System for providing motion sensor-based smart golf course round information

Abstract

A system for providing motion sensor-based smart golf course round information includes: a portable device; a database; and a server; wherein the portable device includes a motion sensor and a global positioning system (GPS); wherein the motion sensor detects a swing motion of the golfer; wherein the database stores geographic data of a given golf course; wherein the server (i) receives the swing motion from the motion sensor of the portable device in real time, (ii) receives the geographic data of the given golf course from the database, (iii) detects location of the portable device using GPS data received from the GPS, (iv) calibrates the location of the portable device using the geographic data and the GPS data, and (v) generates rounding information of the golfer at a given round of golf play and transmits the rounding information to the portable device.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A system for providing motion sensor-based smart golf course round information, comprising:
 a portable device; a database; and a server,   wherein the portable device includes a motion sensor and a global positioning system (GPS),   wherein the portable device is attachable to a body of a golfer,   wherein the motion sensor detects a swing motion of the golfer,   wherein the database stores geographic data of a given golf course,   wherein the server (i) receives the swing motion from the motion sensor of the portable device in real time, (ii) receives the geographic data of the given golf course from the database, (iii) detects location of the portable device using GPS data received from the GPS, (iv) calibrates the location of the portable device using the geographic data and the GPS data, and (v) generates rounding information of the golfer at a given round of golf play and transmits the rounding information to the portable device,   wherein the rounding information is generated based on the swing motion.   
     
     
         2 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein, upon end of play at a given hole, the portable device calculates a play score of the golfer at the given hole and transmits the play score to the server,   wherein the play score is obtained based on the swing motion of the golfer at the given hole,   wherein the server further determines, based on the play score, whether a penalty stroke occurred at the given hole,   wherein, when a penalty stroke occurs, the server further determines a penalty location where the penalty stroke happens at the given hole and stores the penalty location.   
     
     
         3 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the server determines that an OB penalty stroke occurred when the swing motion is detected twice at a given location within a preset time period.   
     
     
         4 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the server determines that a hazard penalty stroke occurred when the golfer moves towards a golf cart to retrieve a ball or bends down toward the ground to place a ball on the ground.   
     
     
         5 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the rounding information is a play score of the golfer at a given round of golf play,   wherein the rounding information includes a tee shot distance, an out-of bounds (OB) stroke ratio, a hazard stroke ratio, an approach accuracy, and a putting accuracy, or a combination thereof.   
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 1 ,
 wherein the rounding information is a play score of the golfer at the given round of golf play,   wherein the rounding information includes a score at a uphill slope hole, a score at a hazard-prone hole, a score at a dog-leg hole, or a combination thereof.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 ,
 wherein, based on the geographic data and the GPS data, the server provides first strategy information and second strategy information,   wherein the first strategy information includes a distance and a height from a current location of the golfer to a hole cup of a given hole,   wherein the second strategy information includes how to play on a green of the given hole based on a slope of the green and a hole cup location of the green.   
     
     
         8 . The system of  claim 6 ,
 wherein the play score of the golfer is obtained based on (i) the number of swing motion of the golfer, and (ii) the number of a penalty stroke of the golfer.