JP2536954B2 - Display pattern display control method by floppy - Google Patents

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Overview] Regarding a method of setting a display screen format of a TV receiver in a display controller in a totalizer system, the display screen format is changed for the purpose of facilitating the work of changing the display screen format. A general-purpose personal computer used for creating and recording on a floppy disk, and means for storing the display screen format recorded on the floppy disk in the built-in memory of the display controller.

TECHNICAL FIELD The present invention relates to a display pattern (display screen format) display control method for a TV receiver in a totalizer system.

[Prior Art] Conventionally, a totalizer system is used to provide a spectator with information (odds) regarding a payout rate that changes from moment to moment on a racetrack or the like. Recently, due to the development of display system technology that combines a computer and a TV receiver (hereinafter referred to as TV), many kinds of information can be displayed on many TVs.
A totalizer system has been developed that displays quickly on a receiver. That is, the number of votes at each voting window is periodically aggregated by the host computer, odds are calculated, and displayed in various display patterns (display screen formats) on the display screens of TVs arranged throughout the venue. .

3 to 6 show examples of TV display screen formats. Figure 3 shows, for example, the 10th race (race) win-winning vote (the voting format that only one horse hits) and the multi-winning voting (the voting format that one horse within 3rd wins hits) at Nakahara Racecourse.
The display example of the odds 10 minutes before the sale deadline is shown below. The number of races
At 18, the predicted value and the predicted range of the win-win and win-win dividends for each horse number are displayed (numeral 9 is 0-
Means the number represented by 9). FIG. 4 is a display example of odds of consecutive winning votes (a combination of the frame numbers of the first and second horses out of the eight frame numbers is applied). In this case, one frame may include two or more animals.

Fig. 5 is a one-frame, one-head system in which only one can be placed in one frame.
It is a display example of odds of a winning streak type vote in the case of a head race. In this case, the number of frames that can be displayed on one screen of the TV is 2. Therefore, two frames (FIG. 5 shows one frame and two frames) are sequentially displayed. The number of frames that can be displayed on one screen differs depending on the number of races (for example, 9 frames can display 4 frames).

FIG. 6 is a display example of the final number of votes in the winning streak. In this case, only three frames can be displayed on one screen. The number of frames that can be displayed on one screen depends on the number of races and the maximum number of digits in the number of votes.

As explained above, when displaying the odds and number of votes in the one-frame-one-head system, the number of frames that can be displayed on one screen differs depending on the number of races run for each raise and the display type on the TV screen. The number of screens needed to display the minutes is different.

Now, the configuration and operation of the conventional totalizer system for displaying various display information as described above on the display screens of a plurality of TVs will be described with reference to FIG. 7 and FIG.

The host computer 51 receives the voting data from each voting window at a predetermined cycle, totals it, calculates an approximate dividend rate and the number of votes, and transmits the calculation result to the display control device 52. Repeat steps S51 to S55 to repeat the race. When is completed and confirmed, the dividend is calculated (S56) and transmitted to the display control device 52.

When the CPU 53 of the display control device 52 receives the data (S5
8) After updating the data stored in the memory 54 (S
59) and instructs the TV control unit 60 to display the updated data (S60). The TV control unit 60 has a TCC (TV control conductor) 61 connected to the memory 54 and a plurality of TCMs (TV control module) 62 connected in parallel to the output terminal of the TCC 61. Upon confirming the above display instruction, each TCM 62 reads data from the memory 54 via the TCC 61 (S61), creates a display screen in a preset display screen format (S62), and the corresponding TV 61
To (S63). The CPU 53 executes the above steps S58 to S63 each time data is received. Reference numeral 55 in FIG. 7 denotes a floppy control unit for storing display data from the floppy disk 56 in the memory 54, 57 denotes a panel control unit for testing the display of data by the maintenance console 58 and the test panel 59, and 63. Is an LCU (line control unit) for transferring data to a display device 65 for displaying odds, refund performance, and the like.

In the conventional totalizer system as described above, since the screen format is stored in the memory 54, it takes a lot of man-hours to create the software when the display screen format needs to be changed, which is troublesome. Further, as the screen format increases, the memory capacity must be increased, which is a problem.

[Problems to be Solved by the Invention] The present invention eliminates the above-mentioned drawbacks of the prior art, makes it possible to easily change the display screen format, and does not require an increase in memory capacity. The purpose is to provide a scheme.

[Means for Solving the Problems] A display pattern control system using a floppy according to the present invention is a totalizer system having a display control device for displaying data received from a host computer on a plurality of TV receivers in various display screen formats, A general-purpose personal computer used for creating a display screen format and recording it on a floppy disk, a CPU, a main memory for storing received data, and an auxiliary memory for storing the display screen format input from the floppy disk, A display control device having a plurality of TV display control units connected to the plurality of TV receivers in a one-to-one correspondence; and means for setting a display screen format stored in the floppy disk in the display control device. With the CP
U reads the display screen format corresponding to the display screen of each TV receiver specified by the host computer from the auxiliary memory and sets it in each corresponding TV display control device, while thereafter, each TV display control According to a data request from a unit, data is controlled to be transferred from the main memory to each TV display control unit.

[Operation] When it is necessary to change the display screen format,
A new display screen format is created using a general purpose personal computer and recorded on a floppy disk. The display screen format recorded on the floppy disk is written in the auxiliary memory of the display controller by the setting means. Main memory is not affected.

The display screen format of each TV receiver is specified by the host computer. According to this, the CPU of the display controller
Sets the display screen format stored in the auxiliary memory to each corresponding TV display control unit. After that, each time data is received from the host computer, the CPU updates the data in the main memory, transfers the data from the main memory in response to the data request from each TV display controller, and displays the data.

EXAMPLES Examples of the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the drawings.

1 and 2 are block diagrams showing the configuration of a display pattern display control system using a floppy according to the present invention.

In FIG. 1, a display pattern display control system includes a host computer 1, a display control device 2 connected to the host computer 1, a plurality of TV receivers (hereinafter referred to as TV) 3 and a CRT connected to the display control device 2. It consists of a console 4 and a general-purpose personal computer 5 installed independently.
The general-purpose personal computer 5 is used alone to create the display screen format of the screen displayed on the TV 3.

The display control device 2 includes a CPU 11 and a bus 12 connected to the CPU 11.
And a memory 13 for storing data, which is connected to the bus 12.
Built-in disk 14 that stores the display screen format, floppy disk (hereinafter referred to as FD) 20, floppy controller 15 for writing data to built-in disk 14, interface unit 1 that receives data from host computer 1
6. A CRT control unit 17 and a display interface unit 18 for controlling the CRT of the CRT console 4, and a plurality of TV display control units 19 connected in parallel to the output terminals of the display interface unit 18.
Consists of

The operation of the system of FIG. 1 will be described with reference to the flowchart of FIG.

The host computer 1 transfers the display screen displayed on each TV 3 and the setting data for setting the display cycle to the display control device 2 (S10). After that, the host computer 1
Repeats the operation of calculating the approximate dividend rate and the number of votes based on the vote data and transmitting the data of the calculation result to the display control device 2 until the race is determined (S11 to S15). The host computer 1 calculates the dividend when one race is confirmed (S1
6) Send the setting data of each TV3 again. Hereinafter, the same operation is repeated. That is, the setting data is transmitted for each race.

In the display control device 2, after the power is turned on (S20), S21
In, the presence or absence of the display screen format to be changed is checked. When there is a change in the display screen format, the general-purpose personal computer 5 creates a new display screen format and records it in the FD 20. In S22,
Insert the FD20 that records the new display screen format into the floppy control unit 14, and operate F
The contents of D20 are expanded in the internal disk 14 (S23), and then S24 is executed. If it is not necessary to change the display screen format, the current contents of the internal disk 14 are used as they are.

Next, the setting data is received from the host computer 1 (S24), the display screen and the cycle of each TV display control unit 19 are set according to the setting data (S25), and each T from the internal disk 14 is set.
The required display screen formats are transferred to the V display control unit 19 (S26).

When the odds data is received from the host computer 1 (S27), the odds data in the memory 13 is updated (S28). Immediately after the power is turned on, the odds data is transferred once to each TV display control unit 19 (S30), and in other cases, the odds data is transferred only to the TV display control unit 19 that made the data request. (S31, S32). Each TV
The display control unit 19 outputs a data request when the odds data in the memory 13 is rewritten, or for each cycle set by itself. The above steps S27 to S32 are repeated each time the odds data is received until the deadline for the sale of the voting ticket.

After the sale deadline, the final odds and final votes will be displayed (S3
4) When the setting data is sent from the host computer 1, the process returns to S24 and the above steps (S24 to S35) are repeated.

[Effects of the Invention] According to the present invention, a display screen format is created in a totalizer system using a general-purpose personal computer.
By recording this on a floppy disk and inputting it from the floppy disk to the auxiliary memory, the display screen format can be easily changed.

Moreover, since the auxiliary memory for storing the display screen format is provided separately from the memory for storing the data, it is not necessary to add the memory by changing the display screen format.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the display pattern display control system of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a flowchart showing the operation of the display pattern display control system of the present invention, and FIGS. 3 to 6 are examples of display screens. FIG. 7 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the conventional display control system, and FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the operation of the conventional display control system. 1 ... Host computer, 2 ... Display control device, 3 ...
… TV receiver, 4 …… CRT console, 5 …… General-purpose personal computer, 13 …… Memory, 14 …… Built-in disk, 15 …… Floppy control section, 16 …… Interface section, 17 …… CRT control section, 18… … Display interface section, 19 …… TV display control section, 20 …… Floppy disk

Claims (1)

(57) [Claims] 1. A totalizer system having a display controller for displaying data received from a host computer on a plurality of TV receivers in various display screen formats, which is used to create a display screen format and record it on a floppy disk. A general-purpose personal computer, a CPU, a main memory for storing received data, an auxiliary memory for storing a display screen format input from the floppy disk, and a one-to-one correspondence with the plurality of TV receivers. Multiple
A display control device having a TV display control unit; and means for setting a display screen format stored in the floppy disk in the display control device, wherein the CPU is provided with each T specified by the host computer.
While the display screen format corresponding to the display screen of the V receiver is read from the auxiliary memory and set in each of the corresponding TV display control devices, thereafter, the data is transmitted in accordance with a data request from each of the TV display control units. A display pattern control method using a floppy that is controlled so that it is transferred from the main memory to each TV display control unit.