INFORMATION TERMINAL, GOLF CLUB MANAGEMENT METHOD, AND PROGRAM

• US 20130274034A1
• Filed: 12/28/2011
• Published: 10/17/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/29/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Django, Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Django, Ltd.
• Inventors: Sawatari, Shigeo
• Granted Patent: US 9,433,837 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 473/407
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 10/06 Resources, workflows, human or project management; Enterprise or organisation planning; Enterprise or organisation modelling

Abstract

Provided is a golf club management system that enables easy management of detailed information on golf clubs and information on golf club settings. A golf bag display control unit (54) determines, from a golf bag configuration information table (58b), golf clubs stored in a golf bag designated by the user and further determines, from a golf club information table (58a), the type group each golf club belongs to. Next, it determines the type groups the types of the golf clubs stored in the golf bag are distributed to, and in accordance with the distribution pattern, determines the positions on a display device to show the images of the golf club heads. The image of a golf club head is created from a head image obtained with a head image data name, which is acquired from the golf club information table (58a).

Claims

1. An information terminal comprising:

a storage unit for storing types of golf clubs by individual golf club, the storage unit further storing head images of golf clubs;

a golf club management unit for managing the golf clubs in association with head images of the golf clubs or head images of other golf clubs; and

a display control unit for controlling head images individually associated with a plurality of golf clubs to be displayed to be shown on a display device,

wherein the display control unit determines positions to display the head images based on a type group distribution pattern indicating how many golf clubs of the plurality of golf clubs to be displayed belong to each of type groups, each type group including one or more of the types.

2. The information terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the storage unit stores information indicating golf clubs belonging to each golf bag, and

wherein the display control unit determines that golf clubs belonging to a golf bag specified by a user or in accordance with predetermined conditions are to be displayed.

3. The information terminal according to claim 1,

wherein the storage unit stores other information on the golf clubs by individual golf club,

wherein the head images shown on the display device are selectable by a user, and

wherein, when one of the head images is selected, the display control unit shows at least part of the other information on a golf club associated with the selected head image on the display device.

4. The information terminal according to claim 1, wherein the display control unit shows the head images of the golf clubs in image groups collected by type group on the display device, each of the image groups showing head images of golf clubs belonging to the same type group to be adjacent to or overlapped with one another.

5. The information terminal according to claim 4,

wherein positions in height to display the image groups are determined depending on corresponding type groups, and adjusted to satisfy at least one of the relations:

(A) that a top of an image group determined to be displayed at a higher position is positioned higher than a top of an image group determined to be displayed at a lower position; and

(B) that a bottom of an image group determined to be displayed at a higher position is positioned higher than a bottom of an image group determined to be displayed at a lower position.

6. The information terminal according to claim 5,

wherein the storage unit stores club lengths of the golf clubs by individual golf club, and

wherein the display control unit compares club lengths of golf clubs associated with head images included in an image group for each image group and adjusts positions to display the head images in the image group in such an arrangement that golf clubs having longer club lengths are positioned higher.

7. The information terminal according to claim 1, further comprising a communication control unit for connecting to an external network and controlling data transmission and reception,

wherein the golf club management unit acquires, in accordance with an instruction of a user, at least either the type or the head image for each of the golf clubs from a predetermined server via the external network.

8. A golf club management method in an information terminal including a display device for showing information and a storage unit storing types of golf clubs by individual golf club and head images of golf clubs, the golf club management method comprising the steps of:

a golf club management step for managing the golf clubs in association with head images of the golf clubs or head images of other golf clubs; and

a display control step for controlling head images individually associated with a plurality of golf clubs to be displayed to be shown on a display device,

wherein the display control step determines positions to display the head images based on a type group distribution pattern indicating how many golf clubs of the plurality of golf clubs to be displayed belong to each of type groups, each type group including one or more of the types.

9. The golf club management method according to claim 8,

wherein the storage unit stores information indicating golf clubs belonging to each golf bag, and

wherein the display control step determines that golf clubs belonging to a golf bag specified by a user or in accordance with predetermined conditions are to be displayed.

10. A program for causing an information terminal including a display device for showing information and a storage unit storing types of golf clubs by individual golf club and head images of golf clubs to perform the functions of:

a golf club management unit for managing the golf clubs in association with head images of the golf clubs or head images of other golf clubs; and

a display control unit for controlling head images individually associated with a plurality of golf clubs to be displayed to be shown on a display device,

wherein the display control unit determines positions to display the head images based on a type group distribution pattern indicating how many golf clubs of the plurality of golf clubs to be displayed belong to each of type groups, each type group including one or more of the types.

11. The program according to claim 10,

wherein the storage unit stores information indicating golf clubs belonging to each golf bag, and

wherein the display control unit determines that golf clubs belonging to a golf bag specified by a user or in accordance with predetermined conditions are to be displayed.