Patent ID: 9463357
Filing Date: 2016-10-11
CPC Classification: A63B

Claim Text:
1. A virtual golf simulation apparatus for a user to play golf on a virtual golf course realized by imaging processing, comprising: a sensing device which senses a golf ball putted by the user; an image processing means configured to display an image of a virtual green and a virtual golf ball, and green topographical information of the virtual green on at least one of a display and a screen; a green topographical information storage unit which stores therein the green topographical information necessary for a putting of the user on the virtual green; and a controller configured to read a putting green between the virtual golf ball and a hole cup on the virtual green from the green topographical information and control the image processing means to display a movement of the virtual golf ball on the virtual green based on a reading of the putting green and a result of a sensing of the golf ball by the sensing device, wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processing means to display: a guide line showing a straight line formed from the virtual ball toward a frontward direction on the displayed virtual green, and a putting guide, on the virtual green, which indicates a direction where the user is to aim and putt the golf ball to put the virtual golf ball into the hole cup, based on a result of the reading of the putting green by the controller, wherein the controller is further configured to control the image processing means to i) arrange the virtual ball, the hole cup, and the guide line in a line on the virtual green, then ii) arrange the guide line and the putting guide in a same direction, then iii) shift the hole cup from an area on the guide line to other area on the virtual green, and then iv) display the virtual golf ball corresponding to the golf ball putted frontward along the guide line with no adjustments by the user to move along the direction indicated by the putting guide toward the hole cup.