Virtual golf device and virtual sports device

Abstract

The present invention relates to a virtual golf device and a virtual sports device. The virtual sports device comprises a play area in which a user who plays virtual sports is located, a display area in which a content image is displayed, and an image providing unit for projecting the content image onto the display area to provide the content image to the user.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A virtual sports device comprising:
 a play area in which a user who plays virtual sports is located;   a display area in which a content image is displayed; and   an image providing unit for projecting the content image onto the display area to provide the content image to the user.   
     
     
         2 . The virtual sports device of  claim 1 , wherein the display area is disposed in at least one of the play area and the vicinity of the play area. 
     
     
         3 . The virtual sports device of  claim 1 , wherein the content image comprises content related to the user's personal information or the user's play record, or advertisement content. 
     
     
         4 . The virtual sports device of  claim 1 , wherein the sports are golf, and the content image comprises information about a hitting position of a golf ball, distance or height information related to golf play, or topographical information related to golf play. 
     
     
         5 . A virtual golf device comprising:
 a hitting mat on which an actual golf ball is placed;   a display unit for displaying a virtual golf course and a putting target point in the virtual golf course in a putting step; and   an image providing unit for providing a putting guide image that shows a putting guide indicating information about putting,   wherein the display unit is spaced apart from the hitting mat, and, when an area between the display unit and the hitting mat is referred to as a middle area, the putting guide is displayed on at least one of the hitting mat and the middle area.   
     
     
         6 . The virtual golf device of  claim 5 , wherein the putting guide comprises a line starting from one point of the hitting mat, or comprises a target mark displayed in the middle area and indicating a target in putting. 
     
     
         7 . The virtual golf device of  claim 6 , wherein when the point from which the line starts is referred to a starting point, the putting guide image is provided so that the starting point is positioned at a location where the actual golf ball is placed before putting or near the location where the actual golf ball is placed before putting. 
     
     
         8 . The virtual golf device of  claim 6 , wherein the image providing unit marks a location on which a user is to place the actual golf ball before putting on the hitting mat, and, when the actual golf ball is placed on the marked location, the image providing unit provides a putting guide image in the form of a line starting from the actual golf ball. 
     
     
         9 . The virtual golf device of  claim 5 , wherein in case of assuming that the middle area corresponds to the virtual golf course, when a point in the middle area corresponding to the putting target point is referred to as a middle area target point, the image providing unit displays the middle area target point on the middle area or displays a predicted path to the middle area target point upon successful putting on the middle area. 
     
     
         10 . The virtual golf device of  claim 5 , wherein when the user's putting is completed, a path in which the actual golf ball has moved by the user's putting is provided to the user by the image providing unit or the display unit. 
     
     
         11 . The virtual golf device of  claim 5 , wherein the putting guide comprises a plurality of different putting guides that can be selected by the user. 
     
     
         12 . The virtual golf device of  claim 11 , wherein the putting guide comprises a line starting from a point on the hitting mat,
 when a point from which the line starts is referred to as a starting point, the putting guide image is provided so that the starting point is positioned at a location on which the actual golf ball is placed before putting or near the location on which the actual golf ball is placed before putting, and   the plurality of putting guides comprise a first putting guide and a second putting guide, and a starting point of the first putting guide is different from a starting point of the second putting guide.