JPH02110661A - Home betting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To promptly display horse race information on a screen by detecting the total number of the pages of a teletext horse race program when the horse race program is stored in a RAM part and outputting the noncoincidence between the detected number and the previously received total number of the pages to a winning horse betting means when the noncoincidence is detected. CONSTITUTION:When the reception of teletext completes, the total number of the pages of the horse race program stored in a RAM part 7 is calculated by a CPU 9 of a teletext receiving part 2, the total number of the pages of the horse race program, which is stored in the first total page register 7a and previously received, is transferred to the second total page register 7b, and the total number of the pages calculated this time is stored in the first total page register 7a. Next, the total number of the pages calculated this time is compared with the total number of the pages previously received by a comparing part 7c, and when it is decided that the total number of the pages becomes smaller from the result, a noncoincidence signal is outputted from the comparing part 7c, an interruption is given from the CPU 9 to a CPU 18 of a winning horse betting control part 3, it is informed that pages for a completed race are eliminated, the retrieval of a page number to be executed by the CPU 18 becomes unnecessary, and the horse race information can be promptly displayed on the screen.

Description

[Detailed Description of the Invention] [Industrial Application Field] The present invention relates to a home voting device that can perform winning horse voting via a telephone line. The present invention relates to an at-home voting device that quickly obtains a page of desired race information and improves single-display processing when displaying race information according to a program on a screen such as a television.

[Conventional Example] Conventionally, when purchasing a pari-mutuel betting ticket, it is common to go to an off-track betting ticket sales office or the racetrack where the pari-mutuel betting ticket is sold and purchase it with cash at the pari-mutuel betting ticket sales counter. Because it takes time and effort to purchase, for example, as part of fan service, a system has been proposed that allows pari-mutuel betting tickets to be purchased over the phone.

There are two types of telephone voting systems: the AR3 method and the CRT method, in which the system subscriber signs a contract with the organizer and
For example, open a savings account in your name at a bank designated by the organizer, and at the same time make a fixed deposit (e.g. face value 10,000, 200,000, 200,000,
300,000, etc.), and the organizers keep that deposit as collateral, and set that amount as the purchase limit for pari-mutuel betting.

This allows the subscriber, a fan in a remote location, to purchase a desired pari-mutuel betting ticket over the phone.

[Problem to be Solved by the Invention] In the above-mentioned telephone voting system, the AR8 method is such that the subscriber operates the buttons on the touch-tone telephone, connects it to the ticket-issuing computer for pari-mutuel betting, and then operates a predetermined button. The voting contents are now manually determined. As a result, there was a problem in that it took a long time to complete the winning and winning voting process, and the telephone line was used for a long time. Moreover, since the number of telephone lines that can be connected to the ticket issuing computer is fixed, there are times when the ticket issuing computer cannot be connected, especially when the race deadline approaches.
Due to the rush of buyers, there are cases in which pari-mutuel betting tickets cannot be purchased.

Furthermore, in the CRT system, subscribers apply to purchase pari-mutuel betting tickets directly by telephone with staff at telephone voting stations. In this case, the staff member responds to the subscriber based on the winning horse data displayed on a cathode ray tube (CRT), receives an application for winning horse voting, and purchases a voting ticket. However, since the purchase is made verbally, there are problems similar to those described above, such as the fact that errors occur when purchasing pari-mutuel betting tickets compared to the AR8 method, and it takes time to purchase because it is difficult to hear.

On the other hand, for fans when purchasing pari-mutuel betting tickets, information on approximate payout rates (such as odds) as well as horse racing newspapers are extremely important reference materials. However, those who go directly to the racecourse where the race is being held can find out the information on the Otsuzu bulletin board inside the racetrack, but those voting from home can refer to Otsuzu information from radio broadcasts, TV broadcasts, etc. I have no choice but to do it.

However, these broadcasts are often inconvenient for purchasers because they do not always provide necessary information such as the price at the desired time.

This invention was made in view of the above-mentioned problems, and its purpose is to improve the processing speed for displaying horse racing information such as race odds when purchasing pari-mutuel betting tickets, and to instantly display it on the screen of a television etc. The purpose of the present invention is to provide an at-home voting device that allows users to vote at home.

[Means for Solving the Problems] In order to achieve the above object, the at-home voting device of the present invention, when receiving a horse racing program in text broadcast on a predetermined channel from a television signal received by an antenna, It has a total page detection means that detects the total number of pages related to the predetermined information of the program and compares it with the total number of pages received last time to detect a change in the total number of pages. a teletext receiving means for converting the data into a teletext signal and outputting it to a television, etc.; a storage means for storing data of information necessary for pari-mutuel voting; a display processing means for displaying necessary information, a pari-mutuel betting setting means for displaying information necessary for a predetermined pari-mutuel betting, a pari-mutuel betting setting means for setting a winning horse number, a purchase amount, a personal identification number (ID), etc.; and a pari-mutuel betting transmitting means for transmitting the pari-mutuel betting set via a telephone line to the pari-mutuel betting ticket sales side. When stored in the RAM section, the total number of pages of the horse racing program is detected and compared with the total number of pages of the horse racing program received last time.
If there is a discrepancy, a message to that effect is output to the pari-mutuel voting means, and when the pari-mutuel voting means issues a display instruction from the pari-mutuel voting setting means, the display page is changed based on the discrepancy. The gist of this is to obtain the following.

[Function] With the above configuration, each time a single character broadcast horse racing program is received, the total number of pages of predetermined information of the horse racing program is detected. In other words, in the case of Otsuzu information, when a race ends, the Otsuzu information for that race is no longer included in the transmitted teletext horse racing program, the number of pages decreases accordingly, and the above-mentioned total number of detected pages changes. It shifts. In this way, when the total number of pages changes, the teletext receiving means sends information to the effect that there has been a change to the winning horse voting means.

Therefore, in the winning horse voting method, for example, the odds in the second race are the 100th, the odds in the second race are the 200th, and the odds are the 3rd.
When the lace otsuzu is included in the 300th,...
When the 1st race is completed, the 100th race will contain information on the 2nd race, and the 200th race will contain information on the 3rd race.
... will be included, but you can know that from the above information. Therefore, when the winning horse voting means is instructed to display the odds of the third race, for example, it recognizes which page the odds information is included and immediately sends the data of that page to the teletext receiving means. can be requested.

[Example] Embodiments of the present invention will be described below based on the drawings.

In FIGS. 1 to 4, this at-home voting device includes a teletext receiving section 2 that receives teletext telecasts received through an antenna 1 and displays the teletext broadcasts on a screen such as a television; Setting function for setting the winning horse number and purchase amount for winning horse voting 1 Horse racing information from horse racing programs on teletext broadcasts (
a display processing function to display information necessary for pari-mutuel betting on the above screen, a transmission function to send pari-mutuel betting ticket purchase data to the pari-mutuel betting ticket sales center via a telephone line, A pari-mutuel betting control section 3 is provided which has an inquiry function for determining winnings, etc., and a remote control function operated by a remote control signal. In this embodiment, the at-home voting device is operated by operating an RKP (remote keypad) 4.

The teletext receiving unit 2 includes a tuner unit 5 that receives television broadcasts and teletext broadcasts of predetermined channels and extracts video signals;
DRT (DRT) extracts teletext data from the video signal.
ata Regenerator for Ta1e-
text) part 6 and the RA that stores the teletext data.
M unit 7, and a first total page register 7a that stores the total number of pages of the currently received horse racing program stored in this RAM unit 7.

A second total page register 7b that stores the total number of pages of the previously received horse racing program stored in the first total page register 7a.
and the total number of pages stored in the first and second total page registers 7a and 7b.

A comparison unit 7c for detecting discrepancies, and a shared memory unit 8 in which data of information necessary for telecasting (horse racing programs) displayed on a television screen (not shown), horse racing voting, etc. is stored.
and read, write, transfer and C
A CPU (microcomputer) 9 that controls interrupts and the like for Polg, an RO Agori section 10 in which control programs for the CPU 9, etc. are stored, a D control section 6,
A path 11 connecting the RAM section 7, the first total page register 7a, the comparison section 7c, the shared memory section 8, the CPU 9, the ROM section 10, etc., and the CPU 9 or the CPU 1 to be described later.
8 outputs the display/audio data stored in the shared memory section 8 as a video/audio signal, and also outputs the display/audio data to a printer.
tDecoder for Tels-text) section 12 and an RF modulator 13 that performs R'F modulation on the video/audio signals. Note that the RAM section 7 also includes a work RAM for the CPU 9. Also, the first and second general registers 7a, 7b and the comparison section 7C
The detection means is constituted by the first general register 7a.
Every time a predetermined program of teletext broadcasting is received, the total number of pages of the program is stored, and the total number of pages of the previous reception stored in the first general register 7a is stored in the second register at the same timing.
The data is transferred to the general register 7b.

The pari-mutuel voting control unit 3 includes a light receiving unit for receiving remote control signals from the RKP 4 and an I/F section that stores information necessary for pari-mutuel voting (information on odds based on horse racing programs), pari-mutuel voting data, etc. NCU (Network Controller) for connecting to the pari-mutuel betting ticket sales center (computer) side via a telephone line.

l Unit) 16, a modem unit 17 that transmits and receives data etc. via this NCU 16, and the RKP 4 according to the operation.

A CPU (microcomputer) 18 for performing pari-mutuel voting control and display control processing, a ROM section 19 in which control programs for the CPUIG, etc. are stored, and a light receiving section and I/F section 14. RAM section 1 upper 5PU18 and RO
A bus 20 that connects the M section 19 and the like, an I/F section 21 that connects this path 20 and the path 11 of the teletext receiving section 2,
■/F section 22 for inputting the reception status information signal from the tuner section 5, the NCU 16, the modem section 17, and the bus 2.
I/F section 23 for interfacing with 0
, 24, a memory card 25 storing various software related to horse voting, and a memory card reading section 26 for reading the software. In addition, above 1 (
The AM section 15 includes a cputg work RAM and is backed up by a battery.

RKP4 is similar to remote control for television etc.

This RK emits an infrared remote control signal.
As shown in FIG. 3, P4 is provided with operation keys for receiving teletext broadcasts and purchasing pari-mutuel betting tickets. The operation keys include a group of TV/character operation keys 27 such as a "power" key, a reception key for TV broadcasts and teletext, and a key for selecting display, voting, transmission, inquiry, etc. necessary for horse racing information and winning horse voting. Function key groups 28 and 5
A purchase key group 29 is provided for manually entering the winning horse number, amount of money, password, etc. in order to purchase a winning horse betting ticket.

As shown in FIG. 4, on the front of the at-home voting device, there is a power switch 30, the light receiving section, and an I/F.
A light receiving section 14a of the section 14 and an insertion slot 26a for the memory card 25 are provided. Further, as shown in FIG. 5, on the back side of the at-home voting device, there is an antenna connector 1a to which the antenna 1 is connected, and the ID7 section 12.
connector L2a for printer output, connector 12b for video output, and connector 12c for audio output.
, a 21-bin connector 12d for video output, and a connector 13a for RF" output of the IF modulator 13 (above),
A connector 16a for connecting a telephone line is provided. As a result, the video signal from the IQT section 12 is sent to the television via the video output connector 12b or the 21-pin video output connector 12d, and the video is displayed on the screen of the television. .

Next, the operation of the at-home voting device having the above configuration will be explained based on the flowchart shown in FIG.

First, the operator of the at-home voting device has already entered into a contract with the horse race organizer, and the at-home voting device and the organizer's pari-mutuel betting ticket sales center are connected via a telephone line. It is assumed that the Further, it is assumed that the at-home voting device is connected to a 'α telephone line and a television.

Here, when the power switch 30 is turned on and the "power" key of the TV/character operation key group 27 is operated, and the "text broadcast" key is further operated, a remote control signal corresponding to the operation is sent to control the pari-mutuel voting. Light receiving section of section 3 and l/l' section 1
4 all 14 are input. , CPU 8 of the pari-mutuel voting control unit 3
An instruction to receive teletext is output from the teletext receiving section 2, and the instruction signal is inputted to the teletext receiving section 2 via the 17F section 21 and I/F section 22. Then, the tuner section 5 selects that RK.
The teletext signal of the channel corresponding to the operation of I'4 is selected and input to the 087 section 6. In the 087 unit 6, the teletext signal is reproduced into data packets (tuning, data, check code), and program data (program management data, page data) from the data packets is stored in an internal buffer RAM. Furthermore, under the control of the CPU 9,
The program data in the buffer RAM is read out, and
Two sets of AlO are stored in the RAM.

In this way, when the reception process for a teletext program (including a horse racing program) is performed (step ST1) and the reception of the teletext program is completed (step 5T2), first, the CPU
Total number of pages of horse racing programs stored in RAMAlO2 in 9
is calculated (step 5T3). Furthermore, the total number of pages pb of the previously received horse racing program stored in the first general position register 7a is transferred to the second general position register 7b (step 5T4), and The calculated total number of pages Pa is stored (step ST5), and then,
The comparison unit 7c compares the total number of pages Pa (currently received) stored in the first general position register 7a with the total page number pb (previously received) stored in the second general position register 7b. Ru. As a result, for example, if a race has ended and the odds information for that race is not included in the teletext transmission.

Because the total number of pages will be smaller (Pa#Pb)
, a mismatch signal is output from the comparator 7c. Then,
Based on the discrepancy signal, the CPU 9 interrupts the CPU 18 of the pari-mutuel betting control unit 3 to notify that the number of pages of the horse racing program has disappeared.

By the way, in a horse racing program on a received teletext broadcast, for example, the first page contains information on the odds for the second race, the second page contains information on the odds for the second race, the third page contains information on the odds for the third race, etc. If ... is included, when the first route ends,
In the horse racing program of the received teletext, there is no longer any race information, the first page is the second race's race information, the second page is the third race's race information, and the third page is the fourth race's race information. This page contains race information... In this way, if the page contents move every time a teletext is received, if you try to display the odds information of a predetermined race on the screen by operating the RKP4, the CP of the winning horse voting control unit 3 will change.
Depending on the operation at U1g, a search is performed each time for the page number containing the Otsuzu information. That is, in the CPU 18 of the pari-mutuel voting control unit 3,
This is because the page containing the race information of the horse racing program is changed at the time of reception, and it is not possible to determine which page contains information about which race. However, searching for the page number that contains such predetermined race information every time you operate RKP 4 takes time, especially when it comes to information that you want to know immediately, such as race information. It would be inconvenient if it was not displayed easily.

Therefore, as described above, in the at-home voting device of the present invention, if there is a change, for example, in the total number of pages of a horse racing program, each time a teletext broadcast is received, by detecting the change, the number of pages of predetermined race information is I am always able to keep track of whether or not it has become part of my eyes.

That is, by detecting the total number of pages of a horse racing program in advance, if the number of pages changes at the time of the above-mentioned reception, by calculating backwards from the total number of pages known in advance, it is possible to determine whether the desired race information is included. Since the page containing the search result is calculated, there is no need to perform a time-consuming search each time.

Here, in RKP4, for example, function key group 2
When the "Program, 10-" key or the "Page, <>" key of 8 is operated, for example, when an operation is performed to display the third race odds information in a horse racing program, the CP of the winning horse voting control unit 3 is activated.
At U18, the page corresponding to the remote control operation is calculated, and a data request for that page is sent to the CPU 9 of the teletext receiving section 2. Namely.

In the teletext received last time, the third race information was included on the third page, but in the teletext received this time, if it is included on the second page, it is sent from the CPU 18 to the CPU 9. The data request is for the second page of the horse racing program. Then, CPU 9 uses RAM
The data on the second page (the odds information for the third race) of the AlO2 is read out and transferred to the pari-mutuel betting control section 3.

On the other hand, the pari-mutuel betting control unit 3 stores the transferred data in the RAM unit 15 and outputs the display command for the third race odds information page and the data read from the RAM unit 15 to the teletext receiving unit 2. As a result, the display command to the IDT unit 12 and the data of the third race information are stored in the shared memory unit 8 at the CP, L19.
The data is read out by the IDT section 12, converted into a video signal, and output to the television. That is, when an instruction is issued to display a page of a predetermined program, for example race odds information, the odds for that race are immediately displayed on the television screen.

Further, in the above embodiment, even when the deadline for a predetermined race is approaching, for example, the race odds information is displayed more quickly, so that the odds information can be confirmed.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, according to the at-home voting device of the present invention, when a teletext broadcast is received and the program of the teletext broadcast is stored, the total number of pages of the horse racing program of the received teletext broadcast is detected. It has a total detection means that detects a change in the total number of pages by comparing it with the total number of pages received last time, and converts each received teletext program into a video signal and outputs it to a television or the like. It has a teletext receiving means and a function to issue an instruction to display the race information of the horse racing program on a screen such as a television, and to purchase a pari-mutuel betting ticket using the race information displayed according to the instruction as a reference. Since the winning horse voting means always knows which page of the received horse racing information includes the predetermined race information, in response to an instruction to display the predetermined race information, the text broadcast reception The page of the race information stored in the TV screen is calculated, and a request for the specified race information can be immediately made to the teletext receiving unit. This improves the display processing speed and displays the race information on the television screen. Information can be displayed quickly. Therefore, if you try to display odds information for a given race when making a pari-mutuel betting, the odds information for that race will be displayed immediately on the screen even if it is just before the deadline for that race, so you will not be able to purchase pari-mutuel betting tickets. It never becomes impossible and has a great effect.

[Brief explanation of the drawing]

FIG. 1 is a schematic block diagram of an at-home voting device showing an embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a front view of a remote control RKP (remote control keypad) used in the at-home voting device, and FIGS. The figures are a front view and a back view of the at-home voting device, and FIG. 5 is a flowchart for explaining the operation of the at-home voting device. In the figure, 1 is an antenna, 2 is a teletext receiving section, 3 is a pari-mutuel betting control section, 4 is an RKP (remote keypad), 5 is a tuner section, 6 is a DRT section, 7 is an I (AM section (text broadcast receiving section) ), 7a is the first general register, 7b is the second general register, 7C is the comparison section, 8 is the shared memory section, 9 is the CPU (of the teletext receiving section 2), and IO is the ROM section. (of the teletext receiving section 2), 11 is the bus (of the teletext receiving section 2), 12 is the IDT section, 13 is the R1'' modulator, 14 is the light receiving section and I/F section, 15 is the RAM section (parity voting Control part 3
), 16 is NCU (Network Control
17 is the modem section, 18 is the CPU (of the pari-mutuel voting control section 3), 19 is 1 (08 unit (of the pari-mutuel voting control section 3), 20 is the bus (of the pari-mutuel voting control section 3), 21.2
2.23.24 is I/F section, 25 is memory card, 26
is a memory card reading section. Figure 2 Patent Applicant Fujitsu General Co., Ltd. Representative Patent Attorney Takuya Ohara Figure 3 Figure

Claims (2)

[Claims] (1) When receiving a teletext horse racing program on a predetermined channel from the television signal received by the antenna, the total number of pages related to the predetermined information of the horse racing program is detected and compared with the total number of pages received last time. a teletext receiving means having a total page detection means for detecting a change in the total number of pages, converting each program of the received teletext broadcast into a video signal and outputting it to a television, etc.; and information necessary for pari-mutuel voting. a storage means for storing data of;
Display processing means displays necessary information on the screen of the television based on the information stored in the storage means, displaying information necessary for predetermined winning horse voting, winning horse number, purchase amount, and PIN number (ID). ), etc., and a pari-mutuel betting transmission means that transmits the pari-mutuel betting set by the pari-mutuel betting setting means to the pari-mutuel betting ticket sales side via a telephone line. means, in the teletext receiving means, at least when a horse racing program is stored in the RAM section, detecting the total number of pages of the horse racing program and comparing it with the total number of pages of the horse racing program received last time. , if there is a discrepancy, a message to that effect is output to the pari-mutuel voting means, and on the other hand, when the pari-mutuel voting setting unit issues a display instruction, the pari-mutuel voting means adjusts the display based on the discrepancy. A home voting device characterized in that it obtains pages. (2) The total page detection means includes a first total page register that stores the currently calculated total page number, and a first total page register that stores the previously received total page number that was stored in the first total page register. 2. The at-home voting device according to claim 1, comprising: two total page registers; and comparing means for comparing the total number of pages stored in the first and second total page registers and detecting a mismatch. .