Smart golf ball and a system for providing ball flight information for golf swings using it

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a smart golf ball including: a protection cover (100) that includes a first protection cover (102) having a coupling flange (120), a second protection cover (104) having a coupling frame (124) inserted inside the coupling flange (120), and mounts (130) configured at the first and second protection covers (102, 104) to correspond to each other; a control unit (400) that is mounted on the mounts (130) and creates movement information of the golf ball when the golf ball is hit; a shock-absorbing member (200) configured to cover an outer surface of the protection cover (100); and an outer shell (300) configured to cover the shock-absorbing member (200), and a system for providing ball flight that transmits putting ball flight information of the smart gold ball to a user terminal.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A smart golf ball comprising:
 a protection cover ( 100 ) that includes a first protection cover ( 102 ) having a coupling flange ( 120 ), a second protection cover ( 104 ) having a coupling frame ( 124 ) inserted inside the coupling flange ( 120 ), and mounts ( 130 ) configured at the first and second protection covers ( 102 ,  104 ) to correspond to each other;   a control unit ( 400 ) that is mounted on the mounts ( 130 ) and creates movement information of the golf ball when the golf ball is hit;   a shock-absorbing member ( 200 ) configured to cover an outer surface of the protection cover ( 100 ); and   an outer shell ( 300 ) configured to cover the shock-absorbing member ( 200 ),   wherein the control unit ( 400 ) includes:   a battery ( 450 );   a charging coil ( 410 ) being charged in a wireless charging type;   a connecting housing ( 420 ) connecting the charging coil ( 410 ) with the battery ( 450 );   a control board ( 440 ) including a first control board ( 442 ) including a sensor unit ( 460 ) that collects movement information of the golf ball, and a second control board ( 444 ) connected with the first control board ( 442 ) and including a communication module ( 470 ) and a controller ( 480 ) that transmit movement information collected by the sensor unit ( 460 ) to the system ( 500 ) for providing ball flight information; and   an antenna ( 430 ) connected with the control board ( 440 ) and transmitting movement information of the golf ball transmitted from the control board ( 440 ) to the system ( 500 ) for providing ball flight information.   
     
     
         2 . The smart gold ball of  claim 1 , wherein the mounts ( 130 ) include:
 board-fixing grooves ( 132 ) that are configured at each of the first and second protection covers ( 102 ,  104 ) and in which the first and second control boards ( 442 ,  444 ) are mounted;   a batter-fixing portion ( 134 ) downwardly spaced apart from the boar-fixing grooves ( 132 ) and supporting the battery ( 450 ) so that the battery ( 450 ) can be seated and fixed;   a coil seat ( 136 ) that is upwardly spaced a predetermined gap apart from the board-fixing grooves ( 132 ) and on which the charging coil ( 410 ) is fixed; and   coil supports ( 138 ) that extend from inner circumferential surfaces of the first and second protection covers ( 102 ,  104 ) and that are in close contact with a bottom of the charging coil  410 .   
     
     
         3 . The smart gold ball of  claim 2 , wherein the first and second protection covers ( 102 ,  104 ) include:
 cover-fixing grooves ( 142 ) configured at both sides over the board-fixing grooves ( 132 ) formed at the first protection cover ( 102 ) and at both sides under the board-fixing grooves ( 132 ) formed at the second protection cover ( 104 );   cover-fixing pins ( 144 ) configured at both sides under the board-fixing grooves ( 132 ) formed at the first protection cover ( 102 ) and at both sides over the board-fixing grooves ( 132 ) formed at the second protection cover ( 104 );   a connecting rib ( 148 ) configured at the cover-fixing grooves ( 142 ) formed at the first protection cover ( 102 ) and at the cover-fixing pins ( 144 ) formed at the second protection cover ( 104 ), and having a through-hole at a center thereof;   a battery-supporting rib ( 146 ) configured at the cover-fixing groove ( 142 ) formed at the second protection cover ( 104 ), and fixing the battery ( 450 ); and   a housing-fixing portion ( 150 ) that is configured under the connecting rib ( 148 ) and to which the connecting housing ( 420 ) is coupled and fixed.   
     
     
         4 . The smart golf ball of  claim 1 , wherein the shock-absorbing member ( 200 ) is composite rubber in which neodymium polybutadiene (NdBR), zinc oxide (ZnO), a rubber cross-linking agent, organic peroxide, and a compound are mixed at a predetermined weight ratio. 
     
     
         5 . The smart golf ball of  claim 1 , wherein the sensor unit ( 460 ) is composed of a 3-axis gyro sensor ( 462 ), a 3-axis acceleration sensor ( 464 ), and a 3-axis magnetometer sensor ( 466 ). 
     
     
         6 . A system for providing ball flight information for golf swings using a smart golf ball, the system comprising:
 a smart gold ball including a control unit ( 400 ) that creates movement information of the golf ball through a 3-axis gyro sensor ( 462 ), a 3-axis acceleration sensor ( 464 ), and a 3-axis magnetometer sensor ( 466 ) when the golf ball is hit, a protection cover ( 100 ) that includes a first protection cover ( 102 ) having a coupling flange ( 120 ), a second protection cover ( 104 ) having a coupling frame ( 124 ) inserted inside the coupling flange ( 120 ), and mounts ( 130 ) that are configured at the first and second protection covers ( 102 ,  104 ) to correspond to each other and on which the control unit ( 400 ) is mounted, a shock-absorbing member ( 200 ) configured to cover an outer surface of the protection cover ( 100 ), and an outer shell ( 300 ) configured to cover the shock-absorbing member ( 200 );   a ball flight information provision system ( 500 ) receiving movement information of the smart golf ball from the control unit ( 400 ), and creating and transmitting putting ball flight information including a hitting point, a speed, the amount of rotation, the amount of slip, a trajectory, a travel distance, and a spacing angle of the golf ball by analyzing the received movement information of the golf ball; and   a user terminal ( 600 ) connected with the ball flight information provision system ( 500 ) through a network, receiving the putting ball flight information from the ball flight information provision system ( 500 ), and displaying the putting ball flight information.   
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 6 , wherein the ball flight information provision system ( 500 ) stores created putting ball flight information, creates comparative putting ball flight information compared with previous putting ball flight information when putting ball flight information is created for the same user terminal ( 600 ), and creates and transmits a variation value of the smart golf ball to the user terminal ( 600 ) by analyzing accumulated comparative putting ball flight information when comparative putting ball flight information is accumulated over a predetermined number of times.