Virtual golf simulation apparatus for providing user-customized practice environment, server connected with the same through network, and user-customized practice environment provision method using virtual golf simulation

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9616328-B2
Application number	US-201214127974-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 22, 2012
Priority date	Jun 22, 2011
Publication date	Apr 11, 2017
Grant date	Apr 11, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed herein are a virtual golf simulation apparatus for providing a user-customized practice environment, a server connected with the virtual golf simulation apparatus through a network, and a user-customized practice environment provision method using the virtual golf simulation, which are capable of providing various practice modes for each golf shot so that a user can practice a specific golf shot intensively using golf simulation based on virtual reality to realize a virtual environment that cannot be experienced on a real golf driving range so that the user can intensively practice a golf shot which is more exciting, more intensive, and more practically useful in a real game.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A virtual golf simulation apparatus for providing a user-customized practice environment, comprising:
a simulation means for realizing a virtual environment regarding each of a plurality of practice modes preset so that a user can perform golf practice for each kind of golf shot and simulating a trajectory of a ball according to the golf shot taken by the user in the realized virtual environment;
a set environment control means for controlling the virtual environment so that the user can practice the golf shot according to a set condition in a practice mode set according to practice curriculum setting information for the user set based on an analysis result of a record regarding a result of golf practice performed by the user; and
a shot analysis means for determining whether the golf shot taken by the user is good or bad according to the practice curriculum setting information.

2. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a curriculum setting means for analyzing the record regarding the golf practice result of the user and setting a practice curriculum regarding a practice mode and a practice condition in which the user will practice a golf shot based on the analysis result to generate the practice curriculum setting information, wherein
the set environment control means realizes a virtual practice environment in which the user can practice the golf shot according to the practice curriculum setting information generated by the curriculum setting means.

3. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein
the virtual golf simulation apparatus is connected with a server or another terminal through a network, and
the set environment control means transmits the record regarding the golf practice result of the user to the server or the terminal, receives the practice curriculum setting information generated according to an analysis result of the record from the server or the terminal, and provides the user with a virtual practice environment set based on the practice curriculum setting information.

4. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the shot analysis means is configured to set a criterion for determining whether the golf shot taken by the user is good or bad based on at least one of an average record of users, a record arbitrarily set by a specialist, and skill ranking of the user.

5. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the set environment control means allows the user to request correction of the practice curriculum setting information based on the analysis result of the shot analysis means, and, when the user requests the correction of the practice curriculum setting information, corrects the practice curriculum setting information based on the analysis result of the shot analysis means or transmits the practice curriculum setting information to a server or another terminal so that the practice curriculum setting information can be corrected.

6. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a sensing device for sensing at least one of a golf club and the ball according to a golf swing performed by the user, and a club recognition means for recognizing information regarding a golf club used by the user to take a golf shot, wherein
the simulation means calculates a trajectory of the ball based on a result sensed by the sensing device and information regarding the golf club recognized by the club recognition means so that the ball can be simulated.

7. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein, in a case in which the practice curriculum setting information comprises a set condition regarding kind of a golf club to be used by the user for golf practice, or a set condition regarding a practice distance, the set environment control means is configured to determine whether the golf club recognized by the club recognition means coincides with the golf club according to the set condition and, upon determining that the golf club recognized by the club recognition means coincides with the golf club according to the set condition, to provide a virtual environment according to the practice curriculum setting information.

8. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shot analysis means for analyzing the simulation result of the golf shot taken by the user to determine whether the simulation result corresponds to a preset condition; and
a customized lesson provision means for generating customized lesson content based on the analysis result of the shot analysis means and providing the generated customized lesson content to the user or for transmitting the analysis result of the shot analysis means to a server connected with the virtual golf simulation apparatus through a network, receiving information regarding the customized lesson content according to the analysis result of the shot analysis means from the server, and providing the received customized lesson content to the user, in a case in which the simulation result corresponds to the preset condition.

9. The virtual golf simulation apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a shot analysis means for analyzing the simulation result of the golf shot taken by the user to determine whether the simulation result corresponds to a preset condition; and
a lesson request means for providing the interface for requesting a golf lesson in a case in which the simulation result corresponds to the preset condition.

10. A server connected with a virtual golf simulation apparatus for realizing a virtual environment regarding each of a plurality of practice modes preset so that a user can practice a golf shot intensively for each kind of golf shot and simulating a trajectory of a ball according to a sensing result of at least one of a golf club and the ball according to a golf swing performed by the user in the realized virtual environment through a network, the server comprising:
a database for storing information regarding users registered in the server; and
a processor for setting items regarding a practice mode and a practice condition in which the user will practice a golf shot based on a record analysis result according to a result of golf practice performed by the user through the virtual golf simulation apparatus to generate practice curriculum setting information and transmitting the generated practice curriculum setting information to the virtual golf simulation apparatus, wherein
the virtual golf simulation apparatus comprises a shot analysis means for determining whether the golf shot taken by the user is good or bad according to the practice curriculum setting information.

11. The server according to claim 10 , wherein the processor comprises a curriculum setting means for receiving the record regarding the golf practice result of the user from the virtual golf simulation apparatus and analyzing the received record or for automatically setting items regarding a practice mode and a practice condition in which the user will practice a golf shot based on the analysis result to generate the practice curriculum setting information.

12. The server according to claim 10 , wherein
the server is configured to be connected with a specialist terminal through a network, and
the processor is configured to receive the record regarding the golf practice result of the user from the virtual golf simulation apparatus, transmit the received record or a record regarding the user stored in the database to the specialist terminal, and transmit the practice curriculum setting information set

Assignees

• Song Jae Soon
• Cho Seong In
• Im Sung Young
• Golfzon Co Ltd

Inventors

• Song Jae Soon
• Cho Seong In
• Im Sung Young

Classifications

• G06Q30/00

  Commerce · CPC title

• A63F13/573

  using trajectories of game objects, e.g. of a golf ball according to the point of impact · CPC title

• G06Q50/10

  Services · CPC title

• A63B69/36 Primary

  for golf · CPC title

• A63F13/005 Primary

  Human Necessities · mapped topic