KR20140018656A - Golf ball tracing apparatus - Google Patents

Abstract

According to an embodiment of the present invention specification, an apparatus for tracing flying orbit of golf ball comprises: upper and lower lighting bodies which are installed at the upper and lower parts of an imaginary light sensing side, respectively, and which have light expansion angles corresponding to the lower and upper sides of the light sensing side, respectively; upper and lower light sensors which are installed at the upper and lower aprts of the light sensing side for being arranged along the upper and lower sides of the light sensing side and which sense the light expanded by the upper and lower lighting bodies; and an operator which is connected by the upper and lower light sensors and which determines the location of the golf ball according to the sensing by the upper and lower light sensors.

Description

[0001] GOLF BALL TRACING APPARATUS [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention [0001] The present invention relates to a tracking apparatus for a golf ball flight trajectory, and more particularly, to an apparatus capable of tracking a flight trajectory of a golf ball through light emitters and optical sensors disposed on upper and lower sides, .

In general, the golf course is designed based on 18 holes on a grass with a large area, and each hole has a basic number of balls of 3 to 5 and a total of 72 balls. In recent years, screen golf having an electronic display device in a room has been popular instead of the regular golf course as described above, so that a golf game or practice similar to regular golf can be performed indoors in spite of a weather change such as rainy weather.

In screen golf, a system for measuring the flight orbit of a golf ball is required to approach a flight path of a real golf ball and a virtual golf ball on the screen. In most screen golf courses, A system that can measure and view through the screen is built.

Korea Public Utility Newspaper Bulletin 2010-0003300 Nov. 25, 2010

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf ball flight trajectory tracking apparatus capable of accurately determining the position of a golf ball.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a golf ball flight trajectory tracking apparatus capable of minimizing a blind spot in which a golf ball can not be detected.

It is still another object of the present invention to provide a golf ball flight trajectory tracking apparatus capable of detecting a golf ball regardless of the position of a bat.

Still other objects of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description and the accompanying drawings.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, a golf ball flight trajectory tracking device includes a plurality of spaced apart upper and lower optical sensing surfaces, each of which has a light diffusion angle corresponding to a lower side and an upper side of the optical sensing surface, Upper light emitters and lower light emitters forming a plurality of triangular test surfaces irradiated with light and having a lower side and an upper side of the optical sensing surface as base lines, respectively; Upper light sensors disposed on upper and lower sides of the light sensing surface and disposed along upper and lower sides of the light sensing surface to sense light diffused from the lower light emitters and the upper light emitters, Optical sensors; And an arithmetic unit connected to the upper light sensors and the lower light sensors for determining the position of the golf ball according to whether the upper light sensors and the lower light sensors detect the light.

The upper light emitters and the lower light emitters may be alternately arranged along the width of the light sensing surface.

The upper light emitters and the lower light emitters are infrared lamps, and the light diffusion ranges of the upper light emitters and the lower light emitters may coincide with lower and upper sides of the light sensing surface, respectively.

The computing device may further include a first straight line connecting the position of the upper photosensor and the position of the lower illuminator that irradiates the light when one of the upper photosensors fails to sense light, When any one of them can not detect the light, the second straight line connecting the position of the lower light sensor and the position of the upper illuminator irradiating the light may be connected to determine the position of the golf ball from the intersection.

Wherein the computing device calculates a position of the golf ball from an intersection of a plurality of straight lines connecting a position of the upper optical sensors and a position of the lower illuminants irradiating the light when the two or more upper optical sensors fail to sense light, It can be judged.

Wherein the calculating device calculates a position of the golf ball from an intersection of a plurality of straight lines connecting the positions of the lower optical sensors and the positions of the upper illuminators irradiating the light when the two or more optical sensors detect no light, It can be judged.

According to another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a golf ball flight trajectory tracking device comprising: a plurality of golf ball flight trajectory tracking devices, each of which is provided at an upper portion and a lower portion of a virtual first light sensing surface, First upper illuminants and first lower illuminants forming a plurality of triangular test planes having a lower side and a lower side of the first optical sensing surface, respectively, by irradiating light with a light diffusion angle; And a plurality of light sources disposed on the upper and lower sides of the first light sensing surface and disposed along upper and lower sides of the first light sensing surface, First upper light sensors and first lower light sensors for sensing light; And the second light sensing surface is spaced apart from an upper portion and a lower portion of an imaginary second light sensing surface in parallel with the first light sensing surface and has a light diffusing angle corresponding to a lower side and an upper side of the second light sensing surface, Second upper light emitters and second lower light emitters forming a plurality of triangular test surfaces having the lower side and the upper side of the second light sensing surface as base lines, respectively; And a plurality of light sources disposed on the upper and lower sides of the second light sensing surface and disposed along upper and lower sides of the second light sensing surface, respectively, the light diffused from the second lower light emitters and the second upper light emitters Second upper light sensors and second lower light sensors for sensing respectively; And a control unit coupled to the first and second upper light sensors and the first and second lower light sensors, for detecting whether the first and second upper light sensors and the first and second lower light sensors And a computing device for determining the position of the golf ball.

The distance between the first optical sensing surface and the second optical sensing surface may be between 60 cm and 120 cm.

The computing device may determine the flying direction and the flying speed of the golf ball through the position of the golf ball on the first optical sensing surface and the position of the golf ball on the second optical sensing surface.

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the position of a golf ball can be accurately determined through a plurality of light emitters and optical sensors. In addition, it is possible to minimize the blind spot where the golf ball can not sense the flight orbit of the golf ball when hitting the golf ball. In addition, the user can strike the golf ball regardless of the position of the bat, and can accurately detect the flight path of the golf ball.

1 is a schematic view of a golf ball flight trajectory tracking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a view showing whether or not the optical sensor is detected according to the position of the golf ball on the first optical sensing surface shown in FIG.
FIG. 3 is a view showing a method of determining the position of a golf ball on the first and second optical sensing surfaces shown in FIG. 1. FIG.
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method for determining a flying direction and a flying speed of a golf ball through the position of the golf ball on the first and second optical sensing surfaces shown in FIG. 1;

Hereinafter, preferred embodiments of the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to FIGS. 1 to 4. The embodiments of the present invention can be modified in various forms, and the scope of the present invention should not be construed as being limited to the embodiments described below. The embodiments are provided to explain the present invention to a person having ordinary skill in the art to which the present invention belongs. Accordingly, the shape of each element shown in the drawings may be exaggerated to emphasize a clearer description.

1 is a schematic view of a golf ball flight trajectory tracking apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention. 1, the golf ball flight trajectory tracking device has a screen 1 and a base 2, and a beam projector 3, and the beam projector 3 is mounted on a flight path of a golf ball and a golf ball The golf course image is changed on the screen 1.

In the present invention, a plurality of optical sensing surfaces 10 and 20 are formed in the middle between the screen 1 and the base 2 of the screen golf course in order to more accurately detect the movement of the golf ball. Here, the light sensing surface means a virtual surface that does not actually exist, and it means a plane of light formed by irradiating the light from the ceiling to the ceiling or from the bottom to the ceiling direction from the luminous body described later, But does not mean a physical film.

Although FIG. 1 illustrates only two optical sensing surfaces for convenience of explanation, it can be increased or decreased as needed. As the number of optical sensing surfaces increases, the tracking precision of the golf ball is more precise . For convenience of explanation, the present invention will be described with only two optical sensing surfaces, and the optical sensing surface closer to the mount 2 is referred to as the first optical sensing surface 10 or one surface 10, The sensing surface will be referred to as the second optical sensing surface 20 or the second surface 20.

In the present invention, the light sensing surfaces 10 and 20 may be formed in a plane parallel to the screen 1, and the light sensing surfaces 10 and 20 may be formed to be equal to or slightly smaller than the size of the screen 1. When the screen 1 is installed perpendicular to the paper surface, the optical sensing surfaces 10 and 20 of the present invention are also formed perpendicular to the paper surface. Even when the screen is tilted at a certain angle from the vertical line, Is preferably installed perpendicular to the paper surface. If the optical sensing surface has a slope with a vertical surface, the area occupied by the entire device may be increased by the slope of the optical sensing surface. However, the scope of the present invention is not limited to the inclination of the optical sensing surface.

As described above, it is preferable that the two or more light sensing surfaces corresponding to the screen 1 are formed at intervals of 60 cm to 120 cm from each other. 1, the distance between the first light sensing surface 10 and the second light sensing surface 20 of the present invention is 60 cm to 120 cm. When the distance between the optical sensing surfaces is less than 60 cm, the distance of movement of the ball between the optical sensing surfaces is too short in measuring the velocity of the golf ball, which will be described later, There is a possibility that the light sensor of the light sensing surface is affected by the light irradiated by the light emitting body of the light emitting element. Also, if the distance between the light sensing surfaces exceeds 120 cm, it may occupy an excessively large area due to an increase in the size of the entire apparatus. The distance between the light sensing surfaces 10 and 20 is thus determined by the distance between the upper light emitter 13 and the lower light emitter 11 (or the distance between the upper light sensor group 14 and the lower light sensor group 12) And can be adjusted to minimize such errors.

In order to form such a light sensing surface, the present invention is characterized in that three or more lower luminous bodies 11 are provided on a lower side 12a of a first light sensing surface 10 as shown in FIG. 1, The number of the lower luminous bodies 11 can be increased or decreased according to the width of the sensing surface 10. Also, a plurality of photosensors are arranged on the same line as the lower luminous body 11 to form the lower photosensor group 12. In addition, two or more upper light emitters 13 are provided on the upper side 13a of the first light sensing surface. Further, a plurality of optical sensors are arranged in a straight line on the same line as the upper illuminator 13, thereby forming the upper optical sensor group 14. The lower illuminant 11 illuminates the upper optical sensor group 14 and the upper illuminant 13 illuminates the lower optical sensor group 12. The lower light emitters 11 and the lower light sensor group 12 are disposed along the lower side 12a of the first light sensing surface 10 and the upper light emitters 11 The upper light sensor group 13 and the upper light sensor group 14 are disposed along the upper side 13a of the first light sensing surface 10.

Similarly, three or more lower light emitters 21 are provided on the lower side 22a of the second light sensing surface 20, and a plurality of light sensors are arranged on the same line as the lower light emitter 21, Thereby forming the group 22. It is preferable that two or more upper light emitters 23 are provided on the upper side 23a of the second light sensing surface 20 and a plurality of light sensors are arranged on the same line to form the upper light sensor group 24 do. The lower luminous body 21 irradiates light to the upper light sensor group 24 and the upper light emitter 23 irradiates light to the lower light sensor group 22. [ The lower light emitters 21 and the lower light sensor group 22 are disposed along the lower side 22a of the light sensing surface and the upper light emitters 21 The upper light sensor group 21 and the upper light sensor group 24 are disposed along the upper side 23a of the light sensing surface.

The light emitters 11,13,21,23 and the sensors 12,14,22 and 24 are arranged on the lower sides 12a and 22a of the first light sensing surface 10 and the second light sensing surface 20, And is installed inside the groove formed in the shape of a ditch formed in the upper sides 13a and 23a, and is mounted in the groove so as to prevent the blown golf ball from flying and being damaged. In particular, the depths of the grooves are adjusted so that the light emitters 11, 13, 21, 23 irradiate light only to the optical sensors 12, 14, 22, 24 provided on the optical sensing surfaces 10, 20.

FIG. 2 is a view showing whether or not the optical sensor is detected according to the position of the golf ball on the first optical sensing surface shown in FIG. Hereinafter, the first optical sensing surface is taken as an example, but the following description is also applicable to the second optical sensing surface. As shown in FIG. 2, the upper illuminants and the lower illuminants 13 and 11 irradiate light toward the lower side and the upper side 12a and 13a of the first light sensing surface 10, (For example, 60 degrees) to form triangular inspection surfaces. The inspection surfaces formed by the lower luminous bodies 11 are triangular with the upper side 13a of the first light sensing surface 10 as a base and the inspection surfaces formed by the upper luminous bodies 13, And a lower side 12a of the face 10 as a base. The first light sensing surface 10 is formed by a combination of a plurality of inspection surfaces and similarly the second light sensing surface 20 is formed by a combination of a plurality of inspection surfaces As shown in FIG. The light irradiation directions of the lower luminous bodies 11 are adjusted such that the light diffused from the lower luminous bodies 11 substantially coincides with the upper side 13a of the first light sensing surface 10, The light irradiation direction of the upper light emitters 13 is adjusted so that the light diffused from the first light sensing surface 10 substantially matches the lower side 12a of the first light sensing surface 10. [ That is, the light emitted from the light emitting body is maximally adjusted so as to coincide with the width of the first light sensing surface 10, so that the light intensity is not lowered due to light leaking out of the first light sensing surface 10. If the light intensity is lowered, an error of the optical sensor may occur. On the other hand, the luminous body may be an infrared lamp (IR).

When only two illuminants are provided on the upper sides 13a and 23a as in the prior art, a large number of undetectable golf balls are generated on the side closer to the upper side 13a and 23a of the golf ball hit by the batter 2 do. In Fig. 2, those with x marks indicate non-detectable balls. That is, since the light emitting body has the property of diffusing light, when the ball is positioned close to the light emitting body, the light can not reach the golf ball, and the position of the golf ball can not be detected.

The upper and lower numbers in the golf ball represented by circles in FIG. 2 represent the quantity sensed by the sensor, the upper numbers are the number of signals sensed by the sensors in the upper sensor group, The number of times the signal is detected. In the present invention, in order to grasp the passing point of the golf ball on each optical sensing surface, at least two optical signals must be captured by the optical sensor. This is because it is possible to calculate the passing position of the ball at the intersection.

In the present invention, at least three light emitters are provided on the lower sides 12a and 22a in order to minimize or eliminate the golf ball non-detectable part. As shown in FIG. 3, in the present invention in which two upper and two lower illuminants are combined, it is possible to detect almost all the golf balls struck toward the screen unlike the prior art. 2, it is preferable that light diffused from the upper light emitters 13 and the lower light emitters 11 can be superimposed on each other, so that the upper light emitters 13 and the lower light emitters 11 Are arranged alternately along the width of the first optical sensing surface 10. [

In the present invention, tracing of the passing position of the golf ball on each of the optical sensing surfaces is performed by detecting a position of a light emitting body belonging to the light sensing surface and light emitted from the light emitting body is blocked when passing through the golf ball, The intersection where two or more imaginary lines connecting the position points of the optical sensors on the optical sensing plane intersect each other is recognized as the coordinates of the point where the golf ball passes.

FIG. 3 is a view showing a method of determining the position of a golf ball on the first and second optical sensing surfaces shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 3B, the upper light emitter 13 provided on the upper side 13a is positioned at the point A and the lower side 12a of the light emitter 13 is positioned at the point A, And the light irradiated from point A to point A 'is blocked at the moment when the hit golf ball passes through the first optical sensing surface 10. At this time, the optical sensor of the lower optical sensor group 12 located at the point A 'detects that the golf ball has passed through the straight line connecting the point A-A while the light source is blocked.

The other upper light emitting body 13 provided on the upper side 13a is positioned at the point B and emits light toward the lower side 12a so that the hit golf ball is positioned on the first light sensing surface 10 The light irradiated from the point B to the point B 'is blocked. At this time, the optical sensor of the lower optical sensor group 12 located at the point B 'detects that the golf ball passes through a straight line connecting the B-B' while the light source is blocked.

Through the above process, it can be confirmed through a known mathematical operation that the golf ball has passed the intersection where two straight lines of A-A 'and B-B' intersect. In case that the size of the shadow is large and the light sensors are closely arranged, and the light sources of the plural photosensors are blocked, the algorithm for finding the position of the sensor near the center of the shadow is applied.

Similarly, in the case of calculating the flight trajectory of the golf ball using the illuminant provided at the lower side 12a of the first optical sensing surface 10 as a light source, the same calculation process is performed. Even when the golf ball captures coordinates passing through the optical sensing surface using three or more light emitting bodies as a light source, the accuracy of the coordinates can be further improved, although the calculation process is more complicated.

On the other hand, unlike the above description, the coordinates of the golf ball can be calculated by combining the result detected through the lower optical sensor and the result detected through the upper optical sensor. Although the first optical sensing surface has been described above, the method of tracking the position of the golf ball may be applied to the optical sensing surface formed further on the second optical sensing surface or more.

Meanwhile, as described above, the position (or coordinates) of the golf ball is determined through a method of calculating a point at which two or more straight lines intersect after a light sensor that does not sense light and a light emitting body that emits the light correspond to each other . Hereinafter, a process of determining the illuminant illuminating the light when the specific optical sensor fails to sense the light will be described.

3 (a), when the light sensor fails to detect light at the two points A 'and B', it is determined that the light emitted from the two upper light emitters 13 cross each other The light sensor at the point A 'corresponds to the light emitter at the point A, and the light sensor at the point B' corresponds to the light emitter at the point B. Next, referring to FIG. 2, when the light sensor does not detect light at one point, the light sensor corresponds to the nearest light emitting body.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3 (b), when the light sensor fails to detect light at three points, it is determined that the light emitted from the three light emitting elements crosses each other, and the light sensor and the light emitter correspond to each other. Next, referring to FIG. 2, when the light sensor fails to detect light at two points, the light sensor near the center of the light sensing surface corresponds to the light emitting body located at the center, and the light sensor far from the center of the light sensing surface The photosensor corresponds to the nearest illuminant among the remaining two illuminants. Next, referring to FIG. 2, when the light sensor does not detect light at one point, the light sensor corresponds to the nearest light emitting body.

The above description can be confirmed by a method of matching the light sensor with the light sensor according to the position of the golf ball shown in FIG. 2. The above description can be modified according to the position of the light emitting body.

In the present invention, the tracking of the flight velocity and the flight direction (e.g., the deflection angle (lateral direction) and the escape angle (vertical direction)) of the golf ball is such that the golf ball travels at the first intersection of the first optical sensing surface 10 The time difference and the positional change passing through the second intersection of the second optical sensing surface 20 are calculated and calculated.

FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating a method for determining a flying direction and a flying speed of a golf ball through the position of the golf ball on the first and second optical sensing surfaces shown in FIG. 1; In Fig. 4, the horizontal distance variation x can be calculated as x = x2-x1, and the vertical distance variation y is calculated as y = y2-y1. Here, since the distance z from the first optical sensing surface ("one surface") to the second optical sensing surface ("two surfaces") and the time taken to reach two surfaces from one surface are given by actual measurement, Through the known mathematical calculations, it is possible to know the moving distance (m) of the ball, the moving time (t) of the ball and the moving speed (m / t) of the ball between one and two sides, The deflection angle and the trajectory (escape angle) of the golf ball can be calculated.

In the present invention, the control and control of all the donations such as the calculation, the simulation, and the electrical signal on / off are performed by the PC 4 connected to the golf ball flight trajectory tracking device, . Since this uses a known technique, a detailed description will be omitted.

While the present invention has been particularly shown and described with reference to exemplary embodiments thereof, it is to be understood that the embodiments described herein are by way of example only and are not to be construed as limiting the scope of the present invention. It is clear that it is possible to transform. Further, any matter which has substantially the same constitution as the technical idea described in the claims of the present invention and achieves the same operational effect is included in the technical scope of the present invention.

1: Screen 2: Batteries
3: Beam projector 4: PC
5: Monitor 10: First optical sensing face
11, 21: Lower light emitter 12, 22: Lower light sensor group
13, 23: upper light emitter 14, 24: upper light sensor group
20: second optical sensing surface

Claims (9)

The optical sensor according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the light sensing surface is spaced apart from an upper surface and a lower surface of the imaginary light sensing surface, the light sensing surface having a light diffusion angle corresponding to a lower side and an upper side of the light sensing surface, The upper illuminants and the lower illuminants forming a plurality of triangular test surfaces having base lines respectively;
Upper light sensors disposed on upper and lower sides of the light sensing surface and disposed along upper and lower sides of the light sensing surface to sense light diffused from the lower light emitters and the upper light emitters, Optical sensors; And
A golf ball flight path connected to the upper light sensors and the lower light sensors and determining a position of the golf ball according to whether the upper light sensors and the lower light sensors are detected. Tracking device. The method of claim 1,
Wherein the top illuminants and the bottom illuminants are alternately arranged according to a width of the optical sensing surface. The method of claim 1,
The upper illuminants and the lower illuminants are infrared lamps,
Wherein a light diffusion range of the upper light emitters and the lower light emitters coincides with a lower side and an upper side of the light sensing surface, respectively. The method of claim 1,
The computing device includes:
A first straight line connecting the position of the upper photosensor and the position of the lower illuminator that irradiates the light when one of the upper photosensors fails to sense light, And a second straight line connecting the position of the lower light sensor and the position of the upper illuminant irradiated with the light is connected to determine a position of the golf ball from the intersection, . The method of claim 1,
The computing device includes:
The position of the golf ball is determined from an intersection of a plurality of straight lines connecting the positions of the upper optical sensors and the positions of the lower illuminants irradiating the light when the two or more upper optical sensors fail to detect light, A golf ball flying track tracing device. The method of claim 1,
The computing device includes:
And the position of the golf ball is determined from an intersection of a plurality of straight lines connecting the positions of the lower optical sensors and the positions of the upper illuminants irradiating the light when the two or more optical sensors fail to detect light. A golf ball flying track tracing device. A first optical sensing surface having a first optical sensing surface and a second optical sensing surface, the first optical sensing surface being spaced apart from the first optical sensing surface, the first optical sensing surface having a light diffusion angle corresponding to the lower and upper sides, First upper illuminants and first lower illuminants forming a plurality of triangular test surfaces having a lower side and an upper side as base lines, respectively;
And a plurality of light sources disposed on the upper and lower sides of the first light sensing surface and disposed along upper and lower sides of the first light sensing surface, First upper light sensors and first lower light sensors for sensing light;
And the second light sensing surface is spaced apart from an upper portion and a lower portion of an imaginary second light sensing surface in parallel with the first light sensing surface and has a light diffusing angle corresponding to a lower side and an upper side of the second light sensing surface, Second upper light emitters and second lower light emitters forming a plurality of triangular test surfaces having the lower side and the upper side of the second light sensing surface as base lines, respectively; And
The first light sensing surface and the second light sensing surface are disposed on upper and lower sides of the second light sensing surface, respectively, and are disposed along upper and lower sides of the second light sensing surface, Second upper light sensors and second lower light sensors for sensing the light; And
And a second lower light sensor connected to the first and second upper light sensors and the first and second lower light sensors for detecting whether the first and second upper light sensors and the first and second lower light sensors detect And a computing device for determining the position of the golf ball. The method of claim 7, wherein
Wherein the distance between the first optical sensing surface and the second optical sensing surface is 60 cm to 120 cm. The method of claim 7, wherein
Wherein the computing device is operable to determine the position of the golf ball on the first optical sensing surface, the position of the golf ball on the second optical sensing surface, and the time taken to pass through the first and second optical sensing surfaces, Wherein the determination means determines the flying direction and the flying speed of the ball.

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