CN102858412A - Bowling game playable in separate, remote locations - Google Patents
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Abstract
A bowling game including at least two spaced apart bowling lanes, the bowling lanes each including two cameras, a screen and a Scoreboard such that a first bowling lane includes a first camera and a third camera, a first screen and a first Scoreboard; and a bowling lane includes a second camera and a fourth camera, and a second screen and a second Scoreboard, wherein the game further includes at least one controller which controls the images from the cameras such that the first screen displays images from the second camera and the fourth camera and the second screen displays images from the first camera and third camera, and wherein the first camera captures images of the play at the first lane, the second camera captures images of play at the second lane, the third camera captures images of the first Scoreboard and the fourth camera captures images of the second Scoreboard; such that the first screen displays images of the play and Scoreboard at the second lane and the second screen displays images of the play and Scoreboard at the first lane.
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Technical field
Relate to bowling match to the present invention, say with having more, the present invention relates to the bowling match that the player can carry out at the remote location of separation.
Background technology
All players of many match requests contest on same competition area is because a player's performance meeting exerts an influence to other players' performance.An example of this situation is game of billiards (game of pool).
But for example in ten bottles of formula bowlings, a player's performance can not exert an influence to another player's performance in other matches.In these matches, the player can play at the remote location of separating.
United States Patent (USP) 6,912,432 have described the system and method for playing bowling in different places for bowling player, wherein, can automatically generate the mark of the bowling player of playing bowling on each place; Described mark transmits between these places; And described mark shows in each place.
The bowling system generally includes many to bowling lanes, and each alley comprises an automatic bowling pin placer (pinsetter).These systems generally comprise the automatic scoring system, and described score system links to each other with two bowling pin placers in a pair of bowling lanes and knocks down information and the display of scoring on score system monitor and the crown shows the mark of bowling player with the pin of two bowling laneses of automatic processing.The problem of general bowling system is that the computer hardware and the software that use at different bowlings center have difference, thereby there is great technology barrier in direct the transmission of data between the automatic scoring system at long-range bowling center.Change the financial cost of bowling system at bowling center so that have the great economy obstacle with the technology replacing system of compatibility.
Summary of the invention
According to a first aspect of the invention, a kind of bowling match is provided, comprise at least two isolated bowling laneses, each described bowling lanes comprises two video cameras, a screen and a scoreboard, thereby the first bowling lanes comprises the first video camera and the 3rd video camera, the first screen and the first scoreboard; And one bowling lanes comprise the second video camera and the 4th video camera, the second screen and the second scoreboard, wherein said match further comprises at least one controller, its control is from the image of described video camera, thereby described the first screen is suitable for showing the image from described the second video camera and the 4th video camera, described the second screen is suitable for showing the image from described the first video camera and the 3rd video camera, and wherein said the first video camera catches the image of the match on described the first alley, described the second video camera catches the image of the match on described the second alley, described the 3rd video camera catches the image of described the first scoreboard, and described the 4th video camera catches the image of described the second scoreboard.In this way, described the first screen can show match on described the second alley and the image of scoreboard, and described the second screen can show match on described the first alley and the image of scoreboard.
In the present context, term " scoreboard " refers to any display of scoring information, includes but not limited to score system monitor and the crown display of scoring.
The invention has the advantages that player on the bowling lanes can watch match and the mark on the second bowling lanes of remote location, even between the automatic scoring system of this bowling lanes and remote location, can not directly transmit scoring information.
In the embodiments of the invention that this paper describes Anywhere, described the first bowling lanes comprises the first screen that is suitable for showing from the image of the image of described the second video camera and described the first and second scoreboards of being caught by described the third and fourth video camera respectively, and described the second bowling lanes comprises and is suitable for showing from the image of described the first video camera with respectively by the second screen of the image of described first and second scoreboards of described the third and fourth video camera seizure.
A kind ofly can be undertaken by the first and second players according to match of the present invention, wherein said the first and second players are spaced from each other, for example, they can be positioned at different indoor, be positioned at different buildings, be positioned at different cities and towns or city, be positioned at different counties or state, be positioned at different countries, even be positioned at different continents.
Even these players separate mutually, they also can compete together, because each player can watch the screen on the own competition area, the information that this screen display is relevant with ongoing match and show this remote location or each remote location on the image of the match carried out.
Although knownly can carry out computer based multiselect hand match (these matches have a screen to show the aspect of match) by network or internet, these are to be sitting in the computer screen front to carry out by computer-generated image and match.The present invention relates to a kind of match, the body kinematics that wherein one or more players carry out catches and is relayed to one or more remote locations by video camera.In addition, the information that is produced by match is the information relevant with each player's body kinematics.
The below quotes with reference to the first and second bowling laneses match.But, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that the part that isolated independent bowling lanes formation match more than two can be arranged.
Described the first scoreboard is suitable for the scoring information that shows that the match on described the first bowling lanes produces; Described the second scoreboard is suitable for the scoring information that shows that the match on described the second bowling lanes produces.Generally speaking, described scoring information will comprise the mark that adds each throwing that the award mark based on the throwing of front calculates according to down and out bottle number.
In the embodiments of the invention of Anywhere definition in this article, described controller can be the part of computer.
Described controller can show from the image of one or more remote cameras and/or it at screen can show the information relevant with match on the screen.
In addition, described match can comprise one or more alternatively by the processor of software control, and described processor is suitable for receiving the information that the match on one or more bowling laneses produces, alternatively according to the pre-defined algorithm transitional information, for example judging mark, and demonstration information.
Specific or each processor can consist of the part of described controller.Therefore, computer can play a role as controller and processor simultaneously.
In the further embodiment of the present invention that defines Anywhere in this article, described the first screen is connected with the first controller, and described the second screen is connected with second controller, and described the first and second controllers interconnect.
In this embodiment, term " connection " comprises direct wired connection and directly wireless connections (for example, by radio, infrared ray or microwave signal).It also comprises the connection that realizes by the network of for example Local Area Network, wide area network (WAN) and/or internet and so on.The connection of described the first and second controllers allows to guarantee can show at described the first screen from the image of described the second video camera with categorical method, and can show at described the second screen from the image of described the first video camera.
In this way, the player who is positioned at the different location can play mutually, and wherein said match can be followed the tracks of each player mark separately.
Described screen can be simultaneously, show image from remote camera in order or according to the definition of user or controller.
Anywhere among the embodiment of definition, each bowling lanes comprises three or more video cameras in this article, and wherein each screen is suitable for showing the image from all remote cameras (that is, be positioned on another bowling lanes video camera).Described screen can be simultaneously, suitably show image from remote camera in order or according to user's definition or according to the definition of the controller of a part that consists of screen and/or processor.
Place the match that three video cameras will allow the player on described the first bowling lanes to watch for example just carrying out at described the second bowling lanes, player and described the second scoreboard on described the second bowling lanes in each competition area, otherwise for player on described the second bowling lanes, also be like this.
Among the embodiment of Anywhere definition in this article, in described two bowling laneses each comprises further video camera, thereby described the first bowling lanes comprises described the first screen, the first video camera, the 3rd video camera and the 5th video camera, described the second bowling lanes comprises the second screen, the second video camera, the 4th video camera and the 6th video camera, wherein said the 5th video camera catches the image of the player on described the first bowling lanes, described the 6th video camera catches the image of the player on described the second bowling lanes, and wherein said the first screen is suitable for showing from described second, the image of the 4th and the 6th video camera, described the second screen are suitable for showing from described first, the image of the 3rd and the 5th video camera.
In a further embodiment, the described the 5th and the 6th video camera is configured to allow carry out video conference between the player of described the first and second bowling alleys.
The device that bowling match is very suitable for defining herein think that every game is independent of the match of front, thereby the match of front does not produce any impact to follow-up match.Pin reapposes after each player has beaten, and, after every the wheel competition area is reset to default location that is.
In the above in the embodiments of the invention of definition, described the first bowling lanes further comprises the first microphone and the first loudspeaker, described the second bowling lanes further comprises the second microphone and the second loudspeaker, wherein said the first microphone is connected with described the second loudspeaker, thereby described the second loudspeaker can send the sound that is caught by described the first microphone, described the second microphone is connected with described the first loudspeaker, thereby described the first loudspeaker can send the sound that is caught by described the second microphone.With regard to " connection " in the present embodiment, it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that described connection can be wired connection, perhaps can be more common wireless connections.Therefore, described the first bowling lanes can comprise the first center that comprises described the first microphone and described the first loudspeaker, and wherein said the first microphone can link to each other with described the first center by wired connection or by wireless connections with described the first loudspeaker; Described the second bowling lanes can comprise the second center that comprises described the second microphone and described the second loudspeaker, and wherein said the second microphone can link to each other with described the second center by wired connection or by wireless connections with described the second loudspeaker; And described the first center can link to each other with described the second center by wired or wireless connection.For example, described the first microphone and described the first loudspeaker can link to each other with described the first center by wireless (for example, bluetooth) connection; Described the second microphone and described the second loudspeaker can link to each other with described the second center and described the first and second centers can link to each other by wireless connections (for example, passing through the internet) by similar wireless connections.
Comprise that microphone and loudspeaker allow the player mutually to talk between match period.This allows to carry out remote guide, and wherein the coach can be positioned at a position, and the player is positioned at different remote locations, and wherein the coach can watch on the remote location institute's occurrence and offer suggestions from his or her position according to being seen situation.This also allows to create the atmosphere of competition, and the extraordinary image player is in the Same Site match, although they are positioned on the remote location.
According to a second aspect of the invention, provide a kind of above-mentioned Anywhere method of the match of definition of carrying out, described method comprises:
(i) the first player on the first bowling lanes plays;
(ii) use the first video camera to catch the tournament picture;
(iii) judge scoring information that match produces and flash at the first scoreboard;
(iv) use the 3rd video camera to catch the image of described scoreboard;
(v) will send to from the image of the first and the 3rd video camera the second screen;
(vi) the second player on the second bowling lanes plays;
(vii) use the second video camera to catch the tournament picture;
(viii) judge scoring information that match produces and flash at described the second scoreboard;
(ix) use the 4th video camera to catch the image of described scoreboard;
(x) will from described second and the image of the 4th video camera send to described the first screen; And
(xi) repeating step (i) is to (x), until the end of the match.
Generally speaking, described mark will comprise down and out bottle number in the given throwing and based on any award mark of the throwing of front.
It will be apparent to one skilled in the art that except described the first player and described the second player, can also comprise other players.In this case, the player can determine that the order of competing or the order of match can show at screen.In other words, can comprise the controller that be suitable for according to pre-defined algorithm produce two above players' order of competition such as the match that defines Anywhere herein, wherein said order of competition shows at each screen.
The end of match can judge that for example each player makes a call to ten innings by each player's pre-foregone conclusion number, and the player that wherein mark is the highest when end of match is the victor.Alternatively, the end of match can obtain predetermined score by the first player and judges.
Generally speaking, described mark will be included in down and out bottle number in the given throwing and add any award mark based on the throwing of front.
Feature in conjunction with the embodiments of the invention appointment above it will be apparent to one skilled in the art that can combine with defined each other aspect of the present invention and any aspect.Therefore, scope of the present invention comprises aspect of the present invention and the combination as two or more features of optional feature of describing Anywhere herein.All this Feature Combinations described herein are regarded as and can be used by those skilled in the art.
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Only as example one embodiment of the present of invention are described referring now to accompanying drawing, in described accompanying drawing:
Fig. 1 is the schematically illustrating of bowling lanes that comprises screen, scoreboard and two video cameras;
Fig. 2 is the schematically illustrating of bowling lanes that comprises the second embodiment of screen, scoreboard and three video cameras; And
Fig. 3 is the view of the screen among the embodiment shown in Figure 2.
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For fear of query, it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that, in this manual, term " on ", D score, 'fornt', 'back', " top ", " bottom ", " wide " etc. are the normal orientation of using the assembly that arranges as shown in drawings in referring to compete.
Fig. 1 illustrates the part of the first embodiment of the present invention, and it comprises the first bowling lanes 102, and this alley is that an end has ten bottle of 106 bowling lanes of arranging of standard in the present embodiment.Place the first video camera 104 to catch the image of described bowling lanes.The first bowling lanes 102 also comprises electronic monitor 108, is installed in console 112 and at least one seat 116 on the pedestal 114, and all these is the bowling match equipment of very standard.
The second video camera 120 is positioned at the upper surface of screen 110.Arrange the second video camera 120 to catch the image of monitor 108.
The further part of present embodiment is corresponding the second bowling lanes 102a with the 102 long-range separations of the first bowling lanes.The layout of the second bowling lanes 102a is basic identical with the first bowling lanes 102.For convenience of explanation, will use the label shown in Fig. 1 to describe the first bowling lanes 102, and the second competition area will use corresponding label, be with suffix " a ".
As used herein, term " this locality " refers to be positioned at the element of the first bowling lanes 102, and term " long-range " refers to be positioned at the element of another bowling lanes (that is, the second bowling lanes 102a).
Local the first video camera 104, local the second video camera 120 are connected with screen and all are connected with the first controller (not shown), and described the first controller transfers to be connected with the corresponding second controller that is positioned at long-range bowling lanes 102a.Connection between the controller realizes by the internet.
Connecting two required software and hardwares of video camera by the internet all is that those of skill in the art are known, therefore, is not described in detail at this.
Each controller is collected from the data of corresponding the first video camera 104,104a and corresponding the second video camera 102,102a, then these transfer of data is arrived another controller.Each controller also will be relayed to corresponding screen 110,110a from the image of corresponding the first video camera 104,104a and corresponding the second video camera 102,102a.Therefore, be relayed to telecreen 110a from the image of local video camera 104 and 120 by remote controllers, and be relayed to local screen 110 from the image of remote camera 104a and 120a by local controller.
Therefore, local screen 110 shows match on the long-range bowling lanes 102a and the image of remote monitor 108a simultaneously, and described remote monitor 108a shows the scoring information on the long-range bowling lanes 102a.Similarly, telecreen 110a shows match on the local bowling lanes 102 and the image of local monitor 108 simultaneously, the scoring information that described local monitor 108 shows on the local bowling lanes 102.
Monitor 108,108a do not connect mutually.
In use, first player at first (this locality) bowling lanes 102 places is as investing bottle 106 with one or two ball normally in the bowling match.Local the first video camera 104 catch specific or each throwing and with the image transmitting of digital form to local controller.Described local controller receives view data from local the first video camera 104, then with this transfer of data to the second remote controllers, described the second remote controllers are then with the telecreen 110a of this data relay to the second bowling lanes 102a, and are shown at this image.
Player's mark is calculated according to the data that the bottle setting-up device of holding from the bottle that is positioned at alley 102 receives by the processor in the local monitor 108.Described processor is flashed in local monitor 108.
Local the second video camera 120 catch the image of monitors 108 and with the image transmitting of digital form to local controller.Described local controller receives view data from local the second video camera 120, then with this transfer of data to the second remote controllers, described the second remote controllers then with the telecreen 110a of this data relay to the long-range bowling lanes 102a, shown at this image.
Then the second player who is positioned at second (long-range) bowling lanes place begins to throw, and his throwing is caught and be relayed to local screen 110 on the first bowling lanes by mode same as described above by remote camera 104a.Mark shows that at remote monitor 108a long-range the second video camera 120a catches in the above described manner the image of monitor 108a and data relay is arrived local screen 110.
Fig. 2 illustrates the second embodiment.The common integer of the first embodiment shown in Fig. 1 is endowed corresponding label, and just the integer of the second embodiment is with prefix " 2 ".Therefore, integer 202,204,206,208,210,212,214,216 and 220 corresponding to shown in Fig. 1 and above-described integer 102,104,106,108,110,112,114,116 and 120.
The difference of the second embodiment and the first embodiment is to provide the second video camera 220 and the 3rd video camera 222 at the public shell 224 of the upper part that is arranged in screen 210.
The arrangement of the second video camera 220 is similar to the video camera 120 among the first embodiment, because it is arranged to the image that catches monitor 208.
The 3rd video camera 222 is arranged to and catches the image that is sitting in the player in the seat 216.
The first video camera 204, the second video camera 220 and the 3rd video camera 222 are by all being connected to local controller with top the first video camera 104 and the second video camera 120 similar modes of describing in conjunction with the first embodiment, thereby to remote controllers, then show at telecreen 210a by the Internet transmission from all first, second, and third video cameras 204,220,222 image.
As the first embodiment, monitor 208,208a do not connect.
The local screen 210 of this embodiment is such as shown in Figure 3.
Fig. 3 illustrates the screen display of this embodiment.Viewing area 230 is divided into four parts 231,232,234 and 236.The image that viewing area 231 shows from long-range the first video camera 204a on the second bowling lanes 202a of long-range pin 206a.
The image that viewing area 232 shows from long-range the second video camera 222a on the second bowling lanes 202a namely, is sitting in the image of the player among the long-range seat 216a.
The image that viewing area 234 shows from remote camera 220a, that is, and the image of remote monitor 208a.
Console 211 comprises the message center (not shown), comprises that the headphone (not shown) of microphone and loudspeaker is connected to this message center by bluetooth wireless links.This message center is connected through the internet to the corresponding Remote Communications Control of a part that consists of remote console 212a, thereby local headphone is connected to long-range headphone, and vice versa.Like this, the player who is sitting among seat 216, the 216a can communicate with one another.
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1. bowling match, comprise at least two isolated bowling laneses, each described bowling lanes comprises two video cameras, a screen and a scoreboard, thereby the first bowling lanes comprises the first video camera and the 3rd video camera, the first screen and the first scoreboard; And one bowling lanes comprise the second video camera and the 4th video camera, the second screen and the second scoreboard, wherein said match further comprises at least one controller, its control is from the image of described video camera, thereby described the first screen is suitable for showing the image from described the second video camera and the 4th video camera, described the second screen is suitable for showing the image from described the first video camera and the 3rd video camera, and wherein said the first video camera catches the image of the match on described the first alley, described the second video camera catches the image of the match on described the second alley, described the 3rd video camera catches the image of described the first scoreboard, and described the 4th video camera catches the image of described the second scoreboard.
2. as described in claim 1 match, wherein said the first bowling lanes comprises the first screen that is suitable for showing from the image of the image of described the second video camera and described the first and second scoreboards of being caught by described the third and fourth video camera respectively, and described the second bowling lanes comprises and is suitable for showing from the image of described the first video camera with respectively by the second screen of the image of described first and second scoreboards of described the third and fourth video camera seizure.
3. the match described in claim 1 or 2, wherein said the first screen is connected with the first controller, and described the second screen is connected with second controller, and described the first and second controllers interconnect.
4. the match described in above-mentioned arbitrary claim, in wherein said two bowling laneses each comprises further video camera, thereby described the first bowling lanes comprises the first screen, the first video camera, the 3rd video camera and the 5th video camera, described the second bowling lanes comprises the second screen, the second video camera, the 4th video camera and the 6th video camera, wherein said the 5th video camera catches the image of the player on described the first bowling lanes, described the 6th video camera catches the image of the player on described the second bowling lanes, and wherein said the first screen is suitable for showing from described second, the image of the 4th and the 6th video camera, described the second screen are suitable for showing from described first, the image of the 3rd and the 5th video camera.
5. as described in claim 4 match, the wherein said the 5th and the 6th video camera is configured to allow the player in described the first and second bowling places to carry out video conference.
6. the match described in above-mentioned arbitrary claim, wherein said the first bowling lanes further comprises the first microphone and the first loudspeaker, described the second bowling lanes further comprises the second microphone and the second loudspeaker, wherein said the first microphone is configured to be connected with described the second loudspeaker, so that described the second loudspeaker can send the sound that is caught by described the first microphone, described the second microphone is connected with described the first loudspeaker, so that described the first loudspeaker can send the sound that is caught by described the second microphone.
7. method of carrying out the match described in above-mentioned arbitrary claim, described method comprises:
I. the first player on the first bowling lanes plays;
Ii. use the first video camera to catch the tournament picture;
Iii. judge scoring information that match produces and flash at the first scoreboard;
Iv. use the 3rd video camera to catch the image of described scoreboard;
V. will from described first and the image of the 3rd video camera send to the second screen;
Vi. the second player on the second bowling lanes plays;
Vii. use the second video camera to catch the tournament picture;
Viii. judge scoring information that match produces and flash at described the second scoreboard;
Ix. use the 4th video camera to catch the image of described scoreboard;
X. will from described second and the image of the 4th video camera send to the first screen; And
Xi. repeating step (i) is to (x), until the end of the match.
8. method as described in claim 7, wherein every game comprises along bowling lanes and throws one or more bowlings, and the scoring information that produces comprises scoring of this match.
9. basic as in any embodiment, describe with reference to the accompanying drawings herein match.
10. one kind is carried out substantially as the method for the match of describing in any embodiment with reference to the accompanying drawings herein.
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