CN1223594A - Bowling scoring system with instant replay - Google Patents
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An instant replay system for a bowling scoring system(24) is disclosed in which a video clip of a bowler's approach and delivery of a bowling ball, and a video clip of the bowling ball subsequently entering a pin fall area are filmed, compressed and stored in a memory device(400l, 400r).
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Known employed bowling scoring system uses with automatically quick playback (replay) system of certain form.This transmission playback video comes down to separate to the playback system of bowling scoring system score monitor and playback system independently.Except common display monitor is shared, the hardware of bowling scoring system and rapid-playback system and user interface be independently of one another with separate.And then this rapid-playback system in the past only writes down and plays the person's of playing bowling run-up action (approach) and toss action (delivery), does not hit bottle action (pin-fall) but do not write down.
The main device that traditional rapid-playback system uses random-access memory (ram) to obtain by alley zone video camera as storage through digitized video.Because the digitized video image consumes the expensive of a large amount of memories and RAM, so these traditional rapid-playback systems generally only are stored in the video that is obtained during the last rolling of ball.Like this, the user can not retrieve the video that ball rolls in last lattice (frame) or the preceding switch.And then, using traditional rapid-playback system, the person of playing bowling can not be with slow motion or mode playback of video fragment frame by frame, can not F.F. or return video segment, can only watch the whole video fragment from the beginning to the end.
In addition, traditional rapid-playback system does not allow the user by using the importation inputting user command of score console.Like this, except that the keyboard of score console, be necessary for rapid-playback system input mechanism is provided.And then any this input mechanism does not allow the user to handle the parameter that video or adjustment send the video of monitor to by any way, as brightness, and color, contrast etc., these generally can only be adjusted by adjusting monitor.In the time of outside display monitor is installed in the crown and the reached scope the person of playing bowling, this problem will be more outstanding.
Because current rapid-playback system do not allow the playback video that lattice write down in front, the person of playing bowling who has beaten spectator shot can not heavily see whole process or whole process is passed on the videotape.And then Previous System does not allow to print from the video that is write down the hard copy of photographed image.
Therefore the purpose of this invention is to provide a kind of through improved, with bowling scoring system quick playback function, that overcome foregoing problems.One aspect of the present invention provides a kind of user of permission and sends the bowling scoring system that requires the selected video segment request of quick playback by the score console that a part of using as scoring system provides.Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of rapid-playback system that is used for the bowling center, this center allow user with as F.F., time fall, suspend, stop, normal play, slow motion broadcast, still frame, control quick playback with order indication mechanisms such as different rates advance frame by frame, all these can be finished by the soft key of handling on user's input terminal (soft-key), and this input terminal can be the score console of bowling scoring system.In order to obtain these or otherwise advantage, rapid-playback system of the present invention comprises a video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal has been represented the partial video fragment that bowling is rolled along alley at least, the storage device that is used for receiving video signals and store video fragment, and controller that links to each other with user's input terminal of bowling scoring system, this controller is used to receive the user asks the playback video segment and sends video segment to display monitor with playback video segment on display monitor from device for scoring, responds the user's request that receives from user's input terminal of bowling scoring system with this.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of rapid-playback system, and this system can compress the playback video segment so that store a plurality of video segments and demonstration selectively afterwards before storing video segment into memory.In order to obtain this and otherwise advantage, rapid-playback system of the present invention comprises a video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal has been represented the partial video fragment that bowling is rolled along alley at least, be used for receiving video signals and compress the compression set of this video segment, be used to store the storage device of this compressed video fragment, be used for reading the video segment that video segment and decompress(ion) compressed that is compressed and will offering the decompression device of display monitor through the video segment of decompress(ion) from storage device, and one with decompression device and be used to receive the controller that user's input terminal of user's playback video fragment request links to each other, and this controller is used to respond the user to be asked to control decompression device and read, decompress(ion) reaches playback video segment on display monitor.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of rapid-playback system, and this system allows user's call again or reset video segment of roller ball in front lattice or the office.In order to obtain this and otherwise advantage, rapid-playback system of the present invention comprises a video camera that is used to produce the vision signal of representing a plurality of video segments, each video segment comprises the partial video image that bowling is rolled at alley at least, be used for receiving video signals and each video segment be stored in the storage device of independent addressable memory location, one is used to receive the selected video segment requesting users input terminal that stores of replaying user, a display monitor that is used to show selected video segment, and same display monitor, the controller that storage device and user's input terminal link to each other, be used to receive user's request of the selected video segment of playback, identification is with the addressable memory locations in the corresponding storage device of selected video segment, and response user request is sent to display monitor with the selected video segment of playback on display monitor with selected video segment from storage device.
Another aspect of the present invention provides the rapid-playback system that a kind of record hits the bottle action.In order to obtain this and otherwise advantage, rapid-playback system of the present invention comprises bottle regional video camera that hits that directly hits the bottle zone in the face of alley, so that produce the expression bowling by hitting the vision signal of hitting bottle regional video segment of bottle when regional, the storage device that is used for receiving video signals and store video fragment, the display monitor that is used for the display video fragment, with a control circuit that links to each other with storage device with display monitor, this circuit is used for sending video segment to display monitor with playback video segment on display monitor from storage device.
Further aspect of the present invention provides a kind of rapid-playback system, and this system can send any playback video fragment that writes down or combination fragment to videotape or other portable storage medias of video tape recorder according to user command.In order to obtain this or otherwise advantage, rapid-playback system of the present invention comprises a video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal has been represented the partial video fragment that bowling is rolled along alley at least, the storage device that is used for receiving video signals and store video fragment, an input terminal that is used to receive operator's request, be used for sending received video segment on the portable storage media conveyer, and same storage device, the control circuit that conveyer and input terminal link to each other, this circuit is used for the operation response, and person's request sends video segment to conveyer from storage device, sends the portability storage medium afterwards to.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of rapid-playback system, and this system can print the chromatic image of frozen frozen mass as required according to the video segment that is write down.In order to obtain this and otherwise advantage, rapid-playback system of the present invention comprises a video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal has been represented the partial video fragment that bowling is rolled along alley at least, the storage device that is used for receiving video signals and store video fragment, an input terminal that is used to receive operator's request, a printer that is used on paper, printing received frame of video, and same storage device, the control circuit that printer and input terminal link to each other, this circuit is used for operation response person's request sends a frame of video of the video segment stored to printer for printing later on from storage device.
Another aspect of the present invention provides a kind of network of rapid-playback system, thereby can send video segment to link to each other with network video server with therebetween frame of video.In order to obtain the advantage of these and other aspects, this rapid-playback system network comprises a network communication circuit and a plurality of rapid-playback system, and the same at least bowling lanes of each playback system is relevant.Each rapid-playback system comprises a network interface that links to each other with network communication circuit, be used on network communication circuit, sending certainly in the signal of rapid-playback system, a video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal has been represented the partial video fragment that bowling is rolled along alley at least, one receives with video camera being used to of linking to each other and the memory devices of stored video signal, a display monitor that is used for the display video fragment, and same memory devices, the controller that display monitor and network interface link to each other is used for sending video segment to display monitor to show at display monitor from storage device.
By reading following explanation and claims, and accompanying drawing, those are put into practice people of the present invention and those skilled in the art and will recognize that these and other feature of the present invention, target and advantage.
Fig. 1 is according to the present invention, comprises the perspective view at the bowling center of a bowling scoring system;
Fig. 2 is according to the present invention, the perspective view of taking before the bowling score console;
Fig. 3 is the electronic block diagram of the bowling scoring system among Fig. 1;
Fig. 4 is an intercommunicating electronic block diagram in the bowling scoring system;
Fig. 5 is according to soft key user input device of the present invention;
Fig. 6 is with the identical optional embodiment view of Fig. 5;
Fig. 7 is the electronic-circuit diagram with the rapid-playback system of the present invention of box indicating;
Fig. 8 is the perspective view with the bowling lanes of the rapid-playback system of the present invention's realization;
Fig. 9 is the electronic-circuit diagram of the quick playback plate 200 that uses in system shown in Figure 7 represented with the square frame form;
Figure 10 is a state diagram, shows the different operating state of quick playback processor 110 and the flow process from a kind of state to another kind of state;
Figure 11 is a flow chart, shows the more details operation of the different conditions of quick playback processor 110 shown in Figure 10; And
Figure 12 is one and is used for the input structure figure of " playback fast " function.
In the following description, at first scoring system is carried out summary description, subsequently rapid-playback system is carried out summary description, then will be described in detail quick playback plate and rapid-playback system operation.
Referring now to accompanying drawing and shown in embodiment, bowling center shown in Figure 1 comprise one comprise the score processor 22 (Fig. 3) automatic score system 20 and a plurality of score console 24.In order to show identical image on the display 28 of being correlated with each score console 24, automatic score system 20 can add and comprise a plurality of crowns monitor 26.But overhead the image that shows on the display 26 is not limited to those content displayed on score console 24.For example, if crown monitor 26 is grouped into three unit by every pair of alley, as shown in Figure 1, then because score console 24 is relevant with two alleys, therefore two in three monitors may show identical graphic image, and the 3rd monitor shows other graphic image, as TV programme, and videograph or similar thing.
As shown in Figure 1, for simplicity, bowling score console 24 can be positioned at table 16 next doors of being correlated with independent alley 12.But the physical layout of bowling scoring system 20 is not limited to mode shown in Figure 1.For example, bowling score console 24 can be positioned at usually the next door at the return of serve place (ball return) 18 that uses together with a pair of alley.
In the embodiment shown in Figure 2, bowling score console 24 can be on display screen surface 28 show tags and can discern the touch of user to the display screen specific part.The input system of this being known as " touch-screen " has reduced the necessity of independent mechanical keyboard input equipment.Selectively, mechanical keyboard can be positioned at display screen surface 28 under the zone 29.Bowling score console comprises that additionally is used to provide the loudspeaker 60 of acoustic information to the user.The detailed construction of display console 24 is at international application no PCT/US96/00049, in application on January 11st, 1996, exercise question is for disclosing in " BOWLING SCORING CONSOLE ".
In the embodiment shown, automatic score system 20 has used a kind of opening architecture, and by using isa bus standard and ether communication network, this architecture allows system to be assembled with parts by existing fully.In this manner, consider the support to communication system of the enhancing of microprocessor technology and the industrial standard communication technology, the score processor can easily be upgraded.Each score processor 22 comprises a mainboard 30 with existing parts, as 486 processors 32, and PC/AT chipset 34, and other legacy devices 36a-36d.Have according to the main board bus 38 of ISA standard agreement and support multiple grapics interface card 40, this interface card is used to the display screen 28 of a pair of score console 24 and a pair of crown monitor 26 that vision signal is provided.Main board bus 38 is also joined with score indicator interface card 42, and this interface card is provided for the data-interface except that figure and voice data of a pair of score console 24.A pair of sound card 44 provides microphone 58 in isa bus 38 and a pair of score console and the interface between the loudspeaker 60.Ether card 46 uses 10 Base T hubs of standard ether agreement to join with isa bus 38 by one.In order to receive from the input of keypad 50 or touch-screen 54 and with 22 communications of score processor, each score console 24 comprises a microcontroller 48.Microcontroller 48 also receives the input from card reader 52.Port Multiplier 56 allows microphones 58 and loudspeaker 60 to use together with the stereo inputting channel that receives from sound card 44 or the Port Multiplier 62 of communicating by letter internally.
Intercommunication Port Multiplier 62 is gone up at one of four intercommunication line 64a-64d (Fig. 4) and is carried out multiplexed to each microphone/speaker combination of each console 24.Every intercommunication line 64a-64d links to each other with speaker-phone 66a-66d at central control board 67.In this manner, the intercommunication request of any console 24 can be intercepted by any speaker-phone 66a-66d.This allows once the intercommunication request more than to be served, and has avoided the necessity that request is ranked like this.
In one embodiment, score console 24 comprises that a plurality of unlabelled users import selector button or converter 68a-68h, and they can provide by 29 (Fig. 2) in the user input area, distributes along display screen 28 (Fig. 5) bottom.Display screen 28 shown in Figure 5 shows the score-sheet 70 that is used for six persons of playing bowling, and comprises the current person of playing bowling 72, and each person's of playing bowling obstacle branch (handicap) 74 and average mark (average) 76.Display screen 28 additionally comprises a plurality of with the juxtaposed marked region 78a-78h of enter key 68a-68h.As mentioned above, in the embodiment shown in fig. 5, enter key 68a-68h is the mechanical keys switch, be positioned at score console 24 display screens 28 next doors user input area 29.In Fig. 6, touch display screen 28 ' comprises the combination of user's options button 68a '-68h ' of direct covering mark of correlation district 78a-78h.Each key label district 78a-78h comprises that a prompting user selects correspondent button 68a-68h, the mark of 68a '-function that 68h ' finishes.As following more detailed proposition, the mark in each mark zone is set up according to the state of software operation controller 48.Similarly, the function that is caused execution by the variation of each options button depends on the state of the software of microcontroller 48.Soft key explanation about each key function provides unique input selective system.
The soft key display operation is by the soft key programme-control.The details of soft key program is PCT/US96/00187 at international application no, discloses in " the BOWLING SCORING SYSTEM " by name of application on January 11st, 1996.The soft key system can make the program setting of microcontroller 48 and change each key 68a-68h, the follow-up function that at any time depends on program state of the text label of 68a '-68h ' and each key.Soft key program 80 is with the keyboard coupling that has the soft key mapping and carry out concrete function when key is excited by the user.The setting of soft key is by showing softkey label and activating concrete soft key and carry out.The term of execution of software, soft key can change its meaning and behavior subsequently, and number of times is not limit.
With reference to Fig. 7, rapid-playback system comprises a quick playback/playback unit 100 earlier.Better, system is realized by a plurality of such unit 100, the corresponding a pair of alley 12 in each unit.Unit 100 comprises a rapid-playback system chassis 115, be used for laying the quick playback processor 110 that is provided on the compatible mainboard of AT, two quick playback plate 2001 and 200r that are respectively applied for left and right sides alley, this plate is inserted on the mainboard, hard disk drive part 4001 and 400r, link to each other with 200r with quick playback plate 2001 respectively, reach power supply source 150 for each unit power supply.The detailed construction of playback plate 2001 and 200r is described in detail below with reference to Fig. 9 fast.
As described below, playback plate 200 is isa bus compatible boards fast.Block diagram shown in Figure 9 is represented single quick playback plate.Better, plank can be placed in the playback box 101.As shown in Figure 7, see from the outside quick playback box 101 generally is installed in together with video camera 170 and 175 to put on bottle wall on device next door that every video camera is taken for 102 times in the face shield unit, perhaps video camera also can be installed in 102 front portions, face shield unit.
As the part of existing automatic bowling scoring system 0 for every pair of alley provided, for left and right sides alley provides a display monitor 1401 and 140r at least.These display monitors 1401 and 140r can be score console monitor typewrite device 28 and/or crown display monitor 26.For optionally the score form show 70 or other videos of producing by scoring system 20 usually and live and the quick playback video that provides by quick playback unit 100 between switch, unit 100 links to each other with 140r with display monitor 1401 and video feed-in 41a separately comes from the graphics card 1421 and the 142r of scoring system 20.The mode of finishing in detail of this switching is described below.
As Fig. 3 and shown in Figure 7, unit 100 also links to each other with scoring system 20 by the LAN 145 that provides for every pair of alley.Better, the connection with LAN 145 connects by RS485.By this together connection of LAN 145, playback unit 100 can receive the playback command from scoring system 20 fast, and this playback command manually is input to bowling scoring system console 24 by the user.And then bowling scoring system 20 also provides information to unit 100, and these identification informations comprise the person of playing bowling, office's sequence number, and the lattice sequence number, the ball in the lattice utilizes for people who is playing bowling or the next people who plays bowling.Other control information such as contrast, brightness, colors etc. also can offer unit 100 from scoring system console 24.Better, rapid-playback system can be used in combination with the bowling scoring system of tape input part, this importation has the configurable choice menus of software, as use soft key etc., so that being offered the user, all available commands of rapid-playback system score console by bowling scoring system selects.Like this, just can not need the terminal of separating.
As mentioned above, bowling scoring system 20 is suitable for different demonstrations and console configuration.For example, system 20 can be configured to have crown display monitor 26 and not with the score console 24 of console display, crown monitor 26 and the score console 24 that has console display 28 perhaps do not have crown display monitor and the score console 24 that has console display 28.Be suitable on lower console display, showing in order to control the soft key that quick playback pressed by the person of playing bowling, and crown display is used for quick playback.In this configuration, actual control information does not overhead show on the monitor 26, and during quick playback, when display video, closes every other score and come source image.Therefore low and higher display is arranged in this configuration, and higher display 26 will show quick playback, and lower display 28 can be used to control the soft key of playback, the direction of playback, the speed of playback etc. with the demonstration person of playing bowling.
As mentioned above, in some bowling scoring system configurations, have crown display 26, but do not have lower display 28 on the console 24 of scoring.Under such configuration, there is not lower display 28 to show to be used for to control the control image soft key of quick playback, fast playback unit 100 can provide bitmap stack RAM370 (Fig. 9), and it is used for quick playback video or real-time video that those operating keys are added to and show on the display 28 overhead.This is by at digital video/analog converter, bit image memory, and provide the stack frame to realize in some control circuits on the playback plate 200 fast, and wherein playback plate 200 allows that the stack score generates image on the quick playback video image of reality fast.Being superimposed upon in the score configuration that does not have crown display 26 and display monitor 28 is only arranged on score console 24 of soft key image suits.
As explained above, each quick playback unit 100 preferably includes a computer processor 110.An optional ether card 122 can be installed on the mainboard so that processor 110 is connected on the ethernet local area network 120.Be connected to the video server 130 that also has on the ethernet local area network 120, its same at least VCR132 links to each other with a color printer 134.Video server 120 can be positioned at other any positions at front end desktop or bowling center.By the VCR132 that video server 130 is provided and on the LAN of this kind mode, is attached thereto, the video segment that is write down that sends from different playback unit 100 can be transmitted to videotape, if therefore the people who plays bowling begins first dozen, the branch bottle of meeting difficulty, or beaten outstanding office of office when waiting, the video that can require to write down sends the VCR videotape to.Because is compressed video data from hardware configuration 100 by the video data that LAN 120 sends video server 130 to, video server 130 preferably includes a quick playback plate 200vs with plate 2001 and 200r structural similarity.Explain as following, the playback plate comprises a CODEC fast, JPEG CODEC as described below, be used for and be converted to the color space converter (colorspace converter) of RGB digital video from the YUV digital video output of CODEC, and be used for video is converted to suitable analog format so that record digital video/analog converter on the VCR tape through decompressing.
As described below, the compressed digital of digital video data that sends to video server 130 on LAN 120 can not transmit with real-time mode.Therefore, video server preferably also comprises a buffering, as hard disk drive, for use in being stored in the block of video data that sends on the LAN 120, after all block of video data all received and store, video data can be read from hard disk with real-time mode.
Rapid-playback system at least the most also comprises a color printer 134 that links to each other with video server 130.By a color printer 134 is provided on LAN 120, the static frame of video from the playback unit 100 of every pair of alley along institute's recording of video that LAN 120 transmits can printout to color printer 134.Better, printer 134 is a letter quality machine, for example Epson digital color printer.
To those person skilled in the art's this point will be very obvious, and promptly other hardware can be connected on the LAN 120 to finish different functions.For example, can connect color scanner, on the relevant display monitor of this alley, show so that with the chromatic image digitlization and send specific alley to.And then the video segment that is write down on the VCR tape can be read from VCR132, digitlization, and send to alley relevant be used for one of hardware configuration that on its monitor, shows.
Better, every alley has one to four hard disk drive 400.Two hard disk drives are arranged having on each plate 200 on two ide interfaces and each interface, every alley will have four hard disk drives like this.The number of the hard disk drive of every alley can be according to the bowling center to the memory space of every alley regulation and difference.On each quick playback plate 200 four hard disk drives are arranged, the playback box will have eight hard disk drives fast.Those disc drivers can be installed in specific alley to last then, are to shine upon one to one between alley and the quick playback plate.The disc driver that is connected on the plate is not striden alley by public use, only distributes to single alley and uses.
When selecting suitable hard disk drive, confirmable is that the addressing time is not particular importance, because system does not really operate under the edit pattern.Selecting the most important parameter of hard disk drive is the medium transfer rate that continues, and refers to the transfer rate of per second megabit (Megabits) between magnetic head of disc drive and recording medium, and recording medium refers to independent a slice disc driver.Transfer rate is per second 25 megabits or faster preferably.The hard disk drive that uses in the present invention preferably has the ability of minimum medium transfer rate as per second 30 megabits that keep.The disc driver that reaches that transfer rate that only can happen suddenly is unfavorable, because drop to required minimum of a value when following when data transmission rate, visually tedious thing will occur, as jiggly video.
Then, next most important characteristic be in fact hard disk how how its data of speed buffering and it manage its high-speed buffer.A factor that has a strong impact on the hard disk drive quality is a disc driver high speed buffer data intelligently, because in JPEG, the size of institute's compressed picture is the function of image content, particularly the high-frequency content picture.Image with a large amount of high-frequency contents is than the image with low high-frequency content, and the frame behind the coding is also bigger.If the chief component tonequality of image is gentle, color is level and smooth continuous etc., and the size behind this picture coding is less relatively so.As a result, when video data was recorded on the hard disk, the big young pathbreaker of the coding of frame was different separately.As a result, disc driver should have a very healthy and strong buffering so that disc driver can adapt to the frame of size change.
And then hard disk drive preferably has the space of a GB at least.The size of disc driver is big more, and the time of being write down is long more or record office of institute number is many more.Two disc drivers that satisfy above all standards are by the fireball 1080AT of Quantum manufacturing and the disc driver of fireball 1280AT brand.
Although a plurality of IDE hard disk drives are described with one to one or four to one ratio with alley, can use different drivers and different drive configuration.For example, system can realize or every pair of alley provides a big driver that can keep suitable transfer rate with the SCSI driver.
As shown in Figure 8, provide a run-up sensor 160, be used to survey the present person of playing bowling in the runway in the runway of every right alley of alley.Runway sensor 160 can be any suitable traditional motion detector.When detecting the person of playing bowling, sensor 160 offers processor 110 by a relevant plate 200 with a signal, make processor 110 select videos output from runway video camera 170, this video camera is installed in the video of the place relevant with alley 12 with the person of playing bowling that is recorded centrally in the runway.
Along every alley 12 first ball detector 162 that is used to survey the transmission of ball is arranged, be used to survey second ball detector 164 of ball when ball is positioned at the range of views of hitting the regional video camera 175 of bottle, it is positioned at the more downward position of alley.As described below, the output of sensor and detector is the input of the plate 200 relevant with alley 12.Hitting bottle district's video camera 175 is installed in the place relevant with alley 12 and hits a action in the bottle district to be recorded centrally in alley 12 ends.
When detecting the person of playing bowling and level off to the external event of runway, rapid-playback system processor 110 determines when and begins to carry out record.This is to finish by the invisible infrared ray that the perception person of playing bowling blocks run-up sensor 160, and this run-up sensor is positioned near the person of playing bowling picks up ball somewhere.At that, processor 110 indicator boards 200 are opening entry in the cyclic buffer of one of relevant hard disk 400 of the alley that detects the person of playing bowling.When cyclic buffer (for example FIFO (FIFO) buffering area) when having filled compressed digital of digital video data, this buffering area will be poured out the data of going into earlier when continuing the video data of storage input.Better, cyclic buffer has approximately been stored 5 to 10 seconds video.Cyclic buffer continues to be written into until definite ball and is rolled and detected by first ball detector 162 on the predetermined position of alley.In this manner, only write down 5 to 10 seconds the run-up situation of the person of playing bowling before toss, and by not storing the video of any extension length that takes place before the person's of playing bowling run-up, can the retention disk space.
When the person's of playing bowling roller ball, system uses first talent scout to survey the present case that sensor 162 is surveyed ball in the primary importance of alley.When system used first talent scout to survey sensor 162 to detect the present case of ball, processor 110 indicator boards 200 stopped to write down the shooting by the person of playing bowling in 170 pairs of runwaies of runway video camera, and with shown video switch be blackout frequently.
Better, system use be positioned at alley further by second talent scout down survey sensor 164 show hit bottle video also triggering hit 175 pairs of toss videos of bottle district's video camera and carry out record.Like this, when ball further when alley rolls, second ball detector 164 is caught the present case of ball and is sent signals to plate 200 and starts and hit bottle district's video camera 175 recording of video.In this manner, during ball rolled along alley, the time of ball between first and second ball detector was not recorded, and has kept the space on the disc driver.According to training, for analyzing their toss and result's people subsequently, ball is inessential relatively during the alley rolling.Those skilled in the art can understand, if disk space is out of question, then system can just can write down whole event through simple modification.
Be explained in more detail as following, system preferably utilize timeout mechanism (time-outs) come to determine the record toss and hit bottle stage the actual duration and hitting bottle take place the back how long system begins automatic playback.What do not resemble other has system earlier, and these timeout parameters are preferably controlled by software so that they can oneself be provided with at the score console or by the bowling center by the user.Like this, system very flexibly and can be adjusted easily by the layman.
To make a more detailed description quick playback plate 200 below with reference to Fig. 9 after generality describes system-level rapid-playback system is carried out.Basically, quick playback plate 200 is expressed as the ISAPC plate in single IBMPC of being inserted in or the compatible PC.Plate 200 comprises that being taken into video from the normal video camera is the video section 210 of number format with this video decode also.This digital video enters and next is the logic block of JPEG CODEC then, and it is an encoder/decoder and is the compression section 220 of plank.Then, to computer hard disc driver part 400, it links to each other with 412 by ide interface 410 with plank the digital compression data from compression section 220.In fact this three part has represented the data path of the videograph that obtains from video camera 170 and 175.The data path that is used for playback is opposite in fact, compressed numerical data reads into CODEC200 and outputs to digital/analog converter part 240 from CODEC200 from disc driver part 400, and here picture is converted into the analog format that shows on monitor 140.Plate 200 further comprises a pair of part or the element that appends to plank.One of them part is video display part 250, is used for real-time sight is taken out and be converted into again the analog video that shows at score indicator display 140 from digital video.Another part of plate 200 is an EBI 260, and it is the custom interface to the standard I SA bus of the equal tool practical significance of all PCs preferably.
Why plate 200 can carry out quick playback operation, to a great extent owing to the separation of packed data video bus with computer data bus.By separating and this two data paths that is coupled, any bandwidth restriction of forcing on computer data bus can be eliminated.Better, four data/address bus are arranged on plate 200, comprise YUV digital video bus 270, the jpeg data bus 280 that is used for disc driver, the jpeg data bus that is used for CODEC of separating with the jpeg data bus, and be used for the computer data bus 300 of the general purpose of different elements on host-processor 110 and the plate 200.
The atomic unit of record generally is the video field.Such territory shows in proper order with the speed of 60 fields of per second.Two fields constitute a frame, and the speed of frame generally is per second 30 frames like this.Although system of the present invention such as employed this form are described, also can use other display format.
After plate 200 has been carried out general description, the details of plate 200 will be below at first the reference record operation be described.When with plate 200 recording of video, offered video a/d converter and decoder 320 from the analog video signal that hits bottle district's video camera 175 and dropping zone video camera 170 respectively according to the order of sequence by line 310 and 315, they receive and are converted to data signal from the selected composite video waveform of one of video camera and with vision signal, and data signal is demodulated into the brightness and the chrominance section of vision signal then.Vision signal is made up of color and brightness, and in the separated processing of digital world.The form of output digital video signal is 4: 2: 2 digital videos, meets 601 squares of pixel standards of CCIR.
Digital video is come out from decoder 320, enter JPEG CODEC part 220, it can use independent existing parts to realize, these parts receive the yuv video from the raster format of decoder 320, be converted into 8 and take advantage of 8 block of pixels, take out this and 8 take advantage of 8 and video is converted to frequency domain by the discrete cosine function from time domain, and then entropy (entropy) is encoded to produce the packed data string to coefficient of frequency as a result.Although can use other compression ratio, data are preferably compressed with 10 to 1 ratio.JPEG represents to unite shooting expert group, and it is an iso standard, defined it the grammer of formative data.
Although JPEG is described compress technique preferably, also can use the discrete cosine transform (DCT) of extended formatting to come the compressed digital vision signal.Especially, resemble JPEG, DCT combines the entropy or the Huffman encoding method of some kinds, and the interim compression method as MPEG (motion picture expert group) that may use is particularly suitable for compression use rapid-playback system of the present invention institute video captured.
In the compressed while of digital video, it also can show on monitor 140.In order to finish this target, the yuv data that provides from decoder 320 on YUV digital video bus 270 is red by color space converter 350 receptions and at color space with color conversion, green and blue (RGB) video component.These RGB color video components will be provided for digital video/analog converter 352, digital video is changed back analog signal, select real-time digital video by a rgb video Port Multiplier (MUX), this converter is red with difference on display 140, and green and blue mode shows.The difference operation of color is finished by three kinds of differential driver 356 that provide for every kind of RGB color component.
Packed data comes out from CODEC part 220, and the controller 360 that can be used as jpeg data DMA transmission control unit (TCU) directly is transferred to one of IDE hard disk drive 400 with compressed data, and this hard disk drive is with playback plate 200 is continuous fast.The compressed data that enters hard disk drive by processor 110 by software control.The transmission of packed data from CODEC part 220 to hard disk drive part 400 is to use a plurality of buffering areas 362, and between CODEC jpeg data bus 290 and disk jpeg data bus 280 and the Port Multiplier that is attached thereto conciliate that Port Multiplier (demultiplexer) 364 finishes.Buffering area, Port Multiplier are conciliate the operation of Port Multiplier by 360 controls of jpeg data DMA transmission control unit (TCU).Like this, the digital video of being compressed is at record operating period data/address bus 300 by computer.
With regard to playback, the video data signal path comes down to top described recording process opposite.Described in detail as follows, automatic playback or can respond the user that the importation by operation score console produces and ask to carry out playback can be set when record end.During playback, video data is read from hard disk 400 under the instruction of dma controller 360 and is transferred to JPEG CODEC 200 from hard disk part 400.The order of response from processor 110, the direction of JPEGCODEC chip 220 is turned when decompressing, and is opposite during with compressed video data.Like this, compressed digital video is left disc driver 400 along disk jpeg data bus 280, and process CODEC jpeg data bus 290 enters JPEG CODEC chip 220, be converted to the raster format of digital YUV towards 8 data of taking advantage of 8 block of pixels by counter-rotating DCT here, this form is identical with the form that comes out from Video Decoder 320 exactly.The yuv data that comes out from the JPEG chipset passes through YUV digital video bus, data are converted to RGB by color space converter 350 on this bus, changed back analog video data by digital video/analog converter 352 from digital of digital video data, and on display 40, show with different-format.
As mentioned above, playback plate 200 comprises an isa bus interface fast.By isa bus, the quick playback software in the processor 110 can communicate with the hardware on the plate 200 to determine whether what hardware does, for example, operate under logging mode or under the playback mode.Rapid-playback system allows by isa bus playback parameter and playback state to be controlled.For example, the quick playback software of processor 110 can tell system to carry out playback with per second 30 frames or per second 15 frames or per second 7 frames or desired any speed.System further can control time parameter, and how long definition record can continue.Software obtains its order by connecting 390 from scoring system, and this connection is preferably the RS485 that is connected to LAN 145 and connects.Connect every pair of alley by a local area network.
As previously mentioned, data/address bus 300 is data/address bus of corresponding system processor 110.In this manner, processor 110 can be with any system unit communication that links to each other with data/address bus 300.270 of YUV digital video buses are used in Video Decoder 320, between color space converter 350 and the JPEG CODEC 220.As explained above, two data/address bus are arranged, one is referred to as CODEC jpeg data bus 290, and another is referred to as disk jpeg data bus 280.Port Multiplier 364 according to system be in logging mode or playback mode with these buses connect together with specified data from/to the data path of disc driver 400 and CODEC 220.Port Multiplier 415 allows processor 110 to read or write data from disc driver.In this case, Port Multiplier 415 can be configured as follows, be that data are left from disc driver, after coming out by Port Multiplier, data/address bus 300 enters processor 110, perhaps come out along disk jpeg data bus 280 by Port Multiplier 364 and get back to CODEC jpeg data bus 290 from disc driver, this bus is in plate 200 this locality.
Because the data path between disc driver 400 and the CODEC 200 should be real-time, so the data flow between them should not be interrupted.But if the person of playing bowling has played one innings 300 minutes recreation and wanted to make the videotape of this office of box, then the video fragment that plate 200 will this office sends video server 130 on the ethernet local area network 120 along data/address bus 300 to by processor 110.But the video that sends the office of tape to need not be transferred to video server with real-time mode.Therefore but transmission can be an interrupt procedure.In case some video on video server 130, just is used for decompressing with plate 200 similar plates on server, playback and video is encoded to the form of compatible VCR132.As a result, the video from encoder of hard disk 400 flows so that it may not carry out record with real-time mode when the actual data transfer between playback plate 200 and the video server 130 does not take place with real-time mode fast even server 130 must will leave.Like this, the priority in the packed data transmission of the packed data transfer ratio between processor 110 and the server 130 between disk 400 and CODEC 200 is low.For example, processor 110 utilizes dma controller 360 to begin to carry out transfer of data between CODEC 220 and disk 400, and its effect is to have nothing to do with current transmission and processor 110 that real-time mode is carried out.This moment, processor 110 indication dma controllers 360 began to carry out record, and processor 110 also is configured hard disk for the DMA transmission.In case dma controller 360 opening entries, it sends a confirmation signal to processor 110.After receiving this confirmation signal, processor 110 just can be transferred on the videotape at the video data of finding time on the Ethernet again low priority.Can see that like this recording processing of video and the transfer of data of carrying out are to separate and process clearly really, can parallel running on Ethernet.Port Multiplier 415 and 364 reason that jpeg data bus and cpu data bus are separated why that Here it is, data just can be transmitted by these two buses simultaneously simultaneously like this, and this also is the reason that every block of plate 200 of why system preferably includes two ide interfaces 410 and 412.
By setting up such independence and the data channel of separating, and priority policy, if the person of playing bowling require with 300 minutes one innings when disc driver records tape, system will can not handle this person of playing bowling and allow other persons of playing bowling wait on alley and play ball and finish until recreation transmission in those 300 minutes.And then, when during from the video data of 300 minutes office of the hard disk that is connected transmission, writing down new video, when data send tape to, play and needn't be delayed by being turned to the hard disks that link to each other with ide interface 410 by another ide interface 412.
Because bowling scoring system knows which ball who plays at which alley, thus it be responsible for notifying rapid-playback system who playing bowling and storing together so that suitable information can be tagged in the video and with the video on the hard disk.Selectively, can keep one to be used to the person's of playing bowling sign, the lattice sequence number, ball in the lattice and band are through the mapping table of office's sequence number of the video segment of the unique identification sign indicating number of storage.By with the person of playing bowling, lattice, ball in the lattice and office's sequence number are come the video segment that mark writes down or are followed the tracks of, this information can from disc driver, take out or from this table, read with definite each specific video belong to who and it in bowling office sequence corresponding to where.Therefore the most handy those data of each videograph are carried out mark.Two processors and two processing in operation are arranged here.The scoring system processor is arranged, and it knows which person of playing bowling is playing ball and it also knows the ongoing action of the person of playing bowling according to the enter key of being pressed on the console in score.Any such information is pass on local area network, and this LAN is not an Ethernet, but 145 pairs of specific alleys of RS485 and local area network are to being local.This information is pass on to processor 110 on LAN 145, and this processor is specifically designed to and carries out quick playback.Again, playback hardware is inserted on the mainboard of standard I BM PC fast, and in fact the executable program of so quick playback software operates under the standard DOS of PC.Like this, when information is pass on, be specifically designed to processor 110 these information of retrieval of quick playback on local area network 145.Then the action of carrying out is made an explanation and order sent to the quick playback hardware that influences this action on the plate 200 at quick playback executable program resident on the processor 110.Therefore, for example, want to have a look office 1 if be numbered 3 the person of playing bowling, lattice 3, ball 2, then this information is pass on to the quick playback executable program in the bowling scoring system processor and this executable program and will be responsible for this record of location on hard disk drive, and then notifies quick playback dma controller 360 so that data necessary is moved on one of display monitor 140 under the playback mode from the driver address of appointment.
Every pair of alley has a quick playback executable program, so processor 110 knows on quick playback plate 200 relevant with right alley and the disk 400 and on quick playback plate 200 of being correlated with left alley and the disk 400 what is arranged.Like this, any specific person of playing bowling is just playing bowling on which bar alley, and just it doesn't matter, because if that person's of playing bowling Request System shows once batting specific in a certain particular frame, be used for that processor 110 and will know specific ball rolled on which bar alley, and it will retrieve video also will indicate relevant plate desired video of playback on the display monitor of being correlated with that alley from the disc driver relevant with that alley alley.
Jpeg data DMA transmission control unit (TCU) 360 is distributed on a few IC chip by function, and these chips can be independently programmable logic array (PLA) devices of standard, promptly can programme so that they are operated with specific functional mode with code.In fact, dma controller 360 is independent of quick playback host-processor 110, and on the path that the data/address bus with host-processor separates the transfer of data between hard disk and the JPEG CODEC is worked.The playback executable program makes host-processor 110 that order is distributed to disc driver to operate under with the relative DMA pattern of programming I/O pattern fast, and a block count is passed to disc driver to determine having transmitted how many data and it also is that driver provides an initial address, begin to transmit data from this address.Processor 110 indication dma controllers 360 begin to carry out transfer of data then.Dma controller 360 simulations are with the interface of IDE disc driver, and this interface is the ide interface of ansi standard on the one hand, on the other hand dma controller 360 Simulation with I SA buses oneself.And then, dma controller 360 with JPEG CODEC 220 with host data bus 300 in the address, data and control bus aspect disconnect.In this manner, although there are not data actual in DMA transmission control unit (TCU) 360, dma controller 360 is installed between disc driver and the JPEG CODEC effectively.Dma controller 360 control IDE buses are also controlled HPI on the JPEG chip, and under suitable time mode by these two interfaces of control, the DMA control data from a device transmission to another equipment.
The hardware component of describing system in detail and summary description after these functions of components, the whole details operation with reference to Figure 10 and 11 pairs of quick playback host-processors 110 being described below.
When must parts carrying out the initialization post processing to each of system, the software of system power-up and processor 110 begins.It is provided with them respectively with the initial value of JPEG chipset, Video Decoder etc.System is after initialization, and processor 110 is in the idle cycles state, and the software of processor 110 makes it carry out work in the drives interrupts mode as software state machine is main.The state diagram of state machine as shown in figure 10, between state more the operations flows of details shown in flow process Figure 11.In this state machine, state transitions is general relevant with the interruption that takes place.
When processor 110 was in idle condition 506, whether its is checked the run-up that detects, and (step 508, if Figure 11) and the run-up that does not detect, processor 110 was checked to determine whether an existing overtime setting of system (step 510).Because in this point overtime timer was not set, so processor 110 will keep idle condition 506 until detecting run-up in step 508.If the person of playing bowling has begun to move ahead and cut off near the person of playing bowling picks up his or her ball infrared ray, then processor 110 recognizes the interruption from run-up sensor 160 that is produced.As reaction, processor 110 is made amendment to indicate the run-up state 520 (step 512) that entered into to its state by state variable is set.In case enter run-up state 520, on run-up video (step 514) that processor 110 indication dma controllers 360 opening entries are obtained by runway video camera 170 and the display monitor that the run-up video is presented at the alley relevant (step 516) with the run-up action that detects.As explained above, under logging mode, processor 110 starts disc drivers 400, by be recorded in receive in the hard disk cyclic buffer and through the video data of overcompression with video storage in disk.Then processor 110 starts JPEG CODEC to compress received video.In case get the hang of 520, processor 110 also is provided with an overtime timer in step 518, will check it during different subsequently modes of operation.
Now, each time processor 110 circulates by the flow chart of Figure 11, and it is by the decision block 506 of representing idle condition and the decision block that enters into the expression current operation status.Like this, will enter into the frame 520 of expression run-up state and then enter step 522 at this point processor 110, here processor 110 sees if there is ball with inspection and is dished out.Meanwhile, dma controller 360 is constantly with in the cyclic buffer of run-up videograph to the disc driver.If there is not ball to be dished out, whether processor 110 is determined in the overtime timer that step 518 is provided with passed (step 510).If the person of playing bowling crosses the runway, overtime timer is reset in step 526.System always will be till run-up videograph in cyclic buffer.Cyclic buffer can be stored the video data corresponding to adjustable predetermined time period of some, and 5 seconds for example are so that anyly once have only the run-up video in nearest 5 seconds to be stored in the cyclic buffer in the batting.
Then when the person of playing bowling determines to roll bowling (bowling of dishing out), system detects toss (step 522) by first ball detector 162 that is positioned at the alley somewhere.When ball passes through first ball detector 162, produce an interruption and this interruption and tell processor 110 these balls by the toss sensor.At that, processor 110 enters wait and hits bottle operating state (step 526) and stop to write down run-up action (step 528), be used for writing down run-up and toss if there is the time in 5 seconds to distribute like this, then system is not parked in to write down in the cyclic buffer up to first ball detector 162 and detects ball.Then the data in cyclic buffer are stored on the disk, and the address is specified by processor 110 and suitable ID mark, and this mark has identified the person of playing bowling, lattice, the ball in the lattice, and office.Like this, before detecting ball, first ball detector 162 only have the time in 5 seconds to be recorded.
Hit a bottle operating state in case enter into wait, processor 110 also is provided with a timer (step 530) and determines whether to exist and hits bottle action (step 532) (if system had only the runway video camera and do not hit bottle district's video camera when realizing, then hitting the bottle action may can not get).If can obtain hitting the bottle action, hit bottle vision signal of district's video camera 175 and be transmitted to the display monitor of being correlated with and close runway video camera 170 (step 534) with alley.When the vision signal that offers display monitor 140 from the run-up video to hitting a bottle action video when changing, preferably by Port Multiplier 354 give display monitor 140 provide a width of cloth blackout frequently image to guarantee the appearance of level and smooth conversion.
Hit bottle motion cameras 175 if can not start, then the run-up video camera is held open and constantly the run-up signal is exported to display monitor.In both cases, processor execution in step 536 is also followed execution in step 538 and whether is detected ball with second ball detector 164 that inspection is positioned at more following alley.If ball is by detector 164, then processor 110 is checked the timer that is provided with in step 530 whether pass (step 540).If the timer passage, processor 110 enters automatic playback state (step 556), otherwise it keeps waiting for that hitting bottle operating state passs until overtime timer.Like this,, then there is no need record and hit bottle action, so processor waits for the time durations of drafting, and after this time durations passage, processor 110 begins to start playback if do not hit bottle video camera 175.Because other possibility is if in fact can obtain hitting bottle action, then do not record whatever for some time, promptly ball by the first toss sensor 162 to ball by the second more following ball detector 164 of alley detect during this period of time during.
When ball is detected by second ball detector 164, unless causing processor 110 to hit bottle operating state arrival from wait earlier, the setting that postpones hits a bottle action delaying state 551, processor 110 is changed to its mode of operation in step 542 and hits a bottle operating state.If be provided with delay, processor 110 is after second ball detector 164 detects ball and moving to and wait for predetermined time durations before hitting bottle operating state 552.By delay is set, can wait for ball near hit bottle district and ball enter restart to write down in the visual field of hitting bottle video camera 175 before the retention disk driver space.
After step 542 being provided with hit bottle operating state, processor 110 determined whether to hit the bottle action and handles (step 544).If can not handle, processor 110 advances to step 550.If can handle, processor 10 is checked to guarantee to choose from the signal (step 546) that hits bottle active region video camera 175 and to indicate DBA controller 360 opening entries from the video (step 548) that hits bottle active region video camera 175.Then, in step 550, loop back hit the square frame 552 of bottle operating state by state box to expression before, 110 pairs of processors hit the overtime timer of bottle action and are provided with.Now processor 110 from the mode of hitting bottle operating state 552 and transferring to next state with the run-up method have with, in fact will stop record after promptly detecting by ball detector 162.For hitting bottle operating state 552, processor 110 starts a time delay (step 550), it is adjustable, and when time delay finishes soon (step 554), processor 110 is transferred to automatic playback state 560 (step 556) from hitting bottle operating state 550.The reason of using timer is because can use with notification processor 110 without any mechanism after bottle is finished when hitting.
If if can not carry out automatic playback or find that in step 510 overtime timer is overtime, then processor 110 returns idle condition 506 (step 562), stop any videograph (step 563) that is carrying out, remove overtime timer (step 564), and use Port Multiplier 354 to select score-sheet signal (step 565) on display monitor, showing.If can carry out automatic playback, processor 110 is changed to broadcast state 570 (step 566) with mode of operation, select to be used for the signal (step 567) that shows at display monitor from quick playback plate 200, and the indication dma controller begins playback video (step 568) at assigned address.
Broadcast state 570 can reach by one of two kinds of methods.If system is in automatic playback state, then processor 110 enters broadcast state immediately, and video carries out playback with fixed speed.If processor 110 is in idle condition, and receive an instruction processorunit 110 from scoring system and specifying the interrupting information (step 502) of playing the specific video segment that writes down under the playback mode, then processor 110 directly shifts from idle condition immediately and is broadcast state 570.In both cases, when processor 110 is in broadcast state, some videos are carrying out playback and processor 110 disc drivers are set to playback, it will be provided with JPEG chipset 220 and enter the decompression pattern, and it will be provided with to act on a transmission of one dma controller 360.Like this, under the sort of mode, broadcast state shows quick playback.
When system for the response user in the request of score console input when idle condition enters into broadcast state, the information that sends to processor 110 will include the person of playing bowling, office, lattice, and the batting of playback and the identification information of the order of playback how.One of order is " conventional play ", so that playback request can be a conventional playing request, or a slow motion playing request, in this case, actual speed is the part of the request data structure that sent.Processor 110 also will be sought the video that suspends or stop current playback from the indication mechanism of scoring system console, perhaps return down or the video playback order of F.F. video segment.
In order to have input request on the scoring system console of soft key, the user is at first by certain relevant part 607 (Figure 12) of soft key 68g (Fig. 5 and Fig. 6) that " playback fast " arranged with shown indication on next key or the touch console score-sheet display screen 600.When analytic accounting divided on the table display that playback key 607 is activated fast, Ji Lu video segment carried out playback and will show bottom display monitor with one group of soft key of playback controls display screen 610 correspondences fast at one of display monitor at last.Playback controls display screen 610 comprises a reverse slow motion soft key 611 fast, reverse single step soft key 612, and forward single step soft key 613, forward slow motion soft key 614 is play soft key 615, selects soft key 616, and a cancellation soft key 617.When reverse slow motion soft key 611 was activated, system play video segment or the selected video segment that records at last from the video segment rear portion with reverse jogging speed.If oppositely single step soft key 612 is activated, system oppositely plays video segment or the selected video segment that records at last frame by frame from the video segment rear portion.If forward single step soft key 613 is activated, system plays current video segment or selected video segment frame by frame from video segment head forward.If forward slow motion soft key 614 is activated, system from the video segment head with the forward jogging speed by playing selected video segment or current video segment responds.Be activated if play soft key 615, system from slice header with normal speed by playing current video segment or selected video segment responds.If cancellation soft key 617 is activated, system returns score-sheet display screen 600 to show with Fig. 5 screen similar with Fig. 6.If select soft key 616 to be activated, system selects screen 620 to respond by showing quick playback ball.Those skilled in the art will recognize that to provide other soft keys to operate video segment, as the F.F. soft key, returns soft key, suspends soft key, the frozen frozen mass soft key, or allow the playback rate to carry out the different soft keys of adjusting.
The playback ball selects screen 620 to show an arrangement fast, each ball that the specific person of playing bowling gets at every innings of every lattice and the soft key that has further shown one group of manipulable cursor have been listed, highlighted one of the ball listed in the shown row that shown of this cursor along the bottom of screen.Especially, the playback ball is selected screen 620 to comprise and is moved the left arrow soft key 621 that highlighted cursor left one is listed as fast, move the right arrow soft key 622 of highlighted cursor right one row, move the upward arrow soft key 623 of delegation on highlighted cursor that rolls, the following arrow soft key 624 of the highlighted cursor line down that rolls, an affirmation soft key 625 that is used for selecting highlighted inlet and returns quick playback controls screen 610, and a cancellation soft key 626 that is used for when not selecting to be different from the video of last record, returning quick playback controls screen 610.Like this, by handling soft key 621-624, the user can select video segment and this video segment of playback subsequently of the specific ball got in specific office particular bin by the person of playing bowling of appointment.
When playback finishes (step 572), processor 110 is transferred to from broadcast state and is play done state 580 (step 574), sends an information of representing the playback end to scoring system (step 576), and in step 578 overtime timer is set.After overtime timer passage, processor 110 is transferred to idle condition 506 from playing done state 580, makes the hungry vision signal that offers display monitor 140 change back the score-sheet that is produced by scoring system then.
Although this playback system is described in conjunction with employed specific scoring system, can recognize that this playback system can separate to use, perhaps in any other automatic score system, partly or entirely be used in combination.Such scoring system is to disclose in 5,101,254 at U.S. Patent number.And then the novel improvements to rapid-playback system that some aspect of the present invention or feature show can be independent of bowling scoring system and realize.Like this, can recognize that different aspect of the present invention can carry out practicability under the situation of combination at any type of bowling scoring system of difference.
Content described above is only considered in a preferred embodiment.For those skilled in the art and those use people of the present invention to make amendment to the present invention.Therefore be appreciated that, in the drawings and described in the above embodiment only be for the illustration purpose, be not in order to limit the scope of the invention, according to the principle that comprises the Patent Law that is equal to effectiveness, the explanation of making by following claim defines this.
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1. quick place system that in bowling scoring system, uses, this system has user's input terminal and the relevant display monitor of a same at least alley, and described rapid-playback system comprises:
A video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal represent it is the video segment of bowling along the part of alley rolling at least;
Be used to receive the compression set of described vision signal and compressed video fragment;
Be used to store the storage device of institute's compressed video fragment;
Be used for reading the video segment that is compressed from described storage device, video segment that is compressed and the decompressing device that the video segment that is decompressed is offered display monitor decompress; And
One with described decompressing device and the continuous controller of user's input terminal, this controller is used to receive the request of customer requirements playback video fragment and is used to respond the user to be asked to control described decompressing device and reads, decompress, and on display monitor the playback video segment.
2. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said video camera is a runway video camera, this video camera is used to produce the vision signal of the expression person of playing bowling run-up action video fragment, and described runway video camera is directly faced the runway of alley so that the person's of playing bowling run-up view to be provided.
3. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 2 further comprises:
A runway sensor that links to each other with described controller is used for the situation of the perception person of playing bowling in the bowling lanes runway,
Wherein said controller is with described runway video camera, and described compression set reaches described storage device and links to each other, and is used for beginning when the person of playing bowling is at first perceived in the runway taking compression, and store video fragment.
4. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 3 further comprises:
A ball sensor that links to each other with described controller, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, is used for the bowling that perception is passed through,
Wherein described controller stops to take when described ball sensor perceives bowling, compresses and store the process of described vision signal.
5. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 2 further comprises:
One is hit bottle district's video camera with what described compression set linked to each other with described controller, and the described bottle district video camera that hits directly hits the bottle district so that produce the vision signal that bottle district video segment is hit in expression when hitting the bottle district in bowling in the face of alley.
6. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 5 further comprises:
A runway sensor that links to each other with described controller, the situation that is used for the person of playing bowling on the perception bowling lanes runway, wherein said controller is with described runway video camera, described compression set, link to each other with described storage device, be used for when the person of playing bowling is at first perceived in the runway compressing and store starting shootings, compressing the also process of store video fragment by the vision signal that described runway video camera is produced; And
A ball sensor that links to each other with described controller, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein described controller stops to take, compress and store the process of the vision signal that is produced by described runway video camera when described ball sensor perceives bowling.
7. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 6 further comprises:
The bottle that hits that links to each other with described controller is distinguished ball sensor, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein when bowling by described when hitting bottle district's ball sensor and perceiving, described controller starts to be taken, compression, and storage is by described process of hitting the vision signal of bottle district video camera generation.
8. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 1 further comprises:
One is hit bottle district's video camera with what described compression set linked to each other with described controller, describedly hits that a bottle district video camera directly hits the bottle district in the face of alley so that produce the vision signal that bottle district video segment is hit in expression when hitting the bottle district in bowling.
9. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 8 further comprises:
One is hit a bottle zone sensors with what described controller linked to each other, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein when bowling by described when hitting bottle district's ball sensor and perceiving, described controller starts to be taken, compression, and storage is by described process of hitting the vision signal of bottle district video camera generation.
10. a rapid-playback system that is used for the bowling center comprises:
One is hit bottle district's video camera, and it directly when bottle distinguish produces vision signal that expression hit bottle district video segment with convenient bowling by hitting in the face of alley hits the bottle district;
Be used to receive the storage device of described vision signal and store video fragment;
The display monitor that is used for the display video fragment; With
A control circuit that links to each other with described display monitor and described storage device, this control circuit is used for video segment is transferred to described display monitor with playback video segment on described display monitor from described storage device.
11. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 10 further comprises:
The bottle that hits that links to each other with described controller is distinguished ball sensor, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein when bowling by described when hitting bottle district's ball sensor and perceiving described controller start take and storage by a described process of hitting the vision signal that bottle district video camera produces.
12. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 10 further comprises:
A runway video camera that links to each other with described control circuit with described storage device, be used to produce the vision signal of the expression person of playing bowling run-up situation video segment, and with this vision signal offer described storage device with response from the order of described control circuit, described runway video camera be installed in alley top and directly in the face of the runway of alley so that the top view that provides the person of playing bowling to advance.
13. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 12 further comprises:
A runway sensor that links to each other with described controller, be used for the situation of the perception person of playing bowling in the bowling lanes runway, wherein said controller links to each other with described runway video camera and described storage device, is used for starting when the person of playing bowling is at first perceived in the runway process of taking and coming the store video fragment by the vision signal that storage is produced by described runway video camera; And
A ball sensor that links to each other with described controller, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein described controller stops to take and store the process of the vision signal that is produced by described runway video camera when bowling is perceived by described ball sensor.
14. rapid-playback system that in bowling scoring system, uses with user's input terminal, be used to receive user's request and be used for the information that the bowling scoring system display monitor relevant with a same at least bowling lanes operated, described rapid-playback system comprises:
A video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal represent it is the partial video fragment that bowling is rolled along alley at least;
Be used to receive the storage device of described vision signal and store video fragment; And
The continuous controller of described user's input terminal with bowling scoring system, this controller are used to receive the request of customer requirements playback video fragment and are used for video segment is transferred to display monitor to respond the user's request that receives from user's input terminal of bowling scoring system with selected mode playback video fragment on display monitor from described storage device.
15. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14 wherein responds the request of user with slow motion forward direction playback video fragment, described controller with than the recording of video fragment time slow speed from described storage device transmission of video fragment.
16. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14 wherein responds the request of user with slow motion reverse playback video segment, described controller with than the recording of video fragment time slow speed from described storage device reverse transfer video segment.
17. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14 wherein responds the user with the oppositely request of playback video fragment frame by frame of slow motion, described system device with than the recording of video fragment time slow speed from described storage device backward by frame of video transmission of video fragment.
18. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14 wherein responds the user with the request of playback video fragment frame by frame of slow motion forward direction, described controller with than the recording of video fragment time slow speed from described storage device by frame of video transmission of video fragment.
19. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14, wherein user's input terminal of scoring system shows soft key on the score console of bowling scoring system, and wherein one group of described soft key is corresponding to the predefined user request relevant with video playback.
20. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14 further comprises:
Be used for from described video camera receive described vision signal and before depositing video segment in described storage device with the compression set of its compression; And
The decompressing device that before playback, video segment is decompressed with described storage device being used for of linking to each other.
21. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 14, wherein said video camera is one and hits bottle district's video camera, and this video camera directly hits the bottle district in the face of alley so that produce the vision signal that bottle district video segment is hit in expression when hitting the bottle district in bowling.
22. being used for the rapid-playback system at bowling center comprises:
A video camera that is used to produce the vision signal of representing a plurality of video segments, each video segment comprise it being the partial video image that bowling is rolled at alley at least;
Storage device on the memory location that is used to receive described vision signal and each video segment is stored in independent addressable;
One is used to receive the selected video segment requesting users input terminal that stores of user's playback;
A display monitor that is used to show selected video segment; And
A controller that links to each other with described display monitor, described storage device and described user's input terminal, this controller is used to receive user's request of the selected video segment of playback, sign is with the addressable memory locations in the corresponding storage device of selected video segment, and response user request is sent to display monitor with the selected video segment of playback on display monitor with selected video segment from described storage device.
23. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22, further comprise the storage arrangement that links to each other with described controller, this device is used for safeguarding by the person of playing bowling, lattice and each video segment that ball identified of being rolled are with the corresponding relation of the addressable memory locations of store video fragment, so that the user can be by will the person of playing bowling, the sign of lattice and the ball that rolled is imported the video segment that described user's input terminal selects to want playback.
24. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 23, wherein said storage device further with each video segment of office sign so that the user can beat the video segment that playback is wanted in selection the ball office from the past any.
25. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 23, further comprise an interface that links to each other with the bowling scoring system at described storage device and bowling center, this interface is used for the person of playing bowling that automatic reception is used to be stored in each video segment of described storage device, the sign of lattice and institute's roller ball.
26. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22 wherein responds the request of user with slow motion forward direction playback video fragment, described controller slow speed with than the recording of video fragment time is transmitted selected video segment from described storage device.
27. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22 wherein responds the request of user with slow motion reverse playback video segment, described controller with than the recording of video fragment time slow speed from the selected video segment of described storage device reverse transfer.
28. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22, wherein respond the user with the oppositely request of playback video fragment frame by frame of slow motion, described controller slow speed with than the recording of video fragment time is transmitted selected video segment from described storage device by the frame of video backward.
29. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22, wherein respond the user with the request of playback video fragment frame by frame of slow motion forward direction, described controller slow speed with than the recording of video fragment time is transmitted selected video segment from described storage device by frame of video.
30. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22, wherein user's input terminal of scoring system shows soft key on the score console of bowling scoring system, and wherein one group of described soft key is corresponding to the predefined user request relevant with video playback.
31. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22 further comprises:
Be used for from described video camera receive described vision signal and before depositing video segment in described storage device with the compression set of its compression; And
The decompressing device that before playback, video segment is decompressed with described storage device being used for of linking to each other.
32. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 22, wherein said video camera is one and hits bottle district's video camera, and this video camera directly hits the bottle district in the face of alley so that produce the vision signal that bottle district video segment is hit in expression when hitting the bottle district in bowling.
33. a rapid-playback system that is used for the bowling center comprises:
A video camera that is used to produce the vision signal of representing a video segment, this video segment comprise it being the video image of bowling in the part of alley rolling at least;
Be used to the storage device that receives described vision signal and video segment is stored;
An input terminal that is used to receive operator's request;
One is used for received video segment is transferred to transmitting device on the type portable storage medium;
One with described storage device, the control circuit that described transmitting device and described input terminal link to each other, and this control circuit is used for the operation response, and person's request is transferred to described transmitting device with video segment from described storage device, is transferred to type portable storage medium subsequently.
34. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 33, wherein said transmitting device are video tape recorders, described type portable storage medium is a box videotape.
35. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 33, wherein said input terminal is the user's input terminal that provides on the score console of bowling scoring system, and wherein the user can ask video segment is transferred to type portable storage medium by input user on the score console.
36. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 33 has been stored a plurality of video segments in the wherein said storage device, and wherein the user can select one or more described video segment of storing is transferred to type portable storage medium.
37. a rapid-playback system that is used for the bowling center comprises:
A video camera that is used to produce the vision signal of representing a video segment, this video segment comprise the video image of bowling at least in the part of alley rolling;
Be used to the storage device that receives described vision signal and video segment is stored;
An input terminal that is used to receive operator's request;
A printer that is used on paper, printing received frame of video; And
One with described storage device, the control circuit that described printer and described input terminal link to each other, and a frame of video of the video segment that person's request that this control circuit is used for the operation response will be stored is transferred to described printer to print from described storage device.
38. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 37, wherein said printer are color printers that is used for the received frame of video of colour print.
39. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 37, wherein said input terminal is the user's input terminal that provides on the score console of bowling scoring system, and wherein the user can ask to print frame of video by input user on the score console.
40. rapid-playback system as claimed in claim 37, a plurality of frame of video of having stored a video segment in the wherein said storage device, and wherein the user can be with one of described frame of video of described printer selective printing.
41. a rapid-playback system network that is used to have the bowling center of many bowling laneses, described rapid-playback system network comprises:
, a network communication circuit; With
A plurality of rapid-playback systems, the same at least bowling lanes of each playback system is relevant, and each rapid-playback system comprises:
A network interface that links to each other with described network communication circuit is used for sending on described network communication circuit certainly in the signal of rapid-playback system;
A video camera that is used to produce vision signal, this vision signal represent it is the video segment of bowling along the part of alley rolling at least;
A memory devices that is used to receive and store its vision signal that links to each other with described video camera;
A display monitor that is used for the display video fragment; And
A controller that links to each other with described memory devices, described display monitor and described network interface, this controller is used for sending video segment to described display monitor to show at described display monitor from described storage device.
42. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41, wherein each rapid-playback system is relevant with a pair of bowling lanes.
43. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41, wherein each rapid-playback system comprises that further one receives user's requesting users input terminal with described controller being used to of linking to each other, and wherein said controller responds described user and asks to carry out scheduled operation.
44. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 43, wherein said user's input terminal are user's input terminals that is used for the person's of playing bowling information is imported the bowling scoring system of described scoring system.
45. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41 further comprises:
A video server that links to each other with described network communication circuit, this server are used for receiving from one of described rapid-playback system the vision signal of a frame of video of expression video segment; And
A printer that is used on paper, printing received frame of video that links to each other with described video server.
46. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 45, wherein said printer are color printers that is used for the received frame of video of colour print.
47. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41 further comprises:
A video server that links to each other with described network communication circuit, this server is used for receiving from one of described rapid-playback system the vision signal of at least one video segment of expression; And
A video tape recorder that is used for video segment is transferred to videotape that links to each other with described video server.
48. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 47, wherein each rapid-playback system comprises that further one is used to receive user's requesting users input terminal with what described controller linked to each other, and wherein said controller response user request is transferred to described video server with video segment.
49. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 48 has wherein been stored a plurality of video segments in each memory devices device, and wherein the user can select one or more described video segment of storing to be transferred to described video server.
50. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41 further comprises a master controller that links to each other with described network communication circuit, is used for sending to them from any one or more described rapid-playback system received signal and with signal.
51. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 50 comprises that further one is used to receive operator requested operation person input terminal with what described master controller linked to each other, wherein said master controller operation response person asks to carry out assigned operation.
52. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 50, wherein said master controller is carried out the request that assigned operation receives from one of described rapid-playback system with response.
53. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 50, wherein said master controller between described rapid-playback system the transmission of video fragment to respond the request that received requirement is so carried out.
54. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises a video switcher that links to each other with described display monitor with described controller, this video switcher is suitable for linking to each other with bowling scoring system, is used for switching between being shown by the video segment of described controller transmission and the score-sheet that provided by bowling scoring system.
55. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41, wherein said video camera is a runway video camera, be used to produce the vision signal of the expression person of playing bowling run-up situation video segment, described runway video camera is directly faced the runway of relevant bowling lanes so that the top view that provides the person of playing bowling to advance.
56. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 55, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises:
Runway sensor with the person's of the playing bowling situation in the continuous runway that is used for the relevant bowling lanes of perception of described controller,
Wherein said controller links to each other with described runway video camera and described memory devices, is used for starting when the person of playing bowling at first perceives in the runway process of shooting and store video fragment.
57. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 56, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises:
A ball sensor that links to each other with described controller, this sensor is installed along relevant bowling lanes, is used for the bowling that perception is passed through,
Wherein described controller stops to take and storing the process of described vision signal when bowling is perceived by described ball sensor.
58. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 55, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises:
One is hit bottle district's video camera with what described memory device linked to each other with described controller, and the described bottle district video camera that hits directly hits the bottle district so that produce the vision signal that bottle district video segment is hit in expression when hitting the bottle district in bowling in the face of alley.
59. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 58, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises:
A runway sensor that links to each other with described controller, the situation that is used for the person of playing bowling on the relevant bowling lanes runway of perception, wherein said controller links to each other with described runway video camera and described storage device, is used for starting when the person of playing bowling is at first perceived in the runway process of taking and storing the store video fragment by the vision signal that described runway video camera is produced; And
A ball sensor that links to each other with described controller, this sensor is installed along relevant bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein described controller stops to take and store the process of the vision signal that is produced by described runway video camera when bowling is perceived by described ball sensor.
60. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 41, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises:
One is hit bottle district's video camera with what described memory device linked to each other with described controller, and the described bottle district video camera that hits directly hits the bottle district so that produce the vision signal that bottle district video segment is hit in expression when hitting the bottle district in bowling in the face of alley.
61. rapid-playback system network as claimed in claim 60, wherein each rapid-playback system further comprises:
The bottle that hits that links to each other with described controller is distinguished ball sensor, this sensor is installed along bowling lanes, be used for the bowling that perception is passed through, wherein when bowling by described when hitting bottle district's ball sensor and perceiving described controller start take and storage by a described process of hitting the vision signal that bottle district video camera produces.
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