, if the hit position information is recorded in the hit position memory 16 brought in by each player, the hit position memory 16 recording the hit position information can be brought home and installed in the personal computer at home. It is also possible to start the movement locus reproduction program of, check the movement locus of the hit position during play, and reflect on it. It is also possible to reflect the hit position information recorded in the hit position memory 16 and brought back to the course data and the player data of the golf game program used on the personal computer.

When the hole is hit in a peripheral hole other than the original hole, the hit position information is not in the original hole. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 9, the image processing unit 27 causes the image display device 3 to display the image 71 of the peripheral hole including the hit position information together with the image 71 of the original hole.

In the above embodiment, the hit position memory 16 is provided in the movement locus reproducing device 2 from the hit position recording device 1.
Although the hit position information is passed via the hit position information, the hit position information is obtained by connecting the external interface 17 of the hit position recording device 1 and the external interface 25 of the movement locus reproducing device 2 to each other with a communication cable. May be handed over.

The hit position memory 16 is a medium that can be inserted into and removed from the hit position recording device 1, but may be a memory medium that cannot be inserted into and removed from. The layout information recording means is not limited to the hard disk 26 only, but may be only the ROM 11 of the hit position recording device 1 or the hard disk 26 and R.
It may be OM11.

The hit locus display processing means may be provided in the hit position recording device 1. Furthermore, the display of the hit trajectory does not matter whether it is a two-dimensional display or a three-dimensional display. The determining means may determine that the ball is hit based on both the acceleration detected by the acceleration sensor 19 and the voice of the player collected by the microphone 18. Furthermore, the player's voice may be regarded as having hit the ball on condition that the voice is equal to or higher than a predetermined decibel. Further, the determining means may determine that the ball is hit without the condition that the voice of the player or the hit sound of the hole is equal to or higher than a predetermined decibel.

CPU 10 having peripheral hole discrimination means
Determines whether or not the hit position is in the surrounding hole only from the hit position (latitude and longitude) of the ball. It may be determined that there is.

Further, the hit position recording device 1 is provided with a position information transmitting means for transmitting at least the hit position information among the hit position information, the time information at the time of the hit and the hole information to the movement locus reproducing device 2. May be. In this way, after the play is finished, the player connects the hit position recording device 1 and the movement locus reproducing device 2 or extracts the hit position memory 16 from the hit position recording device 1 and uses it as the movement locus reproducing device 2. It is possible to view or print the movement locus only by inputting the user's user ID and password into the movement locus reproduction device 2 without inserting the same.

[0079]

As described above, according to the present invention, it is possible to provide a golf play information recording system and a hit position recording device capable of accurately and simply recording the hit position of a ball during golf play.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an example of an embodiment of a golf play information recording system according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a functional configuration inside a CPU of a hit position recording device according to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a plan view showing an example of an external appearance of an embodiment of a hit position recording device according to the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a plan view illustrating the content of data recorded in a hit position memory of the hit position recording device shown in FIG.

5A and 5B are diagrams showing an example of layout information recorded in a movement locus reproducing device constituting the golf play information recording system shown in FIG. 1, where FIG. 5A is layout image information and FIG. FIG. 5 is a diagram showing information on latitude and longitude at each point of the layout image.

6 is a diagram showing a display example of a display unit of the hit position recording device shown in FIG.

FIG. 7 is a diagram showing a display example when a list of image information of all holes is displayed in the movement trajectory reproducing device shown in FIG. 1.

FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a display example when image information for one hole is enlarged and displayed in the display examples shown in FIG. 7;

9 is a diagram showing a case where image information is magnified similarly to the display example shown in FIG. 8, and an example in which images of a plurality of holes are displayed when the ball flies to a peripheral hole.

[Explanation of symbols]

1 Hit Position Recording Device 5 GPS Satellite 10 CPU (also serves as a discriminating means, a peripheral hall discriminating means and a step switching means) 10a a discriminating portion (discriminating means) 10b a step switching portion (a part of the step switching means and a resetting means) 10c a peripheral hall Discrimination Unit (Peripheral Hall Discrimination Means) 15 GPS Function Unit (Position Information Acquisition Means) 16 Hit Position Memory (Position Information Recording Means) 18 Microphone 19 Acceleration Sensor 20 Specific Signal Reception Unit (Specific Signal Reception Means, Part of Reset Means) 26 hard disk (layout information recording means) 27 image processing unit (hit trajectory display processing means)

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[Claims] 1. A position information acquisition unit that communicates with a GPS satellite to acquire position information of itself, a position information recording unit that records the position information, and a layout of holes on a golf course can be visually recognized. A layout information recording means for recording information of a different layout image together with information of its latitude and longitude, and a hit trajectory display processing means for displaying the hit trajectory by plotting the position information on the layout image. A golf play information recording system comprising: 2. A microphone capable of collecting a player's voice or a hit sound of a golf ball, and a voice collected by the microphone is a previously recorded voice of the player or the hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more. The position information acquisition unit, as a result of the determination by the determination unit, is a previously recorded voice of the player or the hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more, The golf play information recording system according to claim 1, wherein the acquisition processing of the position information is performed. 3. An acceleration sensor capable of directly or indirectly detecting acceleration when swinging a golf club, said determining means determining whether or not there is a detection operation by said acceleration sensor, and said position information acquiring means, 3. The golf play according to claim 2, wherein the position information is acquired when the result of the determination by the determining means is the hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more and the detection operation by the acceleration sensor is performed. Information recording system. 4. The reset means for resetting the count of the acquisition of the position information is further provided between the holes in order to distinguish the hit number of each hole. The golf play information recording system according to any one of 1. 5. The reset means detects the start or end of play for each hole based on a gate that oscillates a specific signal, a specific signal receiving means that receives the specific signal, and the specific signal. 5. The golf play information recording system according to claim 4, further comprising step switching means for switching the step of recording processing by the position information recording means. 6. A peripheral hole discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the position information is in a peripheral hole other than a proper hole to be originally played, and when the position information is in the peripheral hole, 6. The golf play information recording system according to claim 1, wherein the hit trajectory display processing means displays the legitimate hole and the peripheral hole to display the hit trajectory. 7. Position information transmission for transmitting at least the position information to a device including the layout information recording means when the position information acquisition means and the layout information recording means are physically separated from each other. 7. A means according to any one of claims 1 to 6, further comprising means.
The golf play information recording system according to the item. 8. The golf play information recording system according to claim 1, wherein the position information acquisition means further acquires the position information at regular time intervals. 9. A microphone capable of collecting a voice of a player or a hit sound of a golf ball, and a voice collected by the microphone is a previously recorded voice of the player or a hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more. If there is a discriminating means for discriminating whether or not there is any, and the result of the discrimination by the discriminating means is a voice of the player recorded in advance or the hit sound above a predetermined decibel, it communicates with the GPS satellite and A hit position recording device, comprising: position information acquisition means for acquiring position information; and position information recording means for recording the position information. 10. Layout information recording means for recording information on a layout image capable of visually recognizing a layout of holes on a golf course together with information on its latitude and longitude, and the position information on the layout image. The hit position recording apparatus according to claim 9, further comprising: a hit trajectory display processing unit that plots and displays a hit trajectory. 11. A peripheral hole discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the position information is in a peripheral hole other than a legal hole to be originally played, and when the position information is in the peripheral hole, 11. The hit position recording device according to claim 10, wherein the hit trajectory display processing means displays the hit trajectory by displaying the legal hole and the peripheral hole. 12. The hit position recording device according to claim 9, further comprising position information transmitting means for transmitting at least the position information to a device provided with the layout information recording means. 13. An acceleration sensor capable of directly or indirectly detecting acceleration when swinging a golf club, said determining means determining whether or not there is a detection operation by said acceleration sensor, and said position information acquiring means, 13. The position information acquisition process is performed when the result of the determination by the determination means is the hit sound of a predetermined decibel or more and the detection operation by the acceleration sensor is performed.
The hit position recording device according to any one of 1. 14. A specific signal receiving means for receiving a specific signal transmitted from a gate at the entrance of a hole, and based on the specific signal, the start or end of play for each hole is detected to record the position information. 14. A step switching means for switching the step of the recording process by the means.
The hit position recording device according to the item. 15. The hit position recording device according to claim 9, wherein the position information acquisition means further acquires the position information at regular time intervals.