JPH0714427B2 - Bowling pin impact sound effect device - Google Patents

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a bowling pin collision sound acoustic effect device which effectively emits a pin collision sound in a bowling alley to enhance the entertainment of a bowling competition.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in bowling alleys, an automatic bowling scoring device for automatically processing the score of a bowling competition has been introduced to save labor and enhance its entertainment. Further, as an additional function of the automatic bowling score device, the player is provided with a pin action display function for displaying the throwing form of the athlete and the state of the pin jumping.

[0003]

A device provided in such a conventional bowling alley mainly appeals to the sight of a competitor by displaying a score, a pitching form and a pin action on a monitor television as an image. Met.

The object of the present invention is to pay attention to a pin collision sound (so-called pin attack sound) emitted when a ball hits a pin in order to enhance the aural entertainment of a bowling game. There is no completely new function to be added.

[0005]

In the bowling pin collision sound acoustic effect device according to claim 1 of the present invention, the ball thrown by the player collides with the bowling pin set at the terminal end of the bowling lane. A microphone that detects the sound emitted at times as a pin collision sound, a speaker provided inside or near the console located in front of the running part of the bowling lane, and a ball that arrives immediately before the bowling pin. A ball sensor for detecting, an amplifier circuit for amplifying a signal detected by the microphone and driving the speaker, and until the pin collision sound ends after the ball sensor detects a ball reaching just before the bowling pin. And an amplifier circuit control means for effectively operating the amplifier circuit only for a certain time.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, in a bowling pin impact sound effect device, the amplifier circuit according to the first aspect includes a microphone signal amplifier circuit for amplifying a microphone signal detected by the microphone and an output amplifier for driving the speaker. And a sound effect processing circuit for applying a sound effect process to the sound signal output from the microphone signal amplifying circuit and giving the signal after the sound effect process to the output amplifying circuit. And

According to a third aspect of the present invention, in a bowling pin impact sound effect device, a speaker provided inside or near a console located in front of an approaching portion of the bowling lane and a speaker provided at the end of the bowling lane are provided. A ball sensor that detects a ball that arrives immediately before a bowling pin that has been set, a synthetic sound signal generation unit that generates a voice sound signal or an acoustic signal that is a predetermined synthetic sound signal, and the ball sensor is a bowling pin. It comprises synthetic sound signal generation timing control means for activating the synthetic sound signal generation means when a ball reaching immediately before is detected, and an amplifier circuit for amplifying the synthetic sound signal and driving the speaker.

[0008]

In the bowling pin impact sound acoustic effect device according to claim 1 of the present invention, the speaker is provided inside or near the console provided in front of the approaching portion of the bowling lane, and the microphone is Detected as a pin collision sound generated when the ball thrown by the player collides with the bowling pin set at the end of the bowling lane, the amplification circuit amplifies the signal detected by the microphone and drives the speaker. To do. The ball sensor detects a ball reaching immediately before the setting position of the bowling pin, and the amplification circuit control means ends the pin collision sound after the ball sensor detects the ball reaching immediately before the setting position of the bowling pin. The amplifier circuit is effectively operated only for a certain period of time until the above. Since configured in this way, the pin collision sound generated when the ball thrown by the player collides with the bowling pin set at the end on the bowling lane is detected by the microphone and amplified by the amplification circuit, Sound is emitted from a speaker provided inside or near the console. Therefore, in reality, the pin collision sound generated at the position farthest from the console can be clearly heard by the members and the competitors participating in the competition very closely. Moreover, since the pin collision sound is emitted from the speaker only during the time when the pin collision sound is generated, it is possible to prevent noise other than the pin collision sound such as the pin setter machine from being emitted from the speaker.

In the bowling pin impact sound effect device according to claim 2, the amplifier circuit according to claim 1 includes a microphone signal amplifier circuit for amplifying a microphone signal detected by a microphone, and an output amplifier circuit for driving the speaker. The acoustic effect processing circuit performs acoustic effect processing on the acoustic signal output from the microphone signal amplification circuit, and gives the resulting signal to the output amplification circuit. Therefore, according to this configuration, in addition to simply increasing the volume of the pin collision sound, sound effect processing such as tone control, addition of echo or pitch conversion is performed, and the conventional pin collision sound can be heard. A pin collision sound with a new taste that could not be done is emitted.

In the bowling pin impact sound effect device according to the third aspect of the present invention, the speaker is provided inside or in the vicinity of the console arranged in front of the approaching portion of the bowling lane, and the ball sensor is on the bowling lane. The ball that arrives just before the bowling pin set at the terminal end is detected, and the synthetic sound signal generation means generates a voice sound signal or an acoustic signal which is a predetermined synthetic sound signal. The synthetic sound signal generation timing control means activates the synthetic sound signal generation means when the ball sensor detects a ball reaching immediately before the bowling pin. Then, the amplifier circuit amplifies the synthesized sound signal and drives the speaker. With this configuration, when a player throws a ball and the ball reaches immediately before the bowling pin set at the end of the bowling lane, a predetermined voice signal or acoustic signal is generated. This is amplified and emitted from a speaker provided inside or near the console. As the synthetic sound signal, for example, an acoustic signal such as a fanfare or a plosive sound, or a synthetic sound signal such as a human voice (word) or a bark of an animal can be used. As a result, it is possible to obtain a new acoustic effect that is completely different from the sound of a bowling pin collision.

[0011]

1 is a schematic diagram showing the system configuration of a bowling control system to which the present invention is applied in a bowling alley. In FIG. 1, 1 is a bowling pin set at the end of the bowling lane, and 2 is a ball that is about to reach these bowling pins 1. Immediately before the set position of the bowling pin 1, a ball sensor 3 immediately before the pin for detecting the arrival of the ball 2 is provided. Further, diagonally above the set position of the bowling pin 1, a pin camera 5 that captures an image of the pin 1 from that position, a microphone 4 that detects a collision sound generated when the ball collides with the pin 1,
And a video camera that captures the athlete's pitching form 1
2 is provided. 8 is a sensor for detecting a player, which is provided below the ball return. Reference numeral 7 is a foul sensor that detects a player's foul line passage, and reference numeral 6 is an intermediate ball sensor that detects a ball passing through the middle portion of the lane. 11 is a large CRT which displays the pitching form, pin action and score of the athlete. A console 9 is arranged in front of the running part of the bowling lane, and a speaker 10 is provided on the console 9. The console 9 is equipped with a small CRT for displaying scores and the like and a keyboard for setting various states and inputting data. Further, the console 3, the sensors 3, 6, 7 shown in FIG.
8, microphone 4, pin camera 5, foam camera 12
A large-sized CRT 11 is connected and a control device for controlling these is provided.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing the configuration of the bowling control device. As shown in FIG. 2, the bowling controller comprises a microcomputer 21 and its various input / output devices. The keyboard 23 is a keyboard provided on the upper surface of the console,
1 reads the key operation content via the key controller 22. CRT25 is a small CR installed on the front of the console
T, and the microcomputer 21 is the display control circuit 2
The display of the score and the like is performed by writing the display data to 4. The image processing device 26 is the foam camera 1.
By inputting the video signal from 2 and performing image processing, the pitching form is effectively displayed on the large CRT 11. The sensors 3, 6 ... 8 are the ball sensors shown in FIG. 1 and other sensors, and the microcomputer 21 reads the states of these various sensors via the I / O port 28. Reference numeral 29 is a microphone signal amplification circuit that amplifies the microphone signal detected by the microphone 4. The sound effect processing circuit 30 includes an equalizer circuit that performs tone control on an input signal, an echo circuit that performs signal delay addition, and a pitch control circuit that samples the input signal and changes the writing / reading speed thereof. The microphone signal is input from the circuit, the set acoustic effect processing is performed on the signal, and the resulting signal is output to the mixing circuit 32. However, when the "through mode" is set as a mode to be described later, the above-described acoustic effect processing is substantially invalidated, and the microphone signal input from the microphone signal amplification circuit is output as it is. The synthetic sound generation circuit 31 uses ADPCM and AD.
M, PARCOR and the like include a voice synthesizing circuit for uttering a predetermined synthetic voice signal, and synthesize a set voice sound or acoustic signal to output a synthetic voice signal. The mixing circuit 32 mixes the acoustic signal output from the acoustic effect processing circuit 30 and the synthetic sound signal output from the synthetic sound generation circuit 31 and supplies the mixed signal to the output amplification circuit 33. The output amplifier circuit 33 includes a latch circuit that receives the volume data given from the microcomputer 21 and an amplifier circuit that changes the gain according to the volume data. The output amplifier circuit 33 receives the input signal with the gain according to the volume data received from the microcomputer 21. Amplify and drive the speaker 10. In the example described later, the synthetic sound generation circuit 31 does not operate while the sound effect processing circuit 30 is operating. Conversely, when the synthetic sound generation circuit 31 operates, the sound effect processing circuit 30 is not used, but the mixing circuit 32 is used. Since the outputs of both circuits are mixed by the above, the sound effect processing circuit 30 can be operated, and at the same time, some kind of message can be given to the athlete operating the console by the synthesized voice. The image processing device 34 inputs a signal from the pin camera 5 and performs signal processing for detecting the state of the pin (upright state / falling state). The microcomputer 21 detects the pin state from the image processing result by the image processing device 34. The switch 27 is a circuit that switches three types of video signals for the large CRT 11, and is a video signal captured by the foam camera 12, a score display video signal output from the display control circuit 24, or the pin camera 5. Any one of the video signals picked up by is selected.

Next, the processing procedure of the microcomputer 21 shown in FIG.
Shown in.

FIG. 3 is a processing procedure for setting a mode of the sound effect processing of the pin collision sound. First, the key operation is read, and if the menu key is operated, the CR of the console is set.
The following main menu is displayed on T25 (n1 → n2 → n3).

<Main menu> 1 Acoustic mode 2 Synthetic sound mode 3 Through mode In this state, the key operation is waited again and the selected mode is stored (n4 → n5). If the acoustic mode is selected here, the following acoustic menu is displayed (n6
→ n7).

<Sound mode menu> 1 Tone control mode 2 Echo mode 3 Pitch mode Further, in this state, the key operation is read, and the sound effect type code data corresponding to the selected mode is shown in FIG. To (n8 → n9). Each of the above modes may be a predetermined tone, echo, or pitch, and a submenu may be displayed to select a predetermined mode from the submenu. For example, if you choose echo mode,
A submenu for selecting the echo intensity, such as "weak", "medium", and "strong", is displayed and the selection is possible.

If the synthetic voice mode is selected by the selection on the main menu, the following menu is displayed (n6 → n10).

<Synthetic sound mode menu> 1 Fanfare mode 2 Rocket sound mode 3 Voice sound mode 4 Singing mode In this state, further key operation is read, and the synthetic sound code data corresponding to the selected mode is shown in FIG. It is set in the generation circuit 31 (n11 → n12).

The voice sound may be a single predetermined word, and when the third "voice sound mode" is selected in the synthetic sound mode menu, a voice sound submenu is further displayed. You may comprise so that a predetermined word may be selected from it. At this time, for example, it is possible to set words such as “what-sheen” and “itete” as selectable words. Further, the singing voice that can be selected in the synthetic sound mode menu may be one singing voice that is set in advance, but when the singing voice mode No. 4 is set in this synthesizing sound mode menu, the singing voice sub A menu may be displayed so that a predetermined squeal can be selected from a plurality of squeals. For example, "one one", "meow meow"
It is possible to set the barking sound such as.

In step n4 shown in FIG. 3, that is, when the through mode is selected in the main menu, the through mode code data is set in the sound effect processing circuit 30 (n6 → n15). As a result, when the sound effect processing circuit is activated later, the sound effect processing circuit outputs the input microphone signal as it is to the mixing circuit. Further, the keyboard 23 is provided with volume up and volume down keys as volume adjusting keys, and when the volume adjusting key is read in step n1, the volume data is changed in the direction according to the operated volume adjusting key. , The data is given to the output amplifier circuit 33 (n13 → n14).

FIG. 4 shows a processing procedure executed in accordance with the action of the athlete. First, the current score is displayed until the athlete is detected by the sensor 8 shown in FIG. 1 (n21 → n2).
2). When a player is detected, the switch 27 shown in FIG. 2 is switched to select the image processing device 26 side, and the player's pitching form is displayed on the large CRT 11 (n23). After that, when the ball passes through the intermediate ball sensor 6, the switch 27 is switched to the pin camera 5 side so that the pin action is displayed on the large CRT 11 (n24 → n25). After that, when the ball reaches the ball sensor 3 immediately before the pin, the process according to the currently set mode is performed (n26 → n27).

If the sound effect mode has been set, the sound effect processing circuit 30 is first validated (n28). For example, a switch circuit is provided in the output section of the sound effect processing circuit 30, and the signal of the sound effect processing result is actually output from the output of the sound effect processing circuit 30 by controlling the switch. (Since the sound effect type code data is already set in the sound effect processing circuit 30 as shown in step n9 of FIG. 3, the sound effect processing circuit 30 performs signal processing on the microphone signal according to this code. However, the switch provided in the output section is normally in the off state.) For example, if the echo mode is set, the pin collision sound is emitted from the speaker while the pin collision sound is echoed. After that, when a certain time has elapsed until the actual pin collision sound ends, the sound effect processing circuit 30 is disabled again by turning off the switch of the output part of the sound effect processing circuit 30 (n29 → n30). The steps n26, n27, n28, n29 and n30 correspond to the amplification circuit control means according to the present invention.

If the through mode is set,
After that, the same processing as the sound effect mode is performed (n27 → n28).
...). However, in this through mode, since the code data of the through mode has already been set in the sound effect processing circuit 30 as shown in step n15 of FIG. 3, the process from step n28 to step n30 is executed. At a fixed time, the sound effect processing circuit 30 outputs the microphone signal as it is.

If the synthetic sound mode has been set,
When the ball reaches the ball sensor immediately before the pin, a synthetic sound output start instruction is given to the synthetic sound generation circuit 31 (n3).
1).

Since the synthesized sound code data is already set in the synthesized sound generation circuit 31 as shown in step n12 of FIG. 3, the synthesized sound generation circuit 31 causes the synthesized sound generation circuit 31 to generate a predetermined synthesized sound by the instruction to start the synthesized sound output. Will generate a signal. For example, if the fanfare mode is set, the ball reaches the ball sensor immediately before the pin and knocks down the pin, or at the same time as before or after, the fanfare is emitted. The steps n26, n27 and n31 correspond to the synthetic sound signal generation timing control means according to the present invention.

After the processing according to the above mode, the data is read from the image processing device 34 shown in FIG. 2 to detect the remaining pin (the pin which has not fallen by the pitch), and the score processing is performed accordingly (n32). → n33).

In the embodiment, bowling score processing,
Although the bowling pin collision sound effect device is configured as one function of the bowling control device having the function of displaying the pitching form and the display of the pin action, it is independent of the device that performs processing such as score control. You may comprise a pin collision sound acoustic effect apparatus.

In the embodiment, in the synthetic sound mode,
Although an example of outputting a synthesized voice signal that is a preset single voice sound signal or acoustic signal has been shown, a synthesized voice signal having different contents is automatically selected according to the progress state of the game. May be. For example, if the ball reaches the ball sensor just before the pin when the ball is the first shot in a certain frame, "Say strike!" Is pronounced, and if the ball reaches the ball sensor immediately before the pin when the ball is the second shot. , "Come on!" Also, according to the current score and the current value of the number of frames, the Hayashi word is uttered.

[0029]

According to the present invention, an effective pin collision sound can be emitted in addition to a distant pin collision sound generated when a ball hits a pin, and bowling entertainment can be further enhanced. it can.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 shows a bowling control device to which the present invention is applied,
It is a figure which shows the system configuration in a bowling alley.

FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a bowling alley control device according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a microcomputer 21 shown in FIG.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure of a microcomputer 21 shown in FIG.

[Explanation of symbols]

 3-Pin Ball Sensor 4-Minute 5-Pin Camera 6-Intermediate Ball Sensor 7-Fall Sensor 8-Athlete Sensor 9-Console 10-Speaker 11-Large CRT 12-Form Camera

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A microphone for detecting a sound emitted when a ball thrown by a player collides with a bowling pin set at the end of the bowling lane as a pin collision sound, and a front portion of the approaching section of the bowling lane. A speaker provided inside or near the console provided, a ball sensor for detecting a ball reaching immediately before the bowling pin, and an amplifier circuit for amplifying a signal detected by the microphone and driving the speaker. And a pin for a bowling, which comprises an amplifier circuit control means for effectively operating the amplifier circuit only for a certain period of time from when the ball sensor detects a ball arriving immediately before the bowling pin to when the pin collision sound ends. Collision sound effect device. 2. The amplifier circuit comprises a microphone signal amplifier circuit for amplifying a microphone signal detected by the microphone, and an output amplifier circuit for driving the speaker,
The acoustic effect processing circuit for performing acoustic effect processing on the acoustic signal output from the microphone signal amplification circuit and providing the signal after the acoustic effect processing to the output amplification circuit is provided. Bowling pin impact sound effect device. 3. A speaker provided inside or near the console located in front of the run-up portion of the bowling lane, and a ball reaching immediately before a bowling pin set at the end of the bowling lane. A ball sensor for detecting, a synthetic sound signal generating means for generating a voice sound signal or an acoustic signal which is a predetermined synthetic sound signal, and the synthetic sound signal when the ball sensor detects a ball reaching immediately before the bowling pin. A bowling pin impact sound acoustic effect device comprising: a synthetic sound signal generation timing control means for activating a generation means; and an amplifier circuit for amplifying the synthetic sound signal and driving the speaker.