ES2323838A1 - Electronic net that determines playing times in ball sports - Google Patents

Abstract

The invention relates to an electronic net that determines playing times in ball sports, formed by a series of optical or ultrasonic units which emit beams separated by a distance smaller than the diameter of the ball and, as such, can detect the passage of the ball. The interruption is transmitted by sensors (transmitters and receivers) housed in the net-defining elements to any type of central unit or processor, and the associated power electronics thereof, which unit converts interruptions into system interruptions and outputs times and sounds displayed and transmitted using suitable devices (displays, baffles, buzzers, horns and similar).

Description

Electronic network game time separator in ball sports.

The present invention enables the practice of a new sport in which the contestants, positioned in paths separated from each other a certain distance, a ball that when crossing the electronic network located in the middle of said distance, stops the pitcher's stopwatch and makes it start the timer of the receiver, which in turn will have to Refer it immediately to your opponent. It is not earned by scoring but for seconds of difference in the use of the ball. Is about de-stress through a stressful fun that requires all our attention and skills to remove the ball as soon as possible from above.

Background of the invention

I don't know any ball sport that wins by difference of time units.

Description of the invention

The electronic time separator network of Ball sports game refers to a new playground, characterized by an electronic network of parallel beams separated from each other a distance that will be less than the diameter of the ball that is used, so that when going through it always it will cut one or more rays, and that will stop the stopwatch that is in It will run and put the other into operation. I mean, always They work alternately with each cut.

The central unit can also sound the interruption, allowing to "mark" a certain beam by under which the throwing of the ball will be invalidated, by example, for the serve.

The ball will always have to be sent over the adversary's enclosure. The central unit records times partial, so that the seconds elapsed in the opposite field for a badly thrown ball will accumulate on the stopwatch of the pitcher. The programmed unit will be operated by the referee, directly or through a remote control.

The match is programmed to a certain number minutes, and once exhausted, the network will disconnect automatically, allowing the display of times employed by the players.

In summary, the technical elements that make up The game system are:

one.-

Optical units or ultrasonic

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Unit or units of processing

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Display unit or units and Live sound

Description of a preferred embodiment

The first thing is to define the bases perfectly where the players are going to position themselves. By way of two rings of boxing, although larger, would be faced and separated a distance that depends on the physical characteristics of the players (age and sex). In the middle of this distance we will place the vertical physical elements that house emitters and receivers optical, processing unit and chronometers or displays as well Like sound speakers.

Vertical physical elements (posts or walls) will be separated a distance equal to or greater than the width of the bases or playing fields. For the step to be detected of the ball, the vertical distance between the optical units, it will always be smaller than the diameter of the ball that we are going to use. These optical units are laser led diodes as emitter (in origin) and LDR, resistors that vary with light as a receiver (in destination), or optical units with infrared LEDs as emitter (at source) and phototransistor photodiode as a receiver (at destination). An ultrasonic detection system could also be used.

For the processing of the received signals by the sensors located in the network we can use as a unit central the following devices: a PC, microcontroller or processor of any family with its power electronics associated. This unit will be responsible for interpreting all the signals received by the optical units to convert them into system interruptions and thus be able to obtain about times and sounds (displays, buzzers, speakers, speakers and similar) depending on how the game happens.

For viewing and listening to times and Markers could use the following devices: Displays 7 segments, LEDs (red, green, yellow, white, blue), liquid crystal (LCD), or mobile segments, with its electronic associated control

Claims (3)

1. Electronic network separating game times in ball sports that is characterized by a series of electronic beams produced by optical units (emitters and receivers of a laser, infrared nature, etc.) that are connected to a processing unit that coordinates two Alternate operation timers with each cut of a beam made by the ball as it passes. For this, the distance between beams or emitters must not be greater than the diameter of the ball used. The optical units will be housed in separate elements at least the width of the playing fields. The detection of the shape of the ball could also be done with ultrasound. In any case, the function of the system is to measure the time the ball remains in each half of the field of play. 2. Electronic network separating game times in ball sports, according to claim 1 characterized by having a processing unit: A Miniaxt PC, microcontroller or processors of any family (PIC, Atmel, Motorola, Philips, similar) with Its electronic power associated. That interprets the signals received by the optical or ultrasonic units to turn them into interruptions of the system and thus obtain some times that visualized through the stopwatches allow the new sport. The processing unit can also sound the interruption of a certain beam or beams with the complement of an audio system. 3. Electronic network of game times in ball sports, according to claims 1, 2, which is characterized by having two chronometers associated that are connected to the processing unit alternately with each network cut that the ball makes when passing. The stopwatches can go separately or be integrated in a marker (displays, diodes, LED, LCD or mobile segments, with their associated control electronics) that can also indicate the total elapsed game time so that once the programmed one has been reached In the processing unit, the entire system or part of it is disconnected and the time difference between each player or team is reflected.