KR101821095B1 - Target System - Google Patents

Abstract

An embodiment of the present invention relates to a target device for indoor golf practice, capable of maximizing the effect of practice and arousing interest in practicing golf by reporting the shot speed and predicted distance of a golf ball and consumed calories of a golfer in accordance with each selected club. The device includes: a target plate displaying a target area having a predetermined shape; a pressure sensing part including at least one pressure sensing element installed in the target area to sense the impact when a golf ball is smashed; an information obtaining part obtaining golf practice information including at least one among drop spot information, shot number information, distance information, shot speed information, and consumed calorie information, generated based on pressure information sensed by the pressure sensing part every time a golf ball is smashed; and a display part displaying the obtained golf practice information.

Description

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BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a target device and a system for batting or pitching practice in ball games such as golf, baseball, field hockey, ice hockey and the like, and more particularly, Or pitchers, and calorie consumed by the practitioner by a selected striking tool (golf club, baseball bat, hockey stick, etc.).

In general, a conventional golf target for practice is formed by printing a center portion of a white textile fabric of mostly cotton as green, etc. as shown in FIG. 1, and there is no special function, and it is safe to prevent a hit golf ball from splashing And the degree of eye-gaze effect are all used as hanging straps on the wall of an indoor golf driving range.

In other words, in almost all of indoor golf driving range, a target is mainly used as a material for giving a little concentration and a role of a shield to prevent a golf ball from splashing, and the training target is a swing And the direction of the hit ball, the trajectory, and the distance of impact according to the impact result.

Therefore, according to the existing indoor golf driving range target, there is not any interesting element while practicing, and the practitioner can not know the degree of improvement of his own ability objectively and also the calorie consumed by the practitioner can not be known, As a result, there is a drawback that the practice effect is much lower than the outdoor driving range.

On the other hand, in some driving ranges or the recent screen golf driving range, it is desired to install the laser equipment and measure the direction, the trajectory and the distance of the hitting ball by using the equipment to improve the practice effect. However, Most indoor practice areas have limitations in installing such equipment.

In addition, in the case of a target for practice of various kinds of sports such as baseball, ice hockey, field hockey, etc., in which the velocity and direction of the hit ball are important in addition to the above-mentioned golf, the above- Problems similar to the problem may exist, so improvement is needed.

Open Patent Publication No. 10-2012-0071724 (2012.07.03.)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the conventional problems described above and its object is to provide exercise information such as hit or pitch speed of hit or pitch of a ball, expected distance, number of hits or pitches, consumed calories of a practitioner, Clubs, baseball bats, hockey sticks, etc.) so as to induce interest in the batting or pitching practice and maximize the exercise effect.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a target system including a target device and a server, the target device including: a target plate having a target region of a predetermined shape; A pressure sensing unit for sensing at least one of an impact caused by a hit or an impacted ball including at least one pressure sensing element installed in a target area; An information obtaining section for obtaining exercise information including at least one of calorie information, hit or pitch speed information, distance information, batting or pitching information, and batting or pitching dropping point information; Wherein the server is operable to receive practice information from at least one practitioner mobile terminal, We provide personalized coaching and feedback to each practitioner's mobile terminal by analyzing the big data stored in the cloud storage and stored in the wood storage. Feedback is provided to recommend the hitting tool according to the current skill, Wherein the information obtaining unit includes at least one of coaching and feedback, and strength and weakness feedback relative to other users, and the information obtaining unit loads the pressure information sensed every one impact of the ball from the pressure sensing unit in a near field wireless communication signal, ID, pitch or pitch speed information, distance information, batting or pitching number information generated in correspondence with the pressure information from the application of the mobile terminal of the practitioner, And at least one of a shot or pitch drop point information The exercise information can be obtained by short-range wireless communication signal received through the.

Wherein the information obtaining unit transmits pressure information sensed every one shock of the air from the pressure sensing unit to a mobile terminal of a practitioner corresponding to the pressure of the short distance wireless communication signal, Exercise information including at least one of consumed calorie information, batting or pitching speed information, distance information, batting or pitching information, and batting or pitching dropping point information can be received and obtained through a near field wireless communication signal.

The above target apparatus may further include a speed sensing sensor for directly sensing the speed of the hit or the pitch by attaching to the upper end of the target plate, or may be included in place of the pressure sensing unit. In this case, Based on at least one of the pressure information sensed by the speed sensor and the speed information sensed by the speed sensing sensor.

Wherein the display unit further displays a type of a batting tool including at least one of a golf club, a baseball bat, and a hockey stick selected from an practitioner through an application of the mobile terminal, and the application or the information obtaining unit of the mobile terminal The value of the exercise information generated corresponding to the pressure information or the speed information may be generated differently depending on the type of the tool.

The above-described target device And a position adjusting unit for adjusting the position of the target plate according to the type of the selected striking tool.

The pressure sensing device may further include a piezoelectric device, and the target device may further include a power supply unit for storing electric energy output from the piezoelectric device to supply power to the target device.

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a target device for a golf practice, comprising: a target plate having a target area having a predetermined shape; A pressure sensing part for sensing an impact due to the golf ball striking, the at least one pressure sensing element being installed in the target area of the target plate; Golf practice information including at least one of consumed calorie information, shot speed information, distance information, shot number information, and shot dropping point information generated based on pressure information detected every time a golf ball impact occurs from the pressure sensing unit An information obtaining unit for obtaining the information; And a display unit for displaying the obtained golf practice information.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a target apparatus for a baseball practice, the target apparatus including: a target plate having a target region in a predetermined shape; A pressure sensing unit for sensing an impact due to pitching or striking of the baseball ball including at least one pressure sensing element installed in the target area of the target plate; (Or strike) velocity information, distance information, pitch (or strike) number information, and pitching (or strike) drop based on the pressure information detected every time the baseball ball is impacted from the pressure sensing unit An information acquiring unit for acquiring baseball simulation information including at least one of point information; And a display unit for displaying the obtained baseball practice information.

The target device for golf or baseball training may further include a position adjuster for adjusting the position of the target plate according to the type of the selected club or bat or the pressure sensing device may be constituted by a piezoelectric device, And a power supply unit for storing electric energy output from the piezoelectric element and supplying power to the target device for golf or baseball training.

The above golf or baseball training target apparatus may further include a speed sensing sensor for directly sensing the speed of the batted ball or the pitch of the ball, or may be included in place of the pressure sensing unit. In this case, May be generated and obtained based on at least one of pressure information sensed by the pressure sensing unit and speed information sensed by the speed sensing sensor.

The information acquiring unit acquires, from the pressure sensing unit, pressure information sensed at each impact of a golf ball or a baseball ball and / or velocity information sensed by the velocity sensing sensor to a mobile terminal of a golf or baseball practitioner From the mobile terminal (application), and transmits the pressure information (Or pitch) drop point information generated in response to the speed information, and / or at least one of the consumed calorie information, shot (or pitch) speed information, distance information, Or baseball practice information through a short range wireless communication signal.

The display unit further displays the type of the selected club or bat from the golf or baseball practitioner through the application of the mobile terminal and the application of the mobile terminal or the information acquiring unit displays the type of the selected club or bat And may generate different values of the golf or baseball training information generated corresponding to the pressure information and / or the speed information.

As described above, according to various aspects of the present invention, a golf club, a baseball bat, a field / ice ball, a golf ball, a ball, a ball, Hockey sticks, and other hitting tools, the practitioner side can induce interest in the practice and maximize the effect of the practice.

In addition, from the service provider side, the user (practitioner) receives the batting / pitching practice data (including information on the user registered in the app) again such as golf, baseball, field hockey, , And transmits it to the cloud storage. By analyzing this data, it is possible to induce supplementary sales by providing push information and advertisement, when user's level and skill, when to change type of golf club, You can customize your coaching and one point lessons to match your level and skills, and recommend personalized and appropriate golf (or baseball) equipment (for example, you are now using a beginner golf club, As a result of the analysis, we found that it is necessary to upgrade for intermediate users, and recommends appropriate products to induce purchasing) Can. In addition, you can engage with other practitioners in your app to engage with them and maximize their effectiveness.

In addition, in terms of golf course operators Even if you do not install a screen golf facility with installation cost of tens of thousands of won, customers can enjoy the exercise at a low price, store and manage the data and statistical data that they have practiced in the mobile app, And the monthly membership fee to be paid by the members is also low, thereby creating the effect of attracting and operating the members.

1 is an illustration of an existing indoor golf driving range,
2 is a configuration diagram of a target apparatus and a system thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention;
3 is a frontal view of a target device according to an embodiment of the present invention,
4 is an exemplary view for explaining the calculation of directionality of holes in a target device according to an embodiment of the present invention;
Figure 5 is a frontal view of a target device according to another embodiment of the present invention,
6 is a frontal view of a target device according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. In the drawings, like reference numerals are used to denote like elements in the drawings, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description, well-known functions or constructions are not described in detail since they would obscure the invention in unnecessary detail.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a target apparatus and a system thereof according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the indoor golf / baseball training target target apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a target plate 1, a pressure sensing unit 21, an information acquiring unit 22, a short range communication unit 23, The system according to the present embodiment may include a display unit 24, a position adjusting unit 25, and a power supply unit 26, and the system according to the present embodiment may include, in addition to the indoor golf / A terminal 2, a communication network 3, and a server 4. [

For example, the target plate 1 is formed in such a manner that a target area 1a is formed by printing a predetermined area such as a center on a white textile fabric of cotton as green or the like (refer to Figs. 1 and 3) And a safety function of preventing a hit or a hit baseball ball from splashing and a focus concentration effect. The target plate 1 may be the same as the conventional one.

The pressure sensing part 21 includes at least one pressure sensing element (refer to 21a in FIG. 4) installed in the target area 1a of the target plate 1 and detects an impact due to the hit golf ball or hit or pitched baseball For example, the pressure sensing element 21a may include a piezoelectric element, and one or more pressure sensing elements 21a may be disposed in the target region 1a of the target plate 1, Can be installed.

The information acquiring unit 22 acquires the information on the basis of the pressure information sensed each time a golf (or baseball) ball impact (that is, a hit due to a hit golf ball or hit or pitching ball) Golf (or baseball) practice information including at least one of the consumed calorie information, the ball (or pitch) speed information, the distance information, the ball (or pitch) number information, and the ball .

For example, the information acquiring unit 22 may acquire consumed calorie information, hit (or pitch) speed information, and distance information based on the pressure information sensed by the pressure sensing unit 21 in a self-installed processing device (Or baseball) practice information including at least one of a shot (or pitch) number information, and a shot (or pitch) drop point information.

Alternatively, the information acquiring unit 22 may receive the pressure information sensed at each impact of the golf (or baseball) ball from the pressure sensing unit 21 on the near field wireless communication signal through the near field wireless communication unit 23, (Or a baseball) practitioner 2 and receives consumption calorie information, batting (or pitching) speed information, distance information, hit (or the like) information corresponding to the pressure information from the mobile terminal (Or baseball) practice information including at least one of information on the number of pitches (pitches) or pitches (or pitches) dropping point information can be received and obtained by the short range wireless communication unit 23 via a short range wireless communication signal.

For example, the consumed calorie information can be calculated by cumulatively calculating the consumed calories per swing count for hit (or pitch) of a golf (or baseball) practitioner, and the hit (or pitch) And the distance information can be estimated by converting the detected pressure (impact) size to the distance, and the information on the number of hits (or pitches) can be estimated by counting cumulatively every golf (or baseball) 4, a plurality of pressure sensing elements 21a distributed in the target region 1a as shown in FIG. 4 are provided, and the pressure sensing elements 21a, 21b, 21c, It is possible to estimate the hit point (or helmet) drop point according to what kind of impact is detected in the element 21a.

The short-range communication unit 23 is for communicating data with the mobile terminal 2 of the practitioner in accordance with the short-range wireless communication scheme, and may include a Wi-Fi scheme, a Bluetooth scheme, a NFC (Near Field Communication) scheme,

The display unit 24 includes consumed calorie information, shot (or pitching) speed information, distance information, information on the number of hits (or pitches), and shot information For example, as shown in Fig. 3, a display unit 24 partitioned by a plurality of display areas 24a to 24f is disposed on the front side of the golf course (or baseball) The indoor golf / baseball practice target device according to the example is separately installed at the upper end of the target plate 1 or separately from the target plate 1 and the plurality of display areas 24a to 24f of the table part 24 are consumed (Or pitching) speed information, distance information, information on the number of pitches (or pitches), and information of a hit (or pitch) dropping point.

The display unit 24 may further display the exercise item selected by the mobile terminal (application 2) and the striking tool, for example, a club (or bat) selected from a golf (or baseball) In this case, the mobile terminal (application 2) or the information acquiring unit 22 may generate (generate) corresponding to the pressure information according to the type of the selected / displayed club (or bat) The value of various golf (or baseball) practice information can be generated differently.

For example, when the practice information for golf practice and baseball practice are different, and when the same golf (or baseball) practitioner practices using a driver (or wooden bat) and an iron (or aluminum Practice information such as consumed calories, ball speed, distance, and the like at the time of practice using a ball) may also be different. Therefore, it is necessary to generate values of various golf or baseball practice information generated corresponding to the pressure information can do.

The position adjuster 25 adjusts the position of the target plate 1 according to the type of the selected / displayed club (or bat). For example, when the golf practitioner selects and exercises a driver, the target plate 1 In comparison, when the third iron is selected and exercised, the target point must be higher than the driver, so that the position of the target plate 1 is adjusted upward so that the target region 1a is moved upward .

The power supply unit 26 supplies power to the indoor golf / baseball training center target apparatus according to the present embodiment. For example, the power supply unit 26 stores electric energy output from the piezoelectric element as the pressure sensing element 21a, As another example, it is possible to supply power to a battery such as a mercury battery or the like.

The mobile terminal 2 indicates a mobile communication terminal used by a practitioner and includes, for example, a mobile communication terminal capable of voice communication, data communication, and Internet communication, a PDA, a smart phone, a tablet PC .

In this embodiment, the mobile terminal 2 is equipped with a golf / baseball practice application and allows the practitioner to select a desired golf club (or baseball bat) through the application, Baseball) practice information, and various golf (or baseball) practice information can be stored or displayed on the screen, and various golf / baseball practice information displayed in addition to the golf / baseball practice information can be displayed in the indoor golf / And to the server 4.

The communication network 1 may be a single network or a composite network that enables communication between one or more mobile terminals 2 and the server 4 by wire, wireless, and / or internet.

The server 4 receives the golf / baseball practice information (e.g., consumed calorie information, batting speed information, distance information, batting number information, and batting drop point information) received from the at least one practitioner mobile terminal 2 It can be stored in the cloud storage, and can analyze the big data stored in the cloud storage to provide personalized service.

For example, the server 4 may analyze and insight the big data stored in the cloud storage (utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning), and provide personalized coaching and feedback to the practitioner (user) mobile terminal 2 (Enhancing the practice effect and managing systematic and scientific training). The feedback may include recommendations for current golf clubs, providing statistics for each golf club (average distance, total number of pitches, deviation), expert coaching & feedback, and strength and weakness feedback relative to other users.

Meanwhile, the practitioner (user) interacts with the golf (or abbreviation) application (hereinafter abbreviated as "app") of his or her mobile terminal 2 with the target ID of the batting seat (Bluetooth or NFC) When the golf club (or baseball bat) to be selected is selected and the golf club (or baseball bat) is selected from the app (driver, 3-iron, 7-iron, or various bats), the display unit 24 displays the selected golf club Bat). When the practitioner performs actual hitting (or pitching), golf (or baseball) practice information (for example, calorie consumption information, ball speed information, distance information, shot number information, Is displayed on the display unit 24 at the upper end of the target plate 1, and is simultaneously stored in the mobile app. When exercising with the same club (or bat) for a certain period of time and then replacing with a new club (bat), the app again selects the club (bat) type and displays the selected golf club (baseball bat) on the display unit 24. The app can analyze the data by club (by bat) and provide information about sluggish clubs (bats) and use them as training guidelines.

In addition to the personal exercises through the mobile app of the mobile terminal 2, two or three persons can play a game by interlocking each other's apps (for example, a 9-hole golf course or a 18-hole mini golf game, (Drivers, spoons, 3, 5, 7, and 9 irons only), and games that match street and direction records for each club).

3 is a front view of the target apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. As described above, there is a target plate 1a having a target region la at a certain position, and a plurality And a display unit 24 partitioned by a plurality of display areas 24a to 24f is disposed on the front side of the golf club baseball crampuning target apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is an illustration for explaining the calculation of the directionality of the ball in the target apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 4 (a), when the ball strikes the target region 1a of the target plate 1 The directionality can be estimated and calculated based on the position of the sensor receiving the strongest input among the plurality of pressure sensing devices 21a distributed in the target area 1a.

For example, as shown in FIG. 4 (b), if the impact of the fourth sensor is greatest among the nine sensors, the point at which the ball hits the ground and the ball falls , And R35 (35m away from the center).

As shown in FIG. 4, the dropping point information includes a plurality of pressure sensing elements 21a distributed in the target area 1a as shown in FIGS. 1 to 9, and a plurality of pressure sensing elements 21a at any of positions 1 to 9 It will be possible to estimate the point of drop (pitch) drop according to whether the impact of size is detected.

5 is a front view of a target device according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a speed sensing sensor 5 for speed measurement is attached to the top of the target plate 1 in the configuration of Fig. 1 The pressure sensing unit 21 can be installed in place of the pressure sensing unit 21 in FIG. 1 to sense the velocity of the ball more accurately.

According to the embodiment of FIG. 5, the above-described golf or baseball practice information may be obtained from at least one of the pressure information sensed by the pressure sensing unit 21 and the speed information sensed by the speed sensing sensor 5, ) Or through the mobile terminal 2.

6 is a front view of a target device according to another embodiment of the present invention. As shown in the figure, a plurality of position measurement sensors 6 are attached to the upper end of the target plate 1, It is possible to detect the leaning and display on the display unit 24 how far it has deviated from the center in consideration of the distance of the ball.

As another example, a sensor using a laser may be installed around the target plate 1 to sense the velocity and direction of the ball so that data can be collected.

In addition, the target apparatus of the present invention described above is an example of a target apparatus for golf or baseball training with reference to FIG. 2 to FIG. 6. However, the present invention is not limited to this. It is needless to say that it can also be used as a training target device for a variety of sports items, such as a field hockey, etc., in which the velocity and directionality of a hit ball are important.

Meanwhile, according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, a computer-readable recording medium on which a program for executing the method is stored may be implemented.

In addition, according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, an application stored in a computer-readable recording medium may be implemented in order to execute the method in combination with hardware.

On the other hand, according to the embodiment of the present invention described above, a computer program stored in a computer-readable recording medium for implementing the method in a computer can be implemented.

For example, as described above, the practice method applied to the target apparatus according to the embodiment of the present invention is a computer-readable recording medium including program instructions for performing various computer-implemented operations or an application Lt; / RTI > The computer-readable recording medium may include a program command, a local data file, a local data structure, or the like, alone or in combination. The recording medium may be those specially designed and constructed for the embodiments of the present invention or may be those known to those skilled in the computer software. Examples of computer-readable media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tape, optical recording media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, magneto-optical media such as floppy disks, and ROMs, And hardware devices specifically configured to store and execute the same program instructions. Examples of program instructions may include machine language code such as those generated by a compiler, as well as high-level language code that may be executed by a computer using an interpreter or the like.

The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention. Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.

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Claims (6)

A target system comprising a target device and a server,
The target device may include a target plate having a target region of a predetermined shape and at least one pressure sensing element provided in the target region of the target plate to detect an impact of the hit or shot ball, Exercises that include consumed calorie information, hit or pitch velocity information, distance information, batting or pitching information, and batting or pitching drop point information generated based on pressure information sensed at each impact of the ball from the pressure sensing unit An information obtaining unit for obtaining information, and a display unit for displaying the obtained exercise information,
The server stores the practice information received from the at least one practitioner mobile terminal in the cloud storage for each practitioner, analyzes the big data accumulated and stored in the cloud storage, provides personalized coaching and feedback to each practitioner mobile terminal, Includes recommendations for striking tools that match current skills, providing stats for striking tools, expert coaching and feedback, and strength and weakness feedback versus other users,
The information obtaining unit transmits the pressure information sensed at every one impact of the ball from the pressure sensing unit to the mobile terminal of the corresponding practitioner selected to interlock with the target ID of the target apparatus by sending the information on the near field wireless communication signal, The exercise information including the consumed calorie information, hit or pitch speed information, distance information, hit or pitch number information, and batting or pitch dropping point information generated in correspondence with the pressure information from the application of the terminal is transmitted through the near- Receiving and acquiring
. ≪ / RTI > delete The method according to claim 1,
And a speed sensing sensor for directly sensing the speed of the hit or the pitching by attaching to the upper end of the target plate. Alternatively, the speed sensing unit may include the pressure sensing unit. In this case, the exercise information may include pressure information And speed information sensed by the speed sensing sensor. ≪ RTI ID = 0.0 > [0002] < / RTI > The method of claim 3,
Wherein the display unit further displays a type of a batting tool including at least one of a golf club, a baseball bat, and a hockey stick selected from an practitioner through an application of the mobile terminal, and the application or the information obtaining unit of the mobile terminal And generates different values of the exercise information generated corresponding to the pressure information or the speed information according to the type of the tool. 5. The method of claim 4,
Further comprising a position adjuster for adjusting a position of the target plate according to the type of the selected striking tool. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the pressure sensing element further comprises a piezoelectric element and further comprises a power supply for storing electric energy output from the piezoelectric element to supply power to the target device.

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