JP2008055121A - System and method for scoring competitive sport - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To score a sport dance competition without using paper and instantaneously display scoring results. <P>SOLUTION: Before a start of the competition, a computer 1 radios the number of an athlete and the number of surviving athletes at each heat to a scoring device 2. The device 2 displays the number of the athlete received on an athlete-number display part in each heat separately. A judge touches the number displayed to pick up it. At the finish of the competition, the number picked up is radioed to the computer 1 from the device 2. Receiving it, the computer 1 sums them to decide surviving athletes, displaying them on a large display device 3. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a competition scoring system and a competition scoring method used in dance sports competitions and the like.

The conventional scoring method at dance sports competition will be explained.
In recent years, dance sports competitions of various levels have been frequently held throughout the country. Usually, the competition events of dance sports competitions can be broadly divided into modern events and Latin events. Modern events include waltz, tango, slow fox trot, quick step, and winner waltz. Latin events include rumba, samba, chachacha, paso doble, and jive. Competitions are performed according to ranks such as grade, grade C, grade D, grade 1-6.
In each competition, if there are many participating players, the players will be narrowed down in the order of the first qualifying, the second qualifying, ..., the semi-final, and the final six will be played with the remaining six players. In each qualifying, the competition is usually divided into a plurality of rounds (heat) of about 12 pairs.

  For example, if there are 70 teams participating, the first qualifying will be divided into 6 heats (each heat 11-12 team), 3-4 teams will be lost in each heat, 48 teams will win and the second qualifying will be performed move on. In the second qualifying, it is divided into 4 heats (12 heats for each heat), and half falls, and 24 sets remain and advance to the third qualifying. In the 3rd qualifying, 2 heats (each heat 12 pairs) are performed, and half fall and 12 pairs remain and advance to the semi-finals. In the semi-finals, 1 heat (12 pairs) will be held, and 6 sets will be won and proceed to the finals. Recently, these heat assignments (assignment of which player becomes the first heat in each qualifying) are performed using a computer.

  Athletes apply to the competition secretariat in advance by clarifying the competition category (modern, Latin distinction and grade) that they wish to participate in. The secretariat will give a number to each player who applies. Athletes will receive a bib number with a number at the reception on the day of the competition. The back number of the player who has accepted is input to the computer as a player number, and heat allocation is performed for each competition division. The results of the heat assignment will be printed out and posted at the venue.

  Competition scoring is usually done by 3 to 9 judges. In each heat, the staff will give scoring papers to the judges just before the competition. On the scoring form, the player numbers of the players who participated in the heat are printed out. At the start of each qualifying session, the number of teams that participated in the qualifying session and the number of remaining winning teams (called the number of ups) that will win and advance to the top qualifying will be announced. Based on this announcement, the judges will select (pick up) multiple pairs that they want to win from the participating players during each heat competition and mark the player number on the scoring sheet. FIG. 5 shows an example of scoring paper. In this example, the number of participating players is 12, but one of them is missing. Since the player numbers of the missing players are announced immediately before the start of each heat competition, the judges will mark the player numbers in advance. In this example, no. This shows a state in which 6 out of 11 sets are picked up by 5 judges and marked with ○.

The staff will collect the scoring form at the end of each heat competition. The scoring results of each judge entered on the collected scoring forms are input to a computer and totalized. Then, in order from the player with the largest number of circles, the remaining players who will advance to the top qualifying for the specified number of ups are determined. Furthermore, heat allocation is performed in the upper qualifying. The result of the counting is printed out and posted in the venue. Each player looks at this notice to see if he has won the qualifying and if he has not won, how many heats of the higher qualifying will appear.
The scoring method in the final game is not a method of ◯, but a ranking method in which each judge ranks from 1st to 6th.

  However, in the competition scoring method as described above, after each competition is over, the scoring paper is collected, input to the computer, processed for aggregation, and the results are printed out and posted. It took time, and until then, there was a problem that the players could not know if they could win the qualifying. In addition, the posted count result has a problem that it is small and difficult to see.

  Patent Literature 1 discloses a competition scoring system that solves such a problem and that can display the score totalization result immediately after the end of the competition. Hereinafter, the competition scoring system disclosed in Patent Document 1 will be described.

  FIG. 6 is a block diagram of the competition scoring system described in Patent Document 1. In FIG. 6, reference numeral 4 denotes a computer, which processes data related to scoring. A scoring device 5 is wirelessly connected to the computer 4 such as Bluetooth, and is owned by a plurality of judges and used for scoring. 6 is a large display device for displaying the output of the computer 4, and is installed in the venue of the competition.

  FIG. 7 is an external view of the scoring device 5. In FIG. 7, 51 is an antenna for transmitting and receiving wirelessly with the computer 4, 52 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal panel with a touch panel (transparent panel with pressure-sensitive switch), and 53 is the player number of the participating player. A player number display unit 54 displayed on the display unit 52 and a pickup number display unit 54 display the number of pickups for the number of ups per heat on the display unit 52.

In each qualifying session, immediately before the start of each heat competition, the number of players participating in the heat and the number of pairs that can be picked up by that heat are increased from the computer 4 to each scoring device 5. Number and are sent. If a missing person appears, the player number of the absent person is not transmitted if the information is input to the computer 4 in advance.
The scoring device 5 displays the received player numbers side by side on the player number display unit 53 in the order of the numbers. FIG. 7A shows the scoring device 5 in a state before the competition is started. In this case, player numbers of 11 pairs of players are displayed. Further, the number of ups per heat displayed on the picked-up number display section 54 is 6 and the number of picked-ups is 0.

  When the judge presses the player number part of the player he wants to pick up with his finger, the player number display section reverses to indicate that the player number has been picked up, so the judge must have a writing instrument. No. FIG. 7B shows the scoring device 5 in the state of scoring. In this case, five sets are picked up. Since the number of player numbers that have been picked up is displayed in this manner, the judge can easily know how many more pick-ups should be picked up without counting the number of picked-up player numbers. In this way, the judges finally pick up the players with the prescribed number of ups.

When the competition is over, a player number picked up from each scoring device 5 is transmitted to the computer 4 as a scoring result in response to a command from the computer 4. The computer 4 counts the number of pick-ups by each judge for each player, and determines from the player with the largest number of pick-ups up to the specified number of players as the winning player. In addition, heat allocation will be performed in the top qualifying for the remaining players. The above total results are output from the computer 4 to the display device 6 as display output and displayed.
Thereby, since the score totalization result can be immediately displayed on the display device 6 when the competition is completed, the player can immediately confirm whether he / she has won or not.
JP 2002-126151 A

However, in the scoring display system described in the above-mentioned Patent Document 1, since the judge can only select two kinds of whether or not the player number is picked up by the scoring device, for example, a set is picked up in the state of FIG. There was a problem that it was difficult to decide which player should be picked up quickly when he was at a loss.
In addition, when the competition is divided into a plurality of heats, it is difficult to refer to or correct the scoring result of the previous heat because the scoring status of the previous heat cannot be confirmed.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, so that even if a judge is wondering which player to pick up, it is possible to easily determine, and the score of the heat that has already been performed can be easily confirmed and corrected Is to be able to do it.

  In order to solve the above problems, a competition scoring system according to a first aspect of the present invention includes a computer and a plurality of scoring devices wirelessly connected to the computer, and the computer participates in each heat of the competition. A player number transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting a player number of the player to each of the scoring devices, a heat number transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting the heat number to the respective scoring devices, and transmitted from the respective scoring devices. A scoring result receiving means for receiving the scoring results, and a summing means for summing up the scoring results received, wherein the scoring device receives a player number received from the computer Means, the heat number receiving means for receiving the heat number transmitted from the computer, and the received player number for each heat. Display means for displaying; selection means for selecting a player number of a player to be picked up from the displayed player numbers; scoring result transmission means for transmitting the selected player number to the computer as the scoring result; And the display means of the scoring device displays the player number of the heat different from the player numbers of the other heats based on the received heat number.

  Further, the competition scoring method according to the second aspect of the present invention includes a player number transmission step of wirelessly transmitting a player number of a player who participates in each heat of the competition from the computer to each scoring device, and the heat number from the computer. A heat number transmitting step for wirelessly transmitting to each of the scoring devices, a display step for displaying the received player numbers by heat by the scoring device, and the scoring device picking up from the displayed player numbers A selection step of selecting a player number of a player to be played, a scoring result transmission step in which the scoring device transmits the selected player number as a scoring result to the computer, and a counting step in which the computer sums up the received scoring results In the display step, the scoring device selects the player number of the heat based on the received heat number. It is for displaying set different from that number.

  The competition scoring method according to the third aspect of the present invention includes a player number transmission step of wirelessly transmitting a player number of a player participating in the competition from a computer to each scoring device, and the player number received by the scoring device. A display step for displaying a player, a selection step for the scoring device to select a player number of a player to be picked up from the displayed player numbers, and a player who wants to decide later whether the scoring device should pick up or not A provisional selection stage for provisionally selecting a player number; a provisional selection change stage in which the scoring device changes the provisionally selected player number to selection; and a scoring apparatus for selection after the selected player number and provisional selection. A scoring result transmission step of transmitting the changed player number to the computer as a scoring result; and a counting step of summing up the scoring results received by the computer. It is.

  By the means described above, according to the first and second aspects of the present invention, the scoring device displays the player number for each heat, and displays the player number of the heat different from the player numbers of other heats. Therefore, it is possible to pick up only within the heat, and it is also possible to pick up from the player numbers of all heats including the scored heat.

  Further, according to the third aspect of the present invention, even if the examiner is wondering whether or not to pick up, it is possible to make a temporary selection and change it to selection when the number of pickups becomes insufficient later. Therefore, examination becomes easier.

Hereinafter, an embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.
(Embodiment 1)
FIG. 1 shows the configuration of the competition scoring system according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, reference numeral 1 denotes a computer that processes data related to scoring. A scoring device 2 is wirelessly connected to the computer 1 and is owned by a plurality of judges and used for scoring. 3 is a large display device for displaying the output of the computer 1 and is installed in the venue of the competition. FIG. 2 is an external view of the scoring device 2 and shows a display state during scoring.

Hereinafter, the operation of the competition scoring system in the present embodiment will be described. Here, the number of players who participated in a certain qualifying competition is 32, and the competition is divided into 3 heats, and the number of groups to be picked up (called the number of ups) is 21 A case will be described as an example.
Prior to the start of the competition, from the computer 1 to each scoring device 2, the player numbers of the competitors for each heat, the number of ups in the competition, and the number of pairs to be picked up in each heat (called the number of ups per heat) And are sent. In addition, before the start of each heat competition, the heat number indicating the number of heat of the heat is transmitted. Here, it is assumed that the heat is the third heat, and the number of ups per heat in the third heat is seven sets.

  The competition scoring device 2 receives from the computer 1 and performs display for scoring. The display state is shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, 21 is an antenna for wirelessly transmitting / receiving to / from the computer 1, 22 is a display unit composed of a liquid crystal panel with a touch panel, 23 is a heat number display unit for displaying a heat number, and 24 is a player number. Is a player number display section for displaying the number of players that have been picked up in the heat with respect to the number of ups per heat, and 26 is a provisional selection mode for temporarily selecting a player number. A selection button display unit, 27 is a non-selection button display unit for switching to a non-selection mode in which a player number is not selected, 28 is a cancel button display unit for canceling selection, provisional selection, and non-selection, and 29 is up to the current heat Displays the cumulative number of player numbers that have been picked up to the current heat against the cumulative number of ups per heat (referred to as cumulative ups) Cumulative up already number display unit that, 30 is heat return button display unit for displaying a previous heat.

  In FIG. 2, 3 which is the current heat number is displayed on the heat number display unit 23, and the player numbers 23 to 32 of the players who participate in the third heat are displayed on the player number display unit 24. And to date, no. 5 judges picked up (selected) 5 pairs of players 23, 25, 26, 30 and 31 marked with ○, and the 27th player marked with △ was temporarily picked up (temporary) No. 29 player selected (selected) and not picked up (not selected) is shown. In the picked-up number display section 25, it is displayed that five sets have been picked up for the number of ups per seven sets per heat. In addition, the cumulative number of picked-up display 29 displays that 19 sets have been picked up for the cumulative number of up to 21st heat up to the third heat.

Here, modes for selecting, provisionally selecting, deselecting and canceling player numbers will be described.
Normally, it is in the selection mode, and when the judge touches the player number of the player to be picked up in the player number display section 24 with a touch pen or the like, for example, 23, a circle is added to the player number and picked up. Is displayed.

  Also, if the judge is wondering whether to pick up the player No. 27 for example, and wants to decide later, he / she first touches the provisional selection button display section 26 in order to make a temporary selection. The color of the selection button display unit 26 is changed to switch to the temporary selection mode. When the player number 27 is touched in this state, a Δ mark is added to the player number and provisionally selected. In the temporary selection mode, touching any player number once returns to the selection mode.

  If the judge does not want to pick up player No. 29, for example, first touching the non-selection button display unit 27 changes the color of the non-selection button display unit 27 to enter the non-selection mode. When the player number 29 is touched in this state, a cross is added to the player number and the player number 29 is not selected. In the non-selection mode, touching any player number once returns to the selection mode immediately.

  In order to cancel a selection, provisional selection, or non-selection, when the cancel button display unit 28 is first touched, the color of the cancel button display unit 28 is changed to switch to the cancel mode. If you touch the player number you want to cancel in that state, the player's number ○ mark, △ mark or X mark disappears and is canceled. In the cancel mode, touching any player number once returns to the selection mode.

  Here, as shown in FIG. 2, when two more pairs have to be picked up for 7 sets up per heat, first touch the 27th player number marked with Δ in the temporary pick-up state. ○ is marked and changed to selection. Then, the other set may be picked up from the 24th, 28th and 32nd players except for the 29th player who is not picked up. If temporary selection or non-selection is not performed, two sets must be selected from the five sets. If temporary selection or non-selection is performed as described above, one set is selected from the three sets. This makes it easier to select. In dance competitions, the judging time for one heat is usually very short, around 1 minute and 20 seconds, and during that time, a determined number of players must be picked up. However, by using the provisional selection and non-selection functions in this way, the examination can be performed easily even in a limited time.

Next, for example, in the state shown in FIG. 2, it is necessary to change the 27th player from the temporary selection to the selection and pick up one more pair, but there are no players suitable for picking up in that heat anymore. Rather, if it seems that the player who did not pick up in the previous heat is better, touch the heat return button display unit 30 to display the previous heat examination result, among which tentative selection △ The player number with a mark should be changed to selection.
Thus, by using the temporary selection and non-selection functions, the examination becomes easier, and the examination result of the previous heat can be easily corrected.

  In this embodiment, as shown in FIG. 2, usually, the heat number of the heat, the player number of the participating player, and the number of picked up players are displayed with priority, and the heat number of the heat is the heat. In order to make this easy to identify, the heat number display section 23 is shaded to make it different from other heat displays.

  Next, when all the heats of the competition are over, the scoring result is transmitted from the scoring device 2 to the computer 1 by the command of the computer 1 or by the operation of the judge. At this time, the selected player number Only (including player numbers changed to selection after provisional selection) are transmitted as scoring results. Then, the player number and the number of ups and the number of ups per heat of each heat in the next competition are transmitted from the computer 1 to the scoring device 2.

  The computer 1 sums up the scoring results transmitted from the scoring device 2, sums up the number of pick-ups by each judge for each player, and determines the number of pick-ups from the player with the largest number of pick-up players to win and determines as the remaining player . In addition, heat will be assigned in the qualifying for the remaining players. The above total results are output from the computer 1 to the display device 3 as a display output, and are also printed out. The above-described operation of the computer 1 is performed by dedicated competition scoring software.

  By the way, when sending the scoring results to the computer, the number of selected player numbers must match the up number. If they do not match, the scoring device will send a buzzer and a buzzer to the judge. An alarm is triggered by a voice message or a flashing cautionary note on the display. Also, if the total of the number of selected player numbers and the number of temporarily selected player numbers is equal to the number of ups, the player number that has been temporarily selected is combined with the selected player number. You may make it transmit as a scoring result.

(Embodiment 2)
In FIG. 3, the external appearance of the scoring apparatus 2 in the competition scoring system which concerns on Embodiment 2 is shown. In FIG. 3, since the part which attached | subjected the same code | symbol as FIG. 2 is the same component, description is abbreviate | omitted.
In the present embodiment, the same situation as described in the first embodiment is assumed, but in the first embodiment, only one heat is displayed, whereas in the second embodiment, The previous heat (first and second heats) is also displayed along with the heat (third heat, shaded to facilitate identification of the heat).

Thus, by displaying all the heats simultaneously, it becomes easier to correct the examination results of the heats that have been judged.
When the number of heats is very large, it may be divided into a plurality of heat groups and displayed for switching, and as shown in FIG. 4, heats other than the heat currently being scored are displayed. You may make it reduce and display.

  By the way, in order to make it easy to identify the player number of the heat, the player number of the heat is preferentially displayed as shown in FIG. 2, or the heat of the heat is shown as shown in FIGS. In addition to the method of displaying the player number of the heat other than the heat as shown in FIG. 4 by shading the number display portion 23, the heat number display portion or the player number display portion of the heat is colored. Alternatively, various graphic patterns such as a thick line or a mark may be added in the vicinity of the player number display section of the heat to make it different from the display of other heats.

In the description of the first and second embodiments, the player numbers selected, provisionally selected, and non-selected are identified by ○ marks, Δ marks, and x marks. Or may be identified by other methods such as coloring.
Also, as the player numbers of participating players, in addition to the spine number, any information that can identify the player, such as a player name and a symbol, may be used.
In addition, a dedicated device may be used as the scoring device, but the software for the scoring device may be read into a general-purpose portable computer and used.

  The present invention can be used for competition scoring at a dance sports competition or the like.

  Block diagram showing a competition scoring system according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.   External view showing a display example of the scoring device according to Embodiment 1 of the present invention.   External view showing a display example of a scoring device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention   External view showing another display example of the scoring device according to Embodiment 2 of the present invention.   Figure showing a conventional scoring sheet   Block diagram showing a conventional competition scoring system   External view showing a display example of a conventional scoring device

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Computer 2 Scoring apparatus 3 Display apparatus 21 Antenna 22 Display part 23 Heat number display part 24 Player number display part 25 Picked-up number display part 26 Temporary selection button display part 27 Non-selection button display part 28 Cancel button display part 29 Cumulative pickup completed Number display section 30 Heat return button display section

Claims (10)

A scoring system for scoring athletes participating in a competition, comprising a computer and a plurality of scoring devices wirelessly connected to the computer for scoring by a plurality of judges, A player number transmitting means for wirelessly transmitting a player number of a player who participates in each heat of the competition to each scoring device, and the heat number for identifying what heat the heat is in the respective wireless The heat number transmitting means for transmitting to the scoring device, the scoring result receiving means for receiving the scoring results transmitted from the respective scoring devices, and counting the received scoring results to determine the winning players of the competition The scoring device includes a player number receiving means for receiving a player number transmitted from the computer, and a transmission from the computer. The heat number receiving means for receiving the heat number, the display means for displaying the received player number for each heat, and the player number of the player to be picked up from the displayed player numbers. Selection means for selecting, and scoring result transmission means for transmitting the selected player number to the computer as the scoring result, and the display means of the scoring device uses the heat number received based on the received heat number. The competition scoring system is characterized in that the player number of the player is displayed differently from the player numbers of other heats. The display means can switch and display the player number of each heat for each heat and display the player number of the heat preferentially so that the player number of the heat is different from the player numbers of other heats. The competition scoring system according to claim 1, wherein the competition scoring system is displayed. The display means displays the player number of the heat different from the player numbers of other heats by adding a graphic pattern in the vicinity of the displayed player number of the heat. The competition scoring system described in 1. The competition scoring according to claim 1, wherein the display means displays the player number of the heat different from the player number of the other heat by reducing and displaying the player number of the other heat. system. Temporary selection means for temporarily selecting a player number of a player who wants to decide later whether or not the scoring device should pick up from the displayed player numbers, and means for changing the temporarily selected player number to selection later 2. The competition scoring system according to claim 1, wherein the scoring result transmission means includes the player number changed to the selection after the provisional selection and includes the scoring result. The player number transmitting means transmits an up number that is the number of players remaining in the competition to the scoring device, and the scoring result transmitting means includes the number of the selected player numbers and the temporarily selected player number. 6. The competition according to claim 5, wherein if the sum of the number of matches the number of ups, the selected player number and the temporarily selected player number are transmitted as the scoring result. Scoring system. The scoring device has non-selection means for non-selecting a player number of a player who should not be picked up from the displayed player numbers, and the scoring result transmission means scores the non-selected player number as a result of scoring The competition scoring system according to claim 1, wherein the competition scoring system is transmitted without being included. A competition scoring method for scoring athletes participating in a competition using a computer and a plurality of scoring devices wirelessly connected to the computer for scoring by a plurality of judges, comprising: A player number transmission stage for wirelessly transmitting a player number of a player who participates in each heat of the competition to each scoring device, and the heat number for identifying the number of heats from the computer wirelessly. A heat number transmission step for transmitting to each of the scoring devices; a display step for displaying the received player numbers by heat by the scoring device; and a scoring device for picking up the players to be picked up from the displayed player numbers. A selection step of selecting a player number, and a scoring result transmission stage in which the scoring device transmits the selected player number to the computer as a scoring result. And a counting step in which the computer counts the received scoring results to determine the remaining players of the competition, and in the display step, the scoring device uses the heat number received based on the received heat number. The player scoring method is characterized in that the player number is displayed differently from the player numbers of other heats. A competition scoring method for scoring athletes participating in a competition using a computer and a plurality of scoring devices wirelessly connected to the computer for scoring by a plurality of judges, comprising: A player number transmitting step of wirelessly transmitting a player number of a player participating in the competition to each of the scoring devices, a display step in which the scoring device displays a received player number, and the scoring device A selection step of selecting a player number of a player to be picked up from among player numbers, a provisional selection step of temporarily selecting a player number of a player who wants to decide later whether the scoring device should pick up, or the scoring device A temporary selection change stage for changing the temporarily selected player number to selection, and the scoring device and the player number changed to the selection after the temporary selection and the temporary selection. A rating result transmitting step of transmitting to the computer as a scoring result, the computer, competition scoring having aggregate the scoring result of receiving the aggregate determining a surviving player of the competition. The scoring device has a non-selection step of non-selecting a player number of a player who should not be picked up from the displayed player numbers, and in the scoring result transmission step, the non-selected player number is included in the scoring result The competition scoring method according to claim 8 or 9, wherein the competition scoring is performed without transmission.

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