JPH06343726A - Golf cart refuge map display method - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To make possible to guide a golf cart suitably for refuge responding to the position of the golf cart by reading out the refuge map data showing the nearest refuge place to the present position of the cart on the position detecting part from the memory part according to the refuge instruction from the control center and by showing the refuge map on the display part based on the read-out data. CONSTITUTION:A plurality of relay stations 7 are connected to a transmission/ reception part 4 of the control center CS via communication cables 6. A transmission/reception part 11 is set on each golf cart G1, G2... to communicate to the transmission/reception part 4 of the control center CS with radio signals via relay stations 7, and a position detecting part 12 to detect the present position is also set. Additionally, an input part 13 is set and a memory part 14 to store a refuge map data, etc., to show each refuge place in an emergency such as a thunder, etc., is set and a display part 15 to display a guide map for each hole or a refuge map, etc., based on the guide map data or the refuge map data read-out from the memory part 14 and each part is controlled by a control part 16.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf cart having a function of displaying a map of each hole in a golf course on a display unit, the golf cart displaying a map showing an evacuation site in an emergency such as a thunderstorm. Regarding the evacuation map display method of.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, when a lightning strike occurs during competition on a golf course, it is necessary to promptly guide evacuation to an appropriate evacuation site in order to avoid a lightning strike accident.

[0003]

However, in a large golf course, it is extremely difficult to recognize where the evacuation site is and where it is the closest, unless one is thoroughly familiar with the entire course.

By the way, recently, golf courses are provided with golf carts having a function of displaying a map of each hole, etc., for the convenience of athletes, and map data of each hole is stored in a storage unit in advance. It should be noted that the guide map for each hole to be displayed is switched according to the current position of the own cart, but this type of conventional golf cart has a function to display an evacuation map showing the evacuation site as appropriate. There is nothing.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in consideration of the above points, and an object thereof is to enable appropriate evacuation guidance according to the position of a golf cart.

[0006]

A golf cart evacuation map display method according to the present invention includes a transmission / reception unit, and transmits / receives data of the current position and various information detected by a position detection unit to / from a management center. A golf cart that displays a guide map based on the guide map data of each hole stored in the storage unit on the display unit, and stores the evacuation map data indicating the evacuation place in an emergency in the storage unit in advance. Every time, when the evacuation command from the management center is received by the transmission / reception unit, the evacuation map data indicating the evacuation site closest to the current position by the position detection unit is read from the storage unit by the control unit and read. An evacuation map based on the evacuation map data is displayed on the display unit.

[0007]

According to the present invention, when the transmitting / receiving unit receives the evacuation command from the management center, the control unit reads out the evacuation map data indicating the evacuation place closest to the current position of the own cart from the storage unit by the position detection unit. Since it is displayed on the display unit, it is possible to properly guide the evacuation to the athlete who is not familiar with the whole course.

[0008]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS FIG. 1 is an operation explanatory diagram of an embodiment of a golf cart evacuation map display method according to the present invention, FIG. 2 is a block diagram of an applied system, and FIGS. 3 and 4 are operation explanatory diagrams.

First, the system configuration will be described.

In FIG. 2, CS is a management center,
A control unit 1 that controls each unit, an input unit 2 including a keyboard, a storage unit 3 that stores a control program and stores various information, and a transmission / reception unit 4 that communicates with each golf cart described later. And a display unit 5 that displays a map of each hole, the position of each golf cart, and other information.

Further, in FIG. 2, G1, G2, ... Are a plurality of golf carts, each having the following structure.

That is, for example, a plurality of relay stations 7 are connected to the management center C via the communication cable 6 buried along the cart road.
A transmission / reception unit 11 that is connected to the transmission / reception unit 4 of S and communicates with the transmission / reception unit 4 of the management center CS by a wireless signal via these relay stations 7 is provided to detect the current position (latitude, longitude). Position detection unit 12 including a GPS receiver and the like
Is provided.

Further, as shown in FIG. 2, the golf carts G1, G2, ...
And a storage unit 14 including an IC card storing guide map data of each hall, evacuation map data indicating each evacuation site in case of emergency such as lightning and other data, and the storage unit 14 Display consisting of a guide map and evacuation map for each hole based on the guide map data and evacuation map data read out from the LCD, which displays the position of golf carts in front of and behind the own cart, necessary information, messages, etc. The unit 15 is provided, and the control unit 16 controls each of these units.

In particular, as a function of the control unit 16, the display unit 15 is arranged as the current position of the own cart detected by the position detection unit 12 approaches the green from the tee ground.
When the evacuation command is transmitted from the management center CS due to the occurrence of lightning and the evacuation command is received by the transmission / reception unit 11, the position detection unit 12 The evacuation map data indicating the evacuation site closest to the current position of the own cart is read from the storage unit 14, and the evacuation map based on the read evacuation map data is displayed on the display unit 16.

The format of the guide map data stored in the storage unit 14 is as shown in FIG. 3, for example, and the map code assigned to each hole such as the 1st hole and the 2nd hole, and the When the current position of the cart is on the way to the green, for example, near the tee ground, near the midpoint of the hole, or near the green, the scale code for changing the scale of the guide map of the hole in large steps, It includes the evacuation map code assigned to the evacuation map showing the evacuation site corresponding to the guide map of the predetermined scale to be displayed by the combination of the map code and the scale code, and the guide of the predetermined scale is displayed on the display unit 15. If there is an evacuation command from the management center CS while the map is displayed, the data format of the displayed guide map is changed. Evacuation map data evacuation map codes are rarely read out from the storage unit 14 and displays an evacuation map.

Further, the displayed map will be specifically described.

Now, for example, when displaying the guide map of the 1st hole, the map code of the 1st hole is set to "01", the map code of the 2nd hole is set to "02", and the guide map of the entire hole is displayed. The scale code of "01", the scale code for displaying the guide map from the midpoint of the hole to the green is "02", and the scale code for displaying the guide map around the green of the hole is "03" sometimes,
When the control unit 16 determines that the own cart has approached the tee ground of the 1st hole, the guide map data in the data format in which the contents of the map code and the scale code are “0101” is read from the storage unit 14 and the map is displayed. Four
As shown in (a), a guide map of the entire No. 1 hole is displayed on the display unit 15.

Next, when the control unit 16 determines that the own cart is near the midpoint of the 1st hole, the guide map data in the data format in which the map code and scale code contents are "0102" is stored in the storage unit 14. As shown in FIG. 4 (b), a guide map from the midpoint of the 1st hole to the green is enlarged and displayed on the display unit 15 by the control unit 16 and the own cart is near the green of the 1st hole. If it is determined that the map code and the scale code have a data format of “0103”, the guide map data is read from the storage unit 14, and as shown in FIG. The guide map is enlarged and displayed on the display unit 15.

When the control unit 16 determines that the own cart has approached the tee ground of the second hole, the guide map data in the data format in which the contents of the map code and the scale code are "0201" are stored in the storage unit 14. As shown in FIG. 4C, the guide map of the entire No. 2 hole is read and displayed on the display unit 15.

On the other hand, when the evacuation command is received during the display of the guide map based on the guide map data in the data format in which the contents of the map code and the scale code are “0101” (see FIG. 4 (a)), Since the evacuation site closest to the cart position is the clubhouse, an evacuation map based on the data of the evacuation map code "01" indicating the clubhouse is displayed on the display unit 15 as shown in FIG. Also, when the evacuation command is received during the display of the guide map based on the guide map data in the data format in which the content of the scale code is “0102” (see FIG. 4B),
An evacuation map showing the clubhouse is displayed as shown in (f).

When an evacuation command is received while the guide map is displayed based on the guide map data in the data format in which the contents of the map code and the scale code are "0103" (see FIG. 4 (c)), Since the evacuation site closest to the cart position is the evacuation shed between the 1st and 2nd holes, the evacuation map based on the data of the evacuation map code "02" showing this evacuation shed is shown in Fig. 4 (g). As shown, the guide map of the entire 2nd hole is displayed based on the guide map data in the data format in which the contents of the map code and scale code are “0201” (see FIG. 4).
When the evacuation command is received in (d) (see FIG. 4 (h)).
As shown in, an evacuation map showing the evacuation shed between the first and second holes is displayed on the display unit 15.

The guide maps and evacuation maps of other halls are also displayed in the same manner.

Next, the operation of displaying the evacuation map is shown in FIG.
This will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

Now, when an evacuation command from the management center CS is received by the transmission / reception unit 11, the state of the screen currently displayed on the display unit 15, that is, the contents of the map code and the scale code of the data format of the guide map are displayed by the control unit. 16 is read (step S1), and it is determined whether the read code content is "0101" (step S1).
2) If the determination result is YES, the evacuation map data of the evacuation map code “01” included in the data format in which the contents of the map code and the scale code are “0101” is read from the storage unit 14. An evacuation map showing the clubhouse based on the read data is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S3), the screen state being displayed is changed (step S4), and the process returns to the start.

On the other hand, if the decision result in the step S2 is NO, the contents of the map code and the scale code are "0102".
Is determined (step S5), and if the result of this determination is YES, the contents of the map code and scale code are included in the data format that is "0102", as in step S3. The evacuation map data of the existing evacuation map code “01” is read from the storage unit 14, the evacuation map showing the clubhouse based on the read data is displayed on the display unit 15 (step S6), and then the process proceeds to step S4. To do.

If the decision result in the step S5 is NO, the same process as the decision in the steps S2 and S5 is performed.

Therefore, when an emergency evacuation such as a lightning strike is required, the evacuation map showing the nearest evacuation site is displayed according to the position of the golf cart, so that the player who is not fully familiar with the course can understand it. Appropriate evacuation guidance can be provided.

The method of searching for the evacuation site closest to the current position of the own cart is not limited to the case of searching from the guide map displayed at a predetermined scale according to the current position of the own cart as described above. Instead, the position data indicating the evacuation place may be registered in the storage unit 14 in advance, and the evacuation place to be reached on the closest route based on the current position of the own cart may be derived by calculation or the like.

[0029]

As described above, according to the golf cart evacuation map display method of the present invention, since the evacuation map showing the nearest evacuation site is displayed according to the position of the golf cart,
Appropriate evacuation guidance can be provided, and even athletes who are not familiar with the entire course can reliably reach a safe evacuation site.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of an embodiment of a golf cart evacuation map display method of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a system applied to the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an operation explanatory diagram of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an operation explanatory diagram of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 CS management center G1, G2 Golf cart 11 Transmission / reception unit 12 Position detection unit 14 Storage unit 15 Display unit 16 Control unit

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A transmission / reception unit is provided, and data of the current position and various information detected by a position detection unit is transmitted / received to / from a management center, and based on guide map data of each hall stored in a storage unit. A golf cart displaying a guide map on a display unit, wherein evacuation map data indicating an evacuation site in an emergency is stored in advance in the storage unit, and an evacuation command from the management center is received by the transmission / reception unit. Further, the evacuation map data indicating the evacuation site closest to the current position detected by the position detection unit is read from the storage unit by the control unit, and the evacuation map based on the read evacuation map data is displayed on the display unit. A method for displaying an evacuation map for a golf cart, which is characterized by: