JPH11197283A - Golf watch - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a golf practice machine of the simple wristwatch type equipped with the function to detect the angles of the curves of the wrists and the angle of a swing to let the golfer know them and the function to provide rhythm. SOLUTION: A wrist angle detecting part 40 comprises a wrist switch SW1, a buzzer driving part 8, a piezoelectric buzzer 9, a battery 10, and the like, and a timepiece part 50 comprises a CPU 1, a switch entry part 2, a liquid- crystal display part 4 displaying a timepiece and rhythm, a liquid-crystal driving part 3 driving the liquid-crystal display part 4, a piezoelectric buzzer 6, a buzzer driving part 5 driving the piezoelectric buzzer 6, a battery 7, and the like. The switch entry part 2 is provided with an angle switch SW2 which operates when a swing reaches a predetermined angle, a mode switch SW3 changing modes from the timpiece to the angle, to the rhytm, to the timepiece..., a setting swtich SW4 used for setting the timepice and the rhythm, a rhythm ON/OFF switch SW5 for turning the sound of the piezoelectric buzzer on and off, and an adjustment switch SW6 for adjusting the time and the pitch of the rhythm.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a golf watch having a golf practice function used when practicing golf or during play, and can be used for jogging away from golf, practicing music, and the like. About.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In golf, when a golfer swings with his wrist bent, the ball does not fly in the intended direction by slicing or hooking. In addition, even when adjusting the size of the swing according to the flight distance, it is difficult to understand how many times the player himself swings. Furthermore, golf is said to be a mental sport, and it is difficult to return to normal once the rhythm is broken.

[0003]

Conventionally, however, a wristwatch equipped with a golf training machine provided with a function of detecting the bending of the wrist and the angle of the swing to inform the golfer and a rhythm function for adjusting the condition. Nothing could be easily attached and used.

The present invention has been made in view of the above points, and has a function of detecting a bending of a wrist or an angle of a swing to inform a golfer of a display and a sound, and a rhythm function for adjusting a tone. It is an object of the present invention to provide a wristwatch-type golf watch that is compact, lightweight, inexpensive and easy to use as a golf training machine.

[0005]

Means for Solving the Problems When practicing golf,
At present, it is difficult to grasp how your swing is performed. The golf watch according to the present invention having a golf practice function has a wrist function for notifying a bend of a wrist during a swing. In this method, when the golf watch is fitted to the wrist, a bend on the wrist is detected by a projection provided on the wrist hitting the back of the hand when the wrist is bent.

An angle function is provided for notifying that a predetermined swing angle has been reached according to the flight distance. This is an angle detection function that activates the switch when the ball inside the angle switch contacts the other conductor. When the golf watch is fitted to the wrist and swings, the golf watch tilts and the switch is operated by the arc movement of the ball, thereby detecting a predetermined swing angle. Furthermore, it has a rhythm function for re-conditioning. This is in addition to the clock function provided on the golf watch. Since a rhythm pitch (can be set in increments of 30 to 250/1/1 pitch) can be set over a wide range, it can also be used as a metronome.

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, a golf watch according to the present invention has a wrist angle detecting section 40 for detecting whether or not the inclination of a wrist 31 has reached a specified angle in a golf watch having a golf practice function. And a clock unit 50, and the wrist angle detection unit 40 operates when the inclination of the wrist 31 reaches a specified angle.
And a piezoelectric buzzer 9 that informs the golfer 30 of the information by sound.
A clock unit 50 for controlling the whole; a liquid crystal display unit 4 for performing various displays; and a liquid crystal drive unit for driving the liquid crystal display unit 4. 3, a piezoelectric buzzer 6 for notifying the golfer 30 of information by sound, a buzzer drive unit 5 for driving the piezoelectric buzzer 6, and a switch input unit 2 for inputting various use modes and settings and detecting angles. , The switch input section 2 is a mode changeover switch SW for switching the mode.
3 and a rhythm ON / OFF switch SW5 for turning on / off the rhythm and sound from the piezoelectric buzzer 6.

The mode switch SW3 is
It is characterized by switching from clock → angle → rhythm → clock.

Further, the switch input section 2 is characterized in that an angle switch SW2 which operates when the swing reaches a predetermined angle is provided.

The switch input unit 2 is provided with a set switch SW4 used for setting time and rhythm, and an adjust switch SW6 for setting the time of hour, minute and second and the pitch of the rhythm. have.

[0011]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a golf watch of the present invention. In the figure, reference numeral 40 denotes a wrist angle detection unit. The wrist angle detection unit 40 is formed of a wrist switch SW1 that notifies the golfer 30 by sound when the inclination of the wrist 31 reaches a specified angle, a piezoelectric buzzer 9, a buzzer driving unit 8 that drives the piezoelectric buzzer, and a battery 10. I have. 50 is a clock section. In the clock section 50, 1
Is a CPU for controlling the whole, 2 is a switch input section for detecting various use modes, setting inputs and angles, 4 is a liquid crystal display section for displaying a clock display and a rhythm, and 3 is a liquid crystal drive for driving the liquid crystal display section 4 And 6, a piezoelectric buzzer as an electronic buzzer, 5 a buzzer driving unit for driving the piezoelectric buzzer, and 7 a battery. The switch input unit 2 further includes an angle switch SW2 that operates when the swing reaches a predetermined angle.
Clock switch → Angle → Rhythm → Clock... Mode switch SW3 for setting the time and rhythm, set switch SW4 for turning on and off the rhythm and sound from the piezoelectric buzzer 6, and rhythm ON / OFF switch SW5 , An hour, a minute, a second and a rhythm pitch are provided.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view of the display of the liquid crystal display section of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A) is a clock mode display 11a, which displays 24 hours, minutes, and seconds, and a square mark indicating the clock mode display 11a is shown at the upper left of the seconds display. More specifically, the mode changeover switch S
When the clock is set in W3, the liquid crystal display becomes the clock mode display. By holding down the set switch SW4 for 2 seconds, the time can be corrected, and the second digit blinks. When the adjustment switch SW6 is pressed, the original seconds are less than 30 seconds. "
"00" is displayed, and the minute digit increases by one minute when the time exceeds 30 seconds. Further, by pressing the set switch SW4, the state shifts to the minute digit correction state, and the minute digit blinks. The digit increases, and the display changes quickly when pressed for more than 1 second.
Pressing 4 shifts to the hour digit correction state, and the hour digit flashes. When the adjust switch SW6 is pressed once, the hour digit increases, and when the adjust switch SW6 is pressed for more than 1 second, the display changes quickly. When the set switch SW4 is pressed, the counting starts from the set time, 00 seconds of the minute. In the time correction state,
The display automatically returns to the original time display if no button operation is performed for several minutes.

(B) is an angle mode display 11b, which displays the time, and a square mark indicating the angle mode display 11b is shown at the upper right of the seconds display.

(C) and (d) show the rhythm mode display 1
1c and 11d, and the switching of the rhythm is indicated by two large square marks being switched up and down. Furthermore, in the rhythm mode, it also has a function as a metronome. That is, the mode switch SW3
LCD display shows rhythm display 11
Switch to c and 11d (30-250 / min numerical display).
When the mode switch SW3 is pressed, "30" is displayed on the minute digit display section. By pressing the set switch SW4 for more than 2 seconds, the display of "30" blinks. Press the adjust switch SW6 once to increase the number and set up to 250. When it reaches 250, it returns to 30 again. The displayed number represents the number of times of switching / minute, and the liquid crystal square mark switches between upper and lower at the displayed number of times. A beeping sound is generated from the piezoelectric buzzer 6 at the displayed number of times. Pressing the sound stop switch SW5 stops the sound. Press again to make sound.

FIG. 3 is a circuit diagram illustrating driving of the piezoelectric buzzer in the angle mode of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention. (A) shows the state before the piezoelectric buzzer is driven, and (b) shows the state when the piezoelectric buzzer is driven. In the figure, 5 is a buzzer drive block, 12 is an electronic buzzer generation circuit, 6 is a piezoelectric buzzer as an electronic buzzer, SW2 is an angle switch having a metal ball 13 inside, IC1 is a logic circuit,
R1, R2, and R3 are resistors, and Vcc is a circuit supply voltage.
The angle switch SW2 includes a metal ball 1 inside a space formed by conductors A and B which are insulated from each other.
The ball 13 is turned on when the ball 13 comes into contact with the conductor B. In (a), the angle switch SW2 is off, and the inputs of the logic circuit IC1 are the circuit supply voltage Vcc and the ground potential. Since the electronic buzzer generating circuit 12 does not operate according to the output of the logic circuit IC1, no sound is output from the piezoelectric buzzer 6. On the other hand, in (b), the angle switch SW2
Is on, and the two inputs of the logic circuit IC1 are both at the circuit supply voltage Vcc. The electronic buzzer generation circuit 12 operates by the output of the logic circuit IC1, and emits sound from the piezoelectric buzzer 6.

The piezoelectric buzzer driving section 8 in the golf watch wrist detecting section 40 in the embodiment of the present invention is basically the same as that shown in FIG. The detection becomes the list SW1 instead of the angle switch SW2, and the buzzer becomes only the piezoelectric buzzer 9. The structure and function of the list SW1 will be further described with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 4 is a view for explaining the angle setting of the angle of the golf watch in the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
0, 30, 90, 120, and 15 are provided on the half circumference of the case 22.
An angle of 0,180 is displayed, and the installation angle can be set in units of 15 degrees from 0 to 180 degrees. The figure shows a neutral state, in which the angle is set to 90 degrees by a triangular arrow. When the swing angle of the golfer 30 reaches 90 degrees, the piezoelectric buzzer 6 sounds as described in FIG. The angle can be set freely in both directions with a small click feeling in units of 15 degrees from 360 degrees with two ways. Actually, the angle switch SW2 is provided on the circuit board 26 and cannot be seen from the outside, but is shown on the front surface in the drawing for explanation. Further, the center line at the position where the belt 27 is attached and the center line passing through the center of the body (clock section) at 12:00 and the center are shifted by δL, so that the wrist switch SW1 is closer to the wrist 31. Therefore, when the wristwatch is worn as if worn on the wrist, the wrist angle can be detected without a sense of incongruity in combination with the protruding wrist angle detection unit 40.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are cross-sectional views of a golf watch according to an embodiment of the present invention, wherein FIG. 5A is a front view and FIG. 5B is a side view. FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention. In the figure,
20 is a golf watch, 4 is a liquid crystal display, 6 is a piezoelectric buzzer, 7 is a battery, 10 is a battery, 13 is a ball, 21 is an acrylic cover, 22 is a case, 25 is a base, 26 is a circuit board, 27 is a belt, SW1 is a list switch, SW2
Is an angle switch, SW3 is a mode switch, S
W4 is a set switch, SW5 is a rhythm ON / OFF switch, and SW6 is an adjust switch. Case 2
The body portion 2 is rotatably attached to the base 25, and the rotation angle in the embodiment is designed to rotate freely in both directions with a small click feeling. Note that the wrist switch SW1 also has a function as a power switch. That is, in the vertical direction in FIG.
When turned 0 degrees, the power switch is turned on and 9 more
It turns off when rotated by 0 degrees. Further, when the golf player 30 is pushed upward by about 10 degrees in the upward direction in FIG. 5B by the wrist 31 of the golfer 30, the buzzer driving section 8 (not shown) operates and the piezoelectric buzzer 9 sounds.

FIG. 7 is a diagram for explaining the operation of the angle switch function of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention. As an example, a description will be given on the assumption that the angle angle is set to 90 degrees. In this case, the angle switch SW2 is laid out horizontally at the 12 o'clock position of the main body clock (see FIG. 4). The angle switch SW2 of the golf watch 20 operates (ON) when the ball 13 contacts the conductor B. (A) is a situation in which the golfer 30 addresses, and shows a state in which the wrist 31 is lowered. This state is defined as “0” degrees. The ball 13 is on the conductor A side due to gravity, and the sound is not emitted from the piezoelectric buzzer 6 because the angle switch SW2 does not operate.

FIG. 2B shows the progress of raising the arm in the direction of the arrow. Since the angle switch SW2 has not reached the set angle (90 degrees), no sound is output from the piezoelectric buzzer 6. (C) shows a state in which the arm reaches the set angle by raising the arm, and the ball 13 contacts the conductor B. The angle switch SW2 is activated and the piezoelectric buzzer 6
Make sound from This means that in the angle mode, sound is emitted from the piezoelectric buzzer 6 as long as there is an input from the angle switch SW2. When the angle becomes less than the set angle (when the arm is lowered), the sound from the piezoelectric buzzer 6 stops. Since the neutral position is designed at 90 degrees, if the user wants to set the piezoelectric buzzer 6 at an angle other than 90 degrees and operate the piezoelectric buzzer 6, turn the main body portion (the case 22) of the golf watch 20 rightward to 0 degrees and left. Turning to, the angle can be changed to 180 degrees. That is, an angle from 0 to 180 degrees can be set (set).

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram of the operation of the wrist switch function of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention. Wrist switch SW1 when golf watch 20 is attached
Hits the back of the hand, and a sound is emitted from the piezoelectric buzzer 9 by moving the wrist 31 in the direction of the arrow. In the embodiment, when the wrist switch SW1 is pushed up by about 10 °, the piezoelectric buzzer 9 is turned on.
It is designed to emit sound from Golf watch 2
There is a slight difference in the operation angle depending on the mounting position of 0 and the size of the wrist 31.

[0022]

As described above, the golf watch according to the present invention is composed of the wrist angle detection unit 40 and the clock unit 50. The wrist angle detection unit 40 detects when the inclination of the wrist 31 reaches the specified angle. An operating wrist switch SW1,
A piezoelectric buzzer 9 for notifying a golfer 30 of information by sound;
A buzzer driving section 8 for driving the piezoelectric buzzer 9;
The clock unit 50 includes a CPU 1 that controls the whole, a liquid crystal display unit 4 that performs various displays, a liquid crystal drive unit 3 that drives the liquid crystal display unit 4, a piezoelectric buzzer 6 that informs a golfer 30 of information by sound, A buzzer driving unit 5 for driving the piezoelectric buzzer 6 and a switch input unit 2 for inputting various use modes and settings and detecting an angle are provided. The switch input unit 2 has a swing that reaches a predetermined angle. Then, an angle switch SW2 that operates and a mode switch SW3 that switches the mode from clock → angle → rhythm → clock.
And a set switch SW4 for setting the time on the clock
And a rhythm ON / OFF switch SW5 for turning on / off the rhythm and sound from the piezoelectric buzzer 6, and an adjust switch SW6 for setting the rhythm, so that the wrist bend can be corrected and the swing angle can be acquired. By using the functions individually and simultaneously using both functions, the power is exhibited, the tone is adjusted in rhythm, and the watch can be used as a small, light, inexpensive, and convenient golf training machine.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram showing a circuit configuration of a golf watch according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 2 (a) to (d) are explanatory views of a liquid crystal display of a golf watch according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3A and 3B are circuit diagrams illustrating driving of a piezoelectric buzzer in an angle mode of a golf watch according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an explanatory diagram for setting an angle of the angle of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 5A and 5B are front and side sectional views of a golf watch according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is an exploded perspective view of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 7A to 7C are explanatory diagrams illustrating the operation of the angle switch function of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 8 is an explanatory diagram illustrating an operation of a wrist switch function of the golf watch according to the embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 CPU 2 Switch input part 3 Liquid crystal drive part 4 Liquid crystal display part 5 Buzzer drive part 6 Piezoelectric buzzer 7 Battery 8 Buzzer drive part 9 Piezoelectric buzzer 10 Battery 11a Clock mode display 11b Angle mode display 11c Rhythm mode display 11d Rhythm mode display 12 Electronics Buzzer generation circuit 13 Ball 20 Golf watch 21 Acrylic cover 22 Case 25 Base 26 Circuit board 27 Belt 30 Golfer 31 Wrist 40 Wrist angle detection unit 50 Clock unit IC1 Logic circuit SW1 Wrist switch SW2 Angle switch SW3 Mode switch SW4 Set switch SW5 Rhythm ON / OFF switch SW6 Adjust switch R1, R2, R3 Resistance Vcc circuit supply voltage

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Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A golf watch having a golf practice function, comprising: a wrist angle detection section (40) and a clock section (50), wherein the wrist angle detection section (40) has a tilt angle of a wrist (31). , A wrist switch (SW1) that operates when the pressure reaches the limit, a piezoelectric buzzer (9) that informs a golfer (30) of information by sound, and a buzzer drive unit (8) that drives the piezoelectric buzzer (9). 50) a CPU (1) for controlling the whole, a liquid crystal display (4) for performing various displays, a liquid crystal drive (3) for driving the liquid crystal display (4), and a golfer (30). A piezoelectric buzzer (6) for notifying information by sound; and a buzzer drive (5) for driving the piezoelectric buzzer (6)
A switch input unit (2) for inputting various use modes and settings and detecting an angle, wherein the switch input unit (2) is a mode changeover switch (SW3) for switching modes; and a piezoelectric buzzer (6). A rhythm ON / OFF switch (SW5) for turning on / off the rhythm and sound from the golf watch. 2. The mode change switch (SW3),
2. The golf watch according to claim 1, wherein the clock is switched from clock to angle to rhythm to clock. 3. The golf watch according to claim 2, wherein the switch input section is provided with an angle switch that operates when the swing reaches a predetermined angle. 4. A set switch (SW4) used for setting time and rhythm is provided in the switch input section (2).
4. The golf watch according to claim 2, further comprising an adjust switch (SW6) for setting a time of hour, minute, second and a pitch of a rhythm.