US 12,011,651 B2
Virtual golf system, virtual golf introduction image generation method, and virtual golf player information calculation method
Kyung Yong Lee, Seoul (KR); Bong Ho Song, Seoul (KR); Min Yong Cho, Seoul (KR); Choong Hwan Kim, Seoul (KR); Joo Young Jung, Seoul (KR); Sun Woong Hur, Seoul (KR); and In Jun Lee, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to GOLFZON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
Appl. No. 17/627,134
Filed by GOLFZON CO., LTD., Seoul (KR)
PCT Filed Jul. 10, 2020, PCT No. PCT/KR2020/009133
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 14, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/010684, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 21, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0085312 (KR), filed on Jul. 15, 2019; and application No. 10-2019-0125940 (KR), filed on Oct. 11, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0258026 A1, Aug. 18, 2022
Int. Cl. A63F 13/00 (2014.01); A63B 69/36 (2006.01); A63B 71/04 (2006.01); A63B 71/06 (2006.01)
CPC A63B 71/0616 (2013.01) [A63B 69/36 (2013.01); A63B 71/04 (2013.01); A63B 71/0622 (2013.01)] 4 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A computer implemented method for providing a virtual golf introduction image generated by a virtual golf system as a network system including a server and a client allowing one or more players to play virtual golf in a way that provides an image for results when the player takes golf shots, wherein the server stores information on records of the virtual golf for each of the players, the method processed by the server comprising:
acquiring, by a camera, images of a golf ball hit by each player and transmitting information of the images to a simulator of the client, the simulator configured to calculate motion parameters of the golf ball based on the images and store the calculated motion parameters in the client;
transmitting, by the client, the calculated motion parameters of the golf ball of each player who logs in to play virtual golf through client to the server;
extracting, by the server, the records including at least two selected from among an average driver carry distance, a fairway hit percentage, a green in regulation and a putting average of each player based on the calculated motion parameters as skill items with respect to each player who logs in to play virtual golf through the client;
selecting, by the server, a representative skill item that represents golf skill of each player from the records of at least two selected skill items, wherein the server sets a skill title grade that defines each player's golf skill according to the records of each player's virtual golf for each title classification which is corresponding to each of the skill items;
determining, by the server, the skill title grade of each player using the record of the selected representative skill item, wherein the server sets comments expressing the player's golf skill for each title classification according to the skill title grade;
extracting, by the server, a comment matching the characteristic of the player's golf skill at the determined player's skill title grade as an introduction comment;
extracting, by the server, player introduction information to be included in the virtual golf introduction image that provides information about the logged in player before the virtual golf is started based on the extracted record; and
providing, by the client, the virtual golf introduction image including the extracted player introduction information and the extracted introduction comment.