JP2014106818A - Display content monitor system, method, and program for image receiver - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a display content monitor system, method, and program of an image receiver that monitors whether the display contents of ODDS are correctly displayed on an image receiver in an installed place or at a point in time that display is required.SOLUTION: When update of ODDS information is notified from a totalizator host 23, a video transmitter 18 of video transmission equipment 17 creates video for the ODDS information, identification information about the video, and a secondary code for the identification information. The video transmitter 18 transmits the identification information to an image receiver monitor device 21, and transmits a video for the ODDS information with the secondary code added thereto, to image receivers 28-i(i=1, 2, n) in a facility. A secondary code reader 33-i dedicated for each image receiver 28 reads the secondary code display position of the image receiver 28 and transmits the read data to the image receiver monitor device 21. If there is a difference between the identification information indicated by the secondary code and the identification information during display regardless of whether the secondary code is present or not in the read data, the image receiver monitor device 21 determines that the image receiver has a problem and provides warning.

Description

  The present invention relates to a display content monitoring system, method, and program for a receiver. More specifically, the present invention relates to a receiver at a point where the display content of odds in a totalizer for counting and processing various voting tickets for public competitions should be displayed. The present invention relates to a display content monitoring system, a method, and a program for a receiver that monitors whether the image is correctly displayed on the screen.

  Conventionally, in odds display devices that display information such as odds in public competitions such as horse racing, bicycle racing, boat racing, and auto racing, monitors (receivers) are installed at various places in the venue and display a wide variety of information regarding the race. Yes.

  However, as for the information regarding the race, for example, even with odds (payout amount when winning, information on popular horses), there are about 3360 ways of voting in betting tickets, but up to 420 for one monitor. Only street information can be displayed.

  Therefore, since it is difficult in time to display all 3360 kinds of odds information on one monitor, a large number of monitors that display various information are installed in one sales place. And the display content of information differs for each monitor.

  On the other hand, for example, a multi-information display system that allows fans to always see the information they want to see from the information display screen (odds) in public competitions and uses as few monitors as possible is proposed. Has been. (For example, refer to Patent Document 1.)

  This is because the odds from the first race to the twelfth race are periodically displayed on the odds display monitor, the display cycle is the same screen about 10 times per second, and the twelve types of odds screens are light with unique frequencies. Are displayed as odds information waves (visible light) OD1 to OD12.

  A filter with the property of transmitting only the wavelength of a specific band is prepared, and those who see the odds always see the odds display monitor through the filter that transmits only the wavelength of the information that they want to see. It can be viewed as a flashing image of about 10 times.

  The stadium is also equipped with a large display board that allows you to see the current state of the competition from anywhere. An LED lamp is used for the pixels constituting such a large display panel. Even LED lamps that are known for their long service life often turn off depending on the frequency of use.

  The problem of lighting one pixel in the large screen is not noticeable in the distance, but if it is left unattended and overlaps with the lighting problem of other neighboring pixels, the image quality of the screen is greatly impaired. In view of this, there has been proposed a light emitting display element monitoring device for a large display panel that enables monitoring of a failure state of an LED lamp constituting the large display panel even during operation. (For example, see Patent Document 2.)

JP 2000-181391 A JP 2011-209637 A

  By the way, in the present situation where there are 3360 kinds of odds information and only a maximum of 420 kinds of information can be displayed on one monitor, there is a limit even if the number of monitors used is reduced as much as possible. Also, using a filter is troublesome for fans. After all, it is more realistic to install many monitors that display various information at various places.

  In general, in public stadiums, video information for displaying information such as odds is sent from a video transmission facility to a plurality of monitors, and a plurality of different video information (referred to as programs) is transmitted from each monitor. The content of the video information to be decided. Further, the information content such as odds is updated about every minute, and it is necessary to always display the latest video information (program) on the monitor.

  However, due to malfunctions in the monitor and video transmission equipment, there is no display due to an event different from the content of the video information to be displayed on each monitor, for example, a failure of the monitor itself, and the information to be updated has been updated. In some cases, there may be problems.

  Maintenance for such a display surface failure of a monitor is not in time for maintenance work with a margin such as detecting a failure of one pixel and repairing it after the competition as in Patent Document 2. Since voting for competitions is largely based on the judgment of the fans watching the monitor, it is urgent to repair the malfunction of the monitor.

  However, the only way to detect defects on the display surface of these monitors is to detect problems by the fan or only by visual observation by the monitoring staff, which may lead to distrust of the fans for the competition. There was a problem to be solved that it was necessary to quickly know the malfunction of the display surface of the monitor.

  The present invention solves the above-described conventional problems, and is a computer room in which a maintenance person is detected by detecting an abnormality when a display abnormality occurs in a receiver (monitor) that displays information such as odds in a totalizer. It is an object of the present invention to provide a receiver display content monitoring system, method, and program for notifying an alarm to a receiver monitoring apparatus installed in the receiver.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the display content monitoring system of the receiver of the present invention displays the image information obtained as a result of the totalization processing on a plurality of receivers by performing the totalization processing of various voting tickets for public competitions. In the display content monitoring system for a receiver that monitors the display content, image information acquisition means for acquiring the image information from a totalizer host, and the image information for each of the image information acquired by the image information acquisition means. Code generating means for generating a code for specifying the receiver for displaying the image information, code display means for displaying the code together with the image information on the receiver, and the code displayed by the code displaying means A code reading means for reading the image and when the code read by the code reading means is not correctly displayed on the receiver, And abnormality notification unit for notifying, configured to have a.

  In the display content monitoring system of the receiver, for example, the code generation means includes an identification code generation means for generating an identification code for each of the image information acquired by the image information acquisition means from the totalizer host, and the identification code. Two-dimensional code encoding means for encoding the two-dimensional code, and the code display means has a code attaching means for attaching the code to a predetermined part of the image information, and the code attaching means The image information with the code attached thereto is transmitted to the receiver, and an image based on the image information is displayed on the receiver together with the code.

  Further, in the display content monitoring system of the receiver, for example, the image information is odds information, and the identification code includes at least a code for specifying a competition venue, a code for specifying a holding time / date / race number, It is a series of serial data consisting of a code that identifies the receiver that displays the screen related to the identification code, a code that identifies the type of betting displayed on the screen, and a code that identifies the time when the screen was updated. The predetermined portion is configured to be a portion corresponding to any one of the four corners of the screen when the image information is the screen.

  In addition, in order to solve the above-described problem, the display content monitoring method of the receiver of the present invention performs a counting process of various voting tickets for public competitions and outputs image information obtained as a result of the counting process to a plurality of receivers. In a display content monitoring method of a receiver for displaying and monitoring the display content, an image information acquisition step of acquiring the image information from a totalizer host, and the image information for each of the image information acquired in the image information acquisition step A code generating step for generating a code for identifying information and the receiver for displaying the image information; a code displaying step for displaying the code together with the image information on the receiver; and the code displaying step. A code reading process for reading the code, and an error in the receiver when the code read in the code reading process is not correctly displayed on the receiver. Configured to include an abnormality notification step of notifying, the.

  In order to solve the above-mentioned problem, the display content monitoring program of the receiver of the present invention performs a counting process of various voting tickets for public competitions and outputs image information obtained as a result of the counting process to a plurality of receivers. An image information acquisition procedure for acquiring the image information from a totalizer host, and the image acquired by the image information acquisition procedure in a display content monitoring program of a receiver readable by a computer for displaying and monitoring the display content A code generation procedure for generating a code for identifying the image information and the receiver for displaying the image information for each information; a code display procedure for displaying the code together with the image information on the receiver; and the code display A code reading procedure for reading the code displayed by the procedure, and the code read by the code reading procedure is the receiver. Constructed and abnormality notification procedure for informing the abnormality of the receiver when not displayed correctly, the so as to execute the computer.

  The display content monitoring system, method, and program of the receiver of the present invention enables the system administrator to detect the failure of the monitor immediately before the fan notification is entered when the monitor in the field breaks down. Since it can be notified that a failure has occurred, it can contribute to the improvement of fan service.

  In addition, in the display content monitoring system, method, and program of the receiver, even if the display content of the monitor is different or has not been updated, the system administrator will promptly detect the abnormality and monitor it. This can contribute to the improvement of fan service in this respect as it is possible to take a short time to respond to the failure of

It is a figure which shows the outline | summary of the hard block of the conventional totalize field display system. It is a block diagram of the hardware constitutions of the display content monitoring system of the receiver as Example 1 of this invention. FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an odds data image to which two-dimensional data generated by a video transmitter and displayed on the receiver is added in the display content monitoring system of the receiver according to the first embodiment. It is a functional block diagram of the video transmitter of the video transmission equipment in the display content monitoring system of the receiver of the first embodiment. 6 is a chart for explaining a numerical configuration of an identification code generated by a code generation unit of an identification code generation unit in the display content monitoring system of the receiver according to the first embodiment. It is a graph which shows the example of a broadcast channel when the various odds data images | videos displayed on the upper right corner of the two-dimensional code image | video produced | generated from the identification code were projected on the receiver corresponding to each, and its program information classification. FIG. 3 is a functional block diagram of a receiver monitoring apparatus of a video transmission facility in the receiver display content monitoring system according to the first embodiment. It is a flowchart which shows the processing operation by each part of the video transmitter shown in FIG. It is a flowchart which shows collectively the processing operation by each part of the receiver monitoring apparatus shown in FIG.

Prior to detailed description of embodiments of the present invention, a conventional receiver display system will be briefly described for comparison.
FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a conventional receiver display system. FIG. 1 shows the configuration on the computer room side for sending a video for monitoring on the left side of the boundary line 1, and shows the configuration on the inside of the field where a receiver (monitor) is arranged on the right side.

  A video transmission facility 2 is arranged on the computer room side shown in FIG. The video transmission facility 2 includes a video transmitter 3 and a mixer / modulator 4. Various odds data is input to the video transmitter 3 from the external totalizer host 5.

  The video transmitter 3 outputs various odds data transmitted from the totalizer host 5 to the mixer / modulator 4 as the video signal 6. The mixer / modulator 4 converts the video signal 6 input from the video transmitter 3 into a TV video signal, and outputs the TV video signal to the field inside device via the wiring network 9 formed of coaxial wiring.

  A demultiplexer 7 and a plurality of receivers (monitors) 8 (8-1, 8-2,...) Are arranged inside the field. A television video signal is input to the duplexer 7 from the computer room side via the wiring network 9. The duplexer 7 distributes the input television video signal to a predetermined receiver 8 (8-1, 8-2,...) Via the wiring 11.

  When a malfunction occurs in the television image by the television image signal allocated to these receivers 8 (8-1, 8-2,...), The discovery of the malfunction depends on notification by a fan or visual observation by a monitoring staff. I mentioned earlier that there is only one.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the hardware configuration of the display content monitoring system of the receiver as Embodiment 1 of the present invention. The display content monitoring system 15 of the receiver shown in FIG. 2 shows a configuration on the computer room side that transmits a monitor image on the left side of the boundary line 16, and the inside of the field in which a monitor (hereinafter referred to as receiver) is arranged on the right side. The structure of is shown.

  Video transmission equipment 17 is arranged on the computer room side shown in FIG. The video transmission facility 17 includes a video transmitter 18, a mixer / modulator 19, a receiver monitoring device 21, and a computer room network device 22. Various odds data are input to the video transmitter 18 from the external totalizer host 23.

  The video transmitter 18 adds two-dimensional data to be described later in detail to various odds data input from the totalizer host 23, and mixes the odds data video signal 24 for each output channel to which the two-dimensional data is added. Output to the modulator 19.

  The video transmitter 18 outputs the information type and update information 25 related to the odds data video signal 24 for each output channel output to the mixer / modulator 19 to the receiver monitoring device 21.

  When receiving the information type and the update information 25 from the video transmitter 18, the receiver monitoring device 21 transmits a control signal 20 to the computer room network device 22 to drive a two-dimensional code reader 33 (to be described later) and to read the video. Instruct to receive the result.

  The mixer / modulator 19 converts the odds data video signal 24 input from the video transmitter 18 into a TV video signal, and outputs the TV video signal to the field inside device via the wiring network 26 formed of coaxial wiring. .

  A demultiplexer 27 and a plurality of receivers 28 (28-1, 28-2,...) Connected to the demultiplexer 27 are arranged inside the field. The duplexer 27 distributes the input television video signal to a predetermined receiver 28 via the duplexer wiring 29.

  Further, an in-field network device 32 such as a hub connected to the computer room network device 22 via the LAN wiring 31 or the like is disposed on the inside of the field. A plurality of two-dimensional code readers 33 (33-1, 33-2,...) Composed of cameras are connected to the on-site network device 32.

  The two-dimensional code reader 33 (33-1, 33-2,...) Is arranged corresponding to each of the plurality of receivers 28 (28-1, 28-2,...). 28 reads the display position of the two-dimensional code that should be displayed together with the odds data image, and the read result is sent to the receiver monitoring device 21 via the computer network device 22 such as the on-site network device 32 and the LAN wiring 31. Send.

  FIG. 3 is a diagram illustrating an example of an odds data video 34 to which two-dimensional data generated by the video transmitter 18 and displayed on the receiver 28 is added. FIG. 3 shows an example of an image showing, for example, odds information of a triple of a bicycle race held at an ABC stadium.

  Actually, the triple odds information becomes complete triple odds information together with the video displayed on the other receiver in addition to FIG. A small two-dimensional code image 35 is displayed in the upper right corner of the odds data image 34 of these receivers 28.

  Since the amount of information contained in the two-dimensional code is relatively large, it is possible to easily display the information type and update information of the odds information described later even in the two-dimensional code image 35 that is displayed small in the upper right corner.

  FIG. 4 is a functional block diagram of the video transmitter 18 described above. As shown in FIG. 4, the video transmitter 18 functionally has an operation information management unit 37, a screen generation unit 38, and an identification code generation unit 39 controlled by the control unit 36 around the control unit 36. Consists of.

  The operation information management unit 37 includes a host information storage unit 41 having a storage device and an operation pattern storage unit 42 having another storage device.

  In the operation information management unit 37, the host information storage unit 41 analyzes the host information input from the totalizer host 23, and stores the holding information and the odds information acquired as an analysis result.

  The operation pattern storage unit 42 of the operation information management unit 37 stores in advance display control information such as odds including display information of each output channel and its display schedule.

  When detecting the update of the odds information from the totalizer host 23, the control unit 36 instructs the identification code generation unit 39 to generate an identification code and instructs the screen generation unit 38 to generate each odds screen.

  The identification code generation unit 39 includes a code generation unit 43, an identification code storage unit 44, and a code notification unit 45. The code generation unit 43 converts the host information (holding information, odds information, update time) stored in the host information storage unit 41 of the operation information management unit 37 and the operation pattern stored in the operation pattern storage unit 42. Based on this, an identification code described later in detail for each odds screen is generated.

  The identification code storage unit 44 stores the identification code generated by the code generation unit 43 for the screen generation unit 38 and the receiver monitoring device 21. The code notification unit 45 reads the identification code stored in the identification code storage unit 44 and notifies the image generation unit 38 and the receiver monitoring apparatus 21 of the read identification code.

  The screen generation unit 38 includes a screen drawing unit 46, an image conversion unit 47, and a two-dimensional code generation unit 48. In the screen generation unit 38, the screen drawing unit 46 includes host information composed of holding information and odds information stored in the host information storage unit 41 of the operation information management unit 37 and operation pattern information stored in the operation pattern storage unit 42. The screen of each odds etc. is generated based on the above.

  The two-dimensional code generation unit 48 of the screen generation unit 38 converts the identification code notified from the code notification unit 45 of the identification code generation unit 39 into a two-dimensional code video 35, and the two-dimensional code video 35 is converted into a screen drawing unit. It is added to the position corresponding to the upper right corner of each odds screen generated in 46.

  The image conversion unit 47 converts each odds screen to which the two-dimensional code image 35 is added as described above into a TV image signal that can be used by the receiver 28, and converts these TV image signals into these TV image signals. It is distributed to the receivers 28 (28-1, 28-2, ...) in the corresponding place.

  FIG. 5 is a chart for explaining the numerical configuration of the identification code generated by the code generation unit 43 of the identification code generation unit 39. The chart 50 shown in FIG. 5 shows predetermined host information of host information stored in the host information storage unit 41 of the operation information management unit 37, in accordance with predetermined host information read from the operation pattern storage unit 42 corresponding to this host information. It is generated by fitting into the operation pattern.

  In the example shown in FIG. 5, the chart 50 is divided into four rows from top to bottom: an information line, an information example line, a numerical example line, an identification code line. From the upper row to the third row, each row is divided into five information columns 51 to 56 from left to right.

  The information column 51 at the left end is a code column of the venue, and the line of the information example corresponding to this has a description of “Ox △ Bicycle”, and the line of the numerical example corresponding thereto has OxΔ A code “123” indicating a bicycle racetrack is described.

  The next information column 52 shows the number of times, date, race number. In the column of the code, there is a description of “3 times, 1 day, 9 races” in the line of the information example corresponding to this, and in the line of the numerical example corresponding to this, “3 times, 1 day” , Code “030109” indicating “9 races” is described.

  The next information column 53 is an output channel code column. The corresponding information example row has a description of “5 channels”, and the corresponding numerical example row contains “5 channels”. "05" indicating "is described. That is, the system of this example can support up to 99 channels.

  The next information field 54 is a screen type code field. The corresponding information example line has a description of “triple unit”, and the corresponding numerical value example line includes “3”. A code “03” indicating “continuous” is described.

  The next information column 55 is an update time code column, and there is no description in the line of the information example corresponding to this, and the update time “July 6, 2012 18:30” in the numerical example line. A code “201207061830” indicating “” is described. By the way, the odds information is updated every minute.

  The next information column 56 is a code column for a check code. There is no description in the line of the information example corresponding to this, and “57” that is the check code is described in the line of the numerical example.

  In the identification code line at the bottom, “1230301090503201207066183057” generated by arranging the codes in the information fields 51 to 56 horizontally is described as the identification code.

  Note that the information example corresponding to the code column of the screen type in the information column 54 is not limited to “3 singles” in FIG. 5, but includes, for example, “2 singles”, “2 doubles”, etc. There are as many odds screen types as there are combinations.

  FIG. 6 shows various odds data images 34 (see FIG. 3) displayed on the upper right corner of the two-dimensional code image 35 generated from the identification code as described above, and are displayed on the corresponding receivers 28. It is a chart which shows the example of a broadcast channel and its program information classification in the case of.

  In the chart 57 of FIG. 6, from left to right, the receivers are shown as receivers 28-1, 28-2,..., 28-n, and the two-dimensional code readers are code readers 33-1, 33. -2, ..., 33-n, the broadcast channel is indicated by 1cn, 2ch, ..., 25ch, and the program information type is "2-car single / 2-duplex", "triple single", ...・ It is shown as “Results”.

  As for the correspondence between the receiver 28 and the two-dimensional code reader 33, a unique number (-1, -2, ..., -n) is added to each two-dimensional code reader 33, and any two-dimensional code reader 33 is provided. It is possible to determine which receiver 28 (28-1, 28-2,..., 28-n) is in charge.

  FIG. 7 is a functional block diagram of the receiver monitoring apparatus 21 shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 7, the receiver monitoring device 21 is functionally centered on the controller 60, the identification information generator 61 controlled by the controller 60, the receiver information reader 62, and the receiver abnormality. The monitoring unit 63 is included.

  In the identification information generation unit 61, the identification code storage unit 64 stores each identification code received from the video transmission facility 18. The receiver information storage unit 65 pre-registers and stores display information data describing the broadcast channel setting of each receiver 28 and the type of information to be displayed.

  The identification information generation unit 66 creates identification information based on the identification code of the identification code storage unit 64 and the receiver information of the receiver information storage unit 65. This identification information is a list of information (program information type, update time, etc.) that should be broadcast on each receiver.

  The identification information storage unit 67 stores the identification information generated by the identification information generation unit 66. This identification information is data used for comparison in the receiver abnormality detection unit 63.

  On the other hand, in the receiver information reading unit 62, the two-dimensional code reader control unit 68 is arranged corresponding to the receivers 28 at various places in the field when a reading instruction is given from the control unit 60 or periodically. The two-dimensional code reader 33 is controlled to obtain a two-dimensional code image 35 read from the upper right corner of the display screen of the receiver 28.

  The read data storage unit 69 stores the two-dimensional code image 35 displayed on each receiver 28 acquired by the two-dimensional code reader control unit 68 as read data.

  In the receiver abnormality monitoring unit 63, the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 stores the identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 67 of the identification information generation unit 61 and the read data storage unit 69 of the receiver information reading unit 62. The read data read from the display screen of each receiver 28 is compared, and if there is no difference, the receiver abnormality notification unit 72 is notified of “no abnormality”.

  On the other hand, the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 includes identification information stored in the identification information storage unit 67 of the identification information generation unit 61 and each receiver 28 stored in the read data storage unit 69 of the receiver information reading unit 62. If there is a difference from the read data read from the display screen, the unique number (−i) (i = 1, 2,... , N).

When the receiver abnormality notification unit 72 receives a notification that is determined to be abnormal from the receiver abnormality detection unit 71, based on the notification, any receiver 28-i (i = 1, 2) via the speaker 73, for example. ,..., N) An alarm 74 indicating whether an abnormality has occurred is notified to the maintenance staff by voice.
Further, an alarm is displayed and notified to the manager notification display device 75.

  FIG. 8 is a flowchart showing the processing operations of the respective parts of the video transmitter 18 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 8, the control unit 36 in FIG. 4 first determines whether there is an update of host information (step S1). This process is a process for determining whether or not an odds information update notification is input from the totalizer host 23 to the operation information management unit 37.

  If there is no update notification (No in S1), the process waits until there is an update notification. On the other hand, if there is an update notification (Yes in S1), the code generation unit 43 of the identification code generation unit 39 generates identification codes for the screen generation unit 38 and the receiver monitoring device 21. (Step S2) At the same time, the screen drawing unit 46 of the screen generation unit 38 draws the corresponding odds screen (Step S3).

  The identification codes for the screen generation unit 38 and the receiver monitoring device 21 generated by the code generation unit 43 in step S2 temporarily store the identification codes generated by the code generation unit 43 in the identification code storage unit 44. The code notification unit 45 reads the identification code for the screen generation unit 38 stored in the identification code storage unit 44 and notifies the two-dimensional code generation unit 48 of the image generation unit 38 of the read identification code for the screen generation unit 38. .

  Then, the two-dimensional code generation unit 48 of the image generation unit 38 performs a two-dimensional code generation process based on the identification code for the screen generation unit 38 (step S4). At the same time, the code notification unit 45 also performs a process of notifying the receiver monitoring device 21 of an identification code (step S5).

  The two-dimensional code generated in step S4 is inserted into the odds screen drawn in step S3, and the screen broadcast on the receiver 28 is drawn (step S6). As described above, the processes in steps S1 to S6 are repeated every time the host information is updated.

  FIG. 9 is a flowchart showing the processing operations of the respective units of the receiver monitoring apparatus 21 shown in FIG.

  In FIG. 9, the control unit 60 of FIG. 7 first determines whether or not the identification code has been updated (step S101). This process is a process of determining whether or not an identification code update notification is input to the identification information generation unit 61 from the video transmission facility 18.

  If there is an update notification (Yes in S101), the control unit 60 generates identification information by the identification information generation unit 66 and stores it in the identification information storage unit 67. The generated identification information is transmitted to the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 of the receiver abnormality monitoring unit 63 (step S102).

  On the other hand, the control unit 60 instructs the two-dimensional code reader control unit 68 of the receiver information reading unit 62, and the two-dimensional code reader control unit 68 of the receiver information reading unit 62 updates the identification code. The two-dimensional code of the receiver 28 corresponding to the odds screen is read by the two-dimensional code reader 33.

  The read two-dimensional code is stored in the read data storage unit 69. Then, the two-dimensional code read from the read data storage unit 69 is transmitted to the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 of the receiver abnormality monitoring unit 63 (step S103).

  Following the above, information comparison processing is performed by the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 of the receiver abnormality monitoring unit 63 (step S104). This process is a process in which the identification information generation unit 66 of the receiver information reading unit 62 compares the identification information generated in step S102 with the identification information indicated by the two-dimensional code read in step S103.

  Next, the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 determines whether or not the image of the corresponding receiver 28 is a channel having different identification information in the result of the comparison (step S105). If the channels have different identification information (Yes in S105), the receiver abnormality detection unit 71 notifies the receiver abnormality notification unit 72 of an error signal, and the receiver abnormality notification unit 72 An alarm is displayed and notified to the room manager notification display 75 (step S106).

  In this process, as shown in FIG. 7, maintenance management is performed to determine which receiver 28-i (i = 1, 2,..., N) is abnormal by the speaker 73 or the like. It is also possible to notify the staff by voice.

  If it is determined in step S105 that the channels are not different (determination in S105 is No), it is subsequently determined whether there is a next channel whose identification information should be compared (step S107).

  If there is a next channel (Yes in S107), the processes in and after step S104 are repeated. If there is no next channel (No in S107), the process returns to step S101.

  If it is determined in step S101 that the identification code has not been updated (No in S101), it is further determined whether or not it is time to perform a two-dimensional code scheduled reading (step S108). This process is determined by measuring a preset time in a memory built in the control unit 60.

  If it is determined in step S108 that it is not time to perform the scheduled reading (determination in S108 is No), the process returns to the identification code update determination process in step S101.

  If it is determined in step S108 that the timed reading is to be performed (Yes in S108), the two-dimensional code of all receivers 28 is read (step S109), and the process proceeds to step S104. The process of S107 is repeated.

  As described above, according to the embodiment of the present invention, each time the odds information is updated, the identification information corresponding to the updated odds information and the two-dimensional code are generated and compared, and the difference is determined. The identification information does not change because it is data processed only inside the computer.

  However, since the two-dimensional code is an image displayed on the receiver, if there is an error in the output channel, the two-dimensional code image is displayed differently from the predetermined image. Also, if the receiver itself has a failure, the two-dimensional code cannot be read because the two-dimensional code image is not displayed. In either case, a difference occurs in the comparison process between the identification information and the read data, and the abnormality of the corresponding receiver is detected.

  In addition, in the Example mentioned above, a various change can be added in the range which does not deviate from the summary of embodiment. For example, the 2D code is inserted into the upper right corner of the odds screen. However, the 2D code is not limited to this, and if the insertion position of the 2D code is a position that does not obstruct the fan when reading the odds information, the odds Any position on the screen may be used.

  Further, the above-described embodiments can be modified and changed by those skilled in the art, and are not limited to the exact configurations and application examples described.

  The present invention relates to a monitoring system, a monitoring method, and a monitoring method for display contents of a receiver for monitoring whether the display contents of odds in a totalizer for counting and processing various voting tickets for public competition are correctly displayed at the installation location and when to display. It can be used for monitoring programs.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Boundary line 2 Video transmission equipment 3 Video transmitter 4 Mixer / modulator 5 Totalizer host 6 Video signal 7 Demultiplexer 8 (8-1, 8-2,...) Receiver (monitor)
9 Wiring Network 11 Wiring 15 Receiver Display Monitoring System 16 Boundary Line 17 Video Transmission Equipment 18 Video Transmitter 19 Mixer / Modulator 20 Control Signal 21 Receiver Monitoring Device 22 Computer Room Network Equipment 23 Totalizer Host 24 Odds Data Video Signal 25 Information type and update information 26 Wiring network 27 Demultiplexer 28 (28-1, 28-2, ...) Receiver (monitor)
29 Demultiplexer wiring 31 LAN wiring 32 On-site network equipment 33 (33-1, 33-2, ...) Two-dimensional code reader 34 Odds data video 35 Two-dimensional code video 36 Control unit 37 Operation information management unit 38 Screen generation Unit 39 Identification code generation unit 41 Host information storage unit 42 Operation pattern storage unit 43 Code generation unit 44 Identification code storage unit 45 Code notification unit 46 Screen drawing unit 47 Image conversion unit 48 Two-dimensional code generation unit 50 The numerical configuration of the identification code Charts 51 to 56 Information Field 60 Control Unit 61 Identification Information Generation Unit 62 Receiver Information Reading Unit 63 Receiver Error Monitoring Unit 64 Identification Code Storage Unit 65 Receiver Information Storage Unit 66 Identification Information Generation Unit 67 Identification Information Storage Unit 68 Two-dimensional code reader control unit 69 Reading data storage unit 71 Receiver abnormality detection unit 72 Image machine abnormality notification unit 73 speaker 74 alarm 75 administrator notification indicators

Claims (7)

In a display content monitoring system for a receiver that performs counting processing of various voting tickets for public competitions and displays image information obtained as a result of the counting processing on a plurality of receivers, and monitors the display contents.
Image information acquisition means for acquiring the image information from a totalizer host;
Code generating means for generating a code for identifying the image information and the receiver for displaying the image information for each of the image information acquired by the image information acquiring means;
Code display means for displaying the code together with the image information on the receiver;
Code reading means for reading the code displayed by the code display means;
Abnormality notifying means for notifying the abnormality of the receiver when the code read by the code reading means is not correctly displayed on the receiver;
A display content monitoring system for a receiver. The code generation means includes
An identification code generating means for generating an identification code for each of the image information acquired by the image information acquiring means from the totalizer host;
Two-dimensional code encoding means for encoding the identification code into a two-dimensional code;
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The code display means includes
Code pasting means for pasting the code to a predetermined part of the image information;
Transmitting the image information with the code pasted by the code pasting means to the receiver and displaying an image based on the image information together with the code on the receiver;
The display content monitoring system for a receiver according to claim 1.   The display content monitoring system for a receiver according to claim 1, wherein the image information is odds information.   The identification code is displayed on at least a code for identifying a venue for the competition, a code for identifying the number of times / dates / race numbers, a code for identifying the receiver that displays a screen related to the identification code, and the screen. 3. The display content monitoring system for a receiver according to claim 2, wherein the display content monitoring system is a series of serial data consisting of a code for specifying a betting type and a code for specifying a time when the screen is updated.   The display of the receiver according to claim 2, wherein the predetermined part is a part corresponding to one of four corners of the screen when the image information is the screen. Content monitoring system. In a display content monitoring method for a receiver that performs counting processing of various voting tickets for public competitions, displays image information obtained as a result of the counting processing on a plurality of receivers, and monitors the display content.
An image information acquisition step of acquiring the image information from a totalizer host;
A code generation step for generating a code for identifying the image information and the receiver for displaying the image information for each of the image information acquired in the image information acquisition step;
A code display step for displaying the code together with the image information on the receiver;
A code reading step of reading the code displayed by the code display step;
An abnormality notification step of notifying the abnormality of the receiver when the code read by the code reading step is not correctly displayed on the receiver;
A display content monitoring method for a receiver. In a display content monitoring program of a receiver readable by a computer that performs counting processing of various voting tickets for public competitions, displays image information obtained as a result of the counting processing on a plurality of receivers, and monitors the display content ,
An image information acquisition procedure for acquiring the image information from a totalizer host;
A code generation procedure for generating a code for identifying the image information and the receiver that displays the image information for each of the image information acquired in the image information acquisition procedure;
A code display procedure for displaying the code together with the image information on the receiver;
A code reading procedure for reading the code displayed by the code display procedure;
An abnormality notification procedure for notifying the abnormality of the receiver when the code read by the code reading procedure is not correctly displayed on the receiver;
Is executed by the computer. A display content monitoring program for a receiver.