JP2000193764A - Display for ship-starting signal - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a new display for ship-starting signal that can execute the passage of a start line at high speed immediately after start time. SOLUTION: Six ships 2 are started from a pit 3, and at the same time, a count start signal is outputted to a counter from a control part 13. The counter counts time up to start according to the count start signal, and outputs the result to the control part 13 as remaining time. A controlling device starts to display the remaining time on a display 7. The ship 2 starts from the pit 3, watches the display 7, and waits for start timing. When a fixed amount of time before starting is reached, each ship advances to a run-up watercourse 12, and starts toward a start line 6 all at once. When the fixed amount of time before starting is reached, display is changed to that for indicating the position of each ship whose image is picked up by a CCD camera 8 along with that for ticking the remaining time.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display device for a boat start signal, and more particularly, to a display device for simultaneously displaying a remaining time from a start signal to a predetermined start and a position of each boat from a start line. For example, it is displayed on a monitor, etc., and the remaining time until the start and the current position of the player are instantaneously and visually notified instantaneously at the same time, so that the occurrence of a race such as flying or delay is reduced. The present invention relates to a display device for a boat launch signal.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art In a boat race, a flying start method is usually employed. In this flying start method, boats arranged on a start line do not leave at the same time as a start signal, but are provided before the start line. In this method, each boat freely enters the runway and passes the start line within one second from the start time.

[0003] If the vehicle passes the start line earlier than the start time, flying occurs, and a boat that passes the start line after one second is delayed, and both boats are disqualified from the boat race.

[0004] At this time, since the ranking of the boat races is substantially determined by the speed of the boat at the time of passing the start line, how to pass the start line at a high speed immediately after the start time is considered. This is extremely important in boat racing.

[0005] Conventional examples of this type of technology are disclosed in JP-A-9-140951 and JP-A-10-12795.
No. 6, Japanese Utility Model Registration No. 3020588, Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 7-327225, and the like have been proposed.

[0006]

In order to carry out a boat race using the flying start method, the order of the boat races is substantially determined by the speed of the boat at the time of passing the start line. It is important for a boat race to pass the start line at high speed immediately after the time.

Conventionally, there is no other way to execute the high-speed passing of the start line immediately after the start time than to rely on the "intuition" of the boat driver (boat racing contestant).

[0008] Therefore, there has been a strong demand for a device which assists not only the driver's "intuition" but also the start.

Various devices for assisting the start have been tried so far, but no device that has achieved satisfactory results has been proposed.

The cause is that the large clock indicating the time until the start and the mark are located at different positions, and the driver has to check the both in a short time and safely proceed with the boat, which is very difficult. there were.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned conventional circumstances, and has been made to solve the above-mentioned problems inherent in the conventional technology. The present invention is to provide a new boat start signal display device capable of executing the following.

[0012]

In order to achieve the above object, a display device for a boat launch signal according to the present invention is provided in which each of the boats simultaneously transmitted by a start signal are simultaneously transmitted after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start signal. In a flying start system in which a race is started by passing through a start line, a personal computer that issues a command to output a counter start signal at the same time as a plurality of boats start from the pit, and a count start signal in response to the counter start signal A counter for receiving the count start signal, counting the time until the boat starts, and outputting the count result to the control device, and displaying the count result transferred from the control device. And a display device.

The count result of the counter is a remaining time until the start of each boat.

When a certain time comes before the start time of each of the boats, each of the boats proceeds to a runway provided before the start line, starts all at once toward the start line, and displays the display device. Indicates that the remaining time is ticked when a certain time comes before the start time.

[0015] The display device displays the remaining time when a certain time comes before the start time of the boat, and displays each boat captured by a CCD camera provided at least one before the start line. It is characterized by switching to a display indicating a position.

The display device is provided on a side of the pool.

As another method, the display device is disposed in each of the boats.

[0018]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS A boat race generally employs a flying start system. What is the flying start method?
This is a method in which the boats that have started all together at the start signal pass the start line almost at the same time after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start signal to start the race.

FIG. 4 shows the flying start method.
This will be specifically described with reference to FIG.

When a predetermined time until the start (for example, two minutes before the start) is reached, six boats 2 depart from the pit 3 and adjust the timing while rotating around the second turn mark 5 to adjust the timing. Wait for the start signal of 17.
Then, when there is a start signal from the large clock 17, the boats 2 simultaneously start aiming at the start line 6, and pass the start line 6 almost at the same time after a predetermined time from the start signal. Compete while turning (three rounds) turn marks 4 and 5 sequentially.

In this flying start method, a race is established if all boats 2 pass the start line 6 at a fixed time (for example, 0 to 1 second) after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start signal, and before the predetermined time has elapsed. If the vehicle passes the start line (flying) or is later than a predetermined time (for example, 0 to 1 second) after a predetermined time has elapsed (delay), the race is not established.

An athlete riding on a boat is placed beside the pool 1 just before the start in order to pass the start line 6 at a certain time (for example, 0 to 1 second) after a predetermined time has elapsed from the start signal. Check the signboard 18 indicating the distance to the start and the aerial line 19 installed above and the large clock 17 installed beside the start line 6 to check the remaining time until the start and your approximate position And he was starting with his intuition.

The present invention relates to a display device for a boat launch signal, and more specifically, a display device (for example, a monitor) for simultaneously displaying a remaining time from a start signal to a predetermined start and a position of each boat to a start line. To be displayed,
This is a boat launch signal display device that informs athletes of the time remaining until the start and their current position at the same time and at the same time, thereby reducing the likelihood of a race, such as flying or leaving a race, becoming less successful. .

[First Embodiment] Next, a preferred first embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.

FIGS. 1 and 2 are a schematic diagram and a block diagram, respectively, showing a first embodiment of a display device for a boat launch signal according to the present invention.

[Configuration of First Embodiment] Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, 1 is a pool, 2 is a boat, 3 is a pit, 4 is a first turn mark, and 5 is a second turn mark. , 6 denotes a start line, 7 denotes a display device, 8 denotes a CCD camera, 9 denotes a control device, 10 denotes a counter, and 11 denotes a PC (personal computer).

[Operation of First Embodiment] Next, the operation of the first embodiment according to the present invention will be described.

First, at the same time as the six boats 2 launch from the pit 3, a command to output a counter start signal from the personal computer 11 to the control device 9 is issued from the personal computer 11,
The control device 9 outputs a count start signal to the counter 10.

When the counter 10 receives a count start signal from the control device 9, the counter 10 counts the time until the boat 2 starts and outputs the count result to the control device 9.
As the counter 10, a down counter is used, and the counting result of the time until the start of the counter 10 is output to the control device 9 as, for example, the remaining time until the start.

The control device 9 transmits the remaining time from the counter 10 to the display device 7, and the display device 7 starts displaying the remaining time. A display example is shown in FIG.

When the boat 2 leaves from the pit 3, the boat 2 goes around the second turn mark 5, looks at the display device 7, and waits for the timing until the start. Then, when a certain time before the start time is reached (for example, 15 seconds before), the six boats proceed to the approach waterway 12 provided in front of the start line and start all at once toward the start line 6. When a fixed time comes before the start time, the display device 7 displays an indication of the remaining time, and also displays 1 on the upper part before the start line 6.
The display is switched to a display indicating the positions of the six boats imaged by the CCD cameras 8 installed at least. That is, an image signal captured by the CCD camera 8 is transferred to the display device 7 via the control device 9 every moment. 3 (2) and 3 (3) show display examples by the display device 7. FIG.

The driver riding on the six boats 2 operates the boat 2 while always checking the remaining time and the position of the boat on the display device 7 at the same time, and executes the start. .

[Second Embodiment] Next, a second embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to FIGS.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a block diagram of a control unit.

Referring to FIGS. 5 and 6, in the first embodiment described above, the display device 7 is disposed in the upper portion near the start line 6 along the edge of the pool 1 and Although athletes riding on the boat can be viewed in common, in the second embodiment, the display device 27
It is arranged exclusively on an arbitrary part of the front part 21 of the rider 15 of each boat 2.

The control unit 23 controls the control unit 9, the counter 10, and the personal computer 11, which are constituent elements of the control unit 13 of the first embodiment, to connect the wireless device 12 to the control unit 9.
It is connected to the output. This wireless device 12
Converts the image signal, which is output from the control device 9 and indicates the position of each boat from the start signal to the preset start and the position of each boat from the start line 6, to a radio signal by a built-in transmitting antenna. It has a function of transmitting to the display device 27 of each boat 2 by radio waves.

The display device 27 has a function of receiving a radio signal transmitted from the radio device 12 by a built-in antenna and a radio reception device, converting the signal into an original image signal, and displaying the image signal on a display.

According to the second embodiment, the athlete riding on the boat only looks at the front of the boat and does not move his / her eyes. The advantage that the position of the boat can be confirmed at the same time is obtained.

The method of obtaining the position information of the boat is not limited to the CCD camera, but may be a radio, a GPS, a laser sensor, or the like.

[0040]

The present invention is constructed and operates as described above. According to the present invention, the following effects can be obtained.

According to the present invention, it is possible to prevent flying and delay of delivery.

The reason for this is that players started with their own “intuition” relying on signboards, aerials and large clocks only at specific positions from the runway waterway to the start line,
This is because, in the present invention, by being displayed at the same time, the start can be performed in a visually recognizable manner.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a first embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing an example of the control device according to the first embodiment of the present invention.

FIGS. 3A to 3C are diagrams illustrating an operation example of the first embodiment according to the present invention;

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing an example of a general flying start method.

FIG. 5 is a schematic front view showing a second embodiment according to the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a block diagram showing an example of a control device according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Pool 2 ... Boat 3 ... Pit 4 ... First turn mark 5 ... Second turn mark 6 ... Start line 7 ... Display device 8 ... CCD camera 9 ... Control device 10 ... Counter 11 ... Personal computer 12 ... Wireless device DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 13 ... Control part 15 ... Boat riding player 17 ... Big clock 18 ... Signboard 19 ... Aerial line 21 ... Full-length part 23 ... Control part 27 ... Display device

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Claims (6)

[Claims] 1. A flying start system in which a plurality of boats simultaneously transmit on a start signal and start a race by passing a start line almost simultaneously after a lapse of a predetermined time from the start signal. A personal computer that generates a command to output a counter start signal at the same time as the above, a control device that outputs a count start signal in response to the counter start signal,
A counter that receives the count start signal, counts the time until the boat starts, and outputs the count result to the control device, and a display device that transfers the count result from the control device and displays the count result. A display device for launch signals. 2. The boat start signal display device according to claim 1, wherein the count result of the counter is a remaining time until the start of each boat. 3. When a certain time comes before the start time of each of the boats, each of the boats proceeds to a runway provided in front of a start line, and starts all at once toward the start line. The display device for a boat start signal according to claim 2, wherein the display device is configured to display the remaining time when a predetermined time comes before the start time. 4. The display device displays an indication of the remaining time when a certain time comes before the start time of the boat, and displays each of the images captured by a CCD camera provided at least one before the start line. The display device for a boat start signal according to claim 3, further comprising switching to a display indicating a position of the boat. 5. The display device for a boat start signal according to claim 1, wherein the display device is provided on a side portion of a pool. 6. The display device according to claim 1, wherein the display device is provided in each of the boats.