JP3636760B2 - Arrival order and time determination device - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
[Industrial application fields]
The present invention relates to an arrival order and time determination device in boat racing, horse racing, bicycle racing, athletics and the like.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventional techniques include, for example, a technique disclosed in Japanese Patent Publication No. 55-24831 as a “determination apparatus”, and an improvement technique thereof is Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 3-139374 “electronic immediate determination apparatus”.
These use a linear sensor camera that captures an object that passes a judgment reference line such as a goal line in accordance with this reference line, and inputs the output of this linear sensor camera to an image recording unit having a scan conversion function. Recorded together with time information necessary for determination, etc. Scanned and converted one-dimensional video signal of linear sensor camera into two-dimensional video signal, read out from recording unit with time information necessary for arrival order determination, etc., and output to video monitor Then, an image necessary for the determination is displayed. Then, a judge such as a referee judges the arrival order and time on the recorded judgment image.
[0003]
There are boat races, horse races, bicycle races, athletics, etc. that use the landing order and time judging device, and moving bodies such as boats, horses, bicycles, runners, etc. pass on judgment reference lines such as goal lines, etc. Although it is recorded as a judgment image, not all individual moving bodies have successfully finished the goal, and moving bodies such as flying, lap delay, disqualification, etc. may also be recorded.
In this case, the conventional arrival order and time determination device only displays time information necessary for arrival order determination and a competition name or the like on a fixed place on an image.
[0004]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the above-mentioned conventional technology, the information cannot be displayed and recorded on the moving object on the image to be judged, so that a judge such as a referee judges the arrival order and time judgment on the screen for flying, lap delay, disqualification, etc. There is a possibility of misunderstanding at the time of determination.
The present invention solves the above-mentioned problem by superimposing and recording and displaying character information such as comments and symbols on an image, and makes it possible to make a determination while confirming the status of each moving object on the image. With the goal.
[0005]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
In order to achieve the above object, the present invention has a linear sensor camera, an image recording unit, and a video monitor, images a moving body that has passed on a determination reference line with the linear sensor camera, and outputs an image from the linear sensor camera. Means for inputting character information of comments such as flying, lap delay, disqualification, etc. on the image in the arrival order and time determination device that records the signal in the image recording unit, scans and reads it, and displays the image on the video monitor Is provided so that character information can be input to a necessary portion on the image.
[0006]
[Action]
The arrival order and time determination apparatus according to the present invention is an arrival order and time determination apparatus having a linear sensor camera, an image recording unit, a video monitor, and an operation unit having character information input means, and a moving body that has passed on a determination reference line. Is photographed by a linear sensor camera, and an output video signal of the linear sensor camera enters an A / D conversion circuit and is converted into digital image data. The memory unit of the image recording unit mainly includes an image memory for recording image data and an information memory for recording time information, character information, and the like. The converted image data is written in the image memory of the recording unit, and at the same time, the time information and the character information written in a fixed position such as the competition name are written in the information memory.
The stored image memory and information memory data are superimposed, the image data is scanned and read out, displayed on a video monitor, and used as a judgment image. On the information memory in the memory of the displayed image Using an operating device having means for inputting character information, character information such as comments and symbols is input and superimposed at an arbitrary position on the information memory, and displayed on the video monitor.
[0007]
【Example】
An embodiment of the arrival order and time determination apparatus according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. First, the basic principle will be described with reference to FIGS.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention. In the arrival order and time determination device shown in FIG. 1, 3 is a linear sensor camera, 5 is an image recording unit, 19 is an operation device, 20 is a character input operation device, 14 is a video monitor, 15 is an image filing device, and 16 is A video printer is shown. Reference numeral 1 denotes a determination reference line such as a goal line. Reference numeral 2 denotes a moving body such as a runner passing on the determination reference line 1.
[0008]
The image recording unit 5 will be described in more detail. Reference numeral 6 denotes an A / D conversion circuit for converting a video signal output from the linear sensor camera 3 into a digital signal, and reference numeral 7 denotes a digital video signal from the A / D conversion circuit 6 stored in a memory. A writing circuit to be used, 8 a memory unit for storing digital video signals and digital information signals, 9 a reading circuit for scanning and reading the digital video signals and digital information signals stored in the memory unit 8, 10 a time generator, 11 Is an address control unit for controlling writing and reading of the memory unit 8, 12 is a character generator, and 13 is a central processing unit (hereinafter referred to as CPU).
[0009]
The moving body 2 that passes on the determination reference line 1 that is a subject is imaged by the linear sensor camera 3 using the lens 4 to obtain a one-dimensional video signal.
The video signal of the linear sensor camera 3 is output to the image recording unit 5, and the video signal is converted into a digital video signal by the A / D conversion circuit 6, and written and stored in the memory unit 8 via the writing circuit 7. .
The memory unit 8 stores the digital video data from the linear sensor camera 3 and at the same time displays, for example, a time generator 10 for superimposing and displaying the elapsed time from the start on the image, characters and symbols such as a competition name, and a determination line. And digital information data from the character generator 12 for superimposing the data.
[0010]
The readout circuit 9 reads out a part necessary for determination of arrival order and time from the digital video data and digital information data stored in the memory unit 8 as a two-dimensional video signal and an information signal, and scans the television signal. The data is converted and output to the video monitor 14.
The video monitor 14 displays an image necessary for determination of arrival order and time from the two-dimensional video signal and information signal input from the readout circuit 9. If necessary, the image can be recorded and stored in the image filing device 15 and the image can be printed on the video printer 16.
The writing circuit 7, the memory unit 8, the reading circuit 9, and the like are controlled for writing and reading by a control signal from the address control unit 11. In addition, the entire apparatus is managed by the CPU 13 including various controls by selection of means for recording and reading signals such as video signals and information signals from the operation unit 19. As external supply signals, there are a reference timer start signal 17, a memory fetch signal 18, and the like.
[0011]
Here, the concept of storing the video signal captured by the linear sensor camera 3 in the image recording unit 5 mainly including the memory unit 8 will be described with reference to FIG.
By the selection signal from the operation device 19, the image memory 8A and the information memory 8B in the memory unit 8 are all controlled to correspond to one video signal input as shown in FIG. The digital video signal of the mobile unit 2 is sequentially time-sequentially from the memory end together with the elapsed time from the start by the timer start signal 17 of the time generator 10 and the digital information data of the character generator 12 such as the event or title of the competition. Is remembered.
The input of characters such as competition events and titles to be stored is to store a character string set by a selection signal from the operation device 19 at a fixed position (here, the lower part of the screen) on the information memory 8B. It does not have the function to display at the position.
[0012]
Of the stored digital video data, the digital information data associated with the digital video data corresponding to the image 21 necessary for the determination is read to the readout circuit 9 and the image of the scan-converted video signal is displayed on the video monitor 14. Is done.
2 is a one-dimensional digital video signal from the linear sensor camera 3, the image 21 shown in FIG. 2 has a plurality of one-dimensional digital images. The video data is shown as being scanned and converted into a normal two-dimensional television image.
[0013]
During competitions, races, etc., judges and judges will determine the order of arrival and time based on the images of digital video signals and digital information signals stored and displayed according to the above concept. All of the moving bodies 2 have not normally passed the determination reference line 1 such as a goal, and moving bodies such as flying, lap delay, disqualification, etc. may be stored at the same time. Information such as flying, lap delay, disqualification, etc. is judged by external information or by the judge itself, but this information is clearly displayed to the judge by adding a function to superimpose and display this information on the same image as character information. Make it understandable.
[0014]
The character information input concept that is the gist of the present invention will be described with reference to FIG.
For the image of the moving body 2 such as a runner stored in the memory unit 8, if it is determined by a judge or the like that it is flying, lap delay, disqualification, etc. In this case, the character string “disqualified” is selected from the character generator 12 by the selection signal from the operation device 19, the character input state is entered, and the cursor of the character input character frame 22 is displayed on the image. In response to a selection signal from the character information input operation device 20 such as a mouse, the character display position of the character input character frame 22 on the image is moved to the position 23 of the moving body 2B. By determining the position in accordance with the selection signal, the character string “disqualified” is stored as digital information data at the displayed location on the information memory 8B.
The stored digital information data is superimposed on the digital information data related to the digital video data corresponding to the image 21 necessary for the determination by the selection signal from the operation device 19, read out to the reading circuit 9, and scanned and converted. The image of the received video signal is displayed on the video monitor 14.
[0015]
Characters to be input can be selected and registered as a character string in the character generator 12 in accordance with a selection signal from the operation device 19, and are selected and displayed from there. A plurality of selected character information can be stored at an arbitrary position designated from the character information input operation unit 20 on the information memory 8B by the above method.
By incorporating the position specifying function of the character information input operation device 20 into the operation device 19, the position can be specified by an operation from the operation device 19.
Further, the stored digital video data and digital information data in the memory unit 8 are read out to the reading circuit 9 by a selection signal from the operation device 19 and can be recorded and stored as digital data in the image filing device 15. .
[0016]
【The invention's effect】
The present invention superimposes, records, and displays character information such as comments, symbols, etc. on individual moving objects on the determination screen of the arrival order and time determination device, thereby displaying the situation of the individual moving objects on the image. By making it possible to make a determination while checking, erroneous determinations and the like are reduced, and information can be recorded on the same image. The determination is easy because the information is displayed even when it is played again.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a conceptual diagram of an image memory operation according to an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a conceptual diagram of character information input according to an embodiment of the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Judgment reference line 2, 2A, 2B, 2C Moving body 3 Linear sensor camera 4 Lens 5 Image recording part 6 A / D converter 7 Writing circuit 8 Memory part 9 Reading circuit 10 Time generator 11 Address control part 12 Character generator 13 Central processing unit 14 Video monitor 15 Image filing device 16 Video printer 17 Reference timer start signal 18 Memory capture signal 19 Operator 20 Character information input operator 21 Image 22 required for determination Character input frame 23 Character display position

Claims (1)

Means for having a linear sensor camera, forming an image of a moving body passing through a determination reference line such as a goal line on the linear sensor camera through a lens, and obtaining a video signal by scanning with a predetermined period; Obtained by the means for converting the video signal including the moving body obtained by the above into image data including the moving body by A / D conversion, the storage device comprising the image storage means and the information storage means, and the means for converting into the image data . Means for writing image data to the image storage means, selecting necessary image data including a moving body from the image data stored by the image storage means , and reading the data at a required synchronization speed for display on a display device; An arrival order and time determination device comprising means for operating read-out, and an arrival order and time determination of a moving object displayed on a display device provided with a character generator. Comprising means for selecting the character information necessary means for writing to the information storage means to display in the vicinity of the moving body to the appropriate selected character, and means for moving the position of the written characters, the The image storage means and the information storage means are driven synchronously in time series, and character information necessary for determining the arrival order and time of the moving body is placed at a predetermined position of the moving body of the image data stored in the image storage means. An arrival order and time determination device characterized by overlapping and determining the character information at a position associated with a moving body that moves in time series .

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