KR20050022035A - The device of golf course information service used mobil-phone with GPS function and method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: A method and apparatus for providing golf course information by using a GPS mobile phone are provided to allow a user to easily round in a golf course by downloading various information related to the golf course to a mobile phone. CONSTITUTION: A user terminal position checking unit(310) receives a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite(100) and processes it, receives GPS information transmitted from a base station(200), and checks a position of a user terminal(400). A golf course information service guidance unit(320) determines a position of the user terminal(400), and provides golf course guidance information to the user terminal(400) when the user terminal(400) has entered a golf course. A GPS mapping tool(340) makes each position information of the golf course transmitted from the GPS satellite(100) data and stores the information data in an information DB(350). Upon receiving a request for a golf information service from the user terminal(400), an information providing server(360) downloads map data of a corresponding course as stored in the information DB(350) to the user terminal(400). The user terminal(400) downloads the information from the information providing server(360) and stores it in its internal memory, matches information of each hole requested by the user in rounding to a current position, and displays it on a screen.

Description

The device of golf course information service used mobil-phone with GPS function and method

The present invention relates to a golf course information providing method and device using a GPS function mobile phone, in particular, when a GPS-enabled mobile phone carried by the customer enters the golf course automatically provides a golf course guide message, and various information in the golf course By using the GPS Mapping Tool to build a database, you can download the information to your mobile phone when you request it to help you play golf easily and improve the performance of the golf player. The present invention relates to a golf course information providing method and a device using a GPS function mobile phone.

A golf game is a game in which a golf ball stopped on a golf course is hit with a golf club and counted in the number of strokes required to be put into a hole cup.

On the wide golf course, people can artificially create obstacles such as forests, valleys, ponds, and small mountains, or use natural rivers and seas. It consists of teeing grounds, fairways, rough, bunkers, water hazards, greens and hole cups. Among them, fairway and rough are collectively called thruder green, and bunker and water hazard are collectively called hazard.

Golf courses and boundaries are also marked by barriers or stakes, which are called out of bounds (OB). The number of hole cups, holes for hitting golf balls, is 18 on a regular golf course, called an 18-hole course. After the golf player puts the golf ball in one hole cup, he plays toward the new hole cup in the next tee.

In 1764, the course of St Andrews, Scotland, was modeled and all current course units were fixed at 18 holes. The golf course looks like a standard, combining 10 middle holes to reach the green with two strokes, four long holes to reach three, and four short holes to reach one.

On the other hand, the golf player will start the golf game after exploring the course of the relevant golf course or reading through the course information before the golf game, and during the game, the golf assistant who assists the movement of the golf bag, club selection and distance measurement You play with help.

Here, the distance to the hole cup or the distance between the golf ball and the important point, the angle of the slice and the hook is an important problem. In the past, golf was mainly performed based on the distance measurement and the sense by the naked eye of the golf player. .

Therefore, a player who is adept at golfing can measure distances quickly, but golf beginners often have difficulty in measuring distances and angles such as slices or hooks. The disadvantage is that it takes a lot of time.

As a result, even golf-expert players rely on the naked eye and their senses, so the distance measurement, the angle of the slice and the hook, etc. vary depending on the condition of the day, and the performance is often changed by the amount of difference. There was a difficult issue.

The present invention has been proposed to solve the problems of the golf game as described above to help improve the performance,

An object of the present invention is to provide a golf course guidance message automatically when a GPS-enabled mobile phone carried by a customer enters a golf course, and various information in the golf course is constructed as a database using a GPS mapping tool and then requested by a customer. When you download the information to the customer's mobile phone to help you play golf easily, and also to provide a golf course information providing method using the GPS function mobile phone to help improve the golf player's performance.

"Golf course information providing method using GPS mobile phone" according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

Reprocessing location information GPS data of the golf course and precautions in each hole of the golf course into mobile phone data and constructing a database on a web site;

When the mobile phone carried by the customer moves to the golf course and enters the golf course area, automatically sending a guide message to the mobile phone of the customer in association with the mobile communication company;

When the customer requests location information for each course by using a mobile phone, the content provided on the website is wirelessly provided in connection with the mobile communication company, and a fee is charged to the mobile communication company to generate revenue every time the content is provided. Characterized by comprising a step.

In addition, the "golf course information providing device using a GPS function mobile phone" according to the present invention for achieving the above object,

A user terminal location checking unit for receiving and processing a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite and receiving GPS information transmitted from a base station for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly to confirm a location of the user terminal;

The location of the terminal is determined by the information transmitted from the user terminal location determiner, and when the terminal enters the golf course, the golf course guide information stored in the golf course database is transmitted to the Internet or mobile communication network to control the reception to the terminal An information service guide unit;

A GPS mapping tool for converting each location information of the golf course transmitted from the GPS satellites and storing the information data in an information database;

An information providing server for downloading map data of a corresponding course stored in the information database to the terminal through the Internet or a mobile communication network when a golf course information service is requested from the user terminal;

And a user terminal which downloads the information transmitted from the information providing server and stores the information in the internal memory and matches the information of each hole requested by the user to the current location based on the information and displays it on the screen. It features.

Hereinafter, a preferred embodiment of the present invention according to the technical spirit as described above will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for providing golf course information using a GPS function mobile phone to which the present invention is applied.

Here, reference numeral 100 denotes a GPS satellite, reference numeral 200 denotes a base station connected to the GPS satellite 100 to receive and process a GPS signal, and wirelessly transmit and receive data, and reference numeral 310 denotes the base station 200. Receiving the GPS information transmitted from the user terminal to determine the location of the user terminal 400, the reference numeral 320 is the location of the terminal 400 by the information transmitted from the user terminal location determiner 310 When the terminal 400 enters the golf course, the golf course guide information stored in the golf course database (D / B) 330 is transmitted to the Internet or mobile communication network to control the reception in the terminal 400 Represents an information service guide.

In addition, reference numeral 340 denotes a GPS mapping tool TOOL for data-forming each position information of the golf course transmitted from the GPS satellite 100 and storing the generated data in the information database 350, and reference numeral 360 denotes the above. When the golf information service is requested from the user terminal 400, the information providing server downloads the map data of the corresponding course stored in the information database 350 to the terminal 400 through the Internet or a mobile communication network.

Also, the reference numeral 400 downloads the information transmitted from the information providing server 360 and stores it in an internal memory, and matches the information of each hole requested by the user with the current location based on the information and displays the information on the screen. Represents a terminal.

Referring to the operation of the golf course information providing apparatus using a GPS function mobile phone to which the present invention configured as described above is applied in more detail as follows.

First, the GPS mapping tool 340 interoperates with the GPS satellite 100 to make a database by measuring location information of a golf course green, bunker, hazard, OB area, etc. with accurate coordinates, and this information database (D / B). Store at 350.

In the above, the GPS mapping tool 340 is generally composed of a DGPS receiver, a GPS antenna, a battery, an auxiliary battery, a coordinate receiving / calculating / recording / input personal information terminal (PDA), and records the current position coordinates using these devices. In addition, graphic data such as outlines can be measured and stored.

In addition, the information database 350, the course name, hole number, tee (Tee) coordinates, bunker (Bunker) coordinates, Hazard (Hazard) coordinates, Lay-up coordinates, hole-specific description method stored information Main database; Green database that stores information such as Green Center coordinates, Green Front coordinates, Green Back coordinates, Green Out Line coordinates, and Green Slope coordinates. It is composed.

In this state, the base station 200 receives and processes the GPS signal transmitted from the GPS satellite 100 and wirelessly transmits the GPS signal to the user terminal positioning unit 310 in the golf course.

In this case, the user terminal 400 is registered as a member in the system in the golf course in advance, and thus, the user terminal location checking unit 310 continuously checks the location information of the registered terminal and enters the golf course only. A specific signal is applied to the information service guide unit 320.

The golf course information service guide 320 receiving the specific signal transmits the golf course guide information stored in the golf course database 330 through the Internet or a mobile communication network, and thus the golf course guide information is transmitted to the base station 200. Is transmitted to the user terminal 400, and is displayed on the screen.

That is, when a golf player enters a predetermined position of a golf course to be visited, information of the golf course is displayed on the user terminal 400 automatically carried.

Here, the golf course database 330 stores information such as a golf course name, address, phone number, traffic information, current membership price, number of members, and the like, even when transmitting golf course guide information to the user terminal 400. It is displayed on the user terminal 400.

When the golf player applies for a service for the course information of the golf course, the information providing server 360 extracts the map data of the course stored in the information database 350 and transmits it through the Internet or a mobile communication network. The course map data transmitted is transmitted to the user terminal 400 through the base station 200.

Then, the user terminal 400 stores the data in the internal memory, and when the user selects only a desired menu when rounding, the user terminal 400 calculates a current position coordinate in conjunction with the GPS satellite 100, and stores the stored course map data. By referring to the current location coordinates, various distance information such as the distance to the green, the distance to the front and the back of the green, the distance to the bunker or hazard and the precautions for each hole are displayed on the screen. It will help you.

When the course map data is downloaded from the user terminal 400, a predetermined amount of money is counted by the information providing server 360 and then periodically charged to the user.

2 is a flowchart illustrating a golf course information providing method using a GPS function mobile phone according to the present invention.

As shown therein, analyzing the GPS information transmitted from the GPS satellites to determine the location of the customer terminal (S110); (S120 and S130) automatically transmitting golf course guide information to the customer terminal when the customer terminal enters the golf course as a result of the positioning; When the rounding information service is requested from the customer terminal, and if a course is selected, extracting the course map data of the corresponding course from the information database and downloading the downloaded to the customer terminal to control the information of the corresponding hole during golf rounding (S140 ~). S200).

The golf course information providing method using the GPS function mobile phone according to the present invention as described above will be described in detail with reference to FIGS. 3 and 4A to 4E.

First, in step S110, the GPS information transmitted from the GPS satellites is analyzed to determine the location of the customer terminal. In step S120, it is checked whether the customer terminal enters the golf course, and as a result of the check, the customer terminal enters the golf course. In step S130, the golf course guidance information is automatically transmitted to the customer terminal.

Thereafter, in step S140, it is checked whether a golf rounding information service is requested from the customer terminal, and when a rounding information service is requested, it is checked whether a course is selected in step S150. If the course is not selected as a result of the check, the process moves to step S160 and transmits a guide message to select a course. If the course is selected, the process moves to step S170 to download course map data to the customer terminal.

Next, in step S180, it is checked whether the download is completed, and if the check result is not completed, go to step S170, and if the download is completed, go to step S200 and the customer has his own terminal equipped with a GPS function. The golf course will be rounded with reference to the course information.

3 is a flowchart illustrating an embodiment of the golf rounding routine S200 of FIG. 2.

As shown in the drawing, after the course map data is downloaded, when the hole number is selected, GPS signals are received through GPS satellites to calculate coordinates of the current location, and the distance from the current location to the green of the corresponding hole is displayed on the screen. Step S201 to S203; Search the menu selected after the above step, and if the selected menu is lay up, convert the distance to the layup obstacle using the current position coordinates and course map data, and then display the result. Displaying the steps (S204 to S206); If the selected menu is a tee selection, converting the distance from the current position to the obstacle in front of the tee using the current position coordinates and the course map data and displaying the result on the screen (S207 to S208). )Wow; If the selected menu is a current position mark, moving to another position and converting the distance from the position to the mark on the screen and displaying the same on the screen (S209 to S210); Displaying the yard or meter when the search result is a yard or a meter (S211 to S212); As a result of the search, if the selected menu is Green, the green shape is displayed graphically on the screen, and if the pin position movement is selected in that state, converting the distance to the moved pin and displaying it on the screen ( S213 to S216).

Referring to the specific operation of the golf rounding routine (S200) is made as follows.

First, the course map data is downloaded and stored in the memory, and then the hole number is selected in step S201, and if the hole number is selected, the process moves to step S202 to receive a GPS signal through a GPS satellite to coordinate the current position. In step S203, the distance from the current position to the green of the corresponding hole is calculated and displayed on the screen.

Next, the menu selected in step S204 is searched, and if the selected menu is lay up in step S205, the method moves to step S206 to the layup obstacle using the current position coordinates and course map data. After converting the distance, the result is displayed on the screen.

In addition, if the selected menu is a tee selection as in step S207, after converting the distance from the current position to the obstacle in front of the tee using the current position coordinates and course map data in step S208, The result (distance from the tee box to each obstacle) is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 4C.

In addition, if the selected menu is the current position mark (Mark) as in step S209, after moving to step S210 to another position and converting the distance from the position to the mark, the result (golf The distance from the point where the ball is hit to the point where the golf ball is dropped (that is, the flying distance) is displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 4E.

In addition, when the yard or the meter is selected as in the search result step S211, it is displayed as the yard or the meter as in the step S212.

In addition, when the selected menu is green as shown in the search result step S213, the shape drawn in the step S214 is displayed graphically on the screen, and if the position movement of the hole cup pin is selected as in the step S215 in that state, The distance to the pin moved in step S216 is converted and displayed on the screen as shown in FIG. 4B. The green here refers to the place where there is usually a hole cup and maintained for putting.

4A is an exemplary diagram showing a distance from a current position to a green center, and FIG. 4D is an exemplary diagram showing a distance from each fairway to each obstacle.

According to the present invention described above, when the GPS-enabled mobile phone carried by the customer enters the golf course there is an effect that can automatically provide a golf course guide message.

In addition, after building a variety of information in the golf course as a database using a GPS mapping tool (Mapping Tool) After the customer's request to download the information to the customer's mobile phone has an effect that can be easily rounded.

In addition, since it can provide accurate information to the golf player has the effect of improving the performance.

1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of an apparatus for providing golf course information using a GPS function mobile phone to which the present invention is applied;

2 is a flowchart illustrating a golf course information providing method using a GPS function mobile phone according to the present invention,

3 is a flow chart showing one embodiment of the golf game routine of FIG.

4A to 4E are exemplary views of golf course information displayed on a mobile phone in the present invention.

<Explanation of symbols for the main parts of the drawings>

100 ..... GPS satellites

200 ..... base station

310 ..... User terminal location check unit

320 ..... Information Service Information Center

340 ..... GPS Mapping Tool

350 ..... Information Database (D / B)

360 ..... Informational Server

400 ..... User terminal (customer terminal)

Claims (5)

Reprocessing the location information GPS data of the golf course and the precautions of each hole of the golf course into mobile phone data and constructing the database on a web site; When the mobile phone carried by the customer moves to the golf course and enters the golf course area, automatically sending a guide message to the customer terminal which is the mobile phone of the customer in association with the mobile communication company; When the customer requests location information for each course by using a mobile phone, the content provided on the website is wirelessly provided in connection with the mobile communication company, and a fee is charged to the mobile communication company to generate revenue every time the content is provided. Golf course information providing method using the GPS function mobile phone, characterized in that the step comprises a step.         The method of claim 1, The customer terminal, Downloading the course map data and receiving a GPS signal through a GPS satellite when the hole number is selected, calculating coordinates of the current location, and displaying a distance from the current location to the green of the corresponding hole on the screen;         Search the menu selected after the above step, and if the selected menu is lay up, convert the distance to the layup obstacle using the current position coordinates and the course map data and display the result on the screen. Displaying;          Converting the distance from the current position to the obstacle in front of the tee using the current position coordinates and the course map data and displaying the result on the screen when the selected menu is a tee selection;          If the selected menu is a current location mark (MARK), after moving to another location, converting the distance from the location to the mark and displaying the same on the screen;          If the selected menu is Green, the green shape is displayed on the screen graphically, and if the pin position movement is selected in the state, the distance to the moved pin is converted and displayed on the screen. Golf course information providing method using a GPS function mobile phone, characterized in that. A user terminal location checking unit for receiving and processing a GPS signal transmitted from a GPS satellite and receiving GPS information transmitted from a base station for transmitting and receiving data wirelessly to confirm a location of the user terminal; The location of the terminal is determined by the information transmitted from the user terminal location determiner, and when the terminal enters the golf course, the golf course guide information stored in the golf course database is transmitted to the Internet or mobile communication network to control the reception to the terminal An information service guide unit; A GPS mapping tool for converting each location information of the golf course transmitted from the GPS satellites and storing the information data in an information database; An information providing server for downloading map data of a corresponding course stored in the information database to the terminal through the Internet or a mobile communication network when a golf information service is requested from the user terminal; The user terminal downloads the information transmitted from the information providing server and stores the information in an internal memory, and based on the information, matches the information of each hole requested by the user with the current location and displays the information on the screen. Golf course information providing device using a GPS function mobile phone. The method of claim 3, wherein The GPS mapping tool, Using the GPS function mobile phone, the GPS coordinates are linked to the GPS satellites, and the position coordinates of the golf course, the bunker, the hazard, the OB area, etc. are measured using differential GPS, and the database is stored in an information database. Golf course information providing device. The method of claim 3, wherein The information database, A main database storing course names, hole numbers, TEE coordinates, BUNKER coordinates, Hazard coordinates, Lay Up-related coordinates, and hole-specific description information; Consists of a green database that stores information such as Green Center coordinates, Green Front coordinates, Green Back coordinates, Green Out Line coordinates, and Green Slope coordinates. Golf information providing device using a GPS function mobile phone, characterized in that.