EP0291627A3 - Method and device for determining the time between the start and finish of competitors and the like - Google Patents

Method and device for determining the time between the start and finish of competitors and the like Download PDF

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EP0291627A3
EP0291627A3 EP88100820A EP88100820A EP0291627A3 EP 0291627 A3 EP0291627 A3 EP 0291627A3 EP 88100820 A EP88100820 A EP 88100820A EP 88100820 A EP88100820 A EP 88100820A EP 0291627 A3 EP0291627 A3 EP 0291627A3
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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G07—CHECKING-DEVICES
    • G07C—TIME OR ATTENDANCE REGISTERS; REGISTERING OR INDICATING THE WORKING OF MACHINES; GENERATING RANDOM NUMBERS; VOTING OR LOTTERY APPARATUS; ARRANGEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS FOR CHECKING NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE
    • G07C1/00—Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g. time-recorders for work people
    • G07C1/22—Registering, indicating or recording the time of events or elapsed time, e.g. time-recorders for work people in connection with sports or games
    • G07C1/24—Race time-recorders
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F13/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by means not provided for in groups G04F5/00 - G04F10/00
    • G04F13/02—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by means not provided for in groups G04F5/00 - G04F10/00 using optical means

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When a competitor or a group of competitors passes the finishing line, a video camera (6), two time generators (8), a video recorder (9) and a display in the form of a monitor (11) and/or of a video picture printer (12), and a light barrier are able to produce, in a very inexpensive way, finishing-line pictures with at least two times faded in, namely the true finishing time of a first competitor triggered by the light barrier and the precise time which has elapsed from the start at the time said picture was taken. From the time difference, distance sections each corresponding to one hundredth of a second can be determined from which the finishing times of the runners arriving immediately after the winner can be exactly established. In practice one finishing-line picture is sufficient to be able to measure precisely to one hundredth of a second the finishing times of runners arriving almost simultaneously with the winner. Competitors arriving after a fairly large interval can in turn obtain their exact finishing time by means of the light barrier in a further still picture. <IMAGE>
EP88100820A 1987-05-21 1988-01-21 Method and device for determining the time between the start and finish of competitors and the like Expired - Lifetime EP0291627B1 (en)

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AT88100820T ATE58975T1 (en) 1987-05-21 1988-01-21 METHOD AND DEVICE FOR DETERMINING THE TIME BETWEEN START AND FINISH OF COMPETITORS OD. DGL.

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DE3716987A DE3716987C1 (en) 1987-05-21 1987-05-21 Method and device for determining the time between the start and finish of competitors or the like.
DE3716987 1987-05-21

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EP90108080.4 Division-Into 1988-01-21
EP19900108080 Division EP0384496A3 (en) 1987-05-21 1988-01-21 Method and device for determining the time lapse between start and finish of athletes or suchlike without using a light barrier

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EP0291627A2 EP0291627A2 (en) 1988-11-23
EP0291627A3 true EP0291627A3 (en) 1989-06-14
EP0291627B1 EP0291627B1 (en) 1990-12-05

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EP (1) EP0291627B1 (en)
JP (1) JPS63300994A (en)
AT (1) ATE58975T1 (en)
DE (2) DE3716987C1 (en)

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US5103433A (en) 1992-04-07
EP0291627A2 (en) 1988-11-23
ATE58975T1 (en) 1990-12-15

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