KR102224182B1 - User terminal and golf information system including the same - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a golf information providing system. According to an embodiment of the present invention, the present invention can provide the golf information providing system comprising: a signal generator which is individually installed at a plurality of locations including a hole cup to generate unique identification signals for the locations; a user terminal for receiving the signal from the signal generator, determining the position and distance of the signal generator, and providing predetermined golf information to a user; and a server group that stores various data necessary for providing the golf information, and performs two-way communication with the user terminal. The present invention is effective in providing accurate distance information and location information to a golf player.

Description

User terminal and golf information providing system including the same {USER TERMINAL AND GOLF INFORMATION SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME}

The present invention relates to a user terminal and a golf information providing system including the same.

The golf course consists of a total of 18 holes, and each hole has its own geographic characteristics. Golfers play golf from the teeing ground to the target hole cup in various ways depending on their shot ability and experience.

Recently, various golf information providing apparatuses have been released to support golfers' attack on the course. Since the most important and necessary information for a golfer in progressing a golf game can be said to be information about the distance to the target hole cup, a device for providing golf information that has been widely used to date mainly includes a device that guides the distance to the hole cup.

However, the conventional golf information providing apparatus as described above provides a distance using a GPS having an error range of several meters or calculates the distance of coordinate values set on a map already possessed by the apparatus, There is a problem that it cannot provide accurate distance information during actual play.

In addition, there is a problem in that the accumulated data other than distance information is simply provided to the user in one way, and thus the user is not sufficiently helpful in proceeding the golf game.

In addition, there is a problem in that the information that is useful for actual play is not sufficiently provided, so it is not very helpful to golfers with accumulated experience, and it is difficult to arouse the user's desire for reuse.

In addition, there is a problem that the usability is not high due to the lack of a function to efficiently manage the play result.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1887871 (Registered on August 07, 2018)

A user terminal and golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention has been proposed to solve the above problems, and an object thereof is to provide accurate distance information to a user.

In addition, it aims to provide accurate location information to users.

In addition, the purpose of the golf game is to allow users to easily and conveniently acquire golf information so that beginners can learn and enjoy golf more actively.

In addition, the purpose is to enable beginners to receive golf strategy information up to the target so that they can achieve excellent results even in various environmental changes.

In addition, the purpose of the golf game is to simply record and manage one's own score to prevent omissions or errors in the score record, and to conveniently manage one's own record.

In addition, the purpose of the golf game is to make it easy to check the distance to the front team so that it is not interfered with or interfered with the game of the previous team in a golf game.

According to an aspect of the present invention, a signal generator that is individually installed at a plurality of locations including a hole cup to generate a unique identification signal for the corresponding location; A user terminal receiving a signal from the signal generator, determining a position and distance of the signal generator, and providing predetermined golf information to a user; And a server group storing various data necessary for providing the golf information and performing bidirectional communication with the user terminal.

In addition, the signal generator may be provided with a golf information providing system that transmits a number or an absolute coordinate value for a corresponding position as the unique identification signal.

In addition, the signal generator may be provided with a golf information providing system that is embedded in one hole cup and disposed to be spaced apart from a plurality of points.

In addition, the user terminal may include a signal receiver for a terminal receiving a signal from the signal generator; And a terminal location information receiving unit provided to detect the location of the user terminal.

In addition, the user terminal may include a user interface unit for a terminal provided to input and output the golf information; A voice information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive a user's voice command; An image information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive image information around the user terminal; And an environment information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive environment information around the user terminal. A system for providing golf information may be provided.

In addition, the user interface unit for the terminal is composed of a touch screen for inputting the golf information into the user terminal or outputting from the user terminal, and the voice information collection unit for the terminal is composed of a microphone for receiving a voice command from the user , Golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the user terminal may be provided with a golf information providing system further comprising a server data receiving unit provided to receive at least one of information on a golf course and various information on the user's play from the server group. have.

Further, the server data receiving unit may include a golf course data receiving unit for receiving information on a golf course from the server group; And a user data communication unit for receiving various information on the user's play from the server group.

In addition, the user terminal determines the distance from the user terminal to the signal generator, determines the current play hole of the user to manage play information, and analyzes the server group data provided through the server data receiver. And, a system for providing golf information, further including; a control unit for a terminal that generates attack information to be provided to a user, may be provided.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal analyzes information on the current play hole, calculates a distance from the user terminal to the predetermined hole cup through a signal from the signal generator of the predetermined hole cup, and provides distance information to the user. , Golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal receives a unique identification signal from a plurality of signal generators respectively installed on a plurality of teeing grounds in order to determine the user's current play hole, and among the received unique identification signals, the The distance to the signal generator is calculated to determine whether this distance is within the preset distance range, and if it is within the preset distance range, the server group is called and the previous play record of the same user is called to determine if there is a previous play hole, If there is no previous play hole, the current play hole is set as the first hole, and if there is a previous play hole, it is determined whether the number of the previous play hole + 1 and the hole number of the teeing ground calculated as the shortest distance are the same, and if they are the same, the shortest distance A golf information providing system for setting the hole number of the teeing ground calculated as the current play hole and updating information on the current play hole to at least one of the user terminal and the server group is provided. I can.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal, in order to determine the location of the user terminal, receives signals from at least three or more signal generators, measures a distance from the user terminal to each signal generator, and measures at least three or more A golf information providing system for calculating the current location of the user terminal based on distance information may be provided.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal may provide a golf information providing system that maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course provided from the server group and provides it to the user.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal, when receiving a command to request strategy information for the target hole cup designated by the user from the user, collects distance information for the target hole cup, and information and environment for the current play hole It collects information, determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal, maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, and provides user information, hole information, environment information, and user terminal information. When at least one of the location information is requested to the server group, the server group collects and analyzes the attack information by inputting the base data and golf course information requested from the user terminal into the attack information generation module. A golf information providing system may be provided in which strategy information is provided to the user terminal, and the user terminal outputs the strategy information received from the server group to the user through the user interface unit for the terminal.

In addition, when receiving a score information input command from the user, the control unit for the terminal collects the current location of the user terminal, collects information on the current play hole, and determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal. And, the location of the user terminal is mapped to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, and the score information input command is read to identify at least one of the command type, the penalty type, and the club type to make the first hit. If it is the first hit, score information and play information are updated to the server group, and if it is not the first hit, the position change of the user terminal and the flying distance of the golf ball are calculated according to the score information input command, and then score information and A golf information providing system may be provided that updates play information to the server group and outputs an update result of the score information to a user through the user interface unit for the terminal.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal, upon receiving a playability command from the user, collects the current position of the user terminal, collects information on the current play hole, and determines the user's position through the position of the user terminal. And, by mapping the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, the location of the user and the location information of the team in front of the user are requested from the server group, and the server group is the team in front of the user. Collects the location of the user, collects the user's current location and flying distance, and transmits the user's front team location information and average flying distance information to the user terminal, and the user terminal determines the distance between the user and the user's front team. A golf information providing system may be provided that calculates and determines whether play is possible based on the maximum or average flying distance, and provides the user with a determination result of the playability.

In addition, the server group includes a golf course operation server for storing and managing various information on a golf course; And a service provider server that stores and manages various information on the user and the user's golf game.

The golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention has an effect of providing accurate distance information and location information to a golf player.

In addition, there is an advantage that anyone can easily learn and enjoy golf because a user can easily and conveniently acquire various types of golf information when playing a golf game.

In addition, in the case of beginners, since golf strategy information can be provided to the target, excellent performance can be achieved even in various environmental changes, and accordingly, golf skills can be greatly improved.

In addition, since it is possible to simply record and manage one's own score in the course of a golf game, it is possible to prevent omissions or errors in the score record, and has the advantage of being able to easily check his or her record.

In addition, since it is possible to easily check the distance to the front team during a golf game, interference or interference with the game with the front team can be prevented in advance in a golf game.

1 is a block diagram of a system for providing golf information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram showing a detailed configuration of a user terminal and a control relationship between a signal generator and a user terminal in a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of calculating a distance from a user to a specific hole cup in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a user's current play hole in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a reference diagram for explaining a principle of determining a location of a user terminal in a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining the location of a user terminal in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing attack information in a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of inputting score information of a user in a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining whether or not play is possible by checking the position of a team in front of a user in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function may flow through the gist of the present invention, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 1, a system for providing golf information according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a signal generator 100, a user terminal 300, and a server group 400.

A plurality of signal generators 100 may be provided, and a unique identification signal for a corresponding position may be generated to identify position information for a predetermined position. That is, the plurality of signal generators 100 may be individually installed at a plurality of different positions or points including the hole cup 12 provided in the golf course to generate different unique identification signals for each corresponding position. Such a signal generator 100 may be installed on the teeing ground 11 as well as the hole cup 12. In addition, the signal generator 100 may be installed at a boundary of a bunker, a boundary of a hazard, an OB boundary, an OB teeing ground, a hazard teeing ground, and the like. In addition, the signal generator 100 may be installed at any location by the golf course operating entity. At this time, each of the installed signal generators 100 has a unique identification code, and may generate a signal corresponding thereto.

In addition, in order for the user terminal 300 to receive a signal generated by the signal generator 100 and determine the distance to the signal generator 100, the following method may be used.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, a TOA (Time-Of-Arrival) method can be used in which the distance between the transmitting point and the receiving point is calculated by using the difference between the transmitting time and the receiving time of a predetermined signal. , The distance between the sending point and the receiving point can be obtained by multiplying the time difference between transmissions by the speed of the signal.

At this time, the signal of the signal generator 100 may be any one of infrared, ultrasonic, and RF signals. Here, since infrared rays have a very fast propagation speed, the accuracy of distance measurement may be degraded in a golf game in which the distance to the hole cup 12, which is not far away, must be measured. As a result, ultrasound, which has a relatively slow speed compared to infrared rays, is used. It can be advantageous to increase the accuracy of distance estimation.

In addition, given the transmission power and reception power of the RF signal, the distance between transmission and reception may be calculated using a signal attenuation model. However, RF signals are reflected and refracted, and attenuation occurs due to obstacles (eg, trees, walls, people, etc.).

At this time, the transmission time and the reception time may be set so that the signal generator 100 and the timer of the user terminal 300 are mutually synchronized so that the transmission time of the signal generator 100 can be known by the user terminal 300 receiving the signal. . For example, the signal generator 100 can transmit a predetermined signal every predetermined time (eg, 3 seconds or 5 seconds), and the user terminal 300 knows the transmission time of the signal generator 100 in advance. The time difference between the foot and the reception can be measured through the reception time at which the corresponding signal arrives, and the distance can be estimated through this. The transmission time or transmission interval of the signal generator 100 may be preset and stored in a memory (not shown), and the terminal controller 390 to be described later may utilize the stored data.

Here, the signal generator 100 may transmit a signal for a hole number or an absolute coordinate for a corresponding location as a unique identification signal. For example, when the signal generator 100 is installed in a plurality of teeing grounds 11 or a plurality of hole cups 12 or other positions, the unique identification signal is the corresponding teeing ground 11 or hole cup 12 or other position. You can send the number or absolute coordinate value of.

In this case, the signal generator 100 may be embedded in one hole cup 12 so that the hole cup 12 may be spaced apart from each other at a plurality of points. Accordingly, the hole cup 12 is installed in the hole that is activated during the golf game, and the hole cup 12 is not installed in the inactive hole and may be filled with other materials such as soil or grass. Accordingly, since the hole cup 12 is installed only in the activated hole required for a golf game, a unique identification signal of the signal generator 100 can be transmitted in all activated holes.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2, the user terminal 300 may receive a signal from the signal generator 100 and determine the location and distance of the signal generator 100. In addition, the user terminal 300 may provide predetermined golf information to the user. Here, the user terminal 300 may be a personal portable terminal such as a smart phone or PDA.

Specifically, the user terminal 300 may include a terminal signal receiving unit 310 and a terminal location information receiving unit 320. The terminal signal receiving unit 310 is a component of the user terminal 300 and may be provided to receive a signal from the signal generator 100. The terminal signal receiving unit 310 may be provided in the form of an antenna or a small chip. Accordingly, the user terminal 300 may individually grasp the positions of the plurality of signal generators 100 based on the signals collected through the terminal signal receiving unit 310.

The terminal location information receiving unit 320 may be provided to detect the location of itself (ie, the user terminal 300), and various means may be used for this, but a GPS may be used as in the present embodiment.

In addition, the user terminal 300 includes a user interface unit 340 for a terminal, a voice information collection unit 350 for a terminal, an image information collection unit 360 for a terminal, an environmental information collection unit 370 for a terminal, and an operation for the terminal. It may further include an information collection unit 375.

The terminal user interface unit 340 provides a user to directly input a predetermined command, request, or information to the user terminal 300 or to output various types of information collected, analyzed, and processed by the user terminal 300 to the user. Can be.

Specifically, the terminal user interface unit 340 may include a touch screen 341 for inputting golf information into the user terminal 300 or receiving output from the user terminal 300. The touch screen 341 is a means capable of both input and output, and is generally widely known, and thus a detailed description of the touch screen 341 itself will be omitted.

In this way, the user terminal 300 provides golf information necessary for the user in the process of playing a golf game according to a user's command or request or a preset sequence through the touch screen 341 to help the golf game. .

For example, the touch screen 341 may display the current play hole on a map of the golf course on the screen, and display the location of the signal generator 100 installed on the map. In addition, when the user requests the distance to the specific hole cup 12, the distance from the current position (that is, the player's position) to the requested signal generator 100 is at least one of a meter and a yard. Can be displayed.

In this case, the touch screen 341 may display the height of the green of the play hole on a map in the form of a color or a specific arrow as needed, so that the user can easily know the height or slope of the green. Also, when a specific point or area is touched on the map, the touch screen 341 may enlarge the specific point or area on the screen and show the height or slope of the green in more detail.

In addition, the touch screen 341 can inform the user by expressing the current wind direction or wind speed of the current play hole in the direction, thickness, or color of the arrow, if necessary. The route can be displayed along with the distance information on the map.

On the other hand, the touch screen 341 may indicate on a map by displaying distance information from the previous team or whether play is possible when there is a user's request. In addition, the touch screen 341 displays a score table for recording score information when the user wants to input his or her score information at the request of the user, so that the user can record the current number of strokes. Determination of the current play hole implemented on the touch screen, distance information to the hole cup 12, determination of the user's current location, input of strategy information and score information, and a method of providing information on whether or not play is possible will be described again later. do.

The terminal voice information collection unit 350 may be provided to receive a user's voice command. The user terminal 300 can also receive a user's command or information through the terminal user interface unit 340, but for a terminal capable of receiving a voice command from the user so that the user can input a command or request more easily. The voice information collection unit 350 may be provided.

The voice information collection unit 350 for a terminal may be configured as a microphone capable of receiving a voice command. Accordingly, the user may request golf information necessary during a golf game from the voice information collection unit 350 for a terminal through his/her voice. For example, when a user requests information about a distance to a specific hole cup 12 by voice, the user terminal 300 may receive a user's voice command through the voice information collection unit 350 for the terminal.

In addition, the terminal image information collection unit 360 may be provided to receive image information around the user terminal 300. The terminal image information collection unit 360 may be configured with a camera capable of capturing an image around the user terminal 300. Accordingly, the user terminal 300 may collect image information around the user terminal 300 through the wearable image information collection unit 260 and utilize it when providing golf information to the user.

The terminal environment information collection unit 370 may be provided to receive environment information around the user terminal 300. The terminal environmental information collection unit 370 may be configured with various sensors to measure environmental information (eg, temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, etc.) around the user terminal 300, and use this information as meteorological information of the Meteorological Agency. It may be transmitted from the providing server or server group 400. Accordingly, the user terminal 300 may collect environmental information around the user terminal 300 through the environment information collection unit 370 for the terminal, and use it when providing target information among golf information to the user. For example, when the user terminal 300 provides the user with strategy information on a specific hole cup 12, the distance from the user's location to the specific hole cup 12 is X meters, and the current rain is falling and the wind is affected by the east wind. It blows at a few meters per second, so it can provide strategy information on how to take a shot in consideration of this environment. At this time, the collected environmental information may be provided to the user through the user interface unit 340, and for example, may be displayed together with map information of a golf course.

The motion information collection unit 375 for the terminal may be provided to receive the user's motion information, and the motion information collection unit 375 for the terminal is a motion sensor so that the user can detect the motion when the user is playing a golf game. The user terminal 300 may provide customized strategy information suitable for the user based on the user's motion during a golf game by collecting user motion through the motion information collection unit 375 for the terminal. .

In addition, the user terminal 300 may further include a server data receiving unit 380 as shown in FIG. 2.

The server data receiving unit 380 may be provided to receive at least one of information on a golf course and various pieces of information on a play (golf game) of a specific user from the server group 400. Specifically, the server data receiving unit 380 may include a golf course data receiving unit 381 and a user data communication unit 382.

The golf course data receiving unit 381 may receive information on a golf course (eg, a map of a golf course, a location of the teeing ground 11, a location of the hole cup 12, etc.) from the server group 400. The user data communication unit 382 may receive various information (eg, use date and time, score, movement route, play hole, etc.) on the play of a specific user from the server group 400.

In addition, the user terminal 300 may further include a terminal control unit 390.

The terminal controller 390 may determine a distance from the user terminal 300 to the signal generator 100. In addition, the terminal control unit 390 determines the play hole the user is currently playing, manages play information accordingly, analyzes the data of the server group 400 provided through the server data receiving unit 380, and provides the user with You can create strategy information to provide.

In order to perform the above operation, the terminal control unit 390 includes a user terminal location determination unit 391, a distance determination unit 392, a user command processing unit 393, a hall determination unit 394, and a play information management unit ( 395), a user data analysis unit 396, a target information generation unit 397, and an information processing unit 398 may be selectively included as necessary.

Here, the user terminal location determination unit 391 may use GPS information to detect the location of the user terminal 300 and may determine the current location of the user terminal 300 through this. The distance determination unit 392 may determine a distance from the user terminal 300 whose location is confirmed by the user terminal position determination unit 391 to a predetermined signal generator 100.

In addition, the user command processing unit 393 may analyze and process a user command input through the terminal user interface unit 340 or collected by the terminal voice information collection unit 350.

The hole determination unit 394 determines the play hole currently being played by the user, the play information management unit 395 manages the user's play information through the determination of the play hole, and the user data analysis unit 396 is a server data receiver. The data provided through 380 may be analyzed, and the attack information generation unit 397 may generate attack information to be provided to the user.

The information processing unit 398 analyzes and processes various types of information collected or provided from at least one of the terminal image information collection unit 360, the terminal environment information collection unit 370, and the terminal operation information collection unit 375. can do.

At this time, the results analyzed and processed through the distance determination unit 392, the user command processing unit 393, and the information processing unit 398 in the terminal control unit 390 are the touch screen 341 of the user interface unit 340 for the terminal. Alternatively, it may be output to the user through a speaker (not shown).

Referring to FIG. 3, when the terminal control unit 390 receives a request for distance information from the user to the predetermined hole cup 12 designated by the user, the current user plays a golf game among signals received from a plurality of signal generators 100. A signal received from the signal generator 100 corresponding to the hole cup 12 of the playing hole in progress may be filtered. Thereafter, the distance determination unit 392 of the terminal control unit 390 may calculate a distance to the signal generator 100 from which the filtered signal is transmitted, and provide the result to the user.

On the other hand, the terminal control unit 390 determines the distance when receiving a request for distance information to a predetermined signal generator 100 designated by the user through the user interface unit 340 among the signal generators 100 individually installed at a plurality of locations. The unit 392 may calculate the distance from the user terminal 300 to the signal generator 100 designated by the user and provide the user with distance information to the signal generator 100.

For example, the control unit 390 for a terminal may display the location where the signal generator 100 is installed in the user interface unit 340 on the map information of the golf course, and the user may display the user interface unit 340 You can select the signal generator you want to measure the distance through. Since a unique identification code is assigned to each signal generator 100 displayed on the user interface unit 340, the control unit 390 for the terminal is a signal generator selected from among signals collected through the signal receiving unit 310 for the terminal. After calculating the distance to the corresponding signal generator 100 by filtering the unique identification code of 100), it may be output to the user through the user interface unit 340.

Referring to FIG. 4, the hole determination unit 394 of the terminal control unit 390 may perform the following steps to determine the user's current play hole.

For example, the terminal control unit 390 may receive a unique identification signal from a plurality of signal generators 100 respectively installed on the plurality of teeing grounds 11. The distance determination unit 392 of the terminal control unit 390 calculates the distance to the signal generator 100 of the teeing ground 11 at the shortest distance among the received unique identification signals, and then this distance is a preset distance range. You can judge whether it is within.

If it is within a preset distance range, the control unit 390 for the terminal loads the previous play record of the same user from its own memory through the play information management unit 395 or requests the server group 400 to determine the previous play hole of the same user. You can determine if there is. In this case, if it is determined that there is no previous play hole of the same user, the terminal control unit 390 may set the play hole currently being played by the user as the first hole. Accordingly, the terminal controller 390 determines that the user starts a golf game from the first hole and updates the current play hole information to either the user terminal 300 or the server group 400.

On the other hand, when it is determined that there is a previous play hole of the same user, the terminal control unit 390 adds 1 to the number of the previous play hole provided from the server group 400, and this (the number of the previous play hole + 1) and the previous step It can be determined whether the hole numbers of the teeing ground 11 calculated as the shortest distance are the same.

If the hole number of the teeing ground 11 calculated as the shortest distance with the previous play hole number + 1 is not the same, the terminal control unit 390 is configured with a touch screen 341 of the terminal user interface unit 340 or a speaker (not shown). City), the user may be guided to adjust the current position to guide the user to move to the play hole where the game is to be played.

If the number of the hole of the teeing ground 11 calculated as the shortest distance is the same as the number of the previous play hole + 1, the terminal control unit 390 sets the number of the hole of the teeing ground 11 calculated as the shortest distance as the current play hole. I can. In addition, the terminal control unit 390 performs an operation of updating information on the current play hole to any one of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 through the play information management unit 395, for example, Information on the current play hole may be notified to the user, and information on the play hole of the corresponding user may be updated to the service provider server 420 of the server group 400.

5 and 6, the terminal controller 390 may perform the following steps to determine the location of the user terminal 300.

The user terminal location determination unit 391 of the terminal control unit 390 may receive signals from at least three or more signal generators 100 and measure the distance from the user terminal 300 to each signal generator 100. have. Also, the terminal controller 390 may calculate the current location of the user terminal 300 based on the measured distance information of at least 3 or more.

That is, the user terminal position determination unit 391 of the terminal control unit 390 sets the distances R1, R2, and R3 to the three signal generators 100 as a radius in order to accurately determine the position of the user terminal 300. After drawing three virtual circles (C1, C2, C3), the intersection of these three circles can be calculated as the location of the user terminal 300. Accordingly, at least 3 or more distance information may be required to accurately determine the location of the user terminal 300.

In addition, the terminal control unit 390 maps the location of the user terminal 300 calculated by the above step to the preset golf course map information provided from the golf course operation server 410 of the server group 400 to provide a touch screen. It can be provided to the user through (341). For example, the mapping can be mapped in the concept of coordinates. Since the entire golf course map is provided in the form of a coordinate system, and the location of each signal generator 100 can be set on the coordinate system, Once the current location is calculated, it can also be displayed on the coordinates. Accordingly, the user can easily know the location of the user terminal 300 as well as the location of the teeing ground 11 and the hole cup 12 from the map information of the golf course in the form of coordinates.

Referring to FIG. 1, the server group 400 may store various data necessary for providing golf information, and at least one of various information, commands, and stored data collected while performing bidirectional communication with the user terminal 300 Can give and receive each other.

The server group 400 may be integrated and managed as one, but may be divided as necessary, and the server group 400 may include a golf course operation server 410 and a service provider server 420. Here, the golf course operation server 410 may store and manage various information about the golf course (eg, a map of a golf course, a location of the teeing ground 11, a location of the hole cup 12, etc.). In addition, the service provider server 420 may manage and store various types of information (eg, play date and time, score, user's movement path, play hole, etc.) about the user and the user's golf game (play).

Referring to FIG. 7, the golf information providing system according to the present exemplary embodiment may provide attack information requested by the user to the user terminal 300 through each operation of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 described above. .

The terminal control unit 390 is a user's request to provide attack information on the target hole cup 12 designated by the user after a preset user command is input in a state of waiting for a user command of the user terminal 300 ( Hereinafter, a "composition information request command") may be received from a user.

The terminal control unit 390 may collect distance information for the target hole cup 12 when receiving a command to request attack information from a user. Subsequently, the terminal control unit 390 collects information on the current play hole and environment information, determines the location of the user who requested the attack information through the location of the user terminal 300, and determines the location of the user terminal 300. May be mapped to the map information of the golf course received from the server group 400. In addition, the terminal controller 390 may request at least one of base data of user information, hall information, environment information, and location information of the user terminal 300 from the server group 400.

Accordingly, the server group 400 collects and analyzes the attack information by inputting the base data and golf course information requested from the user terminal 300 into a separate attack information generation module, and uses the attack information to the user terminal 300. Can provide back to you. At this time, the strategy information may include the direction to the target, the type of club (eg, No. 3 Wood), and power.

The user terminal 300 outputs the attack information received from the server group 400 to the user through the touch screen 341 of the terminal user interface unit 340 to the user, or By outputting a voice through a speaker or a combination of a screen and a voice to the user, the user can receive help when attacking the target hole cup 12.

For example, when the user terminal 300 is in a user command waiting state, the user may call the user terminal 300 by inputting a specific user command. In this case, the user command is a command set in advance in the control unit 390 for the terminal, and may be, for example, a voice command called'Yadigbook'. Therefore, when the user makes a voice call to the user terminal 300 with the voice "YadiGbook", the control unit 390 for the terminal waits for the user's next command, and in this state, the user When requesting the attack information "Tell me how to hit the 2nd hole!" by voice to 300, the golf information providing system according to the present embodiment performs the above-described operation to the user interface unit for the terminal of the user terminal 300. At least one of the audio and screen through (340) "The distance to Hall 2 is 25 meters, and as it is raining, the east wind of 5 meters per second is blowing, so the angle of inclination to the east is about 15 degrees while looking at Hall 2 in front. Take a shot to achieve!” may be provided to the user by voice, or may be provided to the user through text while indicating the attack path on the screen of the touch screen 341 as needed.

In addition, referring to FIG. 8, the golf information providing system according to the present embodiment separately separates his or her score each time while the user is playing golf through each operation of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 described above. You can enter your own score information by simply calling the user terminal 300 without recording in a notebook or a memo paper.

The terminal control unit 390 may receive a score information input command from the user after inputting a preset user command (eg, voice “YDG Book!”) from the user in a state of waiting for the user command. The terminal control unit 390 may collect the current location of the user terminal 300 upon receiving a score information input command. For example, the user can record his or her score information by simultaneously inputting a user command such as "Yadi Book, Obi, 3 Wood, 5 stroke input, end" and a score information input command to the user terminal 300 by voice. have.

In addition, the user terminal 300 collects information on the play hole, determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal 300, and determines the location of the user terminal 300 of the golf course received from the server group 400. Map information can be mapped. In addition, the user terminal 300 may determine whether the user's shot is the first hit by reading the user's score information input command and identifying at least one of a score information input command type, a penalty type, and a club type.

For reference, the types of penalty strokes that can be entered by the score information input command may include'Obi/Hazard', and the club used with '3 Wood' may be entered, or a command such as '5 stroke input'. You can input the number of strokes through. In addition, as a type of command, for example, there may be'Bunker input', which may be a command to hit one hit in the bunker, and'OK' is a'end order after adding 1 stroke', adding 1 stroke to the current play result. It may be an order to end the hole. When all commands are finished and there are no more commands to be entered, the end of the command can be signaled through the command'End'.

In addition, the terminal control unit 390 updates the score information and play information to the server group 400 if the score score information input command is for the first hit, and if it is not the first hit, the position change and score of the user terminal 300 After calculating the flying distance of the golf ball by the information input command, score information and play information may be updated to the server group 400. In addition, the user terminal 300 may output a result of updating the score information to the user through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal. That is, the user terminal 300 may inform the user of the score information through at least one of a screen and a voice through the terminal user interface unit 340.

Also, referring to FIG. 9, the golf information providing system according to the present embodiment is provided through the user terminal 300 while the user is playing a golf game through each operation of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400. It is possible to check whether a golf game is possible, that is, the position of the front team. This function is effective in preventing interference from the game due to the close distance between the current team and the team in front of the user during a golf game, and in improving the inconvenience of always paying attention to the position of the front team.

In order to perform this function, the terminal control unit 390 may collect the current location of the user terminal 300 upon receiving a playability command from the user. In addition, the user terminal 300 collects information on the play hole by the steps described above, determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal 300, and determines the location of the user terminal 300 to a server group. Map information of the golf course received from 400 may be mapped. In addition, the terminal control unit 390 may request the server group 400 for information on the location of the user identified through the location of the user terminal 300 and the location of the team in front of the user.

Accordingly, the server group 400 may collect the location of the team in front of the user, collect the current location and flying distance of the user, and transmit the location information of the user's front team and the average flying distance information to the user terminal 300. . At this time, the location of the front team can be confirmed by communicating with the user terminals 300 of the users of the front team.

In addition, the user terminal 300 calculates the distance between the user and the team in front of the user, determines whether or not play is possible based on the maximum or average flying distance, and transmits the determination result to the user through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal. Can be provided to. For example, the user terminal 300 may provide a result of determining whether the play is possible to the user through at least one of a screen and a voice through the terminal user interface unit 340.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, measurement of the distance between the user terminal 300 and a preset position, for example, the teeing ground 11 or the hole cup 12, or an arbitrary point of the hole, or the location of the user terminal 300 In the following, a signal transmitted from the signal generator 100 is received by the terminal signal receiving unit 310 and processed by the terminal control unit 390 as an example.

In another embodiment, measurement of the distance between the user terminal 300 and a preset location or measurement of the location of the user terminal 300 may be performed by the location information receiving unit 320 for the terminal. For example, the user terminal 300 may include golf course map information including GPS coordinate information or may be provided from the server group 400, and the golf course map information may be provided through the terminal location information receiving unit 320. The collected GPS coordinates of the user terminal 300 may be mapped. The mapped information as described above may be output to the user through the user interface unit 340, and the user may determine his/her location through this. In addition, the terminal control unit 390 determines the distance to a specific location requested by the user through the user interface unit 340 (eg, a hole cup 12 of a hole in which play is being played, or a specific terrain feature such as a bunker). It can be calculated and provided. Alternatively, when the user selects a specific location among golf course map information output through the user interface unit 340, the terminal control unit 390 loads the GPS coordinates corresponding to the selected point, and then the location information receiving unit 320 for the terminal. ), it is possible to provide the distance to the specific location by comparing it with the current GPS coordinates.

In addition, in another embodiment, the measurement of the distance between the user terminal 300 and a preset location, or measurement of the location of the user terminal 300 is performed by using a signal from the signal generator 100 received by the signal receiving unit 310 for the terminal. It may be achieved by using both the data measured on the basis and the GPS coordinates collected through the location information receiver 320 for the terminal. For example, a hole determination that requires accurate distance measurement or position measurement, or a distance to the hole cup 12 within a preset distance or a position on the green is accurately performed using the signal generator 100, Distance measurement or location determination in other fields may be performed using the terminal location information receiving unit 320. Since each method has already been described, redundant descriptions will be omitted.

The embodiments according to the present invention described above may be implemented in the form of a computer program that can be executed through various components on a computer, and such a computer program may be recorded in a computer-readable medium.

The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the above-described embodiments, or may be known and usable to those skilled in computer software. Examples of computer-readable recording media include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks, and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic media such as floptical disks. -A hardware device specially configured to store and execute program instructions such as magneto-optical media, and ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. As an example of a program instruction, it includes a high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using a machine language code, an interpreter, or the like as produced by a compiler. In addition, the above-described hardware device may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

In addition, the software of the embodiments of the present invention may include a computer program, code, instruction, or a combination of one or more of them, and configure the processing device to operate as desired or independently Or it can collectively command the processing unit. Software and/or data may be interpreted by a processing device or, to provide instructions or data to a processing device, of any type of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device. , Or may be permanently or temporarily embodyed in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored on one or more computer-readable recording media.

Further, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented as a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of a hardware component and a software component. For example, the devices and components described in the embodiments are, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA). , A programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions, such as one or more general purpose computers or special purpose computers.

In the above, the golf information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described as a specific embodiment, but this is only an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and has the widest scope according to the basic idea disclosed in the present specification. It must be interpreted. A person skilled in the art may combine and replace the disclosed embodiments to implement a pattern having a shape that is not indicated, but this also does not depart from the scope of the present invention. In addition, those skilled in the art can easily change or modify the disclosed embodiments based on the present specification, and it is clear that such changes or modifications also belong to the scope of the present invention.

11: Teeing Ground
12: hole cup
100: signal generator
300: user terminal
310: signal receiver for terminal
320: terminal location information receiver
340: terminal user interface unit
341: touch screen
350: Voice information collection unit for terminal
360: video information collection unit for terminal
370: Environment information collection unit for terminal
380: server data receiver
381: Golf course data receiving unit
382: User data communication unit
390: control unit for terminal
391: User terminal location determination unit
394: Hall judgment unit
395: Play information management unit
396: User data analysis unit
397: Strategy information generation unit
400: server group
410: golf course operation server
420: service provider server

Claims (20)

A signal generator that is individually installed at a plurality of locations including a hole cup to generate a unique identification signal for the corresponding location;
A user terminal receiving a signal from the signal generator, determining a position and distance of the signal generator, and providing predetermined golf information to a user; And
Including; a server group that stores various data necessary for providing the golf information and performs bidirectional communication with the user terminal,
The user terminal,
A signal receiver for a terminal receiving a signal from the signal generator;
A terminal location information receiver provided to detect the location of the user terminal;
A user interface unit for a terminal provided to input and output the golf information;
A voice information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive a user's voice command;
An image information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive image information around the user terminal; And
Containing; an environment information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive environment information around the user terminal
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 1,
The signal generator transmits a number or an absolute coordinate value for a corresponding location as the unique identification signal,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 2,
The signal generator is built in one hole cup and disposed to be spaced apart from each of a plurality of points,
Golf information provision system. delete delete The method of claim 1,
The terminal user interface unit is configured with a touch screen for inputting the golf information into the user terminal or receiving output from the user terminal,
The voice information collection unit for the terminal is configured as a microphone for receiving a voice command from the user,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 1,
The user terminal,
Further comprising a server data receiving unit provided to receive at least one of information on the golf course and various information on the user's play from the server group,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 7,
The server data receiving unit,
A golf course data receiving unit for receiving information on a golf course from the server group; And
Including; a user data communication unit for receiving various information on the play of the corresponding user from the server group;
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 7,
The user terminal,
Determine the distance from the user terminal to the signal generator, determine the user's current play hole to manage play information, analyze the data of the server group provided through the server data receiver, and provide a strategy to the user A control unit for a terminal generating information; further comprising,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The terminal control unit analyzes information on the current play hole, calculates a distance from the user terminal to the predetermined hole cup through a signal from the signal generator of the predetermined hole cup, and provides distance information to the user,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The control unit for the terminal analyzes information on the current play hole,
Providing distance information to the user by calculating a distance from the user terminal to the signal generator designated by the user through a signal from a signal generator designated by a user among signal generators individually installed at the plurality of locations,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The terminal control unit, in order to determine the user's current play hole,
Receiving a unique identification signal from a plurality of signal generators each installed on a plurality of teeing grounds,
Among the received unique identification signals, the distance to the signal generator of the teeing ground at the shortest distance is calculated to determine whether this distance is within a preset distance range,
If it is within the preset distance range, the server group is called and the previous play record of the same user is called to determine whether there is a previous play hole,
If there is no previous play hole, the current play hole is set as the first hole,
If there is a previous play hole, it is determined whether the number of the previous play hole + 1 and the hole number of the teeing ground calculated as the shortest distance are the same, and if they are the same, the hole number of the teeing ground calculated as the shortest distance is set as the current play hole,
Performing an operation of updating information on a current play hole to at least one of the user terminal and the server group,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The terminal control unit, in order to determine the location of the user terminal,
Receive signals from at least three or more signal generators, measure a distance from the user terminal to each signal generator, and calculate a current location of the user terminal based on the measured distance information of at least three or more,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 13,
The control unit for the terminal maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course provided from the server group and provides it to the user,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The terminal control unit, when receiving a command for requesting strategy information for the target hole cup designated by the user from the user, collects distance information for the target hole cup,
Collects information about the current play hole and environment information, determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal, maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, user information, hole When requesting at least one base data of information, environment information, and location information of a user terminal from the server group,
The server group collects and analyzes strategy information by inputting the base data and golf course information requested from the user terminal into a strategy information generation module, and provides this strategy information to the user terminal,
The user terminal outputs the attack information received from the server group to the user through the terminal user interface unit,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The control unit for the terminal,
Upon receiving the score information input command from the user, collects the current location of the user terminal,
Collects information about the current play hole,
Determine the location of the user through the location of the user terminal,
Map the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group,
Reading the score information input command to identify at least one of the command type, penalty type, and club type
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 16,
The control unit for the terminal,
Upon receiving a score information input command from the user, it is determined whether the user's hit is the first hit,
If it is the first hit, score information and play information are updated to the server group,
If it is not the first hit, after calculating the flying distance of the golf ball according to the position change of the user terminal and the score information input command, score information and play information are updated to the server group,
Outputting the update result of the score information to the user through the user interface unit for the terminal,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 9,
The control unit for the terminal collects the current location of the user terminal when receiving a playability command from the user,
It collects information on the current play hole, determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal, and maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, and the location of the user and the user Request the location information of the team in front of the server group,
The server group collects the location of the user's front team, collects the user's current location and flying distance, and transmits the user's front team location information and average flying distance information to the user terminal,
The user terminal calculates the distance between the user and the team in front of the user, determines whether or not play is possible based on the maximum or average flying distance, and provides the user with a determination result of the playability,
Golf information provision system. The method of claim 1,
The server group,
A golf course operation server that stores and manages various information on the golf course; And
Including; a service provider server that stores and manages various information on the user and the user's golf game
Golf information provision system. This is to determine the location and distance of the signal generator by receiving a signal from a signal generator that is individually installed at a plurality of locations including the hole cup to generate a unique identification number for the location, and to provide predetermined golf information to the user. ,
A signal receiver for a terminal receiving a signal from the signal generator;
A location information receiver for a terminal provided to detect the location of the user;
A user interface unit for a terminal provided to input and output the golf information;
A voice information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive a user's voice command;
An image information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive image information around a user; And
Containing; environment information collection unit for a terminal provided to receive input of environment information around the user
User terminal.

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