JPH08224331A - Management system in golf practicing place - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE: To inform a player in a striking booth immediately of the result from ball striking by allowing each ball for training to accommodate ID information, and identifying automatically the booth of the ball which has hit the selected target zone. CONSTITUTION: When a player standing in a striking booth 3a, 3b... pushes a touch key in the operation part of a supply device 31, a ball 2 in a feed passage is pushed by a lifting rod to be tee up or set in the shot position on a mat. The ball 2 set in the shot position passes through the feed passage, and the ID code is read by a read sensor. When a ball 2 struck off to the ball falling field 4 and having reached the target area 40 is collected in the lower part and has passed the exhaust passage, the ID code of the ball 2 is read by a read sensor 50 furnished in the target area 40, sent to a PLC 7 and COM 8 together with the target area code, and displayed immediately in the display part of the supply device 31 located close to the striking booth.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

[Industrial application field] Recently, a bar for storing point-of-sale information (POS) in the distribution industry and storing product information such as quality and price in a striped pattern displayed on each package and reading it optically. The code system has been adopted. The individual bar code system that preceded in the distribution industry was later introduced into other fields such as FA, giving an opportunity to develop so-called ID (identifier) technology that integrates individual identification information into products and parts. It was An element in which solid identification information is integrated with a chip, a label, or the like is called a data carrier, a memory module, an ID card, or the like.

The present invention relates to a golf driving range management system, and more particularly to a golf driving range management system for effectively managing hit results and the like by applying the above-mentioned ID technology in an evolutionary manner.

[0003]

2. Description of the Related Art FIGS. 6, 7 and 8 are explanatory views of the structure of a conventional golf driving range management system.
The system described in Japanese Patent No. 4 is shown. In FIGS. 6 and 7, 1 is a turn at bat, 2 is a hit field, and 31 to 35 are target areas. The turn at bat 1 is composed of a large number of turn at bats 11, 12 to 1n. 4 is a CPU, 5 is a selective oscillator, 6 is a selection signal, 71 to 75 are response mechanisms, and 8 is an identification signal.
The response mechanisms 71 to 75 include color identification sensors and bats 11 and 1
The colors and tones of the balls used for every 2 to 1n are stored in advance.

Further, in FIG. 8, 9 is a camera with a sensor. The sensor-equipped camera 9 is installed on the opposite side of the bats 1 and is for tracking the batted balls from the specific bats in the bats 11 and 12 to 1n and distinguishing them from the bats of other bats.

A practitioner in the bat 1 shown in FIGS. 6 and 7 transmits a selection signal 6 to a target area intentionally selected through a selection transmitter 5. From each of the bats 11 and 12 to 1n, hit balls with different colors and color tones are launched. Then, the selection signal 6
The identification signal 8 is input to the CPU 4 only when the response mechanisms 71 to 75 in the target area which have received the information compare the hit color of the hit ball and the color tone of the corresponding batted ball that is already stored. At the same time, the CPU 4 also sends the identification signal 8 to each of the at-bats 11, 12 to 1n.

Further, in FIG. 8, when a selection signal 6 is issued from a specific turn at bat 1, an operation signal is input to a camera 9 with a sensor on the side opposite to the turn at bat 1 to track the hit ball. Then, the sensor-equipped camera 9 identifies the bat of the ball hit into the specific target area, and the identification signal 8 indicates the specific bat and C
It is sent to PU4.

As a result of the sent response mechanisms 71 to 75 of FIG. 7 and the identification signals 8 from the sensor-equipped camera 9 of FIG. Can be recognized.

[0008]

In the conventional golf driving range management system shown in FIGS. 6, 7 and 8, as described above, a unique color or color tone for identifying the hit ball hit at each bat is provided. And so on. Then, by the response mechanisms 71 to 75 of the respective target areas that have received the selection signal 6 and the camera 9 with a sensor (recognition transmitting means) that has received the selection signal 6 from the specific turn at bat, the hit ball hit and each of the previously stored hit balls are stored. The corresponding bats are identified from among many bats by comparing the color tone of the bats ball.

However, in the above-mentioned conventional golf driving range, the practitioner at bat intentionally selects the target range selected from the plurality of target ranges 31 to 35 by operating the selection transmitter 5 to output the selection signal 6. It is necessary to call and give instructions, and the operation is extremely troublesome. On the other hand, the batted ball must be tracked from the batted ball field 2 side where the batted balls are flying intensively, and difficulties can be expected in terms of the operational safety, the number of installed cameras, the installed positions, etc. of the camera 9 with a sensor for a specific bat. .

Further, since the bats are displayed in the color and tone of the batted ball, there is a limit to the number of identifications, which may hinder the application of a general golf driving range in which a large number of bats are provided in a hierarchical structure. Many. Moreover, not only is the use of hit balls other than the display colors set for each of the at-bats regulated, but it is necessary to sort all the hit balls collected from the hit-ball field 2 in advance for each at-bat. In particular, it is difficult to uniformly identify the hit balls due to peeling of the paint for displaying the color of the hit ball due to repeated hits, dirt on the hit ball, dirt on the hit field 2 or the like due to dimples (dents) in the hit ball. There were various problems such as inaccuracy, resulting in inaccurate identification of the bat.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems of the conventional golf practice range management system, in which a practice ball having ID information is used to select a target area. The batted-in batted ball is automatically identified. It is an object of the present invention to realize a golf practice range management system that can immediately inform a practitioner at the bat of a ball hit result and quickly and accurately manage hit information and the like by controlling COM in a management room. .

[0012]

The present invention is directed to a ball provided with ID information, a launch information transmitting means for reading the ID information of a ball to be launched, which is provided in a bat at the bat area, and sends the bat information together with the bat information. Reaching information transmitting means for reading the ID information of the ball which is provided in the target area in the falling field on the front of the area and has been hit from the bat and has reached the target area, and transmitting the information together with the target area information, the reaching information transmitting means and the hitting information transmitting means. The management system for the golf driving range is equipped with a management means for managing the hitting result of the ball based on the information transmitted by. Further, the golf driving range management system is provided in which the launch information transmitting means is provided in the ball supply device at the bat. Further, a golf driving range management system is adopted in which the hit ball is treated as unarrival when the arrival information of the arrival information transmission means is not received by the management means within a set time after the ball is hit at the bat. .

Further, according to the present invention, a ball provided with ID information, a hitting information transmitting means for reading the ID information of a ball to be hit in a batted area within the batted area and sending the ball together with the batted ball information, and a falling ball in front of the batted area. I of the ball that is set in the target area in the field and is launched from the bat and reaches the target area
The arrival information sending means for reading the D information and sending it together with the target area information, and the management means for managing the hitting result of the ball based on the information sent by the reaching information sending means and the hitting information sending means, are provided by the management means. This system employs a golf driving range management system that displays the hit results of the bat at the bat and also manages the total.

[0014]

When the practitioner standing at the bat pushes the operation key of the ball supply device, the ball is set at the shot position. The ID code is read by the reading sensor and transmitted to the control unit while the ball set at the shot position is being fed. The control unit sends the ball's ID code transmitted together with its own bat code to the PLC.
Send to M. Here, the ball set on the tee or the mat is launched toward the falling ball field.

When the ball that has been hit and reaches the target area passes through the discharge passage, the ID of the ball is determined in accordance with the operation before hitting.
The code and the target area code are read. The ID code and the target area code read by the arrival side are similarly transmitted to the PLC, and the PLC further transmits to the COM. And C
The OM collates with the input signal from the launching side to determine the batted-off bat at which the ball is struck and the target area. For example, whether or not the struck-out ball has reached the target area is displayed on a display unit near the batted ball.
Further, on the COM CRT, the ID code of the ball sequentially hit at each turn at bat, the presence / absence of reaching the target area by rank, the arrival rate, etc. are selectively displayed for each practitioner.

[0016]

【Example】

Example 1. Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is an explanatory view of the configuration of an embodiment of the present invention. The same parts as those of the above-mentioned conventional drawings are given different reference numerals, and the structures are also different, so that they will be explained in some detail although they are partially overlapped. FIG.
1 is a golf practice range, 2 is a golf practice range 1
Is a ball used in. The structure of the ball 2 is shown in FIG.

In FIG. 2, reference numeral 20 is a chip-shaped data carrier enclosed in the ball 2, 21 is a transmitting / receiving coil, and 22 is a shell member having dimples. The ID technique described above is applied to the data carrier 20, and an ID code (ID information) for identification is given and stored in the memory. An ID code for identification unique to the ball 2 is given, for example, by writing English letters and 4-digit numbers together. The data carrier 20 surrounded by the coil 21 is preferably formed in a small spherical shape that is lightweight and does not decenter the center of gravity. Then, it is surrounded by the elastic material at the axial center inside the shell member 22,
It is not affected by the stress generated when the club is hit.

A block diagram of the internal circuitry of the data carrier 20 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 3, reference numeral 23 is a gate, 24 is a rectifier that rectifies a received signal by connecting a storage capacitor to an output end, and 25 is a memory including an EEPROM storing the above-mentioned ID code. Also, 26
Is an oscillator, 27 is a modulator that outputs a modulation signal of the ID code, 28 is an amplifier that amplifies the modulation signal, and 29 is a control circuit that controls the input / output operation of the data carrier 20.

Returning to FIG. 1 again, 3 is a batting area of the golf practice range 1 and 4 is a falling ball field developed in front of the batting area 3. The bat area 3 is composed of a plurality of bats 3a, 3b ..., Each of the bats 3a, 3b.
A turn at bat code consisting of 50 serial numbers is assigned.
The bats 3a, 3b, ... Are arranged in a substantially fan shape, in the vicinity of the center behind the falling ball field 4.

Reference numeral 31 is a supply device for the balls 2 provided in each of the bats 3a, 3b ..., 32 is a panel, 33 is a feed passage, 3
4 is a push-up rod (FIG. 4). Panel 32 of supply device 31
Although not shown in detail in, LCD (LEC) and LE
An operation unit having a display unit made of D and a touch key is provided. In addition, the supply device 31 communicates with a large ball stocker (not shown) through a ball supply path,
A predetermined amount of balls 2 designated by the practitioner are intermittently passed through the ball supply path at each bat 3a according to a PLC command described later.
, 3b ... are immediately supplied by air pressure.

Reference numeral 40 is a target area. Target area 40 (general term)
Is composed of a plurality of target areas 41, 42, ... Provided in a circle in the falling ball field 4, and the displayed target areas 41 to 43 and 44, 45 of the same yardage are at bat 3a.
, 3b ... are set to be almost equidistant from each other. Although illustration is omitted in each of the target areas 41 to 45, the bat 3
Pins that can be seen from a, 3b ... are erected and formed in a green shape. Then, the ball 2 that has been launched from the bats 3a, 3b ... And has reached each of the target areas 41 to 45.
Are to be collected under the green as shown.

Reference numeral 50 is a read sensor, and 60 is a control unit. Read sensor 50 and control
The unit 60 is also provided in each of the bats 3a, 3b, .... The batting information transmitting means 5 and the reaching information transmitting means 6 are configured by the sensors 50 and the units 60 provided in the respective bats 3a, 3b, ... And the target areas 41, 42 ,. A block diagram of the read sensor 50 and the control unit 60 is shown in FIG. Reference numeral 51 is an antenna unit, 52 is an amplifier, 53 is a booster circuit, 54 is a logic circuit, and 55 is a demodulation circuit. The antenna section 51 is composed of a transmitting coil 51a and a receiving coil 51b.

Further, 61 is a logic circuit, 62 is a microprocessor, 63 is a buffer memory, 64 is a communication interface, and 65 is a DIP switch. These control elements constitute a control unit 60.
The DIP switch 65 of the control unit 60 sets a turn at bat code and a target area code, and then transmits these setting codes to a programmable controller described below.

Numerals 7 and 8 are known programmable controllers (PLC) and computers (COM), which are connected to the control unit 60. Control·
PLC with sequence function connected to unit 60
Through an interface, 7 exchanges various kinds of information with COM, which is composed of a CPU arithmetic / control function and a RAM or ROM memory.

The operation of the embodiment of the present invention having the above structure will be described below. When the practitioner standing at the bats 3a, 3b ... presses the touch key on the operation unit of the supply device 31,
The ball 2 in the feed passage 33 is pushed by the push-up rod 34 to be teeed up or set at the shot position on the mat. The ball 2 set at the shot position is the feed passage 3
In the middle of 3, the ID code is read by the reading sensor 50 as follows.

When the practitioner performs a touch operation on the operation unit before hitting the ball, the ball 2 reads the sensor 5
It passes through the feed passage 33 in the vicinity of 0. At this time, PL
In response to the transmission command from C7, an electromagnetic wave is oscillated from the transmission coil 51a of the reading sensor 50 to the data carrier 20. The oscillated electromagnetic wave is received by the coil 21 of the data carrier 20, and the received electromagnetic energy is stored in the capacitor. Then, this power is supplied to the data carrier 20.
Is used as a power supply for transmission, and the ID code stored in the memory is transmitted from the transmission coil 21 via the internal control circuit 29 and the like.

The ID code transmitted from the transmission coil 21 is received by the reception coil 51b of the reading sensor 50,
After passing through the demodulation circuit 55, it is transmitted to the control unit 60 at the next stage. Furthermore, the control unit 60
Converts the signal transmitted from the antenna unit 51 into a constant code and stores it, and PLs the batting code together with it as the ID code of the ball 2 by a predetermined communication protocol.
Send to C7 and COM8.

In this case, in this embodiment, the PLC 7 provided for temporary storage stores the received ID code and the like to assist the processing speed of the COM 8. In addition, PLC7 is 1
In addition to the time memory, the control function of the player can control the supply of the ball 2 from the ball stocker to the at-bats 3a, 3b, the elimination of the nonconforming ball 2, or the instruction to read the ID code as described above. It has become.

Here, the ball 2 set on the tee or mat by reading the ID code before hitting is bat 3
a, 3b ... It is launched to the falling ball field 4 by the practitioner who stood. The balls 2 that have been hit by the falling ball field 4 and have reached the target area 40 are collected downward and pass through the discharge passage. A read sensor 50 and a control unit 60 are also provided in the target area 40 on the arrival side, and the ID code of the ball 2 is read according to the operation before the hit.

The ID code read by the arrival side is copied to the PLC 7 and COM together with the target area code in the same manner as the hitting side.
8 is sent. Then, the COM 8 collates with the input signal on the launching side and immediately displays, for example, whether or not the shot ball 2 has reached the target area on the display unit of the supply device 31 near the bat. Further, when the arrival and transmission of the ball is not made within the set time after the impact, the fact that the ball has not reached any target area is displayed on the display unit of the supply device 31 to the effect that the ball has not arrived.

Further, the CRT of the COM 8 selectively displays whether or not the balls 2 hit in turn at each of the bats have reached the target area, the arrival rate, and the like. A list of hitting balls and reaching balls in each target area can also be displayed on the CRT.
As a result, the practitioner can evaluate the stability of his or her own striking distance on the basis of the striking record represented by a specific numerical value. In addition to this, the COM 8 exchanges information with the PLC 7 to perform mechanical control of the practice field facility such as the above-mentioned supply of balls and calculation of the number of hit balls of each of the at-bats 3a, 3b ...

Although the above embodiment of the present invention has been described by exemplifying the case of a data carrier having an input / output coil, the present invention is also applied to the case of a data carrier having a built-in battery for power supply. can do. The built-in battery simplifies the internal circuits of the data carrier and read sensor. In particular, the use of a power generation type power source that generates electric energy by impact has the advantages that it is suitable for golf with hitting, has a simpler configuration, and can be used for a long period of time.

Although the stability of the batting distance is evaluated by providing a circle-shaped target area surrounding the pin, the flight distance may be evaluated by providing a belt-shaped target area equidistant from each bat. Good. At the same time, a target area may be provided on the net. Furthermore, although PLC and COM are used as the management means in the embodiment, a single COM or the like may be used for management, and the configurations of the launch information transmission means and the arrival information transmission means are not limited to the embodiment. Not something to do.

[0034]

INDUSTRIAL APPLICABILITY According to the present invention, a ball provided with ID information and an ID of a ball provided and hit at a bat in the bat area
A hitting information sending means for reading information and sending it together with the at-bat information, and ID information of a ball that has been hit from the at-bat and reached the target area provided in the target area in the front of the at-bat area and read and sends it together with the target area information The golf practice range management system is equipped with the reaching information transmitting means, and the managing means for managing the hit results of the ball based on the information transmitted by the reaching information transmitting means and the hitting information transmitting means. In addition, a golf driving range management system was adopted in which the launch information transmission means was provided in the ball supply device at the bat. Further, a golf practice range management system is adopted in which the hit ball is treated as unarrival when the arrival information of the arrival information transmission means is not received by the management means within a set time after the ball is hit at the bat.

Further, according to the present invention, I of a ball provided with ID information and a ball provided at a batted ball within the batted area and launched.
A launch information transmitting means for reading the D information and transmitting it together with the at-bat information, and an ID of a ball which is provided at the target area in the falling field on the front of the at-bat area and which is hit from the at-bat and reaches the at-target area.
It is equipped with arrival information transmitting means for reading information and transmitting it together with target area information, and management means for managing the hit record of the ball on the basis of the information transmitted by the arrival information transmitting means and the hitting information transmitting means. We adopted a golf driving range management system that displays the hit results in the bat and also manages the total.

As a result, according to the present invention, since hitting balls having a unique color or tone for each bat are not used as in the prior art, not only the sorting work of the balls can be omitted, but also bats are not related to the number of bats. Can be applied to all driving ranges. In addition, it is unnecessary to track a ball hitting only a specific bat at the camera with a sensor, and there is no danger and there is no difficulty in selecting the number of cameras installed and the installation positions. further,
Since the at-bat and the like are identified by using the ID information, it is possible to identify them accurately without affecting the scratches and stains on the ball surface.

Therefore, according to the present invention, the batted ball at the bat is automatically identified, the result of hitting the ball is immediately notified to the practitioner at the bat, and the batting information can be quickly and accurately managed. A system can be provided.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a structural explanatory view of an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an explanatory view showing the structure of a ball according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is an explanatory diagram of a configuration of FIG.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view of FIG.

FIG. 5 is a sectional view.

FIG. 6 is a view of a conventional management system viewed from a practice field side.

FIG. 7 shows an example of the use of color balls in a conventional management system.

FIG. 8 shows an example in which a camera with a sensor is used as a recognition means of a conventional management system.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 golf practice field 2 ball 3 batting area 4 falling ball field 5 hitting information sending means 6 reaching information sending means 7 PLC 8 COM 20 data carrier 25 memory 3a, 3b ... at-bat 31 supply device 32 panel 33 feed passage 34 push-up stick 40 target Area 50 Read sensor 60 Control unit

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A ball provided with ID information, a launch information sending means for reading the ID information of a ball to be launched, which is provided in a bat at the bat area, and sends it together with the bat information, and a hit ball field in front of the bat area. Arrival information transmitting means for reading the ID information of the ball that has been struck from the bat and has reached the target area and is transmitted together with the target area information, and the information transmitted by the arrival information transmitting means and the launch information transmitting means A management system for a golf driving range, comprising: management means for managing the hit record of the ball based on the above. 2. The golf practice range management system according to claim 1, wherein the launch information transmitting means is provided in a ball supply device at a bat. 3. The hit ball is processed as unarrival when the arrival information of the arrival information transmission means is not received by the management means within a time set after the ball is hit in the bat. The management system for a golf driving range described in 1 or 2. 4. A ball provided with ID information, a launch information sending means for reading the ID information of a ball to be launched, which is provided in a bat at the bat area, and sends it together with the bat information, and a hit ball field in the front of the bat area. Arrival information transmitting means for reading the ID information of the ball that has been struck from the bat and has reached the target area provided in the target area, and transmitting it together with the target area information, and the arrival information transmitting means and the launch information transmitting means. A management system for a golf driving range, comprising: a managing unit that manages the hitting record of the ball based on information, and displays the hitting result of the ball in the bat at the managing unit.