KR20230081647A - Sjoelen game scoring system for outdoor use - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is a Sjoelen game scoring system capable of being used outdoors, which enables users to enjoy the Sjoelen game regardless of locations. The disclosed sjoelen game scoring system capable of being used outdoors comprises: a time sensor unit which is installed at a time stick of a Sjoelen board to detect the passage of a puck; a gateway sensor unit which is installed at a gateway of the Sjoelen board to recognize a Sjoelen score through the passage of the puck; a display unit which displays a result of the Sjoelen game; a touch switch which controls the result of the Sjoelen game to be output on the display unit by an operation of a user; puck detection systems which are formed at the time sensor unit and the gateway sensor unit, respectively, to detect whether the puck has passed; and a control unit which calculates the Sjoelen game score and analyzes a game result according to a result of the puck detection of the time sensor unit and the gateway sensor unit through the puck detection systems. The puck detection system comprises: a light emitting unit which is composed of infrared emitting diodes (IRED) and emits infrared rays; a signal generator which applies a pulse-type driving signal to the light emitting unit and allows a pulse-type optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency to be emitted through the light emitting unit; a light reception unit which receives the pulse-type optical signal emitted from the light emitting unit and having the predetermined pulse frequency reflected by the puck, and receives natural light together when the Sjoelen proceeds outdoors; an optical signal analysis unit which analyzes whether the pulse-type optical signal having the predetermined pulse frequency and emitted from the light emitting unit of optical signals received through the light reception unit is received; and a detection determination unit which transmits a puck passage signal to the control unit when it is determined, through the optical signal analysis unit, that the light reception unit has received the pulse-type optical signal having the predetermined pulse frequency.

Description

Sjoelen game scoring system for outdoor use

The present invention relates to a Schullen game scoring system that automatically detects the position of a puck during a Schullen game and provides scoring and game analysis results, and more particularly, detects without recognition errors even in an outdoor environment by switching the pulse driving method of a sensor IRED It relates to a Sullun game scoring system capable of improving performance and enabling users to use it conveniently.

The Schullen game is a traditional Dutch game played on a wooden board (hereinafter referred to as "Shulbak") using 30 round discs (hereinafter referred to as "Puck"), You have to pass through the bar and put a certain number of pucks into the gates of the bar.

Since the conventional schulrun game is left to the discretion of the players and referees, even though the puck must pass through the bottom of the point bar, throwing the puck over the point bar or randomly using more than a set number of pucks occurs in the game method. There were aspects that made it difficult to prevent various unconscionable behaviors.

In order to expand the spread of the Sullun game, a scoring system that can enable fair game operation was urgently needed.

Accordingly, the present applicant provided a Sullun game scoring system that automatically detects the location of the puck and provides scoring and game analysis results in Korean Patent Registration No. 10-1697655 and Korean Patent Registration No. 10-2103645.

However, these existing products have a structure in which the internal LED used in the sensor installed in the viewpoint sensor unit or the gateway recognizes the reflected light emitted as a 950nm wavelength IRED (InfraRed Emitting Diode), which has a great influence in the indoor environment. However, natural light in an outdoor environment has a problem in that a malfunction occurs as light of various wavelengths, including the 950 nm range, enters. In addition, existing products cannot be used where there is a 940nm wavelength band, such as outdoors, because all sensors are recognized when one sensor is recognized in terms of circuit structure.

Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-1697655 Republic of Korea Patent No. 10-2103645

The present invention was invented to solve the conventional problems as described above, and unlike the existing technology, the sensor control method is changed to a pulse optical signal recognition type to improve the sensor unit's sensing ability without recognition errors even in an outdoor environment. An object of the present invention is to provide a Sullun game scoring system that can be used outdoors and has an improved form so that a user can conveniently control it by configuring a touch switch control board on a viewpoint bar.

Another object of the present invention is to provide a Sullun game scoring system capable of further improving the performance of detecting whether a puck has passed through image analysis along with recognizing a pulsed optical signal.

In addition, the present invention interlocks with the ZOOM Video API to share the game situation with video and audio with remote Schullen players, and has an additional function to inform the progress of the game with visual expressions such as animations and sound effects suitable for functions. Another objective is to provide a game scoring system.

However, the object of the present invention is not limited thereto, and even if not explicitly mentioned, the purpose or effect that can be grasped from the solution or embodiment of the problem is also included therein, of course.

The Schullen game scoring system of the present invention for achieving the above object includes a viewpoint sensor unit installed on a viewpoint rod of a Schullen board and detecting the passage of a puck; A gateway sensor unit installed at the gateway of the schullen board and recognizing the schulrun score through the passage of the puck; a display unit displaying the results of the Sullun game; a touch switch controlling to output the result of the shun run game to the display unit by user's manipulation; a puck detection system configured in each of the viewpoint sensor unit and the gate sensor unit to detect whether a puck has passed; A control unit for calculating a game score and analyzing a game result according to the puck detection results of the viewpoint sensor unit and the gate sensor unit through the puck detection system; wherein the puck detection system is composed of IRED (InfraRed Emitting Diode) and infrared a light emitting unit that emits; a signal generator for applying a pulsed driving signal to the light emitting unit so that a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency is radiated through the light emitting unit; a light receiving unit that receives a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency emitted from the light emitting unit and reflected by the puck and natural light when the photoshoot is conducted outdoors; an optical signal analysis unit analyzing whether a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency emitted from the light emitting unit among the optical signals received through the light receiving unit is received; and a detection determination unit for transmitting a puck pass signal to the control unit when it is determined that the light receiving unit has received a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency through the optical signal analyzer.

In addition, the puck detection system includes an image acquisition unit that acquires an image of the puck passing through the viewpoint bar and the gate bar, and an image analysis unit that analyzes whether the puck passes through the image acquisition unit by analyzing the image obtained through the image acquisition unit. can be configured.

In addition, the present invention is a game information sharing module that performs a function of sharing the game situation with a remote player and a video and audio by linking the ZOOM Video API; And, a situation notification module that performs an additional function of notifying the progress of the game with sound effects suitable for visual expression and function; may be configured to further include.

According to the above, the present invention adopts a pulse light signal recognition type sensor detection method in a different way from the conventional method, thereby preventing signal distortion due to natural light and allowing the Sullun game to be played outdoors, so that the Sullun game can be played regardless of location. You can enjoy the effect.

In addition, the present invention can further improve the detection performance of whether the puck passes through the image analysis method along with the pulsed optical signal recognition method, and even in the event of a failure due to aging of the InfraRed Emitting Diode (IRED), It has the effect of allowing the shurun game to proceed continuously without having to stop.

In addition, according to the present invention, the touch switch is additionally configured at the viewpoint of the schullen board, so that convenient operation is possible, and game results and game situations can be more easily and accurately recognized through display of various game results.

In addition, the present invention is linked with the ZOOM Video API to share the game situation with video and audio with remote Schullen players, and has additional functions to inform the game progress with visual expressions such as animations and sound effects suitable for functions. Rather than monotonous game progress, interest and interest in the game can be induced more strongly.

In addition, the various beneficial advantages and effects of the present invention are not limited to the above description, and will be more easily understood in the process of describing specific embodiments of the present invention.

1 is a conceptual diagram showing a Sullun game scoring system according to a first embodiment of the present invention;
2 is a diagram for explaining the installation positions of a viewpoint sensor unit, a gate sensor unit, a touch switch, and a display unit in the Shurun game scoring system of the present invention by way of example;
3 and 4 are conceptual views of the viewpoint sensor unit and the gateway sensor unit of the present invention;
5 is a circuit diagram of a sensor and a comparator applied to a viewpoint sensor unit and a gate sensor unit;
6 is a block diagram showing a puck detection system composed of a viewpoint sensor unit and a gate sensor unit according to the present invention;
7 is a diagram for explaining the pulse method sensing technology of the puck sensing system of the present invention;
8 is a diagram showing the configuration of a touch switch of the Sullun game scoring system of the present invention;
9 and 10 are exemplary screen views of the display unit (electronic board) of the Sullun game scoring system of the present invention,
11 is a block diagram showing another form of a puck sensing system composed of a viewpoint sensor unit and a gate sensor unit according to the present invention.

The above objects, other objects, features and advantages of the present invention will be easily understood through the following preferred embodiments in conjunction with the accompanying drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the embodiments described herein and may be embodied in other forms. Rather, the embodiments introduced herein are provided so that the disclosed content will be thorough and complete and the spirit of the present invention will be sufficiently conveyed to those skilled in the art.

In this specification, when an element is referred to as being on another element, it means that it may be directly formed on the other element or a third element may be interposed therebetween. Also, in the drawings, the thickness of components is exaggerated for effective description of technical content.

Terms used in this specification are for describing embodiments, and are not intended to limit the present invention. In this specification, singular forms also include plural forms unless specifically stated otherwise in a phrase. The terms 'comprises' and/or 'comprising' used in the specification do not exclude the presence or addition of one or more other elements.

In describing the specific embodiments below, various specific contents are prepared to more specifically describe the invention and aid understanding. However, a reader having knowledge in this field to the extent of being able to understand the present invention can recognize that it can be used without these various specific details. In some cases, it is mentioned in advance that parts that are commonly known in describing the invention and are not greatly related to the invention are not described in order to prevent confusion for no particular reason in explaining the present invention.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIGS. 1 to 10 , a Sullun game scoring system capable of outdoor use according to a first embodiment of the present invention will be described.

As an example, the schulrun game scoring system of the present invention includes the schulrun board 10, the viewpoint sensor unit 110-1, the gateway sensor unit 110-2, the control unit 120, the touch switch 130, the display unit 140 It is configured to include.

As shown in FIG. 1, the Schullen board 10 includes a Schulbak 11, both side walls 12, a point bar 20 and a gate bar 30 installed across both side walls 12, The puck (A) passes under the starting point of the viewpoint bar 20 and passes through a predetermined gateway 33 of the gateway bar 30.

When passing through the gateway rod 30, a plurality of barrier walls 32 are connected to the uppermost end of the sulbag 11 in a direction perpendicular to the barrier rod 30, thereby forming a plurality of receiving spaces s1 and s2 formed by the barrier walls 32 , s3, s4) are formed, and the puck A passing through the gate 33 is located in the receiving space (s1, s2, s3, s4). Points such as 1, 2, 3, and 4 may be assigned according to the position where the puck A enters the first to fourth accommodating spaces s1, s2, s3, and s4 in the shun run game.

The viewpoint sensor unit 110-1 is composed of an optical sensing module and is installed on the viewpoint bar 20, detects whether the puck A has passed the viewpoint bar 20, and transmits it to the controller 120.

In addition, the gateway sensor unit 110-2 is composed of an optical sensing module and is installed on the gateway bar 30, and detects whether or not the puck A passes through each gateway 33 of the gateway bar 30. The result is transmitted to the control unit 120.

The control unit 120 receives the detection results of the viewpoint sensor unit 110-1 and the gateway sensor unit 110-2, and according to the detection results, the lower viewpoint bar 20 and the gateway bar 30 of the puck A After determining whether or not the game has passed normally, the score calculation unit 121 may be configured to calculate a game score according to the detection result and display the game result including the game score and the match analysis result through the display unit 140 .

In addition, the present invention may be configured to further include a touch switch 130 installed on the viewpoint bar 20 side or the gateway bar 30 side of the sullen board to control progress results such as scores of the sullen game.

The main feature of the present invention is the puck detection system 110 configured in the viewpoint sensor unit 110-1 and the gate sensor unit 110-2 to detect whether a puck has passed.

The existing viewpoint sensor unit or gateway sensor unit constitutes an infrared sensor, emits infrared rays, and detects the puck through the high and low detection and recognition method in the sensor unit when the emitted infrared rays are reflected back to the puck (A). There was a problem that malfunction occurred due to the influence of natural light of a wavelength of 950 nm in the environment, etc., but in the present invention, the puck detection system 110 is composed of a pulse recognition type rather than the conventional high and low detection recognition type, so that natural light It is in that it completely eliminates the puck detection error without being affected.

Specifically, the puck detection system 110 of the present invention is configured to include a light emitting unit 111 , a light receiving unit 112 , a signal generator 113 , an optical signal analyzer 114 , and a detection determination unit 115 .

In the puck detection system 110 of the present invention, in order to reduce design complexity and development cost due to completely changing the shape of the entire detection sensor, the sensor configuration consisting of the existing light emitting part 111 and light receiving part 112 is applied as it is However, a signal generator 113 and an optical signal analyzer 114 are additionally configured in addition to the light emitting unit 111 and the light receiving unit 112, and accordingly, the detection determination unit 115 for detecting whether or not the puck has passed is configured. The point has a feature.

That is, as in the prior art, the light emitting unit 111 is composed of an InfraRed Emitting Diode (IRED), and the light receiving unit 112 is configured to sense that the infrared light signal emitted from the light emitting unit 111 is reflected by the puck A and received do.

The signal generator 113 controls the light emitting unit 111 to output an optical signal having a specific pulse frequency from the light emitting unit 111 by transmitting a pulse type switching signal to the light emitting unit 111 . The signal generator 113 may include a pulse switching module such as a pulse width modulation (PWM) switching module or a pulse frequency modulation (PFM) switching module.

That is, according to the present invention, the signal generator 113 applies a predetermined pulse switching driving signal to the light emitting unit 111 so that the light emitting unit 111 outputs a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency.

In this way, a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency is emitted from the light emitting unit 111 through the signal generator 113, and the emitted pulsed optical signal is reflected by the puck A to be received by the light receiving unit 112.

The optical signal analyzer 114 is configured to analyze the optical signals received by the light receiving unit 112 and to analyze whether or not a pulsed optical signal having a specific pulse frequency output from the light emitting unit 111 is received.

That is, the light receiving unit 112 can receive not only the pulsed optical signal output from the light emitting unit 111 and reflected by the puck A, but also light of various wavelengths existing in natural light, and analyzing the optical signal The unit 114 is configured to analyze whether or not a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined frequency emitted from the light emitting unit 111 among various optical signals received by the light receiving unit 112 is received.

When the detection determination unit 115 determines that the light receiving unit 112 receives the pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency output from the light emitting unit 111 through the optical signal analyzing unit 114, the puck passing signal is transmitted to the controller ( 120) is configured to transmit.

As such, the present invention, even if natural light is received by the light receiving unit 112 as a shun run game is played outdoors, among the light received by the light receiving unit 112 through the optical signal analyzer 114, a certain amount emitted from the light emitting unit 111 Since the passage of the puck A is detected by determining whether the pulsed optical signal of the frequency is detected, the detection error due to natural light can be completely eliminated and the puck detection accuracy can be improved.

Meanwhile, in the present invention, the puck detection system 110 is configured in the viewpoint sensor unit 110-1 and the gateway sensor unit 110-2, respectively, and in the gateway sensor unit 110-2, each gateway 33 It is configured to be installed every time and can be configured to independently detect whether or not the puck passes through each gateway 33.

That is, the present invention separates and changes the unification of the sensor unit of the existing product along with the pulsed optical signal recognition type, and can further improve the puck sensing performance through the individual independence of the sensing circuit structure and sensor system.

In more detail, in the past, when one sensor is recognized, all sensors are recognized and cannot be used outdoors. will be able to resolve

The present invention is configured to add a touch switch board control board 130 to the viewpoint bar.

Conventionally, manipulation and control have been possible with FND (Flexible Numeric Display), but in the present invention, the touch switch control board 130 is installed on the viewpoint bar so that the user can conveniently control it. This touch switch control board 130 can be configured to express the control state to the PC through RS-232 communication through the main board.

The present invention detects the puck passing through the gate sensor unit through the viewpoint sensor unit and collects the score and data necessary for the progress of the shun run game through RS232C communication to determine whether or not the shun run game is in progress, the game time, the score obtained, the number of pucks used, the foul state, and the foul It is a system that automatically tallies and displays the overall situation of the game, such as the status.

The system of the present invention further configures a game information sharing module that performs a function of sharing the game situation with a remote player by video and audio by linking the ZOOM Video API, and provides visual expression such as animation and sound effects suitable for the function. A situation notification module that performs an additional function of notifying progress can be further configured.

The system of the present invention can operate the electronic display board (display unit) according to the sensor input of the schullen device, and the display unit 140 displays the game status indicator light 1, the number of games played 2, and the remaining games as shown in FIG. Information such as time (3), number of fouls (4), quarter in progress (5), game cumulative score (6), remaining number of pucks in the current quarter (7), and number of pucks entered into each score (8) can

In addition, referring to FIG. 9, the present invention, when operating the screen magnification button of the touch switch in the viewpoint bar, zoom full screen (left figure), zoom / half screen (middle figure), electric signboard full screen (right figure) Can be configured to enable conversion of.

Hereinafter, with reference to FIG. 11, a description will be given of a Sullun game scoring system capable of outdoor use according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

The second embodiment is characterized in that an image acquisition unit 116 and an image analysis unit 117 are additionally configured in addition to the puck detection system 110 of the first embodiment.

That is, the second embodiment is configured to further enhance the sensing performance by detecting whether or not the puck has passed through an image method in addition to detecting whether or not the puck has passed through the pulsed optical signal in the first embodiment.

The image acquisition unit 116 may be formed of a photographing means such as a camera, and is configured to photograph a puck passing through the viewpoint bar 20 and the gateway bar 30 . In addition, it is configured to transmit the captured image to the image analysis unit 117.

The image analysis unit 117 analyzes the captured images of the viewpoint bar 20 and the gateway bar 30 acquired by the image acquisition unit 116 so that the puck A can detect the viewpoint bar 20 or the gateway bar 30 It is configured to analyze whether or not it has passed and to transmit the image analysis result to the detection determination unit 115 .

The image analysis unit ( 117) to determine whether the puck has passed through image analysis, and when both of these two conditions are satisfied, it can be configured to finally determine that the puck has passed and transmit a puck passage signal to the controller 120, the controller ( 120) can calculate points and analyze game results through these puck passing signals.

On the other hand, although not shown, the puck detection system 110 of the present invention further configures a failure monitoring unit that monitors whether the light emitting unit 111 is normally operating, and the control unit 120 controls the light emitting unit 111 through the failure monitoring unit. When detecting that a failure of the has occurred, it may be configured to output a failure signal to the detection determination unit 115 .

In addition, when the detection determination unit 115 receives a failure signal from the control unit 120, the detection result by the optical signal analysis unit 114 is not used as a determination condition for determining whether the puck passes, but the image analysis unit 117 ) through image analysis alone to determine whether the puck passes and transmits the puck passage signal to the controller 120, enabling the Sullun game to continue even in the process of replacing the light emitting part due to aging of the light emitting part.

In the above, the present invention has been shown and described in relation to preferred embodiments for illustrating the principles of the present invention, but the present invention is not limited to the configuration and operation as shown and described. Rather, those skilled in the art will appreciate that many changes and modifications to the present invention can be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the appended claims. Accordingly, all such appropriate changes and modifications and equivalents should be regarded as belonging to the scope of the present invention.

11...Sulvak
12...side wall
20...time bar
30...gate rod
32... barrier
33...gate
110-1 ... view point sensor unit
110-2 ... gateway sensor unit
110 ... puck detection system
111 ... light emitting part
112 ... light receiver
113 ... signal generator
114 ... optical signal analysis unit
115 .... sensing judgment unit
116 ... image acquisition unit
117 ... image analysis department
120 ... control unit
121 ... scoring department
130 ... touch screen
140 ... display part

Claims (3)

a viewpoint sensor unit installed on the viewpoint bar of the schullen board to detect passage of the puck;
A gateway sensor unit installed on the gateway rod of the schullen board to recognize the schulun score through the passage of the puck;
a display unit displaying the results of the Sullun game;
a touch switch controlling to output the result of the shun run game to the display unit by user's manipulation;
a puck detection system configured in each of the viewpoint sensor unit and the gate sensor unit to detect whether a puck has passed;
A controller for calculating a game score and analyzing a game result according to the puck detection result of the viewpoint sensor unit and the gate sensor unit through the puck detection system;
The puck detection system
A light emitting unit composed of an InfraRed Emitting Diode (IRED) and emitting infrared rays;
a signal generator for applying a pulsed driving signal to the light emitting unit so that a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency is radiated through the light emitting unit;
a light receiving unit that receives a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency emitted from the light emitting unit and reflected by the puck and natural light when the photoshoot is conducted outdoors;
an optical signal analysis unit analyzing whether a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency emitted from the light emitting unit among the optical signals received through the light receiving unit is received;
When it is determined through the optical signal analyzer that the light receiving unit receives a pulsed optical signal having a predetermined pulse frequency, a detection and determination unit for transmitting a puck passing signal to the control unit; Sullun game that can be used outdoors scoring system.
According to claim 1,
The puck detection system,
Outdoor use, characterized in that an image acquisition unit for acquiring a passing image of the puck for the viewpoint bar and the gate bar, and an image analysis unit for analyzing the passage of the puck by analyzing the image obtained through the image acquisition unit. Outdoor use, characterized in that Sullun game scoring system available.
According to claim 1,
A game information sharing module that performs a function of sharing the game situation with video and audio with a remote Sullun player by linking the ZOOM Video API; and,
Sullun game scoring system that can be used outdoors, characterized in that it is configured to further include;

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