JPH07226813A - At home betting device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To calculate/display remaining time until betting closing from the start time of the horse racing information program of character broadcasting and to prevent a failure that winning horse betting is late for closing time. CONSTITUTION:The character signal of the horse racing information program, which is received in a tuner part 1 and extracted in a character extraction/error correction part 2, is recorded in a program memory 3, decoded in a character decoding part 4 and is displayed in a display part 5. The race start time of the character signal is detected in a racing start time detection part 12, and time until betting closing is calculated in an arithmetic part 13. Remaining time until closing is calculated from a difference with present time from a clock part 7 and it is displayed in a display part. Winning horse betting input from an input part 9 is transmitted to required call destination by a telephone line through MODEM 15 and NCU 16. When it passes closing time at the time of inputting winning horse betting, a betting control part 14 inhibits the transmission of betting. The clock part 7 periodically corrects based on the time of the time display program of character broadcasting in a clock correction part 6.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a home-voting device, which prevents voting data from being transmitted after a deadline has passed.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art There is an in-home voting device that allows users to vote from their home by referring to teletext on television or horse racing information in newspapers, etc., and in recent years, they can vote using voting devices installed in convenience stores and the like. Things that have been done have also appeared. When voting on such a device,
The vote is invalid if you do not vote before the deadline time, but the deadline time reported in the text broadcast or newspaper etc. may be changed depending on the situation of the race, so if the deadline time has increased You may unknowingly vote and waste your telephone bill.

[0003]

In view of the above-mentioned problems, the present invention is designed to periodically calibrate a clock built in the apparatus by a time display program of a character broadcast so that a race deadline can be changed from a horse race information program of a character broadcast. Capture the time, compare this deadline time with the time of the built-in clock to obtain the remaining time until the deadline, display this time on the screen, and if the voting operation is performed after the deadline time, send the voting data To provide what is prohibited.

[0004]

In order to solve the above-mentioned problems, the present invention receives a television broadcast, extracts a character signal, performs error correction, etc., records it in a program memory, and reads it from the program memory. A teletext receiving unit that decodes a character signal into a required display signal, a running time detecting unit that detects a running time of a race in a horse racing information program received by the teletext receiving unit, a clock unit that engraves the current time, and An arithmetic unit for subtracting a preset time required for the process of voting for horses from the time from the running time detection unit to calculate the actual voting deadline time, and subtracting the time from the clock unit from this time; A display unit for displaying based on a signal from the receiving unit or a signal from the arithmetic unit, an input unit for inputting a winning vote, etc., and voting data etc. from the input unit are transmitted to a desired call destination through a telephone line. Line The control section and the teletext receiving section, the running time detection section, the clock section, the calculation section, the display section, the input section, and the control section for controlling the line control section, up to the voting deadline displayed on the display section. It is intended to provide a home voting device in which a winning horse vote is input with reference to time.

[0005]

With the above-described configuration, the home-voting apparatus according to the present invention detects the start time of the race from the received horse racing information program, calculates the difference between this time and the current time, and calculates the difference. The required time is subtracted from the time to obtain the voting deadline, and the number of minutes after the deadline is displayed on the screen. If you enter the winning ballot, this signal will be sent to the required destination through the telephone line. Or, when you enter the winning horse vote, determine whether you can meet the deadline for voting,
If you can't make it in time, you will be prohibited from sending the winning horse vote. Also,
The clock built into the device is periodically calibrated with the time of the teletext time-of-day program.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT A home voting device according to an embodiment of the present invention will be described in detail below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a block diagram of essential parts of an embodiment of a home-voting device according to the present invention. In the figure, 1 is a tuner section for receiving a television broadcast,
Demodulates and outputs the composite video signal. A character extraction / error correction unit 2 extracts a character signal superimposed on the composite video signal demodulated by the tuner unit 1 in the vertical blanking period, corrects the error, and outputs the corrected signal. A program memory 3 stores a character signal from the character extraction / error correction unit 2. 4 is a character decoding unit,
The signal read from the program memory 3 is decoded into a signal for displaying on the screen. A display unit 5 displays on the screen of the receiver based on the signal from the character decoding unit 4.

Reference numeral 6 denotes a timepiece calibration unit, which receives a channel on which the time display program is broadcasted by the tuner unit 1 at a required time, and based on the time taken in by the character extraction / error correction unit 2. Calibrate part 7 time. A storage unit 8 stores a program for calibrating the timepiece. 9
Is an input unit for inputting a winning horse vote and the like. A discriminating unit 10 discriminates the signal from the input unit 9 and compares the actual voting deadline time from the arithmetic unit 13 described later with the current time from the clock unit 7 to determine the actual voting deadline time. When the time has passed, a vote invalid signal is output. Reference numeral 11 denotes a memory unit for temporarily recording the signal from the input unit 9. Reference numeral 12 is a running time detection unit that detects the running time of the race from the horse racing information program received by the tuner unit 1 and recorded in the program memory via the character extraction / error correction unit 2. The calculation unit 13 subtracts the preset time required for the processing of the winning horse vote from the running time from the running time detection unit 12, calculates the actual voting deadline time, and the current time by the clock unit 7 from this time. To calculate how many minutes are left before the deadline for winning a horse. Reference numeral 14 denotes a voting control unit which prohibits transmission of voting data when a winning horse vote is inputted from the input unit 9 and the voting deadline time of the race by the arithmetic unit 13 has passed. 15
Is a modem, and 16 is an NCU (line control unit), which dials a required telephone number based on the winning vote input from the input unit 9 and transmits it through the telephone line. A control unit 17 controls each unit.

Next, the operation of the home voting device according to the present invention will be described. In the clock unit 7, the time calibration unit 6 periodically calibrates the time. That is, according to the program read from the storage unit 8, the time display program of the teletext is received through the control unit 17 and the time of the clock unit 6 is calibrated. For example, in the case of the Tokyo area, once a day. The tuner section 1 was switched to the 4th channel at 1 pm, and
The time display program broadcast in 18 programs is received and the character signal is taken in, and the time data (character signal) when the "second" changes is recorded in the data storage area built in the clock calibration unit 6, and this data is recorded. Is converted into required time data, and the time of the clock unit 7 is calibrated based on this time data. Due to this calibration, the clock unit 7 keeps time with almost no error.

When performing a winning horse vote, the tuner unit 1 is set to receive a teletext program of horse racing information by a required operation. The composite video signal received by the tuner unit 1 and demodulated is input to the character extraction / error correction unit 2, and the character signal of the designated program number is extracted and written in the program memory 3. The signal recorded in the program memory 3 is read out via the control unit 17, the character decoding unit 4 decodes it into a required display signal, and the display unit 5 displays it on the screen, for example, as shown in FIG. To do. Then, according to the program from the storage unit 8, the running time detection unit 12 detects the character signal at the position corresponding to the running time 21 on the screen of FIG. 2 from the character signal of the required page read from the program memory 3. This character signal is converted into time data, input to the calculation unit 13 via the control unit 17, and a preset time as the time required for the processing of the winning horse vote is subtracted to calculate the actual voting deadline time.

Then, the current time output from the clock unit 7 is input to the arithmetic unit 13 via the control unit 17, and the current time is subtracted from the actual voting deadline time to calculate the time until the voting deadline. , Input to the display unit 5 via the control unit 17, and in the display area 22 of the voting deadline time on the screen, "XX minutes after voting deadline"
It is displayed like. In addition, the calculation of the voting deadline time is
Repeat at the required time intervals until the remaining time until the voting deadline reaches zero.

The winning horse vote is input from the input unit 9 by a required operation. This signal is transferred to the modem 15 through the control unit 17 to perform the required processing, and is transmitted by the NCU 16 to the required destination through the telephone line. At that time, the calculation unit 13
If the time until the voting deadline by 0 is zero, that is, the voting input operation has exceeded the actual voting deadline time, the determination unit 10
On the basis of the signal, the voting control unit 14 controls the prohibition of voting, and the control unit 17 stops the line control operation of the NCU 16 so that the input unit 9 does not transmit the signal for winning the race.

[0012]

As described above, according to the in-home voting device of the present invention, the time from the difference from the current time to the voting deadline is read by reading the start time of the race broadcast in the horse racing information program of the character broadcast. Since it is calculated and displayed, for example, if the start time reported in newspapers is early, you can see the remaining time until the voting deadline on the screen, so you can not vote or you can vote after the deadline. It is possible to prevent telephone charges from being wasted. Further, since the voting for the race is automatically prohibited after the deadline has passed, it is possible to prevent the telephone charges from being wastefully paid by voting without noticing the deadline. The device's built-in clock was calibrated periodically using a teletext time display program, so I voted because I thought it was still in time, but in fact the clock was too late to make it Can be prevented.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a main part of an embodiment of a home-voting device according to the present invention.

FIG. 2 is an example of a display screen of a home voting device according to the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

 1 tuner section 2 character extraction / error correction section 3 program memory 4 character decoding section 5 display section 6 clock calibration section 7 clock section 8 storage section 9 input section 12 run time detection section 13 computing section 14 voting control section 16 line control unit 17 Control unit

Claims (3)

[Claims] 1. A teletext receiver for receiving a television broadcast, extracting a text signal, performing error correction, etc., recording it in a program memory, and decoding the text signal read from the program memory into a required display signal. , A running time detection unit that detects a running time of a race in a horse racing information program received by a teletext reception unit, a clock unit that keeps a current time, and a time required for the processing of a winning horse vote based on the time from the running time detection unit. Calculated by subtracting the set time to calculate the actual voting deadline time, and displaying based on the signal from the teletext receiving unit or the signal from the arithmetic unit that subtracts the time from the clock unit from this time A display section for inputting, and an input section for inputting winning votes, etc.,
A line control unit for transmitting voting data and the like from the input unit to a desired call destination via a telephone line, and the teletext receiving unit, running time detection unit, clock unit, calculation unit, display unit, input unit and line control A home-voting device, comprising a control unit for controlling a section, and inputting a winning vote by referring to the time until the voting deadline displayed on the display unit. 2. A discriminating unit for discriminating that the voting is invalid when the substantive voting deadline time from the computing unit is compared with the time from the clock unit and the substantive voting deadline time exceeds the time from the clock unit. The in-home voting device according to claim 1, further comprising: a voting control unit that prohibits transmission of voting data from the input unit based on a signal from the department. 3. A clock calibration unit for calibrating the clock unit on the basis of the time broadcast in a time display program of teletext,
The home according to claim 1, wherein the teletext receiving unit receives a time display program at a required time, and the clock calibration unit calibrates the time of the clock unit based on the time received by the teletext receiving unit. Voting device.