KR102543367B1 - Method, device and system for providing a golf image - Google Patents

Abstract

The present specification relates to a golf image providing system using a camera.
Specifically, the golf image providing system is installed at one or two points for each hole in the golf course, captures an image within a specific range for a predetermined time, and transmits the captured image to a golf image management server. The camera unit, the image captured by the camera unit is information about the golfer's shot at a specific position within the specific range, information about the trajectory of the golf ball flying through the golfer's shot, or information about the point where the golf ball falls contains at least one of the information; a golf image management server generating golf image contents by including additional information related to a golf course strategy in the captured image received from the camera unit; and a terminal that receives the golf video contents from the golf video management server and displays the received golf video contents.
Through this, the user or golfer can know the position of the ball he or she has shot in real time, so that a better golf score can be obtained.

Description

Golf video providing method, golf video providing device and system for supporting the same {METHOD, DEVICE AND SYSTEM FOR PROVIDING A GOLF IMAGE}

The present invention relates to a method for providing a golf image, and more particularly, to a method for providing a golf image using a camera, and an apparatus and system for supporting the same.

Recently, as golf has become a popular sport, the golf population is rapidly increasing, and cases of using golf for friendship, socializing, or business are increasing.

As such, as the golf population increases, golfers have an increasing desire to receive real-time golf images including the position of a ball they have shot while playing a golf game in order to enjoy golf more effectively.

Currently, domestic/overseas golf courses do not have facilities for golf relay at all times, so golfers cannot receive real-time information on the position of the ball they shot and the position of the ball on the fairway or green of each hole.

Currently, golfers receive information such as which direction to take a tee shot at each hole in the golf course, where the ball they shot is located, how much distance is left to the next shot or green, and how the green condition of the hole is, only through the caddy. However, there is a limit to obtaining accurate information that golfers want.

In order to solve these problems, recently, many (yardage) applications that provide information on the course of the golf course have appeared, but these applications utilize existing map data and fixed information of 3D Map data. There are many limitations in terms of providing real-time images desired by golfers.

Accordingly, an object of the present specification is to provide a method for providing golf images to golfers in real time using a camera installed for each hole in order to overcome the previous salpin limitation.

In addition, an object of the present specification is to provide additional information for a golf course strategy together with an image captured by a camera.

The technical problems to be achieved in the present invention are not limited to the technical problems mentioned above, and other technical problems not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. You will be able to.

In the present specification, a golf image providing system is installed at one or two points for each hole of a golf course, captures an image corresponding to a specific range for a predetermined time, and transfers the captured image to a golf image management server. The transmission camera unit, the image captured by the camera unit is information on the golfer's shot at a specific position within the specific range, information on the trajectory of the golf ball flying through the golfer's shot, or information on the golf ball's landing point includes at least one of information about; a golf image management server generating golf image contents by including additional information related to a golf course strategy in the captured image received from the camera unit; and a terminal that receives the golf video contents from the golf video management server and displays the received golf video contents.

In addition, in the present specification, the camera unit is installed at the two points in the PAR 4 hole and the PAR 5 hole of the golf course, and the points where the camera unit is installed are the second shot point and the green point, respectively. do.

In addition, in the present specification, the specific range in which the camera unit installed at the second shot point captures an image is from the tee shot point to the second shot point or the second shot point, and the specific range in which the camera unit installed at the green point captures an image is the second shot point. It is characterized in that it is from the point to the green or is the green point.

In addition, in the present specification, when the specific range is from the tee shot point to the second shot point, a specific position within the specific range indicates the tee shot point, and when the specific range is from the second shot point to the green, within the specific range The specific location is characterized by indicating a second shot point, a third shot point, or a point around the green.

In addition, in the present specification, the camera unit is installed at the one point in the par 3 hole of the golf course, and the point at which the camera unit is installed is a green point.

In addition, in the present specification, a specific range in which the camera unit installed at the green point captures an image is characterized in that from the second shot point to the green.

In addition, in the present specification, a specific position within the specific range is characterized in that it indicates a second shot point, a third shot point, or a point around the green.

In addition, in the present specification, when two or more golf balls are located at the specific location, the additional information may further include display information for classifying the golf balls for each golfer.

In addition, in the present specification, when the specific location is the second shot point, the additional information corresponds to information on the distance from the tee shot point to the second shot point, information on the remaining distance from the second shot point to the hole cup, or the remaining distance. It is characterized in that it includes at least one of golf club recommendation information indicating a golf club to be played.

In addition, in the present specification, the distance is characterized in that it is indicated by at least one of a meter and a yard.

In addition, in the present specification, when the distance is expressed as a meter and a yard, the terminal is characterized in that the meter is displayed above the display screen and the yard is displayed below the display screen.

In addition, in the present specification, the camera unit receives a Global Positioning System (GPS) signal from the terminal or a cart associated with the terminal, and determines the start or end of image capture for the specific range based on the received GPS signal. characterized by

In addition, in the present specification, when the camera unit detects that the terminal or the cart has entered an area where an image recording start is determined based on the received GPS signal, the camera unit starts capturing an image of the specific range. to be

In addition, in the present specification, when the camera unit detects that the terminal or the cart leaves the video recording end area based on the received GPS signal, the camera unit ends the video recording for the specific range. .

In addition, in the present specification, the golf video management server receives a control signal requesting start or end of the video recording from the terminal, transmits the received control signal to the camera unit, and the camera unit transmits the received control signal. It is characterized in that the start or end of the image capturing is determined based on.

In addition, in the present specification, the predetermined time represents a time from when the camera unit starts capturing an image to when capturing an image ends, and the time point at which the image capturing starts is when the terminal enters the region where the image capturing start is determined. and the point in time at which the image capture ends indicates a time when the terminal moves out of the region where the image capture end decision is made.

In addition, the present specification provides a golf video management server, comprising: a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving a wireless signal with at least one of a terminal or a camera unit; a memory for storing an image captured by the camera unit and additional information related to a strategy of a golf course; and a control unit functionally connected to the wireless communication unit and the memory and controlling the wireless communication unit and the memory, wherein the control unit takes pictures from a camera unit installed at one or two points for each hole of the golf course. Receiving an image that is; generating golf image content by including the additional information in the received captured image; and transmitting the generated golf video content to the terminal, wherein the captured video received from the camera unit includes information on a golfer's shot at a specific location and information on a trajectory of a golf ball flying through the golfer's shot. or at least one of information about a point where the golf ball lands.

In addition, in the present specification, the control unit of the golf video management server receives a control signal requesting start or end of video capture from the terminal; It is characterized in that the received control signal is controlled to be transmitted to the camera unit.

In addition, the present specification provides a terminal comprising: a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving wireless signals with at least one of a golf video management server and a camera unit; a memory for storing golf image contents including an image captured by the camera unit and additional information related to a strategy of a golf course; a display unit that displays the golf video content; and a control unit functionally connected to the wireless communication unit, the memory and the display unit, and controlling the wireless communication unit, the memory and the display unit, wherein the control unit receives the golf video contents from the golf video management server; and controlling the output of the received golf video content through the display unit, wherein the captured video included in the golf video content includes information about a golfer's shot at a specific location and a trajectory of a golf ball flying through the golfer's shot. It is characterized in that it includes at least one of information about or information about a point where the golf ball lands.

In addition, in the present specification, the control unit of the terminal is characterized in that it transmits a control signal requesting start or end of video recording to the golf video management server.

In addition, in the present specification, the wireless communication unit of the terminal further includes a Global Positioning System (GPS) module, and the control unit measures the position of the terminal through the GPS module, and transmits the measured position of the terminal to the camera unit. It is characterized in that it is controlled to transmit.

In the present specification, by providing golf images to golfers in real time using cameras installed for each hole, the position of the ball can be identified even before reaching the point where the ball is located, and thus there is an effect of establishing a more efficient golf course strategy.

In addition, the present specification has an effect of further reducing a golfer's score by providing additional information for a golf course strategy together with an image captured by a camera.

The effects obtainable in the present invention are not limited to the effects mentioned above, and other effects not mentioned will be clearly understood by those skilled in the art from the description below. .

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS The accompanying drawings, which are included as part of the detailed description to aid understanding of the present invention, provide examples of the present invention and, together with the detailed description, describe the technical features of the present invention.
1 is a diagram showing an example of a golf image providing system to which the method proposed in this specification can be applied.
2a is a diagram showing an internal block diagram of a golf video management server proposed in this specification.
2B is a diagram showing an internal block diagram of a terminal proposed in this specification.
2C is a diagram showing an internal block diagram of a camera unit proposed in this specification.
3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a real-time golf video providing method proposed in this specification.
4 is a diagram showing an example of a captured image displayed in a terminal proposed in this specification.
5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for determining a control right of a captured image proposed in the present specification.
6 is a diagram showing an example of a green view service application screen proposed in this specification.

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the drawings.

The suffixes "module" and "unit" for components used in the following description are simply given in consideration of the ease of writing the present specification, and the "module" and "unit" may be used interchangeably.

On the other hand, the terminal described in this specification is a device capable of wireless communication, such as a mobile phone including a smart phone, a tablet PC, a desktop computer, a laptop computer, a television including a smart TV, an IPTV, a display device in a golf course cart, and a smart watch. Wearable devices, golf rangefinders, and voice caddies are possible.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the accompanying drawings and the contents described in the accompanying drawings, but the present invention is not limited or limited by the embodiments.

The terminology used in this specification has been selected as a general term that is currently widely used as much as possible while considering the function in the present invention, but it may vary according to the intention or custom of a person skilled in the art or the emergence of new technology.

In addition, in a specific case, there is also a term arbitrarily selected by the applicant, and in this case, the meaning will be described in the description of the invention.

Therefore, it should be clarified that the terms used in this specification should be interpreted based on the actual meaning of the term and the overall content of this specification, rather than simply the name of the term.

Green View Service Concept

The green view service proposed in this specification installs one or two cameras (parts) for each hole of the golf course, and captures images (position of the ball, location of the ball) obtained through the installed cameras. Surrounding environment, etc.) and additional information related to the course strategy for subsequent shots or putts are provided to the user's (or golfer's) terminal in real time using a wireless communication network.

The term 'green view service' described in this specification is a concept defined for convenience of description, and the spirit and contents of the present invention are not limited to the term and can be applied to all services related to transmission of golf video shooting.

That is, the name of the green view service may be expressed or referred to as a golf video (real-time) service, etc. Hereinafter, it will be referred to as a 'golf video service' having a more general and comprehensive meaning.

Golf video providing system for supporting golf video providing service

1 is a diagram showing an example of a golf image providing system to which the method proposed in this specification can be applied.

1A is a conceptual diagram of a golf image providing system, and FIG. 1B is a diagram showing an example in which the golf image providing system proposed in this specification is applied to a specific hole.

As shown in FIG. 1A, the golf video providing system 10 includes a golf video management server 100, a terminal 200, a camera unit (divided into a first camera unit and a second camera unit 300 according to the installation location), etc. It consists of including.

Since the components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, a golf image providing system having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 2A, 2B, and 2C, detailed components of a golf video management server, a terminal, and a camera unit will be described in detail.

2a is a diagram showing an internal block diagram of a golf video management server proposed in this specification.

The golf image management server 100 may include a wireless communication unit 110, a memory (or storage unit) 120, a control unit 130, and a power supply unit 140.

Hereinafter, each component of the golf video management server will be looked at in turn.

The wireless communication unit 100 may include one or more modules enabling wireless communication between the golf video management server and the terminal or between the golf video management server and the camera unit.

That is, the wireless communication unit 100 may include a short-distance communication module 104, a mobile communication module 102, a wireless Internet module 103, and the like.

The short-distance communication module refers to a module for short-distance communication. As a short range communication technology, Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, or the like may be used.

The mobile communication module transmits and receives a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include a voice call signal, a video call signal, or various types of data according to text/multimedia message transmission/reception.

The wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built into or external to a terminal. Wireless Internet technologies include wireless LAN (WLAN) (Wi-Fi), wireless broadband (Wibro), world interoperability for microwave access (Wimax), high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), and the like.

In addition, the wireless communication unit may additionally include a broadcast receiving module 101 and a location information module 105.

The broadcast reception module receives a broadcast signal and/or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server that generates and transmits a broadcast signal and/or broadcast-related information or a server that receives and transmits a previously generated broadcast signal and/or broadcast-related information to a terminal. The broadcast signal includes not only a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, and a data broadcast signal, but also a TV broadcast signal or a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may refer to information related to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it can be received by the mobile communication module.

The broadcast related information may exist in various forms. For example, it may exist in the form of an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module may, for example, include Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), Media Forward Link Only (MediaFLO), Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) A digital broadcasting signal can be received using a digital broadcasting system such as ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial). Of course, the broadcast receiving module may be configured to be suitable for other broadcasting systems as well as the above-described digital broadcasting system.

A broadcast signal received through the broadcast reception module and/or broadcast related information may be stored in a memory.

The location information module 105 is a module for obtaining the location of a terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Positioning System (GPS) module.

The control unit 130 refers to a module that controls the overall operation of the golf video management server, and can control transmission of messages through a communication interface or processing of requested and received messages.

The control unit may be referred to as an application processor (AP), processor, control module, controller, micro controller, microprocessor, etc., and the control unit may include hardware, firmware (firmware), software, or a combination thereof.

The control unit may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, and/or a data processing device.

The memory 120 may store programs for operation of the control unit and may temporarily store input/output data.

The memory is a medium for storing various types of information of the terminal, and is connected to the control unit to store programs, applications, general files, and input/output data for the operation of the control unit.

The memory is a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (eg SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM (Random Access Memory, RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (ReadOnly Memory, ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ReadOnly Memory), PROM (Programmable ReadOnly Memory) magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk of at least one type A storage medium may be included.

The memory may store golf related contents including golf course member information, geographic image information including golf course spatial data, golf course strategy information, score information for each golfer, or additional information.

The geographic image information may include 2D or 3D map information for each hole of the golf course.

In particular, the 2D or 3D map information may include the topography, image, shape, height, slope, distance, location and altitude information of facilities (bunker, water hazard, OB area, green, etc.) of each hole.

In addition, the 2D or 3D map information may divide each hole in the golf course into a plurality of grids and include information on the latitude, longitude, and altitude of four corners in each divided grid.

Also, the 2D or 3D map information includes information on the latitude, longitude and altitude of the hole cup of each hole.

For example, the size and spacing of the grids in each hole may be the same.

The size and interval of the grid may be varied according to the precision desired by the user.

As each hole is divided into a relatively large number of short-spaced grids, the precision of the 2D or 3D map information can be increased.

As another example, the size and interval of the grid in each hole may be different.

Specifically, the grid size and interval of the green in each hole may be smaller than the grid size and interval of the other areas except for the green.

Therefore, the green can be displayed more accurately.

In addition, the geographic image information is a 3D graphic image obtained by correcting a satellite photographic image or aerial photographic image having coordinate information using altitude information included in a digital topographical map and then graphically processing the distance information corrected according to the altitude viewed from a bird's eye view. It may include at least one spatial data having

Therefore, it may include not only orthographic images viewed from 90 degrees in the sky, but also geographic images viewed from various altitude positions such as 15 degrees, 20 degrees, 25 degrees, or 30 degrees close to the user's eye level, and displayed geographic images of various angles. It can include spatial data that is appropriately calibrated to fit.

The geographic image information includes grass property information of a golf course and property information of a structure.

The turf property information is information about a ball rolling speed on a fairway, rough, green, etc. of each golf course.

The characteristic information of the structure is information about locations of tee grounds, cliffs, ridges, uphills, downhills, roughs, fairway bunkers, and green bunkers.

That is, the structure characteristic information is information about an area that the golfer should not target.

The power supply unit 140 refers to a module that receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller and supplies power required for operation of each component.

2B is a diagram showing an internal block diagram of a terminal proposed in this specification.

Next, the terminal 200 includes a wireless communication unit 210, an input unit 220, a sensing unit 230, an output unit 270, a memory 260, an interface unit 250, a control unit 240, and a power supply unit ( 280) and the like.

Hereinafter, each component of the terminal will be examined in turn.

The wireless communication unit 210 may include one or more modules enabling wireless communication between the terminal and the golf video management server or between the terminal and the camera unit.

That is, the wireless communication unit 210 may include a short-distance communication module 214, a mobile communication module 212, a wireless Internet module 213, and the like.

The short-distance communication module refers to a module for short-distance communication. As a short range communication technology, Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, or the like may be used.

The mobile communication module transmits and receives a radio signal with at least one of a base station, an external terminal, and a server on a mobile communication network. The wireless signal may include a voice call signal, a video call signal, or various types of data according to text/multimedia message transmission/reception.

The wireless Internet module refers to a module for wireless Internet access, and may be built into or external to the smart watch. Wireless Internet technologies include wireless LAN (WLAN) (Wi-Fi), wireless broadband (Wibro), world interoperability for microwave access (Wimax), high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), and the like.

In addition, the wireless communication unit may additionally include a broadcast receiving module 211 and a location information module 215.

The broadcast reception module receives a broadcast signal and/or broadcast-related information from an external broadcast management server through a broadcast channel.

The broadcast channel may include a satellite channel and a terrestrial channel. The broadcast management server may refer to a server that generates and transmits a broadcast signal and/or broadcast-related information or a server that receives and transmits a previously generated broadcast signal and/or broadcast-related information to a terminal. The broadcast signal includes not only a TV broadcast signal, a radio broadcast signal, and a data broadcast signal, but also a TV broadcast signal or a broadcast signal in which a data broadcast signal is combined with a radio broadcast signal.

The broadcast-related information may refer to information related to a broadcast channel, a broadcast program, or a broadcast service provider. The broadcast-related information may also be provided through a mobile communication network. In this case, it can be received by the mobile communication module.

The broadcast related information may exist in various forms. For example, it may exist in the form of an Electronic Program Guide (EPG) of Digital Multimedia Broadcasting (DMB) or an Electronic Service Guide (ESG) of Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H).

The broadcast receiving module may, for example, include Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Terrestrial (DMB-T), Digital Multimedia Broadcasting-Satellite (DMB-S), Media Forward Link Only (MediaFLO), Digital Video Broadcast-Handheld (DVB-H) A digital broadcasting signal can be received using a digital broadcasting system such as ISDB-T (Integrated Services Digital Broadcast-Terrestrial). Of course, the broadcast receiving module may be configured to be suitable for other broadcasting systems as well as the above-described digital broadcasting system.

A broadcast signal received through the broadcast reception module and/or broadcast related information may be stored in a memory.

The location information module 215 is a module for acquiring the location of a terminal, and a representative example thereof is a Global Positioning System (GPS) module.

The control unit refers to a module that controls the overall operation of the terminal, and can control to transmit messages through a communication interface or to process requests and received messages.

The control unit may be referred to as an application processor (AP), processor, control module, controller, micro controller, microprocessor, etc., and the control unit may include hardware, firmware (firmware), software, or a combination thereof.

The control unit may include an application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC), another chipset, a logic circuit, and/or a data processing device.

The input unit 220 is for audio or video signal input or user input. A camera 221 and a microphone 222 may be included to input an audio signal or a video signal.

The camera processes an image frame such as a still image or a moving image obtained by an image sensor in a video call mode or a photographing mode. The processed image frame may be displayed on the display unit.

The image frame processed by the camera may be stored in a memory or transmitted to the outside through a wireless communication unit. Two or more cameras may be provided according to a use environment.

The microphone receives an external sound signal through a microphone in a call mode, a recording mode, a voice recognition mode, or the like, and processes it into electrical voice data. The processed voice data may be converted into a form transmittable to a mobile communication base station through a mobile communication module and then output in a communication mode. Various noise cancellation algorithms for removing noise generated in the process of receiving an external sound signal may be implemented in the microphone.

The user input unit 223 generates input data for the user to control the operation of the terminal. The user input unit may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static pressure/capacity), a jog wheel, and a jog switch.

The sensing unit 230 detects the current state of the terminal, such as an open/closed state of the terminal, a location of the terminal, presence or absence of user contact, orientation of the terminal, acceleration/deceleration of the terminal, etc., and generates a sensing signal to control the operation of the terminal.

For example, if the terminal is in the form of a slide, whether the slide form is opened or closed can be sensed. In addition, whether or not power is supplied to the power supply unit and whether or not an external device is coupled to the interface unit may be sensed. Meanwhile, the sensing unit may include a proximity sensor, a sensor capable of detecting a user's heart rate, pulse rate, respiration, blood pressure, and the like, and a sensor capable of detecting temperature and noise around the terminal.

The output unit 270 is for generating an output related to sight, hearing, or touch, and may include a display unit 271, a sound output module 272, an alarm unit 273, and a haptic module 274. there is.

The display unit displays (outputs) information processed by the terminal. For example, when the terminal is in a call mode, a UI (User Interface) or GUI (Graphic User Interface) related to a call is displayed.

When the terminal is in a video call mode or a shooting mode, a photographed or/and received video, UI, or GUI is displayed.

The display unit includes a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display, 3 At least one of 3D displays may be included.

Some of these displays may be of a transparent type or a light transmission type so that the outside can be seen through them. This may be referred to as a transparent display, and a representative example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like. A rear structure of the display unit may also be configured as a light transmissive structure. With this structure, the user can see an object located behind the terminal body through the area occupied by the display unit of the terminal body.

Depending on the implementation form of the terminal, two or more display units may exist. For example, in a terminal, a plurality of display units may be spaced apart or integrally disposed on one surface, or may be respectively disposed on different surfaces.

When a display unit and a sensor for detecting a touch operation (hereinafter referred to as a 'touch sensor') form a mutual layer structure (hereinafter referred to as a 'touch screen'), the display unit may be used as an input device as well as an output device. . The touch sensor may have a form of, for example, a touch film, a touch sheet, or a touch pad.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in pressure applied to a specific part of the display unit or capacitance generated in a specific part of the display unit into an electrical input signal. The touch sensor may be configured to detect not only the touched position and area, but also the pressure upon touch.

When there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal(s) are sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal(s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller. Thus, the controller can know which region of the display unit has been touched.

The proximity sensor may be disposed in an inner area of the terminal covered by the touch screen or near the touch screen. The proximity sensor refers to a sensor that detects the presence or absence of an object approaching a predetermined detection surface or an object existing in the vicinity without mechanical contact by using the force of an electromagnetic field or infrared rays. Proximity sensors have a longer lifespan than contact sensors, and their utilization is also high.

Examples of the proximity sensor include a transmissive photoelectric sensor, a direct reflection photoelectric sensor, a mirror reflection photoelectric sensor, a high frequency oscillation type proximity sensor, a capacitive proximity sensor, a magnetic proximity sensor, an infrared proximity sensor, and the like. When the touch screen is capacitive, the proximity of the pointer is detected by a change in electric field according to the proximity of the pointer. In this case, the touch screen (touch sensor) may be classified as a proximity sensor.

The memory may store programs for operation of the control unit and may temporarily store input/output data. The memory may store data related to vibration and sound of various patterns output when a touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory is a medium for storing various types of information of the terminal, and is connected to the control unit to store programs, applications, general files, and input/output data for the operation of the control unit.

The memory is a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (eg SD or XD memory, etc.), RAM (Random Access Memory, RAM), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (ReadOnly Memory, ROM), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable ReadOnly Memory), PROM (Programmable ReadOnly Memory) magnetic memory, magnetic disk, optical disk of at least one type A storage medium may be included.

The power supply unit 280 refers to a module that receives external power and internal power under the control of the controller and supplies power required for operation of each component.

2C is a diagram showing an internal block diagram of a camera unit proposed in this specification.

Next, the camera unit 300 can be divided into a first camera unit and a second camera unit according to the location where the camera unit is installed.

It is assumed that the first camera unit is installed at the second shot point and the second camera unit is installed at the green point.

Each camera unit may be expressed as a camera installation unit including a support.

The support refers to a pillar on which the camera unit can be installed, and may be, for example, a lighting facility or a night lighting facility installed for each hole of a golf course.

The camera unit may include at least one camera, and each camera may be a closed circuit (CC) camera, and may be simply expressed as CC CAM.

The camera unit 300 may include a photographing unit 310 , a communication unit 320 , a control unit 330 and a display unit 340 .

The photographing unit 310 may capture an object and photograph it as an image. The photographing unit may include a lens, a flash, an aperture and a shutter to capture an external object.

The photographing unit may process a photographed image such as an image captured by a lens. The photographing unit may capture an image captured by the lens and transmit the captured image to the controller when an input for photographing is generated from the control unit 330 or the like.

An image captured by the lens or a photographed image may be displayed on the display unit.

Alternatively, the image captured by the photographing unit may be stored in the storage unit or transmitted to the outside through the communication unit.

The communication unit performs wired/wireless communication.

The communication unit may include an electronic component for any one or more of Bluetooth, Zigbee, UltraWide Band (UWB), Wireless USB, Near Field Communication (NFC), and Wireless LAN.

The communication unit may include one or more modules enabling communication between the camera unit and the golf video management server, between the camera unit and the terminal, or between the camera unit and the wireless communication network.

For example, the communication unit may include a wireless communication module 321 and a short distance communication module 322.

The wireless communication module refers to a module for wireless communication connection, and may be built into or external to the camera. As a wireless communication technology, wireless LAN (WLAN) (Wi-Fi), wireless broadband (Wibro), world interoperability for microwave access (Wimax), high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA), and the like may be used.

The short-distance communication module refers to a module for short-distance communication. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), Infrared Data Association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like may be used as wireless short range communication technologies. Meanwhile, as wired short-distance communication, USB (Universal Serial Bus), IEEE 1394, Intel Corporation's Thunderbolt, and the like may be used.

In addition, although not shown in the drawing, the communication unit further includes a location information module.

The location information module is a module for acquiring the location of the camera unit, and a representative example thereof is a Global Positioning System (GPS) module.

How to provide real-time golf video

Next, a method of providing a golf image including information related to a ball position at a specific point in real time using a camera unit installed at a specific point of each hole of a golf course proposed in this specification will be described.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an example of a real-time golf video providing method proposed in this specification.

First, the camera unit captures an image of a specific range for a predetermined time (S310).

The image captured by the camera unit includes at least one of information about the golfer's shot at a specific location within the specific range, information about the trajectory of the golf ball flying through the golfer's shot, or information about the point where the golf ball lands. can do.

The specific range may mean a range from a tee shot point to a second shot point, a second shot point, a range from the second shot point to a green point, or a green point.

The specific range may be determined according to a location where the camera unit is installed.

Alternatively, the specific range indicates a specific point and may be limited to a second shot point or a green point.

The specific range indicates a range in which the camera unit can take pictures, and may be expressed as a service area of the camera unit.

The specific location may be a tee shot point, a second shot point, a third shot point, or a point around the green.

The predetermined time represents a time from when the camera unit starts capturing an image to when capturing an image ends.

Here, the camera unit may start capturing an image in the specific range through the following two methods.

Specifically, the above two methods are (1) a method of receiving a request to start capturing an image from a terminal (Method 1) and (2) a method of using a GPS signal received from a terminal or cart (Method 2).

(Method 1)

First, a method for the camera unit to start capturing an image in the specific range through Method 1 will be described.

When the terminal receives a user input (from the user) requesting the start of video capture for a specific range, the terminal transmits a control signal (or control message) requesting the start of video capture to manage golf images through a wireless communication network. send to server

The user input may be an input to a real-time image menu of a green view service application, which will be described later.

Here, the terminal may directly transmit a corresponding signal to the camera unit without transmitting a signal requesting the start of capturing the video to the golf video management server.

Thereafter, the golf video management server transmits a signal (or information or message) instructing the start of video capture to the camera unit based on the signal received from the terminal.

Thereafter, when the camera unit receives a signal requesting start of image capture from the terminal (through the server and the wireless communication network), the camera unit starts capturing an image of the specific range.

If the camera unit is providing the captured video first for the previous team, the camera unit transmits a signal informing that the requested video cannot be provided (immediately) to the terminal (through the server and wireless communication network). .

After a certain period of time has elapsed, when the camera unit can provide a captured image to a terminal requesting image capturing, the camera unit can transmit a signal notifying this to the terminal or directly provide the captured image to the terminal.

(Method 2)

Next, a method 2 in which the camera unit starts capturing an image using a GPS signal received from a terminal or a cart will be described.

Method 2 is a method in which the camera unit receives a GPS signal from a terminal or a cart, and starts capturing an image based on the received GPS signal.

To perform method 2, a region for determining the start of image capturing is newly defined.

The above names are defined for convenience of explanation, and may be called or expressed by other names within a range that does not impair the spirit and content of the present invention.

The image capture start determination region represents a geographic area triggering the start of image capture of the camera unit.

The image capture start determination area may be interpreted as an area in which the terminal may have a control right for an image captured by the camera unit.

When the specific range to be photographed by the camera unit is from a tee shot point to a second shot point, the video recording start determination area may be a tee box of each hole.

Alternatively, when the specific range is the second shot point, the video recording start determination area may be between the tee shot point and the second shot point.

Also, when the specific range is a green point, the image capturing start determination region may be a point separated from the green point by a predetermined distance (in a fairway direction).

The image capture start determination area is set or displayed as a GPS coordinate value.

That is, when the camera unit detects that the terminal or the cart has entered the region for determining the start of capturing an image, the camera unit starts capturing an image in a specific range for the terminal or the cart.

In another meaning, when the terminal or the cart enters the video recording start determination area, the terminal or the cart has the control right or the highest right to receive the photographed image provided by the camera unit.

Accordingly, the camera unit receives a GPS signal from the terminal or cart, detects whether or not the terminal or the cart has entered the video capture start determination area through the received GPS signal, and determines whether the video capture start determination area Upon entry, the camera unit starts capturing an image, and grants the control right for the captured image to the corresponding terminal or cart.

Here, the meaning that the cart has the right to control the captured image may be interpreted as meaning that the terminal(s) related to the cart have the right to control the captured image.

The terminal(s) associated with the cart may mean a display device of the cart or terminal(s) of golfers riding or registered in the cart.

After step S310, the camera unit transmits the captured image of the specific range to the golf image management server through the wireless communication network (S320).

Thereafter, the golf image management server transmits the captured image received through the camera unit to the terminal through the wireless communication network (S330).

Here, the golf video management server may transmit the received captured video to the terminal in real time, or may store the captured video in a memory and transmit the captured video to the terminal at regular intervals or upon request of the terminal.

Here, when the golf video management server can transmit the captured video to the terminal using a Wi-Fi network, the golf video management server considers the Wi-Fi coverage and uses the Wi-Fi. You can decide whether or not to use the Fi network.

That is, when the golf video management server determines that transmission of the captured video is possible with the coverage of the Wi-Fi network in consideration of the distance to the terminal, the golf video management server transmits the captured video over the Wi-Fi network. transmitted over the network.

If the golf video management server determines that the distance to the terminal is outside the coverage of the Wi-Fi network, the golf video management server selects a wireless communication network (eg, mobile communication network) having a wider coverage than the Wi-Fi network. and transmits the captured image to the terminal.

That is, the golf video management server may selectively (or adaptively) determine whether to use the Wi-Fi network in consideration of the distance to the terminal (or based on the distance to the terminal).

Thereafter, the terminal displays the captured video received from the golf video management server through an output unit, more specifically, a display unit of the terminal (S340).

The photographed image displayed through the terminal includes position information of the ball related to the position of the ball within the specific range.

Specifically, the position information of the ball is information indicating whether the ball is located in a rough area, a fairway area, a bunker area, an OB area, or a water hazard area, information indicating whether the ball is located in a divot mark, or ball position It may include information indicating whether there are natural obstacles such as fallen leaves at the branch.

In this way, when the ball position information is displayed on the display screen of the terminal, the golfer can view the position of the ball he shot through the terminal in real time even before the ball arrives at the point where the ball is located, faster and more efficiently. You can set up a golf course strategy with help to reduce your score.

In addition, as described above, the captured image includes the topography, shape, height, and slope in the specific range, facilities around the specific point (bunker, water hazard, OB area, etc.), grass characteristics in the specific range or specific point information, characteristic information about the structure, and the like.

That is, the grass characteristic information may be information about the speed at which a ball rolls on a fairway, rough, etc., and the characteristic information about a structure may be information about locations of cliffs, ridges, uphills, downhills, roughs, fairway bunkers, green bunkers, etc. can

The characteristic information on the structure may mean information on an area that the golfer should not target at the second shot point.

In addition, the captured image may further include additional (service) information (or strategy information) for attacking the golf course.

Here, the captured image and the additional information may be combined and expressed as golf image content.

The additional information is the distance from the tee shot point to the ball location, the distance from the ball location point to the water hazard point (or bunker) in the fairway, the distance and direction from the ball location point to the green or hole cup (or pin), It may include recommendation information of a golf club (iron, wood, hybrid (or utility), driver, putter, etc.) according to the remaining distance (suitable for the golfer), ball position display information indicating which ball in the photographed image is his official recognition, and the like can

The additional information may be processed together with the captured image in the server and transmitted to the terminal, or may be processed and displayed together with the captured image in the terminal.

Hereinafter, a method for the golf image management server to distinguish and display a plurality of balls in a captured image for each golfer will be described.

When the golf image management server receives the captured image from the camera unit, the golf image management server assigns numbers (eg, No. 1, No. 2, No. 3, and No. 4) to the balls in the order of the balls appearing (or displayed) in the captured image. and provides it to the terminal together with the captured video.

Through this, the user can easily distinguish his/her own ball even when a plurality of balls are located in the photographed image.

If a specific golfer's ball does not appear in the captured image in the middle, the golf image management server may assign a number to a ball appearing in the captured image in consideration of a time interval in which the ball appears in the captured image.

For example, it is assumed that three balls are displayed in the photographed image.

In this case, when the display interval between the 2nd ball and the 3rd ball (within video capture) has a longer time than the display interval between the 1st ball and the 2nd ball (within video capture), the golf video management server determines that the 3rd golfer It may be determined that the hit ball is not included in the captured image.

Therefore, the golf image management server determines that the balls displayed in the captured images are the balls hit by the first, second, and fourth golfers, respectively, displays or assigns numbers to the balls corresponding to them, and displays the captured images together with the captured images. can be transmitted to the terminal.

Thereafter, the camera unit ends image capture in a specific range through the following two methods.

Similar to the method of starting image capturing above, the method of ending image capturing can be divided into (1) a method by requesting termination of video capturing by a terminal and (2) a method using a GPS signal received from a terminal or cart. .

First, a method of ending image capturing according to a terminal's request to end image capturing will be described.

When the terminal receives (from the user) a user input requesting termination of video capture for a specific range, the terminal transmits a signal (or information or message) requesting termination of image capture to the golf video management server through a wireless communication network. send to

Thereafter, the golf video management server transmits a signal (or information or message) instructing the end of video capture to the camera unit based on the signal received from the terminal.

Thereafter, when the camera unit receives a signal requesting termination of image capturing from the terminal (through the server and the wireless communication network), the image capturing of the specific range ends.

Next, a method of ending image capture using a GPS signal will be described.

In this method, the camera unit receives a GPS signal from a terminal or a cart, and ends image capture based on the received GPS signal.

In order to apply the method, a region for deciding whether to end image capture is newly defined.

The above names are defined for convenience of explanation, and may be called or expressed by other names within a range that does not impair the spirit and contents of the present invention.

The image capture end determination region represents a geographic area triggering the end of image capture.

In addition, the image capturing end decision area may be interpreted as an area in which the terminal or the cart loses control over the captured image of the camera unit.

When the specific range is the second shot point, the video capture end determination region may be a point away from the second shot point by a predetermined distance (in the direction of the green) or a point apart by a predetermined distance from the green (in the direction of the fairway).

When the specific range is a green point, the image capture end determination area may be a point out of the green.

The image capturing end decision area is set or displayed as a GPS coordinate value.

That is, when the camera unit detects that the terminal or the cart has entered the region for determining the termination of video recording, the camera unit ends capturing an image in a specific range for the terminal or cart.

In another meaning, when the terminal or the cart enters the video capturing end decision area, the terminal or the cart loses the control right or the highest right to receive the photographed image provided by the camera unit.

Accordingly, when the camera unit receives a GPS signal from the terminal or the cart and detects that the terminal or the cart has entered the video capture termination determination area through the received GPS signal, the camera unit ends the video capture. and the right to control the captured image is retrieved from the corresponding terminal or cart.

Here, the meaning that the cart loses the right to control the captured image may be interpreted as meaning that the terminal(s) related to the cart loses the right to control the captured image.

The terminal(s) associated with the cart may refer to a display device of the cart or terminal(s) of golfers riding or registered in the cart.

4 is a diagram showing an example of a captured image displayed in a terminal proposed in this specification.

Specifically, FIGS. 4A and 4B show an example of an image taken through a camera unit installed at a second shot point, and FIGS. 4C and 4D show an example of an image taken through a camera unit installed at a green point.

In particular, FIG. 4D shows an example in which the backspin of a golf ball flying to a green point is displayed.

4A and 4B, the captured image displayed on the terminal is the first distance from the tee shot point to the point where the ball is located (at the three-cut shot point) and/or the remaining distance from the point where the ball is located to the green point. A second distance representing the distance may be displayed.

As shown in FIG. 4B, the first distance is a variable distance that can vary according to tee shot locations (white tee, yellow tee, blue tee, black tee, red tee), and the second distance is a fixed distance that does not fluctuate.

Also, the display screen of the terminal may include a replay button.

Here, the distance may be expressed in meters or yards.

The user or golfer may set the corresponding distance to be displayed as one of meters or yards in advance or directly change it in a displayed captured image.

That is, the user can change a meter to a yard or a yard to a meter by touching the part where the distance is displayed in the captured image once or twice, or in the setting window of the Green View service application to be described later. You can also change it.

In addition, the distance from the tee shot point to the point where the ball is located (at the second shot point) is displayed on the top and/or bottom of the screen displayed on the terminal, with meters at the top (or bottom) and yards at the bottom (or top). may be displayed.

In addition, the terminal may calculate the distance from the point where the ball is currently located to the hole cup through additional information transmitted together with the previously captured image, and display the same along with the captured image.

Here, if the user or golfer inputs his or her own distance in advance for each golf club (or golf club) (iron, wood, hybrid, utility, drive), the terminal moves from the current ball position to the next point (third shot point). , Green point, hole cup point, etc.), golf clubs suitable for the user corresponding to the distance may be recommended and displayed.

In addition, the terminal can also display information on which pitch (fade or draw) or direction to take when a user or golfer takes a shot at a second shot point or a third shot point in consideration of the weather, wind direction, etc. of the current golf course. can

The additional (service) information may be expressed or called course strategy information or golf-related content.

In summary, the additional information includes information on the surrounding environment where the ball is located at the second shot point or green point, distance information from the tee shot to the point where the ball is located (at the second shot point) (only in case of the second shot point), and the next shot point from the point where the ball is located. It may include information about the distance to the golf course or the hole cup, recommendation information on a golf club (iron, wood, hybrid, utility, drive) suitable for the distance, and direction information to the next shot or hole cup based on weather, wind, and the like.

In addition, the terminal compares data stored such as the golfer's average distance per golf club and score information per game with the final number of strokes in the current game, and analyzes and displays the improvement or deterioration in the current game compared to the previous game. can do it

In particular, if a record in the previous game or a record for each hole in the previous game is stored in the terminal by using the golf course of the current game before, the terminal determines the golfer's mistake in each hole played, the previous game. It is also possible to display a guide for having a good score compared to .

Hereinafter, a method of providing a golf image to a terminal in real time through a camera unit installed at a second shot point and a camera unit installed at a green point will be examined in more detail through the first and second embodiments.

Embodiment 1: Method for providing real-time golf video at the second shot point

The first embodiment provides a method of transmitting in real time an image captured through a camera unit installed at a second shot point (hereinafter referred to as a 'first camera unit').

That is, the first embodiment is a method in which the first camera unit transmits a captured image to the terminal so that the golfer can know in advance the position of the ball at the second shot point and the course strategy at the second shot point after a tee shot at the tee box.

Here, the second shot point may mean a point where the ball can be positioned after the tee shot.

The second shot point may be set differently according to a man's tee shot or a woman's tee shot.

The first camera unit photographs a specific area for a specific time period.

The specific area indicates an area within a range in which the first camera unit can take pictures, and may be expressed as a service area.

Also, the specific area may include an area around the second shot point, and an Out of Bounce (OB) area and a Hazzard area may not be included in the specific area.

The specific time represents a (duration) time from a point in time when the first camera unit starts capturing an image to a point in time when capturing an image ends.

For convenience of description, the point in time at which the first camera unit starts capturing an image is referred to as 'first capturing start point', and the point in time at which the first camera unit ends image capturing is referred to as 'first capturing end point'.

The first capturing start point and the first capturing end point are related to the image capturing start determination region and the image capturing end determination region.

It is assumed that the first camera unit is installed in the PAR 4 hole or the PAR 5 hole, but not in the PAR 3 hole.

Thereafter, the first camera unit transmits the captured image to a golf image management server through a wireless communication network.

Thereafter, the golf video management server transmits the received captured video to the terminal.

The golf video management server may transmit the captured video to the terminal in real time, or may transmit the captured video to the terminal at regular intervals or upon request from the terminal after storing the captured video.

Thereafter, the terminal displays the captured image received from the golf image management server through the display unit so that the user or the golfer can view it.

The terminal may display the previously captured image and additional information together.

Embodiment 2: Method for providing real-time golf video on the green

The second embodiment provides a method of transmitting a captured image on the green in real time through a camera unit installed at a point on the green (hereinafter referred to as a 'second camera unit').

That is, the second embodiment is a method in which the second camera unit transmits a captured image to the terminal so that the golfer can know in advance the position of the ball on the green after the second or third shot, the putting strategy on the green, and the like.

The three cut shot or the third shot may be determined according to whether it is a PAR 4 hole or a PAR 5 hole.

Specifically, the second camera unit captures a green point for a certain period of time.

The green point is an area within a range capable of being photographed by the second camera unit, and may be an area including a green and/or an apron.

The predetermined time represents a (duration) time from when the second camera unit starts capturing an image to when capturing an image ends.

For convenience of description, the point in time at which the second camera unit starts capturing an image is referred to as the second capturing start point, and the point in time at which image capturing ends is referred to as the second capturing end point.

The second capturing start point and the second capturing end point are related to the image capturing start determination region and the image capturing end determination region.

Thereafter, the second camera unit transmits the captured image to a golf image management server through a wireless communication network.

Thereafter, the golf video management server transmits the received captured video to the terminal.

The golf video management server may transmit the captured video to the terminal in real time, or may transmit the captured video to the terminal at regular intervals or upon request from the terminal after storing the captured video.

Thereafter, the terminal displays the captured image received from the golf image management server through the display unit so that the user or the golfer can view it.

The terminal may display the previously captured image and additional information together.

For example, the captured image may include the topography, shape, height, and slope of the green, grass characteristic information of the green, and the like, and may be expressed in the form of a 2D or 3D map.

Types of green grass may include bent grass, bermuda grass, and the like.

Through the captured image displayed on the terminal, the golfer can check information about whether his or her ball is located on the green and the green environment at the point where the ball is located before moving to the corresponding green.

In addition, the photographed image of the green may also include information about whether the ball on the green has backspin.

Additionally, the captured image displayed by the terminal may include additional information for attacking the green.

The additional information may be information indicating the distance from the point where the ball is located to the hole cup, that is, the remaining distance to the hole cup, the gradient/altitude to the hole cup, and the speed of the green turf.

The additional information may be transmitted from the server to the terminal along with the captured image, or the terminal may display the additional information together with the received captured image.

Next, with reference to FIG. 5 , a method of determining the control right or the highest priority for the captured image of the camera unit will be described in more detail.

As reviewed above, the determination of the control right for image capture may use a GPS signal received from a terminal or a cart.

That is, the camera unit receives a GPS signal from a cart or terminal, and grants a control right or top priority for image capture to a cart or terminal whose coordinate values of the received GPS signal are within a certain range (region for determining the start of video recording). can

The GPS signal includes latitude, longitude, altitude, and the like of a device transmitting the GPS signal.

Accordingly, the camera unit receives a GPS signal from the cart or terminal, and provides a captured image to the cart or terminal within a certain area in consideration of distance and direction.

5 is a diagram illustrating an example of a method for determining a control right of a captured image proposed in the present specification.

As shown in FIG. 5, the second camera unit (installed at the green point) gives cart 2 among cart 1, cart 2, and cart 3 the control right (or the highest priority) of image capture in consideration of distance and direction. ) can be seen.

Here, Cart No. 1 indicates a cart that holes out from the hole and moves to the next hole, Cart No. 2 indicates a cart that moves for the next shot or putt after a tee shot at the tee box of the hole, and Cart No. 3 indicates the cart that moves to the previous hole. It indicates a cart entering the hall after finishing, or a cart waiting in the hall.

Here, since the second cart has the right to control the captured image, the first cart and the third cart (or terminals related thereto) do not receive the captured image from the golf image management server.

That is, the server may provide the captured image at the green point to the cart #3 (or terminals related thereto) when the right to control or the highest priority of the captured image for the cart #2 is terminated. When transmission of the captured image at the green point to the cart (or terminals related thereto) is terminated, the captured image at the green point is transmitted to the second cart (or terminals related thereto).

Green View service application function (or application menu)

Next, with reference to FIG. 6 , functions (or menus) of a green view service application executed or implemented in a terminal to provide the green view service proposed in this specification will be described.

6 is a diagram showing an example of a green view service application screen proposed in this specification.

Referring to FIG. 6 , a real-time video (streaming) menu 601 is a menu that performs a function of providing an image captured by a first camera unit and a second camera unit to a terminal in real time.

That is, the user can view an image in a specific range in real time through the real-time image menu, and can be provided with additional information.

In addition, the real-time video menu may provide a function of searching before/after the video in units of seconds or minutes.

Next, a share menu 602 is a menu that performs a function of sharing the received captured image with other people (eg, friends, family, etc.).

In order to share the received captured image with other people, SNS such as Kakao, Facebook, and Instagram may be used.

Next, a bookmark menu 603 is a menu that performs a bookmark function.

If a user bookmarks a specific video, screen, or content among videos received in real time, the user can enter the bookmark menu and use the bookmarked video, screen, or content.

Next, the view my record (record) menu 604 is a menu that performs a function of storing and managing a user's score.

The view my record menu stores and manages scores of the current golf game as well as scores of the previous game.

That is, the user can compare and analyze scores in the current game and scores in previous games through the My Record view menu.

Next, a statistics (report) menu 605 is a menu that performs a function of statistics for various game records.

For example, the statistics menu stores near/hole-in-one records on PAR 3, birdie records on specific holes, eagles on PAR 4 and PAR 5, records on albatross, backspins on greens, etc. and management functions.

Next, a replay menu 606 is a menu for replaying stored game images.

To this end, the terminal may store a video taken in a hall or a specific shot, and display it when there is an input for a corresponding menu from the user.

Next, a save menu 607 is a menu allowing the user to save a specific image or screen or content.

The save menu can be used not only on a mobile terminal but also on a desktop (PC).

Next, a score card menu 608 is a menu capable of recording the score of a game currently in progress in real time.

The score record menu is different from the view my record menu in that it provides a function of showing score records for each hole currently being played.

However, when the 18-hole game is over, the score value recorded in the score record menu may be stored in the view my record menu.

Next, a yardage book menu 609 is a menu that performs a function of showing images of all courses of the golf course and each hole in each course.

Next, the setting (option) menu 610 is a menu that performs functions for various environment settings, my information modification, and the like.

Through the setting menu, the user can pre-determine whether to display the distance in meters or yards.

In addition, through the setting menu, the user may input his/her own distance for each golf club in advance and receive information on golf club recommendation according to the remaining distance checked previously.

The embodiments described above are those in which elements and features of the present invention are combined in a predetermined form. Each component or feature should be considered optional unless explicitly stated otherwise. Each component or feature may be implemented in a form not combined with other components or features. It is also possible to configure an embodiment of the present invention by combining some components and/or features. The order of operations described in the embodiments of the present invention may be changed. Some components or features of one embodiment may be included in another embodiment, or may be replaced with corresponding components or features of another embodiment. It is obvious that claims that do not have an explicit citation relationship in the claims can be combined to form an embodiment or can be included as new claims by amendment after filing.

An embodiment according to the present invention may be implemented by various means, for example, hardware, firmware, software, or a combination thereof. In the case of hardware implementation, one embodiment of the present invention provides one or more application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), FPGAs ( field programmable gate arrays), processors, controllers, microcontrollers, microprocessors, etc.

In the case of implementation by firmware or software, an embodiment of the present invention may be implemented in the form of a module, procedure, or function that performs the functions or operations described above. The software code can be stored in memory and run by a processor. The memory may be located inside or outside the processor and exchange data with the processor by various means known in the art.

It is apparent to those skilled in the art that the present invention can be embodied in other specific forms without departing from the essential features of the present invention. Accordingly, the foregoing detailed description should not be construed as limiting in all respects and should be considered illustrative. The scope of the present invention should be determined by reasonable interpretation of the appended claims, and all changes within the equivalent scope of the present invention are included in the scope of the present invention.

10: Golf video providing system
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200: terminal
300: camera unit

Claims (25)

In the golf video providing system,
A camera unit installed at one or two points for each hole of the golf course, taking images corresponding to a specific range for a predetermined time, and transmitting the captured images to a golf image management server;
The image captured by the camera unit is at least one of information about a golfer's shot at a specific location within the specific range, information about a trajectory of a golf ball flying through the golfer's shot, or information about a point at which the golf ball lands. includes;
a golf image management server generating golf image contents by including additional information related to a golf course strategy in the captured image received from the camera unit; and
A terminal receiving the golf video content from the golf video management server and displaying the received golf video content;
The specific range is determined according to the location where the camera unit is installed,
When receiving a user input requesting the start of image capture for the specific range, the terminal transmits a first control signal for requesting the start of image capture to the camera unit;
When receiving a user input requesting termination of image capturing for the specific range, the terminal transmits a second control signal requesting termination of image capturing to the camera unit;
The golf video providing system according to claim 1 , wherein the received golf video content is displayed on the terminal from the time the camera unit receives the first control signal to the time the camera unit receives the second control signal. The method of claim 1, wherein the camera unit,
The golf image providing system comprising at least one of a first camera unit and a second camera unit classified according to the location where the camera unit is installed. delete delete According to claim 1,
The camera unit is installed at the two points in the PAR 4 hole and the PAR 5 hole of the golf course,
The golf image providing system, characterized in that the camera unit is installed at the one point in the par 3 hole of the golf course. According to claim 5,
When the camera unit is installed at the two points, the golf image providing system, characterized in that the second shot point and green point, or the tee shot point and green point. According to claim 5,
When the camera unit is installed at the one point, the golf image providing system, characterized in that the tee shot point or the green point. According to claim 1,
When two or more golf balls are located at the specific location, the additional information further includes display information for classifying the golf balls for each golfer. According to claim 1,
When the specific location is the second shot point, the additional information is information on the distance from the tee shot point to the second shot point, information on the remaining distance from the second shot point to the hole cup, or golf displaying a golf club corresponding to the remaining distance. A golf video providing system comprising at least one of club recommendation information. According to claim 9,
The golf image providing system, characterized in that the distance is displayed as at least one of a meter and a yard. According to claim 10,
When the distance is displayed in terms of meters and yards, the terminal displays the meter on the top of the display screen and the yard on the bottom of the display screen. delete delete delete delete delete In the terminal,
a wireless communication unit for transmitting and receiving wireless signals with at least one of a golf video management server and a camera unit;
a memory for storing golf image contents including an image of a specific range captured by the camera unit and additional information related to a strategy of a golf course;
a display unit that displays the golf video content; and
A control unit functionally connected to the wireless communication unit, the memory and the display unit and controlling the wireless communication unit, the memory and the display unit, wherein the control unit,
receiving the golf video content from the golf video management server; and
Controlling the received golf video content to be output through the display unit;
The captured image included in the golf video content includes at least one of information about a golfer's shot at a specific location, information about the trajectory of a golf ball flying through the golfer's shot, or information about a point where the golf ball lands, ,
The camera unit is installed at one or two points for each hole of the golf course,
The specific range is determined according to the location where the camera unit is installed,
Controls the wireless communication unit to transmit a first control signal for requesting the start of image capture to the camera unit when a user input requesting the start of image capture is received,
Controls the wireless communication unit to transmit a second control signal requesting termination of image capture to the camera unit when a user input requesting termination of image capture for the specific range is received;
The terminal characterized in that the camera controls the display unit to display the received golf video contents from the time of receiving the first control signal to the time of receiving the second control signal. delete delete According to claim 17,
The camera unit includes at least one of a first camera unit and a second camera unit classified according to a location where the camera unit is installed,
The camera unit is installed at two points in the PAR 4 hole and the PAR 5 hole of the golf course,
The terminal, characterized in that the camera unit is installed at one point in the par (PAR) 3 hole of the golf course. According to claim 20,
When the camera unit is installed at the two points, it is a second shot point and a green point or a tee shot point and a green point,
When the camera unit is installed at the one point, it is a tee shot point or a green point. delete delete delete delete

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