CN112911178A

CN112911178A - Dart online competition system

Info

Publication number: CN112911178A
Application number: CN202110063254.8A
Authority: CN
Inventors: 邓文治; 刘晋玮
Original assignee: Nvtek Electronic Co ltd
Current assignee: Nvtek Electronic Co ltd
Priority date: 2021-01-18
Filing date: 2021-01-18
Publication date: 2021-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 2041-01-18
Also published as: CN112911178B

Abstract

The invention relates to a dart online competition system, which comprises at least two mobile devices for competition, wherein each mobile device comprises a first image acquisition device, a second image acquisition device, a wireless transmission module and a competition application module; the competition application module can select at least two images from the images of a user, a dart target, another user, another dart target and the like, and simultaneously display the images on the mobile device in a picture dividing mode, and the images of the user and the dart target can be transmitted to another mobile device through the wireless transmission module, so that the users participating in the competition can watch the throwing pictures and dart target images of the users and the opponents, and the purpose of online competition is achieved.

Description

Dart online competition system

Technical Field

The invention relates to a game system, in particular to a dart line competition system.

Background

In recent years, dart games have been developed as a worldwide leisure game, and players of all ages can enjoy the dart games. A dart game is constructed by dividing a circular dart target into a plurality of concentric circles, and dividing the circles in the radial direction to define a plurality of blocks, each block having a respective score. The blocks also have an additive score of scores according to different game rules and play methods, for example, the score of a certain block is multiplied by 3 times.

Players of dart games typically need to be gathered at the same location to play and throw darts on the same target surface in turn. However, with the development of communication technology, electronic dart game machines have been developed, which are connected in series via the internet via at least one host, so that participants can overcome the time and location limitations and participate in dart competitions in a remote manner. Specifically, two cameras are arranged on the electronic dart game machine platform to respectively shoot images of the target surface and the participants, and the process and the result of the game are transmitted through a network remote end. In addition, the electronic dart game machine can electronically sense the hit point of the dart target, and accordingly, the score is automatically added and then the sum score is provided for the participants. However, the electronic dart game machine is expensive and bulky, and is not easy for consumers to bear or to place at home, and therefore is usually set in a recreation place or other public places by entertainers. However, if the consumer is inconvenient to go out, the dart game can not be played by connecting with other people.

Disclosure of Invention

The invention mainly aims to provide a dart line competition system, which can carry out dart line competition based on the system remote end line even if moving and moving are not in the same place.

A dart-line competition system comprising: at least two mobile devices, any mobile device comprising: the first image acquisition device is arranged on the front side of the mobile device and is used for acquiring images of a user; the second image acquisition device is arranged at the rear side of the mobile device and is used for acquiring the image of the dartboard; a mirror, which is arranged beside the mobile device and reflects the image of the dart target to the second image acquisition device; the wireless transmission module is used for transmitting the image of the user and the image of the dart target to another mobile device and receiving the image of the other user and the image of the dart target transmitted by the other mobile device in the at least two mobile devices; and a competition application module which is connected with the first and second image acquisition devices and the wireless transmission module, selects at least two of the images of the user, the dart target, the other user and the dart target and simultaneously displays the images on the mobile device in a picture dividing mode.

In an embodiment of the invention, the contest application module includes a scoring module for recording and summing the score of each dart on the dart target.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the split frame of the mobile device includes a score column, and when the user is a tosser, the score column displays the number of rounds, the score of each round and the score of the user and the other user, and when the user is in the empty space, the score column displays the score.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the system further includes a cloud server, the cloud server is connected to the at least two mobile devices, and the cloud server is configured to transmit and record the images and the at least one score.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the system further includes at least one electronic device, and the electronic device is connected to the cloud server to view the images.

In an embodiment of the present invention, the competition application module further includes an image processing module, and the image processing module is configured to perform operations of zooming, turning around, or cutting the images of the user, the dart target, the other user, and the other dart target, and place the images into the divided screen.

In an embodiment of the invention, the first image capturing device is a front lens of the mobile device.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second image capturing device is a rear lens of the mobile device.

The present invention further provides a dart line competition system, which comprises: at least two mobile devices, any one of which comprises: the first image acquisition device is arranged on the front side of the mobile device and is used for acquiring images of a user; the second image acquisition device is connected with the mobile device through a transmission line and used for acquiring the image of the dart target and transmitting the image into the mobile device; the wireless transmission module is used for transmitting the image of the user and the image of the dart target to another mobile device and receiving the image of the other user and the image of the dart target transmitted by the other mobile device in the at least two mobile devices; and a competition application module which is connected with the first and second image acquisition devices and the wireless transmission module, selects at least two of the images of the user, the dart target, the other user and the dart target and simultaneously displays the images on the mobile device in a picture dividing mode.

In an embodiment of the invention, the second image capturing device is a micro camera or a network camera.

In the embodiment of the invention, the system also comprises a score sensing module, the score sensing module is arranged beside the dart target, and can utilize at least one camera to obtain the dart target image, then calculate the falling point position of the dart and then calculate the corresponding score.

According to the dart connection line competition system, the front lens and the rear lens of the mobile device are used for acquiring images of a user and a dart target, the images are integrated and displayed on the screen through the competition application module, the images can be watched by the user, the images can be transmitted to other mobile devices participating in the competition through the cloud server, the remote user can see the throwing picture and the actual score of the competitor, and the dart shooting competition can be carried out based on the system remote connection line even if the user is not in the same place.

In addition, a mirror is arranged beside the mobile device to reflect the image of the dartboard to the rear lens of the mobile device, so that the images of the user and the dartboard can be obtained by using the front lens and the rear lens of the mobile device at the same time even if the user, the mobile device and the dartboard are not in the same straight line.

In addition, the external image acquisition device can replace a rear lens of the mobile device, so that the problem that the front lens and the rear lens cannot be opened simultaneously by the mobile device is solved.

Drawings

FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the dart-line competition system of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a structural view of the dart-line competition system of the present invention.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first user throwing darts in the dart-line competition system of the present invention.

Fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second user throwing darts in the dart-line competition system of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is an embodiment of a user interface of a competition application module in the dart-line competition system of the present invention.

FIG. 6 is another embodiment of a user interface for a contest application module in the dart-line contest system of the present invention.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a dart-throwing game system of the present invention in which a user throws darts.

Fig. 8 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention with a first score sensing module added.

Fig. 9 is a schematic diagram of an embodiment of the present invention in which a second fraction sensing module is added.

Description of reference numerals:

10 dart line competition system

20 first user

22 dartboard

24 moving device

242 first image capturing device, front lens

244 second image capturing device, rear lens

246 Competition application Module

247 scoring module

248 image processing module

25 display screen

251 local user image

252 remote user image

Round number of 253

254 far-end dart target image

255 local dart target image

256 fraction field

257 office number

258 score

259 proportion

26 mirror

28 network camera

29 transmission line

30 second user

32 dartboard

34 moving device

342 first image acquisition device and front lens

344 second image capturing device, rear lens

346 competition application module

36 mirror

40 cloud server

42 audience

44 electronic device

46 first fraction sensing module

48 second fraction induction module

Detailed Description

The invention provides a dart online competition system which is applied to a multi-person dart competition of at least two persons, and is used for mutually connecting lines through a cloud end by utilizing a mobile device, live broadcasting and live broadcasting to other audiences, so that the aim of performing the dart competition by connecting lines at a far end can be achieved even if a professional dart target with a network connection function is not used.

Please refer to fig. 1, which is a schematic diagram of a dart-line competition system 10 according to a first embodiment of the present invention. The dart-line competition system 10 of the present invention comprises at least two mobile devices, in this embodiment two-person competition, where the first user 20 and the second user 30 are not co-located, and may even be located in different countries. First user 20 throws darts against dartboard 22 and images of first user 20 and dartboard 22 are acquired using mobile device 24. The second user 30 throws darts against the dartboard 32 and images of the second user 30 and dartboard 32 are acquired using the mobile device 34. The

mobile devices

24, 34 are smartphones or tablet computers, and are connected to the cloud server 40 through a wireless communication network. Mobile device 24 transmits images of first user 20 and dartboard 22 to mobile device 34 through cloud server 40, and mobile device 34 also transmits images of second user 30 and dartboard 32 to mobile device 24 through cloud server 40. Images of first user 20, dartboard 22, second user 30, and dartboard 32 are stored or temporarily stored in cloud server 40.

Please refer to fig. 2, which is a system structure diagram of the present invention. In the first embodiment of the present invention, at least one of the

mobile devices

24 or 34 includes the following components, for example, the mobile device 24, which includes a first image capturing device 242, a second image capturing device 244, a wireless transmission module 245 and a competition application module 246. The first image capturing device 242 is disposed at the front side of the mobile device 24 for capturing the image of the first user 20, in other words, the first image capturing device 242 is a front lens of the mobile device 24; the second image capturing device 244 is disposed at the rear side of the mobile device 24 for capturing the image of the dartboard 22, in other words, the second image capturing device 244 is the rear lens of the mobile device 24; the wireless transmission module 245 is connected to the first image capturing device 242, the second image capturing device 244 and the competition application module 246, and is used for transmitting the image of the first user 20 and the image of the dart target 22 to the other mobile device 34 and receiving the image of the second user 30 and the image of the other dart target 32 transmitted by the other of the participating mobile devices (i.e., the mobile device 34); the competition application module 246 is a dart competition application module installed in the mobile device 20, is connected to the first image acquisition device 242, the second image acquisition device 244 and the wireless transmission module 245, selects at least two of the images of the first user 20, the dartboard 22, the second user 30 and the dartboard 32, and simultaneously displays the images on the mobile device 24 in a split screen manner.

Further included in the contest application 246 are a scoring module 247 and an image processing module 248, the scoring module 247 for recording and summing the score of each dart on the dartboard 22. In the present invention, the score of the dart may be automatically counted or manually input. Since the image of the dart target 22 is transmitted to another competitor for viewing, the other competitor can clearly recognize the falling point of the dart and the score to be obtained, in other words, even if the score is manually input, there is no fear of cheating. The image processing module 248 is used for zooming, turning or cutting the images of the first user 20, the dartboard 22, the second user 30 and the dartboard 32, and putting the images into the split screen.

Considering that when the mobile device 24 is placed in line between the first user 20 and the dartboard 22, it is possible for the first user 20 to throw darts while hitting the mobile device 24, the mobile device 24 must be placed in a sideways position. Thus, if the first image capturing device 242 (i.e., the front lens) is facing the first user 20, the second image capturing device 244 (i.e., the rear lens) cannot capture the dartboard 22. Thus, in the embodiment of the invention of fig. 1, a mirror 26 is provided next to the mobile device 24, the angle of the mirror 26 being adjusted to reflect the image of the dartboard 22 to the second image acquisition device 244. Because the lenses of different brands and models of mobile devices 24 have different processing modes for the acquired images, the images generated by some lenses are reversed from side to side, or are reflected by the mirror 26 to become reversed images. For example, the first user 20 is right-handed, but the mobile device 34 transmitted to the second user 30 is shown as left-handed. Therefore, the image processing module 248 is required to adjust the image to the correct direction to avoid the occurrence of misjudgment.

Mirror 26 may be mounted on mobile device 24 or may be coupled to mobile device 24 using a universal joint (not shown) to allow mirror 26 to be rotated through any angle. Alternatively, the movement device 24 and the mirror 26 are both mounted on at least one stand (not shown). Other methods of positioning mirror 26 are within the scope of the invention, as long as mirror 26 is positioned adjacent to mobile device 24 and reflects the image of dartboard 22 to second image capture device 244.

Fig. 3 is a schematic diagram of a first user 20 throwing darts in the dart-line competition system of the present invention. The first user 20 is a local participant, i.e., the participant himself. It is apparent from fig. 3 that mirror 26 is placed next to mobile device 24 to reflect the image of dartboard 22 to rear lens 244 of mobile device 24. Similarly, fig. 4 is a schematic diagram of a second user 30 throwing darts in the dart-line competition system of the present invention. The second user 30 is a remote competitor, i.e. a competitor. In both fig. 4 and fig. 3, the images of the first user 20 and the dartboard 22, and the images of the second user 30 and the dartboard 32 are simultaneously acquired by the

mobile devices

24 and 34 based on the front and rear lenses of the mobile devices, respectively, in a manner that the

mirrors

26 and 36 reflect the images of the

dartboard

22 and 32 to the

rear lenses

244 and 344, respectively, and are displayed on the

race application modules

246 and 346 in a split screen manner.

FIG. 5 is an embodiment of a user interface of a competition application module in the dart-line competition system of the present invention. In this embodiment, the mobile device 24 of the first user 20 is shown, and the display screen 25 displays a picture of the dart thrown by the remote second user. In this display screen 25, the screen is divided into three, namely a far-end user screen 252, a far-end dartboard screen 254 and a score field 256. The far-end user screen 252 and the far-end dart target screen 254 are transmitted by the cloud server and displayed to the first user at the local end for viewing, so that the first user can see the throwing performance and the score of the dart even if the first user is not at the throwing scene of the second user. The score field 256 shows the total score of the two. The scores may be transmitted to another user's mobile device through the cloud server 40, or may be recorded in the cloud server 40.

FIG. 6 is another embodiment of a user interface for a contest application module in the dart-line contest system of the present invention. Shown in this embodiment is also the mobile device 24 of the first user 20, but the dart thrower is in turn to the first user 20. At this time, the screen of the second user can be as shown in fig. 5. The display screen 25 of the mobile device 24 of the first user is divided into five large blocks, namely a local user screen 251, a local dartboard screen 255, a remote user screen 252, a turn score 253 and a score field 256. The remote user screen 252 is transmitted from the cloud server and displayed to the first user at the local end. The score field 256 displays the number of rounds 257, the score for each round 258, and the score 259 for both parties. For example, fig. 6 shows a total of 5 rounds, each having a score of 6, 7, 8, 9, 0, respectively. Since the score and multiplier for each block on the dartboard are different, the block on display screen 25 that also has a round score 253 shows how much the 5 rounds of this round total score is, which in the embodiment of fig. 6 is 180.

In the embodiment shown in fig. 5 and 6, both the throwing image and the dart target image of the throwing person are displayed on the moving devices of both parties. In addition, when the first user is a tosser, the score field 256 displays the number of rounds 257, the score 258 of each round, the scores 259 of both parties, and the like, and when the first user is in turn empty, the score field 256 displays only the scores of both parties. However, this is merely an example, and there are many variations in other ways of dividing the screen, selecting the display image, and the like, and the embodiment of the present invention is not limited to the specific embodiment shown in fig. 5 and 6.

Fig. 7 is a schematic view of another embodiment of a dart-throwing game system of the present invention in which a user throws darts. In this embodiment, the first user 20 only uses the front lens of the mobile device 24 as the first image capturing device 242 to capture the image of the first user 20. The image of the dart target 22 is captured by another second image capturing device, which may be a micro camera or a web camera. In the embodiment of fig. 7, a web camera 28 is used as the second image capturing device. A web camera 28 (or a miniature camera) is connected to a port of the mobile device 24 by a transmission line 29 to transmit the captured image of the dartboard 22 to the mobile device 24. The port of the mobile device 24 may be a charging port, an earphone port, or other interface.

Referring to fig. 1 and fig. 2 of the present disclosure, the cloud server 40 may further be connected to at least one electronic device 44. Since the game images of the first user 20 and the second user 30 are transmitted to the cloud server 40, the cloud server 40 can selectively open the images to other viewers 42 for viewing. The electronic device 44 may be a computer, a smart phone, a tablet computer, or the like, and a competition application module is installed in the electronic device 44. When the contest application installed in the electronic device 44 is started by the spectators 42 and connected to the cloud server 40, it will be displayed which contests are currently being connected through the cloud server 40, and which open spectators 42 are in live view. Whether the race is open for viewing by the spectator 42 is determined by the first user 20 and the second user 30 and set on the race application 246. The spectator 42, upon selecting one of the open-view events, can view the live broadcast of the dart game on the electronic device 44.

The present invention can also use an external score sensing module to sense the score on the dart target, and fig. 8 and 9 are two embodiments of the present invention with an additional score sensing module. In the embodiment of fig. 8, a first score sensing module 46 is disposed between dartboard 32 and mobile device 34. The first score sensing module 46 has one or more cameras, and can acquire the image of the dart target 32, and then analyze the image of the dart target 32 by using an internal processor to calculate the score corresponding to the dart drop point position and the dart drop point position. The first score sensing module 46 then communicates the calculated dart score to the mobile device 34 via wireless transmission techniques. In the embodiment of fig. 9, the second fraction sensing module 48 is disposed near the dartboard 32, and the specific position can be the outer ring position of the dartboard 32, for example, fig. 9 is disposed on the upper edge of the dartboard 32, the second fraction sensing module 48 has one or more cameras, and irradiates the dartboard surface at an angle greater than 10 degrees (an angle capable of acquiring the image of the whole dartboard 32) to acquire the image of the dartboard 32, and then the image of the dartboard 32 is analyzed by an internal processor to calculate the dart drop point position and the fraction corresponding to the drop point position. The second score sensing module 48 then communicates the calculated dart score to the mobile device 34 via wireless transmission techniques. The wireless transmission technology used in the embodiments of fig. 8 and 9 may be bluetooth, Wi-Fi or other wireless communication methods. When the score of the dart is received by the contest application module of the mobile device 34, the score field is filled in by the scoring module.

Based on the dart online competition system provided by the invention, dart hands in various parts of the world can be easily connected with the cloud server through competition application modules installed on respective mobile devices to perform online dart competitions with dart hands in other areas without needing to have expensive electronic dart machine tables with the online function. In addition, the front lens and the rear lens of the mobile device are used for simultaneously acquiring images of the boomerang hand and the boomerang target, live broadcast is carried out through the cloud server, and a camera does not need to be additionally erected on the boomerang target. Moreover, even if some mobile devices only have a single lens or cannot open the front lens and the rear lens at the same time, the mobile device can be externally connected with a network camera or a miniature camera, and shot images are uploaded to the cloud server through the mobile device. The dart online competition system can integrate multiple persons into various competition modes such as regional competition, network competition, regional tournament, remote tournament and the like, and can open the condition that audiences are connected to a cloud server through an electronic device to watch the competition remotely. Therefore, the invention can save the cost of purchasing expensive electronic dart machine tables with the functions of connecting lines, acquiring images and live broadcasting, and a user can easily connect lines with other people for fighting by simply hanging the traditional wood or plastic dart target on a wall by using the simple dart target at any place and only combining the lens of the mobile device and the competition application module arranged in the mobile device.

The above-mentioned embodiments only express several embodiments of the present application, and the description thereof is more specific and detailed, but not construed as limiting the scope of the invention. It should be noted that, for a person skilled in the art, several variations and modifications can be made without departing from the concept of the present application, which falls within the scope of protection of the present application.

Claims

1. A dart-line competition system comprising:

at least two mobile devices, any one of the mobile devices comprising:

the first image acquisition device is arranged on the front side of the mobile device and used for acquiring images of a user;

the second image acquisition device is arranged at the rear side of the mobile device and is used for acquiring the image of the dartboard;

the mirror is arranged beside the mobile device and reflects the image of the dart target to the second image acquisition device;

the wireless transmission module is used for transmitting the image of the user and the image of the dart target to the other mobile device and receiving the image of the other user and the image of the other dart target transmitted by the other mobile device of the at least two mobile devices; and

and the competition application module is connected with the first image acquisition device, the second image acquisition device and the wireless transmission module, selects at least two of the images of the user, the dart target, the other user and the other dart target, and simultaneously displays the images on the mobile device in a picture splitting mode.

2. The dart-line racing system of claim 1, wherein the racing application module comprises a scoring module for recording and summing the score of each dart on the dart target.

3. The dart-line competition system of claim 1, wherein the split screen of the mobile device comprises a score field, the score field displaying the number of rounds, the score of each round, and the score of the user with the other user when the user is a tosser, the score field displaying the score when the user is a wheel empty.

4. The dart-line competition system of claim 1, further comprising a cloud server, said cloud server being in-line with said at least two mobile devices, said cloud server being configured to transmit and record each of said images and at least one score.

5. The dart-line competition system of claim 4, further comprising at least one electronic device wired to the cloud server for viewing each of the images.

6. The dart-line competition system of claim 1, wherein the competition application module further comprises an image processing module, and the image processing module is configured to perform operations of zooming, steering or cutting on the images of the user, the dart target, the other user and the other dart target, and place the images into the split screen.

7. The dart-line competition system of claim 1, wherein the first image capturing device is a front lens of the mobile device.

8. The dart-line competition system of claim 1, wherein the second image capturing device is a rear lens of the mobile device.

9. The dart-line competition system of claim 1, further comprising a score sensing module, wherein the score sensing module is disposed on or near the dart target, and the score sensing module is configured to calculate a drop point position of each dart after acquiring an image of the dart target by using at least one camera, and further calculate a corresponding score.

10. A dart-line competition system comprising:

at least two mobile devices, any one of the mobile devices comprising:

the second image acquisition device is connected with the mobile device through a transmission line and used for acquiring the image of the dart target and transmitting the image into the mobile device;

the wireless transmission module is used for transmitting the image of the user and the image of the dart target to another mobile device and receiving the image of the other user and the image of the dart target transmitted by the other mobile device of the at least two mobile devices; and

11. The dart-line competition system of claim 10, wherein the competition application module comprises a scoring module for recording and summing the score of each dart on the dart target.

12. The dart-line competition system of claim 10, wherein the split screen of the mobile device comprises a score field, the score field displaying the number of rounds, the score of each round, and the score of the user with the other user when the user is a tosser, the score field displaying the score when the user is in a free wheeling position.

13. The dart-line competition system of claim 10, further comprising a cloud server, the cloud server being in-line with the at least two mobile devices, the cloud server being configured to transmit and record each of the images and the at least one score.

14. The dart-line competition system of claim 13, further comprising at least one electronic device wired to the cloud server for viewing each of the images.

15. The dart-wiring competition system of claim 10, wherein the competition application module further comprises an image processing module, and the image processing module is configured to perform operations of zooming, steering or cutting on the images of the user, the dart target, the other user and the other dart target, and to place the images into the split screen.

16. The dart-line competition system of claim 10, wherein the first image capturing device is a front lens of the mobile device.

17. The dart-line competition system of claim 10, wherein the second image capturing device is a miniature camera or a web camera.

18. The system for dart-line competition of claim 10 further comprising a score sensing module, wherein the score sensing module is disposed on or near the dart target, and the score sensing module is configured to calculate a drop point position of each dart after acquiring an image of the dart target with at least one camera, and further calculate a corresponding score.