JP2006060753A - Horse racing monitor system employing eyeglass type display - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To photograph the video image of a racing horse in the paddock or the video image of a running horse after the start of racing by using a three-dimensional video camera, and to monitor these video images anytime and anywhere by using a portable eyeglass type display. <P>SOLUTION: In this system, desired information on horse racing is obtained anytime and anywhere while keeping privacy by utilizing radio image transmission technologies using a mobile phone or the like and the eyeglass type display which is easily put on with a feeling of eyeglasses and on which 3D video image is monitored with the same sense as human eyes. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI

Description

  The present invention takes a video of a racing horse paddock when watching a horse racing race on a racetrack or a video of a horse running at the start of a race with a 3D video camera. It is about making it possible to monitor anytime and anywhere using.

  Conventionally, it has been difficult to monitor a 3D image with an apparatus called a glasses-type display or a head-mounted display. Technology that can monitor 3D images with ultra-compact displays has been developed, and in combination with wireless communication technology, technology that can monitor 3D images anytime and anywhere with portable displays is the background.

  Many racetracks are equipped with large video monitors, which provide the same video to those who are visiting many racetracks at the same time. You cannot select and view the video you want to see. With the advent of the mobile phone era, the era when video can be monitored on a mobile phone is coming, but the display on the mobile phone is small and unclear, and the 3D video as well as the detailed state of the competitive horse Etc. are difficult to monitor.

  With the development of the Internet, it is now possible to search for various information and contents using the Internet, in addition to information from video cameras installed on the racetrack. There is a considerable waiting time between races of horse racing, but during this time, it is required that various information can be searched using an eyeglass-type display while being protected from privacy by outsiders.

Problems the invention is trying to solve

  The present invention has been made in view of the actual situation on a racetrack, and since a glasses-type display is small and can be used with a sense of wearing glasses, it can be used anytime and anywhere, and a place moves in a crowded racetrack. It is possible to monitor various information such as 3D images of race horses, odds information, etc.

Means for solving the problem

  In order to achieve the above object, the present invention is a small portable device in which an individual who watches a horse race can easily attach a display to the eye part of the face and switch between images and information by hand as if wearing glasses. By holding this type control box and performing this operation, you can monitor the information you want to see on the glasses-type display anytime and anywhere.

  In order to distribute the video to the glasses-type display, a video camera is installed to monitor the racehorse situation in the paddock and the racehorse running condition, and these videos are sent to the central video distribution center. The present invention provides means for converting into a signal for distribution to a glasses-type display and monitoring with individual glasses-type displays.

  In the central video distribution device, not only the video shot by the camera but also the past data and current data of the racehorse are stored at the same time. It provides a means to monitor any data.

The invention's effect

  In the era when wireless portable devices such as mobile phones have become widespread and information can be obtained anytime and anywhere, this invention can easily obtain various information centered on 3D images while protecting personal privacy. In addition to providing the user with the flight, a system that can more effectively enjoy horse racing can be provided.

  Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS. 1, 2, and 3.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing an entire network system according to the present invention. In the system according to this embodiment, each of the glasses-type displays 2A, 2B, 2C, and 2N distributes video and data images from a central content video / data image distribution device 6 by a wireless communication signal 5, and this video is in the field. It is supplied from the installed cameras 1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1N, and data is supplied from the central computer 8.

  FIG. 2 is a device configuration diagram of an apparatus for viewing the contents of the personal eyeglass display of FIG. Reference numeral 11 denotes the individual, and reference numeral 12 denotes an eyeglass-type display, which allows the video / data image input selected and transmitted by the internal optical device to be viewed on an enlarged screen. Reference numeral 13 denotes the enlarged virtual screen. Reference numeral 14 denotes a control device that, when transmitting an image to the glasses-type display 12, selects content desired to be viewed on the glasses-type display while adjusting the brightness, sound volume, and the like.

Industrial applicability

  With the widespread use of mobile phones, the time has come when information can be obtained anytime and anywhere. In such a background, it is expected that more people will enjoy horse racing by using this system in order to make horse racing compatible with a new information society.

  The example of the block block diagram which shows embodiment of the whole system using the spectacles type display concerning this invention is shown.   The example of the block diagram of the spectacles type display which each individual concerning this invention uses is shown.   1 shows an example of a system configuration for outputting a 3D image of a glasses-type display according to the present invention.

Explanation of symbols

1A, 1B, 1C, 1D, 1E, 1N: Video cameras 2A, 2B, 2D, 2N for taking pictures of running horses in the racetrack: Glass-type displays 3A, 3B for use by spectators watching horse racing on the racetrack A video camera 4A that shoots the state of the racehorse before running in the paddock, and a track 4B. 4. A paddock that is a place to show in advance the state before the horse running in horse racing. 5. Wireless signal for transmitting video signal to glasses-type display 7. Radio signal transmitter for transmitting video signals to the glasses-type display; 10. A computer that accumulates various data of sprinting racing horses. People who use glasses-type displays Eyeglass type display 13. 13. Virtual screen for displaying content enlarged by eyeglass-type display 15. An apparatus for receiving a video signal from the wireless signal transmission device 6 on a glasses-type display Device for separating video signal into odd and even frames in order to convert the video signal into 3D video inside the video signal receiving device 14. Video signal processing device 17 for outputting a signal from the video signal receiving device 15 to a display for the left eye 17. Video signal processing device 18 for outputting a signal from the video signal receiving device 15 to a right-eye display 18. Electronic display for left eye 19. The electronic display for the right eye and the electronic display for the left eye are arranged adjacent to the eye width of the person using the electronic display. 20. An apparatus that is placed in front of an electronic display for the left eye and magnifies an image with an optical device. A device that is placed in front of an electronic display for the right eye and magnifies the image with an optical device.

Claims (2)

  Glasses-type display that can monitor 3D images used as if wearing glasses on the face, an information storage device having a wireless reception function for outputting information to the glasses-type display, and central information for distributing information to the information storage device It consists of a distribution device, and before the start of the race on the racetrack, you can use a glasses-type display to monitor information about the racehorse, such as a paddock image inside the racetrack, in a 3D image. A system that allows you to monitor the race in the same way that you would see the video from the camera installed in the racetrack using a telescope.   An information management network system that can connect all the devices that deliver information to the glasses-type display with a wireless communication line, centrally manage the provision of these information from the center, and supply the latest information in real time. A business model characterized by the ability to provide information on horse racing at any time and anywhere using glasses-type displays.

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