WO2012011753A2

WO2012011753A2 - Separable swing plate for a golf driving range

Info

Publication number: WO2012011753A2
Application number: PCT/KR2011/005376
Authority: WO
Inventors: 김은란
Original assignee: Kim Eun-Ran
Priority date: 2010-07-22
Filing date: 2011-07-21
Publication date: 2012-01-26
Also published as: WO2012011753A3; KR20120000810U

Abstract

The present invention relates to a separable swing plate for a golf driving range, and more particularly, to a separable swing plate in which the heights and slopes of a ball plate, on which a golf ball is placed, and of a foot plate, on which the two feet of a golfer are placed, are adjustable independently of each other, to thereby produce various conditions of trouble shots similar to those occurring in outdoor golf courses.

Description

Detachable swing plate in golf practice range

The present invention relates to a detachable swing plate of a golf practice range, which will be described in more detail with respect to the height and inclination of a ball plate on which a golf ball is placed and a foot plate on which the feet of a golfer are landed. Each of the independent swing plate can be adjusted to implement a variety of trouble shot (trouble shot) conditions similar to the actual golf course in the golf practice range.

Golf is a sport that follows a certain golf course formed over a large area of about 660,000 to 1 million square meters. The golf course consists of a teeing ground where the ball first strikes, and fairways, rough bunkers, water hazards, green holes, etc., and artificially creates obstacles such as forests, valleys, ponds, and small mountains. Sometimes rivers or seas are used.

As such, golf courses are generally located in the suburbs or mountains away from the city, so it takes considerable time and money to play golf games at regular golf courses. Therefore, there are many golf driving ranges that can be used to practice swings at low cost in the city or suburbs.

Such golf driving ranges can be generally divided into indoor golf driving ranges and outdoor golf driving ranges. First, the indoor golf driving range has a swing plate, which is a position where the golfer hits the golf ball, is installed side by side, and a shield that collides with the golf ball is installed at a distance of about 5-10 m in front of the golfer, so that the golfer moves the golf ball toward the shield. Hit. Therefore, the indoor golf practice has a disadvantage that you can not determine how far the flying ball of their golf ball, or the flight direction of the golf ball flying.

Recently, in order to overcome the spatial limitations of indoor golf practice ranges, various golf simulation systems have been developed and operated to display flight trajectories of golf balls hit by golfers as 3D images on the screen. That is, an optical sensor is installed in front of a swing plate to measure dynamic information about the speed and flight angle of the golf ball, and a computer is used to play golf based on the dynamic information measured by the optical sensor. It predicts the ball's flight trajectory and displays it as a three-dimensional image on the screen installed in front of the plate.

At this time, the computer that calculates and outputs the expected flight trajectory of the golf ball is input with the same stereoscopic image as the foreground of the actual golf course, so that the golfer can obtain a visual effect as if playing golf on an outdoor golf course. You can also play golf. Such golf simulation system is widely used in the market under the name of 'screen golf'.

On the other hand, the outdoor golf practice ground is installed a net of about 100 ~ 300 m in front of the swing plate, and hit the golf ball toward the net. Therefore, in the outdoor golf practice range, the golfer can directly check the flying distance and flight direction of his golf ball, so the practice effect is very high compared to the indoor golf practice range.

However, the limit of the indoor and outdoor golf practice range is that, unlike the actual golf course, the golfer should always hit the golf ball in a certain position and conditions. That is, in the case of a real golf course, golfers often have to take so-called trouble shots on slopes with uphills or downhills, or bunkers.However, since the swing plate of the golf practice range is always horizontal, There is a problem that can not properly practice the shot.

In particular, in the case of the indoor practice field equipped with the screen golf, there is a limit that can not sufficiently implement the various hitting conditions required by the computer program only by the swing plate horizontally fixed. In order to solve this problem, a swing plate capable of adjusting the inclination has been proposed. Korean Utility Model Registration No. 0211628 (November 14, 2000), 0316441 (June 02, 2003) and Patent Registration No. 0464082 (December 20, 2004), 0654252 (November 29, 2006), 0672898 (January 16, 2007), 0713658 (April 25, 2007), 0912015 (2009) August 06, 2009, Patent Publication No. 2009-0131372 (December 29, 2009) and the like are introduced a variety of tilt adjustment device for the swing plate.

For example, Figure 1 shows a golf exerciser capable of tilt adjustment introduced in Patent Registration No. 664442 (November 21, 2006), and has a mat 110 and a lower portion of the mat 110 having a predetermined thickness and width. Located in the base 120 for supporting the mat 110, the mat 11 is coupled between the base 11 and the inclination control unit that can adjust the inclination of the mat 110 by a predetermined driving means 130 140 is coupled to the mat 110 and the base 120 is composed of a rotary support 150 that serves as a hinge.

In addition, Figure 2 shows a golf practice hitting foot introduced in Patent Publication No. 2009-0131372 (December 29, 2009), the lower frame 11 and the connecting frame 12 and the hitting the bottom surface fixed and hitting An upper frame 13 supporting a scaffold (not shown) is disposed up and down, and two

gear jacks

14 and 15 are respectively disposed between the lower frame 11, the connecting frame 12, and the upper frame 13. And two

hinges

21 and 22 are provided. In addition, the

gear jacks

14 and 15 are rotated about the hinge 24 by the upper arm 19 and the lower arm 20 as the screw 16 rotates, similar to the structure of a conventional automobile jack. The height of the

screw jacks

14 and 15, that is, the height between the support member 18 and the support member 17 is configured to be adjustable.

In FIG. 1 and FIG. 2, additional descriptions of the unexplained reference numerals will be omitted.

As such, by providing various inclination angles to the swing plate of the golf practice range, it is possible to easily practice the various trouble shot conditions that the golfer experiences on the actual golf course in the golf practice range. However, as in the mat 110 of FIG. 1 or the upper frame 13 of FIG. 2, a conventional swing plate includes a ball plate on which a golf ball is placed, and a foot plate on which the golfer's feet are landed. It is a structure combined with one body to form a plane.

Therefore, even if various inclined surfaces are implemented on the swing plate, there is a limit that cannot be realized when the ball plate and the foot plate form different inclined surfaces. That is, a conventional swing plate, for example, when a golfer standing on a flat land hits a golf ball placed on a slope, a golfer standing on a slope hits a golf ball on a flat ground, or the ground where the golfer stands and the golf ball are placed. If the height of the ground is different, there was a limit that can not be properly implemented.

Accordingly, the technical problem to be solved by the present invention is a swing plate installed in a golf practice range, in which a ball plate on which a golf ball is placed and a foot plate on which the feet of a golfer are placed form different inclined surfaces. It is to provide a swing plate that can be easily implemented.

In order to solve the above technical problem, the present invention is a swing plate in which a golfer hits a golf ball in a golf practice range, a ball plate on which a golf ball is placed and a foot plate on which the feet of the golfer land. (Foot plate) is separated from each other, the bottom of the ball plate and the foot plate each of the separate swing plate, characterized in that the inclination adjustment means for adjusting the height and inclination of both plates independently is provided will be.

In addition, the inclination adjustment means is a gear jack (Gear jack), characterized in that all four on all four sides are installed on the bottom of the ball plate and the foot plate, characterized in that eight.

The detachable swing plate according to the present invention can independently adjust the height and inclination of a ball plate on which a golf ball is placed and a foot plate on which the feet of a golfer are landed. There is an effect that can easily practice the various trouble shots that can be hit while rounding the actual golf course.

In addition, when the separate swing plate of the present invention is installed in the screen golf facility, various hitting conditions required by the computer program can be realized more realistically. For example, if a golfer standing on the plain hits a golf ball on a slope, or a golfer standing on the slope hits a golf ball on a flat surface, or the height is different between the ground on which the golfer stands and the ground on which the golf ball is placed. The back can be realized realistically.

1 is a view showing an example of a conventional golf exerciser inclination control device,

Figure 2 is a view showing another example of the conventional golf exerciser inclination control device,

3 is a view illustrating a structure of a detachable swing plate according to the present invention.

110; Mat 120; Base

130; Drive means 140; Tilt adjustment part

150; Rotary support 210; Ball plate

211; Golf tee 212; Light Sensor Mount

220; Foot plate 300; Gear jack

310; Drive motor

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. However, even if the configuration is essential to practice the present invention, it will be described in detail in the known art, or a detailed description thereof will be omitted.

3 shows a separate swing plate according to an embodiment of the present invention, in which a ball plate 210 on which a golf ball is placed and a foot plate 220 on which a golfer's foot F is landed are separated from each other. Separated to, the bottom of the ball plate 210 and the foot plate 220 is provided with an inclination control device, for example, a gear jack 300 that can independently adjust the height and inclination of both plates.

Golf ball 211 is provided on the ball plate 210. In addition, when the detachable swing plate of the present invention is installed in a screen golf facility, an optical sensor (not shown) for measuring flight information of a golf ball is installed in front of the golf tee 211 and the inclination Each control device is controlled by a computer. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 212 denotes an optical sensor mounting table for installing an optical sensor.

In the present invention, the inclination adjustment device may be any of the inclination adjustment devices used in the conventional golf practice range, as long as the ball plate 210 and the foot plate 220 is a means capable of independently adjusting the height and inclination. For example, the inclination adjusting device of Patent No. 664442 introduced above may be used, or a gear jack such as Patent Publication No. 2009-0131372 may be used.

First, referring to FIG. 1, a configuration of an inclination adjusting device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention will be described. The base 120 is disposed on the bottom surfaces of the ball plate 210 and the foot plate 220 and supports both plates. In addition, the driving means 130 installed on the base 120, the inclination adjusting unit 140 and the both

plates

210, 220 and the base 120 to adjust the inclination of both

plates

210 and 220 by the driving means 130 It is composed of a rotary support 150 that is coupled between the role of the hinge.

The base 120 has the same area as each of the

plates

210 and 220, and a frame 122 is formed at the edge and the center of the base 120 so as to withstand the load even when the golfer is raised.

The drive means 130 is one side is fixedly coupled to the upper surface of the base 120, the motor 132 for generating power, the drive shaft 134 is rotated by the motor 132 and the spiral formed to the outside, And it is formed on the end of the drive shaft 134 and consists of a control rod 136 is moved forward and backward as the drive shaft 134 rotates.

The inclination adjustment unit 140 adjusts the inclination of both

plates

210 and 220, and a pair of parallel shafts 142a and parallel to the control rods 136 of the driving means 130 at both ends of the rotation shaft 142a. And a pair of adjustment brackets 144 pivotally hinged to both

plates

210 and 220 at both ends of the link 142 to which the support 142b of the link is coupled, and the rotation shaft 142a of the link 142, and the rotation shaft. Of the roller 146 that is rotatably coupled to the fabric of the support (142b) coupled to both ends of the (142a) and can support both plates (210,220), and the rotating shaft (142a) coupled with the base 120 It consists of a drive bracket 148 hinged to the control rod 136 of the drive means 130 to the center.

Here, it is preferable that the driving means 130 and the inclination adjustment unit 140 are all eight, one each at the front, rear, left, and right sides of both bases 120. Thus, the drive shaft 134 is rotated by the motor 132 installed on one side of the base 120, the control rod coupled to the end along the spiral formed on the outside of the drive shaft 134 as the drive shaft 134 rotates ( 136 is inserted into and pulled out of the drive shaft 134 to apply pressure to the drive bracket 148 of the inclination adjustment unit 140 while the adjusting rod 136 is moved forward or backward, and thus the link 142 of the inclination adjustment unit 140. The roller 146 formed at the end thereof pushes up the bottom surfaces of both

plates

210 and 220.

The rotation support unit 150 is installed at the rear of each inclination control unit 140 to serve as a kind of hinge supporting both

plates

210 and 220 inclined by the inclination control unit 140, and the upper surface of the base 110. The upper bracket 156 is coupled to the lower bracket 152 is formed in the upper groove, the rotating rod 154 is coupled to the groove of the lower bracket 152 and the bottom surface of both plates (210, 220) and the recess is formed in the lower bracket 156 Is done.

The upper bracket 156 is formed so that one end formed with a semicircular groove is extended downward, and a pin 158 penetrating through the upper bracket 156 is connected to one side of the upper bracket 156. In addition, the lower bracket 152 supports the upper bracket 156, and a semicircular groove corresponding to the upper bracket 156 is formed at an upper portion thereof, and has a center of the rotating rod 154 seated on the groove 152a. The upper bracket 156 can be rotated or stopped, and at the same time, the pin 158 of the upper bracket 156 forms a guide groove 152b inserted into and drawn out of the rotating rod 154.

Therefore, when the mat 110 is horizontal, the pin 158 connected to the upper bracket 156 is maintained in the guide groove 152b of the lower bracket 152, and both

plates

210 and 220 are arbitrarily selected. When inclined at an angle of the pin 158 connected to the upper bracket 156 is inserted along the guide groove 152b formed in the lower bracket 152 to prevent the respective brackets (152, 156) from being separated. do.

On the other hand, Figure 3 shows a case in which the gear jack 300 is used as the inclination control device as another embodiment of the present invention. Eight gear jacks 300 are provided on all four sides of the ball plate 210 at four corners of the lower surface of the ball plate 210 and on the lower surface of the foot plate 220. Each of the eight gear jacks 300 is a driving motor. 310 is independently driven and controlled.

The gear jack 300 is the same as a conventional automotive gear jack, and the details of Patent Publication Nos. 10-2005-97148 (October 07, 2005) and 2009-0131372 (December 29, 2009) Since the introduction, more detailed structure and description of the operation principle will be omitted.

Although the preferred embodiment of the inclination adjusting device of the present invention has been described above, the scope of the present invention is not limited by the above embodiment.

The detachable swing plate of the present invention may be installed in an indoor golf practice room, as well as an indoor golf practice room, and in particular, when installed in a screen golf facility, the inclination adjusting means is automatically controlled by a central computer, and similar to the rounding in a real golf course. You can implement conditions.

Claims

In a swing plate where a golfer hits a golf ball in a golf practice range,

A ball plate on which a golf ball is placed and a foot plate on which the golfer's feet are landed are separated from each other, and the bottom and bottom of the ball plate and the foot plate are independently separated from each other by height and inclination. Detachable swing plate of the golf practice range, characterized in that the adjustable tilt control means is installed.
The method of claim 1,

The inclined adjustment means is a gear jack (Gear jack), the swing plate of the golf practice, characterized in that all four are installed in four directions on the bottom of the ball plate and the foot plate, respectively.