KR101016025B1 - Golf play supporter device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A golf course operating system is provided, which controls smooth game progress according to interval of golfer groups by grasping golfers' position. CONSTITUTION: A golf course operating system comprises: a plurality of golfer terminals(100) which grasp current position using the GPS information, is equipped with a first wireless telecommunication device, and has respective unique identifying information; a plurality of hole blinkers(300) which are installed in each hole of a golf course, are equipped with a second wireless telecommunication device, and blink; and a host computer(200) transmitting a control signal to the hole blinkers.

Description

Golf course operating system {GOLF PLAY SUPPORTER DEVICE}

The present invention relates to a golf course operating system.

The golf course is a place provided for playing golf, and has a plurality of holes such as 9 holes, 18 holes (regular holes), and the like. Golf is a game in which the ball is inserted into the hole cup with a minimum stroke by rotating the holes in the golf course in a predetermined order.

Currently, golf courses in Korea have a maximum of four players and a caddy, starting from the first hole, and after the set waiting time, the next pair starts from the first hole.

Accordingly, the time interval between the groups is the set waiting time, and the set waiting time applied in the golf course does not exceed 10 minutes in about 8 minutes. Therefore, if the golfer delays the pace too much, the distance between the rear pairs will be close, which will slow down the pace of the rear pairs, and eventually the game time for the pairs after the pairs.

Also, if the golfer progresses too fast, the distance between the teams in the front is close, and the golfers in the front team have a significant mental burden, which adversely affects the play.

In particular, even if the problem of game play is neglected, accidents may occur if the intervals between the groups are too close. That is, there are hills, downhills, hazards, trees, and the like on the course of the golf course, limiting the view of the golfer. Accordingly, when the golfer determines that the person of the previous pair is not visible to the naked eye, and the driver or the iron shot is played, the accident of the first pair of golfers who have not completed the play may hit the ball.

On the other hand, playing golf requires a caddy and, depending on the advice and effort of the caddy, influences the results of the day.

However, in order to use the caddy, the golfer has to pay a separate amount, the golf course operator has a difficulty in managing and operating the caddy.

Therefore, the golf course operator can enjoy golf comfortably without worrying about the accident even if the golfer is not sensitive to the distance between the previous pairs, and the golf course allows the golfer to easily check the information provided by the existing caddy without having to use the caddy. Requires an operating system

The technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a golf course operating system for controlling the progress of the golfer smoothly according to the interval between each group by grasping the position of the golfers playing in each hole in real time.

In addition, another technical problem to be achieved by the present invention is to provide a golf course operating system that does not require a caddy.

According to one aspect for solving the above technical problem, the present invention uses a GPS information received from the GPS satellites to determine the current position, a first wireless communication device, a plurality of golfers each having a unique identification information terminal; A plurality of hall traffic lights fixedly installed in each hole of the golf course, including a second wireless communication device, and configured to turn on and blink; And a third wireless communication device corresponding to wireless communication of the first and second wireless communication devices, and managing a current position received from each golfer terminal in correspondence with an identifier of a group given to the golfer terminal, and managing each group. A golf course operating system including a host computer that transmits a control signal to the hall traffic light installed in the vicinity of the group is located, when the distance calculated by calculating the distance between the previous group and the group is greater than the set value for To provide.

The present invention incorporates a cart traffic light installed in the cart and a fourth radio communication device corresponding to radio communication of the third radio communication device, and lights up or flashes the cart traffic light according to a control signal of the host computer. The apparatus may further include a cart including a cart terminal for displaying a possible indication or a prohibition of shot display.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the golfer is provided with the necessary information from the golfer terminal and the host computer to enjoy the golf game, to ensure the safety distance with the preceding pair easily to enjoy the golf quickly and safely.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram of a host computer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a block diagram of a golfer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a block diagram illustrating a cart terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a block diagram illustrating a hall signal lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
6 is an operation flowchart of a golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention made when a game is started in one hole.
7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention for controlling the progress of the game between neighboring groups using the location information of each golfer terminal.
8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a golfer terminal when entering a hole according to the first embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating the operation of a golfer terminal when entering a hole according to a second embodiment of the present invention.
10 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of providing game auxiliary information in a golfer terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of recording / deleting a stroke according to an embodiment of the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION Hereinafter, exemplary embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings so that those skilled in the art may easily implement the present invention. As those skilled in the art would realize, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present invention. In the drawings, parts irrelevant to the description are omitted in order to clearly describe the present invention, and like reference numerals designate like parts throughout the specification.

Now, with reference to the drawings will be described in detail with respect to the golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

1 is a view showing the configuration of a golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, a golf course operating system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a golfer terminal 100, a host computer 200, a hall signal light 300, and uses a cart 400. In the case of a golf course further includes a cart (400).

The golfer terminal 100 is used to carry or wear the golfer 10, and if there is a caddy, the caddy is used to carry or wear. Golfer terminal 100 provides a variety of information required for the golf game, the various information, such as the distance from the current position of the golfer 10 to the hole cup, wind direction, wind speed, hazards, bunkers, trees, etc. to be.

The golfer terminal 100 performs wireless data communication with the host computer 200 to obtain necessary information from the host computer 200 or provide the host computer 200 with information necessary for operating a golf course.

The golfer terminal 100 is assigned with unique identification information and transmits the unique identification information in the transmission / reception data when transmitting and receiving wireless data with the host computer 200. The unique identification information enables the host computer 200 to identify the current position of the golfer 10 wearing the golfer terminal 100 and the shot record of the golfer. It allows the golfer terminal 100 to transmit data.

The host computer 200 is installed in the situation room, and grasps in real time the play situation and surrounding situation of all the users (ie, golfers) who use the golf course, and manages and controls the progress of the golfer according to the play situation and the surrounding situation.

At this time, the real-time grasp of the play situation and the surrounding situation of all golfers is based on the current position of each golfer 10 provided by the golfer terminal 100. And when the current location information provided by the caddy and the cart 400, the real-time grasp of the play situation and the surrounding situation of all golfers add the current position of the caddy and the cart 400 with the current position of each golfer (10) Use as.

And the management and adjustment of the game progress in the host computer 200 is made by controlling the operation of the golfer terminal 100, the hall traffic light 300, the cart terminal 410 and the cart traffic light 420 through wireless communication. The operation according to the management and adjustment of the game progress is a display or shot requesting the golfer terminal 100 to play a fast game progress by voice guidance or a warning sound, etc., or notifying the hall signal light (300) and / or the cart traffic light (420) Have a sign indicating a ban. In addition, the operation according to the management and adjustment of the game progress may include displaying the game record of the golfer 10 to the cart terminal 410 or displaying the map information of each hole.

At least one hall signal light 300 is installed in each hole at a fixed position, and the hall signal light 300 indicates that shot is possible or that a shot prohibition is indicated. In this case, the display may include a method of lighting a shotable indicator (eg, a blue light) indicating that shot is possible or a shot prohibiting indicator (eg, a red light) indicating a shot prohibition. Hall signal light 300 is basically installed in the tee box (at least one of the tee box, T1, T2, T3), may be additionally installed in the second shot position or third shot position.

Here, there are five types of tee boxes: champion, prot, ladyty, regular, and tournament tee. In general, three tee, for example, ladyty (T3), regularity (T1), and prot ( Three are common, such as T2).

The cart 400 is a means for moving when the golfer 10 moves between holes, and includes a cart terminal 410 and a cart traffic light 420. The cart terminal 410 is mounted in the cart 400 and performs wireless communication with the host computer 200, and the game record information provided by the host computer 200 (shot record information for each golfer), hole information of each hole, and the like. Is displayed on the screen according to the golfer 10's request. In addition, the cart terminal 410 controls the operation of the cart traffic light 420 according to the instructions of the host computer 200.

The cart traffic light 420 is installed at a position where the golfer 10 can easily check the eye at a distance, such as the roof or the rear of the cart 400, and operates under the control of the cart terminal 410. The cart traffic light 420 functions the same as the hall traffic light 300.

Hereinafter, with reference to Figures 2 to 5 attached to each configuration of the golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in more detail.

2 is a block diagram of a host computer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 2, the host computer 200 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a wireless communication unit 201, a location information grasp 202, a location information register 203, a shot information grasp 204, and a shot. An information registration unit 205, a terminal registration unit 206, a database 207, a golfer position determining unit 208, a traffic light managing unit 209, an information providing unit 210, and a screen display unit 211 are included.

The wireless communication unit 201 includes an antenna and performs wireless communication with the golfer terminal 100, the cart terminal 410, and the hall signal light 300. In this case, the wireless communication of the wireless communication unit 201 may be, for example, WLAN, Wireless Fidelity (WIFI), or the like.

The location information grasping unit 202 determines whether the information received by the wireless communication unit 201 is location information, and provides the location information registration unit 203 in the case of location information. The location information includes terminal identification information and global positioning system (GPS) location information.

The location information registration unit 203 grasps the terminal identification information included in the received location information, grasps the GPS location information, matches the GPS location information corresponding to the identified terminal identification information, and registers it in the location information DB 207a. The terminal identification information may include identification information of the golfer terminal 10, identification information of the cart terminal 410, identification information of the caddy terminal, and the like, according to the type of the terminal.

The shot information grasping unit 204 determines whether the information received by the wireless communication unit 201 is shot information, and provides the shot information registering unit 205 when the shot information is shot information. The shot information includes terminal identification information and shot count information. The shot count information is information indicating whether the golfer 10 has hit one shot or requests the deletion of the previous shot, and includes a code indicating one shot addition or one shot reduction.

The shot information registration unit 205 grasps terminal identification information included in the received shot information, grasps shot count information, and reflects shot count information to shot record information for each hole of a corresponding golfer stored in correspondence with the identified terminal identification information. do. On the other hand, the shot information registration unit 205 starts recording the shot of the golfer 10 for the hole after detecting the golfer 10 hole entry from the golfer position determining unit 208, the golfer position determining unit ( After detecting the hole deviation of the golfer 10 from 208, shot recording in the hole is stopped.

Of course, when the golfer 10 leaves the last hole (ie, the 9th hole or the 18th hole), the shot information registration unit 205 stops the shot recording for the golf game, and totals the shot records of all the holes. Here, the last hole is identified by the golfer 10 is the odd number of games to be registered or the amount paid.

The terminal registration unit 206 bundles the golfer terminals 100 participating in the golf game by groups and stores them in the participating terminal DB 207d. That is, the terminal registration unit 206 receives the identification information and the pair of the golfer terminal 100 provided by the person concerned golf course, match the received identification information and pair of the golfer terminal 100 participating terminal DB (207d) Store in

The database 207 stores various kinds of information required by the host computer 200. Specifically, the database 207 includes a location information DB 207a, a shot information DB 207b, a hole information DB 207c, and a participating terminal DB 207d.

The location information DB 207a stores the current location information of each golfer terminal 100 by matching the identification information of the golfer terminal 100, and the shot information DB 207b is provided by each golfer terminal 100. The shot record for each hole is matched with the identification information of the golfer terminal 100 and stored. The hole information DB 207c stores hole information for each hole, and the participating terminal DB 207d stores identification information of each golfer terminal 100 for each group.

Here, the hole information is course information of each hole in the golf course, wind direction (including wind direction (ie, bearing) information) of the current day, information on wind speed, and the like. Here, the course information includes the tee box area for the hole, the course information of the hole, the distance from the lady tee to the hole cup, the distance from the front tee to the hole cup, the distance from the pro tee to the hole cup, the location of the bunker, the location of the bunker, the area of the fairway, the rough Includes area, obi area, tree location, green area, hole cup location, course height.

The golfer location determiner 208 may grasp the current location of each golfer terminal 100, and determine whether the golfer 10 is located at a specific location based on the current location that is determined, and also based on the current location of each golfer. Determine the distance between the present group and the previous group or the present group and the next group. Accordingly, the golfer position determining unit 208 determines the specific position or performs the operation according to the distance between the front or back.

Specifically, when the golfer location determiner 208 transmits the new current location information from each golfer terminal 100, the current location of the golfer terminal 100 providing the new current location information through the location information DB 207. Figure out.

The golfer position determining unit 208 determines whether the current position of the golfer terminal 100 is located in a tee box or a safety area. When the golfer 10 is located in the tee box, the golfer position determining unit 208 notifies the shot information registration unit 205 and the information providing unit 210 that the hole has been entered. In addition, when the safety zone is provided separately and the golfer 10 is located in the safety zone, the golfer position determining unit 208 notifies the shot information registration unit 205 and the information providing unit 210 of the end of the game in the hole.

Safety areas may be provided in each hall. In this case, the safe zone shall act as a reminder of the end of the match in place of the next tee box.

Only one safe area can be established on a golf course. In this case, the safety zone serves to signal the end of the race for the entire match (eg 9 holes and 18 holes), and the tee box of each hole serves to signal the end of the match of the previous hole as well as the start of the current hole.

The golfer position determiner 208 calculates the distance between neighboring pairs, determines whether the calculated distance is greater than or equal to the set distance, and transmits the hall traffic light 300 and the cart terminal 410 to the traffic light manager 209 when the calculated distance is greater than or equal to the set distance. Informs the control of the operation. Here, the set distance compared with the distance between neighboring tides may be the same, and may differ from hall to hall.

The traffic light management unit 209 notifies the shot signal of the hall signal light 300 and the cart terminal 410 located in the rear rim when the distance between the current rim and the rear rim is greater than or equal to the set distance. The shot signal is notified to the located hall traffic light 300 and the cart terminal 410.

The information providing unit 210 provides various types of information to the golfer terminal 100 and the cart terminal 400. In particular, the information providing unit 210 provides the hole information to the golfer terminal 100 when the golfer 10 enters the hole, the shot information received from the golfer terminal 100 to the cart terminal 410 or Provide shot record reflecting shot information. The information providing unit 210 provides the cart terminal 410 with the golfer position of the corresponding group, the golfer position of the front group, and the golfer position of the rear group.

The screen display unit 211 displays the position of each golfer 10, the position of the cart 400, or the position of the caddy on the screen, the progress for a specific hole, the recording of a shot or a moving line for a particular golfer, the host The information collected or processed by the computer 200 is displayed on the screen.

3 is a block diagram of a golfer terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 3, the golfer terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a location detecting unit 110, a button unit 120, a wireless communication unit 130, a control unit 140, and a storage unit 150. , The distance calculator 160, the stroke calculator 170, the voice guide 180, and the guide information extractor 190.

The positioning unit 110 receives GPS information from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite and determines a current position of the golfer terminal 100 through the received GPS information. In addition, the positioning unit 110 determines whether the current position of the golfer terminal 100 is located in the tee box of the current hole, and informs the controller 140 of the fact when the current position of the golfer terminal 100 is located in the tee box of the current hole.

Here, the current hole means that the golfer plays the game in the order of holes 1 to 18, which means that the golfer should enter normally for the game. For example, if the golfer starts the game, the current hole becomes hole one, and if the golfer finishes the third hole, the current hole becomes four holes. Of course, the golfer terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention in the case of pressing the main button 121 in the tee box of the corresponding hole in preparation for starting the game from the second hole or more late to join the match Will be recognized as the current hole.

As a method of determining that the tee box is located in the tee box, the coordinate information of the tee box area of each hole is stored in the hole information storage unit 152. Accordingly, the location determiner 110 coordinates the current position and the tee box area. Compare the information to determine if your current location is in the tee box area.

The button unit 120 includes a plurality of button keys for requesting voice guidance information (eg, distance, wind direction, wind speed, etc.) or recording a game score for shot play. Specifically, the plurality of button keys include a main button 121, a shot check button 122, and a shot cancel button 123.

The main button 121 is a button key for requesting guidance of voice guidance information or requesting registration of a record of a game score, that is, a shot record, and the shot confirmation button 122 requests confirmation of a registered shot record. The button for canceling shots 123 is a button for requesting to delete the shot record registered immediately before.

The wireless communication unit 130 includes an antenna and performs wireless data communication with the host computer 200. The wireless communication unit 130 may be, for example, a wireless LAN, wireless fidelity (WIFI), or the like. The wireless communication unit 130 may communicate with the host computer 200 from time to time, but when the golfer is located in the tee box, it is a main role to obtain various information through communication with the host computer 200.

The information received by the wireless communication unit 130 is stored in the hall information storage unit 152. Therefore, the information provided to the wireless communication unit 130 by the host computer 200 is hole information about the corresponding hole, or when the hole information storage unit 152 pre-stores the hole information, the information is provided to the hole information storage unit 152. The information may be changed among the stored hole information of a specific hole. Among the hall information, the fluctuating information is the hole cup position, the inside of the hall, the artificial building, the wind direction, and the wind speed.

The controller 140 controls the operations of the components 110, 130, 150, and 190 according to signals input from the buttons 121 to 123 of the button unit 120, so that the distance information corresponding to the operation of each button is controlled. Alternatively, the additional help information (which is the information provided by the guide information extracting unit) may be output by voice, or the number of shots in the corresponding hole may be recorded or output.

The storage unit 150 stores various information for a golf game. The information stored in the storage unit 150 includes score (record) information for each hole and hole information for each hole. Per-hole score information is stored in the record storage unit 151, and hole information of each hole is stored in the hole information storage unit 152.

The distance calculator 160 operates under the control of the controller 140 when the main button 121 is pressed once. The distance calculator 160 may use the current position (ie, coordinate information) of the golfer terminal 100 and the hole cup position determined by the positioning unit 110 to determine a straight line distance from the golfer terminal 100 to the hole cup (ie, the position of the hole cup). , Distance information). The distance calculator 160 outputs the calculated straight distance through the voice guide 180.

In addition, the distance calculator 160 calculates a linear distance between the previous shot position and the current position in the current hole and provides the same to the voice guide unit 180. Here, the straight distance between the previous shot position and the current position in the current hole corresponds to the distance of the ball. This information is used to determine the distance of the club after the golfer shot to a particular club, it is preferable to be provided with voice guidance information about the distance to the hole cup when the main button 121 is pressed once. .

The stroke calculation unit 170 operates under the control of the controller 140 when the main button 121 is pressed twice in succession, the shot check button 122 is pressed, or the shot cancel button 123 is pressed. do. In addition, the stroke calculation unit 170, through the voice guide unit 180, the total number of strokes accumulated in correspondence with each hole stored in the recording storage unit 151 when the shot check button 122 is pressed twice in a row Causes output

When the main button 121 is pressed twice in succession, the number calculation unit 170 accumulates the number of strokes in the corresponding hole by "1" in the recording storage unit 151 and accumulates it.

When the shot check button 122 is pressed once, the stroke calculation unit 170 checks the accumulated stroke in the corresponding hole stored in the recording storage unit 151 and outputs it through the voice guide unit 180. . In addition, the stroke calculation unit 170, through the voice guide unit 180, the total number of strokes accumulated in correspondence with each hole stored in the recording storage unit 151 when the shot check button 122 is pressed twice in a row Causes output In addition, when the shot cancel button 123 is pressed, the stroke calculation unit 170 decreases the accumulated stroke at the corresponding hole stored in the recording storage unit 151 by "1".

The voice guide unit 180 is an audio codec device and converts input information into an analog voice signal and outputs the same through a speaker (not shown). In detail, the voice guide unit 180 stores various types of voice guidance comment files for the golf game help, and voice guidance comments for numbers from 0 to 9 are stored. Therefore, the voice guide unit 180 may use or combine the numbers 0 to 9 to make voice guides by making the units of 0 to 9, the ten units of 10 to 99, and the numbers of 100 to 999. Of course, the voice guide unit 180 may store 99 announcements and 999 hundred announcements, and then call and use the announcements of the corresponding numbers.

Examples of voice announcements include "xxx yards (or meters) until the hole cup," "Beware of the bunker," "Rough area," and four hits so far. "Voice Guide 180 Under the control of the controller 140, the voice guide comment and the number guide comment to be included in the voice guide comment are grasped, and the voice guide comment and the number guide comment are combined and output.

 In addition to the distance information calculated by the distance calculator 160, the guide information extractor 190 is provided based on a current position or a straight path to the current position and the hole cup among the hole information stored in the hole information storage unit 152. Provide help information. At this time, the additional help information is a general information of the remaining information except the distance between the current position and the hole cup, the location of the bunker, the location of the ridge, the location of the green, the area of the fairway, the area of the rough, the hazard area, the obi area, the location of the tree, the green Area, hole cup position, course height, wind direction, wind speed, etc.

When the golfer is located in the tee box, the guide information extractor 190 is one of the distance from the lady tee to the hole cup, the distance from the front tee to the hole cup, and the distance from the protea to the hole cup according to the type of the tee box where the golfer is located. To provide. In addition, the guide information extractor 190 provides information on the wind direction and the wind speed.

In addition, when the main button 121 is pressed once, the guide information extracting unit 190 determines the straight path using the current position and the position of the hole cup detected by the position detecting unit 110, and the straight path is It determines whether it passes through the warning area (ie, bunker area, tree location, obi area, hazard area), and outputs information on the warning area located on a straight path through the voice guide unit 180.

On the other hand, if the golf match assistor according to an embodiment of the present invention does not associate with the host computer 200, the wireless communication unit 130 is not required, and the hole information storage unit 152 has hole information for each hole. It has a pre-stored form.

The appearance of the golfer terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention having such an internal configuration (110 to 190) can be configured as follows.

In the golfer terminal 100 according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, the main button 121, the shot check button 122, and the shot cancel button 123 are formed on the front surface of the terminal 100 so that the golfer can easily operate the golfer terminal 100. . And a speaker (not shown) is also provided in the front of the terminal (100). Of course, the speaker can be installed on the side, or side and top.

At this time, the main button 121, the shot confirmation button 122 and the cancel shot button 123 is installed to occupy a large area as possible. Preferably, since the main button 121 has a higher frequency of use than the other buttons 122 and 123, the main button 121 occupies a larger area than the other buttons 122 and 123.

On the other hand, the golfer terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be installed to the rear mounting fixing member (not shown) so that the golfer can be easily fixed to the waist. The fixed mounting member is made of a material having an elastic force, so as not to be released by pressing the waistband at a certain pressure.

  Of course, according to an embodiment of the present invention can be mounted to the golfer terminal 100 on the wrist or forearm using a band that is easily removable in place of the fixed mounting member.

In addition, an earphone port (not shown) may be formed at a side of the golfer terminal 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention so that the voice guidance output from the speaker does not interfere with the competition of other golfers. Therefore, the golfer may connect the earphone plug to the earphone port to listen to the voice guidance output through the speaker.

4 is a block diagram illustrating a cart terminal according to an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4, the cart terminal 410 according to the embodiment of the present invention includes a key input unit 411, a time information providing unit 412, a shot information providing unit 413, a display unit 414, and a wireless communication unit. 415, a storage management unit 416, a traffic light control unit 417, and a storage unit 418.

The key input unit 411 is provided with a button key or the like, allowing a golfer or the like to input a specific command.

The time information providing unit 412 uses the information stored in the storage unit 418 to grasp the interval and time between the preceding and following groups according to the time display request received from the key input unit 411, and then displays the interval and time through the display unit 414. do.

The shot information providing unit 413 provides a shot record of each golfer 10 of the pair stored in the storage unit 418 through the display unit 414 in response to the shot information request received from the key input unit 411.

The wireless communication unit 415 is in charge of wireless communication with the host computer 200. In this case, the wireless communication of the wireless communication unit 415 may be, for example, WLAN, Wireless Fidelity (WIFI), or the like.

 The storage manager 416 reads the signal received from the wireless communication unit 415 to determine the type of information, and stores the information to be stored in the storage unit 418 according to the type of the identified information. The storage unit 418 stores the current position of each golfer, shot records of each golfer, hole information, and the like provided by the host computer 200.

When the traffic light control unit 417 receives the traffic light control signal from the wireless communication unit 415, the traffic light control unit 417 turns on or turns off the cart traffic light 420 according to the traffic light control signal.

5 is a block diagram illustrating a hall signal lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 5, the hall traffic light 300 includes a wireless communication unit 310, a traffic light control unit 320, and a light emitting unit 330.

The wireless communication unit 310 is in charge of wireless communication with the host computer 200. In this case, the wireless communication of the wireless communication unit 310 may be, for example, wireless LAN, wireless fidelity (WIFI), or the like.

When the traffic light control unit 320 receives the traffic light control signal from the wireless communication unit 310, the traffic light control unit 320 controls the operation of the light emitting unit 330 according to the traffic light control signal. The light emitting unit 330 includes a shotable indicator and a shot prohibition indicator, and when the traffic light control signal is received from the traffic light controller 320, the light emitter 330 turns on the shotable indicator for a predetermined time. The light emitter 330 turns off the shotable indicator after the shotable indicator is turned on for a predetermined time and turns on the shot prohibiting indicator.

6 is an operation flowchart of a golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention made when a game is started in one hole, and of a golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention made when starting a game in a first hole. Action.

Groups arriving at the golf course (hereinafter referred to as "present group") accept the golf game according to the guidance of the receptionist, such as the situation room or information room. At this time, the acceptor pays the golfer terminal 100 to each of the party, and designates the party as a group (group 1, group 10, group 10, etc.) and assigns a unique unique identifier to each party. Name of the golfer). Then, the receptionist inputs the identification information of the golfer terminal 100 provided to each party by matching the group number and the personal unique identifier.

The host computer 200 receives the group number, the personal unique identifier and the identification information of the golfer terminal 100 inputted by the acceptor, and registers (stores) in the participating terminal DB 207d through the terminal registration unit 206. (S601).

Here, the golfer terminal 100 provided in each of the party is referred to as the current pair golfer terminal (100a).

That is, the current pair of golfers 10 is directed to the first hole for the game, and the current golfer terminal 100a carried or worn by each golfer 10 is the current location information identified based on the GPS location information. Is included in the location notification message and transmitted to the host computer 200 (S602).

The host computer 200 receives the location notification message, and the location information identifying unit 202 determines that the location notification message is a message related to the location information, and identifies identification information of the golfer terminal included in the location notification message (S603). The location information grasping unit 202 grasps the current location information included in the location notification message (S604), and the location information registering unit 203 matches the location information of the golfer terminal with the location information DB 207a. Register at (S605).

When the location information registration unit 203 registers the current location information, the location information registration unit 203 provides identification information of the golfer terminal providing the current location information to the golfer location determining unit 208 at the same time as the registration.

The golfer location determiner 208 uses the identification information of the golfer terminal received from the location information registerer 203 to determine the current location of the golfer terminal 100a, and the current location of the golfer terminal 100a is located in the tee box zone. Determine whether or not (S606).

The golfer position determiner 208 does not take any action unless the current position of the golfer terminal 100a is located in the tee box zone. However, if the current position of the golfer terminal 100a is located in the tee box zone, the golfer position determining unit 208 causes the hole information to be transmitted to the golfer terminal 100a through the information providing unit 210 (S607).

The golfer position determining unit 208 informs the shot information registration unit 205 of the current hole and the identification information of the golfer terminal 100a to inform the start of the game in the corresponding hole, and the shot information registration unit 205 corresponds to the shot information registration unit 205. In response to the golfer terminal (100a) registers the start of the game in the hole (S608).

Of course, the shot information registration unit 205 registers the start of the game in the corresponding hole and registers the end of the game in the previous hole.

The shot information registration unit 205 accumulates and records the shot information received from the golfer terminal in the shot information DB 207b when the game start is registered, and records the shot information received in the shot information DB 207b. Even if shot information is received from the golfer terminal, shot information is not reflected in the shot information DB 207b.

When the golfer 10 enters the tee box, the golfer position determining unit 208 grasps the position of the forehead corresponding to the current pair through the location information DB 207 (S609), and the distance between the position of the forehead and the teebox. It calculates, and determines whether the calculated distance is more than the set distance (S610).

The golfer position determining unit 208 notifies the traffic light management unit 209 that the shot is possible when the distance between the tee box and the fore is greater than or equal to the set distance, and the traffic light management unit 209 transmits the current cart traffic light 420 through the wireless communication unit 201. ) And the shotable lighting indication signal to the tee box traffic light 300 (hereinafter referred to as "300a") of the corresponding hole (S611 and S612).

Here, the cart traffic light 420a and the tee box traffic light 300a always display the shot prohibition lighting when the shot signal is not in the shotable state.

When the tee box traffic light 300a receives the shotable lighting display signal, the tee box traffic light 300a controls the light emitter 330 through the traffic light control unit 320 to display the shotable display (S613).

The shotable lighting indication signal transmitted to the cart traffic light 420a is transmitted to the current set of cart terminals 410 (hereinafter referred to as "410a"), and the cart terminal 410a is connected to the cart signaling light 420a according to the shotable lighting indication signal. ) Is displayed in the possible shot (S614).

Therefore, the current group of golfers can visually check the shot possible or prohibition of shot according to the lighting indication of the cart traffic light 420a and the tee box traffic light 300a, and can proceed to the game without the help of the golf course coordinator.

On the other hand, the current pair that finished the game in the first hole is moved to the second hole. When the current group of golfers 10 is located in the tee box of the second hole, the golfer position determining unit 208 of the host computer 200 is a shot information recording unit. Inform 205 that the golfer is located in the tee box of the second hole, and the shot information recording unit 205 completes the shot recording for the first hole.

On the other hand, according to another embodiment of the present invention, if a safety zone is installed between the hole and the hole, and the golfer is located in the safety zone, the shot information recording unit 205 can complete the shot recording for the previous hole.

7 is a flow chart showing the operation of the golf course operating system according to an embodiment of the present invention for controlling the progress of the game between neighboring groups using the location information of each golfer terminal.

The current group golfer terminal 100a and the front group golfer terminal 100b registered in the participating terminal DB 207d include the current location information in the location notification message at predetermined time periods and provide the location information to the host computer 200 (S701 and S702). ).

The host computer 200 receives the location notification message, and the location information identifying unit 202 identifies that the location notification message is a message related to the location information, and identifies the identification information of each golfer terminal 100a or 100b included in the location notification message. Figure out (S703).

The location information grasping unit 202 grasps the current location information included in the location notification message and informs the location information registration unit 203 of the current location information, and the location information registration unit 203 matches the identification information of the golfer terminal. The location information is registered in the location information DB 207a (S704).

When the location information registration unit 203 registers the current location information, the location information registration unit 203 provides the golfer location determining unit 208 with identification information of the golfer terminals 100a and 100b which provided the current location information at the same time as the registration. The golfer position determining unit 208 uses the identification information of each golfer terminal (100a, 100b) through the identification information of each golfer terminal (100a, 100b) from the location information DB (207a) for each golfer terminal (100a, 100b) Corresponding to the golfer 10 to identify the group (ie, current and preceding) belongs to (S705).

The golfer position determiner 208 determines the current position of each golfer included in the current pair and the current position of each golfer included in the preceding pair, and then calculates a distance (interval) between the current pair and the preceding pair (S706).

At this time, the golfer position determiner 208 does not calculate the distance between the current pair and the preceding pair unless the current pair is located in the hole course. And the golfer position grasping unit 208 calculates the distance between the tee box and the forehand if at least one golfer of the current pair is located in the tee box. In addition, the golfer position determining unit 208 is the first pair of golfers included in the current pair and the position of the golfer in the position closest to the current group among the golfers included in the fore and the position of the golfer in the position closest to the current pair Let it be distance (interval).

When the golfer position determiner 208 calculates the distance between the current pair and the preceding pair, the golfer position determining unit 208 compares whether the calculated distance is equal to or greater than a set distance set for the hole (S707).

In the comparison of the S707 process, the golfer position determining unit 208 does not take a separate action if the distance between the current pair and the previous pair is less than the set distance. That is, the shot prohibition display is maintained on the current current hole traffic light 300.

However, if the distance between the current pair and the preceding pair is more than the set distance, the golfer position determiner 208 passes through the traffic light management unit 209 to the hall traffic light 300 (for example, one of a tee box traffic signal, a second traffic light, and a third traffic light). The shot can be notified (S708), and the hall signal lamp 300 performs a shotable lighting indication signal under the control of the traffic light management unit 209 (S709).

Of course, when the cart traffic light 420 is installed in the cart 400, the traffic light management unit 209 informs the cart traffic light 420a of the current set to be shotable and displays a shotable lighting indication.

Therefore, the current group of golfers to check the shot lights up display of the cart traffic light (420a) and the hall signal light (300) to take a shot, the front row is a distance that does not reach the current group of shots to continue the game safely.

Hereinafter, the operation of the golfer terminal 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 8 to 11.

8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of a golfer terminal when entering a hole according to the first embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 8, the location detecting unit 110 of the golf game assisting apparatus 100 continuously receives the GPS location information from the GPS satellites while the power is applied to determine the current location (S801).

The location determiner 110 compares the current location determined when the current location is determined with the tee box area of the current hole stored in the hole information storage unit 152, and determines that the current location has been entered when the current location is included in the tee box area. (S802).

When the golfer enters the tee box of the hole, the controller 140 connects to the golf operation system 200 through the wireless communication unit 130, and requests the hole information from the golf operation system 200 (S803).

The golf operation system 200 provides information on the hole cup position (coordinate), the wind direction, and the wind speed of the hole in the case of the golf game assisting apparatus 100 storing the course map information of each hole in the hole information storage unit 152. (S804).

Of course, the golf operation system 200 provides the hole information for the hole if the golf game assisting device 100 does not store the course map information of each hole. On the other hand, if the golf game assisting device 100 requests the hole information while providing the information stored in the hole information storage unit 152 to the golf operating system 200, the golf operating system 200 is the self-stored hole information and golf Compared with the information received through the game assisting device 100, when there is changed information, only the changed information may be provided.

When the golf game assisting device 100 receives the hole information from the golf operation system 200, it stores it in the hole information storage unit 152 (S805).

After the S805 process, the golf game assisting device 100 has a voice corresponding to each button 121 to 123 based on the hole information stored in the hole information storage unit 152 until the golfer is located in the tee box or the specific area of the current hole. Guide or perform an action.

On the other hand, the control unit 140 of the golf match brace 100 immediately after the step S805 process the current position (or a specific point in the tee box) and the position of the hole cup grasped by the positioning unit 110 to the distance calculator 160 You can tell it to calculate the distance from the tee box to the hole cup. Then, according to the instruction of the controller 140, the distance between the tee box and the hole cup in the golf game aids 100 is output as a voice.

Of course, as shown in FIG. 6, when the golfer presses the main button 121 in the tee box, the golf game assisting device 100 calculates the distance from the tee box to the hole cup and guides the voice.

9 is a flow chart showing the operation of the golf game aids when entering the hole according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

As shown in FIG. 9, the position determining unit 110 of the golf game assisting apparatus 100 continuously receives GPS position information from GPS satellites in a state in which power is applied (S901).

The location determiner 110 provides the current location, which is determined when the current location is determined, to the controller 140, and the controller 140 provides the received current location to the golf course operating system 200 through the wireless communication unit 130. (S902).

When the golf course operating system 200 receives the current position of the golf game assisting device 100, the golf game assisting device 100 is located within a golf stadium by comparing the current location of the golf game assisting device 100 with map information of each hole. Determine if there is (S903).

With this grasp, the golf course operating system 200 determines whether the golf game assisting device 100 is currently located in the tee box of the hole (S904), and the current position of the golf game assisting device 100 is determined to the tee box by the determination (S904). If it is determined that the location is determined to enter the current hole and provides the golf game aid 100 to the hole information for the current hole (S905).

Of course, the golf course operating system 200 continuously monitors the current position for the golf game brace 100 without providing information if the golf game brace 100 is not currently located in the tee box of the hole.

When the golf game assisting apparatus 100 receives the hole information from the golf course operating system 200, the golf game assisting apparatus 100 stores the received hole information in the hole information storage unit 152 (S906).

After the S906 process, the golf game assisting device 100 has a voice corresponding to each button 121 to 123 based on the hole information stored in the hole information storage unit 152 until the golfer is located in the tee box of the current hole or a specific area. Guide or perform an action.

10 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing additional help information by a main button in a golf game assisting apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

As described above, the additional information is the location of the bunker, the area of the fairway, the area of the rough, the hazard area, the OB area, the location of the tree, the area of the green, the location of the hole cup, the height of the course, the height of the course, the wind direction. , Wind speed and so on.

As shown in FIG. 10, when a golfer, that is, a user presses the main button of the golf game assisting apparatus 100 once (S1001), the controller 140 stores the current position and the hole information captured by the positioning unit 110. The hole cup position of the corresponding hole stored in the unit 152 is provided to the distance calculator 160.

Accordingly, the distance calculator 160 calculates a straight distance between the current position and the hole cup and provides the calculated straight distance to the voice guide 180 (S1002).

The voice guide unit 180 includes the distance calculated by the distance calculator 160 in the set guide comment and guides the voice (S1003). For example, the output voice announcement may be "210 meters left to the hole cup."

Meanwhile, the controller 140 provides the current position and the position of the hole cup to the distance calculator 160 and also provides the current position and the position of the hole cup to the guide information extractor 190 (S1004).

Then, the guide information extractor 190 calculates a straight path to the current position and the hole cup, and determines whether there is additional help information on the straight path. In other words, each coordinate on the straight path and the coordinates of the additional help information of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storage unit 152 are compared to determine whether they match, and the additional help information including the coordinate on the straight path is extracted (S1005).

For example, if there is a bunker, hazard or tree among the additional help information on a straight path, the existing additional help information is extracted.

The guide information extractor 190 provides the extracted additional help information to the voice guide unit 180, and the voice guide unit 180 provides a voice guide comment corresponding to the additional help information to the speaker 10 or the earphone port 10. And outputs (S1006).

11 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of recording / deleting a stroke according to an embodiment of the present invention.

When the golf game assisting device 100 enters the tee box, the golf game assist device 100 determines the hole where the golfer entered by the coordinates of the tee box, and determines that the game in the entered hole is started (S1101).

In this state, when the golfer clicks the main button 121 twice (S1102), the controller 140 determines that the shot is a recording command and instructs shot recording while providing identification information of the current hole to the stroke calculator 170.

Accordingly, the stroke calculation unit 170 accumulates and adds "1" to the shot record (that is, shot stroke) matched to the current hole stored in the recording storage unit 151 (S1103).

Accumulation of the shot record by the main button 121 in the current hole (steps S702 and S703) is performed until the current position determined by the location detecting unit 110 is located in the tee box (or a specific area) of the next hole. (S1104).

The controller 140 receives the signal from the shot cancel button 123 in the situation where the current position of the golfer (ie, the current position of the golf game assisting apparatus 100) is not the tee box of the current hole (S1105), the stroke counting unit The identification information of the current hole is provided to 170, and the shot information recorded immediately before is deleted (S1106).

When the shot cancel button 123 is pressed by the golfer, the number calculation unit 170 subtracts "1" from the number of strokes recorded corresponding to the current hole stored in the recording storage unit 151.

If the current position determined by the position determining unit 110 is a tee box of the current hole, the control unit 140 ends the input / modification of the at least one record for the previous hole stored in the record storage unit 151 (S1107). .

(On the other hand, when the golfer presses the shot check button 122 once or twice while the stroke is recorded for the current hole, the stroke calculation unit 170 corresponds to the current hole stored in the record storage unit 151. The number of strokes recorded or the total number of strokes recorded (ie, the total strokes) corresponding to each hole is read and provided to the voice guide unit 180, and the voice guide unit 180 provides the strokes provided from the stroke calculation unit 170. Is applied to the announcement corresponding to the shot confirmation, and the total number of strokes in the current hole is voiced.

Meanwhile, when the golfer presses the main button 121 once while receiving the additional help information by voice once, the controller 140 stops the voice guidance.

The embodiments of the present invention described above are not only implemented by the apparatus and method but may be implemented through a program for realizing the function corresponding to the configuration of the embodiment of the present invention or a recording medium on which the program is recorded, The embodiments can be easily implemented by those skilled in the art from the description of the embodiments described above.

Although the embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the scope of the present invention is not limited thereto, and various modifications and improvements of those skilled in the art using the basic concepts of the present invention defined in the following claims are also provided. It belongs to the scope of rights.

100: golfer terminal 200: host computer
300: hall traffic light 400: cart
410: cart terminal 420: cart traffic light
10: golfer

Claims (13)

A plurality of golfer terminals for detecting a current position by using GPS information received from a GPS satellite, and including a first wireless communication device, each having unique identification information;
A plurality of hall traffic lights fixedly installed in each hole of the golf course, including a second wireless communication device, and configured to turn on and blink; And
A third wireless communication device corresponding to wireless communication of the first and second wireless communication devices, and managing a current position received from each golfer terminal in correspondence with an identifier of a group assigned to the golfer terminal, And a host computer that transmits a control signal to the hall traffic light installed in the vicinity of the group where the shot is calculated when the distance calculated by calculating the distance between the previous group and the group is greater than or equal to a predetermined value. The method of claim 1,
Further includes a cart,
The cart is a cart traffic light installed in the cart,
And a cart terminal having a fourth wireless communication device corresponding to wireless communication of the third wireless communication device, and configured to turn on or flash the cart traffic light in accordance with a control signal of the host computer to display a shotable display or a shot prohibited display. Golf course operating system, characterized in that. The method of claim 2,
The golfer terminal is a golf course operating system, characterized in that carried by each golfer using each hole in the golf course. The method of claim 3,
The hall traffic light is installed at least in the vicinity of the tee box, further golf course operating system, characterized in that installed in at least one of the third shot position. The method of claim 3,
And the host computer provides hole information to the golfer terminal when the golfer terminal is located in the tee box. The method of claim 5,
The host computer registers the game start in the hole corresponding to the golfer terminal when the golfer terminal is located in the tee box, and registers the end of the game in the previous hole. The method of claim 6,
And the golfer terminal provides shot information to the host computer according to a golfer's operation, and the host computer reflects the shot record in the hole. The method of claim 7, wherein
The host computer provides the cart terminal with the shot record in the corresponding hole for the golfer terminal,
The cart terminal is a golf course operating system, characterized in that for displaying the shot record on the screen at the request of a golfer. The method of claim 8,
The golfer terminal,
The first wireless communication device performing wireless communication with the host computer,
A hole information storage unit for storing the hole information for each hole, including the hole cup position, and updating the stored hole information with information received from the host computer;
Main button to output electrical signal according to external operation,
A distance calculator configured to calculate a distance from the current position to the hole cup using a current position of the golfer terminal and a position of the hole cup stored in the hole information storage unit;
A control unit for instructing distance calculation by providing the distance calculation unit with a current position determined by the location detecting unit and a hole cup position of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storage unit when receiving the electrical signal from the main button;
And a voice guide unit for converting and outputting the distance calculated by the distance calculator into a voice guide comment. 10. The method of claim 9,
Cancel shot button requesting a reduction in strokes,
Shot confirmation button for requesting confirmation of the stored stroke corresponding to the hole,
A record storage section for storing strokes at each hole;
It further includes a number calculation unit for increasing or decreasing the number of hits of the hole stored in the recording storage unit "1", and checks the number of hits of the hole provided to the voice guide,
The controller requests the stroke calculation unit to increase the number of strokes corresponding to the hole when the main button is clicked twice in succession, and when the cancel shot button is clicked once, the stroke calculation unit hits the stroke corresponding to the hole. Request a reduction of the shot, and when the shot check button is clicked once, requesting the shot calculation unit to check the accumulated shot corresponding to the hole. 10. The method of claim 9,
Determine a straight path between the current position of the golfer and the position of the hole cup, and determine whether there is additional help information located on the identified straight path, and if the additional help information exists, add the corresponding information to the voice guide unit. Golf course operating system, characterized in that it further comprises a guide information extraction unit for providing help information to be output as a voice. The method of claim 11,
The positioning unit to determine whether the golfer terminal is currently located in the tee box of the hole,
The control unit receives the hole cup information of the current hole from the host computer through the wireless communication unit and updates the hole information of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storage unit when the golfer terminal is in the tee box of the current hole through the location detecting unit. Golf course operating system, characterized in that. The method of claim 10,
The control unit is characterized in that if the shot check button is clicked twice in succession, the stroke calculation unit calculates the total of the accumulated strokes corresponding to each hole, and outputs the calculated total as a voice system.

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