JPH0470674B2 - - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION (Field of Industrial Application) The present invention relates to a play management system at a golf course.

(Prior Art) From the viewpoint of golf course management, it is economically desirable to admit as many players as possible. Ideally, the play of the entire course should progress without delay, but depending on the layout of the course and the difficulty of the hole, there are holes where the progress tends to be delayed. In addition, progress may be delayed due to delays in the player's own play or problems that occur. As a way to speed up the progress of play, we encourage players to improve their morale and etiquette, and
For courses that Kiyaday follow, it is necessary to thoroughly educate Kiyaday. Further, for example, in the event of a situation such as an injury or an emergency notification to the player, it is desirable to take action as quickly as possible. Conventionally, efforts have been made to resolve stagnation in play through dialogue between players or between players or through instructions from staff members who patrol the course. In addition, in the event of a problem, the problem was reported to the Kyaday Master Office by reporting it to the above-mentioned staff member or the nearest rest area.

(Problem to be solved by the invention) Conventionally, golf courses have not had a communication network that covers all the holes, and the flow of players within the course has been limited to players returning to the player's player's room after their round. We had no choice but to rely on reports and the reports of the staff patrolling the course. In addition, the only way to contact players in an emergency is to send a staff member running, which puts pressure on normal operations and tends to delay communication in the event of a personal injury or battery failure. . It is conceivable to use a transceiver as a means of communication between the party and the Kiyaday master room. If an electric cart is used and the player follows suit, there will be no major problems in carrying and operating the cart, but if not, there is a problem in that it places a heavy burden on the player. In particular, there is an undesirable problem in that the sound generated by the transceiver during transmission and reception is loud and interferes with play.

(Means for Solving the Problems) The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems. A base unit that includes a base unit, and a slave unit that is placed at a suitable location on each hole and transmits information to the base unit, and each time the party reaches the next hole to play or every hole they hole out from. The information including at least the party number unique to each party is transmitted to the base unit via the slave unit installed in the hole, and the base unit that receives this information indicates which hole each party has currently reached. A play management system for a golf course characterized by displaying the information on the display device, and in this system, the parent device and the child device can send and receive information to each other, and the receiver can send and receive the transmitted information. A play management system for a golf course is characterized in that it is possible to display.

(Function) Each time the party reaches the next hole to play or for each hole they have holed out of, the party operates the slave unit to send the party number unique to the party to the central control room to the base unit, and the base unit The number of holes the party has reached at present is displayed on a display device.

In the event of a problem, the handset installed in each hall is operated to send information such as the type of trouble and party number to the main device, which then reports this to the central control room.

To contact a specific player from the central management office,
Since it is known which hole number the party to which the player belongs is currently playing, information to that effect is sent to the child machine of the next hole and displayed, and when the player reaches the hole. Make the players aware of this.

(Example) Hereinafter, the present invention will be explained in detail by taking as an example a golf course where there are kayaks and electric carts are used.

In FIG. 1, the present invention consists of a base unit 1 and a slave unit 2. As shown in FIG. The base unit 1 is placed in a player's day master room as a central control room, and the slave unit 2 is placed at a suitable location of each hole on the course, for example, at the playing ground. The base device 1 and the handset 2 can communicate with each other via a transmission path A via a transmission cable or an antenna.

The slave device 2 includes a receiving circuit 3 that receives signals transmitted from the base device 1, a signal processing circuit 4 that processes the signals, and a signal processed by the signal processing circuit 4 and input from the keyboard described below. A numeric display drive circuit 5 for displaying information in numbers based on signals, a keyboard 6 for inputting information to the base unit, an input circuit 7, an input confirmation LED drive circuit 8 for confirming input information, It consists of a signal processing circuit 9 that processes an input signal, an oscillation circuit 10 that oscillates this signal at a frequency specific to the handset, and a transmitting circuit 11 that sends this signal toward a transmission path A. As shown in FIG. 3, the handset 2 includes a keyboard 6, a transmitter/receiver 20 consisting of each of the circuits described above, and a power source 21, housed in a box 19 supported by a support. As the power source, a solar cell with a light receiving section built into the roof 22 of the box may be used.

The keyboard 6 has keys 0 to 9 as shown in FIG.
numeric keypad, clear key CL, and end key
It has END and function keys 12-15. Each function key is provided with LED ₁ to LED ₄ , which are driven by the input confirmation LED drive circuit 8 when the corresponding key is pressed. The function key 12 is used to report the battery up of the electric cart.
The function key 13 is used to report the occurrence of an emergency accident such as an injury or sudden illness. The function key 14 is used to report the occurrence of troubles other than battery rises and emergency accidents that may impede the continuation of play. The function key 15 is used to send an information OK signal when the user wishes to confirm information transmitted from the base unit, which will be described later.

In addition to the keyboard 6, the handset 2 is provided with display units 16 and 17 as display devices that display numbers corresponding to operations on the numeric keypad and numbers corresponding to information transmitted from the base unit.
The display section 16 displays the party number given to each party in accordance with the operation of the keyboard 6 of the child device and the processing of the transmission signal from the parent device. The display section 17 displays numerically the numbers 0 to 4 given to the players and players making up the party, as well as numbers corresponding to predetermined information (numbers other than 0 to 4). be. Predetermined information includes, for example, speed up the play (5), contact the Kiyaday Master Room (6), be careful or evacuate as thunderclouds are approaching (7), and finish the play. Various things can be considered, such as ``Is there something left behind at the hole and is there a corresponding person?'' (8), and it is sufficient to set something that suits the actual situation of the golf course.

The slave device is also provided with an alarm 18, which emits an alarm sound in response to key operations, which will be described later.

In FIG. 1, the main device 1 includes a receiving section 23, a processing section 24, a display device 25, an input circuit 26,
It consists of a keyboard 27, a numeric display drive circuit 28, a simultaneous instruction drive circuit 41, and a transmitter 29.

The receiving unit 23 includes a receiving circuit 30 that receives signals sent from each handset 2, and a demodulating circuit 31 that demodulates the received signals.

The processing unit 24 includes a storage circuit 32 that temporarily stores demodulated signals, a priority determination circuit 33 that determines the order in which the stored signals are received, a signal processing circuit 34 that processes the signals whose priorities have been determined, and a signal processing circuit 34 that processes the signals whose priorities have been determined. Based on the processing of the processing circuit 34, via the oscillation unit 29,
Signal reception end signal generation circuit 3 that generates an end signal indicating that the signal has been received to the handset that issued the signal.
5. A hole number display drive circuit 36 and a party number display drive circuit 37 for displaying the hole reached by the party in cooperation with each other on the display device 25 based on the processing of the signal processing circuit 34, and a display of an emergency request. Emergency display drive circuit 3 for
8. It consists of a trouble display drive circuit 39 for notifying the occurrence of trouble, and a battery up display drive circuit 40 for indicating battery up. The emergency display drive circuit 38, the trouble display drive circuit 39, and the battery up display drive circuit 40 are as follows:
When the drive circuits are activated, alarms 38a, 39a, and 40a are sounded to draw the attention of the staff in the Kyaday master room.

The display device 25 may be a display device using a cathode ray tube or a lamp-lit display device using a wall surface. A display device using a cathode ray tube can display each half on one screen and keep it constantly scanning, but it is easier to manage if it covers all the holes. FIG. 4 shows an example of a display device that can display 18 holes at a glance. This display device has a party number on the horizontal axis and a hole number on the vertical axis, and displays information sent to each party via a slave device for each hole.

For example, it is displayed that the party No. 1 has currently reached the 7th hole. At the right end of each hall column, there are column a for emergency requests sent from the handset, column b for battery-up occurrence report, and column c for trouble occurrence report, and these pieces of information are displayed. I'm starting to do that.
For example, the party number is not shown, but 11
The number 14 hole indicates that an emergency situation has occurred, and the 14th hole indicates that the battery has run high.

The keyboard 27 of the parent device is a computer keyboard, and is used to input information to the child device 2 in numbers. The input circuit 26 inputs signals input from the keyboard to the numeric display drive circuit 28 and the simultaneous instruction drive circuit 41. Simultaneous instruction drive circuit 41
is for simultaneously transmitting information for all halls, such as an evacuation order due to the occurrence of thunderclouds, to all slave units at the same time. activated by

The oscillator 29 is connected to the signal reception end signal generation circuit 3
5. A signal processing circuit 42 that processes signals input from the input circuit 26 and the simultaneous instruction drive circuit 41;
It consists of an oscillation circuit 43 that oscillates a processed signal at a predetermined frequency, and a transmission circuit 44 that sends out this signal toward the transmission path A.

The operation of information transmission from the parent device to the slave device will be explained based on FIG. 5 (FIG. 1).

When issuing a simultaneous instruction, a simultaneous instruction key (not shown) on the keyboard 27 is pressed. When this key is pressed, the simultaneous instruction drive circuit 41 turns on the display section 45 and instructs the signal processing circuit 42 to perform signal processing that can be simultaneously transmitted to all slave devices. Then, the user presses the number key 7 indicating the instruction content, for example, an evacuation order due to approaching thunderclouds. The input number 7 is displayed on the display section 4 by the number display drive circuit 28.
6. Check this display and end if there are no corrections. The input of the numeric key 7 indicating an evacuation order is transmitted from the oscillating unit 29 shown in FIG. 1 to the slave units in all halls via the transmission path A. The function of the handset will be described later.

If the instructions are not to be given all at once, the number of the hole to which the party to be instructed will arrive next is entered using the numeric keypad on the keyboard. This hole number is displayed on the display unit 46 via the input circuit 26 and the numeric display drive circuit 28. Check this display and if there is no correction, enter the party number, for example "31", using the numeric keypad.
Enter. This number is displayed on the display section 46. If there is no correction in this display, the player presses the number key 5 corresponding to a predetermined instruction, such as "speed up the progress of the play." The input number 5 is displayed on the display section 46. Check this display and end if there are no corrections. The hole number that has just been input is processed by the input circuit 26 and the signal processing circuit 42, and then converted by the oscillation circuit 43 into the frequency of the hole to be instructed, and sent from the transmitting circuit 44 to the transmission line A. In addition, the input party number "31" and the number 5 signal corresponding to the instruction content are as follows:
The information is transmitted from the transmitter 29 to the handset and displayed on the display units 16 and 17, respectively (see FIG. 2). When an instruction is given from the master unit to the slave unit, LED ₄ of the information key 15 lights up.
When party number 31 reaches the corresponding hole,
The number 5, which means "speed up the play," is displayed on the display of the handset. After confirming this, Kiyaday presses the INFORMATION OK function key 15 to turn off LED ₄ . Then, Kiyaday and the player try to speed up the subsequent play, and when such an instruction is given, Kiyaday can face the player with a relatively strong attitude, which can speed up the flow of play.

The information to "speed up the progress of play" is an instruction to the entire party including Kiyaday, but it is also an instruction to contact a specific player (including Kiyaday), such as "contact the Kiyaday master room". In this case, the number 6 indicating this is displayed on the display section 17. After confirming this, Kiyaday contacts the Kiyaday master room using the latest phone and receives some kind of instructions. In addition,
In the case of the information "Contact the Kyaday master room", press the information OK key 15, and in response, the base unit will send the number of a specific player or Kyaday to the display section 1.
7, mutual communication can be made quickly.

In FIG. 5, the CA key is a key for canceling the input of the simultaneous instruction keys, and the CK key is a clear key for canceling the last input number.

Next, we will explain the effect of information transmission from the slave unit to the base unit in the first place.
This will be explained based on FIGS. 2 and 6.

When the party reaches the next hole to play, it sends a message to that effect to the master machine via the slave machine. At this time, if an information message is displayed, check the content, press the information OK key, and then take appropriate action. If there is no emergency contact, press the numeric keypad to enter the party number. This number is displayed on the display section 16 by the input circuit 7 and the numeric display drive 5. If there is no error in the displayed content, press the end key END.
The input party number is converted into the frequency of a specific hall by the signal processing circuit 9 and the oscillation circuit 10, and then sent to the transmission A from the transmission circuit 11. In FIG. 1, a signal from the slave unit is processed by the processing unit 24 of the receiving unit 23 and is fed back to the slave unit via the signal reception end signal generating circuit 35 and the transmitting unit 29. Upon receiving this, the slave unit processes it using the receiving circuit 3 and signal processing circuit 4 and sounds the alarm 18, thereby notifying the master unit that the information transmission has been completed. on the other hand,
The base unit processes the transmitted information and displays the number of holes that the corresponding party has reached through the hole number display drive circuit 36 and party number display drive circuit 37 on the display device 25 (see Fig. 4). (see).

Returning to FIG. 6, when there is an emergency call, for example, a battery up report, the function key 12 corresponding to the content of the call is pressed. When this key is pressed, the input confirmation LED drive circuit 8 is activated and LED ₁ lights up. The battery up information is processed by the input circuit 7 and the signal processing circuit 7, converted into a specific hall frequency, and then sent to the base unit. In the base unit, this signal is processed and the battery up display drive circuit 40 is activated to display it on the display device 25 and also to sound the alarm 40a to notify the staff in the carrier master room. Further, this signal is fed back to the slave unit via the signal reception end signal generation circuit 35 and the transmitter 29. The handset that has transmitted this activates the signal processing circuit 4 to sound the alarm 18, and also activates the numeric display drive circuit 5 to turn off the LED ₁ . Thereafter, the party number is entered using the numeric keypad and the hole reached is reported to the base unit in the same manner as described above.

Information is successively input to the master unit from the slave units of each hole, but this signal is temporarily stored in the storage circuit 32 and processed in the input order determined by the priority determination circuit 33. The display device then displays which hole each party has currently reached. By looking at this display device, you can see the flow of each party throughout the course. If the display device indicates that several parties have reached a particular hole, this means that the progress of play at this hole or the next hole has stalled. Therefore,
In the Kyaday Master Room, information is sent to the slave machines in the corresponding halls to request that parties who are considered to be slow in progress request them to speed up play.

Further, the parent device receives information from the party such as battery up, occurrence of trouble, or occurrence of an emergency situation, and displays this information on the display device. If such information is delivered,
It goes without saying that appropriate measures will be taken immediately.

Although the above explanation is about the mode of information transmission between the master machine and the slave machine, the present invention can also be applied to play management at a specific hole.

There are cases where the landing point of a shot ball cannot be seen from the landing ground on a hole with a large up-down or a dodgy hole. In such a hole, the play of the hole is progressed by placing a forerunner, or by sending a signal to subsequent parties that the player of the party who has hit the second shot may make a shot. Therefore, in the present invention, the grandchild machine is placed at a point slightly closer to the green than the point where the golf ball lands. This grandchild machine may be paired with a slave machine placed on the playing ground of the hall, and may not be able to communicate with the master machine. and,
When the flight from the landing ground is completed, the red display lamp LR (see Figure 2) on the handset is turned on. When this party passes the location of the grandchild, if you press the push button of this grandchild, the indicator lamp LR of the descendant on the landing ground will go out, and for example, the green indicator lamp LG will light up, indicating that the party can start landing. This shall be a signal to that effect.

In addition, although the illustrated embodiment takes as an example a course that uses an electric cart and is followed by a kaddy, it goes without saying that the present invention can be carried out even if the course does not use an electric cart and is not followed by a kaddy. In this case, with regard to the operation method of the handset and digitized information, explanatory text may be attached to an appropriate place on the handset or on the scorecard.

(Effects of the Invention) As described above, according to the present invention, since the central control room can grasp the course play progress in real time, accurate instructions can be given immediately. This allows the course to play smoothly, allowing more players to enter than before.

Also, if you enable mutual communication between the base unit and slave unit,
Party members can contact the central control room, making it easier to deal with emergencies.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing one embodiment of the present invention;
FIG. 2 is a front view showing an example of the operation section and display section of the handset, FIG. 3 is a side view showing an example of the handset, and FIG. 4 is a partial sectional view showing an example of the display device of the parent device. FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the parent device, and FIG. 6 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the slave device. 1...Base unit, 2...Slave unit, 25...Display device.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. A master unit installed in the central control room and including at least a display device and a receiving device, and a slave unit placed at an appropriate location in each hall for transmitting information to the master unit. Each time a party reaches the next hole to play or for each hole they have holed out, information including at least a party number unique to the party is sent to the parent unit via the child unit installed at the hole. 1. A play management system for a golf course, characterized in that the master device that receives the transmission displays on the display device the number of holes that each party has currently reached. 2. A base unit installed in the central control room that includes a display device, transmitter/receiver, and a base unit located at appropriate locations in each hall that transmits information to the base unit and receives information from the base unit. and a slave device for displaying this information, and each time a party reaches the next hole to play or for each hole that has been holed out, information including at least a party number unique to the party is installed at that hole. The parent device receives the message and displays on the display device the number of holes that each party has reached at the moment, and the child device transmits the message to the parent device via the child device. A play management system for a golf course, characterized by receiving information transmitted from a golf course and displaying the information.