JP3050544B1 - Information providing system and method using position information - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention provides a system capable of quickly and accurately knowing information useful for playing golf. SOLUTION: A mobile phone 20 has GPS satellites 101 to 10.
4 receives various signals transmitted from
The data is transmitted to the server 40 via the base station 30 and the mobile communication network 35. The server 40 calculates the position of the mobile phone 20 based on the obtained positioning information. Further, the distance between the position of the known pin and the position of the mobile phone 20 is calculated.
The server 40 compares the calculated distance with the mobile communication network 35.
And the mobile phone 20 via the base station 30. At the same time, the server 40 transmits various information stored in the server 40 to the mobile phone 20.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

[0001] 1. Field of the Invention [0002] The present invention relates to an information providing system and method using position information, and more particularly to a system and method for providing golf related information to a player.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art As a method for a golf player to know the distance from his golf ball to a pin, a method of performing eye measurement with reference to a target or the like installed on a course is generally used. Also, in actual play, the direction and flight distance of the golf ball greatly depend on the wind condition (wind direction and wind speed) on the course, but the player may experience this I know.
The player properly uses each golf club in consideration of the distance and the state of the wind measured by the above method.

[0003]

The methods for measuring the distance and wind described above depend on the intuition and experience of the individual, and not everyone can accurately measure the distance or wind. Further, it is generally difficult (especially for beginners) to objectively determine the correlation between the distance and the wind state and select a golf club to be used.

[0004]

The present invention has been made in view of the above circumstances, and has as its object to provide a system and method capable of promptly and accurately notifying a player of useful information regarding golf play. I do.

[0006]

According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided a mobile device which is portable by a user and has a notifying means for notifying various kinds of information; Position measuring means for measuring the position of the mobile device,
A position information storage unit that stores predetermined position information indicating a predetermined position; and a position of the mobile device and the predetermined position information using the position of the mobile device measured by the position measurement unit and the predetermined position information. Calculating means for generating distance information between the golf club and the position of the golf club;
The flight distance and the number of the golf club
Information storage means for storing, and information stored near the generated distance information.
The Gol stored in association with the flight distance
Extraction means for extracting the number of the club, distance information generated by the calculation means, and extraction by the extraction means.
An information providing unit that supplies the issued golf club number to the notifying unit of the mobile device. According to the second aspect of the present invention, in the information providing system according to the first aspect, measurement is performed for measuring a wind direction and a wind speed.
Means, the wind direction and the number of the extracted golf club
Correction to store correction information for correction based on wind speed
Wind direction measured by the information storage means and the measurement means
And is stored by the correction information storage means.
Using the correction information and the
Correction means for correcting the number of the golf club,
The information providing means is provided for detecting the wind measured by the measuring means.
The direction and wind speed, and the golf corrected by the correction means
An information providing system for supplying a number of a club to a notifying means of the mobile device . According to the third aspect of the present invention, the user's carrying
Measuring the position of the moving mobile device;
The position of the mobile device and the predetermined
Generating distance information between the user and the user;
The distance traveled when each golf club was used and the golf club
From the storage means for storing the numbers of the loves in association with each other,
Associated with the flying distance close to the generated distance information
Extracting the stored number of the golf club
And the generated distance information and the extracted golf
Supply the club number and the notification means of the mobile device
An information providing method characterized by comprising an information supply step.
It provides the law . Also, in the invention according to claim 4, in the information providing method according to claim 3, the wind direction
Measuring the wind direction and wind speed, and the measured wind direction and wind
Speed and the number of the extracted golf club
Using the correction information for correcting based on the speed,
Correcting the extracted number of the golf club.
Comprising, the information providing process includes the measured wind direction and
Move the wind speed and the corrected golf club number
Providing information to body device notification means
It provides a method .

[0007]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [1. Configuration] FIG. 1 shows a configuration of a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention. In the figure, a golf player 21 has a mobile phone 20. Reference numerals 101 to 104 denote GPS satellites, each of which transmits signals representing satellite identification information, orbit information, transmission time information, and the like. These signals are received by the mobile phone 20 possessed by the player 21.

[0008] The mobile phone 20 exchanges voice signals and data signals with the base station 30 in the same manner as a normal mobile phone. Further, in addition to these signals, the content of the signal received from the GPS satellites 101 to 104 and the reception time of the signal are used as information for measuring the position of the mobile phone 20 (hereinafter, referred to as positioning information). Transmit to base station 30. The configuration of the mobile phone 20 will be described later.

Reference numeral 50 denotes a weather observation device installed at the golf course, which comprises a thermometer, a hygrometer, a wind direction and anemometer, a static measurement device, and the like. The meteorological observation device 50 is configured to provide information on various observed weather (for example, temperature, humidity, wind direction,
Information such as wind speed and lightning occurrence forecast) is transmitted to the weather information server 51.

The weather information server 51 is connected to the mobile communication network 35 via the fixed network 36. The weather information server 51 transmits various weather information obtained from the weather observation device 50 to the server 40 via these networks 36 and 35.

The server 40 has a mobile communication network 35.
Is connected to the base station 30 via the. This server 40
Receives the positioning information of the mobile phone 20 from the base station 30 and calculates the position of the mobile phone 20 based on the positioning information. Also,
The server 40 receives GPS signals from the GPS satellites 101 to 104
The above signal is received via the antenna 46, and the position of the server 40 itself, which is the existing point, is calculated. After simultaneously calculating the position of the mobile phone 20 as the calculated point and the position of the server 40 as the existing point, the position of the mobile phone 20 as viewed from the server 40 (that is, the relative position between the server 40 and the mobile phone 20) is calculated. Position). By calculating the relative position in this manner, a common measurement error included in both points is deleted, and the positioning accuracy by the GPS satellites 101 to 104 is increased. Hereinafter, the positions calculated by the server 40 are all relative positions. The position calculated here is a position expressed by latitude and longitude, and the information on the latitude and longitude is hereinafter referred to as position information.

The server 40 stores in advance position information on a predetermined position of the golf course (hereinafter, referred to as a pin position, for example). The server 40 includes the mobile phone 20
Using the location information of the mobile phone and the location information of the pins,
The distance from the to the pin (hereinafter referred to as distance information) is calculated, and the position information and the distance information are transmitted to the mobile phone 20 via the mobile communication network 35 and the base station 30.

The server 40 includes a weather information server 51
Receives various weather information via the fixed network 36 and transmits the weather information to the mobile phone 20 via the mobile communication network 35 and the base station 30. further,
The server 40 has various information therein,
Such information can be transmitted to the mobile phone 20 through the above-described route. The configuration of the server 40 will be described later.

As shown in FIG. 2, the mobile phone 20 has a GP
It comprises an S receiver 22, a GPS antenna 23, a transceiver 24 for mobile communication, and an antenna 25 for mobile communication. Reference numeral 26 denotes a CPU, which controls the GPS receiver 22 and the transceiver 2 based on a control program stored in a memory 27.
4 is controlled. Reference numeral 28 denotes a user interface, which includes an input unit for the player 21 to input various processing contents and a display unit (for example, a display or an earphone) for displaying various information.

Various signals transmitted from the GPS satellites 101 to 104 are received by the GPS receiver 22 via the GPS antenna 23. On the other hand, the exchange of voice signals and data signals for the original telephone call and data communication of the mobile phone is transmitted and received between the base station 30 and the mobile communication antenna 23 and the mobile communication transceiver 24.

As shown in FIG. 3, the server 40 includes an arithmetic unit 41 for performing various arithmetic processing and detailed map information (tee ground, fairway, bunker, pond, rough, OB, green, pin, tree) in the golf course. Map 42 that stores map information including location, shape, undulations, etc. of buildings and the like
And a weather DB storing weather information (information such as temperature, humidity, wind direction, wind speed, lightning forecast, etc.) related to the weather at the golf course.
43 and course information on each golf course (for example,
A course DB 44 for storing a downhill course, a target point of a driver, various information such as green grass and inclination, and attribute information of the player 21 (name, age, handicap, each golf club). And a player DB 45 for storing information such as the flight distance of the golf ball when used. Further, the server 40 includes a GPS receiver 46 and a GPS antenna 47.

The map information stored in the map DB 42 is data that is grasped in advance by surveying, and if there is a change in a part of the data group (for example, the position of a pin is changed, or the shape of a bunker is changed, etc.). Etc.), each time,
Updated by the system administrator.

The weather information stored in the weather DB 43 is updated to the latest content every time various weather information is transmitted from the weather information server 51.

The course information stored in the course DB 44 is data in which necessary information has been registered in advance by a system administrator.
Be updated.

The file structure stored in the player DB 45 will be described with reference to FIG. As shown in the figure, in the present embodiment, attribute information of each player such as name, age, handicap, and flight distance when each golf club is used is stored. In the input of the flight distance information, the average flight distance when each player uses each golf club is input. In the figure, W1 "," W2 ",... Represent the first wood, the second wood, respectively, and" I3 ",
"I4" is 3 iron, 4 iron ...
(Hereinafter, "first wood", "third iron", etc. are referred to as golf club numbers). And
For example, if the user can fly 200 meters with the first wood, "200 meters" is input as the flight distance of "W1" (the first wood). Alternatively, a range of a flight distance in which the golf ball is likely to actually fly with the average flight distance as a center value (for example, “1” is “W1”)
80-220 meters "). Since it is more common for golf players to express the distance in "yards", the player may input the distance in "yards" and then convert to meters.

The input operation of the player information is performed by the player himself using the user interface 28 of the mobile phone 20 or by the system administrator based on a report from the player 21.

The arithmetic unit 41 receives the above-mentioned positioning information from the mobile phone 20 via the antenna 30, and
The position of 0 is calculated. In addition, GPS satellites 101 to 104
Is transmitted from the GPS antenna 4 of the server 40.
The arithmetic unit 41 uses the signal to calculate the position of the server 40 itself, and calculates the relative position between the mobile phone 20 and the server 40 using this signal. In addition, the calculation unit 41 performs the above-described DBs 42 to 45.
The necessary information is obtained from the server and various processes are performed. For example,
Using the position information of the mobile phone 20 and the pin position information stored in the map DB 42, the distance from the mobile phone 20 to the pin is calculated. In addition, it is possible to calculate not only the distance to the pin but also, for example, the distance to a bunker or a pond.

The calculation unit 41 calculates the distance information and the player 2 stored in the player DB 45.
Using the flight distance information of No. 1, the number of the golf club that is optimal for the player 21 to use is extracted. That is, the number of the golf club that can fly the closest distance from the mobile phone 20 to the pin is extracted (hereinafter, the extracted number of the golf club is referred to as an extracted golf club). For example, in FIG. 4, if the distance from the mobile phone 20 of the player A to the pin is 115 meters, the third iron (flying distance of 120 meters) capable of the closest flying distance is selected as the extracted golf club.

Further, the arithmetic unit 41 searches the map DB 42 for map information of a course where the player 21 is supposed to be located, based on the position information of the mobile phone 20,
The course information is searched in the course DB 44.

The arithmetic unit 41 stores the above various information (for example,
The location information, the distance information, the extracted golf club, map information, course information, weather information, etc.) are transmitted to the mobile phone 20 via the mobile communication network 35 and the base station 30. The mobile phone 20 displays these various types of information on the user interface 28, and the player 21 can play while referring to them. For example, on the display of the user interface 28, a map of the course and the position of the golf ball are superimposed and graphically displayed, and furthermore, the distance to the pin, the golf club to be used, weather information, and the like are displayed. In calculating distance information using GPS satellites, “meters” are used as a unit of distance. However, since “yards” are more common for golf players, “meters” are displayed on the user interface 28. "May be converted to a unit of" yard "and displayed.

Strictly speaking, the distance calculated by the arithmetic unit 41 is the distance from the mobile phone 20 to the pin, not the distance from the golf ball to the pin. However, if the player 21 operates the mobile phone 20 close enough to the golf ball, the golf ball and the mobile phone 20
Are considered almost the same, and the error can be almost ignored.

[2. Operation] Next, an operation example using the system will be described with reference to FIG. When the player 21 is sufficiently close to the golf ball and performs a predetermined operation using the user interface 28 of the mobile phone 20, the process proceeds to step SP10, where a signal indicating an information request to the server 40 is transmitted from the mobile phone 20. . The signal is received by the base station 30 and notified to the server 40 via the mobile communication network 35.

At the same time, in step SP11, the mobile phone 20 starts receiving various signals transmitted from the GPS satellites 101 to 104 using the GPS antenna 23 and the GPS receiver 22.

On the other hand, when the server 40 receives the information request signal in step SP12, it proceeds to step SP1.
At 3, a signal indicating a request for positioning information is transmitted to the mobile phone 20. And with it, step SP
At 14, the server 40 communicates with the GPS satellites 101 to
From 4, the server 40 starts receiving various signals for measuring its own position. Next, in step SP15, the mobile phone 20 receives a signal indicating an information request via the mobile communication network 35 and the base station 30. Then, in step SP16, the positioning information acquired in step SP11 is transmitted to the server 40. In step SP17, the server 40 receives the positioning information via the base station 30 and the mobile communication network 35.

The arithmetic unit 41 of the server 40 executes step SP
At 18, the positioning information received from the mobile phone 20;
In step SP14, the GPS satellites 101 to 1
A relative position between the server 40 and the mobile phone 20 (hereinafter, simply referred to as position information of the mobile phone 20) is calculated based on various signals received from the mobile phone 20. Next, in step SP19, the calculation unit 41 calculates the distance between the two points using the calculated position information of the mobile phone 20 and the position information of the pins stored in the map DB 42. The operation unit 4
Reference numeral 1 refers to the calculated distance information and the flight distance information of the player 21 stored in the player DB 45, and extracts the optimal golf club number that the player 21 uses for the distance information. . Further, the operation unit 41
Refers to the course DB 44 to search for course information corresponding to the location information of the mobile phone 20, or refers to the map DB 42 to search for map information based on the location information.

Next, in step SP20, the server 40 transmits to the weather information server 51 a request to request weather information. The weather information server 51 determines in step S
In P21, the request is received via the fixed network 36.

Here, the weather observation device 50 constantly observes various weather conditions in the golf course, transmits the results to the weather information server 51, and the weather server 51 accumulates the transmitted weather information. ing. The weather information server 51
If there is a request for the weather information from the server 40 in step SP21, the weather information corresponding to the request is transmitted to the server 40 in step SP22.

Next, the server 40 receives the weather information from the weather information server 51 via the fixed network 36 in step SP23. And the server 40
In step SP24, various information (for example, position information, distance information, an extracted golf club, map information of a course where a player is currently located, weather information, and the like) are transferred to the mobile communication network 35 and the base station 30 via the mobile communication network 35 and the base station 30. Send to phone 20.

In step SP25, the mobile phone 20 receives the various information. And the mobile phone 20
Displays the various information on the user interface 28 in step SP26. In this case, information to be displayed may be limited according to the player's request. For example, by a predetermined operation of the player, only the position information and the distance information may be displayed, but the extracted golf club may not be displayed.

[3. Modifications] [3-1. First Modification] In the above-described embodiment, the GPS satellites 101 to 104 are used as means for measuring the position of the player.
However, not only GPS satellites but also other position measuring means may be used. For example, a position measuring means using a PHS terminal and a PHS base station, a position measuring means using a gyro accelerator, and the like can be considered. In addition, a plurality of radio wave transmitting devices that emit radio waves for position measurement are installed in a golf course,
The mobile phone 20 may use a unit that measures the position by receiving the radio wave. In the above-described embodiment, the server 40 calculates the relative position between the server 40 and the mobile phone 20. However, it is not always necessary to do so, and the server 40 calculates the absolute position of the mobile phone 20. You may.

[3-2. Second Modification] In the above-described embodiment, the mobile phone 2 is used as the device carried by the player 21.
0 was used, but not only mobile phones, PHS terminals,
A transceiver dedicated to this system may be used. In short, any device having a communication function can be applied. Further, instead of the server 40 calculating the position of the mobile phone 20 based on the positioning information, the mobile phone 20 itself may have a function of calculating the position itself based on the obtained positioning information.

[3-3. Third Modification] In the above-described embodiment, the server 40 only transmits the acquired weather information as it is to the mobile phone 20. However, the server 40 not only transmits the weather information as it is, but also calculates the weather information (particularly the wind direction). And wind speed), the extracted golf club may be modified to be optimal for the distance to the pin. In other words, if the wind is from the mobile phone 20 to the pin, the golf club can be changed to a golf club capable of a longer flight distance according to the wind speed. Correct to club. Further, the direction in which the golf ball is hit may be calculated according to the wind direction. For example, in FIG. 4, when the extracted golf club is a 2-iron and it is observed that a headwind from the player A to the pin is headwind, a golf ball capable of a longer flight distance according to the conditions of the wind direction and wind speed. Modify to club (for example, 1 iron). In that case, the server 40 has a correction function and a correction table for correcting the golf club. For example, the correction function is a function that, when the calculated distance and the observed wind speed are input, a distance that is truly required as a flight distance as an output. For example, suppose that the true required distance obtained based on the correction function is 170 meters when the calculated distance is 150 meters under a headwind of 10 meters / second. In this case, the player calculates the distance 150
Using a golf club that can fly 170 meters in a windless state with respect to meters means that the golf club can actually fly just 150 meters.
Therefore, the calculation unit 41 corrects a golf club that is optimal for a distance of 150 meters to a golf club that is optimal for a distance of 170 meters. When the golf club is modified in consideration of the influence of the wind direction, the vector component parallel to the direction connecting the golf ball and the pin of the observed wind speed vector composed of the wind direction and the wind speed and the vector orthogonal to the direction. A correction function that corrects the launch direction of the golf club or golf ball to be used may be prepared in consideration of both the components. [Others] In the above-described embodiment, the system in the golf course has been described. However, the present invention can be used not only in golf but also in other sports, games and the like (for example, field archery, shooting, etc.).

[0038]

Effects of the Invention According to the present invention as described above, valuable various information regarding playing golf, Ru can der know quickly and accurately. Also, the player, since it is possible to obtain various types of information according to the present invention, the need to ask the caddy is small, it is possible to play at a low price. On the other hand, golf course managers have less need to hire caddies, which can reduce labor costs.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a diagram showing a functional configuration of a golf information providing system according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a diagram showing a configuration of a mobile phone 20 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 3 is a diagram showing a configuration of a server 40 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a file configuration of a player DB 45 according to the embodiment.

FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing the operation of the embodiment.

[Explanation of symbols]

20: mobile phone, 21: player, 22 ...
・ GPS receiver 23 ・ ・ ・ GPS antenna, 24 ・ ・ ・ Mobile communication transceiver, 25 ・ ・ ・ Mobile communication antenna, 26 ・ ・ ・ CP
U, 27: memory 28: user interface, 30: base station, 35: mobile communication network, 36: fixed network, 40: server, 41: arithmetic unit,
42: Map database 43: Weather database, 44: Course database 45: Player database, 46: GPS
Antenna, 47 ... GPS receiver, 50 ... Meteorological observation device, 51 ... Meteorological information server 101-104 ... GPS satellite

Continuing on the front page (72) Inventor Teruo Tatsuguchi 1-9-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo NTT Communicationware Corporation (72) Inventor Etsushi Okada 1-9-1 Konan, Minato-ku, Tokyo No. 1 NTT Communicationware Co., Ltd. (56) References JP-A-9-75496 (JP, A) JP-A-7-134042 (JP, A) JP-A-6-15022 (JP, A) (58) Fields surveyed (Int. Cl. ⁷ , DB name) A63B 71/06 G01S 5/02 H04Q 7/34

Claims (4)

(57) [Claims] 1. A mobile device that is portable by a user and has notification means for notifying various types of information; position measurement means for measuring the position of the mobile device; and predetermined position information indicating a predetermined position. Position information storage means for storing the distance between the position of the mobile device and the predetermined position, using the position of the mobile device measured by the position measurement means and the predetermined position information. Calculation means for generating the golf club, and a flight distance when the user uses each golf club.
Information storage for storing the number of the golf club in association with the number
Means associated with the flying distance close to the generated distance information.
The number of the golf club stored and stored
Extraction means, and the distance information generated by said calculation means, said extraction
Information providing means for supplying the number of the golf club extracted by the means to the notifying means of the mobile device. 2. The information providing system according to claim 1 , wherein a measuring means for measuring a wind direction and a wind speed, and the number of the extracted golf club is based on the wind direction and the wind speed.
Information storage for storing correction information for making corrections based on
Means and wind direction and wind speed measured by the measuring means
Correction information stored by the correction information storage means
And the golf club extracted by the extraction means.
Correction means for correcting the number of the love , wherein the information providing means is measured by the measurement means
Wind direction and speed, and Gol corrected by the correction means
The number of the club is supplied to the notifying means of the mobile device.
Information providing system characterized in that that. 3. The position of a mobile device carried by a user is measured.
Determining the position of the mobile device and the measured position of the mobile device.
Generating distance information between the golf club and a predetermined position, and determining a flight distance when the user uses each golf club.
Storage means for storing the number of the golf club in association with the number
Corresponds to the flight distance close to the generated distance information
The golf club number attached and stored is extracted.
A step of leaving, the distance information the generated and said extracted Gorufukura
For supplying the number of the mobile device to the notifying means of the mobile device
Information providing method characterized by comprising a supply process. 4. The information providing method according to claim 3 , wherein the step of measuring the wind direction and the wind speed, the measured wind direction and the wind speed, and the extracted golf
To modify the club number based on wind direction and speed
Using the correction information, the extracted golf club
Correcting the number of the , the information providing step, the measured wind direction and wind speed,
The modified golf club number and the mobile device
Providing information to the notification means of
Characteristic information provision method.