JP2007190230A - Golf score evaluation system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf score evaluation system facilitating an examination of a score record and a play result by inputting ball hitting information in a portable communication terminal during playing the golf and printing a score, the ball hitting information and a rank after finishing the play. <P>SOLUTION: This golf score evaluation system is provided with a means for receiving course data of golf links in the portable communication terminal, a means for displaying the received course data and inputting the ball hitting information, a means for calculating the score based on the ball hitting information, a means calculating the rank based on the score and the ball hitting information, and a means of printing the score, the ball hitting information and the rank. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a golf score input and evaluation output method, and more particularly, to a golf score evaluation system in which a golf player inputs hitting information using a mobile communication terminal and outputs hitting ball information that can be used as future study material.

  Conventionally, when a score entered in a score card is recorded in a record, the golf player leaves the score card itself or inputs the score card entry contents to a home computer by a score management program.

In addition, as a prior art (patent document), there is a golf score display device that can display a course diagram and input a hitting ball position. It was difficult to judge whether it was of a degree.
Japanese Patent No. 3661158

  By entering the hitting information while going around the course, you can print the score, the hitting information on the course map, the score ranking in the golf course and nationwide immediately after the end of play, and materials for future play consideration It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf score evaluation system that can improve its skill by knowing the score ranking.

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention includes a mobile communication terminal of a user connectable to the Internet, a server connected to the Internet, and a golf course terminal connected to the Internet. The golf course course data is received from the connected server to the user's mobile communication terminal via the Internet, and the score ranking is calculated by transmitting the hit ball information and the score input data to the server after the play, A golf score evaluation system that receives and prints a user's score, hit ball information, and ranking information from a server at a golf course terminal, and the portable communication terminal can download, store, and execute a program from the server When using for the first time, sending user information to the server The user ID unique to the mobile communication terminal is received and stored in the storage unit, and the user ID and the golf course code of the user are transmitted from the golf course terminal to the server by paying a usage fee at the golf course. Receiving a password unique to a mobile communication terminal, and receiving course data of a golf course by transmitting a user ID stored in a storage unit from the mobile communication terminal and a password issued at a golf course to the server. During play, when the ball hitting position and club selection are entered on the screen of the mobile communication terminal on which the course diagram is displayed, score calculation and ball hitting distance calculation are performed, and after the play is completed, the user ID, password, input information, and calculation are calculated. By sending the score and the hitting distance for each course to the server, ranking is done based on the number of scores, number of putts, hitting ball information, etc. The ranking file is updated in comparison with the ranking file being updated, the ranking file is updated, the user ID file is written in the user score file, and the user ID stored in the portable communication terminal at the golf course terminal and the password issued when playing Is transmitted to the server to receive and print the user's score, the course map of each hole, the hitting ball position and club selection on the course map, and ranking information.

  The hitting information and the ranking in the golf course are printed on the score and the course map, so that it becomes a future play examination document, and it is possible to aim at one's skill by knowing the ranking in the golf course.

  Since a mobile phone owned by the user can be used for the mobile communication terminal, many people can use this system.

  Since the ranking is evaluated, the number of repeat customers is expected for golf courses that have introduced this system.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail.

  The portable communication terminal of the present embodiment will be described using a mobile phone on which a user can mount and execute the program.

FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing the entire golf score evaluation system.
The server 1 connected to the Internet stores various data such as a user ID, user information, password, golf course data, user score data, ranking data, and exchanges necessary data.

  The mobile communication terminal 2 is owned by the user and is connected to the Internet via a mobile communication network to perform user registration, download of course data, display of course diagrams, input of hit ball information, and transmission of score and hit ball information. It is.

  The golf course terminal 3A is connected to the Internet and provides services to users. The golf course terminal 3A can issue a password for permitting the download of the course data, and can print the score data of the user with the printer 3B.

  The home PC 4A can connect to the Internet and make a score request to the server to save the score and to examine its own play content from the play result.

FIG. 2 is a configuration diagram showing a data flow of the entire system.
The user downloads the program for the mobile communication terminal to the mobile communication terminal 2 (S10). Before using for the first time, the user inputs user information on the mobile communication terminal 2 (S11), and performs user registration (S12), whereby a user ID unique to the mobile communication terminal is issued from the server (S13). It is stored in the data storage unit of the terminal 2.

  The user presents the payment of the system usage fee and the user ID at the golf course, and inputs the user ID at the golf course terminal 3A, so that the golf course terminal 3A transmits the golf course code and the user ID to the server 1. (S14). The server 1 issues a password for downloading the course data (S15).

  When the user inputs the password from the mobile communication terminal 2 and transmits the user ID and password to the server 1 (S16), the course data of the golf course can be downloaded (S17). The user holds the mobile communication terminal 2 that has downloaded the course data and goes out to the course to play.

  During the play, the score is determined by inputting the hitting information such as the hitting position and the club type (S18). After the play is completed, the user transmits score data to the server (S19).

  The server calculates the ranking of the user from the received score data (S20).

  After the play is completed, the user inputs a user ID and a password at the golf course terminal 3A (S21), thereby receiving the score, hitting ball information, ranking information, etc. from the server 1 (S22) and printing them (S23).

  After returning home, the user can receive score data and the like and save the play result by connecting the home PC 4A to the Internet. The user can always see the past play results on the home PC, and can use them for future play.

FIG. 3 is a configuration diagram showing a database in the server.
The database includes a user information master, password list data, golf course-specific course data, user-specific score data, ranking data, and program management.

  In order to make a user's mobile communication terminal usable in this system, it is necessary to register user information. When the user information is registered from the mobile communication terminal, it is registered in the user information master in the server via the Internet.

  FIG. 4 shows the contents of the user information master. A registration date and a new unique user ID are added to the user information transmitted from the mobile communication terminal, and the user ID is transmitted to the mobile communication terminal.

  FIG. 5 shows the contents of the password list data. The password for downloading the golf course course data to the mobile communication terminal before the user plays is recorded. This password list data is a pair of user ID and password of the user. When a user requests the issuance of a password at a golf course, the user's user ID is requested to be presented, and the user ID and the golf course code are transmitted to the server at the golf course terminal, and a password for the user ID is issued. The In addition, an expiration date is set for the password, and the password after the expiration date cannot be used.

  FIG. 6 shows the contents of course data by golf course. Course data is prepared for each golf course, and the server determines which golf course it is from the password entered by the user and transmits the course data.

  FIG. 7 shows the contents of the score data for each user. Score data is recorded for each user and for all golf courses and for each golf course.

  For all golf course objects, an average that does not distinguish golf courses and total score data for the past 20 times are recorded and used for national score ranking.

  Four types of data are recorded in the golf course-specific data, one of the latest score data and hit ball information, one of the past three score data, one of the average total score data, and one of the past 20 times. This is the total score data for all the holes. The latest score data, hit ball information, and score data for the past three times are mainly used for printing of play results, annual score ranking, and best score ranking. The total score data of all the holes for the past 20 times is calculated as average total score data and used for player-specific score ranking.

  The ranking data is obtained by calculating data necessary for ranking from the score data of the user and comparing the ranking data with various ranking data. The ranking data includes annual score ranking data by golf course, best score ranking data, and score ranking data by player. There is also national ranking data for all golf courses that use this system.

  FIG. 8 shows the contents of the annual score ranking data. The total score data of the system user who played on the golf course for one year is recorded in the ranking order. The ranking is determined by comparing with the latest total score data of the user. After the decision, the annual score ranking data is updated.

  FIG. 9 shows the contents of the best score ranking data. Of the total score data of all system users using the golf course, only the top 1000 results are recorded. The ranking is determined by comparing with the latest total score data of the user. If it is within 1000th place after the decision, the best score ranking data is updated.

  FIG. 10 shows the contents of the player-specific score ranking data. The average total score data within the past 20 times of users who have used at least 3 times among the system users of the golf course are recorded in the ranking order. The ranking is determined by comparing with the average total score data of the user. After the determination, the player-specific score ranking data is updated.

  FIG. 11 shows the contents of the national score ranking data. Average total score data of all users registered in this system is recorded in the ranking order.

  FIG. 12 is an external configuration diagram of the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal mainly includes a display 201, a cursor key 202, an enter key 203, a numeric keypad 204, a left soft key 205, a right soft key 206, and a program start key 207. It is desirable that the display can display colors and has high definition. The cursor keys are used for hole selection, hitting ball position selection, item selection, and the like. The decision key is used to decide various selection contents. The numeric keypad is used for inputting item contents and selecting a club number. The left and right soft keys are used for menu display, item selection, and the like. The program activation key is used to activate a program downloaded to the mobile communication terminal.

  FIG. 13 is a configuration block diagram of the mobile communication terminal. A control unit that controls the entire mobile communication terminal, a display unit that displays a score, a course map, and the like, an input unit that inputs a ball hitting position and a club number, a communication unit that communicates with a base station, A speaker unit that outputs received voice and sound, a microphone unit that inputs voice, a battery for supplying power to each unit of the mobile communication terminal, a program storage unit that stores various programs, and various types A data storage unit for storing data.

  Next, the operation of the golf score evaluation system according to the present invention configured as described above will be described in detail.

  First, the user needs to download the portable communication terminal program of the present system to the portable communication terminal owned by the user, and downloads it from the address where the portable communication terminal program in the server is stored.

  When the user activates the mobile communication terminal program for the first time, the user registration screen in FIG. 14 is displayed. On this screen, enter the name printed by score printing, the nickname displayed when the ranking is displayed on the Web screen on the Internet, the birthplace, the date of birth used for ranking calculation, handicap, etc., and send it to the server To do. When the server registers the received user information in the user information master, the server issues a user ID unique to the mobile communication terminal. The mobile communication terminal receives the user ID and stores it in the data storage unit of FIG.

  FIG. 15 is a TOP screen of the golf course terminal. This screen is a selection screen for processing items such as a password issuance and a score printing screen.

  FIG. 16 is a password issuing screen of the golf course terminal. The user arrives at the golf course, pays the usage fee at the service counter, and presents the user ID stored in the mobile communication terminal. By entering the user ID on the password issuance screen of the golf course terminal, a password for permitting use of the system is issued and displayed from the server.

  FIG. 17 is a password input screen for downloading course data of a golf course to be played to the mobile communication terminal. The user can download the course data by entering the password issued at the golf course before playing.

  FIG. 18 is a competition name input screen. After the course data is downloaded, this screen is displayed and the competition name, weather, HDCP, etc. are entered and registered.

FIG. 19 is a score list screen. After registering the competition name, the score list screen is displayed. It is also possible to move to this screen from other screens.
The contents of downloading the course data are displayed on the screen Hole, Yard, and Par, and the number of scores and the number of putts are displayed on Str and Pat according to the hitting ball position input on the hitting ball position input screen (211). When the designation of the hitting position has not ended until the cup-in, a mark (213) indicating that editing is in progress is displayed next to the hole number. The total of the OUT course, the total of the IN course, and the total of all holes are displayed in the lower row (212). The cursor (214) on the screen can be moved up and down with the up and down cursor keys, and the hole can be selected with the enter key.

  FIG. 20 is a course diagram display screen on which a course diagram of the hole selected on the score list screen is displayed, and ball hitting information such as a hit ball position and a club type is input. In the top row, the hole number, the number of pars, and the number of yards are displayed (221). The course map is displayed with the tea ground, fairway, rough, green, pond, bunker, OB line, etc. color-coded (222). Marks of a start position (224), a cup position (226), and an ideal target position (225) are displayed on the course diagram. The current score number, the previous flight distance, and the remaining distance number are displayed on the upper left of the screen (227). The user can move the cursor (223) on the course diagram with the cursor key and determine the position with the enter key.

  FIG. 21 shows main menu display contents. This menu is displayed when pressing the left / right soft key or selecting the club type after determining the hitting position.

  FIG. 22 is a start position selection screen for a tee shot. One or more start position marks are displayed on the tee ground. When the cursor is moved over the mark, Start is displayed on the screen, and the start position is determined by pressing the enter key.

  The hit ball positions are connected with a straight line, and the last hit ball position and the cursor are displayed as a rubber band as the cursor moves.

  As the cursor moves, the distance from the previous hitting position to the cursor and the distance from the previous hitting position to the cup are calculated and displayed on the upper left of the screen (227).

  FIG. 23 is a club type selection screen. When the hitting position is determined, a menu for selecting the type of club is displayed. The type of club in the menu can be determined by moving the menu cursor with the cursor keys and pressing the enter key.

  FIG. 24 is a club number selection screen. If it is necessary to enter a club number after selecting a club type, a club number selection message is displayed. The club number is determined by pressing the numeric keypad, and the club type and club number are displayed at the hitting position on the course diagram.

  When the hitting ball position and club type are selected, score calculation is performed and displayed on the upper left of the screen (227).

  FIG. 25 shows the flow of score calculation. If the ball position is OB or water hazard, 2 strokes are added, and if it is any other normal position, 1 stroke is added. The number of putts is calculated by counting the number of hits in the green figure.

  After selecting the hitting position and club type, pressing the left soft key to display a menu and selecting a penalty will display a menu for selecting one penalty or two penalty. Choosing either will add a penalty to the score.

  FIG. 26 is an OB determination selection screen. If it is determined that the cursor position is outside the area of the displayed graphic, it may be determined that the cursor is OB, and the user is notified of the OB processing method using a menu. If the user thinks that the cursor position is not OB, the user selects cancel and re-specifies the position.

  FIG. 27 shows an OB rework processing screen. When OB is selected in the OB determination menu, the area from the previous hitting ball position to the OB position is connected by a broken line, and the user inputs a new position after hitting again. After selecting OB, the score is incremented by 2 strokes.

  FIG. 28 is a water hazard determination selection screen. When it is determined that the cursor position is within the water hazard, the user is notified of the water hazard processing method using a menu. If the user thinks that the cursor position is not a water hazard, the user selects cancel and re-specifies the position.

  FIG. 29 is a retouching processing screen when entering the water hazard. A broken line is connected from the previous hitting ball position to the ball position in the water hazard, and the user inputs a new position after hitting again. After selecting the menu to be retyped, 2 strokes are added to the score.

  FIG. 30 is a ball position change processing screen when entering the water hazard. A portion between the previous hitting ball position and the ball position in the water hazard is connected by a broken line, a rubber band is displayed from the cup position to the current cursor position, and the user can change the ball position according to the rule. After selecting the menu position change, 2 strokes are added to the score.

  FIG. 31 shows a cup position selection screen in which the ball is cupped in. One or more cup position marks are displayed on the green. When the cursor is moved over the mark, CupIn is displayed on the screen, and when the enter key is pressed, the cup-in position is determined.

  FIG. 32 is an editing content selection screen for editing the input hitting ball position and club type.

  FIG. 33 is a club change screen for changing the club at the hit ball position once input. When the cursor key is pressed, the cursor moves on the hit ball position that has been input. By pressing the enter key, a club type selection menu is displayed and a club is selected. If a club number needs to be entered, a number entry message is displayed.

  FIG. 34 is a position change screen for changing the hit ball position once input. When the cursor key is pressed, the cursor moves on the hit ball position that has been input. The hitting position to be changed is determined by pressing the enter key. When the cursor key is pressed, the cursor moves and a rubber band is displayed from the previous and next hitting positions to the cursor. However, when the start position or the cup position is selected, the cursor is moved to the next start position or the cup position by the cursor key. Here, the position change is completed by pressing the enter key.

  When deleting the hit ball position, the cursor moves on the hit ball position where the cursor has been input by pressing the cursor key, and the hit ball position to be deleted is determined and deleted by pressing the enter key. However, if a hitting position in the middle from the start position to the cup-in has been entered, selecting the start position will display a message asking if you want to delete all the hitting positions that have been entered, and pressing the Enter key will delete all of them. The

  When it is desired to add a hitting position, the cursor moves on the hitting position where the cursor has been input by pressing the cursor key, and the hitting position to be added is determined by pressing the enter key. The position to be added is added next to the selected hitting ball position. When the cursor key is pressed, the cursor moves and a rubber band is displayed from the previous and next hitting positions to the cursor. However, the cup position cannot be selected.

  FIG. 35 is a score transmission screen. If score transmission is selected from the menu on the score list screen, if there is no course being edited, the score is transmitted to the server. If there is a course being edited, the screen of FIG. 36 is displayed, and it is transmitted again after confirmation.

  FIG. 37 is a score print screen of the golf course terminal for printing the score transmitted by the user after the play is completed. On this screen, the user ID of the mobile communication terminal held by the user and the password issued at the golf course are entered, and the print button is selected and transmitted to the server. The score data of the user is received from the server, and printing of the score contents is started.

  38 and 39 show the score print contents. There are two types of contents to be printed. Contents with numerical values such as score, OB number, bunker-in number, park keeping ratio, fairway keep ratio, ranking information in FIG. It consists of.

It is a whole lineblock diagram showing the whole golf score evaluation system. It is a block diagram which shows the flow of data of the whole system. It is a block diagram which shows the database in a server. It is the contents of the user information master. This is the contents of the password list data. This is the content of course data by golf course. This is the contents of score data by user. This is the contents of the annual score ranking data. This is the content of the best score ranking data. This is the content of player-specific score ranking data. National score ranking data. It is an external appearance block diagram of a portable communication terminal. It is a block diagram of the mobile communication terminal. It is a user registration screen. It is a TOP screen of a golf course terminal. It is a password ticketing screen of a golf course terminal. It is a password input screen for downloading course data. It is a competition name input screen. It is a score list screen. It is a course map display screen. Menu display contents. It is a start position selection screen with a tee shot. It is a club type selection screen. It is a club number selection screen. The flow of score calculation is shown. It is an OB determination selection screen. It is an OB rework processing screen. It is a water hazard judgment selection screen. It is a rework processing screen when entering a water hazard. It is a ball position change processing screen when entering a water hazard. It is a cup position selection screen for cup-in. It is an edit content selection screen of hit ball information. It is a club change screen in the case of changing the club of a hit ball position. It is a position change screen in the case of changing a hit ball position. It is a score transmission screen. It is an edit confirmation screen. It is a score print screen of a golf course terminal. The score print contents are numerical values. It is the score print contents by course map.

Explanation of symbols

1 server 2 mobile communication terminal 3A golf course terminal 3B golf course printer 4A home PC
4B Home Printer 5 Internet 201 Display 202 Cursor Key 203 Enter Key 204 Numeric Keypad 205 Left Soft Key 206 Right Soft Key 207 Program Start Key 211 Score Display by Hole 212 Total Score Display 213 Editing Mark 214 Hall Selection Cursor 221 Hall Information Display 222 Course Figure 223 Cursor 224 Start position 225 Target position 226 Cup position 227 Score number and flight distance

Claims (1)

A portable communication terminal owned by a golf player (hereinafter also referred to as a user) that can be connected to the Internet;
A server connected to the Internet;
It has a golf course terminal connected to the Internet,
Score ranking is performed by the user receiving golf course course data from the server to the user's mobile communication terminal via the Internet before play, and sending the hit ball information and score input data to the server after play during play. Is a golf score evaluation system that receives and prints a user's score, hit ball information and ranking information from a server at the golf course terminal,
The mobile communication terminal can download, store and execute a program from the server, and when using it for the first time, transmits user information to the server to receive a user ID unique to the mobile communication terminal and Means for storing, means for receiving a password unique to the mobile communication terminal by transmitting a user ID and a golf course code of a user from the golf course terminal to the server by paying a usage fee at a golf course; Means for receiving course data of a golf course by transmitting a user ID stored in a storage unit from the mobile communication terminal and a password issued at a golf course to the server; and a screen of the mobile communication terminal during play The course map is displayed on the screen, and the means for calculating the score and the hitting distance when the hitting position and club selection are input, and the play After completion, a means for transmitting the user ID, password, input information, calculated score, hitting distance for each course to the server, and ranking file that ranks from the number of scores, number of pads, hitting ball information, etc. The ranking is obtained by comparing and updating the ranking file, and writing the user score file, the user ID stored in the portable communication terminal at the golf course terminal, and the password issued when playing the server Means to receive the user's score, hit ball information, ranking information, course diagram data by sending to the user, the score of the user, the course diagram of each hole, the hit ball position on the course diagram, the club selection and the flight distance And a means for printing ranking information. A golf score evaluation system comprising: