The present invention relates to a self-driving car, and more particularly relates to a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device for controlling self-driving-golf-carts to self-driving in a golf course.
A self-driving car, also called a driverless car or an autonomous car, is a vehicle capable of driving itself according to environment sensing result without human control. In recent years, with the continuous efforts in technique of decision-making, command transmission and mechanism action of vehicles, the self-driving cars has made rapid progress.
At present, the self-driving car technology has not yet been applied to a golf buggy, i.e., a golf cart, for driving inside a golf course, but merely could be seen in an out-course application that buries guiding wires in the asphalt road out of the golf course with sensing elements buried at specific positions along the guiding wires, which are also disposed in the asphalt road out of the golf course, to detect a corresponding sensing element installed in a golf-cart, thereby enabling the golf-cart to: (1) automatically stop or continue to drive by automatic sensing while reaching any specific positions of the sensing elements; (2) manually control the golf cart to drive or stop by a caddy's remote controller; or (3) manually control the golf cart to drive or stop by pushing a self-driving button in the golf-cart. There is not any conventional technologies applying a self-driving car, capable of sensing environmental condition, to drive inside the golf course including fairway and rough, because in the conventional technology, which only allocates the golf-cart only to drive on the asphalt road outside the fairway and rough, the environment and the road conditions of the asphalt road outside the golf course are too simple to require a self-driving function for a golf car. Therefore, it is an issue to further apply self-driving carts to drive in a golf course.
Accordingly, an objective of the present invention is to provide a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device, which arranges self-driving-golf-cart driving paths on a fairway and/or a rough of a golf course to determine and manage the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths in the fairway and/or a rough in a central control manner. That is, the present invention provides the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths for the self-driving-golf-carts self-driving to drive in the fairway and/or a rough of the golf course and, in the central control manner, determines and manages the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths in the fairway and/or a rough. The present invention solves the problem that the fairway of the golf course is too delicate and fragile to bear any car's repeated driving. Furthermore, the present invention performs control and management in the central control manner to determine daily self-driving-golf-cart driving paths according to various conditions of the fairway, including a condition that some areas of the fairway are under maintenance or construction, or a condition that considers daily self-driving-golf-cart amount. Moreover, the present invention can evenly distribute the self-driving-golf-carts over the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths to perform an effective control and management for the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths.
In order to overcome the technical problems in prior art, the present invention provides a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device that centralizing controls a plurality of self-driving-golf-carts to self-drive in a self-driving area, the self-driving area is a fairway of a golf course, the self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device comprising: a self-driving-golf-cart driving path determining module configured to determine a plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths within the self-driving area, wherein the plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths are provided such that each self-driving-golf-cart drives on one of the plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths; a self-driving-golf-cart driving path excluding module, connected to the self-driving-golf-cart driving path determining module, configured to assign an excluded self-driving-golf-cart driving path from the plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths if an excluding assignment is required, wherein the plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from which the self-driving-golf-cart excluded driving path/paths is/are excluded are defined as selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths, and the excluded self-driving-golf-cart driving path is optional to be configured to be re-assigned to be the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving path; and a central controlling module, connected to the self-driving-golf-cart driving path determining module and the self-driving-golf-cart driving path excluding module, configured to obtain the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from the self-driving-golf-cart driving path excluding module such that the central controlling module determines, from the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths, an individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path for each self-driving-golf-cart and controls each self-driving-golf-cart to drive, in a self-driving manner, on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path which is determined for said each self-driving golf-cart.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the central controlling module is configured to select all or a portion of the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths as candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from which the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path for each self-driving-golf-cart is selected such that the central controlling module controls each self-driving-golf-cart to drive, in a self-driving manner, on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path determined.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the central controlling module is configured to select the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths according to a daily self-driving-golf-cart amount and/or a self-driving area maintenance plan.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the central controlling module is configured to select the self-driving-golf-cart driving path from the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths in a probability-evening manner according to self-driving-golf-cart dispatching information of each self-driving-golf-cart to be dispatched.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the central controlling module includes: a numbering unit, connected to the self-driving-golf-cart driving path determining module and the self-driving-golf-cart driving path excluding module, configured to number each candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving path of the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths by natural numbers beginning with 0; a remainder calculating unit, connected to the numbering unit, configured to obtain a remainder of a dispatching number of the self-driving-golf-cart divided by a total amount of the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths; and an assigning unit, connected to the remainder calculating unit, configured to assign the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths having the number equal to the remainder, as the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the self-driving-golf-cart driving path determining module includes a map building unit that is configured to build an area map covering the self-driving area, and the area map is built according to an electronic map of the self-driving area and topographical features of the self-driving area.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the central controlling module is configured to transmit the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path to each self-driving-golf-cart.
In one embodiment of the present invention, a self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device is provided, wherein the central controlling module includes a wireless transmitting unit that transmits the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path to each self-driving-golf-cart by wireless transmission.
With the technical means adopted by the present invention, the present invention performs, in a central control manner, control and management on the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths for the self-driving-golf-carts self-driving in the fairway and/or a rough of the golf course such that each self-driving-golf-cart drives on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path in the self-driving manner. The present invention (1) determines a plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths inside the self-driving area; (2) assigns an excluded self-driving-golf-cart driving path from the plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths if an excluding assignment is required, wherein the plurality of self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from which the self-driving-golf-cart excluded driving path/paths is/are excluded are defined as selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths, and the excluded self-driving-golf-cart driving path is optional to be configured to be re-assigned to be the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving path; and (3) determines, from the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths, an individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path for each self-driving-golf-cart, such that each self-driving-golf-cart is controlled to drive, in a self-driving manner, on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path which is determined for said each self-driving golf-cart. The self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device of the present invention performs above method in a central control manner. The present invention is with merits including saving the cost of caddy fees of the golf course, bringing convenience for golfers by introducing self-driving technology into the golf course, driving the golf-cart to the fairway without damaging the fairway, and able to actively maintain the turf of the fairway. In one embodiment, the self-driving-golf-cart driving path is selected in the probability-evening manner to average the number of the self-driving-golf-carts driving on each self-driving-golf-cart driving path. Therefore, the cart-weight damage on the fairway by the self-driving-golf-cart can be evenly distributed for all self-driving-golf-cart driving paths so as to be able to maintain the fairway (e.g., turf) of the golf course in a best situation and also reduce the self-driving-golf-cart danger caused by the damage of the fairway.
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Furthermore, in this embodiment, the central controlling module 3 is configured to select all or a portion of the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths as candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths from which the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path for each self-driving-golf-cart C is selected such that the central controlling module 3 controls each self-driving-golf-cart C to drive, in a self-driving manner, on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path determined. Specifically, the central controlling module 3 is configured to select the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths according to a daily self-driving-golf-cart amount and/or a self-driving area maintenance plan. For example, when a day is estimated requiring self-driving-golf-carts in amount up to 50, more self-driving-golf-cart driving paths are required and all selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths will be determined as the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths (no self-driving-golf-cart driving path is idle) such that all self-driving-golf-cart driving paths P1, P2 and P3 are determined as the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths for each self-driving-golf-cart C on the day. In the case that a day is estimated with a small amount of golfer to play in the golf course, the number of the idle self-driving-golf-cart driving path can be increased. The self-driving area maintenance plan is, for example, a turf maintenance, a bunker maintenance, a pipeline construction, or tree planting in various areas. Accordingly, the amount of the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths, i.e., all or only a partial amount, is selected from the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths as the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths.
Preferably, in the self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device 100 according to the embodiment of the present invention, the central controlling module 3 is configured to select the self-driving-golf-cart driving path from the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths in a probability-evening manner according to self-driving-golf-cart dispatching information of each self-driving-golf-cart C to be dispatched. Specifically, the self-driving-golf-cart dispatching information could be any kind of information relating to the daily self-driving-golf-cart itself or the dispatching of the daily self-driving-golf-carts, such as, a dispatching number of the self-driving-golf-cart C, a cart number of the self-driving-golf-cart C and a dispatching schedule of the self-driving-golf-cart C. The probability-evening manner is a manner to evenly distribute the number of the self-driving-golf-carts C over all selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths of the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths. For example, in the case that the total amount of the selected self-driving-golf-cart driving paths of the candidate self-driving-golf-cart driving paths is 4, and the total amount of the self-driving-golf-carts C to be dispatched on the day is 30, the number of the self-driving-golf-carts C determined in the probability-evening manner to drive on each selected self-driving-golf-cart driving path on the day will be 7 or 8 (30/4=7.5). Alternatively, when the total amount of the self-driving-golf-carts C to be dispatched on the day is 50, the number of the self-driving-golf-carts C determined in the probability-evening manner to drive on each selected self-driving-golf-cart driving path on the day will be 12 or 13 (50/4=12.5).
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With above structure, the self-driving-golf-cart driving path central controlling device 100 according to the present invention can effectively control and manage the self-driving-golf-cart driving paths for the self-driving-golf-carts C such that each self-driving-golf-cart C can drive, in a self-driving manner, on the individual self-driving-golf-cart driving path. In a preferred embodiment, the self-driving-golf-cart driving path is selected in the probability-evening manner so as to average the number of the self-driving-golf-carts C driving on each self-driving-golf-cart driving path. Therefore, the cart-weight damage on the fairway by the self-driving-golf-cart C can be evenly distributed for all self-driving-golf-cart driving paths so as to be able to maintain the fairway (e.g., turf) of the golf course in a best situation and also reduce the self-driving-golf-cart danger caused by the damage of the fairway.
The above description is only an explanation of the preferred embodiments of the present invention. One having ordinary skill in the art can make various modifications according to the above description and the claims defined below. However, those modifications shall still fall within the scope of the present invention.
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108114223 | Apr 2019 | TW | national |