KR102044897B1 - Putting training system and apparatus for moving hole cup provided therein - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a putting practicing system comprising: a hole cup; a green plate including a putt area formed by continuous surfaces and a guide groove formed to accommodate the hole cup; and a hole cup moving device connecting the putt area and the hole cup, and changing the position of the hole cup with respect to the putt area. In addition, the hole cup moving device comprises: a connecting plate forming a connection area composed of a surface connecting the inlet of the hole cup and the putt area, and having the hole cup inserted thereinto to be supported; and a driving unit supporting the hole cup and the connecting plate in order to move inside the guide groove. Therefore, the putting practicing system allows a trainee to practice putting without moving by using a hole cup of which the position changes.

Description

PUTTING TRAINING SYSTEM AND APPARATUS FOR MOVING HOLE CUP PROVIDED THEREIN}

The present invention is provided for golf putting practice, and relates to a hole cup moving device for providing various hole cup positions and a putting practice system having the same.

Putting is one of the shots of a golf game, and it is a stroke in which the golf ball is rolled toward the hole cup using a golf club such as a putter while the golf ball is seated on the green. It is one of the factors that make a difference.

In general, in the putting, the direction and distance of the golf ball are influenced by the direction and distance of the back and forward strokes of the putter. In particular, it is an important task for the putting practice to perform the stroke exactly as the intended direction and distance. .

On the other hand, various apparatuses and spaces are disclosed so that such putting practice can be performed intensively in a practice space such as a room, and in particular, the prior art such as Patent Documents 1 and 2 discloses a configuration for opening and closing a hole cup. In these prior arts, a hole cup is provided at a plurality of fixed positions on the green, and a plurality of putting target points are provided to the exerciser while opening or closing the hole cup as necessary.

However, even when providing a plurality of hole cup positions as in the prior art, there is a limit to the putting position that can be provided to the exerciser as long as the position of the hole cup is fixed. As a result, the exerciser who has become accustomed to the position of the hole cup as he proceeds, should perform the practice by shifting his position, holding his posture at the new position, and resuming the putting. This method makes it difficult for the corrective posture correction of the exercisers, and there may be inconveniences such as lack of space and confusion among the exercisers when a plurality of exercisers practice together.

Thus, there is a need to derive a practice space or device that can be practiced putting practice in a variety of positions without having to move the seat directly, a plurality of practicers can share the green while concentrating on the practice without confusion.

KR 10-0864641 B1 (2008.10.15. Enrollment) KR 10-1306927 B1 (2013.09.04. Enrollment)

One object of the present invention is to provide a hole cup moving device and a putting practice system having the same is made possible to move the hole cup is a putter target of the exerciser on the green.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a putting practice system in which each hole cup is controlled to be moved according to whether or not each putter is successful.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a putting practice system is made so that the hole cup is finely movable.

Putting practice system according to the present invention to achieve one object of the present invention, the hole cup; A green plate having a putt region formed by a continuous surface and a guide groove formed to receive the hole cup; And a hole cup moving device configured to connect the putt region and the hole cup to each other and to change the position of the hole cup with respect to the put area, wherein the hole cup moving device connects the inlet of the hole cup and the put area to each other. A connection plate forming a connection area formed on a surface thereof and having the hole cup inserted therein and supported; And a driving part to movably support the hole cup and the connection plate in the guide groove.

The hole cup moving unit further includes a hole-in sensor mounted on the hole cup and configured to detect that the golf ball is holed in the hole cup, and the connection plate is any one of a plurality of preset positions when a signal of the hole-in sensor is generated. It may be controlled to move to the position of.

A feeding unit having a putt sensor located within or adjacent to the putt area to provide a golf ball to the practitioner, the putting sensor being configured to sense the putting practice of the practitioner, wherein the connection plate comprises: It may be controlled to be movable when a signal of the put sensor is generated.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, a plurality of feeding units are arranged to be spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the put area, the plurality of hole cup moving devices are arranged in a one-to-one correspondence to the feeding unit, respectively It may be controlled to be operable when the signal of the put sensor of the feeding unit is generated.

The connection plate may have a circular shape having a diameter larger than that of the hole cup, and may be controlled to rotate in the guide groove about an axis eccentric with the hole cup.

The hole cup moving device may further include a sensor that is a hole mounted to the hole cup and configured to detect that the golf ball passes through the hole cup, and the connection plate may include any of an angle within a predetermined range when a signal of the hole in sensor is generated. It can be controlled to rotate at an angle.

In order to achieve another object of the present invention, the connecting plate may be controlled to have a displacement of a value smaller than the diameter of the hole cup.

The putting practice system according to the present invention may further include a cover plate installed on the sidewall of the guide groove and operable to open and close a part of the guide groove.

According to the present invention constituted by the solutions described above, the following effects can be obtained.

In the putting practice system according to the present invention, the hole cup is moved by the hole cup moving device, so that the exerciser can perform the putting practice in various position conditions without moving directly. Accordingly, the practitioner can practice putting more interestingly, and posture correction can be made more accurately without having to change the posture significantly. In addition, comfortable and efficient practice is possible even when multiple practitioners practice together in a limited space.

In addition, in the putting practice system according to the present invention, a plurality of hole cup moving devices can be controlled without confusion by a plurality of put sensors. Therefore, even when a plurality of exercisers share the same put area and practice, the hole cup of each of the exercisers who have performed the putting operation can be accurately controlled.

In addition, the putting practice system according to the present invention is possible because the hole cup moving device connecting plate can be moved in a unit value smaller than the diameter of the hole cup, it can provide a putting situation with a variety of fine differences to the exerciser. That is, a minute level change of the hole cup position, which was not possible in the conventional method of opening and closing the hole cups at a position far from each other, may be realized.

1 is a plan view of a putting practice system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is an enlarged view of a part of the hole cup moving apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1.
3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ shown in FIG. 2.
4 is a plan view of the putting practice system according to another embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a cross-sectional view of the hole cup moving apparatus shown in FIG. 4.

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.

Throughout the specification, when a part is said to "include" a certain component, it means that it can further include other components, without excluding other components unless specifically stated otherwise. Furthermore, throughout this specification, when a member is located "on" another member, this includes not only when one member is in contact with another member but also when another member is present between the two members.

Putting practice system according to the invention is characterized in that it is configured to be movable so that various putting positions can be provided without the direct movement of the exerciser. Hereinafter, the structure and function of the putting practice system through one embodiment and another embodiment of the present invention will be described.

1 is a plan view of the putting practice system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention, Figure 2 is an enlarged view of a portion of the hole cup moving device 130 shown in FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line AA ′ shown in FIG. 2.

1 to 3, the putting practice system 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a hole cup 101, a green plate 110, and a hole cup moving device 130. The green plate 110 may provide a ground on which the golf ball is clouded toward the hole cup 101, and the hole cup moving device 130 may implement the movement of the hole cup 101 with respect to the green plate 110.

In detail, the green plate 110 may include the putt region 112 and the guide groove 114. The putt region 112 may be formed to provide a continuous surface around the hole cup 101, which is the point of the putt. The putt region 112 may be formed of a plane including a predetermined curvature, and may be formed to be covered with a grass member or a member similar to the actual green surface. However, in the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention, a connection plate 132 which will be described later may be interposed between the hole cup 101 and the put area 112, which will be described later in detail.

The guide groove 114 may be formed on the surface of the green plate 110. The guide groove 114 may be formed in a shape recessed in the surface of the green plate 110, and may be formed to extend along the surface of the green plate 110 along a predetermined path in this embodiment. As shown in FIG. 1, when the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention is viewed from above, the guide groove 114 may be formed so as to extend in one direction in the interior of the put area 112, and the guide groove. The hole cup 101 may be accommodated in the region where the 114 is formed. As shown, the plurality of hole cups 101 may be spaced apart from each other in the guide groove 114 so that a plurality of practitioners may perform putting exercises.

The hole cup moving device 130 of the present embodiment functions to vary the position of the hole cup 101 with respect to the put area 112 to provide a changed position condition to the exerciser. To this end, the hole cup moving device 130 may be formed to connect the putt region 112 and the hole cup 101 to each other, and may be configured to support the hole cup 101 to move on the green plate 110.

In detail, the hole cup moving device 130 may include a connection plate 132 and a driver 134.

The connection plate 132 may form a connection area 132a around the hole cup 101 to provide a ground on which the golf ball is moved, and also support the hole cup 101. That is, the hole cup 101 may be inserted and supported in the connection plate 132. In addition, the connecting plate 132 may form a connecting region 132a whose surface extends to connect the inlet of the hole cup 101 and the put region 112 to each other to cover a portion of the guide groove 114. . The connection area 132a may be made of the same material as the put area 112 and the boundary surfaces may be in parallel contact with each other so that the golf ball may be rolled without a step between the connection area 132a and the put area 112. . The connection area 132a may be coupled to an inlet of the hole cup 101 to be fixed to the hole cup 101.

The driving unit 134 may be configured to movably support the hole cup 101 and the connecting plate 132 in the interior accommodated in the guide groove 114. As shown, the driving unit 134 may support the lower portion of the hole cup 101 and move on the bottom surface of the guide groove 114. That is, in the hole cup moving device 130 of the present invention, the connection plate 132 and the driving unit 134 connected to the hole cup 101 may be made to move in the guide groove 114 together with the hole cup 101. .

As the hole cup moving device 130 supporting the hole cup 101 is moved as described above, the exerciser may perform putting practice in variously changing position conditions. Since the exerciser does not have to move directly to change the position conditions, convenience can be ensured, and more various position conditions can be provided. In particular, when the practicer changes his own position, it may become accustomed to adjust the putting angle and distance correspondingly as the position is moved, but the practice effect may be lowered, but the present invention does not have such a concern and thus effective practice This can be done.

Furthermore, since the exerciser does not have to change his posture significantly, posture correction can be made more accurately and easily. In addition, when a plurality of exercisers to practice the practice by sharing one put area 112 can be minimized the movement of the position of each exerciser, the concentration can be improved in the practice and the utilization of the practice space can be maximized .

Hereinafter, with reference to the specific structure of an embodiment of the present invention, the configuration related to the movement of the hole cup moving device 130 will be described in detail.

The hole cup moving device 130 according to the present embodiment may be configured to move when the putter succeeds. To this end, the hole cup moving device 130 may further include a hole-in sensor 133 and a controller (not shown). The hole-in sensor 133 may be mounted on the hole cup 101 so that the golf ball detects that the hole cup 101 is hole-in. For example, the hall-in sensor 133 may be formed of an infrared sensor. The hole-in sensor 133 is formed to transmit and receive infrared signals at a plurality of points on the inner circumferential surface of the hole cup 101, and may detect that the infrared signal is changed while the golf ball fills or passes the hole cup 101. have.

When it is detected by the hole-in sensor 133 that the golf ball is holed in the hole cup 101, the controller may apply a signal to the driver 134. The controller may control the driving of the driving unit 134 so that the hole cup moving device 130 is moved to any one of a plurality of preset positions. Alternatively, the controller may control the driving of the driving unit 134 to control the hole cup moving device 130 to be moved by a predetermined displacement value from the current position.

Alternatively, even without the hole-in sensor 133, the controller may not operate to move the position of the hole cup 101 by controlling the driving unit 134 as a predetermined time elapses. Accordingly, the exerciser can perform putting practice at a position that changes every predetermined time without changing the position directly.

On the other hand, the practitioner using the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention may perform putting practice targeting an arbitrary hole cup 101 at arbitrary positions 112a on the put area 112. However, the putting practice system according to the present invention that can minimize the movement of the exerciser may further include a feeding unit 120 to provide a fixed putting position to the exerciser.

The feeding unit 120 may be configured to repeatedly provide a golf ball to the putting exerciser. The feeding unit 120 may include a space accommodating a plurality of golf balls, and a driving device operable to transport the golf ball from a space in which the golf ball is accommodated to a predetermined point. The feeding unit 120 may be located inside the putt region 112 or may be located in a separate space adjacent to the outside of the putt region 112. As shown, the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention has a plurality of feeding unit 120 along the periphery of the green plate 110, so that a plurality of practitioners can practice sharing the put area 112 Can be arranged. In addition, the putting practice system 100 according to the present exemplary embodiment may be configured such that a plurality of practitioners perform putting exercises in the hole cup 101 which independently changes positions while sharing one putt region 112. To this end, the feeding unit 120 further includes a putt sensor 121, and the hole cup moving device 130 may be operated by reflecting the signal of the putt sensor 121.

As shown in FIG. 1, a plurality of feeding units 120 may be positioned to be spaced apart from each other along a circumference of one put area 112, and a trainee may be located in each feeding unit 120. In this case, the connection plate 132 supporting the hole cup 101 may also be positioned at the center of the green plate 110 so as to correspond one to one as many as the number of the feeding units 120. The putt sensor 121 may be provided in each feeding unit 120, and the above-described hole-in sensor 133 may be formed in each hole cup 101.

The putt sensor 121 may be configured to detect whether the golf ball is positioned at a position for providing a ball for putting to the exerciser. The putt sensor 121 may be configured as an optical sensor mounted on the bottom of the position where the golf ball is provided to the exerciser to perform the putting. Specifically, the putt sensor 121 may be covered by a golf ball and then detected to be exposed to the outside after the putting is performed, thereby detecting whether or not the putter performs the putting operation. Alternatively, like the hole-in sensor 133, it may be made of an infrared sensor for generating an infrared path passing through the position where the golf ball is provided to the exerciser.

The hole cup moving device 130 according to the present embodiment may be controlled to move only in a situation in which a signal indicating that the exerciser has putt is generated by the put sensor 121. That is, on the premise that a signal is generated from the put sensor 121 of the feeding unit 120 corresponding to each hole cup moving device 130, the hole cup moving device 130 is operated by the detection of the hole-in sensor 133. Can be controlled.

As each of the plurality of connecting plates 132 is controlled by the plurality of put sensors 121, even if a plurality of exercisers share the same put area 112 to practice, the hole cups of each exerciser who performed the putting operation 101 can be accurately controlled. Accordingly, the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention, a plurality of exercisers can perform the putting practice smoothly even in a limited practice space, such as indoors.

In addition, the feeding unit 120 and the hole cup moving device 130 corresponding to each other in the put area 112 may be controlled such that the corresponding relationship is changed according to a condition. Specifically, when a predetermined time elapses, the feeding unit 120 is changed to operate in correspondence with the hole cup moving device 130 different from the previous one, and thus, the exerciser may change the hole cup moving device 130 from the previous one. Putting practice can be performed in the hole cup 101 is supported by. In this case, the change condition of the correspondence relationship may be that not only a preset time but also a signal generation accumulated more than a predetermined number of times by the hole-in sensor 133.

Meanwhile, in the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention, the displacement of the hole cup 101 moved by the connecting plate 132 may be controlled to have a value smaller than the diameter of the hole cup 101. For example, when the putter 121 and the hole-in sensor 133 detect a successful putting of the exerciser, the connecting plate 132 and the hole cup 101 are larger than the diameter of the hole cup 101 in the guide groove 114. It can be moved by a small value. Accordingly, the hole cup 101 may be slightly changed in position such that the hole cup 101 is located in an area partially overlapping the position of the hole cup 101 before the putting is successful.

By this operation of the putting practice system 100 according to the present invention, a putting position with various and fine differences can be provided to the exerciser. This feature, which was not possible in the conventional way in which the hole cups 101 are opened and closed at positions far from each other, the exerciser can perform the putting angle and distance adjustment exercises more precisely.

In this embodiment, the connecting plate 132 has a connecting area 132a extending from the inlet of the hole cup 101, so that a ground on which the golf ball can roll into the moved hole cup 101 is provided. . At this time, if the connection region 132a is formed sufficiently larger than the inlet of the hole cup 101, the connection plate 132 is moved together with the hole cup 101, even if there are some areas where the guide groove 114 is opened. Practice can be easy.

However, the putting practice system 100 according to the present embodiment may further include a cover plate 140 covering a part of the guide groove 114 to further provide a ground on which the golf ball can roll. . Specifically, the cover plate 140 may be made to open and close the guide groove 114 by rotation. The cover plate 140 may be mounted to be folded side by side on the side wall of the guide groove 114. The cover plate 140 may be operated to open in a situation where the hole cup 101 and the connecting plate 132 are not adjacent to close a part of the guide groove 114. The surface of the cover plate 140 may be made of the same material as the connecting region 132a and the putt region 112, and the connecting region 132a and the putt region (a) may be positioned to close a part of the guide groove 114. 112 can be connected side by side without a step.

On the other hand, the hole cup 101 is inserted into the connection plate 132 in the present embodiment may be formed in a cylindrical shape with an open bottom. In addition, the guide groove 114 of the present embodiment may be extended so that the golf ball, which is holed in the hole cup 101 and passed through, is clouded along a predetermined path and recovered to a predetermined position. However, this embodiment may also be equipped with a hole cup 201 of another embodiment to be described later, in this case the practitioner can directly collect the golf ball.

In the above, the embodiment of the present invention in which the hole cup 101 and the connecting plate 132 are moved in the surface direction along the predetermined guide groove 114 has been described. Hereinafter, another embodiment of the present invention will be described in which the position of the hole cup 101 is changed in such a manner that the connecting plate 232 including the hole cup 101 rotates.

4 is a cross-sectional view of the putting practice system 200 according to another embodiment of the present invention, Figure 5 is a cross-sectional view of the hole cup moving device 230 shown in FIG.

4 and 5, in the putting practice system 200 of the present embodiment, the connecting plate 232 may be formed in a circular shape having a diameter larger than that of the hole cup 201. That is, the connection plate 232 may be formed in a disc shape in which the inlet of the hole cup 201 is disposed. In addition, as shown, the center of the connection plate 232 and the hole cup 201 may be formed to be eccentric with each other.

In addition, the driving unit 234 extends upward and includes a central axis 235 supporting the central portion of the connecting plate 232, and the driving unit 234 may be operated to rotate the central axis 235. Accordingly, when the connecting plate 232 is rotated about the central axis 235, the hole cup 201 may be pivoted about the central axis 235 of the connecting plate 132.

Like the previous embodiment, the connection plate 232 of the present embodiment may be controlled to change the position by the detection signal of the sensor 133, which is a hole mounted in the hole cup 201. When a signal of the sensor 133 which is a hole that detects a golf ball passing through the hole cup 201 is generated, the connection plate 232 is controlled to be rotated by any of angles within a preset range by the driving unit 234, thereby connecting. The position of the hole cup 201 pivoted on the plate 232 may be moved. In addition, in a configuration in which the hole-in sensor 133 is not provided, the connection plate 232 may be rotated according to a lapse of a predetermined time, thereby providing a position of the hole cup 201 to the exerciser.

When the movement of the hole cup 201 is realized by the rotation of the disc-shaped connection plate 232 as in the present embodiment, the entire outer circumference of the connection plate 232 is green plate 110 while changing the position of the hole cup 201. The contact with the putt region 112 of may be maintained as it is. Accordingly, the member for opening and closing the guide groove 214 may be omitted, such as the cover plate 140 of the previous embodiment, and the entire inner region of the green plate 110 may have a ground on which the golf ball may roll (put area 112). May be provided). Compared to the previous embodiment, there is an advantage that the putt region 112 can be provided wide and an improved appearance can be provided.

The description of the present invention described above is for illustrative purposes, and those skilled in the art can understand that the present invention can be easily modified in other specific forms without changing the technical spirit or essential features of the present invention. There will be. Therefore, it should be understood that the embodiments described above are exemplary in all respects and not restrictive. For example, each component described as a single type may be implemented in a distributed manner, and similarly, components described as distributed may be implemented in a combined form.

In addition, the scope of the present invention is shown by the following claims rather than the detailed description, it should be construed that all changes or modifications derived from the meaning and scope of the claims and equivalent concepts thereof are included in the scope of the present invention. do.

100, 200: putting practice system
101, 201: hole cup
110: green plate
112: putt area
114: guide groove
120: feeding unit
121: putt sensor
130: hole cup moving device
132, 232: connection plate
132a, 232a: connection area
133: Hall-in sensor
134, 234: drive unit
140: cover plate
235: central axis

Claims (9)

Hole cup;
A green plate having a putt region formed by a continuous surface and a guide groove formed to receive the hole cup; And
A hole cup moving device configured to connect the put region and the hole cup to each other, and to change the position of the hole cup with respect to the put region;
The hole cup moving device,
A connection plate having the hole cup inserted therein and forming a connection area including a surface connecting the inlet of the hole cup and the put area with each other;
A driving part supporting the hole cup and the connection plate to be movable in the guide groove; And
Putting practice system comprising a cover plate installed on the side wall of the guide groove is operable to open and close a portion of the guide groove.
The method of claim 1,
The hole cup moving device further includes a hole-in sensor mounted on the hole cup and configured to detect that a golf ball is holed in the hole cup.
The connecting plate is putter practice system, characterized in that the control to be moved to any one of a plurality of predetermined positions when the signal of the Hall-in sensor.
The method of claim 2,
And a feeding unit positioned within or adjacent to the putt area to provide a golf ball to the trainer and having a putt sensor configured to sense putting practice of the practicer,
Putting practice system is characterized in that the connection plate is controlled to be movable when the signal of the put sensor.
The method of claim 3, wherein
The feeding unit is disposed in plurality to be spaced apart from each other along the circumference of the put area,
The hole cup moving apparatus is arranged in a plurality of one-to-one correspondence to the feeding unit, each putting practice system characterized in that the control is operable to operate when the signal of the put sensor of the corresponding feeding unit.
delete delete The method of claim 1,
Putting practice system, characterized in that the connecting plate is controlled to have a displacement of a value smaller than the diameter of the hole cup.
delete A hole cup moving device configured to support a hole cup in a guide groove formed in a green plate having a putt region formed by a continuous surface to vary the position of the hole cup with respect to the putt region.
A connection plate forming a connection area formed of a surface connecting the inlet of the hole cup and the putt area with each other, wherein the hole cup is inserted and supported;
A driving part supporting the hole cup and the connection plate to be movable in the guide groove; And
And a cover plate installed on the sidewall of the guide groove and operable to open and close a portion of the guide groove.

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