JP2004354315A - Cellular phone terminal and information providing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a system through which a player can recognize a distance to an object and an azimuth of the object. <P>SOLUTION: A cellular phone terminal 10 transmits an information on a position of a player 11 and an azimuth in which the player 11 faces a data server 30. The data server 30 distributes to the cellular phone terminal 10 on the corrected position information after the correction of the player 11, the information on the distance from the position of the player 11 to the object, and the azimuthal information indicating the angle between the azimuth in which the player 11 faces and the object based on the information on the position and direction of the player 11 from the cellular phone terminal 10. The cellular phone terminal 10 displays the corrected position information, the distance information, and the azimuthal information distributed from the data server 30. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2005,JPO&NCIPI

Description

[0001]
TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to a mobile phone terminal that displays information about a target, and an information providing system that provides the mobile phone terminal with the information.
[0002]
[Prior art]
In recent golf courses, in order to reduce the cost of caddies and to reduce costs, players often use caddy carts to play without caddies. In addition, since the price of the play is low, the player has often desired to play using a caddy cart without a caddy.
[0003]
In recent years, a system has been developed in which each of such caddy carts is equipped with a global positioning system (hereinafter referred to as GPS) receiver using an artificial satellite and manages the situation of the entire golf course in real time.
[0004]
Since such a caddy cart is equipped with a GPS receiver, it is possible to display a distance from the caddy cart to a target, for example, a distance to a pin on the green.
[0005]
However, in general, the caddy cart itself can only operate on a fixed surface of the golf course called a cart road, so that a player on the fairway needs a distance from his position to the pin. It was impossible to know exactly.
[0006]
In order to solve such a problem, for example, Patent Literature 1 discloses a position information providing device using a portable terminal connectable to WWW (World Wide Web).
[0007]
In detail, the position information providing device disclosed in Patent Document 1 includes a portable terminal provided with a GPS receiver, and a position of a player which is connected to the portable terminal WWW and obtained by the GPS receiver provided in the portable terminal. And a center terminal that calculates the distance from the player's position to the target specified by the player based on the positioning data and the course information stored in advance, and distributes the calculation result to the mobile terminal. According to this position information providing device, the player can accurately grasp the distance from his or her position to a designated target, for example, the distance to a pin, a bunker, or a pond.
[0008]
[Patent Document 1]
JP, 2002-214324, A
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
However, in the position information providing device disclosed in Patent Literature 1, the player can grasp the distance from his own position to the target, but cannot recognize the direction of the target. there were.
[0010]
In particular, golf courses in golf courses located in mountainous areas have curved terrain, such as turning left and right, and undulating up and down. Is often not directly visible.
[0011]
In such a case, since the player cannot recognize the direction of the target, the player may not be able to determine in which direction the ball can be hit.
[0012]
Therefore, an object of the present invention is to provide a mobile phone terminal and an information providing system that allow a player to easily recognize not only the distance to a target but also the direction of the target.
[0013]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, a mobile phone terminal according to the present invention is a mobile phone terminal connectable to a data server, comprising: a position detecting means for detecting a position of a user; Detecting means, communication means for transmitting information on the position and orientation of the user obtained by the position detecting means and the azimuth detecting means to the data server, the communication means being distributed from the data server to the communication means, Display means for displaying corrected position information after correction of the user, distance information from the position of the user to the target, and azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth the user is facing. It is characterized by.
[0014]
According to this configuration, the mobile phone terminal displays not only the distance information from the user's position to the target, but also azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth the user is facing. Can accurately grasp the direction of the target even in a situation where the target cannot be directly viewed.
[0015]
In addition, the display means is provided on the topographical schematic map near the position where the user is distributed from the data server to the communication means, and the correction position is distributed from the data server to the communication means. The information, the distance information, and the azimuth information may be displayed. Alternatively, the image processing apparatus further includes a photographing unit built in or external to the mobile phone terminal, wherein the display unit displays the correction, distributed on the image photographed by the photographing unit, from the data server to the communication unit. Position information, the distance information, and the azimuth information may be displayed.
[0016]
In order to achieve the above object, an information providing system according to the present invention comprises: a position detecting means for detecting a position of a user; a direction detecting means for detecting a direction in which the user is facing; the position detecting means; and the direction detecting means. A mobile phone terminal having communication means for transmitting information on the position and orientation of the user obtained by the method described above, and the use based on the information on the position and orientation of the user transmitted from the mobile phone terminal. A data server that distributes, to the mobile phone terminal, corrected position information after correction of a user, distance information from the position of the user to a target, and direction information indicating an angle of the target with respect to a direction in which the user is facing. And the mobile phone terminal displays the corrected position information, the distance information, and the azimuth information distributed from the data server to the communication unit. Further characterized by comprising shown means.
[0017]
BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
[0018]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[0019]
Referring to FIG. 1, the information providing system according to the present embodiment includes a mobile phone terminal 10 that a user (hereinafter, referred to as a player) 11 carries while playing golf, and a WEB for centrally managing information on golf courses around the country. It has a data server 30 in a center 31, an Internet connection server 20 for connecting the mobile phone terminal 10 and the data server 30 to the Internet, and a computer terminal 41 and a GPS receiver 42 in club houses 43 at golf courses all over the country. . The computer terminal 41 in the club house 43 has a built-in or external modem 40 for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the data server 30 via a telephone line.
[0020]
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the mobile phone terminal 10 shown in FIG.
[0021]
Referring to FIG. 2, the mobile phone terminal 10 transmits and receives radio waves to and from a mobile phone base station (not shown) installed on the ground and communicates with the data server 30 via the Internet connection server 20. An antenna 101 for transmitting and receiving a radio wave, a radio unit 102 including modulation and demodulation and an amplifier of the mobile phone terminal 10, a control unit 106 for controlling various functions, and a receiver for outputting a received voice from a communication partner 107, a microphone 108 for collecting the transmission voice of the player 11, a KEY input unit 109 which is a dial or the like used by the player 11 for input, and a display such as an LCD for displaying the status of the mobile phone terminal 10 or the like Unit 110, a memory unit 111 in which software and various data of the mobile phone terminal 10 are stored, and a camera unit 1 capable of photographing the surrounding scenery and the like. 2, and a battery 113 as a power source of the portable telephone terminal 10. The camera unit 112 is built in or external to the mobile phone terminal 10.
[0022]
Further, the mobile phone terminal 10 includes a GPS antenna 103 for receiving a radio wave of a GPS satellite existing in outer space, a GPS receiving unit 104 for amplifying and demodulating the received GPS radio wave to detect a position of the player 11, and a player 11 (A direction in which the player 11 is facing).
[0023]
The computer terminal 41 and the GPS receiver 42 are provided in the club house 43 as described above.
[0024]
The GPS receiver 42 is installed in the club house 43 at a coordinate position where latitude, longitude, and altitude are measured in advance as accurate coordinate position information, and measures actual coordinate position information at the coordinate position. .
[0025]
The computer terminal 41 processes the coordinate position information measured by the GPS receiver 42. Generally, the coordinate position information measured by the GPS receiver 42 often does not match the actual accurate coordinate position information due to the weather conditions at that time. In order to correct this, the computer terminal 41 detects the difference between the coordinate position information measured by the GPS receiver 42 and the accurate coordinate position information of the installation position of the GPS receiver 42 at any time, and detects the detected coordinate position. The information difference value is transmitted to the data server 30.
[0026]
In addition, the computer terminal 41 transmits to the data server 30 course information including coordinate position information of each hole of the golf course, a schematic topographical map of each hole, and the like.
[0027]
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of the data server 30 shown in FIG.
[0028]
Referring to FIG. 3, a data server 30 includes an antenna 301 for transmitting and receiving a radio wave to and from the mobile phone terminal 10 via the Internet connection server 20, and a wireless unit including the modulation / demodulation and amplifier of the data server 30. 302, a modem 303 for transmitting and receiving various data to and from the computer terminal 41 in the club house 43 via a telephone line, a control unit 304 for controlling various functions, and a reception from the computer terminal 41 in the club house 43. A course information storage unit 305 for storing the obtained course information; a position information correction unit 306 for correcting the coordinate position of the player 11 received from the mobile phone terminal 10 based on the difference value received from the computer terminal 41 in the club house 43; From the course information storage unit 305, the topographical outline map of the hole where the player 11 is located. Schematic information obtaining unit 307, distance information calculating unit 308 for calculating distance information from the position of the player 11 to the target, and azimuth information for calculating azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth to which the player 11 is facing And a calculation unit 309. The information obtained by each of the position information correction unit 306, the schematic diagram acquisition unit 307, the distance information calculation unit 308, and the direction information calculation unit 309 is transmitted to the mobile phone terminal 10 under the control of the control unit 106. It will be delivered.
[0029]
Hereinafter, the operation of the position information system shown in FIGS. 1 to 3 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.
[0030]
Referring to FIG. 4, when the player 11 obtains distance information to a target and azimuth information of the target, the mobile phone terminal 10 connects to the data server 30 via the Internet connection server 20 (step 401). .
[0031]
Next, the mobile phone terminal 10 obtains the coordinate position information of the player 11 obtained by the GPS receiving unit 104 and the azimuth information of the player 11 obtained by the azimuth detecting unit 105 (information of the direction in which the player 11 is facing). Is transmitted to the data server 30 (step 402).
[0032]
When the data server 30 receives the coordinate position information and the azimuth information of the player 11 from the mobile phone terminal 10, the position information correction unit 306 uses the coordinate position information of the player 11 received from the mobile phone terminal 10 and the club house 43. Is added to the difference value of the coordinate position information received from the computer terminal 41 to correct the coordinate position information of the player 11.
[0033]
Next, based on the corrected coordinate position information of the player 11, the schematic map acquisition unit 309 uses the outline information acquisition unit 309 to extract the topographical outline of the hole where the player 11 is located from the course information stored in the course information storage unit 305. Get figure.
[0034]
In addition, the data server 30 uses the distance information calculation unit 307 to calculate the target object from the position of the player 11 based on the corrected coordinate position information of the player 11 after correction and the course information stored in the course information storage unit 305. Calculate the distance to. Note that the target is an initial value (for example, a pin on the green of the hall where the player 11 is located) until the mobile phone terminal 10 instructs a change to a new target in step 407 as described later. Is set to
[0035]
Further, the data server 30 uses the azimuth information calculation unit 308 to point the player 11 at the present time based on the azimuth information of the player 11 received from the mobile phone terminal 10 and the course information stored in the course information storage unit 305. The azimuth information indicating the difference angle between the current direction and the direction of the target is calculated.
[0036]
After that, the data server 30 obtains the information obtained as described above, that is, the topographical outline map of the hole where the player 11 is located, the corrected coordinate position information after the correction of the player 11, the distance information from the position of the player 11 to the target, The azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth of the player 11 is delivered to the mobile phone terminal 10 (step 403).
[0037]
Upon receiving the information distributed as described above from the data server 30, the mobile phone terminal 10 displays the received information on the display unit 110 (Step 404). At this time, one display example displayed on the display unit 110 is shown in FIG. In this display example, green, bunkers, ponds, and forests are displayed as a schematic topographic map of the course. In addition, the position information of the player 11, the distance information to the target pin on the green are displayed, and the azimuth information of the pin on the green is displayed as an arrow mark.
[0038]
Referring to FIG. 4 again, after the process of step 404 is completed, the mobile phone terminal 10 determines whether or not the azimuth information or the coordinate position information obtained by the azimuth detecting unit 105 or the GPS receiving unit 104 is changed (step 405). ).
[0039]
If there is a change in the azimuth information or the coordinate position information (YES in step 405), for example, if the player 11 moves or the player 11 changes the Returning to the process of 402, new azimuth information or coordinate position information is transmitted from the antenna 101 to the data server 30 again. The data server 30 obtains a target object from the schematic topographical map of the hole where the player 11 is located, the corrected position information of the player 11, and the position of the player 11 in accordance with the new azimuth information or the coordinate position information from the mobile phone terminal 10. The distance information to the mobile phone terminal 10 and the azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth of the player 11 are calculated again and distributed to the mobile phone terminal 10. The mobile phone terminal 10 displays information from the data server 30 on the display unit 110.
[0040]
Thereby, even when the player 11 moves or changes direction, the mobile phone terminal 10 can display the distance information to the target and the azimuth information of the target on the display unit 110. Become.
[0041]
If there is no change in the azimuth information or the coordinate position information (NO in step 405), the mobile phone terminal 10 determines whether the target has changed (step 406), and if there is no change in the target (step 406). NO), and the process returns to step 405.
[0042]
When there is a change in the target (YES in step 406), for example, in FIG. 5, the mobile phone terminal 10 inputs a new target via the KEY input unit 109 so that the player 11 knows the distance and direction to the bunker. Is changed to a bunker, the information of the target is transmitted to the data server 30 (step 407). The data server 30 calculates the distance information and the azimuth information to the new target pointed by the mobile phone terminal 10 again, and distributes them to the mobile phone terminal 10. The mobile phone terminal 10 displays information from the data server 30 on the display unit 110.
[0043]
This allows the mobile phone terminal 10 to display distance information and azimuth information to the bunker on the display unit 110 even when the player 11 changes the target to a new bunker.
[0044]
In the present embodiment, the topographical outline map of the course received from the data server 30 is displayed on the display unit 110 of the mobile phone terminal 10, but the present invention is not limited to this, and the topographical outline map of the course is replaced. In addition, it is also possible to display a scene captured by the camera unit 112 provided in the mobile phone terminal 201.
[0045]
Specifically, when the player 11 instructs to change to the camera mode via the KEY input unit 109 after the processing of step 407 is completed, the mobile phone terminal 10 replaces the course topographic map with the camera unit 112. Is displayed on the display unit 110. At this time, one display example displayed on the display unit 110 is shown in FIG.
[0046]
Thus, the mobile phone terminal 10 can display the azimuth information of the target and the distance to the target received from the data server 30 on the landscape image captured by the camera unit 112. Therefore, the player 11 can check the more accurate orientation of the target on the actual scene.
[0047]
Further, in the present embodiment, the azimuth information and the distance information of the target are provided only to the users located at the golf course, but the present invention is not limited to this, and other than golf courses all over the country. It goes without saying that the user located at the location of the user can be included in the target.
[0048]
【The invention's effect】
As described above, according to the mobile phone terminal of the present invention, information on the position of the user and the direction in which the user is facing is transmitted to the data server, and in response to this, The corrected position information after correction of the user, the distance information from the user's position to the target, and the azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth the user is facing are displayed.
[0049]
Therefore, a user playing golf at a golf course can accurately grasp the direction of the target even under a situation where the target such as a pin, a bunker, and a pond on the green cannot be directly viewed. .
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of an information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram of the mobile phone terminal shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram of a data server shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 4 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of the information providing system illustrated in FIG. 1;
FIG. 5 is a diagram showing a display example of the mobile phone terminal shown in FIG. 1;
FIG. 6 is a diagram showing another display example of the mobile phone terminal shown in FIG. 1;
[Explanation of symbols]
10 Mobile phone terminal 11 User (player)
20 Internet connection server 20
30 Data server 31 Web center 40 Modem 41 Computer terminal 42 GPS receiving device 43 Club house 101 Antenna 102 Radio unit 103 GPS antenna 104 GPS receiving unit 105 Orientation detecting unit 106 Control unit 107 Receiver 108 Microphone 109 KEY input unit 110 Display unit 111 Memory Unit 112 camera unit 113 battery unit 301 antenna 302 wireless unit 303 modem 304 control unit 305 course information storage unit 306 position information correction unit 307 schematic diagram acquisition unit 308 distance information calculation unit 309 azimuth information calculation unit

Claims (6)

In a mobile phone terminal that can be connected to a data server,
Position detecting means for detecting the position of the user,
Azimuth detecting means for detecting the azimuth the user is facing,
Communication means for transmitting information on the position and orientation of the user obtained by the position detection means and the orientation detection means to the data server;
Corrected position information of the user after correction, distance information from the position of the user to a target, distributed to the communication means from the data server, an angle of the target with respect to a direction in which the user is facing And display means for displaying orientation information indicating the following. The display means is distributed from the data server to the communication means, on the topographical schematic map near where the user is located, the correction position information distributed from the data server to the communication means, The mobile phone terminal according to claim 1, wherein the distance information and the azimuth information are displayed. The mobile phone terminal further comprises a built-in or externally attached photographing means,
The display unit displays the corrected position information, the distance information, and the azimuth information distributed from the data server to the communication unit on an image photographed by the photographing unit. 2. The mobile phone terminal according to 1. Position detecting means for detecting the position of the user, azimuth detecting means for detecting the azimuth the user is facing, transmitting information on the position and azimuth of the user obtained by the position detecting means and the azimuth detecting means A mobile phone terminal having communication means for performing
Based on the information on the position and orientation of the user transmitted from the mobile phone terminal, corrected position information of the user after correction, distance information from the position of the user to a target, A data server that distributes azimuth information indicating the angle of the target with respect to the azimuth to the mobile phone terminal,
The information providing system, wherein the mobile phone terminal further includes a display unit that displays the corrected position information, the distance information, and the azimuth information distributed from the data server to the communication unit. The data server distributes a topographical schematic map of the vicinity where the user is located to the mobile phone terminal based on the corrected position information of the user,
The display means displays the corrected position information, the distance information, and the azimuth information distributed from the data server to the communication means on the schematic topographic map distributed from the data server to the communication means. The information providing system according to claim 4, wherein: The mobile phone terminal has a photographing unit built in or external to the mobile phone terminal,
The display unit displays the corrected position information, the distance information, and the azimuth information distributed from the data server to the communication unit on an image photographed by the photographing unit. Information providing system described in.

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