JPS6147108B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION The present invention relates to a stationary ball hitting ball game training device, which is similar to playing golf by going to a golf course without actually going to the golf course. Regarding a device that allows you to practice.

Examples of ball games in which a stationary ball is hit to hit a target position include golf and gateball. Among these, in the case of golf, those who actually play go to an existing golf course and play all the usual holes in one round. However, since there are only a few golf courses and many people play golf, it is common for people who want to play golf to make a reservation to use the golf course in advance. In such cases, a person who wants to play golf may not be able to make a reservation as intended, and even if a person can make a reservation, the usage fee for the golf course is high, so it is often not possible to rent the golf course frequently. By the way, since each hole on a golf course has a different topography and a different arrangement of ponds, trees, bunkers, etc., it is most desirable to actually play the hole in order to become good at golf. However, this is not easy for the reasons mentioned above, so people try to learn how to swing a golf club correctly, and various training devices have been devised for this purpose.

Conventionally, some of these training devices are capable of calculating the virtual travel distance of the ball and the flight angle indicating how far the ball is deflected by detecting the swing state of the club head before and after impact. However, with this device, you can practice the basics of swinging, but you can set a target point according to the changes in the topography of each hole on the golf course, swing according to the distance to reach this target point, and practice this with each stroke. The essence of golf, which is trying to minimize the number of strokes overall, cannot be practiced. As a result, I was unable to practice golf.

As described above, the present invention specifically displays the layout of an existing golf course as a drawing or image, in order to improve the inconvenience of not being able to practice without going to a golf course. The ball hitting position and target position are determined on the drawing or image, and on the other hand, the ball landing position is displayed on the drawing or image based on the ball landing distance and flight angle calculated from the swing state of the club head of the golf club. To provide a stationary ball batting ball game training device which repeatedly combines drawings or images with the actual swing of a club to express the same effect as practicing on an actual golf course.

Next, one embodiment of the present invention will be described based on FIGS. 1 to 5.

In FIGS. 1 and 2, P indicates a golf simulation execution unit, which calculates each golf stroke based on data on the actual swing state of the golf club and displays this on the drawing. , which allows you to play golf on the drawing. For this purpose, this golf simulation execution section P is composed of each hole layout display card 1 (FIG. 3A), a course data storage cartridge 2 (FIG. 3B), and an execution section main body 3.

Each hole layout display card 1 shows the course layout of one hole of one golf course on a transparent sheet 11, and has a cutout 12 on the side thereof for identifying the hole number. The part shown above is the Teiground 11
a, fairway 11b, pond 11c, green 1
1d, a flat display section showing the bunker 11e, and a side display section showing the undulating state of the terrain. In addition, the golf course name is written in the upper right corner of the transparent sheet 11.
The number of holes, standard number of strokes (PAR), and total length are listed.

The course data storage cartridge 2 stores various data such as the distance of each position of the illustrated portion for each hole and the undulation of the topography for all the holes of this golf course.
It is composed of LSI.

The execution part main body 3 corresponds to the insertion part 31 into which the hole layout display card 1 is inserted, and the plane part shown in the drawing in this inserted state, and places display points at position coordinates that correspond one-to-one to each position on this plane. a liquid crystal display section 32, a target operation section 33 that can arbitrarily select and display the target that will be the target point of the ball by moving the lever 33a back and forth and left and right; and a number of players that can select the number of players by sliding the button. A selection operation section 34, a club selection operation section 35 operated by a push button, displays the type of club in advance on the surface of the insertion section 31, and displays the selected club using a movable arrow on the liquid crystal display section 32. A club display section 36, a cartridge storage section 37 that removably accommodates the course data storage cartridge 2, a player display section 38 where one of the players is designated and displayed, a wind direction and wind speed that are selected and displayed. A display section 39, a remaining distance display section 40 that displays the distance from the ball's arrival position to the center of the green, a target distance display section 41 that displays the ball's arrival position and the distance to the target, the set target position and the ball's arrival position A deviation distance display section 42 that displays the distance from the club swing state, a fly ball distance display section 43 that displays the virtual fly ball distance of the ball calculated from club swing state data detected by a club swing state detection section that will be described later, and a score display. It is composed of a section 44. These are controlled by the device shown in FIG.

Also shown in FIG. 1 is a club swing state detection section D, which detects the swing state of the club head H before and after impact. This club swing state detection section D is composed of a light receiving section 5 and a detection section 6. Light receiving part 5
A board 52 is attached to the center of a frame 51 having an artificial lawn on the surface, and a fly ball line 52a indicating the direction of movement of the ball due to a correct swing is attached to this board.
Four photoreceptors 52b, 52c, 52d,
52e are provided so as to be located at each corner of the elongated rectangle. Each of these photoreceptors is connected to the detection section 6 through an optical fiber.
This detection unit 6 determines the time when the club head H passes through the photoreceptors 52b, 52d, or 52c, 52e, and the time when the club head H passes through the photoreceptors 52d, 52e, or 52e in the lateral direction.
2b and 52c, the time difference in the reception of light by each set of photoreceptors is detected. These time and time difference data are transmitted to the simulation execution unit P, where the control mechanism shown in Figure 3 calculates the virtual fly distance of the ball and the deviation angle of the ball from the fly ball line based on these data. A virtual fly ball angle is calculated. In addition, in this calculation, the velocity of the club head before and after impact is calculated, and based on this and the above fly ball angle, statistical calculations are made taking into account the type of club selected, the selected wind direction, and wind speed conditions. The calculated formula is used.

Here, the apparatus shown in FIG. 4 includes a main control section 7, a hole number identification section 8, an extended storage section 9 composed of the course data storage cartridge 2, and a calculation section 1.
0, a storage section 11', each of the above-mentioned operation sections, and a display section. The main control unit 7 is the execution unit main body 3
and the swing state detecting section D according to a predetermined program. A hole number identifying section 8 detects the position of the notch 12 of the hole layout display card and identifies a hole number indicating how many holes the course has. The calculation section 10 calculates the virtual flight distance and virtual flight angle of the ball based on the data from the detection section 6 and using calculation formulas that take into account the various conditions described above. Further, the corresponding distance on the diagram is calculated from the data on the scale of the actual course of each hole and the diagram shown on the hole layout display card 1 from the expansion storage section 9 and the data on the flight distance.
At the same time, the display point selected by the target operation section 33 is calculated, and this and the display point selected by the target operation section 33 are calculated.
Assuming that the direction of the line connecting the first hit position corresponding to , coincides with the direction of the fly ball line, the fly ball angle on the diagram is calculated based on this reference point. The arrival position of the ball on the diagram is determined by this fly ball angle and the distance corresponding to the above fly ball distance. Once this arrival position is determined, the fly ball angle is determined using the line connecting this arrival position and the newly set target in the same manner as above as the reference line, and this corresponds to the fly ball distance determined in the same manner as above. The arrival position of the second ball can be determined by the distance traveled. Thereafter, the arrival position of the ball is calculated in the same manner until the ball reaches the green 11d. In addition, the calculation unit 10 counts the number of strokes each time the arrival position of the ball is determined. At this time, the distance between the ball arrival position on the green 11d and the cup position is determined, one or two strokes are added depending on the length of this distance, and this total value is taken as the score. It has been empirically confirmed that the ball is cut in by these numbers of strokes. The score obtained in this manner is stored as it is in the storage unit 11' for the first hole, but the score for the second hole is summed with the score for the first hole in the calculation unit 10, and this is stored in the storage unit 11'. is newly memorized and this is repeated sequentially from the third hole onwards.
The storage section 11' stores various data such as data obtained by the calculation section 10, data based on the operation of the target operation section 33, data displayed on the display section, and the program.

Note that when the lever 33a (automatically returned by a spring) of the target operating section 33 is in the neutral position, the main control section stops the target at the selected position, and the lever 33
When tilting a, the target is moved in that direction according to the degree of inclination, and by repeating this, any display point on the liquid crystal display section 32 can be selectively displayed. Further, an interface is interposed between each of the above-mentioned operation sections and each display section, and a display control section is present in each display section, but these are not shown.

Next, the operation of this embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 4 will be explained based on FIG. 5.

Suppose now that a player wants to practice on a course at a famous golf course, for example.

(1) The course data storage cartridge 2 in which the course data of all the holes of this golf course is stored for each hole is stored in the cartridge storage section 37. As a result, the storage section built into this cartridge 2 becomes capable of transmitting data to the main control section 7 as an extended storage section 9.

(2) Operate the player number selection operation section 34 to select either one or two players. In this case, it is assumed that two people have been selected.

(3) Each hole layout display card 1 listed for each course layout of each hole of this golf course
For example, the hole layout display card for the first hole is taken out and inserted into the insertion section 31 of the execution section main body 3. Thereby, the hole number identifying section 8 detects the position of the notch 12 of the card and identifies the hole number. This number is stored in the storage section 11' via the main control section 7, and then taken out and decoded by the main control section 7. Based on this number, the number is stored in the course data of all holes stored in the extended storage section 9. The course data for the first hole is selected.

(4) The main control unit 7 decodes the course data for the first hole and creates several patterns of wind direction and wind speed for the course of this hole using random numbers that the main control unit 7 has operated from the time of startup. It is selected and displayed with a certain probability determined by the matching value when the above card is inserted. In this case, a northeast wind pattern of 18 m/s was selected and displayed.

(5) The main control unit 7 displays a display point corresponding to the taking ground 11a.

(6) By operating the number of players selection operation section 34, the main control section 7 decodes this data in the same manner as above, determines the selected number of players and batting order, and displays Player A or B on the player display section 38. . In this case, it is player B.

(7) Player B operates the target operation unit 33 while looking at the diagram of the course for the first hole on the above card, and this data is decoded by the main control unit 7 in the same manner as above, and the display points are set based on this data. is displayed on the liquid crystal display section 32, and this is marked as a dot (x) on the diagram.
It appears. Player B repeats this process to determine the target position of the ball. This position is stored in the storage section 11', and further
0, the distance to the taking ground 11a is calculated, and this is displayed on the target distance display section 41 by the main control section 7 in the same manner as described above.

(8) Player B sees this and selects a club, and operates the button on the club selection operation section 35 to move the arrow on the club display section 36 to indicate the club. This data is stored in the storage section 11'.

(9) Player B plays the selected club, e.g.
Swing on the light receiving section 5 using IRON 3. In this swing state, the photoreceptor 52b~
It is detected by the detection unit 6 via 52e, and sent to the execution unit main body 3.

(10) The main control unit 7 sends the input data to the calculation unit 10 by the same operation as above, and further sends the data stored in the expansion storage unit 9 to the calculation unit 10.
Here, the above-mentioned calculations such as the ball's arrival position are performed, the trajectory of the ball is displayed, and the arrival point (● mark) is displayed, and the position of the ball, the remaining distance to the center of the green, the ball and the target are displayed. The deviation distance, fly ball distance, and score are displayed on the respective display sections 40 to 44 via the storage section 11' in the same manner as described above.

(11) The main control unit 7 sends the data of the ball arrival position from the storage unit 11' to the calculation unit 10, and further sends the data from the expansion storage unit 9 to the calculation unit 10, so that the ball reaches the green 11d. Perform a comparison operation to determine whether or not, and if it has not been reached, perform the above (6)
Return to , this time specify player A and display it.
Thereafter, the same process as above is repeated for player A as well. Note that the display of each of the display sections 40 to 44 is changed when the amount to be displayed is output. Now, assuming that neither of the balls of players A nor B has reached the green 11d, the main control unit 7 determines that the play is being played by two players, and the ball of player A and player B stored in the storage unit 11' is In order to cause the calculation unit 10 to compare and calculate the remaining distance of player B, and to instruct the player with a larger remaining distance, for example, player B, to play first,
Return to (6). If the same thing is repeated and, for example, player A's ball reaches the green 11d first among players A and B, the main control unit 7 determines that the play is being played by two players. By comparing the remaining distances in the same manner as above, the process returns to (6) and instructs player B to play. This is repeated until player B reaches the green 11d.

(12) When player B reaches green 11d,
The main control section 7 determines from the data stored in the storage section 11' whether the player is within the 1-putt range or the 2-putt range according to a predetermined standard from the remaining distance of both players, and adds these values to each player's score. The calculated number of strokes is calculated by the calculation unit 10 and displayed on the score display unit 44 in the same manner as described above. After playing the first hole in this way,
Hole layout display card 1 for the 1st hole
pull out. As a result, each display section, except for the score display section 44, becomes 0, returning to its original state. Then, when the hole layout display card for the second hole is operated in the same manner as the card for the first hole, the score of each player is determined in the same manner as above. This score is then summed up with the score of the first hole in the calculation section 10 and displayed on the score display section 44. The same process is repeated thereafter, and the total score for all holes is displayed on the score display section 44. Here, the score may be displayed as a total number of strokes as described above, but it may also be made to sequentially accumulate differences in standard number of strokes.

Note that the liquid crystal display section 32 may be a display section such as a CRT, and in this case, the diagram shown on the card is displayed directly on the CRT screen. Further, the course data storage cartridge 2 may be a floppy disk or a magnetic tape, in which case the data is read into the storage section 11'. Further, although the above explanation was about golf, gateball can also be considered in the same way.

As explained above, in the end, according to the present invention, for example, a golf course for each hole is illustrated, a target is selected and designated on the diagram, and the fly ball distance and fly ball angle are determined by the actual swing of the club. Since the destination of the ball is determined based on the golf course and can be repeated sequentially, it is possible to practice on the golf course without going to the actual golf course. In particular, if the layout of the actual golf course course is accurately represented on the drawing, and the above fly ball distance and fly ball angle are calculated by taking into account climate and topographical conditions, the results will be more consistent with the results of playing golf at an actual golf course. do. In this way, it is possible to easily practice golf on a famous golf course.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

Fig. 1 is an overall perspective view of an embodiment of the device of the present invention, Fig. 2 is a plan view of its simulation execution section, Fig. 3 A is a diagram showing the hole layout display card, and Fig. 3 B is a course data storage. A diagram showing a cartridge,
FIG. 4 is a diagram illustrating the configuration of this embodiment, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart illustrating its operation. In the figure, D is a swing state detection section, 7 is a main control section, 9 is an extended storage section, 10 is a calculation section, 11' is a storage section, 32 is a liquid crystal display section, 33 is a target selection operation section, and 52a is a fly ball It is a line.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A ball game simulation practice device that uses a ball hitting tool to hit a stationary ball into a target position one after another, which includes a detection means for detecting the swing state of the ball hitting tool, a ball game course layout that can be illustrated by an image or a drawing, and a ball game simulation device that A display means that can display each position on the diagram as a display point based on position coordinate data corresponding to each position on the diagram of the course, and a target selection means that can select any position on the diagram; From data on the swing state of the ball-hitting tool detected by the detection means, calculate the virtual ball movement declination angle, which is the deviation angle from the ball movement standard line indicating the ball movement direction based on the ball's virtual reach and correct swing on the ball game course. In addition, the virtual reach distance and virtual ball movement are made so that the direction on the diagram determined by the display point selected and displayed by the target selection means and the first hit point position determined on the diagram coincides with the ball movement reference point. The ball arrival position corresponding to the position determined by the deflection angle is determined on the diagram above. After this, the direction on the diagram is determined based on this ball arrival position and the arbitrarily selected display point, and based on this, the subsequent swing of the ball hitting tool is performed. Similar to the above, there is a calculation means for determining another ball arrival position, a storage means for storing data necessary for the above calculation and display, and a data stored in this storage means is appropriately taken out to display the display means, the calculation means and the target. A stationary ball batting ball game training device, comprising a control means for controlling the selection means, and for sequentially determining and displaying the ball arrival position by swinging a ball hitting tool, thereby sequentially moving the ball arrival position to a target position. .