JP2013055556A - Golf course management system - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf course operation and management system with a reduced communication charge, enabling correct grasp of a mobile station position if the mobile station is located in a non-communication area.SOLUTION: A mobile station 3 existent in a golf course includes: a GPS receiver 48 for detecting the position of the mobile station 3; movement plan data storage means 46 for storing a movement plan data including a predicted position of the mobile station 3 associated with a predicted time; position determination means 44 for transmitting the actual position to a server 6 only when an actual position of the mobile station 3 at a certain time obtained from a detection output of the GPS receiver 48 is remote from the position of the identical time stored in the movement plan data storage means 46 and is farther than a predetermined value. The server 6 is connected to the mobile station 3 through a telecommunication line 5, and on receiving the actual position from the mobile station 3, the server 6 transmits an updated movement plan data to the mobile station 3 so that the movement plan data stored in the movement plan data storage means 46 is overwritten.

Description

  The present invention relates to a golf course operation management system that recognizes the positions of a plurality of golfers in a golf course and performs operation management.

  In general, in a golf course, each party consisting of several players is started sequentially at regular intervals, and play is smoothly performed in order of each hole in the entire golf course so that a plurality of parties do not concentrate on one hole. It is desirable to make it. On the other hand, in recent years, there is a tendency to abolish caddies for cost reduction, and it is extremely difficult for each party to make a smooth play without caddies.

  Therefore, in correspondence with each party, a large number of movable golf carts (caddy carts) instead of caddies are arranged in the golf course, and the real-time position of each golf cart is recognized by the base station provided in the club house, so that smooth A golf course operation management system that transmits instruction information necessary for the progress of play to a selected golf cart is presented in, for example, Patent Document 1 by the present applicant.

JP 2004-29363 A

  However, the current golf course operation management system has the following drawbacks.

  Communication between the base station and the mobile station mounted on the golf cart is performed using a commercial radio. In this case, since the base station can be installed at an arbitrary position by itself and the communication distance is relatively wide, if there is one base station, there is an advantage that the entire golf course can be covered. However, there are drawbacks, such as a slow communication speed and the inconvenience of having to install the base station yourself.

  On the other hand, when a player on a golf cart has a mobile terminal such as a tablet terminal, a general infrastructure means such as a mobile phone network is used for communication between the base station and the mobile station using the mobile terminal as a mobile station. It can also be used. This has the advantage that the communication speed is faster than that of a commercial radio and the base station does not have to be installed by itself. However, if the carrier (telecommunications carrier) is forced to pay the communication fee or the base station cannot be installed at any position by himself, there is a non-communication area in the golf course where communication is impossible. There is a drawback that communication from a mobile station in a non-communication area cannot be performed.

  Therefore, in view of the above problems, the present invention mainly aims to provide a golf course operation management system capable of reducing communication charges and correctly grasping the position of a mobile station even when the mobile station is in a non-communication area. With a purpose.

  The invention of claim 1 includes a plurality of mobile stations existing in a golf course, and a center device connected to the mobile stations via a telecommunication line, and the mobile station detects the position of the mobile station. A position detection apparatus, a movement schedule data storage means for storing movement schedule data in which the predicted time and position of the mobile station are associated, and a certain time of the mobile station obtained by detection output from the position detection apparatus A position determination means for sending the actual position to the center device only when the actual position in the distance from the position at the same time stored in the scheduled movement data storage means exceeds a predetermined value. The center apparatus receives the actual position from the mobile station, and updates the updated movement schedule data for overwriting the movement schedule data stored in the movement schedule data storage means. The motor has a structure for transmitting to the mobile station.

  Further, in the invention of claim 2, further comprising a base station connected to the center apparatus, the center apparatus is configured to send updated movement schedule data to be sent to the mobile station to the base station, When the base station receives all the movement schedule data storage means for storing all the movement schedule data related to the plurality of mobile stations, and the updated movement schedule data sent from the center apparatus to the mobile station, the base station From the movement schedule data acquisition means for rewriting the movement schedule data stored in the all movement schedule data storage means to the updated movement schedule data, and the movement schedule data stored in the all movement schedule data storage means, each of the movements Display means for displaying the position of the station.

  According to the first aspect of the present invention, when the actual position of the mobile station at a certain time is more than a predetermined value away from the position at the same time stored in the scheduled movement data storage means, In this case, communication to the center apparatus is performed. In other cases, communication to the center apparatus is not performed regardless of whether the mobile station is present in the non-communication area. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the communication fee for using the telecommunication line by suppressing unnecessary communication from the mobile station to the center apparatus. The communication to the center device is performed when the distance between the actual position of the mobile station at a certain time and the position at the same time stored in the scheduled movement data storage means exceeds a predetermined value. Therefore, even when the mobile station is in a non-communication area, the position of the mobile station can be correctly grasped.

  According to the invention of claim 2, the correct position of each mobile station in the golf course can be displayed momentarily by the display means while minimizing communication from the center device to the base station.

It is a block diagram showing the whole golf course operation management system composition in the present invention. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a base station same as the above. It is a block diagram which shows the functional structure of a mobile station same as the above. It is a flowchart explaining main operation | movement same as the above.

  Hereinafter, an embodiment of a golf course operation management system according to the present invention will be described with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is an overall configuration diagram showing an outline of a golf course operation management system 1. In the figure, reference numeral 2 denotes a base station that controls the entire golf course operation management system 1, which is installed in a management room (master room, etc.) of a clubhouse, for example. Reference numeral 3 denotes a mobile station that moves with a player (not shown) in the golf course. Both the base station 2 and the mobile station 3 are connected to a server 6 as a common center device via a telecommunication line 5 as a network. Connected. As is well known, the telecommunications line 5 is a transmission path capable of bidirectional communication between a plurality of information processing apparatuses, and is configured by a combination of, for example, a cellular phone network 5A and the Internet 5B. The server 6 here sends out necessary data to the requested base station 2 or mobile station 3 in response to a request from the base station 2 or mobile station 3. It may be included in the base station 2.

  The base station 2 is for automatically managing the operation of the entire player in the golf course, and a main body 11 that can be connected to the server 6 via the telecommunication line 5 and a monitor device 12 as display means connected to the main body 11. And a keyboard 13 as an operating means connected to the main body 11. As the base station 2, for example, one or more computers or one or more server devices can be used. Although not shown, the main body 11 incorporates arithmetic processing means and storage means, each of which has storage areas for various data and base station software, and activates the base station software. Thus, the necessary data is read from the server 6 based on the operation from the keyboard 13, and the position of each mobile station 3 is displayed in real time on the monitor device 12, for example, or the list of mobile stations 3 owned by each started player is displayed. It is possible to display in tabular form, or to display mobile stations 3 having a large delay in the golf course in order along with the position on the hole and the delay time.

  One mobile station 3 is provided for each player as a portable terminal possessed by the player moving in the golf course. In this embodiment, as will be described later, as a portable information terminal incorporating a transmitting / receiving unit 47 connected to the server 6 from the Internet 5B via the mobile phone network 5A and a GPS receiver 48 for detecting the position of the mobile station 3 itself. The tablet terminal is used as the mobile station 3.

  The mobile station 3 has, on the surface of the flat plate-shaped main body 22, a display device 25 constituted by a liquid crystal panel as display means, and a touch pad 26 corresponding to a position input device provided on the upper surface of the display device 25 as operation means. The transparent touch pad 26 on the display 25 is operated by direct contact. Further, although not shown in the figure, arithmetic processing means and storage means are built in the main body 22. In this storage means, various data and mobile station software storage areas are respectively formed. By starting the mobile station software, necessary data is read from the server 6 and, for example, green or It is possible to display the distance between the players in the vicinity and to display a delayed play that prompts the progress of play.

  FIG. 2 shows a functional configuration of the base station 2 related to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 31 denotes a control means incorporated in the main body 11. This control means 31 is not only the movement schedule data acquisition means 32 and the mobile station position display control means 33 operated by the base station software described above, Each has time measuring means 34 for counting time. Reference numeral 35 denotes all movement schedule data storage means provided for storing movement schedule data relating to the operation of each mobile station 3 for all the mobile stations 3 among the storage means of the base station 2 described above. . The movement schedule data referred to here is an identifier that identifies the mobile station 3 and is associated with the predicted time and position of the mobile station 3, so that which mobile station 3 exists at what time and in which location. Can be predicted.

  In addition, the main body 11 includes a transmission / reception unit 36 connected to the telecommunication line 5, and various data can be bidirectionally communicated between the base station 2 and the server 6 through the transmission / reception unit 36. . When the movement schedule data is sent from the server 6 to any mobile station 3, the movement schedule data acquisition means 32 stores the movement schedule data before the update related to the mobile station 3 in the all movement schedule data storage means 35. If there is no movement schedule data before update in all the movement schedule data storage means 35, the movement schedule data from the server 6 is stored in the all movement schedule data storage means 35 as new movement schedule data. On the other hand, if the movement schedule data before update is present in all the movement schedule data storage means 35 while being stored as it is, the movement schedule data before the update is rewritten with the movement schedule data from the server 6, and all the movement schedule data storage means. 35 is stored. The mobile station position display control means 33 is mainly for sending a necessary video signal to the monitor device 12 for controlling the position of each mobile station 3, and specifically for controlling the monitor device 12. Map information (for example, a plan view of all courses or one or more courses) stored in advance in the server 6 is taken in through the transmission / reception unit 36 and superimposed on the map information to determine the current position of each mobile station 3. The monitor device 12 has a function for displaying in real time. The current position of each mobile station 3 here reads out the position corresponding to the time that coincides with the current time counted by the time measuring means 34 among the movement scheduled data stored in the all scheduled movement data storage means 35. Can be specified.

  FIG. 3 shows a functional configuration of the mobile station 3 related to the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 41 denotes control means incorporated in the main bodies 22 and 23. This control means 41 includes the movement schedule data acquisition means 42, the start instruction means 43 and the position determination means 44 which are operated by the mobile station software described above. In addition, time measuring means 45 for counting the current time is provided. Reference numeral 46 denotes movement schedule data storage means provided for storing movement schedule data relating to the operation of the mobile station 3 itself, among the storage means of the mobile station 3 described above.

  In addition, the mobile station 3 includes a transmission / reception unit 47 connected to the telecommunications line 5 and a GPS receiver 48 as a position detection device. Both of various data are transmitted between the mobile station 3 and the server 6 through the transmission / reception unit 47. Communication is possible. Further, as is well known, the GPS receiver 48 receives a time signal wave having a predetermined frequency transmitted from the artificial satellite 49, thereby determining the position of the mobile 3 and the player (longitude, latitude, altitude) at a certain time. These are sent as positioning data to the control means 41 in real time.

  The movement schedule data acquisition means 42 has the same function as the movement schedule data acquisition means 32 of the base station 2, and when the movement schedule data updated from the server 6 is sent to its own mobile station 3, its movement It is determined whether or not the movement schedule data before update related to the station 3 exists in the movement schedule data storage means 46, and if there is no movement schedule data before update in the movement schedule data storage means 46, the server 6 Is stored in the movement schedule data storage means 46 as new movement schedule data, while if the movement schedule data before update exists in the movement schedule data storage means 46, the movement schedule data before update is stored. It is rewritten with the movement schedule data from the server 6 and is stored in the movement schedule data storage means 45.

  When a start signal notifying start of play is input from the operation keys 26 and 28, the start instructing means 43 sends this to the server 6 as start information. The start information here may include the current position of the mobile station 3 and the time of the time measuring means 45 when the start signal is input. As the current position of the mobile station 3, for example, positioning data from the GPS receiver 48 may be used. The server 6 receives the start information from the mobile station 3 and automatically creates movement schedule data for the mobile station 3 and stores and stores it in the storage means (not shown) of the server 6 as well as the base station. 2 to each mobile station 3 that has communicated with the mobile station 3.

  The position determination means 44 compares the positioning data sent from the GPS receiver 48 with the planned movement data stored in the planned movement data storage means 46 and compares the actual data of the mobile station 3 specified from the positioning data. Only when the distance between the position and the position at the same time included in the planned movement data exceeds a predetermined value, communication is made to the server 6 through the transmission / reception unit 47 and the actual position of the mobile station 3 is transmitted. It has a function. When the server 6 receives the actual position from the mobile station 3, the server 6 reads the movement schedule data before the update for the mobile station 3 from the storage means of the server 6 and reflects the actual position of the mobile station 3. The data is updated to data, and the updated movement schedule data is stored and accumulated in the storage means of the server 6 and is also transmitted to the mobile station 3 that has communicated with the base station 2.

  In addition, the clock means 45 may synchronize the current time with the clock means 34 of the base station 2. Thereby, more accurate operation management of each mobile station 3 becomes possible. Since the server 6 is provided with the same time measuring means (not shown), the current times of the time measuring means 34 and 45 may be synchronized with the current time of the time measuring means. If the server 6 is provided with time measuring means, the server 6 specifies the time when the start information is received by its own time measuring means even if the current time when the start signal is input is not included in the start information. With this, you can automatically create the planned movement data.

  Although not shown, the control means 41 includes display control means similar to the mobile station position display control means 33 of the base station 2. Specifically, the display control means takes in map information of the golf course from the server 6 through the transmission / reception unit 36, and superimposes it on the map information, and not only its own current position but also surrounding mobile stations as necessary. 3 is also fetched from the server 6 and displayed on the monitor device 12 in real time.

  Next, the operation of the golf course operation management system related to the present invention will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG. Note that the operations and functions of the server 6 described below may be included in the base station 2.

  When a player starts operation in the golf course, the start signal is input by appropriately operating the touch pad 26 of the mobile station 3 held by the player (step S1). In response to this, the control means 41 of the mobile station 3 starts playing, including the current position of the mobile station 3 at the start of play and, in some cases, the current time of the time measuring means 45 when the start signal is input. Is transmitted to the server 6 using the transmission / reception unit 47 by the start instructing means 43.

  When the server 6 receives the start information from the specific mobile station 3, the server 6 automatically creates movement schedule data in which the predicted time and position of the subsequent mobile station 3 are calculated. The scheduled movement data is stored and stored in the storage means of the server 6 and is also transmitted to the mobile station 3 that has communicated with the base station 2 (step S2). Since the server 6 can receive the start information from all the mobile stations 3, when the start information is transmitted from a plurality of mobile stations 3 in a short time, the server 6 is included in the start information. In consideration of the current position of the mobile station 3 and the time when the start signal is input, the mobile routes are assigned to in and out so that the mobile stations 3 do not concentrate and move along the same route. It is preferable to create movement schedule data.

  On the base station 2 side, when the movement schedule data acquisition means 32 receives the movement schedule data related to a specific mobile station 3 from the server 6, the movement schedule data related to the mobile station 3 exists in the all movement schedule data storage means 35. It is determined whether or not. Immediately after the start of the player, the movement schedule data related to the mobile station 3 owned by the player is not stored in the all movement schedule data storage means 35, so the movement schedule data from the server 6 remains as it is. Is newly stored without being overwritten (step S3).

  Similarly, on the mobile station 3 side, when the movement schedule data acquisition means 32 receives the movement schedule data related to the mobile station 3 from the server 6, it is determined whether or not the movement schedule data before update exists in the movement schedule data storage means 46. Determine. Immediately after the start of the player, since the movement schedule data before update is not stored in the movement schedule data storage means 46, the movement schedule data from the server 6 is newly stored without being overwritten in the movement schedule data storage means 46 as it is. (Step S3).

  In subsequent step S4, the mobile station 3 uses the position determination means 44 to compare the positioning data sent from the GPS receiver 48 with the planned movement data stored in the planned movement data storage means 46. In real time, it is determined how far the actual position of the mobile station 3 obtained from the positioning data at a certain time is away from the position at the same time (scheduled position) included in the scheduled movement data. If the distance between the actual position and the planned position at the same time is less than or equal to a predetermined value, the position determination unit 44 communicates with the server 6 in order to avoid communication costs due to using the mobile phone network 5A. Without proceeding to step S5, the procedure proceeds to step S6 without performing step S5.

  On the other hand, if the distance between the actual position and the planned position at the same time exceeds a predetermined value, the process proceeds to step S5, and communication is performed with the server 6 through the transmission / reception unit 47 to Send information about the location of. When the server 6 receives the actual position from the mobile station 3, the server 6 reads the planned movement data before the update for the mobile station 3 and updates it to the planned movement data reflecting the actual position of the mobile station 3. The travel schedule data thus stored is stored and stored in the storage means of the server 6 and is also transmitted to the mobile station 3 that has communicated with the base station 2.

  In response to this, the movement schedule data acquisition means 32 of the base station 2 determines whether or not the movement schedule data before the update related to the mobile station 3 exists in the all movement schedule data storage means 35. Since the data storage means 35 has the movement schedule data before the update, the movement schedule data before the update is rewritten with the movement schedule data after the update from the server 6 and stored in the all movement schedule data storage means 35. Further, the movement schedule data acquisition means 42 of the mobile station 3 also determines whether or not the movement schedule data before the update related to the mobile station 3 exists in the movement schedule data storage means 46, and in this case, the movement schedule data storage Since the movement schedule data before the update exists in the means 46, the movement schedule data before the update is rewritten to the movement schedule data after the update from the server 6, and is stored in the movement schedule data storage means 46. Thus, only when the actual position of the mobile station 3 is away from the predetermined position beyond a predetermined value at a certain time, by sending the actual position of the mobile station 3 to the server 6, the server 6 and the base station 2 and the mobile station 3 are established, both the base station 2 and the mobile station 3 can overwrite and update the updated planned movement data, and the procedure of the next step S6 Migrate to

  In step S6, the mobile station position display control means 33 of the base station 2 considers that the mobile station 3 is moving according to the time and position of the planned movement data stored in the total planned movement data storage means 35, and the movement The time and position of the scheduled data are superimposed on the map information and displayed on the monitor device 12. Further, the mobile station 3 also considers that its own mobile station 3 is moving according to the time and position of the scheduled movement data stored in the planned movement data storage means 46, and the time and position of the planned movement data are displayed on the map. The information is superimposed on the information and displayed on the display unit 25. Each procedure of step S4 to step S6 is continuously performed until a play end instruction is issued from the mobile station 3 in step S7.

  By the way, when the mobile station 3 exists in the non-communication area, communication with the server 6 is not established, and information on the actual position of the mobile station 3 can be transmitted to the server 6 in the step S5. Can not. In this case, a transmitter / receiver that enables communication via a second telecommunication line such as a wireless LAN is installed in the non-communication area, and communication between the mobile station 3 and the server 6 is established via this transmitter / receiver. You may comprise. By doing so, it is possible to correct the movement schedule data correctly according to the actual position of the moving body 3 as quickly as possible.

  When the player finishes the play in the golf course and inputs an instruction to end the play using the touch pad 26 of the mobile station 3 in the procedure of step S7 thereafter, it is stored in the scheduled movement data storage means 46 of the mobile station 3. The movement schedule data that has been deleted or moved to another location is transmitted to the base station 2 through the server 6, and the movement schedule data related to the mobile station 3 stored in the all movement fixed data storage means 46 of the base station 2 is also stored. Delete or move to another location and exit.

  As described above, in this embodiment, the mobile station 3 includes a plurality of mobile stations 3 existing in the golf course, and the server 6 serving as a center device connected to the mobile stations 3 via the telecommunication line 5. A GPS receiver 48 as a position detecting device for detecting the position of the mobile station 3, a movement schedule data storage means 46 for storing movement schedule data in which the predicted time and position of the mobile station 3 are associated, The actual position at a certain time of the mobile station 3 obtained from the positioning data which is the detection output from the GPS receiver 48 exceeds the predetermined value from the position at the same time stored in the planned movement data storage means 46. Only when the mobile station 3 receives the actual position from the mobile station 3, the position determination means 44 sends out the actual position at the certain time to the server 6. The moving prediction data updated to override the moving prediction data stored in the schedule data storage means 46 has a configuration to be sent to the mobile station 3.

  In this case, when the actual position of the mobile station 3 at a certain time is more than a predetermined value away from the position at the same time stored in the scheduled movement data storage means 46, to inform the server 6 of the actual position. The communication to the server 6 is performed, but communication to the server 6 is not performed otherwise, regardless of whether the mobile station 3 is present in the non-communication area. Therefore, it is possible to reduce the communication fee for using the telecommunication line 5 by suppressing unnecessary communication from the mobile station 3 to the server 6. Communication with the server 6 is performed because the distance between the actual position of the mobile station 3 at a certain time and the position at the same time stored in the movement schedule data storage means 46 exceeds a predetermined value. Therefore, even when the mobile station 3 is in the non-communication area, the base station 2, the mobile station 3, and the server 6 can correctly grasp the position of the mobile station 3.

  Further, in this embodiment, the mobile station further includes a base station 2 connected to the server 6, and the server 6 is configured to transmit the updated movement schedule data to be transmitted to the mobile station 3 to the base station 2, When the base station 2 receives all the movement schedule data storage means 35 for storing all the movement schedule data related to the plurality of mobile stations 3 and the updated movement schedule data sent from the server 6 to the mobile station 3, Movement schedule data acquisition means 32 for rewriting the movement schedule data stored in the all movement schedule data storage means 35 with respect to the mobile station 3 to the updated movement schedule data, and movements stored in the all movement schedule data storage means 35 And a monitor device 12 as display means for displaying the position of each mobile station 3 from the scheduled data every moment.

  In this way, the correct position of each mobile station 3 in the golf course can be displayed by the monitor device 12 every moment while minimizing communication from the server 6 to the base station 2.

  More preferably, in order to establish communication between the mobile station 3 and the server 6 even in the non-communication area, the second telecommunications line is provided, so that the movement planned data of each mobile station 3 is changed to the actual position of It can be corrected correctly as soon as possible.

  As mentioned above, although this invention was demonstrated based on the Example, this invention is not limited to the said Example, A various change implementation is possible in the range which does not deviate from the meaning of this invention. For example, in the above embodiment, a part of the function as the base station 2 is distributed to the server 6, but the server 6 may be included in the base station 2. Further, as a form of the mobile station 3, a terminal incorporating a GPS receiver 48 other than the tablet terminal may be used.

2 base station 3 mobile station 5 telecommunications line 6 server (center equipment)
12 Monitor device (display means)
32 Movement schedule data acquisition means 35 All movement schedule data storage means 44 Position determination means 46 Movement schedule data storage means 48 GPS receiver (position detection device)

Claims (2)

A plurality of mobile stations existing in the golf course, and a center device connected to the mobile stations via a telecommunication line,
The mobile station includes a position detection device that detects a position of the mobile station;
A movement schedule data storage means for storing movement schedule data associating the predicted time and position of the mobile station;
Only when the actual position of the mobile station at a certain time obtained by the detection output from the position detection device is more than a predetermined value away from the position at the same time stored in the scheduled movement data storage means And a position determination means for sending the actual position to the center device,
Upon receiving the actual position from the mobile station, the center device transmits updated movement schedule data for overwriting movement schedule data stored in the movement schedule data storage means to the mobile station. The golf course operation management system characterized by being. A base station connected to the center device;
The center device is configured to send updated movement schedule data to be sent to the mobile station to the base station,
The base station has all movement schedule data storage means for storing all movement schedule data related to the plurality of mobile stations;
When the updated movement schedule data sent to the mobile station is received from the center apparatus, the movement schedule data stored in the all movement schedule data storage means for the mobile station is rewritten with the updated movement schedule data. Acquisition means;
2. The golf course operation management system according to claim 1, further comprising display means for displaying the position of each mobile station from the movement schedule data stored in the all movement schedule data storage means.

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