EP1376272A3 - Method and means for automatic time registration at large sporting events - Google Patents

Method and means for automatic time registration at large sporting events Download PDF

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EP1376272A3
EP1376272A3 EP03010867A EP03010867A EP1376272A3 EP 1376272 A3 EP1376272 A3 EP 1376272A3 EP 03010867 A EP03010867 A EP 03010867A EP 03010867 A EP03010867 A EP 03010867A EP 1376272 A3 EP1376272 A3 EP 1376272A3
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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
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
    • A63B69/0028—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for running, jogging or speed-walking
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
    • A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
    • A63B71/00—Games or sports accessories not covered in groups A63B1/00 - A63B69/00
    • A63B71/06—Indicating or scoring devices for games or players, or for other sports activities
    • A63B71/0605—Decision makers and devices using detection means facilitating arbitration
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G04—HOROLOGY
    • G04F—TIME-INTERVAL MEASURING
    • G04F8/00—Apparatus for measuring unknown time intervals by electromechanical means
    • G04F8/08—Means used apart from the time-piece for starting or stopping same
    • 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

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Abstract

Es wird ein Verfahren und eine Vorrichtung zur automatischen Zeitnahme bei sportlichen Massenveranstaltungen beschrieben.A method and apparatus for automatic timing in mass sporting events is described.

Teilnehmer an der Massenveranstaltung tragen jeweils einen Transponder mit einem individuellen Code, der nach einem Zieleinlauf gelesen und mit einer Erfassungszeit verknüpft wird. Beim Zieleinlauf wird ein interner Zeitnehmer des Transponders aktiviert und dessen Transponderzeit bei der Ermittlung einer Zieleinlaufzeit aus der Erfassungszeit als Korrekturgröße ausgewertet.

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Participants in the mass event each carry a transponder with an individual code, which is read after a finish and linked to a collection time. At the finish, an internal timekeeper of the transponder is activated and its transponder time is evaluated as a correction value when determining a finish time from the acquisition time.
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