KR100767292B1 - A system for capturing golf course - Google Patents

Abstract

A golf course capturing system is provided to supply a bird's-eye view of the correspondent golf course and the optimal method for capturing the correspondent golf course as a visual image. In a golf course capturing system, an input unit(200) receives various values and information determined by a user. A display unit(300) displays various images and result values. A GPS(Global Positioning System) unit(400) calculates latitude and longitude coordinates by receiving a signal from a satellite. A DB unit(500) comprises a course image DB(Database,510) storing the course image and latitude and longitude coordinates corresponding to the course image; a recommended capturing area DB(520) storing the latitude and longitude coordinates of a pre-set recommended capturing area; an average driving distance DB(530) for storing the average driving distance for each club of the user; and a temporary DB(540) temporally storing various calculation results. A CPU(Central Processing Unit,100) calculates the straight distance to the front and back spots of the closest recommended capturing area, extracts and displays at least one recommended club corresponding to the calculated straight distance range, on the display unit by comparing the calculated straight distance range with the average driving distance for each club, decides capturing spots about the spots corresponding to the driving distance of the chosen club if the user chooses one specific club, sets the position of the user as a designated capturing spot if at least one capturing area is designated, determines the capturing spots of all capturing areas to a hole cup by repeating a recommended club displaying step and a capturing spot designating step, and then connects the designated capturing spots through a straight line and outputs the connected capturing spots on the display unit.

Description

Golf Course Target System {A SYSTEM FOR CAPTURING GOLF COURSE}

1 is a schematic view showing the configuration of the present invention,

2 is a flow chart showing the operation sequence of the present invention,

<Description of Major Symbols in Drawing>

100: central processing unit

200: input unit

300: display unit

400: GPS receiver

500: database

510 course image DB

520: DB of recommendation target area

530: DB average distance by club

540: temporary DB

The present invention relates to a golf course targeting system, and more particularly, to a system for simulating an optimal hole cup attack method and route for each course in a golf course using a terminal equipped with a GPS reception function and showing it to a user.

In general, a golf course strategy called a yardage book, which includes locations and distances of tee shots, fairways, water hazards, bunkers, greens, and hole cups, is widely used for each golf course. These yardage books are produced for each golf course, providing amateur golfers with information about the first experience course, and providing professional golfers with information on course targeting, such as choosing the club and shot direction for the best shot.

On the other hand, as a GPS, a device that manages the operation of the entire golf course is already in use so as to check the location of the cart in the golf course to effectively utilize the golf course for various teams. It is designed to inform the golfer's position, and if you input a separate ball before and after the shot, you can calculate the distance of the shot or calculate the distance from the current position to the hole cup of the course. Devices with functions have also been proposed.

However, the conventional devices as described above simply quantify the remaining straight distance from the user's location to the hole cup. Therefore, the golf course is bent to the left and the right to attack the green through two or more shots. In the case of the etc. there was a problem that it is not useful.

Meanwhile, GPS NARGATION, which uses GPS, has already been widely used to calculate the optimal route from the origin to the destination. The map stored in the vehicle navigation system has distinct roads and directions. Since the path between the starting point and the destination can be easily represented, in the case of a golf course, since there is no path such as a road in the image of each course, the tee shot box corresponding to the starting point and the hole cup corresponding to the destination are shown. There is a problem that it is difficult to apply the same method used in the vehicle navigation system to calculate the optimum route.

The golf course targeting system according to the present invention, which is designed to solve the above problems, stores the image data of the golf course necessary for position calculation and information on the target point, and receives the user's location data using GPS. It aims to suggest a system that displays the location and simulates the entire attack route, distance by distance, and club by distance to the user through the output device to assist the user in attacking the golf course.

In addition, the average distance for each club that the user thinks is input and applied to the calculation of the optimal path, and furthermore, the average distance for each club by repeatedly storing the club distance measured when the user actually shot on the golf course The purpose of this study is to propose a service providing method and apparatus that can statistically obtain the distance that a user can actually take a shot in the field by more accurately correcting the average flying distance for each club inputted and calculated. It is done.

Golf course targeting system according to an embodiment of the present invention for achieving the above object, by detecting the position of the user through a GPS receiver, calculates the optimal path to reach the hole cup of the golf course from the user's location An apparatus for outputting on a previously stored course image, the apparatus comprising: an input unit for receiving various values and information determined by a user; A display unit for displaying various images and result values; A GPS receiver which receives a signal from a satellite and calculates a latitude and longitude coordinate of the device; A course image DB storing data-formatted course images and latitude and longitude coordinates corresponding to the course images, a recommended target area DB in which latitude and longitude coordinates of a preset recommended target area are stored, and an average distance for each club of the user are stored. A database unit including an average distance DB for each club and a temporary DB for temporarily storing various calculation results; The linear distances from the position of the device to the foremost point and the rearmost point of the recommended target area closest to each other are calculated, and the ranges of the calculated straight distances and the average specific distances for each club of the user fall within the calculated straight distance ranges. Extracts one or more recommended clubs and outputs them to the display unit. When a specific club is selected and inputted by the user, the centers of the points corresponding to the selected distances of the selected clubs are determined as target points, and one or more target areas are designated. In this case, by setting the location of the user to the target point specified in the previous step, repeating the recommended club display step and the target point designation step to designate the target points for all the target areas up to the hole cup, and the specified target points in a straight line And a central processing unit connected to the display unit and output to the display unit. A is configured to.

In addition, the course image DB stores data generated by matching latitude and longitude coordinates of two points on the data image and corresponding azimuth angles on the entire image or by matching latitude and longitude coordinates of three or more points. The processor may further perform a function of calculating latitude and longitude coordinates for the remaining points by using the course image and latitude and longitude coordinates for two points and azimuth or latitude and longitude coordinates for three or more points.

Meanwhile, the course image DB stores the green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard, and OB areas separately so that the green score is the lowest score and the OB area is the highest score. The shortest straight distance from the points corresponding to the distance of the selected club to the boundary line of the green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard and OB area is calculated, and the highest score of the two areas forming the boundary line at the calculated shortest straight distance By adding the values obtained by multiplying may further perform the function of determining the point where the highest score is derived as the target point.

In addition, the course image DB further stores the color range values of green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard, and OB area, and in the central processing unit, the color value of a specific point belongs to the color range value of the area. It is desirable to further perform a function of determining which area of the green, fairway, rough, bunker and water hazard and OB area depending on whether or not the point.

In addition, the user inputs the club type, number and actual distance for each shot in the input unit, and stores the average club distance DB for each club, and the central processing unit stores data stored in the club average club distance DB. It is desirable to perform the process of calculating the average distance for each club by statistical processing.

Hereinafter, with reference to the accompanying drawings will be described in more detail the configuration and operation of the present invention.

The display unit 300 may adopt a conventional liquid crystal panel (LCD) or an organic EL (OEL: Organic Electro Luminescence), and the like by the touch screen of the display unit 300 and the user by providing a plurality of input buttons. The input unit 200 may be configured to easily input data.

In relation to the GPS receiver 400, portable GPS having various sizes and functions has already been widely used and used, and the GPS receiver 400 provided in the conventional GPS equipment can be applied to the present invention as it is. Description is omitted.

On the other hand, the database unit 500 is configured to include a course image DB (510), recommended target area DB (520), the average distance DB 530 for each club and the temporary DB (540).

The course image DB 510 stores a digitized image and a latitude and longitude coordinate corresponding to the course image by scanning a golf course photograph obtained by aerial photography or satellite photography. In this case, the latitude and longitude coordinates of all the pixels of the course image may correspond, but since the memory capacity must be too large, it may impede the miniaturization of the system. After generating the course image DB 510 by matching or matching only the latitude and longitude coordinates of three or more points, the latitude and longitude coordinates required for the subsequent process are calculated based on the information in the central processing unit 100. It is desirable to be utilized.

Next, the recommended target area DB 520 stores the latitude and longitude coordinates of the recommended target area, which is set in advance, wherein the recommended target area is about 20 to front and rear around the target point with reference to the typical target path of the golf course. It is desirable to determine the area of about 40m, so that a wide range of users from beginners to intermediate golfers can utilize.

Next, the average club distance DB 530 for each club receives and stores the average club distance of the club that the user knows as usual. In general, the conventional yardage book is a method of targeting the golf club based on the distance of the intermediate golfer, considering that if the user's ability is lower or higher than the above standard, it does not help to enjoy golf rounding much. In the present invention, it was possible to propose a method of attack using the average distance of the club by the user. Furthermore, since the average flying distance known by the user may not be accurate, each club user shots through the input unit 200 while carrying and rounding the golf course targeting system according to the present invention. And when the actual distance is further input, after storing the data in the club average club distance DB (530), the central processing unit 100 to process the data stored in the average club club to calculate the average club distance by the user average of each club It may be determined to be stored in the club average club distance DB 530. In this case, the user may determine the club to be used at the position where the ball is placed and then move to the place where the ball is reached and press a separate input button to automatically calculate the distance of the shot so that the type and distance of the club are stored. .

The course image DB 510 and the recommended target area DB 520 are used during the rounding of the corresponding golf course, and the average driving distance DB 530 for each club can be used for as long as the user uses this system, so that they can be stored for a relatively long time. This is necessary. Therefore, a small hard disk can be used, but considering that the user should be able to carry it conveniently during the rounding, the flash memory (NAND or NOR Flash), the memory stick, the memory card, etc. is considered in consideration of the power consumption, size, and weight. It is preferable to adopt.

Next, since the results calculated by the central processing unit 100 are temporarily stored in the temporary DB 540 based on the data stored in the DBs, a memory chip such as RAM may be used.

Next, the central processing unit 100 may adopt a general CPU to control the operation of the system as a whole, and the role of the central processing unit 100 is closely related to the operating process of the system, and thus the operation process may be performed. This will be described in detail below.

Prior to utilizing this system in the rounding, the club should receive the average distance for each club, and the average distance for each club DB 530 should be generated (S100). On the other hand, the average club distance DB 530 for each club receives the actual distance of the user every time the shot is repeated is stored in the average club distance DB 530 for each club, the central processing unit 100 to statistically process the data stored in the club It can improve the accuracy of the average flight distance.

In addition, before the user starts the rounding, data about a course image and a recommendation target region previously generated should be stored in the database unit 500 of the system (S110). Since the course image DB 510 and the recommended target area DB 520 have been described in detail above, the redundant description is omitted, and such data is downloaded and stored in a separate web page and stored in the database unit 500 of the present system. Can be.

Next, when the user carries the system and starts rounding, the central processing unit 100 calculates a straight line distance to the foremost point and the rearmost point of the recommended target area closest to the user's location, and calculates Comparing the range of the straight line distance and the average distance for each club of the user to extract one or more recommended clubs within the calculated straight distance range and outputs the recommended club to the display unit 300 (S120).

Next, when a user selects and inputs a desired club from the club output in the step, the central processing unit 100 designates the centers of the points corresponding to the flying distances of the selected clubs as target points (S130).

Next, when one or more target areas are designated, the target points for all target areas up to the hole cup are set by repeating the display of the recommended club and the target point designation step by setting the user's position as the target point specified in the previous step. In operation S140, the controller generates a path generated by connecting the designated target points in a straight line to the display unit 300 (S140).

In addition, when the user makes a shot with reference to the route, the recommended club output, capture point designation, and route display process may be performed again based on the actual falling point of the shot to update and present the remaining route to the hole cup each time. (S150).

Meanwhile, the green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard, and OB areas are separately stored in the course image DB 510, or the color range values of the green, fairway, rough, bunker, and water hazard are stored in the central processing unit ( If it is possible to determine which region corresponds to the specific region in 100), the central processing unit 100 may correspond to the scores sequentially so that the green has the lowest score and the OB region has the highest score. At this time, if the user selects the desired club after the recommended club output step, the central processing unit 100 borders the green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard and OB area at points corresponding to the distance of the selected club Determining the point where the highest score is derived by calculating the shortest straight distance up to and adding the values obtained by multiplying the calculated high score among the two regions forming the boundary by the high score. The point may be the farthest point from various obstacles (rough, bunker, water hazard and OB area). For example, the distance from point A to the boundary between bunkers (4 points) and the fairway (2 points) is 5m, and the distance from the point B to the boundary between the fairways (2 points) and the water hazard (6 points) is 3m. If the distance to the boundary between (4 points) and the fairway (2 points) is 3m, and the distance to the boundary between the fairway (2 points) and the water hazard (6 points) is 5m, the point at point A is 4 × 5 + 6 ×. 3 = 38, the point of the point B is 4 × 3 + 6 × 5 = 42, and the point B is determined as the target point, and in this way, the central processing unit 100 calculates the point farthest from the various obstacles. It can be specified as a target point.

The drawings and specification are merely exemplary of the invention, which are used only for the purpose of illustrating the invention and are not intended to limit the scope of the invention as defined in the meanings or claims. Therefore, those skilled in the art will understand that various modifications and equivalent other embodiments are possible from this. Therefore, the true technical protection scope of the present invention will be defined by the technical spirit of the appended claims.

Golf course targeting system according to the present invention configured as described above provides a visual image of the best way to target the course with a bird's eye view of the golf course through a device that can be carried by the user, the average of each club for each user It provides a method of attack with flying distance and provides a useful point of attack as far as possible from bunkers, water hazards, and OB areas, allowing the ball to settle in the center of the green or fairway.

In addition, by repeatedly storing the average distance for each club for each user, and extracting the average distance by statistical processing the stored data it is useful effect that the optimal approach is proposed by the distance of the shot that the user can actually perform on the golf course to provide.

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In the device for sensing the location of the user through a GPS receiver, calculating the optimum path to reach the hole cup of the golf course from the user's location and outputs on the pre-stored course image An input unit for receiving various values and information determined by a user; A display unit for displaying various images and result values; A GPS receiver which receives a signal from a satellite and calculates a latitude and longitude coordinate of the device; A course image DB in which data course images and latitude and longitude coordinates corresponding to the course images are stored; Recommended target area DB that stores the latitude and longitude coordinates of the preset recommended target area, DB average club distance DB that stores the average club distance of the user, Temporary DB where various calculation results are temporarily stored Database unit comprising a; The linear distances from the position of the device to the foremost point and the rearmost point of the recommended target area closest to each other are calculated, and the ranges of the calculated straight distances and the average specific distances for each club of the user fall within the calculated straight distance ranges. Extract one or more recommended clubs and output them to the display unit. When a specific club is selected and inputted by the user, the center of the points corresponding to the selected distances of the selected clubs is determined as the target point, and one or more target areas are designated. By setting the position of the user to the designated point in the shear system, and repeating the recommended club display step and the point of designation point designation step to designate the target point for all the target area up to the hole cup, and the specified target point in a straight line Connected to the display A central processing unit; Configured to include a Golf course targeting system. The method of claim 1, The course image DB stores data generated by matching latitude and longitude coordinates of two points on the data image and corresponding azimuth angles on the entire image or by matching latitude and longitude coordinates of three or more points. The central processing unit further performs the function of calculating the latitude and longitude coordinates for the remaining points using the course image and the latitude and longitude coordinates for two points and the azimuth or the latitude and longitude coordinates for three or more points. Golf course targeting system. The method of claim 1, In the course image DB, the green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard and OB area are separately divided so that the green score is the lowest score and the OB area is the highest score. The central processing unit calculates the shortest straight distance from the points corresponding to the selected club's flying distance to the boundary lines of the green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard, and OB area, and forms a boundary at the calculated shortest straight distance. The method may further include determining a point where the highest score is derived by adding values obtained by multiplying a high score among the two areas. Golf course targeting system. The method of claim 3, wherein In the course image DB, color range values of green, fairway, rough, bunker, water hazard, and OB area are additionally stored. The central processing unit adds a function of determining which area of the green, fairway, rough, bunker and water hazard and OB area according to whether or not the color value of the specific point belongs to the color range value of the area. Characterized in that Golf course targeting system. The method of claim 1, In the input unit, the type, number and actual distance of the club is additionally input each time the user takes a shot and stored in the average distance distance DB for each club, The central processing unit may further perform a process of calculating the average distance by club by statistically processing data stored in the average distance DB by club. Golf course targeting system.

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