Apparatus and method for virtual golf simulation imaging mini map
US9427650B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 30, 2010 |
| Grant date | Aug 30, 2016 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 6, 2031 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA63B2225/20
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Disclosed herein are an apparatus and method for virtual golf simulation imaging a mini map that provides contents on the mini map for allowing a golfer to recognize the state of a golf course and a state in which a round of golf is being currently played in a virtual golf process through virtual golf simulation in a more active user-oriented form. The apparatus includes a simulation means for performing golf simulation on a virtual golf course, an image processing means for displaying a golf simulation image obtained by the simulation means and a mini map image having a downscaled image of the virtual golf course displayed in a predetermined region of the golf simulation image, and a mini map control means for controlling a plurality of mini maps showing states and information changed according to progress of the virtual golf simulation performed in the virtual golf course to be displayed step by step.
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