GOLF LESSON APPARATUS AND SERVER BY USING INTRINSIC LOCATION AND USER AUTHENTICATION

• US 20100062869A1
• Filed: 12/21/2007
• Published: 03/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 12/22/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Godice Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Godice Incorporated
• Inventors: Chung, Ik-Soo, Kim, Joon-Cheol, Chung, Soo-Jin
• Application Number:
  US12/520,837
• Publication Number:
  US 20100062869A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/131
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/0038 Sports

Abstract

This invention relates to a golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication which is installed at each tee box of golf courses or driving ranges. This invention aims simple and easy correction of user'"'"'s swing posture, and is comprised of: the Wireless Communication Part which authenticates users with the user'"'"'s RFID ID card; the Motion Detection Part which records user'"'"'s swing posture; the Data Storage Part which stores the video of the user'"'"'s swing posture; the Key Input Interface Part which receives user'"'"'s command; the Display Part which shows the video of the user'"'"'s swing posture on real time basis and the video of analysis and lesson on user'"'"'s swing posture transmitted from the golf lesson server; the Network Interface Part which connects the golf lesson server via wired/wireless networks; and the Control Part which provides the services linked with the Golf Lesson Server.

Claims

1. In the apparatus providing golf lesson service to users by being equipped at each tee box of the golf course or driving range linked with a golf lesson server:

Wireless Communication Part which conducts wireless communication with user'"'"'s membership card and golf club to authenticate the user and collect information of the above golf club;

Motion Detection Part which records or captures the swing posture of the user;

Data Storage Part which stores the moving or still pictures of the swing of the user from said user motion detector, the lesson pictures from the said golf lesson server, and the IDs of the golf course or driving range and tee box;

Key Input Interface Part which receives the command for the saving and analysis options of said the swing videos of the;

Display Part which displays the said swing videos and the information of the golf course or driving range;

Network interface Part which communicates with the said golf lesson server via wired or wireless communication network;

Control Part which provides users with the said golf lesson services in link with the said golf lesson server, authenticates users, records, replays and transmits said the videos of the users'"'"' swing posture, and receives and replays one or more of the said lesson videos analyzing swing, common lesson videos, and golf professional'"'"'s swing videos.

2. The golf lesson apparatus and server using intrinsic location and user authentication in accordance with claim 1, wherein the said Wireless Communication Part makes use of one or more of the short-range wireless communication means such as RFID (Radio Frequency Identification), Bluetooth, IrDA (Infrared Data Association), Zigbee and Ultra Wideband.

3. The golf lesson apparatus and server using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Wireless Communication Part is characterized by automatically reading user ID and membership information from user'"'"'s membership card when the user enters the tee box with the membership card.

4. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Motion Detection Part is characterized by having at least one of the cameras which record user'"'"'s swing posture and one of the motion detecting sensors.

5. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 4, wherein the said motion detecting sensor can detect the user'"'"'s entry into the tee box, recognize the user'"'"'s motion and classify the unit of motions.

6. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Control Part receives the user ID from the membership card and transmits it together with the IDs of the golf course or driving range and tee box to the said golf lesson server for user authentication.

7. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Control Part records user'"'"'s swing posture, replays it immediately after the swing, and transmits the video of the swing posture to the said golf lesson server for storage in said data storage part by receiving the save command from the user through said key input interface part.

8. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein said Control Part, after transmitting said videos of swing posture to said golf lesson server, receives, stores, and replays at least one of the above lesson videos analyzing the above swing video, the above common lesson video, and golf professional'"'"'s swing video.

9. The golf lesson apparatus and server using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein said videos of swing posture is stored in the said golf lesson server along with the IDs of the user, golf course or driving range, and the tee box.

10. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Control Part, when receiving the information on the golf club from the said Wireless Communication Part, in link with the said golf lesson server, provides at least one of the videos of the golf professional who uses the same type golf club, the video of the swing posture optimized for the golf club, and the characteristic information of the golf club.

11. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Control Part automatically replays the videos which are reserved by the user by accessing the said golf lesson server through user authentication.

12. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 1, wherein the said Display Part is 2/3-dimensional display using LCD monitor or hologram.

13. A golf lesson apparatus and server using intrinsic location and user authentication which is characterized by being comprised of:

a Software Programs Storage Part which stores the software programs required for said golf lesson services;

a Database which stores the video of the swing posture of the user and lesson;

a key input interface part which receives control command inputs from users;

Display Part of multiple display monitors which provide visual monitoring of the said videos of swing posture received from the said golf lesson system;

a Communication Part which performs communication between the said golf lesson system and personal mobile communication terminals via wired or wireless network;

a Server Control Part which runs the said software programs on the said software programs storage part, authenticates users by receiving the IDs of the user, golf course or driving range and tee box, or via personal mobile communication terminal, creates, saves and transmits lesson videos with the received video of the swing posture, monitors golf course or driving range and tee box, and searches and controls the data stored in the said database and golf lesson system.

14. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the Software Programs Storage Part stores one or more of the software programs for the said swing posture analysis, control and authentication of the IDs of users, golf courses, driving ranges, and tee boxes, monitoring of the said multiple golf lesson systems, server management, index code analysis of the videos of swing posture, and database search mapping.

15. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Display Part provides the monitoring displays by the golf course, driving range, lesson, club, tee box, and user, for the whole tee boxes of the golf course or driving range when selected by the operator via the said Key Input Interface Part, or zoom up display of a specific tee box selected by the operator.

16. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part authenticates the user with the IDs of the user, golf course or driving range, and tee box received from the user'"'"'s personal mobile communication terminal, and after successful authentication, transmits the authentication result to the said golf lesson system installed at said tee box of the golf course or driving range.

17. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part, when providing the video for lesson after analyzing the swing posture, creates and replays the said video for lesson immediately after receiving the said video of the swing posture, or displays the said video for lesson on the said golf lesson system at the tee box of the golf course or driving range at the time preset by the user.

18. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 17, wherein the said video for lesson is one or more of the videos analyzing the swing posture, correction of the swing posture in accordance with the drop position of the ball (rough, bunker, fairway, and trouble), approach method according to the drop position of the ball with the background image of the real course, and a golf professional on real course.

19. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part searches and provides the user with the data stored in the said database and/or golf lesson system when the user requests search of the videos for lesson via the said golf lesson system, computer system, personal mobile communication system or IPTV.

20. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part can provide the golf lessons differentiated by the golfer'"'"'s level and environment, golf club, field condition, physical condition, characteristics of the swing posture, and field experiences, and can proceed with the follow-up lessons considering the record of the previous lesson.

21. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part can provide one or more golf lesson progress schedule through the Display Part of the said golf lesson system, in accordance with the level selected by the user.

22. The golf lesson apparatus and server using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part, when receiving the information on the golf club of the user from the said golf lesson system, provides one or more of the video of the golf professional who uses the same type golf club, the video of the swing posture optimized for the golf club, and the characteristic information of the golf club.

23. The golf lesson apparatus and server by using intrinsic location and user authentication as in claim 13, wherein the said Server Control Part, upon entry of the user into the tee box, automatically transmits the video previously selected by the user by accessing the said golf lesson server.