Retrieval apparatus for operation-management system of golf links and retrieval method therefor
AssigneeFutaba Denshi Kogyo K.K.
InventorsHiroaki Kawasaki, Nobuo Akiba
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Abstract
A retrieval apparatus for operation-management system of golf links and method therefor are, herein, disclosed. LED which is constructed as a display means of measurement results by a sensor is turned on in a given color on the basis of sensor ID detected by moving a moving vehicle on a cart route on which a retrieval apparatus is mounted. And, control on lighting of LED which is constructed as a display means of measurement results by a repeater is performed on the basis of repeater ID detected during moving of the moving vehicle.
Claims7
A golf course operation-management system comprising:
- at least one repeater placed on a golf course and including a repeater ID transmitting apparatus configured to transmit a repeater ID;
- a plurality of sensors arranged along a golf cart path at plural locations corresponding to at least a teeing ground, a fairway area, and a putting green of each hole of the golf course, each of said plurality of sensors including a sensor ID transmitting apparatus configured to transmit a sensor ID and to maintain communication between said at least one repeater and said plurality of sensors;
- a receiver provided on a vehicle and configured to receive said repeater ID and said sensor ID from said at least one repeater and each of said plurality of sensors;
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- a retrieval apparatus mounted on said vehicle and including a control unit configured to process information data transmitted from said at least one repeater and said plurality of sensors based on the sensor ID and the repeater ID received by said receiver, a memory configured to store the information data processed by said control unit, and a display configured to indicate the information data relating to a sequential order of the sensor ID and the repeater ID transmitted from each of said plurality of sensors and said at least one repeater and received by said receiver.
A method of setting and operating a golf course operation management system which includes at least one repeater placed on a golf course, said at least one repeater including a repeater ID transmitting apparatus, a plurality of sensors arranged along a golf cart path at plural locations corresponding to at least a teeing ground, a fairway, and a putting green of each hole of the golf course, each of said plurality of sensors including a sensor ID transmitting apparatus configured to maintain communication between said at least one repeater and said plurality of sensors, comprising:
- providing a vehicle with a receiver configured to receive said repeater ID and said sensor ID from said at least one repeater and each of said plurality of sensors, and a retrieval apparatus mounted on said vehicle;
- actuating said plurality of sensors arranged along the golf cart path sequentially as said vehicle travels on the golf course and said at least one repeater placed on the golf course to generate sensor ID signals from said plurality of sensors and a repeater ID signal from said at least one repeater;
- receiving the sensor ID signals and the repeater ID signal at said receiver on said vehicle;
- processing conditions of the sensor ID signals and the repeater ID signal by said retrieval apparatus;
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- displaying a sequential order of the sensor ID signals and the repeater ID signal generated from said plurality of sensors and said at least one repeater as said vehicle travels on the golf course on a display included in said retrieval apparatus to provide information on a location of each of said plurality of sensors and a location of said at least one of repeater on the golf course.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.