KR20190005312A - System for billiard competition management - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention relates to a system for billiard competition management which promotes the convenience and usability of a contestant. According to the present invention, the system for billiard competition management includes: a management PC (10) for performing player registration of a game, preparing a game table, and creating a game order; a server (20) for receiving management information including the registered player, the game table, and the game order from the management PC (10) and managing the entire game; a digital score board (30) provided for each billiard table to receive the management information from the server (20) to play the game and collecting competition information while the game is being played; and a service terminal (40) receiving the competition information from the server (20) and displaying the same.

Description

SYSTEM FOR BILLIARD COMPETITION MANAGEMENT

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a sports game operation and recording system, and more particularly, to an operation system of a billiard tournament which improves the convenience and usability of a game participant.

As the computer and network technologies are developed, there are many cases where the sports convention conventionally performed by the manpower is carried out using the information communication network. FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram of a game progress system using a conventional information communication network, FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a game progress system using a conventional information communication network, FIG. to be. The game progress system using the conventional information communication network is composed of the user terminal 1, the information communication network 3 and the game progress management server 5 and constructs a participant information DB (S1) (S3). When a game progress request signal is input from the participant based on the displayed participation information, the game progress management server 5 is inputted In response to the request signal, the player is allowed to participate in the game with the other participant (s) matching the participant's class with the participating event to be participated, (S7).

However, in the case of the game progress system using the above-described conventional information communication network, the user terminal 1 serves only as an input means to the game progress management server 5, such as building a participant information DB, The user can not access the game progress management server 5 remotely or wirelessly. Therefore, the user can not know the analysis of the opponent player or the progress of the other team, so that it is difficult to appropriately spend time for rest or watching the game, and there is no way to check the performance of another team, .

KR 10-2003-0088516 A (Nov. 20, 2003)

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made in order to solve the above problems, and it is an object of the present invention to provide a billiard tournament operating system in which a user can check a game video, a game score, and a game result.

The billiard tournament operating system according to the present invention includes: an operating PC installed in place to perform a player registration of a game played in one place, a game table, and a game sequence; A server for managing the entire game by receiving operational information including a registered player, a game table and a game order from the operating PC; A digital score board installed for each billiard table to receive the operation information from the server to play the game, collect tournament information while the game is running, and a service terminal for receiving and displaying the tournament information from the server As a technical feature.

The billiard tournament management system according to the present invention can provide the tournament information to the user, thereby allowing the user to participate in the tournament more efficiently by analyzing the opponent player or arranging the break time.

In addition, it is possible to effectively manage the games that are distributed in various places.

1 is a schematic diagram of a game progress system using a conventional information communication network
2 is a flowchart of a game progress system using a conventional information communication network
Fig. 3 and Fig. 4 are diagrams of a billiard tournament operating system according to the present invention
FIG. 5 and FIG. 6 are diagrams showing the state of use of the service terminal of the billiard tournament operating system according to the present invention

Hereinafter, a billiard meeting management system according to the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

3 and 4 are block diagrams of a billiard tournament operating system according to the present invention. The billiard tournament operation and recording system according to the present invention comprises an operating PC 10, a digital score board 30, a server 20, and a service terminal 40 owned by a player or a person, installed in a separate billiard room.

The operating PC 10 is a component that is installed in each place and operates a competition in one place (mainly billiard room, 1, 2, ..., k in FIG. 3) The role of the operating PC 10 is limited to the matters related to the game played at the place where the operating PC 10 is located by preparing the game table of the competitions performed at the place where the operating PC 10 is located. Hereinafter, the game sequence is created and transmitted to the server 20 so that the server 20 can manage the entire game. After the operation PC 10 completes the match and the billiard table matching, the operation PC 10 transmits the match table and the match-pool table matching table to the server 20. At this time, for the queued matches, a billiard number matched by queue management may be designated and applied in a batch, or a first-in first-out method may be applied to allocate the number of the pooled billiard ball to the game having the highest waiting number.

If the next game to be placed is determined, such as a tournament tournament, the winner's player information (name, area, goal score, etc.) is input to the next game waiting queue It is possible to complete the match of the next game without inputting information or the like.

When the game ends at the specific digital scoreboard 30, the operating PC 10 transmits the game table and the pool table number of the next game to the server 20.

The server 20 receives and stores the registered players, a game table, and a game order (hereinafter, referred to as 'operating information') from the operating PC 10 and receives the tournament information from various places, Save and manage the whole game. That is, through the server 20, the user can acquire the result of the competition, the player record, Here, the contest information includes information on a real time game such as a score, a video stream during a game, additional information related to a game, game result information such as a win or loss, a video of a game, ranking information, Means the competition progress information such as the competition number and the waiting game number in progress, the average competition time and the expected start time of the competition (calculating the expected start time in consideration of the average competition time and waiting sequence).

When the service terminal 40 receives a request for viewing the game video, the server 20 requests the game score data to the digital score board 30 that operates the game and transmits the request to the service terminal 40. In this case, if the game is in progress, the digital score board 30 receives the live game video data from the camera 32 and transmits the live game live video data to the server 20, and if the game is finished, And transmits the game video data to the server (20).

The server 20 may be located in a specific billiard room, in which case the server 20 and the operating PC 10 may be implemented in the same apparatus.

The digital score board 30 is provided for each billiard table and receives the operational information from the server 20 and proceeds the game. The digital scoreboard (30) is a billiard scoreboard, which was used to score points by moving chips. It is an electronic device that not only calculates the total score but also saves the score per innings. (Or running score of the highest score), average (average score per innings), innings per game (or score per game) to the operating PC 10 or the server 20, (20), and transmits it to the digital scoreboard (30), and displays the competition information such as game score, game video data, and athlete's athlete during the game.

The digital score board 30 receives a signature of a competitor and a referee through an input device such as a touch screen or a pen and transmits the signature to the server 20 together with the competition result information. Thereafter, when the server 20 compares the stored signature with the signature of the player and the referee, if the identity is confirmed, the game end is confirmed, and the game result information is stored in the server 20.

The camera 32 can be installed for each billiard table in conjunction with the digital score board 30. [ The camera 32 is a component for collecting game images. The digital score board 30 receives and stores moving image data from a camera that captures a billiard table. When a game end signal is received from the server 20, And transmits the competition information of the competition to the server 20. At this time, in order to use the storage space of the digital score board 30 efficiently, the shooting time of the camera 32 may be linked to the start point and the end point of the competition of the digital score board 30. Since the photographing of the camera 32 is for acquiring the competition image, the photographing of the camera 32 is started while setting the start of the game by operating the digital scoreboard 30, and when the signature is received and transmitted to the operating PC 10 So that the operation time of the camera 32 is reduced as much as possible. When the camera 32 is provided, the digital scoreboard 30 can transmit the game moving picture data to the server 20 in real time or with the game result information at the end of the game.

The service terminal 40 is a component for displaying the tournament information received from the server 20 in real time so that the user can confirm the information. The service terminal 40 is exemplified by a PC, a tablet PC, a smart phone, There may be a remote control for judging which can control the digital score board 30. [

FIG. 5 shows a state of use in the case where the service terminal is a PC. FIG. 6 shows the state of progress of the game, such as ranking, totaling, minimum innings, (A), a score relay (b), and a competition result (c), which are general examples according to the size of the display of the PC and the smartphone, all the service terminals can display the information shown in FIGS. 5 and 6 have.

The organizer and the participant can efficiently use the tournament time by using the service terminal 40. For example, when the server 20 arrives at the expected start time of a specific game, it sends a message informing the start of the game to the service terminal 40 of the game participant, thereby preventing the delay of the game. Or to allocate the appropriate time for breaks.

Up to now, an embodiment has been described in which the tournament information is transmitted directly to the server 20 in the digital score board 30. The tournament information is transmitted and stored in the digital score board 30 to the operating PC 10, And may transmit the necessary information from the operating PC 10 to the server 20 when the server 20 makes a request. In this embodiment, the load on the server 20 can be reduced by the operating PC 10 acting as an intermediate server (for example, collective requests for specific information or statistical processing for each billiards room) It is possible}. In addition, since the operating PC 10 can serve as a server, it is possible to operate a small conference having a billiard size and operate differently for each billiard room within a large competition (differentiation in self-prizes and statistical processing within the scope of compliance with rules of a large- And it is possible to secure the diversity of the operation of the competition.

10 Operating PC 20 server
30 Digital score plate 32 Camera
40 service terminal

Claims (7)

An operating PC 10 for performing player registration of competitions, preparing a game table, and creating a competition sequence;
A server 20 for receiving operation information including a registered player, a game table, and a game order from the operating PC 10 and managing the entire game;
A digital score board 30 installed for each billiard table, receiving the operation information from the server 20 to play the game, collecting tournament information while the game is running, and transmitting the tournament information to the server 20, And
And a service terminal (40) for receiving and displaying the tournament information from the server (20).
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the operating PC (10) designates a billiard table number matched through queue management for queued matches.
The method of claim 2,
Wherein when the billiard tournament is a tournament tournament and the winning or losing of the preceding game result is determined, the player information of the winner is inputted to the next game waiting queue to complete the match of the next game.
The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the digital score board (30) displays any one or more of the number of balls, average, and innings per game.
The method according to claim 1,
The tournament information includes a score, a video stream during a game, real-time game information composed of game-related additional information, game result information composed of winning and losing, a game full video, ranking information, a score per innings, A competition number, an ongoing competition number, an average competition time, and a predetermined competition start time.

The method according to claim 1,
And transmits a message informing the start of the game to the service terminal (40) of the competition participant when the server (20) arrives at the expected start time of the specific competition.
An operating PC (10) for carrying out the creation of operational information including a registered player of competitions, a competition table and a competition order;
A server (20) for receiving the operation information from the operation PC (10) and managing the entire game;
A digital score board (not shown) installed for each billiard table to receive the operation information from the operation PC 10 to play the game, collect tournament information while the game is running, and transmit the tournament information to the operating PC 10 30) and
And a service terminal (40) for receiving and displaying the tournament information from the server (20)
And the operating PC 10 transmits the conference information to the server 20 at the request of the server 20.

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