WO2003043209A1

WO2003043209A1 - Golf game operating terminal

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Publication number: WO2003043209A1
Application number: PCT/KR2001/002089
Authority: WO
Inventors: Jang-Moon Bae
Original assignee: Jang-Moon Bae
Priority date: 2001-11-13
Filing date: 2001-12-04
Publication date: 2003-05-22
Also published as: KR20030039526A

Abstract

The present invention relates to a golf game operating terminal which includes a serial communication interface unit connected with the main controller and a computer installed in a certain place or other storing apparatuses for receiving an information generated by a user and a upgraded information of a golf course, and an electronic compass connected with the main controller for measuring a point of a compass designated by a user and generating a digital form data.

Description

GOLF GAME OPERATING TERMINAL

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

The present invention relates to a golf game operating terminal, and in

particular to a golf game operating terminal which is implemented by a

GPS(Global Positioning System) and an electronic compass, and in particular to a

golf game operating terminal which is capable of informing a flight deviation of a

golf ball to a user when a golf ball is flown in a certain direction during a golf game,

storing a data of the deviation, correcting a posture of a player when the player

impacts the ball and gradually decreasing the deviation of the flight of a golf ball

for thereby enhancing a game performance and in particular is capable of

enhancing a game performance by increasing an accuracy of the flight of a golf

ball by off-setting a club based on the stored data in the case that a player is

middle-aged and older who are difficult for correcting the posture.

2. Description of the Background Art

Generally, the golf game is finished when players finish a 18 hole or 9 hole

course one time or 2~4 times. In the golf game, a player impacts a golf ball to fly

over a fairway from a tee box provided in each course and inserts the ball into a hole cup formed on a green. A player who has a highest score wins the game. The

factors which affect the scores are a pre-knowledge with respect to a

corresponding course, the weather, a player's ability, an impacting power, and a

game operation ability concerning a flying direction and remaining distance to a

corresponding hole.

Recently, in order to have a higher score, a golf game operating terminal is

used, The above golf operating terminal is capable of providing a detailed

information concerning a corresponding golf course, a help concerning each

position and a remaining distance to a corresponding hole.

The terminal having a GPS(hereinafter referred to as GPS terminal) is

widely used. The above GPS terminal includes a GPS data receiving unit for

receiving a GPS data needed for a golf game operation from a satellite and

processing the same, an information processing module for processing a GPS

data needed for a golf game operation inputted through a golf country club control

center, a database for storing a weather information of a corresponding golf course,

an altitude information of the holes, and a distance information from a player to

each hole based on the level of the ground, a selection signal generation unit for

providing a user selection signal based on the selection of the user, a central

processing unit for reading and processing a golf game operating information

corresponding to the inputted data and signal from the database, and a display

unit for displaying the golf game operating information read and processed by the central processing unit on a screen.

However, in the conventional GPS terminal, a certain information for

decreasing the par at every time when the player plays the game. However, the

information is not provided for decreasing the par in the next game.

Namely, if the golfer uses the GPS terminal, the golfer plays based on the

information concerning the weather at the time of play, the remaining distance from

the player to a hole cup and the ground condition of the fairway and green for

thereby obtaining a good score. However, the above information is temporal. The

golfer does not recognize the deviated angle and distance of the ball hit by the

golfer. In addition, the golfer does not recognize how to play in the next time. In the

conventional GPS terminal, it is impossible to obtain an advanced assistance and

data value.

The above advanced assistance and data are needed for a person who

studies the golf and are needed for an old person whose posture is not easily

corrected for correcting his playing posture.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

Accordingly, it is an object of the present invention to provide a golf game

operating terminal which overcomes the problems encountered in the conventional

art.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a golf game operating terminal which is capable of installing an electronic compass in a

terminal which uses a GPS information for thereby providing an information

concerning a flight deviation angle and distance of a golf ball and an analyzed and

integrated information based on the above deviation.

To achieve the above objects, there is provided a golf game operating

terminal which includes a serial communication interface unit connected with the

main controller and a computer installed in a certain place or other storing

apparatuses for receiving an information generated by a user and a upgraded

information of a golf course, and an electronic compass connected with the main

controller for measuring a point of a compass designated by a user and generating

a digital form data, wherein a deviated angle and distance between the direction

that a user wants to hit the ball and the fallen point of the ball are computed and

outputted in a data form in the a personal golf game operating terminal which is

formed of an information display unit by which a user views various information, an

information input unit for inputting various information and selecting a certain

information, a memory unit formed of a non-volatile memory for storing various

information inputted by a user even when a power is disconnected, a main

controller connected with the information display unit, the information input unit

and the memory unit, and a GPS(Global Positioning System) data receiving unit

connected with the main controller for receiving a data needed for a gold game

operation from a satellite. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will become better understood with reference to the

accompanying drawings which are given only by way of illustration and thus are

not limitative of the present invention, wherein;

Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the construction of a golf game

operating terminal according to the present invention;

Figure 2 is a front view illustrating a terminal according to the present

invention;

Figure 3 is a view illustrating a course for explaining the use of a golf game

operating terminal before it is used according to the present invention; and

Figure 4 is a view illustrating a course for explaining the use of a golf game

operating terminal after it is used according to the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS

The embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference

to the accompanying drawings.

Figure 1 is a block diagram illustrating the construction of the present

invention, and Figure 2 is a front view illustrating a golf game operating terminal

according to the present invention.

As shown therein, the golf game operating terminal according to the present invention includes a main controller 4, an information display unit 1 connected

with the main controller 4, an information input unit 2, a memory unit 3, a GPS

data receiving unit 6, a serial communication interface unit 7 and an electronic

compass unit 5.

The information display unit 1 displays various information, so that the user

views the same and as shown in Figure 2 is formed of a LCD display unit, a FVT

display unit, etc.

The information input unit 2 inputs various information by an apparatus user

for thereby selecting a certain information and is formed of a key pad, a touch

panel, etc.

The memory unit 3 is a non-volatile memory and stores various information

inputted by the user, various information uploaded using a computer and a

database generated by a program when the apparatus according to the present

invention is being used. Even when the power of the terminal according to the

present invention is turned off, all information and database are maintained.

The GPS data receiving unit 6 receives an information related to the current

position from a plurality of GPS artificial satellite which are flying around the

earth's orbit and computes the altitude, longitude of the golf course and the

altitude information in a digital form and transfers the data to the main controller.

The serial communication interface unit 7 is connected with a computer(not

shown) or other storing apparatus and downloads the information such as an information generated by the user under control of the main controller, namely,

the par, flying distance, offset, etc. stored in the main apparatus, into the

computer and on the contrary uploads the information such as the positions of

each hole of a corresponding country club, distance, direction and slope of the

ground.

At this time, an external computer represents a main computer of the

country club.

The electronic compass 5 judges the point of the compass using the

terminal according to the present invention by the user and converts the point of

the compass into a digital data and transfers to the main controller.

The main controller 4 includes an inherent program and controls each

element and reprocesses the altitude, longitude and altitude information of the

position of the terminal according to the present invention for thereby generates

an accurate information and processes the information concerning the green,

hole, and slope of the golf course for thereby computing an additional

information such as a flying distance and direction of the ball, and processes the

information of the point of the compass pointed by the apparatus according to

the present invention and the position information of the current apparatus for

thereby computing an error distance and angle, and processes the signals

inputted from the information input unit for thereby outputting the information

selected by the user and used by the terminal according to the present invention to the information display unit 1 , and processes thusly generated various

information for thereby generating a database.

The operation state of the present invention will be explained with reference

to the accompanying drawings.

The position information of each course of a country club in which a user

plays and other multiple points are stored in the memory unit 3 in accordance

with a control of the main controller 4 through the serial communication interface

unit 7. As the user selects using the information input unit 2, the main controller

4 reads a corresponding information stored in the memory unit 3 and displays

on the information display unit. A corresponding information is automatically

read based on the following process procedure.

In the case that the golfer having the terminal according to the present

invention tee-shots in the tee box, the menu is displayed by pushing the

selection button 21 of the information input unit 2 of Figure 2, and a cursor(not

shown) is moved to the tee box position for thereby finishing the selection.

Therefore, the terminal according to the present invention recognizes that

the tee shot is performed in the current tee box. In this state, a corresponding

button of the information input unit 2 is pushed, and the user controls the

reference line P of the point of the compass of Figure 3 in the direction that the

player wants to hit the ball and then pushes the selection determination button.

As shown in Figure 3, the electronic compass unit 5 continuously measures the accurate point of the compass in a certain direction using the apparatus

according to the present invention and outputs to the main controller 4. In the

case that the user wants the storing using the information input unit 2, the main

controller displays the point of the compass inputted from the electronic

compass unit 5 and the position information of the terminal according to the

present invention which is inputted from the GPS data receiving unit 6 on the

information display unit 1 and stores into the memory unit 3.

Next, after the user finishes the tee shot, the player moves to the fallen spot

of the ball. As shown in A of Figure 4, if the fallen spot is in the fair way, the

information input unit 2 is selected to FW(fairway), and as shown in B of Figure

4, if the fallen spot is in the rough, the information input unit 2 is selected to

RH(rough).

In the above described manner, the distance is computed using the point of

the compass and position information stored in the tee box and the current

position information recognized by the GPS, and a deviation distance L and

angle θ are computed based on each position using the triangle rule and is

displayed on the information display unit 1 and is stored in the memory unit.

Thereafter, when the player does a second shot, the terminal is operated in

the same manner as the first shot in the tee box. Since the FW in the position A

or the RH in the position B are selected, the GPS data information and guide

value(this function is the same as the conventional art) are provided. Therefore, the second shot is performed based on the above GPS data value. The direction

that the player wants to hit again is determined, and the point of the compass

reference line P is determined, and then the shot is performed.

When a certain golf hole or point is selected by the user using the

information input unit 2, the main controller 4 receives the same and computes

the distance between two points and the position information using the triangle

rule with respect to the position information at a certain point which is previously

stored and the longitude and altitude and altitude information of the current

apparatus which are inputted from the GPS database receiving unit 6 and

displays on the information unit 1 and stores into the memory unit 3.

The main controller 4 generates an input information generated in the

above processing procedure and a database by reprocessing various generated

information. The generated database is downloaded into an external computer

or a storing apparatus(not shown) through the serial communication interface

unit 7 in accordance with a control of the main controller.

When the stored and downloaded information values are performed with

respect to the same holes for a certain time, the data may be all or partially

viewed. Therefore, the user plays the next play based on the result value. The

user who uses the terminal according to the present invention is capable of

correcting the impact problems and enhancing the operation of the game.

In particular, the old or middle age golfers are more difficult to correct the posture compared to a beginner or player in the prime. However, the old or

middle age golfers can easily obtain a good score using the terminal according

to the present invention by offset-controlling the golf club when impacting the

ball, so that the scoring performance of the player is gradually enhanced.

As described above, the terminal according to the present invention

includes a new serial communication interface unit and a new electronic

compass in the GPS terminal, so that it is possible to compute the deviated

angle and distance between a desired direction and the fallen point of the ball

and output the same in a data form. Therefore, the user plays the golf game

based on the data values accumulated whenever the user plays the golf.

The terminal according to the present invention is capable of obtaining a

good score in the golf game and improving the problems of the game for thereby

correcting a bad game habit, so that it is possible to enhance a game

performance.

Therefore, the golf game operating terminal according to the present

invention may be used for learning the golf game and may be well adapted to a

pro-golf player. In the case that it is hard to correct the posture of playing the

game, the terminal according to the present invention helps to correct the

impacting habit and change the impact method for thereby obtaining a good

score.

As the present invention may be embodied in several forms without

n departing from the spirit or essential characteristics thereof, it should also be

understood that the above-described embodiments are not limited by any of the

details of the foregoing description, unless otherwise specified, but rather should

be construed broadly within its spirit and scope as defined in the appended

claims, and therefore all changes and modifications that fall within the meets

and bounds of the claims, or equivalences of such meets and bounds are

therefore intended to be embraced by the appended claims.

Claims

What is claimed is:

1. In a personal golf game operating terminal which includes an information

display unit by which a user views various information, an information input unit for

inputting various information and selecting a certain information, a memory unit

formed of a non-volatile memory for storing various information inputted by a user

even when a power is disconnected, a main controller connected with the

information display unit, the information input unit and the memory unit, and a

GPS(Global Positioning System) data receiving unit connected with the main

controller for receiving a data needed for a gold game operation from a satellite, a

personal golf game operating terminal, comprising:

a serial communication interface unit connected with the main controller

and a computer installed in a certain place or other storing apparatuses for

receiving an information generated by a user and a upgraded information of a golf

course; and

an electronic compass connected with the main controller for measuring a

point of a compass designated by a user and generating a digital form data,

wherein a deviated angle and distance between the direction that a user

wants to hit the ball and the fallen point of the ball are computed and outputted in a

data form.