Hybrid Golf Scoring With Camera Shot Detection Across Real and Virtual Play
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional screen golf systems lack realism in simulating real golf courses and require manual score calculation during field play, which is cumbersome and prone to errors.
Innovation Solution
A hybrid golf system combining real and virtual golf play with a camera sensing system to automatically calculate scores by detecting shots on a real field and integrating with a screen golf system for virtual play.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If manual score calculation is used during field play, then users can track their scores, but the process becomes cumbersome and prone to errors
Solution Approach 1:
The system enables automatic self-service scorekeeping by using cameras to detect and track golf balls during field play, eliminating the need for manual score entry by users. The controller automatically calculates scores based on detected ball positions and shot sequences, making the system both reliable and easy to operate
Solution Approach 2:
The patent replaces the mechanical manual scorekeeping process with an automated optical detection system. Cameras capture ball positions and movements, while a controller processes this data to automatically calculate scores, substituting human effort with automated technological systems
2Extent of automation
If a camera sensing system is installed around the real field to detect shots, then automatic score calculation is achieved, but the system complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The camera sensing system serves multiple functions: detecting ball positions, tracking ball movements, identifying shot sequences, and providing data for score calculation. This multi-functionality reduces the need for separate specialized devices, thereby managing system complexity while achieving high automation
Solution Approach 2:
The controller acts as an intermediary that processes data from multiple cameras and translates it into automatic score calculations. This central coordination simplifies the overall system architecture by providing a single point of integration rather than requiring direct complex interactions between multiple detection components
3Adaptability or versatility
If hybrid golf system combines virtual and real field play, then realism is enhanced, but the difficulty of detecting and measuring shots increases
Solution Approach 1:
The system divides golf play into distinct segments: virtual play detected by screen golf system cameras and real field play detected by field cameras. Each segment has its own detection methodology, and the controller integrates results from both segments, making the overall complex system manageable through modular detection approaches
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Automatically calculates scores across both virtual and real golf play, enhancing realism and reducing user effort in scorekeeping.
Implementation Method 1
detecting a shot of each user through a camera sensing system including a plurality of cameras configured to detect the field
Data Source
AI summary
The present invention is intended to solve the problems of the prior art as described above, and provides a hybrid golf system and a method by which a controller for controlling same automatically calculates a score, wherein the hybrid golf system may automatically calculate a score based on the entire golf play by automatically calculating a score on the basis of the play on a virtual golf course using a screen golf system, and then automatically calculating, even when playing on an actual field, a score by using a camera sensing system installed around the field.