Virtual Extreme Golf System

Abstract

To provide a virtual extreme golf system, in particular, a virtual extreme golf system that enables extreme golf to be enjoyed in an indoor space.SOLUTION: A virtual extreme golf system includes: detection means that generates walk information by measuring walking by a user and generates swing information by measuring an angular velocity and acceleration of a stick; control means including a DB part that stores course information, a position change part that generates positional information by changing a position of a ball in a course by using the swing information, and a time operation part that calculates a movement time of the user from a position of the ball before swing to a position of the ball after swing in the course by using the walk information and generates time information; and output means that receives and outputs one or more of the course information, the positional information, and the time information.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1

Description

Technical Field

[0001] The present invention relates to a virtual extreme golf system, and more particularly, to a virtual extreme golf system that enables people to enjoy extreme golf in an indoor space. Background Art

[0002] In recent years, due to the expansion of leisure life and the increase in national income, the public's perception of golf has changed. Golf, which was once regarded as an exclusive sport for the wealthy, has become a popular sport that can be enjoyed by people of all ages and genders across the country, driven by the expansion of golf infrastructure and the popularization of screen golf and the like.

[0003] Extreme Golf refers to a golf game that, unlike conventional relatively static golf, awards additional points when a player holes out on a fixed course within a shorter time. That is, it is a sport where superiority or inferiority is determined by counting the time from the tee shot to hole out and the number of strokes.

[0004] The prior art Korean Patent No. 10-2203176 (hereinafter referred to as the prior art) relates to a golf game providing system and a golf game providing method using the same. More specifically, by providing more accurate and detailed analysis on the current state of a club, the system can provide a golf game environment as close as possible to a real environment, realize the hitting of a golf ball on a client without delay caused by calculation at the impact moment, and further more perfectly realize various situations such as addressing, swinging and impacting on the client, thereby improving the satisfaction of golf game users.

[0005] However, such prior art has problems such as that it cannot reflect the time taken for a user to move until holing the ball in the score, so extreme golf cannot be virtualized and realized in an indoor space. Prior Art Documents [Patent Documents]

[0006] [Patent Document 1] Korean Patent No. 10-2203176 [Overview of the project] [Problems that the invention aims to solve]

[0007] This invention was made to solve the above problems and aims to provide a virtual extreme golf system that allows people to enjoy extreme golf in an indoor space.

[0008] Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a virtual extreme golf system with fewer spatial constraints.

[0009] Furthermore, the present invention aims to provide a virtual extreme golf system that can reflect the user's stride length. [Means for solving the problem]

[0010] The present invention, which aims to solve the above-mentioned problems, has the following configuration and features.

[0011] The system includes detection means that measures the user's walking and generates walking information, and measures the angular velocity and acceleration of the stick and generates swing information; a DB unit that stores course information; a position change unit that uses the swing information to change the position of the ball on the course and generates position information; a control means that uses the walking information to calculate the user's movement time from the position of the ball before the swing to the position of the ball after the swing on the course and generates time information; and output means that receives and outputs one or more of the course information, position information, and time information.

[0012] Furthermore, the detection means is provided on the stick, and the walking information can be generated by the upward and downward movement of the stick.

[0013] Furthermore, the control means further includes a stride length storage unit which stores the user's stride length determined by setting information transmitted from the input means, and the time calculation unit can generate the time information using the walking information and the user's stride length.

[0014] Furthermore, the control means further includes a stroke calculation unit that calculates the number of strokes to hole-in using the swing information and the position information and generates stroke count information, and a score calculation unit that calculates a score using the stroke count information and the time information, wherein the score is calculated by adding the score based on the number of strokes and the score based on the user's travel time, and the score based on the user's travel time may be a weighted value of 60 times the score based on the number of strokes. [Effects of the Invention]

[0015] The present invention, having the above configuration and features, includes a detection means for measuring the user's walking and a control means for calculating the user's movement time using the walking information, thereby enabling extreme golf to be enjoyed in an indoor space.

[0016] Furthermore, the present invention has the effect of allowing extreme golf games to be enjoyed in a smaller indoor space by having a detection means provided on the stick generate walking information based on the up and down movement of the stick.

[0017] Furthermore, the present invention includes a stride length storage unit that stores the user's stride length determined by setting information transmitted from the input means, and a time calculation unit generates time information using the walking information and the user's stride length, thereby enabling the user's stride length to be reflected in the extreme golf game. [Brief explanation of the drawing]

[0018] [Figure 1] This is a schematic block diagram illustrating a virtual extreme golf system according to one embodiment of the present invention. [Figure 2]It is a usage state diagram of a virtual extreme golf system. Mode for Carrying Out the Invention

[0019] Since the present invention can be variously modified and can take various forms, aspects (aspects or embodiments) thereof will be described in detail herein. However, this is not intended to limit the present invention to the specifically disclosed forms, and should be understood to include all modifications, equivalents or alternatives falling within the spirit and technical scope of the present invention.

[0020] The terms used herein are merely used to describe specific aspects (aspects or embodiments), and are not intended to limit the present invention. Singular expressions include plural expressions unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. In the present application, terms such as "comprising" or "consisting of" are intended to specify the presence of features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof described in the specification, but it should be understood that this does not preclude in advance the presence or possibility of addition of one or more other features, numbers, steps, operations, components, parts, or combinations thereof.

[0021] Unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as generally understood by a person having ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be construed as having meanings consistent with the meanings they have in the context of the related art, and shall not be construed in an idealized or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined otherwise in the present application.

[0022] The terms "first", "second", and the like described in the present specification are merely used to distinguish that the components are different from each other, and their names may not match between the detailed description of the invention and the claims regardless of the order of manufacture.

[0023] Throughout the present specification, when a certain part is described as being "coupled" to another part, this includes not only cases where the part is "directly coupled (communicably coupled)" but also cases where the part is "indirectly coupled (communicably coupled)" with another element interposed therebetween.

[0024] Figure 1 is a schematic block diagram for explaining a virtual extreme golf system according to an embodiment of the present invention, and Figure 2 is a diagram showing an usage state of the virtual extreme golf system.

[0025] A virtual extreme golf system S according to an embodiment of the present invention is configured to allow users to enjoy extreme golf in an indoor space, and is hereinafter referred to as "the present system" for convenience of explanation.

[0026] Referring to Figure 1 and Figure 2, the present system (the virtual extreme golf system S according to an embodiment of the present invention) includes a detection means 1, a control means 2, and an output means 3.

[0027] The present system may include a stick 5 having a shape corresponding to a golf club.

[0028] The detection means 1 measures a user's walking to generate walking information, and measures the angular velocity and acceleration of the stick 5 to generate swing information.

[0029] For illustrative purposes, the detection means 1 may include a 6-axis sensor or a 9-axis sensor (IMU, Inertial Measurement Unit), and may be provided coupled to an end of the stick 5 as shown in Figure 2.

[0030] The 6-axis sensor includes a gyroscope that measures a rotation angle per unit time (angular velocity), and an acceleration sensor that resolves gravitational acceleration to measure a gradient and measures acceleration. The 9-axis sensor is a known sensor that includes, in addition to the components of the 6-axis sensor, a geomagnetic sensor that measures the strength of magnetic flux with magnetic north as a reference and measures how much the orientation deviates from magnetic north.

[0031] In this system, the 6-axis or 9-axis sensor is provided on the stick 5, and the system can generate the swing information by measuring the angular velocity, acceleration, and gradient of the user's stick 5.

[0032] The control means 2 includes a DB unit 21 in which course information is stored, and a position changing unit 22 that changes the position of the ball on the course using the swing information and generates position information related to the position of the ball.

[0033] The control means 2 can be configured to correspond to a server that communicates with clients installed in the output means 3 and input means 4 described later, and various control configurations or computing devices known to ordinary engineers (for example, various electronic devices or electronic modules such as computers and processors) can be applied. Exemplarily, the control means 2 is connected to each of the detection means 1 and the input means 4 described later in a communicative manner and can receive the walking information and swing information described above, and the position change unit 22, the time calculation unit 23 described later, the stride length storage unit 24, the stroke count calculation unit 25, and the score calculation unit 26 of the control means 2 can each transmit signals, information, data, commands, etc. generated by the programs and algorithms contained therein to the position change unit 22, the time calculation unit 23 described later, the stride length storage unit 24, the stroke count calculation unit 25, and the score calculation unit 26, respectively, and to the output means 3 described later.

[0034] Generally, in golf, the trajectory of the golf ball is determined by factors such as the slope of the golf club, swing angle, angular velocity, and acceleration, and the golf ball is moved accordingly. However, the method of using the aforementioned swing information to change the position of the ball (golf ball) on the golf course included in the course information and generating the aforementioned position information is a known technique (see the aforementioned prior art, Korean Patent No. 10-2203176), and a more detailed explanation will be omitted.

[0035] Output means 3 is a display device, which can be a TV, smartphone, tablet PC, desktop monitor, etc., and receives and outputs one or more of the course information, location information, and time information described later. It also outputs a ball (golf ball) placed on the course according to the location information.

[0036] The following describes the method for realizing a virtual extreme system using walking information generated by measuring the user's gait, which can be considered the core of this system.

[0037] As described above, the detection means 1 (exemplary, a 9-axis sensor or a 6-axis sensor) is provided on the stick 5. When the user holds the stick 5 and steps (including jumping), the stick 5 moves vertically. Exemplary, the detection means 1 can generate the walking information by measuring the acceleration (or gravitational acceleration) of the stick 5 in the Z-axis direction. That is, the walking information may include the acceleration of the stick 5 in the Z-axis direction (parallel to the vertical direction).

[0038] In this case, the control means 2 may include a time calculation unit 23 that uses the walking information to calculate the user's movement time from the position of the ball before the swing of the stick 5 on the golf course included in the course information to the position of the ball after the swing, and generates time information.

[0039] More specifically, the time calculation unit 23 can calculate the distance between the position of the ball on the course included in the course information before the swing and the position of the ball after the position change unit 22 has moved its position.

[0040] Furthermore, the time calculation unit 23 can receive the walking information and recognize the time before the direction of the acceleration of the stick 5 (executively, acceleration in the Z-axis direction) changed, and the time after the direction of the acceleration of the stick 5 (executively, acceleration in the Z-axis direction) changed after the aforementioned time, as one walk. In other words, the time calculation unit 23 can calculate the number of walks taken by the user using the number of times the direction of the acceleration of the stick 5 changed.

[0041] In this case, the system may include an input means 4 (exemplified by a smartphone, tablet PC, etc.) on which a client equipped with a user interface is installed, and the control means 2 may include a stride length storage unit 24 in which the user's stride length, determined by the setting information transmitted from the input means 4, is stored.

[0042] In other words, when a user inputs their stride length (for example, 1m) using the input means 4, the input means 4 generates setting information that includes the user's stride length, and the stride length storage unit 24 receives and stores the setting information.

[0043] In this case, the time calculation unit 23 receives the setting information from the stride length storage unit 24 and can generate the time information using the walking information and the user's stride length.

[0044] In other words, as described above, the time calculation unit 23 calculates the number of steps using the walking information, calculates the user's movement speed by multiplying the number of steps by the user's stride length, and calculates the user's movement time by dividing the distance between the ball's position before the swing and the ball's position after the swing by the user's movement speed, thereby generating time information.

[0045] As described above, the output means 3 can receive and output one or more of the course information, location information, and time information.

[0046] Thus, this system uses swing information to calculate the ball's trajectory and not only changes the ball's position on the course, but also measures the user's walking speed on the course (on the virtual course output by output means 3). This has the advantage of allowing users to enjoy extreme golf in an indoor space.

[0047] Furthermore, as described above, since the detection means 1 grasps the vertical movement of the stick 5 and generates the walking information, it can grasp the user's footwork (or jumping), which has the advantage of allowing users to enjoy the virtual extreme golf game even in a smaller indoor space.

[0048] Furthermore, since the time calculation unit 23 generates the time information using the user's stride length, it has the advantage of being able to calculate the user's movement speed differently according to the user's stride length and apply it to a wider range of users, thereby realizing a more accurate extreme golf game.

[0049] Referring to Figures 1 and 2, the control means 2 may include a stroke calculation unit 25 that uses the swing information and position information to calculate the number of strokes to reach the hole and generates stroke count information.

[0050] For example, the stroke calculation unit 25 can calculate one swing as one stroke. For example, the stroke calculation unit 25 can generate the stroke information by calculating the number of swings as the number of strokes until the position of the ball on the course generated by the position change unit 22 matches the position of the hole cup on the course in the course information.

[0051] Furthermore, the control means 2 may include a score calculation unit 26 that calculates (calculates) a score using the number of strokes information and the time information.

[0052] The score calculation unit 26 can receive the number of strokes information and convert the number of strokes into points (hereinafter referred to as points based on the number of strokes), for example, it can assign 1 point to 1 stroke.

[0053] Furthermore, the score calculation unit 26 can receive time information and convert the user's travel time into points (hereinafter referred to as points based on the user's travel time). For example, it can assign 1 point per minute. That is, 60 points are assigned per hour, so the points based on the user's travel time can be weighted 60 times more than the points based on the number of hits.

[0054] The score calculation unit 26 calculates a score and generates score information, and the output means 3 can output the score information.

[0055] In this way, the system quantifies the time information and the number of strokes by assigning points to them and outputting them, thereby enabling quantitative comparison of the user's score with that of other users. Furthermore, since the points for the user's travel time are weighted compared to the points for the number of strokes, it is possible to create an even more extreme golf game by giving emphasis to the user's travel time.

[0056] The present invention, as described above with reference to the attached drawings, is subject to various modifications and alterations by a person of ordinary skill, and such modifications and alterations should be interpreted as being within the scope of the rights of the present invention. [Explanation of Symbols]

[0057] S Virtual Extreme Golf System 1. Detection means 2. Control means 21 DB Department 22 Position change section 23 Time Calculation Unit 24 Stride length storage section 25 At-bat Count Calculation Unit 26. Score Calculation Unit 3 Output means 4. Input means 5 sticks

Claims

1. A detection means that measures the user's gait to generate gait information, and measures the angular velocity and acceleration of the stick to generate swing information, Control means including a DB unit storing course information, a position change unit that changes the position of the ball on the course using the swing information and generates position information for the ball, and a time calculation unit that calculates the user's movement time from the position of the ball on the course before the swing to the position of the ball after the swing using the walking information and generates time information. A virtual extreme golf system characterized by including an output means that receives and outputs one or more of the course information, location information, and time information, The detection means is provided on the stick and generates the walking information by the upward and downward movement of the stick. The control means is A stroke count calculation unit that calculates the number of strokes to get the hole in using the aforementioned swing information and position information and generates stroke count information, A score calculation unit that calculates a score and generates score information using the aforementioned number of strokes information and the aforementioned time information, It further includes, The output means further features outputting the score information, making it a virtual extreme golf system.

2. The virtual extreme golf system according to Claim 1, characterized in that the score is calculated by adding up the points for the number of strokes and the points for the user's travel time.

3. The control means further includes a stride length storage unit in which the user's stride length, determined by the setting information transmitted from the input means, The virtual extreme golf system according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that the time calculation unit generates the time information using the walking information and the user's stride length.

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