JPH0549724A - Golf result recorder and result indicating method using the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To record the course of a ball hit by a golfer, obtain, record and indicate the flown distance of the golf ball from the course or prepare the record books. CONSTITUTION:A fairway map and green map of a golf course are indicated on a combined tablet type display and input section 30 and flight position of a hit ball is indicated/inputted on the maps by a touch-pens to determine the course of the ball and figures out the flown distance. The indicating map has an auxiliary display such as scale and the position of this recorder measured by an outside position measurer and supplementarily displays inputting of the position of the hit ball. Recorded data are read out after play to be used for preparing a score table while indicating the cource of the hit ball on the course map. Also, a record book showing the correlation between the carry and selected club is prepared and these record books are effective materials for improving the skill of golfers.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf result recording device for a golfer or an accompanying person to carry during play and record the play result, and a golf result display method using the result recording device. ..

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, a golfer's play performance is recorded by writing a score on a card.

[0003]

However, it is unilateral to evaluate a golfer's technique only from the score written on the card. The score depends on the judgment of the terrain of the course, the selection of clubs and the judgment of the flight distance, but it is difficult to judge the evaluation only from the score.

The golfer accurately grasps his own technique,
In order to improve the technique, it is considered effective to record the flight distance and path of the hit ball together with the score. Also,
A record of the relationship between the flight distance of a hit ball and the type of club used is also considered to be an effective basic material for improving the skill of a golfer.

It is an object of the present invention to provide a golf result recording apparatus which allows a general golfer to record the course of his or her hit ball.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a golf performance recording apparatus capable of recording the flight distance of a hit ball.

Still another object of the present invention is to provide a golf result recording apparatus capable of recording the relationship between the flight distance of a hit ball and the type of club used.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a golf result display method for easily displaying the path of a hit ball on a course map of a golf course.

[0009]

A golf performance record recording apparatus according to the present invention is a device for a golfer or an accompanying person to carry at the time of play and record the performance of the play, which is operated when recording the performance. A tablet-type display / input dual-purpose device unit that displays a map of a golf course and shows the flight position of a hit ball on the map, and stores the map display data and the input position. And a storage unit for storing the data.

In the golf result recording apparatus according to the present invention, the flight distance of the hit ball can be calculated based on the storage data stored in the storage unit and stored in the storage unit.

The operation of the operation unit in the golf record recording apparatus according to the present invention, or the tablet type display
The type of club used and / or the score of play can be input by the input / output device unit and stored in the storage unit.

The data stored in the storage unit can be displayed.

In the golf record recording apparatus according to the present invention, the position measured by the external positioning device is stored in the storage unit, and an interface with the external positioning device is added so that the position can be displayed on the display unit. be able to.

The golf result display method according to the present invention is as follows:
Position data stored in the storage unit of the score recording device is read out, and the position is displayed on the course map of the golf course together with the flight distance of the hit ball calculated based on the position data. There is.

[0015]

[Function] A golf course course map is displayed on a tablet-type display / input device represented by a display / touch panel, liquid crystal / tablet, etc., and a touch pen is used to indicate the flight position of the hit ball and input. By performing the above, the position can be obtained from the relative relationship between the tee ground whose position is clear and the hole position.

[0016]

Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. 1 is a perspective view showing the appearance of a golf record recording device, FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the internal structure, FIG. 3 is a map of a fairway section of a golf course displayed on a display device, and FIG. 4 is a display device displayed on the display device. FIG. 5 is a map of the green part of the golf course, FIG. 5 is a record created by the golf score display method, FIG. 6 is another record, and FIG. 7 is the operation panel key details.

The golf result recording apparatus according to the present invention is
As shown in FIG. 1, a main body 2 including an operation panel 10 and a tablet type display / input device unit hinged to the operation panel.
0, and is folded and carried except when operating the operation panel 10.

As shown in FIG. 7, the operation panel 10 has four keys I (iron), W (wood) and PW (pitching wedge) for inputting the type of club used, in addition to the numeric keys. , SW (sand wedge), and O.
B. (Out of Bounds), Lost Ball, Unplayable, Hazard, Penalties, Putts, Shots, Members, Results Display, Hole No. 16 keys to input, complete, cancel, modify, green on, tee start, hole in, or display the icon on the tablet type display / input unit 30 and detect the input, Replace the input.

The main body 20 incorporates a tablet type display / input device and a microcomputer.

A tablet type display built in the main body 20
As shown in FIG. 2, the input / output device and the microcomputer constitute a display / input combination unit 60, a calculation unit 70, and a storage unit 80. The keys constitute an operation unit 50 for the microcomputer. Then, the operation unit 50
Various kinds of information are input and sent to the calculation unit 70 and the storage unit 80 by the operation of or the input operation by the display / input combined unit 60. The arithmetic unit 70 performs a predetermined arithmetic operation using the data stored in the storage unit 80 and sends the result to the storage unit 80. The data stored in the storage unit 80 is displayed on the display / input combined unit 60 as needed. Hereinafter, these operations in the actual operation will be described.

In each hole, a golfer, a caddy, or other accompanying person carries the golf record recording device at the time of playing, and first presses the tee start key in each hole. After that, if necessary, the hall No. Enter. At this time, the device, from the storage unit, of the specified hole
Alternatively, the map data of the holes starting from the first hole are read and displayed on the combined display / input unit 30. After the tee shot, the flight position of the hit ball is designated / input on the map with the touch pen 40 for each shot. At this time,
Count up the score and the number of shots. If the club type is input before the next position input, the club type of the shot is input.

After green on, press the green on key. The display changes from the fairway map shown in FIG. 3 to the green map shown in FIG. Then, the stop position of the hit ball is input on the map with a touch pen for each putt. At this time, the score and the number of putts are counted up.

A scale is displayed on the map displayed on the display unit. Further, the position of the present device is obtained by the positioning by the external positioning device, input through the interface, and displayed on the map to assist the input of the position of the hit ball.

When various penalties are violated during the play, the corresponding penalty key is pressed or the penalty number key and the penalty number are input.

In the above-mentioned operations, by pressing the member key and the number at any time, the displayed map can be switched and the data of the play of the athlete can be input.

After the hall-in, the hall-in key is pressed.
At this time, the player's score can be entered by entering the member key and number, the shot number key and shot number, the putt number key and putt number, the penalty number key and the penalty number.

The input data is corrected with the cancel key for the immediately preceding data, the correction key is used for general correction, and the completion key is input after completion.

The input score is stored and is displayed on the display unit at any time by pressing the score display key.

The golf result display method according to the present invention is as follows:
Using the data stored in the above-mentioned grade recording device, it is carried out as follows after the end of the play.

When the play is finished, the data stored in the result recording device is read out by the computer in the club house or the like. The data is, for example, a hole number, a path and flight distance of a hit ball, a score, a type of club used, the number of penalties, the number of putts, and the like. Figure 5
As shown in (1), a record is created based on the read data, in which the path of the hit ball is displayed on the course map together with the flight distance and the type of club used. In addition, a record of the entire course is created as shown in FIG. Meteorological data such as wind direction and wind force on the day should be included in these records, if necessary. In addition, a record such as a score table, a competition record, and a correlation table between selected clubs and flight distances will be created. The handicap of each competitor will be taken into account in the competition report.

Each data used for creating the record is stored in an auxiliary storage device connected to a computer, and is used for determining the handicap of each golfer, calculating the period average, annual results, etc. Can be used for services.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, and, for example, the design of the result recording device, the configuration of the operation unit, and the signal processing method can be appropriately changed.

[0033]

As described above, in the case of the golf record recording apparatus according to the present invention, the golf player can accurately grasp the skill level and tendency of the golfer by the recording, and can effectively extend the skill. The ability to select a club according to the situation is cultivated based on the judgment data of shots according to the terrain of the course and the flight distance of the hit ball and the correlation data of the selected club, and this record serves as a material for the golfer's handicap calculation.

On the other hand, for the golf course, by providing the members with information such as annual performance and improvement of skill, it is possible to increase the number of times of use of the members and to fix the visitors.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing an example of an external appearance of a golf record recording apparatus according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal structure of the result recording apparatus.

FIG. 3 is an example of a fairway section map displayed on the display section of the record recording device.

FIG. 4 is an example of a green portion map displayed on the display unit of the same grade recording device.

FIG. 5 is a record prepared by the golf result display method according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is another record.

FIG. 7 is a detailed operation panel key of the same record recording device.

[Explanation of symbols]

 10 Operation panel 20 Main body 30 Tablet type display / input combined unit 40 Touch pen 50 Operation unit 60 Display / input combined unit 70 Computing unit 80 Storage unit

Claims (5)

[Claims] 1. A device for a golfer or an accompanying person to carry the result of play and record the result of the play. An operation unit operated when recording the result and a map of a golf course are displayed. A tablet type display / input combined device unit that can input and show the flight position of the hit ball on the map,
A golf record recording apparatus comprising: a storage unit that stores the map display data and the input position. 2. The arithmetic unit for calculating the flight distance of a hit ball based on the stored data stored in the storage unit and storing the calculated distance in the storage unit. Golf record recorder. 3. The type of club used and / or the score of play is input by the input by the tablet type input / display combined device unit or the operation of the operation unit, and is stored in the storage unit. The result recording device according to claim 1. 4. The golf record recording apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising a display unit for displaying data stored in the storage unit. 5. The position data stored in the storage unit of the golf record recording apparatus according to claim 1 is read out, and the position is calculated together with the flight distance of a hit ball calculated based on the position data. A method for displaying golf results, characterized by displaying on a course map.