KR20210088426A - Golf information system - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a golf information providing system.
According to an embodiment of the present invention, a signal generator that is individually installed in a plurality of locations including the hole cup to generate a unique identification signal for the location; a user terminal for receiving a signal from the signal generator, determining the position and distance of the signal generator, and providing predetermined golf information to the user; and a server group that stores various data necessary for providing the golf information, and performs two-way communication with the user terminal; including, a golf information providing system can be provided.

Description

Golf information providing system {GOLF INFORMATION SYSTEM}

The present invention relates to a golf information providing system.

The golf course consists of a total of 18 holes, and each hole has its own topographical characteristics. Golfers play golf from the teeing ground to the target hole cup in various ways according to their shot ability and experience.

Recently, various golf information providing devices have been released in order to support golfers in attacking the course. Since the most important and necessary information for a golfer in conducting a golf game is distance information to a target hole cup, golf information providing devices that have been disseminated to date are mainly devices that guide the distance to the hole cup.

However, the conventional golf information providing apparatus as described above provides a distance using GPS having an error range of several meters or calculates the distance of coordinate values set on a map that the apparatus already owns, There is a problem in that accurate distance information cannot be provided during actual play.

In addition, since the accumulated data is simply provided to the user other than the distance information, there is a problem that the user is not sufficiently helpful in proceeding with the golf game.

In addition, there is a problem in that it does not provide enough information useful for actual play, so it is not very helpful to a golfer with accumulated experience, and it is difficult to arouse a user's desire for reuse.

In addition, there is a problem that the usability is not high due to the lack of a function for efficiently managing the play result.

Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1887871 (Registered on Aug. 07, 2018)

The golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is proposed to solve the above problems, and aims to provide accurate distance information to a user.

In addition, it aims to provide accurate location information to the user.

In addition, an object of the present invention is to allow a user to easily and conveniently obtain golf information while playing a golf game, so that a beginner to golf can more actively learn and enjoy golf more actively.

In addition, in the case of a beginner, the objective is to be able to receive golf strategy information up to the target so that they can achieve excellent results in various environmental changes.

In addition, the purpose of the golf game is to prevent omission or erroneous score recording by simply recording and managing one's own score, and to manage one's own score easily.

In addition, the purpose is to prevent interference or interference with the game of the previous team in the golf game by making it easy to check the distance to the preceding team during the golf game.

According to one aspect of the present invention, a signal generator that is individually installed at a plurality of locations including the hole cup to generate a unique identification signal for the location; a user terminal for receiving a signal from the signal generator, determining the position and distance of the signal generator, and providing predetermined golf information to the user; and a server group that stores various data necessary for providing the golf information, and performs two-way communication with the user terminal; including, a golf information providing system can be provided.

In addition, the signal generator, as the unique identification signal for transmitting a number or absolute coordinate value for the location, a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the signal generator, built in one hole cup is arranged to be spaced apart from each of a plurality of points, a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the user terminal, a signal receiving unit for a terminal for receiving the signal of the signal generator; and a location information receiving unit for a terminal provided to detect the location of the user terminal; including, a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the user terminal, a user interface unit for a terminal provided to input and output the golf information; a voice information collecting unit for a terminal provided to receive a user's voice command; an image information collecting unit for a terminal provided to receive image information around the user terminal; and a terminal environment information collection unit provided to receive environmental information around the user terminal; further comprising, a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the user interface unit for the terminal is configured as a touch screen for inputting the golf information to or output from the user terminal, and the voice information collecting unit for the terminal is configured as a microphone for receiving a voice command from the user , a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the user terminal, the golf information providing system can be provided, further comprising a server data receiver provided to receive at least any one of various information about the golf course and the user's play from the server group have.

In addition, the server data receiving unit, golf course data receiving unit for receiving information on the golf course from the server group; and a user data communication unit for receiving various information about the user's play from the server group; including, a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the user terminal determines the distance from the user terminal to the signal generator, determines the user's current play hole to manage play information, and analyzes the server group data provided through the server data receiver and a control unit for a terminal that generates target information to be provided to the user; further comprising, a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal analyzes information on the current play hole, calculates the distance from the user terminal to the predetermined hole cup through the signal of the signal generator of the predetermined hole cup, and provides distance information to the user. , a golf information providing system may be provided.

In addition, in order to determine the user's current play hole, the control unit for the terminal receives a unique identification signal from a plurality of signal generators respectively installed in a plurality of teeing grounds, and receives a unique identification signal from the teeing ground located at the shortest distance among the received unique identification signals. Calculate the distance to the signal generator to determine whether this distance is within a preset distance range, if within the preset distance range, call the server group and call the previous play record of the same user to determine whether there is a previous play hole, If there is no previous play hole, the current play hole is set as the first hole. If there is a previous play hole, it is determined whether the number of the previous play hole + 1 and the hole number of the teeing ground calculated as the shortest distance are the same, and if the same, the shortest distance A golf information providing system is provided that sets the number of holes of the teeing ground calculated as , to the current play hole, and updates information on the current play hole to at least one of the user terminal and the server group. can

In addition, the control unit for the terminal, in order to determine the location of the user terminal, receives signals from at least three or more signal generators, measures the distance from the user terminal to each signal generator, and measures at least three or more A golf information providing system for calculating the current location of the user terminal based on distance information may be provided.

In addition, a golf information providing system may be provided, wherein the terminal control unit maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course provided from the server group and provides the mapping to the user.

In addition, the terminal control unit, upon receiving a target information request command for the target hole cup designated by the user from the user, collects distance information on the target hole cup, information on the current play hole and environment Collect information, determine the location of the user through the location of the user terminal, map the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, user information, hole information, environment information, and the user terminal When at least one base data of location information is requested from the server group, the server group inputs the base data and golf course information requested from the user terminal into the strategy information generation module to collect and analyze the strategy information, and A golf information providing system may be provided that provides the strategy information to the user terminal, and the user terminal outputs the strategy information received from the server group to the user through the user interface unit for the terminal.

In addition, the terminal control unit, upon receiving a score information input command from the user, collects the current location of the user terminal, collects information on the current play hole, and determines the user's location through the location of the user terminal and maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, and reads the score information input command to identify at least any one of a command type, a penalty stroke type, and a club type to first hit After determining whether it is the first hit, the score information and play information are updated to the server group, and if it is not the first hit, the distance of the golf ball is calculated by the position change of the user terminal and the score information input command, then score information and A golf information providing system may be provided that updates play information to the server group and outputs an update result for the score information to a user through the user interface unit for the terminal.

In addition, the control unit for the terminal, upon receiving a play availability command from the user, collects the current location of the user terminal, collects information about the current play hole, and determines the location of the user through the location of the user terminal and maps the location of the user terminal to the map information of the golf course received from the server group, and requests the location information of the user and the team in front of the user to the server group, and the server group is the team in front of the user. collects the location of the user, collects the user's current location and distance, and delivers the user's front team location information and average flying distance information to the user terminal, and the user terminal determines the distance between the user and the front team of the user. A golf information providing system may be provided that calculates and determines whether play is possible based on the maximum or average flying distance, and provides a result of determining whether play is possible to the user.

In addition, the server group, a golf course operating server in which various information about the golf course is stored and managed; and a service provider server in which various information about the user and the user's golf game is stored and managed; including, a golf information providing system may be provided.

The golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention is effective in providing accurate distance information and location information to a golf player.

In addition, since a user can easily and conveniently obtain various types of golf information when playing a golf game, there is an advantage that anyone can easily learn and enjoy golf.

In addition, in the case of a beginner, since golf strategy information can be provided up to the target, excellent results can be achieved even in various environmental changes, and accordingly, there is an advantage that golf skills can be greatly improved.

In addition, since it is possible to simply record and manage one's own score in the course of a golf game, it is possible to prevent omission or erroneous score recording, and there is an advantage in that it is possible to easily check one's own score.

In addition, since the distance to the preceding team can be easily checked during the golf game, interference or interference with the previous team in the golf game can be prevented in advance.

1 is a configuration diagram of a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
2 is a block diagram illustrating a detailed configuration of a user terminal and a control relationship between a signal generator and the user terminal in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
3 is a flowchart illustrating a process of calculating a distance from a user to a specific hole cup in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining a user's current play hole in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 is a reference diagram for explaining the principle of determining the location of the user terminal in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
6 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining the location of the user terminal in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
7 is a flowchart illustrating a process of providing strategy information in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
8 is a flowchart illustrating a process of inputting a user's score information in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.
9 is a flowchart illustrating a process of determining whether play is possible by checking the location of a team in front of a user in the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, specific embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

In addition, in describing the present invention, when it is determined that a detailed description of a related known configuration or function can flow the gist of the present invention, the detailed description thereof will be omitted.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention may include a signal generator 100 , a user terminal 300 , and a server group 400 .

A plurality of signal generators 100 may be provided, and in order to identify location information for a predetermined location, a unique identification signal for the corresponding location may be generated. That is, the plurality of signal generators 100 may be individually installed at a plurality of different locations or points including the hole cup 12 provided on a golf course to generate different unique identification signals for each corresponding location. Such a signal generator 100 may be installed in the teeing ground 11 as well as the hole cup 12 . In addition, the signal generator 100 may be installed in a bunker boundary, a hazard boundary, an OB boundary, an OB teeing ground, a hazard teeing ground, and the like. In addition, the signal generator 100 may be installed at any location by the golf course operator. In this case, each of the installed signal generators 100 has a unique identification code, and may generate a signal corresponding thereto.

In addition, in order for the user terminal 300 to receive the signal generated from the signal generator 100 and determine the distance to the signal generator 100 , the present embodiment may use the following method.

Specifically, the present embodiment can use a TOA (Time-Of-Arrival) method of calculating the distance between a transmitting point and a receiving point using the difference between the transmitting time and the receiving time of a predetermined signal. , it is possible to obtain the distance between the originating point and the receiving point by multiplying the time difference between the transmissions by the speed of the signal.

In this case, any one of infrared, ultrasonic, and RF signals may be used as the signal of the signal generator 100 . Here, since infrared radiation has a very fast propagation speed, the accuracy of distance measurement may be lowered in a golf game in which the distance to the hole cup 12 that is not far away may be reduced. Ultrasonic waves, which are relatively slow compared to infrared rays, are used. It may be advantageous to increase the accuracy of distance estimation.

In addition, the RF signal can calculate the distance between the transmission and reception using the signal attenuation model given the transmission power and the reception power. However, RF signals are reflected and refracted, and attenuation occurs due to obstacles (eg, trees, walls, people, etc.).

At this time, the transmission time and the reception time can be set so that the signal generator 100 and the timer of the user terminal 300 are synchronized with each other so that the transmission time of the signal generator 100 can be known from the user terminal 300 receiving the signal. . For example, since the signal generator 100 may transmit a predetermined signal every predetermined time (eg, 3 seconds or 5 seconds), the user terminal 300 knows the transmission time of the signal generator 100 in advance. The time difference between the foot and the reception is measured through the reception time at which the corresponding signal arrives, and the distance can be estimated through this. Such a transmission time or transmission interval of the signal generator 100 may be preset and stored in a memory (not shown), and the terminal control unit 390 to be described later may utilize the stored data.

Here, the signal generator 100 may transmit a signal for a hole number or absolute coordinates for a corresponding position as a unique identification signal. For example, when the signal generator 100 is installed in a plurality of teeing grounds 11 or a plurality of hole cups 12 or other locations, respectively, the unique identification signal is a corresponding teeing ground 11 or hole cup 12 or other locations. You can send the number or absolute coordinates of

In this case, the signal generator 100 may be embedded in one hole cup 12 so that the hole cups 12 are spaced apart from each other at a plurality of points. Accordingly, when a golf game is played, the hole cup 12 is installed in the activated hole, and the hole cup 12 is not installed in the inactive hole, but may be filled with other materials such as soil or grass. Accordingly, since the hole cup 12 is installed only in the activated hole required for a golf game, a unique identification signal of the signal generator 100 may be transmitted in all activated holes.

Meanwhile, referring to FIG. 2 , the user terminal 300 may receive a signal from the signal generator 100 and determine the location and distance of the signal generator 100 . In addition, the user terminal 300 may provide predetermined golf information to the user. Here, the user terminal 300 may be a personal portable terminal such as a smart phone or a PDA.

Specifically, the user terminal 300 may include a signal receiving unit 310 for a terminal and a location information receiving unit 320 for a terminal. The signal receiving unit 310 for a terminal is a component of the user terminal 300 and may be provided to receive a signal from the signal generator 100 . The signal receiving unit 310 for the terminal may be provided in the form of an antenna or a small chip. Accordingly, the user terminal 300 may individually determine the positions of the plurality of signal generators 100 based on the signals collected through the signal receiving unit 310 for the terminal.

The location information receiver 320 for the terminal may be provided to detect the location of itself (ie, the user terminal 300), and various means may be used for this, but GPS may be used as in the present embodiment.

In addition, the user terminal 300 includes a user interface unit 340 for a terminal, a voice information collection unit 350 for a terminal, an image information collection unit 360 for a terminal, an environment information collection unit 370 for a terminal, and an operation for a terminal. It may further include an information collection unit 375 .

The user interface unit 340 for the terminal is provided for the user to directly input a predetermined command, request or information into the user terminal 300 or to output various information collected, analyzed, and processed in the user terminal 300 to the user. can be

Specifically, the user interface unit 340 for the terminal may be configured as a touch screen 341 for inputting golf information into the user terminal 300 or receiving an output from the user terminal 300 . Since the touch screen 341 is a means widely known as a means capable of both input and output, a detailed description of the touch screen 341 itself will be omitted.

In this way, the user terminal 300 provides golf information necessary to the user in the course of the golf game according to the user's command or request or a preset order, through the touch screen 341, to help the golf game. .

For example, the touch screen 341 may display the current play hole on the map of the golf course on the screen, and display the location of the signal generator 100 installed on the map. In addition, when the user requests the distance to a specific hole cup 12, the distance from the current location (ie, the player's location) to the requested signal generator 100 is measured as at least one of a meter and a yard. can be displayed

In this case, the touch screen 341 may display the height state of the green of the play hole in the form of a color or a specific arrow on the map as needed so that the user can easily know the height or the inclination of the green. Also, when a specific point or area is touched on the map, the touch screen 341 may enlarge the specific point or area on the screen and show the height or inclination of the corresponding green in more detail.

In addition, the touch screen 341 may indicate the wind direction or wind speed of the current play hole by expressing the direction, thickness, or color of the arrow as needed, and when the user requests the strategy information, the desired strategy for the user at the current location A route can be displayed along with distance information on a map.

On the other hand, the touch screen 341 may notify the user by displaying information on the distance to the previous team or whether play is possible on the map, upon a user's request. In addition, when the user wants to input his/her score information according to the user's request, the touch screen 341 displays a score sheet on which the score information can be recorded so that the user can record the current number of strokes. A method of providing information about the current play hole implemented on the touch screen, distance information to the hole cup 12, user's current location determination, attack information and score information input, and playability will be described later. do.

The voice information collection unit 350 for a terminal may be provided to receive a user's voice command. The user terminal 300 can receive a user's command or information through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal, but can receive a voice command from the user so that the user can input a command or request more conveniently. A voice information collection unit 350 may be provided.

The voice information collection unit 350 for the terminal may be configured as a microphone capable of receiving a voice command. Accordingly, the user may request the golf information required during the golf game from the voice information collecting unit 350 for the terminal through his/her own voice. For example, when the user requests distance information to the specific hole cup 12 by voice, the user terminal 300 may receive the user's voice command through the voice information collection unit 350 for the terminal.

In addition, the image information collection unit 360 for the terminal may be provided to receive image information around the user terminal 300 . The image information collection unit 360 for the terminal may be configured as a camera capable of capturing an image around the user terminal 300 . Accordingly, the user terminal 300 may collect image information around the user terminal 300 through the wearable image information collection unit 260 and utilize it when providing golf information to the user.

The terminal environment information collection unit 370 may be provided to receive environment information around the user terminal 300 . The terminal environment information collection unit 370 may be configured with various sensors to measure environmental information (eg, temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, etc.) around the user terminal 300 , and collects such information as meteorological information from the Korea Meteorological Administration. It may be delivered from the providing server or server group 400 . Accordingly, the user terminal 300 may collect environmental information around the user terminal 300 through the terminal environment information collection unit 370 and utilize it when providing target information among golf information to the user. For example, when the user terminal 300 provides the user with strategy information for the specific hole cup 12 , the distance from the user's location to the specific hole cup 12 is X meters and the wind is in the east wind while it is currently raining. Since it is blowing at several meters per second, it can provide information on how to shoot in consideration of such an environment. In this case, the collected environment information may be provided to the user through the user interface unit 340 , and may be displayed together with, for example, map information of a golf course.

The motion information collecting unit 375 for the terminal may be provided to receive the user's motion information, and the motion information collecting unit 375 for the terminal is a motion sensor to detect a motion when the user plays a golf game. may be configured, and the user terminal 300 may provide customized strategy information suitable for the user based on the user's motion when playing golf by collecting the user's motion through the motion information collecting unit 375 for the terminal. .

In addition, the user terminal 300 may further include a server data receiver 380 as shown in FIG. 2 .

The server data receiving unit 380 may be provided to receive at least one of information about a golf course and various types of information about a specific user's play (golf game) from the server group 400 . Specifically, the server data receiving unit 380 may include a golf course data receiving unit 381 and a user data communication unit 382 .

The golf course data receiver 381 may receive information about the golf course (eg, a map of the golf course, the location of the teeing ground 11 , the location of the hole cup 12 , etc.) from the server group 400 . The user data communication unit 382 may receive various types of information (eg, use date and time, score, movement route, play hole, etc.) about a specific user's play from the server group 400 .

In addition, the user terminal 300 may further include a terminal control unit 390 .

The terminal control unit 390 may determine the distance from the user terminal 300 to the signal generator 100 . In addition, the terminal control unit 390 determines the play hole that the user is currently playing, manages play information accordingly, analyzes the data of the server group 400 provided through the server data receiver 380, and provides the user You can create strategy information to provide.

The terminal control unit 390 includes a user terminal location determination unit 391, a distance determination unit 392, a user command processing unit 393, a hole determination unit 394, a play information management unit ( 395), a user data analysis unit 396, a strategy information generation unit 397, and an information processing unit 398 may be selectively included as needed.

Here, the user terminal location determination unit 391 may use GPS information to detect the location of the user terminal 300 , and may determine the current location of the user terminal 300 through this. The distance determination unit 392 may determine the distance from the user terminal 300 whose location is confirmed by the user terminal location determination unit 391 to the predetermined signal generator 100 .

Also, the user command processing unit 393 may analyze and process a user command input through the user interface unit 340 for a terminal or collected by the voice information collection unit 350 for a terminal.

The hole determination unit 394 determines the play hole that the user is currently playing, the play information management unit 395 manages the user's play information through the determination of the play hole, and the user data analysis unit 396 is a server data receiver The data provided through 380 may be analyzed, and the strategy information generation unit 397 may generate strategy information to be provided to the user.

The information processing unit 398 analyzes and processes various types of information collected or provided from at least one of the image information collection unit 360 for the terminal, the environment information collection unit 370 for the terminal, and the operation information collection unit 375 for the terminal. can do.

At this time, the result analyzed and processed by the distance determining unit 392 , the user command processing unit 393 , and the information processing unit 398 in the terminal control unit 390 is the touch screen 341 of the terminal user interface unit 340 . Alternatively, it may be output to the user through a speaker (not shown).

Referring to FIG. 3 , when the terminal control unit 390 receives a request for distance information from the user to a predetermined hole cup 12 designated by the user, among the signals received from the plurality of signal generators 100 , the current user plays a golf game. A signal received from the signal generator 100 corresponding to the hole cup 12 of the play hole in progress may be filtered. Thereafter, the distance determining unit 392 of the terminal control unit 390 may calculate the distance to the signal generator 100 that has transmitted the filtered signal, and provide the result to the user.

On the other hand, the terminal control unit 390 receives a request for distance information to a predetermined signal generator 100 designated by the user through the user interface unit 340 among the signal generators 100 individually installed at a plurality of locations, determining the distance The unit 392 may calculate the distance from the user terminal 300 to the signal generator 100 designated by the user and provide the user with distance information to the corresponding signal generator 100 .

For example, the terminal control unit 390 may display the location where the signal generator 100 is installed in the user interface unit 340 on the map information of the golf course, and the user may display the user interface unit 340 in the map information. You can select the signal generator you want to measure the distance through. Since each signal generator 100 displayed on the user interface unit 340 is given a unique identification code, the terminal control unit 390 controls the selected signal generator ( After calculating the distance to the corresponding signal generator 100 by filtering the unique identification code of 100 , it may be output to the user through the user interface unit 340 .

Referring to FIG. 4 , the hole determining unit 394 of the terminal control unit 390 may perform the following steps to determine the user's current play hole.

For example, the terminal control unit 390 may receive a unique identification signal from the plurality of signal generators 100 respectively installed in the plurality of teeing grounds (11). The distance determination unit 392 of the control unit 390 for the terminal calculates the distance to the signal generator 100 of the teeing ground 11 located at the shortest distance among the received unique identification signals, and then this distance is a preset distance range It can be determined whether

If it is within the preset distance range, the terminal control unit 390 loads the previous play record of the same user from its own memory or requests the server group 400 through the play information management unit 395 to display the previous play hole of the same user. It can be determined whether In this case, when it is determined that there is no previous play hole of the same user, the terminal control unit 390 may set the play hole currently being played by the user as the first hole. Accordingly, the terminal control unit 390 may determine that the user starts the golf game from the first hole, and may update the current play hole information to any one of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 .

On the other hand, if it is determined that there is a previous play hole of the same user, the terminal control unit 390 adds 1 to the number of the previous play hole provided from the server group 400, and this (the number of the previous play hole + 1) and the previous step It can be determined whether the number of holes of the teeing ground 11 calculated by the shortest distance in .

If the number of the previous play hole + 1 and the hole number of the teeing ground 11 calculated by the shortest distance are not the same as the number of the previous play hole 390, the control unit 390 for the terminal may control the touch screen 341 or speaker (not shown) of the user interface unit 340 for the terminal. city) to guide the user to adjust the current location to guide the user to the play hall where the game is to be played.

If the number of the previous play hole + 1 and the number of the hole of the teeing ground 11 calculated as the shortest distance are the same, the control unit 390 for the terminal sets the number of the hole of the teeing ground 11 calculated as the shortest distance to the current play hole. can In addition, the terminal control unit 390 performs an operation of updating the information on the current play hole to any one of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 through the play information management unit 395 , if necessary. Information on the current play hole may be notified to the user, and information on the user's play hole may be updated in the service provider server 420 of the server group 400 .

5 and 6 , the terminal control unit 390 may perform the following steps to determine the location of the user terminal 300 .

The user terminal location determination unit 391 of the terminal control unit 390 may receive signals from at least three or more signal generators 100 and measure the distance from the user terminal 300 to each signal generator 100 . have. In addition, the terminal control unit 390 may calculate the current location of the user terminal 300 based on at least three or more measured distance information.

That is, the user terminal position determining unit 391 of the terminal control unit 390 uses the distances R1, R2, and R3 to the three signal generators 100 as a radius to accurately determine the position of the user terminal 300 . After drawing three virtual circles C1 , C2 , and C3 , the intersection of the three circles may be calculated as the location of the user terminal 300 . Accordingly, in order to accurately determine the location of the user terminal 300, at least three or more distance information may be required.

In addition, the terminal control unit 390 maps the location of the user terminal 300 calculated by the above steps to the preset golf course map information provided from the golf course operation server 410 of the server group 400 to the touch screen. It can be provided to the user through (341). For example, the mapping can be mapped to a coordinate concept, since the entire golf course map is provided in the form of a coordinate system, and the location of each signal generator 100 can be set on the coordinate system, the user terminal 300 based on these When the current position is calculated, it can also be displayed on the coordinates. Accordingly, the user can easily know the position of the user terminal 300 as well as the positions of the teeing ground 11 and the hole cup 12 in the map information of the golf course in the form of coordinates.

Referring to FIG. 1 , the server group 400 may store various data necessary for providing golf information, and at least one of various information, commands, and stored data collected while performing two-way communication with the user terminal 300 . can be exchanged with each other.

The server group 400 may be integrated and managed as one, but may be divided as needed, and the server group 400 may include a golf course operation server 410 and a service provider server 420 . Here, the golf course operation server 410 may store and manage various information about the golf course (eg, a map of the golf course, the location of the teeing ground 11, the location of the hole cup 12, etc.). In addition, the service provider server 420 may manage and store the user and various information about the user's golf game (play) (eg, play date and time, score, user's moving path, play hole, etc.).

Referring to FIG. 7 , the golf information providing system according to the present embodiment may provide the strategy information requested by the user to the user terminal 300 through each operation of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 described above. .

The terminal control unit 390 receives a user's request to provide target information for the target hole cup 12 designated by the user after a preset user command is input in the user command waiting state of the user terminal 300 ( Hereinafter, referred to as "the attack information request command") may be received from the user.

The control unit 390 for the terminal may collect distance information about the hole cup 12 for attack upon receiving a target information request command from the user. Subsequently, the terminal control unit 390 collects information and environment information on the current play hole, determines the location of the user who requested the attack information through the location of the user terminal 300 , and the location of the user terminal 300 . may be mapped to the map information of the golf course received from the server group 400 . In addition, the terminal control unit 390 may request at least one base data of user information, hall information, environment information, and location information of the user terminal 300 from the server group 400 .

Accordingly, the server group 400 collects and analyzes the strategy information by inputting the base data and golf course information requested from the user terminal 300 into a separate strategy information generating module to collect and analyze the strategy information, and the target information is transferred to the user terminal 300 . can be provided again. In this case, the strategy information may include a direction to a target, a type of club (eg, 3-wood), power, and the like.

The user terminal 300 outputs the strategy information received from the server group 400 to the user on the screen through the touch screen 341 of the terminal user interface unit 340, or By outputting a voice or a screen and a voice through a speaker to the user in combination, the user can receive help when attacking the attack hole cup 12 .

For example, when the user terminal 300 is in a user command waiting state, the user may call the user terminal 300 by inputting a specific user command. In this case, the user command is a command preset in the control unit 390 for the terminal, and may be, for example, a voice command called 'Yadiji Book'. Therefore, when the user calls the user terminal 300 with a voice of "Yardige Book", the terminal control unit 390 waits for the user's next command, and in this state, the user uses the user terminal as a target information request command. When the target information of "Tell me how to hit the 2nd hole!" is requested by voice to the 300, the golf information providing system according to the present embodiment performs the above-described operation and the user interface unit for the terminal of the user terminal 300 With at least one of voice and screen through (340), "The distance to the 2nd hole is 25 meters, and the east wind is blowing at 5 meters per second while it is raining. So, looking straight at the 2nd hole, the angle of inclination to the east is about 15 degrees. Take a shot to achieve !" may be provided to the user by voice, or may be provided to the user through text while indicating the attack route on the screen of the touch screen 341 if necessary.

Also, referring to FIG. 8 , the golf information providing system according to this embodiment cumbersomely separates their own score each time the user performs a golf game through each operation of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 . You can input your score information by simply calling the user terminal 300 without recording it in your notebook or memo pad.

The terminal control unit 390 may receive a score information input command from the user after a preset user command (eg, a voice of “Yardige Book!”) is input from the user in the user command waiting state. The terminal control unit 390 may collect the current location of the user terminal 300 upon receiving the score information input command. For example, the user may record his/her score information by simultaneously inputting a user command and a score information input command of, for example, "Yadiji Book, Obi, 3 Wood, 5 stroke input, end" by voice to the user terminal 300 . have.

In addition, the user terminal 300 collects information on the play hole, determines the user's location through the location of the user terminal 300, and receives the location of the user terminal 300 from the server group 400 of the golf course It can be mapped to map information. In addition, the user terminal 300 may determine whether the user's shot is the first hit by reading the user's score information input command and identifying at least one of a score information input command type, a penalty stroke type, and a club type.

For reference, the types of penalty strokes that can be input as a score information input command include 'obi/hazard', a club used like '3 wood', and a command such as '5 stroke input' can be used to input the number of strokes. Also, there may be, for example, 'bunker input' as a type of command, which may be a command that one hit is made in the bunker, and 'OK' is a 'command to end after adding one stroke', adding one stroke to the current play result. It may be a command to end the corresponding hole. When all commands are finished and there are no more commands to be input, the command 'End' can be used to signal the end of the command.

In addition, the control unit 390 for the terminal updates the score information and play information to the server group 400 if the score score information input command is for the first hit, and if it is not the first hit, the location change and score of the user terminal 300 After calculating the distance of the golf ball by the information input command, score information and play information may be updated in the server group 400 . Also, the user terminal 300 may output the update result for the score information to the user through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal. That is, the user terminal 300 may inform the user of the score information through at least one of a screen and a voice through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal.

Also, referring to FIG. 9 , in the golf information providing system according to the present embodiment, through the user terminal 300 while the user is playing a golf game through each operation of the user terminal 300 and the server group 400 , It is possible to check whether a golf game is possible, that is, the position of the front team. This function is effective in preventing interference with the game due to the close distance between the current user's team and the front team during a golf game, and improving the inconvenience of having to always pay attention to the location of the front team.

In order to perform this function, the terminal control unit 390 may collect the current location of the user terminal 300 upon receiving a play availability command from the user. In addition, the user terminal 300 collects information on the play hole by the steps described above, determines the user's location through the location of the user terminal 300, and sets the location of the user terminal 300 to the server group. It may be mapped to the map information of the golf course received from 400 . In addition, the terminal control unit 390 may request the server group 400 for information on the location of the user confirmed through the location of the user terminal 300 and the location of the team in front of the user.

Accordingly, the server group 400 may collect the location of the team in front of the user, collect the current location and distance of the user, and deliver the location information and average distance information of the team in front of the user to the user terminal 300 . . In this case, the location of the front team can be confirmed by communicating with the user terminals 300 of the users of the front team.

In addition, the user terminal 300 calculates the distance between the user and the team in front of the user, determines whether play is possible based on the maximum or average distance, and transmits the determination result to the user through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal. can be provided to For example, the user terminal 300 may provide the playability determination result to the user through at least one of a screen and a voice through the user interface unit 340 for the terminal.

On the other hand, in this embodiment, a distance measurement between the user terminal 300 and a preset location, for example, the teeing ground 11 or the hole cup 12, or any point in the hole, or the location measurement of the user terminal 300 will be described as an example of receiving a signal transmitted from the signal generator 100 in the signal receiving unit 310 for the terminal and processing it in the controlling unit 390 for the terminal.

In another embodiment, the measurement of the distance between the user terminal 300 and a preset location or the measurement of the location of the user terminal 300 may be performed by the terminal location information receiver 320 . For example, the user terminal 300 may have a built-in golf course map information including GPS coordinate information or may be provided from the server group 400, and through the location information receiver 320 for the terminal to this golf course map information. The collected GPS coordinates of the user terminal 300 may be mapped. The mapped information may be output to the user through the user interface unit 340, and the user may determine his or her location through this. In addition, the control unit 390 for the terminal determines the distance to a specific location requested by the user through the user interface unit 340 (eg, the hole cup 12 of the hole being played, or a specific geographical feature such as a bunker). It can be calculated and provided. Alternatively, when the user selects a specific location among the golf course map information output through the user interface unit 340, the terminal control unit 390 loads the GPS coordinates corresponding to the selected point and then the terminal location information receiving unit 320 ) can be compared with the current GPS coordinates identified through ) to provide the distance to the specific location.

In addition, in another embodiment, the measurement of the distance between the user terminal 300 and a preset position or the measurement of the position of the user terminal 300 is the signal of the signal generator 100 received by the signal receiving unit 310 for the terminal. This may be done using both the data measured based on the GPS coordinates and the GPS coordinates collected through the location information receiver 320 for the terminal. For example, hole determination that requires accurate distance measurement or location measurement, or the distance to the hole cup 12 within a preset distance or location on the green is accurately performed using the signal generator 100, Distance measurement or location determination in other fields may be performed using the location information receiver 320 for a terminal. Since each method has already been described, a redundant description will be omitted.

The above-described embodiments according to the present invention may be implemented in the form of a computer program that can be executed through various components on a computer, and such a computer program may be recorded in a computer-readable medium.

The computer-readable medium may include program instructions, data files, data structures, and the like, alone or in combination. The program instructions recorded on the medium may be specially designed and configured for the above-described embodiments, or may be known and available to those skilled in the art of computer software. Examples of the computer-readable recording medium include magnetic media such as hard disks, floppy disks and magnetic tapes, optical media such as CD-ROMs and DVDs, and magnetic such as floppy disks. - includes magneto-optical media, and hardware devices specially configured to store and execute program instructions, such as ROM, RAM, flash memory, and the like. Examples of program instructions include machine code such as generated by a compiler, high-level language code that can be executed by a computer using an interpreter, or the like. Further, the hardware device described above may be configured to operate as one or more software modules to perform the operations of the embodiments, and vice versa.

In addition, the software of the embodiments of the present invention may include a computer program, code, instruction, or a combination of one or more of these, and may independently configure the processing device to operate as desired. Alternatively, the processing unit may be collectively commanded. The software and/or data may be any kind of machine, component, physical device, virtual equipment, computer storage medium or device, to be interpreted by or to provide instructions or data to the processing device. , or may be permanently or temporarily embodied in a transmitted signal wave. The software may be distributed over networked computer systems, and stored or executed in a distributed manner. Software and data may be stored in one or more computer-readable recording media.

In addition, embodiments of the present invention may be implemented by a hardware component, a software component, and/or a combination of a hardware component and a software component. For example, devices and components described in the embodiments may include, for example, a processor, a controller, an arithmetic logic unit (ALU), a digital signal processor, a microcomputer, a field programmable gate array (FPGA). , a programmable logic unit (PLU), a microprocessor, or any other device capable of executing and responding to instructions, may be implemented using one or more general purpose or special purpose computers.

As mentioned above, although the golf information providing system according to the embodiment of the present invention has been described as a specific embodiment, this is merely an example, and the present invention is not limited thereto, and has the widest scope according to the basic idea disclosed in the present specification. should be interpreted A person skilled in the art may implement a pattern of a shape not specified by combining or substituting the disclosed embodiments, but this also does not depart from the scope of the present invention. In addition, those skilled in the art can easily change or modify the disclosed embodiments based on the present specification, and it is clear that such changes or modifications also fall within the scope of the present invention.

*11 : Teeing Ground
12 : hole cup
100: signal generator
300: user terminal
310: signal receiving unit for terminal
320: location information receiver for terminal
340: user interface unit for a terminal
341: touch screen
350: voice information collection unit for terminal
360: video information collection unit for terminal
370: terminal environment information collection unit
380: server data receiver
381: golf course data receiving unit
382: user data communication unit
390: control unit for terminal
391: user terminal location determination unit
394: hole judgment unit
395: play information management unit
396: user data analysis unit
397: strategy information generation unit
400 : server group
410: golf course operation server
420: service provider server

Claims (1)

a signal generator that is individually installed at a plurality of locations including the hole cup to generate a unique identification signal for the location;
a user terminal for receiving a signal from the signal generator, determining the position and distance of the signal generator, and providing predetermined golf information to the user; and
A server group that stores various data necessary for providing the golf information, and performs two-way communication with the user terminal; including,
Golf information provision system.

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