WO2011118964A2 - Golf field operating system - Google Patents

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WO2011118964A2
WO2011118964A2 PCT/KR2011/001960 KR2011001960W WO2011118964A2 WO 2011118964 A2 WO2011118964 A2 WO 2011118964A2 KR 2011001960 W KR2011001960 W KR 2011001960W WO 2011118964 A2 WO2011118964 A2 WO 2011118964A2
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  • the present invention relates to a golf field operating system.
  • 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 play 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.
  • the maximum four persons and caddies 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.
  • the time interval between the groups represents a set waiting time and a set waiting time actually adopted in the golf field is approximately 8 minutes and does not exceed 10 minutes. Therefore, when a golfer significantly delays a play pace, the interval from the subsequent group becomes close to decrease the play pace of the subsequent group, and as a result, a play time for groups following the subsequent group is delayed.
  • caddies are required to play the golf, and advices and efforts of the caddies influence a play result of that day.
  • the golf field operator requires a golf field operating system that enables the golfers to conveniently enjoy the golf without worrying about an accident while being insensitive to a distance from the previous group and to enjoy the golf by easily verifying the information provided by the caddies in the related art without using the caddies.
  • the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a golf field operating system having advantages of controlling a smooth play progress of a golfer according to the interval between groups by determining the positions of golfers who are playing in each hole in real time.
  • the present invention has been made in an effort to provide a golf field operating system that does not require a caddy.
  • An exemplary embodiment of the present invention provides a golf field operating system including: a plurality of golferโ€™s terminals each determining a current location received from each golfer's terminal by using GPS information received from a GPS satellite, including a first wireless communication device embedded therein, and having unique identification information; a plurality of hole signal lamps of which at least one is fixedly installed in each of holes of a golf field, including a second wireless communication device embedded therein, and performing lighting and blinking operations; and a host computer including a third wireless communication device corresponding to wireless communications of the first and second wireless communication devices, managing the current location to correspond to an identifier of a group allocated to the golferโ€™s terminal, calculating a distance between a previous group and the corresponding group for each group and transmitting a control signal lamp to the hole signal lamp installed around the corresponding group, which gives a shot possible indication when the calculated distance is equal to or more than a predetermined value.
  • system may further include a cart including a cart signal lamp therein, and a cart terminal including a fourth wireless communication device corresponding to wireless communication of the third wireless communication device and giving a shot possible indication or a shot prevention indication by lighting or blinking the cart signal lamp according to the control signal from the host computer.
  • a golfer can enjoy a golf rapidly and safely by easily verifying assurance of a safe distance from the previous group while enjoying a golf play by receiving necessary information from a golferโ€™s terminal and a host computer.
  • a golfer can enjoy a golf rapidly and safely by easily verifying assurance of a safe distance from the previous group while enjoying a golf play by receiving necessary information from a golferโ€™s terminal and a host computer.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a golf field operating system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a host computer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a golferโ€™s terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a cart terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a hole signal lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 6 is an operational flowchart of a golf field operating system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention when a play is started in one hole.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golf field operating system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which controlling a play progress between adjacent groups by using the positional information of each golferโ€™s terminal.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golferโ€™s terminal at the time of entering a hole according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golferโ€™s terminal at the time of entering a hole according to a second exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of providing play supporting information in a golferโ€™s terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 11 is a flowchart showing an operation of recording/deleing strokes according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a golf field operating system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the golf field operating system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a golferโ€™s terminal 100, a host computer 200, and a hole signal lamp 300 and further includes a cart 400 in a golf field using the cart 400.
  • the golferโ€™s terminal 100 is carried or worn by a golfer 10 and when a caddy is present, the golferโ€™s terminal 100 is also carried or worn by the caddy.
  • the golferโ€™s terminal 100 provides various pieces of information required to perform a golf play.
  • the various pieces of information includes a distance up to a hole cup from the current location of the golfer 10, a wind direction, a wind speed, dangerous elements such as a hazard, a bunker, a tree, and the like.
  • the golferโ€™s terminal 100 performs wireless data communications with the host computer 200 to acquire necessary information from the host computer 200 or provide information required to operate the golf field to the host computer 200.
  • Unique identification information is allocated to the golferโ€™s terminal 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 host computer 200.
  • the unique identification information enables the host computer 200 to identify the current location of the golfer 10 wearing (alternatively, carrying) the golferโ€™s terminal 100 and a shot record of the golfer and the host computer 200 to transmit data to a target golferโ€™s terminal 100.
  • the host computer 200 is installed in a control room.
  • the host computer determines, in real time, play situations of all users using the golf field (i.e., golfers) and surrounding situations, and manages and controls play progresses of the golfers according to the play situations and the surrounding situations.
  • the host computer 200 determines the play situations and the surrounding situations of all the golfers in real time on the basis of the current location of each golfer 10 provided by the golferโ€™s terminal 100. In addition, in the case where the current positional information is provided from the caddy and the cart 400, the host computer 200 determines the play situations and the surrounding situations of all the golfers in real time by additionally using the current locations of the caddy and the cart 400 as well as the current location of each golfer 10.
  • the host computer 200 manages and controls the play progress by controlling the operations of the golferโ€™s terminal 100, the hole signal lamp 300, the cart terminal 410, and the cart signal lamp 420 through wireless communications.
  • the operations by managing and controlling the play progress request a rapid play progress to the golferโ€™s terminal 100 through the voice guidance or the warning voice or allow a fact that the shot is possible or a fact that the shot is prevented to be displayed through the hall signal lamp 300 or/and the cart signal lamp 420.
  • the operations by managing and controlling the play progress include providing and displaying of the play record of the golfer 10 to the cart terminal 410 or providing and displaying the map information of each hole.
  • At least one hole signal lamp 300 is installed at a fixed location of each hole and the hole signal lamp 300 displays notifying the fact that the shot is possible or the fact that the shot is prevented.
  • the display is made by using a method of lighting a shot possible display lamp (e.g., a blue lamp) notifying the fact that the shot is possible or lighting a shot prevention display lamp (e.g., a red lamp) notifying the fact that the shot is prevented.
  • the hole signal lamp 300 is basically installed in the tee box (at least one of T1, T2, and T3) and may be additionally installed at a second-shot location or a third-shot location.
  • types of the tee boxes include total 5 tee boxes such as a champion tee, a front tee, a lady tee, regular tee, and a tournament tee and three tees generally include, for example, the lady tee T3, the regular tee T1, and the front tee T2.
  • the cart 400 as a movement apparatus used when the golfer 10 moves from the hole to the hole includes the cart terminal 410 and the cart signal lamp 420.
  • the cart terminal 410 is mounted in the cart 400.
  • the car terminal 410 performs wireless communications with the host computer 200 and displays the play record information (shot record information for each golfer) and the hole information of each hole provided by the host computer 200 on a screen according to a request from the golfer 10. Further, the cart terminal 410 controls an operation of the cart signal lamp 420 according to a command from the host computer 200.
  • the cart signal lamp 420 is installed at locations such as a roof or a rear surface of the cart 400 for the golfer 10 to easily verify the cart signal lamp 420 at a long range with the naked eye and operates according to control of the cart terminal 410.
  • the cart signal 420 serves to perform the same function as the hole signal lamp 300.
  • FIG. 2 is a block diagram of a host computer according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the host computer 200 includes a wireless communication unit 201, a positional information determining unit 202, a positional information registering unit 203, a shot information determining unit 204, a shot information registering unit 205, a terminal registering unit 206, a database 207, a golferโ€™s location determining unit 208, a signal lamp managing unit 209, an information providing unit 210, and a screen displaying unit 211.
  • the wireless communication unit 201 includes an antenna and performs wireless communications with the golferโ€™s terminal 100, the cart terminal 410, and the hole signal lamp 300.
  • the wireless communication unit 201 may be performed by, for example, a wireless LAN, a wireless fidelity (WIFI), and the like.
  • WIFI wireless fidelity
  • the location information determining unit 202 determines whether the information received by the wireless communication unit 201 is the positional information and provides the corresponding information to the positional information registering unit 203, when the received information is the positional information.
  • the positional information includes terminal identification information and global positioning system (GPS) positional information.
  • the positional information registering unit 203 determines the terminal identification information included in the received positional information and the GPS positional information, and matches the GPS positional information with the determined terminal identification information to register the matched GPS positional information in a positional information DB 207a.
  • the terminal identification information includes identification information of the golfer's terminal 100, identification information of the cart terminal 410, identification information of a caddyโ€™s terminal, and the like according to a type of the terminal.
  • the shot information determining unit 204 determines whether the information received by the wireless communication unit 201 is shot information and provides the corresponding information to the shot information registering unit 205, when the received information is the shot information.
  • the shot information includes the terminal identification information and shot count information.
  • the shot count information as the information notifying whether the golfer 10 hits one stroke or requests deletion of the previous stroke includes a code notifying addition of one stroke or subtraction of one stroke.
  • the shot information registering unit 205 determines the terminal identification information included in the received shot information and determines the shot count information, and reflects the shot count information to shot record accumulation information for each hole of the corresponding golfer stored to correspond to the determined terminal identification information. Meanwhile, the shot information registering unit 205 starts shot recording of the corresponding golfer 10 for the corresponding hole after the golfer's location determining unit 208 detects that the golfer 10 enters the hole and stops the shot recording in the corresponding hole after the golfer's location determining unit 208 detects that the golfer 10 leaves the hole.
  • the shot information registering unit 205 stops the shot recording for the golf play when the golfer 10 leaves the last hole (i.e., the 9th hole or 18th hole) and sums up shot records of all holes.
  • the last hole is determined through the number of holes to be played which is registered by the golfer 10 and the amount of money paid by the golfer 10 before the play.
  • the terminal registering unit 206 classifies golferโ€™s terminals 100 which are used in the golf play in groups and stores them in a joining terminal DB 207d. That is, the terminal registering unit 206 receives the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 and information regarding the groups provided by a golf field staff concerned and matches the received identification information and the groups of the golferโ€™s terminals 100 and stores the information in the joining terminal DB 207d.
  • the database 207 stores various pieces of information required by the host computer 200. Specifically, the database 207 includes a positional information DB 207a, a shot information DB 207b, a hole information DB 207c, and a joining terminal DB 207d.
  • the positional information DB 207a stores the current positional information of each golferโ€™s terminal 100 by matching the current positional information with the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal 100.
  • the shot information DB 207b stores the shot record for each hole provided by each golferโ€™s terminal 100 by matching the shot record with the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal 100.
  • the hole information DB 207c stores the hole information for each hole.
  • the joining terminal DB 207d stores the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 for each group.
  • the hole information includes course information in each hole in a corresponding golf field, information regarding a wind direction (including the direction information 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 the 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 golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines the current location of each golferโ€™s terminal 100 and determines whether the golfer 10 is positioned at a predetermined location on the basis of the determined current location and in addition, determines a distance between a present group and a previous group or a distance between the present group and a next group on the basis of the current location of each golfer. As a result, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines whether the golfer 10 is positioned at the predetermined location or performs an operation depending on the distance between the present group and the previous group or the next group.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines the current location of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 providing the new current positional information through the positional information DB 207.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines whether the current location of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 is positioned in the tee box or a safe area. When the golfer 10 is positioned in the tee box, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 notifies a fact that the golfer 10 enters the corresponding hole to the shot information registering unit 205 and the information providing unit 210. Further, when the safe area is additionally provided and the golfer 10 is positioned in the safe area, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 notifies a fact that the golfer 10 terminates the play in the corresponding hole to the shot information registering unit 205 and the information providing unit 210.
  • the safe area may be provided in each hole.
  • the safe area serves to notify termination of the play in the corresponding hole instead of the tee box of the next hole.
  • the safe area serves to notify play termination of the entire play (e.g., 9 holes and 18 holes) and he tee box of each hole serves to notify play termination of the previous hole as well as play start of the present hole.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 calculates a distance between adjacent groups and judges whether the calculated distance is equal to or more than a predetermined distance and when the calculated distance is equal to or more than the predetermined distance, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 notifies controlling of the hole signal lamp 300 and the cart terminal 410 to the signal lamp managing unit 209.
  • the predetermined distance compared with the distance between the adjacent groups may be the same and different for each hole.
  • the signal lamp managing unit 209 notifies the fact that the shot is possible to the hole signal lamp 300 and the cart terminal 410 positioned in the next group when the distance between the present group and the next group is equal to or more than the predetermined distance and notifies the fact that the shot is prevented to the hole signal lamp 300 and the cart terminal 410 positioned in the next group when the distance between the present group and the next group is less than the predetermined distance.
  • the information providing unit 210 provides various pieces of information to the golferโ€™s terminal 100 and the cart terminal 400.
  • the information providing unit 210 provides the hole information to the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal 100 when the golfer 10 enters the hole and provides the shot information received from the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal 100 or shot record reflecting the shot information to the cart terminal 410.
  • the information providing unit 210 provides locations of golfers of the corresponding group, locations of golfers of the previous group, and locations of golfers of the next group to the corresponding cart terminal 410.
  • the screen displaying unit 211 displays the location of each golfer 10, the location of the cart 400, or the location of the caddy or displays information collected or processed by the host computer 200, such as a progress situation in a predetermined hole, and a short record or movement for a predetermined golfer, on the screen.
  • FIG. 3 is a block diagram of a golferโ€™s terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the golferโ€™s terminal 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 golferโ€™s terminal 100 through the received GPS information. Further, the location determining unit 110 determines whether the current location of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 is positioned in a tee box of a current hole and in the case where the golferโ€™s terminal 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 progresses 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 golferโ€™s terminal 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 host computer 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 host computer 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 host computer 200 when the golfer is positioned in the tee box.
  • 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 host computer 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 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 golferโ€™s terminal 100 by using the current location (i.e., coordinate information) of the golferโ€™s terminal 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. Further, the stroke calculating unit 170 outputs the total of the stroke 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.
  • the stroke calculating unit 170 increases and accumulates the stroke in the corresponding hole by "1" in the record storing portion 151 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 stroke 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 (not shown). 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.
  • An outer shape of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention having the internal components 110 to 190 may be configured as follows.
  • the main button 121, the shot verifying button 122, and the shot cancelling button 123 are formed on a front surface of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention, such that the golfer easily operates the buttons.
  • the speaker (not shown) is installed on the front surface of the terminal 100.
  • the speaker may be installed on the side surface or the side surface and the top surface of the golf play supporter device 100.
  • 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 (not shown) may be installed on a rear surface of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention such that the golfer has the golferโ€™s terminal 100 easily fixed and mounted on his/her waist.
  • the fixation mounting member 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 golferโ€™s terminal 100 may be mounted on a wrist or a forearm by using a band which is easily removable instead of the fixation mounting member.
  • the golferโ€™s terminal 100 may include an ear phone port (not shown) formed on the side thereof in order to prevent the voice guidance outputted through the speaker from disturbing other golfersโ€™ plays. Therefore, the golfer connects a plug of an earphone to the earphone port to hear the voice guidance outputted through the speaker by using the earphone.
  • FIG. 4 is a block diagram of a cart terminal according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the cart terminal 410 according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a key inputting unit 411, a time information providing unit 412, a shot information providing unit 413, a display unit 414, a wireless communication unit 415, a storage managing unit 416, a signal lamp controlling unit 417, and a storage unit 418.
  • the key inputting unit 411 is provided with a button key to allow the golfer to input a predetermined command.
  • the time information providing unit 412 determines an interval between the present group and the next group and a time by using information stored in the storage unit 418 to display the interval and the time through the display unit 414 according to a request for displaying the time received from the key inputting unit 411.
  • the shot information providing unit 413 provides a shot record of each golfer 10 of the corresponding group stored in the storage unit 418 through the display unit 414 according to a request for shot information received from the key inputting unit 411.
  • the wireless communication unit 415 takes charge of wireless communication with the host computer 200.
  • the wireless communication of the wireless communication unit 415 may be, for example, a wireless LAN, a wireless fidelity (WIFI), and the like.
  • the storage managing unit 416 reads a signal received from the wireless communication unit 415 to determine a type of information and store information to be stored in the storage unit 418 according to the determined information type.
  • the storage unit 418 stores the current location of each golfer, a shot record of each golfer, hole information, and the like provided by the host computer 200.
  • the signal lamp controlling unit 417 When the signal lamp controlling unit 417 receives a signal lamp control signal from the wireless communication unit 415, the signal lamp controlling unit 417 turns on or turns off the cart signal lamp 420.
  • FIG. 5 is a block diagram of a hole signal lamp according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the hole signal lamp 300 includes a wireless communication unit 310, a signal lamp controlling unit 320, and a light emitting unit 330.
  • the wireless communication unit 310 takes charge of wireless communication with the host computer 200.
  • the wireless communication of the wireless communication unit 310 may be performed, for example, by a wireless LAN, a wireless fidelity (WIFI), and the like.
  • WIFI wireless fidelity
  • the signal lamp controlling unit 320 controls an operation of the light emitting unit 330 according to the signal lamp control signal.
  • the light emitting unit 330 includes a shot possible indicating lamp and a shot prevention indicating lamp.
  • the light emitting unit 330 receives the signal lamp control signal from the signal lamp controlling unit 320, the light emitting unit 330 turns on the shot possible indicating lamp for a predetermined time.
  • the light emitting unit 330 turns off the shot possible indicating lamp and turns on the shot prevention indicating lamp after turning on the shot possible indicating lamp for the predetermined time.
  • FIG. 6 is an operational flowchart of a golf field operating system according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention when a play is started in one hole and shows an operation of the golf field operating system according to the exemplary embodiment of the present invention performed when the play is started in the first hole.
  • a present group Members who reach the golf field (hereinafter, referred to as "a present group") apply a golf play according to a guidance of a receptionist in a control room or a guidance room.
  • the receptionist provides the golferโ€™s terminal 100 to each of the members, and designates the members as one group (e.g., a first group, a tenth group, and the like) and allocates a personal identifier (a name of a corresponding golfer) of each member. Thereafter, a next receptionist matches identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 provided to each member with a group number and a personal identifier and inputs the identification information.
  • the host computer 200 receives the group number, the personal identifier, and the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal 100 of each member inputted by the receptionist and registers (stores) them in the joining terminal DB 207d through the terminal registering unit 206 (S601).
  • the golferโ€™s terminal 100 provided to each of the members is called a present groupโ€™s golfer terminal 100a.
  • the members, i.e., golfers 10 of the present group moves toward the 1st hole for a play and the present-group golferโ€™s terminal 100a carried or worn by each of the golfers 10 transmits the current positional information determined based on the GPS positional information included in a location notifying message to the host computer 200 (S602).
  • the host computer 200 receives the location notifying message and the location information determining unit 202 determines that the location notifying message is associated with the positional information and determines identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal included in the location notifying message (S603). In addition, the location information determining unit 202 determines the current positional information included in the location notifying message (S604) and the positional information registering unit 203 registers the current positional information in the DB 207a by matching it with the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal (S605).
  • the positional information registering unit 203 While the positional information registering unit 203 registers the current positional information, the positional information registering unit 203 provides the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal that provides the current positional information to the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 at the same time.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines the current location of the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal 100a by using the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal received from the positional information registering unit 203 and determines whether the determined current location is positioned in a tee box zone (S606).
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 does not take an additional action when the current location of the golferโ€™s terminal 100a is not positioned in the tee box zone. However, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 allows the hole information to be transmitted to the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal 100a through the information providing unit 210 when the current location of the golferโ€™s terminal 100a is positioned in the tee box zone (S607).
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 provides the identification information of the present hole and the identification information of the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal 100a to the shot information registering unit 205 to notify a play start in the corresponding hole and the shot information registering unit 205 registers the play start in the corresponding hole with respect to the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal 100a (S608).
  • the shot information registering unit 205 registers the play start in the corresponding hole and at the same time, registers a play termination in the previous hole.
  • the shot information registering unit 205 When the shot information registering unit 205 registers the play start, the shot information registering unit 205 accumulates/records the shot information received from the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal in the shot information DB 207b by matching the shot information with a hole in which the play starts and when the shot information registering unit 205 does not register the play start, the shot information registering unit 205 does not reflect the shot information to the shot information DB 207b in spite of receiving the shot information from the corresponding golferโ€™s terminal.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines the location of the previous group corresponding to the present group through the positional information DB 207 when the golfer 10 enters the tee box (S609), and calculates a distance between the location of the previous group and the tee box and judges whether the calculated distance is equal to or more than a predetermined distance (S610).
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 notifies the fact that the shot is possible to the signal lamp managing unit 209 when the distance between the tee box and the previous group is equal to or more than the predetermined distance and the signal lamp managing unit 209 transmits a shot possible lighting indication signal to the cart signal lamp 420 of the present group (hereinafter, referred to as "420a") and the tee box signal lamp 300 of the corresponding hole (hereinafter, referred to as "300aโ€) through the wireless communication unit 201 (S611 and S612).
  • the cart signal lamp 420a and the tee box signal lamp 300a indicates shot prevention lighting when they are not in a shot possible state.
  • the tee box signal lamp 300a When the tee box signal lamp 300a receives the shot possible lighting indication signal, the tee box signal lamp 300a gives a shot possible indication by controlling the light emitting unit 330 through the signal lamp controlling unit 320 (S613).
  • the shot possible lighting indication signal transmitted to the cart signal lamp 420a is transmitted to the cart terminal 410 of the present group 410 (hereinafter, referred to as "410a") and the cart terminal 410a gives a shot possible lighting indication to the cart signal lamp 420a according to the shot possible lighting indication signal (S614).
  • the golfer of the present group verifies the shot possible fact or the shot prevention fact with the naked eye according to lighting indications of the cart signal lamp 420a and the tee box signal lamp 300a to proceed with the play without a help from a golf field coordinator.
  • the present group that terminates the play in the 1st hole moves to the 2nd hole and when the golfer 10 of the present group is positioned in the tee box of the 2nd hole, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 of the host computer 200 notifies to the shot information recording unit 205 that the golfer is positioned in the tee box of the 2nd hole, and as a result, the shot information recording unit 205 completes shot recording for the 1st hole.
  • a safe area is installed between holes and when the golfer is positioned in the safe area, the shot information recording unit 205 may complete shot recording for the previous hole.
  • FIG. 7 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golf play supporter device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention, which controlling a game progress between adjacent groups by using the positional information of each golferโ€™s terminal.
  • the present-group golferโ€™s terminal 100a and the previous-group golferโ€™s terminal 100b registered in the joining terminal DB 207d provide the current positional information included in the location notifying message to the host computer 200 at a predetermined time interval (S701 and S702).
  • the host computer 200 receives the location notifying message and the location information determining unit 202 determines that the location notifying message is associated with the positional information and determines identification information of each of the golferโ€™s terminals 100a and 100b included in the location notifying message (S703).
  • the location information determining unit 202 determines the current positional information included in the location notifying message and notifies the determined current positional information to the positional information registering unit 203 and the positional information registering unit 203 registers the current positional information in the positional information DB 207a by matching the current positional information with the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminal (S704).
  • the positional information registering unit 203 While the positional information registering unit 203 registers the current positional information, the positional information registering unit 203 provides the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminals 100a and 100b that provide the current positional information to the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 at the same time. Therefore, the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines groups (i.e., the present group and the previous group) to which the golfers 10 corresponding to the golferโ€™s terminals 100a and 100b belong from the positional information DB 207a through the identification information of the golferโ€™s terminals 100a and 100b (S705).
  • groups i.e., the present group and the previous group
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 determines the current location of each golfer included in the present group and the current location of each golfer included in the previous group and thereafter, calculates a distance (interval) between the present group and the previous group (S706).
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 does not calculate the distance between the present group and the previous group when the present group is not positioned in a hole course.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 calculates a distance between the tee box and the previous group when at least one golfer of the present group is positioned in the tee box.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 sets a distance between the location of any one golfer of golfers included in the present group, which is positioned closest to the previous group and the location of any one golfer of golfers included in the previous group, which is positioned closest to the present group as the distance (interval) between the present group and the previous group.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 compares whether the calculated distance is equal to or more than a predetermined distance set with respect to the corresponding hole (S707).
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 does not take an additional action. That is, at present, the shot prevention indication is maintained in the present-group hole signal lamp 300.
  • the golferโ€™s location determining unit 208 notifies the shot possible fact to the hole signal lamp 300 (e.g., any one of the tee box signal lamp, a second signal lamp, and a third signal lamp) of the hole in which the present group is positioned through the signal lamp managing unit 209 (S708) and the hole signal lamp 300 gives the shot possible lighting indication signal according to the control from the signal lamp managing unit 209 (S709).
  • the hole signal lamp 300 e.g., any one of the tee box signal lamp, a second signal lamp, and a third signal lamp
  • the signal lamp managing unit 209 notifies the shot possible fact to the cart signal lamp 402a of the present group, which gives the shot possible lighting indication.
  • the golfer of the present group verifies the shot possible lighting indications of the cart signal lamp 420a and the hole signal lamp 300 to take a shot and since the previous group is positioned in a distance which the shot of the present group does not reach, the previous group continues to do the play safely.
  • FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing an operation of a golferโ€™s terminal at the time of entering a hole according to a first exemplary embodiment of the present invention.
  • the location determining unit 110 of a 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 (S801).
  • 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 (S802).
  • 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 (S803).
  • 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 (S804).
  • 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 (S805).
  • step S805 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 th hole cup just after step S805 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. 9 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 a 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 (S901).
  • 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 (S902).
  • 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 (S903).
  • 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 (S904) 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 (S904), 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 (S905).
  • 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 (S906).
  • step S906 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.
  • FIG. 10 is a flowchart showing an operation of providing additional assistance information by using a main button in a golferโ€™s terminal 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 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 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 (S1002).
  • 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 (S1003). 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 (S1004).
  • 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 (S1005).
  • 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 (S1006).
  • FIG. 11 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 (S1101).
  • 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 (S1103).
  • step S1102 and S1103 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 (S1104).
  • the control unit 140 receives a signal from the shot cancelling button 123 (S1105), 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 (S1106).
  • 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 previous hole stored in the record storing portion 151 (S1107).
  • 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 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.

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