WO2011118963A2 - Système d'assistance pour jouer au golf - Google Patents

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WO2011118963A2
WO2011118963A2 PCT/KR2011/001959 KR2011001959W WO2011118963A2 WO 2011118963 A2 WO2011118963 A2 WO 2011118963A2 KR 2011001959 W KR2011001959 W KR 2011001959W WO 2011118963 A2 WO2011118963 A2 WO 2011118963A2
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Dong Hun Choi
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  • the present invention relates to a device for a golf play, and more particularly, to a device providing various pieces of information to a golfer at the time of playing a golf in a field
  • a golf field as a place provided for playing a golf includes a plurality of holes such as 9 holes, 18 holes (regular holes), and the like.
  • the golf is the game to put a ball in a hole cup while taking around the holes with the minimum number of hits according to a predetermined order in the golf field.
  • a golfer needs information such as the length of a corresponding hole, a distance up to the hole cup from the current location of the ball, a geographical feature (height level) of the corresponding hole, the location of a bunker or a ground under repair, a hazard area or an out of bound (OB) area, a wind direction, a wind speed, and the like in order to put the ball in the hole cup with the minimum number in one hole.
  • information such as the length of a corresponding hole, a distance up to the hole cup from the current location of the ball, a geographical feature (height level) of the corresponding hole, the location of a bunker or a ground under repair, a hazard area or an out of bound (OB) area, a wind direction, a wind speed, and the like in order to put the ball in the hole cup with the minimum number in one hole.
  • OB out of bound
  • a device displaying and notifying the distance up to the hole cup from the ball to the golfer i.e., a golf play supporter device
  • a golf play supporter device One example of the golf play supporter device that has been provided in the related art includes "GolfBuddy" developed by Deca System & consulting Corp.
  • the golf play supporter device in the related art displays a geographical map of a hole where the golfer is doing a shot and the distance up to the hole cup from the ball on a screen to allow the golfer to verify a remaining distance and select a proper club.
  • the golf play supporter device provides the information on the screen, causing the golfer to take a time to verify the information with the naked eye. That is, the golfer takes a time to verify the screen with the naked eye by taking out the golf play supporter device at the time of using the golf play supporter device in the related art.
  • the use of the golf play supporter device in the related art leads to delaying a play time.
  • the time delay is further aggravated.
  • the maximum four persons constitute one group and start a play from a first hole and after a predetermined waiting time has elapsed, the subsequent group starts a play from the first hole. Therefore, an appropriate rapid progress is required according to progress speeds of other groups in the golf field.
  • the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a golf play supporter device having advantages of providing information requested by a golfer easily and rapidly without delaying a play progress.
  • the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a golf play supporter device having advantages of providing information in link with the positional change of a hole cup.
  • An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a golf play supporter device, including: a location determining unit determining the current location of a golfer by receiving GPS information and determining whether the golfer enters a tee box of a current hole by using the determined current location; a wireless communication unit performing wireless communications with a golf field operating system installed in golf field; a hole information storing unit storing hole information regarding each holes including the location of a hole cup and updating the hole information by using information provided from the golf field operating system through the wireless communication unit; a main button outputting an electrical signal according to an external operation; a distance calculating unit calculating a distance up to the hole cup from the current location by using the current location of the golfer and the location of the hole cup stored in the hole information storing unit; a control unit directing distance calculation by providing the current location determined by the location determining unit and the location of the hole cup of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storing unit to the distance calculating unit when receiving the electrical signal from the main button; and a voice guiding unit out
  • the device may further include: a shot cancelling button requesting the decrease of strokes; a shot verifying button requesting verification of strokes stored with respect to the corresponding hole; a record storing unit storing strokes in each hole; and a stroke calculating unit increasing or decreasing the strokes of the corresponding hole stored in the record storing unit by "1", and verifying the strokes of the corresponding hole and providing the verified strokes to the voice guiding unit, and the control unit requests the increase of the strokes corresponding to the corresponding hole to the stroke calculating unit when the main button is clicked consecutively at two times, requesting the decrease of the strokes corresponding to the corresponding hole to the stroke calculating unit when the shot cancelling button is clicked at one time, and requesting verification of accumulated strokes corresponding to the corresponding hole to the stroke calculating unit when the shot verifying button is clicked at one time.
  • a shot cancelling button requesting the decrease of strokes
  • a shot verifying button requesting verification of strokes stored with respect to the corresponding hole
  • the device may further include a guidance information extracting unit determining a straight-line path up to the location of the hole cup from the current location of the golfer, determining whether additional assistance information positioned on the determined straight-line path is present, and providing the corresponding additional assistance information to the voice guiding unit and outputting the corresponding additional assistance information through a voice when the additional assistance information is present.
  • a guidance information extracting unit determining a straight-line path up to the location of the hole cup from the current location of the golfer, determining whether additional assistance information positioned on the determined straight-line path is present, and providing the corresponding additional assistance information to the voice guiding unit and outputting the corresponding additional assistance information through a voice when the additional assistance information is present.
  • a golf play supporter device including: a location determining unit determining the current location of a golfer by receiving GPS information, providing the determined current location to a golf field operating system installed in a golf field, and receiving whether the current location is positioned in a tee box of the current hole from the golf field operating system; a wireless communication unit performing wireless communications with the golf field operating system; a hole information storing unit storing hole information regarding each holes including the location of a hole cup and updating the hole information by using information provided from the golf field operating system through the wireless communication unit; a main button outputting an electrical signal according to an external operation; a distance calculating unit calculating a distance up to the hole cup from the current location by using the current location of the golfer and the location of the hole cup stored in the hole information storing unit; a control unit directing distance calculation by providing the current location determined by the location determining unit and the location of the hole cup of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storing unit to the distance calculating unit when receiving the electrical
  • a golfer can receive necessary information by a voice easily and rapidly only with button click, and as a result, a play can be in rapid progress.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a use environment of a golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an exterior of the golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golf play supporter device at the time of entering a hole according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golf play supporter device at the time of entering a hole according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing an operation of providing play supporting information in a golfer’s terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of recording/deleing strokes according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a golf play supporter device 100 is used in a golf field and is used singly or used in association with a golf field operation system in the golf field.
  • Associating with the golf field operation system means performign data communication with the golf play supporter device 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention with the golf field operation system and information required to provide the information is received from the golf field operation system.
  • the golf play supporter device operating in association with the golf field operation system will be described with reference to accompanying drawings.
  • singly using the golf play supporter device means not using the golf field operation system, that is, not performign data communication with the golf field operation system.
  • the golf play supporter device is used by storing by itself all the information required to provide the information. Since an exemplary embodiment singly using the golf play supporter device can easily be estimated by those skilled in the art through an exemplary embodiment associating with the golf field operation system to be described below, a detailed description thereof will be omitted.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a use environment of a golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a golf field operating system 200 is installed in a golf field.
  • golfers play a golf in corresponding holes while wearing or carrying the golf play supporter devices 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • a plurality of golf play supporter devices 100 worn or carried by the golfers perform wireless data communications with one golf field operating system 200 to acquire necessary information from the golf field operating system 200 or provide information required to operate the golf field to the golf field operating system 200.
  • unique identification information is allocated to each of the plurality of golf play supporter devices 100, which transmits transmission and reception data including the unique identification information at the time of transmitting and receiving wireless data to and from the golf field operating system 200.
  • the unique identification information enables the golf field operating system 200 to identify the current location of one golf play supporter device 100 and the golf field operating system 200 to transmit data to a target golf play supporter device 100.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an internal configuration of a golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 includes a location determining unit 110, a button unit 120, a wireless communication unit 130, a control unit 140, a storage unit 150, a distance calculating unit 160, a stroke calculating unit 170, a voice guiding unit 180, and a guidance information extracting unit 190.
  • the location determining unit 110 receives GPS information from a global positioning system (GPS) satellite and determines the current location of the golf play supporter device 100 through the received GPS information. Further, the location determining unit 110 determines whether the current location of the golf play supporter device 100 is positioned in a tee box of a current hole and in the case where the golf play supporter device 100 is positioned in the tee box of the current hole, the location determining unit 110 notifies it to the control unit 140.
  • GPS global positioning system
  • the current hole represents a hole which the golfer should normally enter for the play when the golfer proceeds the play in the order of 1st hole to 18th hole.
  • the current hole becomes 1st hole and in the case where the golfer finishes 3rd hole, the current hole becomes 4th hole.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 recognizes a hole of the corresponding tee box as the current hole when the golfer presses a main button 121 in the tee box of the corresponding hole.
  • coordinate information regarding a tea box area of each hole is stored in a hole information storing portion 152, and as a result, the location determining unit 110 compares the current location and the coordination information of the tee box area to determine that the current location is positioned in the tee box area.
  • the button unit 120 includes a plurality of button keys to request voice guidance information (e.g., a distance, a wind direction, a wind speed, and the like) for a shot play or record a play score.
  • the plurality of button keys include the main button 121, a shot verifying button 122, and a shot cancelling button 123.
  • the main button 121 is a button key for requesting guidance of the voice guidance information or requesting registration of a record for the play score, i.e., the shot record.
  • the shot verifying button 122 is a button for requesting verification of the registered shot record.
  • the shot cancelling button 123 is a button for requesting deletion of a shot record registered just before.
  • the wireless communication unit 130 includes an antenna and performs wireless data communications with the golf field operating system 200.
  • the wireless communication unit 130 may be, for example, a wireless LAN, a wireless fidelity (WIFI), and the like.
  • the wireless communication unit 130 may frequently communicate with the golf field operating system 200, but in the case where the golfer is positioned in the tee box, the wireless communication unit 130 serves to mainly acquire various pieces of information through communication with the golf field operating system 200.
  • the information received through the wireless communication unit 130 is stored in the hole information storing portion 152. Therefore, the information provided to the wireless communication unit 130 from the golf field operating system 200 may be hole information regarding the corresponding hole or changed information among hole information regarding a predetermined hole stored in the hole information storing portion 152 when the hole information storing portion 152 pre-stores the hole information.
  • the changed information among the hole information includes the location of a hole cup, a ground under repair in a hole, an artificial building, a wind direction, a wind speed, and the like.
  • the hole information includes course information in each hole in a corresponding golf field, information regarding a wind direction (including the direction from wind blows (i.e., an azimuth)) and a wind speed of the present day, and the like.
  • the course information includes the tee box area for the corresponding hole, the course information of the hole, a distance up to the hole cup from a lady tee, a distance up to the hole cup from a front tee, a distance up to the hole cup from a pro tee, the location of a bunker, an area of a fairway, an area of a rough, an out-of-bounds (OB) area, the location of a tree, an area of a green, the location of the hole cup, the level of the course, and the like.
  • OB out-of-bounds
  • the control unit 140 controls an operation of each of the components 110, 130, 150 to 190 according to a signal inputted from each of the buttons 121 to 123 of the button unit 120 to output distance information corresponding to operation of each button or additional assistance information (information provided by the guidance information extracting unit) through a voice or record or voice-output strokes in the corresponding hole.
  • the storage unit 150 stores various pieces of information for a golf play.
  • the information stored in the storage unit 150 includes score (record) information for each hole and hole information regarding each hole.
  • the score information for each hole is stored the record storing portion 151 and the hole information regarding each hole is stored in the hole information storing portion 152.
  • the distance calculating unit 160 operates according to the control of the control unit 140 when the main button 121 is pressed at one time.
  • the distance calculating unit 160 calculates a straight-line distance (i.e., distance information) up to the hole cup from the golf play supporter device 100 by using the current location (i.e., coordinate information) of the golf play supporter device 100 and the location of the hole cup determined by the location determining unit 110.
  • the distance calculating unit 160 allows the calculated straight-line distance to be outputted through the voice guiding unit 180.
  • the distance calculating unit 160 calculates a straight-line distance between the previous shot location and the current location in the current hole and provides the calculated straight-line distance to the voice guiding unit 180.
  • the straight-line distance between the previous shot location and the current location in the current hole corresponds to a flying distance of a golf ball.
  • the information is used to determine a flying distance of a predetermined club by the golfer after the golfer hits a shot by using the predetermined club and is preferably provided together with the voice guidance information regarding the distance up to the hole cup in the case where the main button 121 is pressed at one time.
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 operates according to the control of the control unit 140 in the case where the main button 121 is pressed at two times consecutively, the shot verifying button 122 is pressed, or the shot cancelling button 123 is pressed.
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 increases and accumulates the stroke in the corresponding hole by "1" in the recode storing portion151 in the case where the main button 121 is pressed at two times consecutively.
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 verifies the stroke accumulated in the corresponding hole, which are stored in the record storing portion 151 and outputs the verified stroke through the voice guiding unit 180 in the case where the shot verifying button 122 is pressed at one time. Further, the stroke calculating unit 170 outputs the total of the accumulated strokes to correspond to the respective holes, which are stored in the record storing portion 151 through the voice guiding unit 180 in the case where the shot verifying button 122 is pressed at two times consecutively. In addition, the stroke calculating unit 170 decreases the accumulated strokes in the corresponding hole stored in the record storing portion 151 by "1" in the case where the shot cancelling button 123 is pressed.
  • the voice guiding unit 180 as an audio codec device converts inputted information into an analog voice signal and outputs the analog voice signal through a speaker (see FIG. 3). Specifically, the voice guiding unit 180 stores various kinds of voice guidance announcement files for helping the golf play and stores voice guidance announcements associated with digits of 0 to 9. Therefore, the voice guiding unit 180 uses or combines the digits of 0 to 9 to generate single-unit digits of 0 to 9, ten-unit digits of 10 to 99, and hundred-unit digits of 100 to 999 and voice-guide the generated digits. Of course, the voice guiding unit 180 stores 99 ten-unit guidance announcements and 999 hundred-unit voice guidance announcements and thereafter, may call and use a guidance announcement of a corresponding digit.
  • the voice guiding unit 180 determines a transmitted voice guidance announcement and a digit guidance announcement to be included in the voice guidance announcement, and combines and outputs the voice guidance announcement and the digit guidance announcement.
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 provides additional assistance information provided on the basis of the current location or a straight-line path between the current location and the hole cup in the hole information stored in the hole information storing portion 152 in addition to the distance information calculated by the distance calculating unit 160.
  • the additional assistance information is a generic term of information other than the distance between the current location and the distance up to the hole cup and includes the location of the bunker, the location of the underground under repair, the location of the green, the area of the fairway, the area of the rough, the hazard area, the OB area, the location of the tree, the area of the green, the location of the hole cup, the level of the course, the wind direction, the wind speed, and the like.
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 provides any one of the distance up to the hole cup from a lady tee, the distance up to the hole cup from a front tee, and the distance up to the hole cup from the pro tee according to a type of the tee box in which the golfer is positioned in the case where the golfer is positioned in the tee box.
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 provides information associated with the wind direction and the wind speed.
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 determines the straight-line path by using the current location and the location of the hole cup determined by the location determining unit 110, determines whether the straight-line path passes through warning areas (i.e., the bunker area, the tree area, the OB area, and the hazard area), and outputs information regarding the warning areas positioned on the straight-line path through the voice guiding unit 180, in the case where the main button 121 is pressed at one time.
  • warning areas i.e., the bunker area, the tree area, the OB area, and the hazard area
  • the wireless communication unit 130 is not required and the hole information regarding each hole is pre-stored in the hole information storing unit 152.
  • FIG. 3 is a diagram showing an exterior of the golf play supporter device according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the main button 121, the shot verifying button 122, and the shot cancelling button 123 are formed on a front surface of the golf play supporter device 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, such that the golfer easily operates the buttons.
  • a speaker 10 is installed on the front surface of the golf play supporter device 10.
  • the speaker 10 may be installed on the side surface or the side surface and the top surface of the golf play supporter device 100.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 provides information to the golfer through voice guidance and since the voice guidance is performed by operating the buttons, the main button 121, the shot verifying buttons 122, and the shot cancelling button 123 are installed by occupying a possible large dimension. Since the main button 121 is used more frequently than other buttons 122 and 123, the main button 121 is installed by occupying a larger area than other buttons 122 and 123.
  • a fixation mounting member 30 may be installed on a rear surface of the golf play supporter device 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention such that the golfer has the golf play supporter device 100 easily fixed and mounted on his/her waist.
  • the fixation mounting member 30 is made of an elastic material and presses a belt, and the like with predetermined pressure to prevent the golf play supporter device 100 from being separated.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 may be mounted on a wrist or a forearm by using a band which is easily removable instead of the fixation mounting member 30.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 includes an ear phone port 20 formed on the side thereof in order to prevent the voice guidance outputted through the speaker 10 from disturbing other golfers’ plays. Therefore, the golfer connects a plug of an earphone to the earphone port 20 to hear the voice guidance outputted through the speaker 10 by using the earphone.
  • FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golf play supporter device at the time of entering a hole according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the location determining unit 110 of the golf play supporter device 100 continuously receives GPS positional information from the GPS satellite while power is applied to the location determining unit 110 to determine the current location (S401).
  • the location determining unit 110 determines the current location
  • the location determining unit 110 compares the determined current location and the tee box area of the current hole stored in the hole information storing portion 152 and when the current location is included in the tee box area, the location determining unit 110 judges that the golfer enters the current hole (S402).
  • the control unit 140 accesses the golf field operating system 200 through the wireless communication unit 130 and requests the hole information to the golf field operating system 200 (S403).
  • the golf field operating system 200 provides information regarding the location (coordinate) of a hole cup, a wind direction, and a wind speed of the corresponding hole in the case of the golf play supporter device 100 that stores course map information of each hole in the hole information storing portion 152 (S404).
  • the golf field operating system 200 provides the hole information regarding the corresponding hole in the case where the golf play supporter device 100 does not store the course map information of each hole. Meanwhile, when the golf play supporter device 100 demands the hole information while providing the information stored in the hole information storing portion 152 to the golf field operating system 200, the golf field operating system 200 compares the hole information stored therein and information received through the golf play supporter device 100 and if there is changed information, the golf field operating system 200 may provide only the changed information.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 stores the received hole information in the hole information storing portion 152 (S405).
  • step S405 the golf play supporter device 100 performs voice guidance or an operation corresponding to each of the buttons 121 to 123 on the basis of the hole information stored in the hole information storing portion 152 until the golfer is positioned in the tee box or a predetermined area of the current hole.
  • the control unit 140 of the golf play supporter device 100 notifies the current location (alternatively, the predetermined location in the tee box) determined by the location determining unit 110 and the location of the hole cup just after step S405 to the distance calculating unit 160 to direct the distance calculating unit 160 to calculate the distance up to the hole cup from the tee box. Therefore, according to the direction from the control unit 140, the golf play supporter device 100 outputs the distances up to the hole cup from the tee box through the voice.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 calculates the distance up to the hole cup from the tee box to guide the calculated distance through the voice in the case where the golfer presses the main button 121 in the tee box as shown in FIG. 6
  • FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golf play supporter device at the time of entering a hole according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the location determining unit 110 of the golf play supporter device 100 continuously receives GPS positional information from the GPS satellite while power is applied to the location determining unit 110 to determine the current location (S501).
  • the location determining unit 110 determines the current location
  • the location determining unit 110 provides the determined current location to the control unit 140 and the control unit 140 provides the received current location to the golf field operating system 200 through the wireless communication unit 130 (S502).
  • the golf field operating system 200 compares the current location of the corresponding golf play supporter device 100 and map information of each hole to determine a location of the golf field at which the corresponding golf play supporter device 100 is positioned (S503).
  • the golf field operating system 200 judges whether the golf play supporter device 100 is positioned in the tee box of the current hole through the determination (S504) and when the golf field operating system 200 judges that the current location of the golf play supporter device 100 is positioned in the tee box through the judgment (S504), the golf field operating system 200 judges that the golfer enters the current hole to provide the hole information regarding the current hole to the corresponding golf play supporter device 100 (S505).
  • the golf field operating system 200 continuously monitors the current location of the golf play supporter device 100 without providing the information.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 stores the received hole information in the hole information storing portion 152 (S506).
  • the golf play supporter device 100 After step S506, the golf play supporter device 100 performs voice guidance or an operation corresponding to each of the buttons 121 to 123 on the basis of the hole information stored in the hole information storing portion 152 until the golfer is positioned in the tee box or a predetermined area of the current hole.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 notifies the current location (alternatively, the predetermined location in the tee box) determined by the location determining unit 110 and the location of the hole cup just after step S506 to the distance calculating unit 160 to direct the distance calculating unit 160 to calculate the distance up to the hole cup from the tee box. Therefore, the gulf play supporter device 100 outputs the distance up to the hole cup from the tee box through the voice.
  • FIG. 6 is a flowchart showing a process of providing additional assistance information by a main button in a golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the additional assistance information includes the location of the bunker, the area of the fairway, the area of the rough, the area of the hazard, the OB area, the location of the tree, the area of the green, the location of the hole cup, the level of the course, the wind direction, the wind speed, and the like.
  • the control unit 140 provides the current location determined by the location determining unit 110 and the location of the hole cup of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storing portion 152 to the distance calculating unit 160.
  • the distance calculating unit 160 calculates the straight-line distance up to the hole cup from the current location and provides the calculated straight-line distance to the voice guiding unit 180 (S602).
  • the voice guiding unit 180 allows the distance calculated by the distance calculating unit 160 to be included in a set guidance announcement and guides the distance through the voice (S603). For example, as the voice guidance announcement outputted at that time, there may be provided "210 meters are left up to the hole cup".
  • control unit 140 provides the current location and the location of the hole cup to the distance calculating unit 160 and at the same time, provides the current location and the location of the hole cup to even the guidance information extracting unit 190 (S604).
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 calculates the straight-line path up to the hole cup from the current location and determines whether the additional assistance information is present on the straight-line path. That is, the guidance information extracting unit 190 compares each coordinate on the straight-line path and a coordinate of the additional assistance information of the corresponding hole stored in the hole information storing portion 152 to determine whether both coordinates coincide with each other and extracts the additional assistance information including the coordinate on the straight-line path (S605).
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 extracts the additional assistance information that is present.
  • the guidance information extracting unit 190 provides the extracted additional assistance information to the voice guiding unit 180 and the voice guiding unit 180 outputs a voice guidance announcement corresponding to the additional assistance information through the speaker 10 or the earphone port 10 (S606).
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of recording/deleing strokes according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the golf play supporter device 100 determines the hole which the golfer enters by using the coordinate of the tee box when the golfer enters the tee box and judges that a play in the entered hole starts (S701).
  • the control unit 140 judges that the click operation indicates a shot recording command and directs shot recording while providing identification information of the current hole to the stroke calculating unit 170.
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 accumulates and adds "1" to a shot record (i.e., a shot stroke) matching the current hole stored in the record storing portion 151 (S703).
  • step S702 and S703 of the shot record by the main button 121 in the current hole is performed until the current location determined by the location determining unit 110 is positioned in the tee box (alternatively, the predetermined area) of the current hole (S704).
  • the control unit 140 receives a signal from the shot cancelling button 123 (S705), the control unit 140 provides the identification information of the current hole to the stroke calculating unit 170 to delete shot information recorded just before (S706).
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 subtracts "1" from the stroke recorded with respect to the current hole stored in the record storing portion 151.
  • control unit 140 terminates inputting and modifying of the stroke record for the current hole stored in the record storing portion 151 (S707).
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 reads the stroke recorded with respect to the current hole stored in the record storing portion 151 or a total of strokes (i.e., the total stroke) with respect to the respective holes and provides it to the voice guiding unit 180, which applies the strokes received from the stroke calculating unit 170 to a guidance announcement corresponding to shot verification to notify the total stroke in the current hole through the voice.
  • the control unit 140 stops voice guidance.
  • the additional assistance information may further include course target guiding information.
  • the hole information includes course target information and in addition, includes information regarding areas subdividing a hole course.
  • the course target information depends on the subdivided areas.
  • the course target information is "Do a play with seeing a left tree” and when the golfer is positioned at subdivided area B, "Do a play toward a steel tower”.
  • the above-mentioned exemplary embodiments of the present invention are not embodied only by an apparatus and method.
  • the above-mentioned exemplary embodiments may be embodied by a program performing functions, which correspond to the configuration of the exemplary embodiments of the present invention, or a recording medium on which the program is recorded.
  • Main button 122 Shot verifying button
  • Control unit 150 Storage unit

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L'invention concerne un système d'assistance pour jouer au golf comportant une unité de détermination d'emplacement déterminant l'emplacement actuel d'un golfeur par réception d'informations GPS, une unité de communication sans fil, une unité de stockage d'informations concernant les trous qui stocke des informations concernant chaque trou, y compris l'emplacement d'un trou, et qui met à jour les informations concernant les trous à l'aide d'informations fournies par le système d'exploitation de terrain de golf par l'intermédiaire de l'unité de communication sans fil, un bouton principal, une unité de calcul de distance, une unité de commande commandant un calcul de distance par fourniture, à l'unité de calcul de distance, de l'emplacement actuel déterminé par l'unité de détermination d'emplacement et de l'emplacement du trou correspondant stocké dans l'unité de stockage d'informations concernant les trous, lors de la réception du signal électrique provenant du bouton principal, et une unité de guidage vocal.
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