RU2682106C1 - Automated chess clock for chesball game - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: watches and other time measuring instruments.

SUBSTANCE: claimed invention relates to a chess clock for a game of chesball, designed to control the time in a team game of chess called chesball. Automated chess clock for the chesball game, containing a programmable controller with multichannel digital I/O port, two indicators of the player’s move time, the inputs of the player move indicators are connected to the controller outputs, characterized by the fact that the clock is equipped with sixteen player consoles to enable the possibility of requesting a move and an indication of the move providing, console of the referee, the controller outputs are connected to the inputs of the players and referee consoles, the controller's inputs are connected to the outputs of the players' consoles and the referee’s consoles.

EFFECT: time control is provided in a team game of chess.

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Description

The claimed invention relates to the field of physics, namely to the measurement of time intervals, as well as to the field of meeting the vital needs of a person, namely to games on the boards. More specifically, the claimed invention relates to a chess clock for the game Chessbol, designed to control time in a team game of chess called Chessbol author Silvestrova S.A. (see copyright certificate of the rules of the game, registered in the Russian copyright society No. 15488 from 07/29/2009 .), or rather, to coordinate the actions of team members, signaling the state of the game and controlling time.

The rules of the game of Chessball in general coincide with the rules of classical chess. Below is a brief description of the well-known rules of the game at Chesbol for a better understanding of the essence of the claimed technical solution [http.//www.e4-d5.com/rules].

A feature of the Chessbol game is that the opponents are two teams, consisting of eight members in each team, playing with white and black pieces, respectively. The goal of the game is to win, which is fixed in the same way as in classical chess, with time control. A team is defeated if either its king is put a checkmate or she has expired a time specified for the game.

Before the start of the game, the judge uses the remote control to set the time of the game, the game starts from the moment the judge starts the electronic clock.

The first move is provided to the white team, and the countdown begins for the white team. The player of the white team who decided to make a move presses the button of his remote control and makes a move, after which the same player repeatedly presses the button of his remote control, thereby transferring the right to move to the black team.

The player of the black team makes a move similar to the move of the player of the white team, that is, he presses the button of his remote control, makes a move, repeatedly presses the button of his remote control, after which the right move is again transferred to white.

A characteristic feature of the Chessbol game is that each player can make a move only with pieces standing on the vertical that he controls. Any communication between team members is prohibited by the rules of the game, while each team is given a limited time interval, after which it will be defeated.

The electronic clock panels, control device and monitor ensure the consistency of the players' moves, an indication of the possible actions and the remaining time of each team in the current game.

A game is considered completed (completed) if:

- one of the teams checked the opponent’s team or there was a draw according to the rules of chess;

- one of the teams ran out of time allotted for the game.

From the existing level of technology, the applicant has identified electronic chess clocks (copyright certificate of the Russian Federation No. 1642443 dated 04/15/1991) containing a periodic signal sensor, a move switch, a keyboard, a logic unit, two counters of the inverse time, a meter of the reciprocal number of moves, and the outputs of the periodic signal sensor, switch moves and the first output of the keyboard are connected to the first, second and third inputs of the logic block, respectively, the first, second and third outputs of the logic block are connected respectively to the first the inputs of the first and second meters of the inverse time and the meter of the inverse number of moves, the first outputs of which are connected to the fourth, fifth and sixth inputs of the logic block, respectively, and the second outputs to the inputs of the corresponding indicators.

A disadvantage of the known technical solution is the inability to control time in the Chessball team game due to the lack of a special device for controlling the game for all 16 team players, which does not allow each player to quickly access the clock switch and determine the player with the right move.

The closest to the claimed technical solution, selected by the applicant as a prototype, is an electronic chess clock for playing with a remote opponent according to the application for invention of the Russian Federation No. 2010012827, published on July 27, 2011. The essence is in an electronic chess clock for playing with a remote opponent, containing a power supply connected in series, a timing pulse generating unit, an information processing unit that is connected via a clock switch to means for indicating the time of the opponents, means for indicating the next move of the remote opponent and a progress check unit remote opponent, the output of which is connected to the input of the means for indicating the time of the opponents, connected in series to the second output of the power supply unit a transmitting device, an information transmitting-receiving unit, the input-output of which is connected to the information processing unit, and means for visualizing a remote opponent, connected to the output of the unit for specifying the time of contemplating the rivals ’time course, the information processing unit, the error and error accounting means, and the means to indicate failures, while the information transmitting and receiving unit is made in the form of serially connected master oscillator, phase manipulator, the second input of which is through The modulating code carrier is connected to the output of the information processing unit, the amplitude modulator, the second input of which is connected through the modulating function generator to the output of the video transmission device, the input of which is connected to the second output of the power supply unit, the first mixer, the second input of which is connected to the output of the first local oscillator, the amplifier of the first intermediate frequency, the first power amplifier, duplexer, the input-output of which is connected to the transceiver antenna, the second power amplifier, the second mixer, the second input to It is connected to the first output of the second local oscillator, and the first amplifier of the second intermediate frequency, an amplitude limiter and a synchronous detector connected in series, the output of which is connected to a means for visual image of a distant opponent, connected in series to the output of the amplitude limiter of the first multiplier, the second input of which is connected to the output of the first a local oscillator, a bandpass filter and a phase detector, the second input of which is connected to the first output of the second local oscillator, and the output is connected chen to block processing information frequency ω ω _r1 and _r2 of the first and second local oscillators spaced apart by the value of the second intermediate frequency ω _z2 -ω _d1 = ω _np2, receiving unit, transmitting the first information from the opponent complex emits signals with a combined phase shift keying and amplitude modulation at a frequency ω ₁ = ω _pr1 = ω _r2, and receives at frequency ω ₂ = ω _d1 and receiving unit, transmitting the second opponent information, conversely, emits complex signals with the combined phase shift keying and amplitude-modulated at frequency ω _2, and receives at a frequency ω ₁ , about characterized in that they are equipped with two phase shifters + 90 °, a third mixer, a second amplifier of the second intermediate frequency, an adder, a second multiplier, a narrow-band filter, an amplitude detector and a key, and the first phase shifter + 90 ° is connected in series to the second output of the second local oscillator, the third mixer, the second input of which is connected to the output of the second power amplifier, the second amplifier of the second intermediate frequency, the second phase shifter + 90 °, an adder, the second input of which is connected to the output of the first a second intermediate frequency amplifier, a second multiplier, the second input of which is connected to the output of the second power amplifier, a narrow-band filter, an amplitude detector and a key, the second input of which is connected to the output of the adder, and the output is connected to the input of the amplitude limiter and to the second input of the synchronous detector, the second phase shifter the block of the reception and transmission of information of the first opponent is made at -90 °.

The disadvantage of the prototype is the inability to control time in the Chessball team game due to the lack of a special device for managing the game for all 16 players of the teams and referees, which does not allow each player to quickly access the clock switch and determine the player with the right move.

The purpose of the claimed technical solution is the creation of automated chess clocks for the game Chesbol, having a special device for controlling the game for the referee and all 16 players of the teams, which makes it possible to control the beginning and end of the game by the referee, reduce the access time of players to the chess time switch, provide the possibility of request the player’s right to move, the right to move to one of the players, the player receiving an indication of the provision of a move.

The technical result of the claimed technical solution is an automated chess clock for the game Chesbol, which allows you to control the start and end of the game by the referee, fix the time for players to access the chess time switch, provide the automatic ability to request the right of the player to move, provide the right to move one of the players, get the player granting the right to the next move.

The goals and the claimed technical result are achieved by creating automated chess clocks for playing Chesbol, containing a programmable logic device (controller) with a multi-channel digital input-output port, a permanent or connected monitor that displays two time indicators, 1 judge panel to control the start and end of the game , 16 player control panels to request the right to move, an indication of the provision of a move, and a signal to signal completion of a move.

The essence of the claimed technical solution is an automated chess clock for the Chesbol game, containing a programmable controller with a multi-channel digital input-output port, two players progress time indicators, and the inputs of the players progress time indicators connected to the controller outputs, characterized in that the clock is equipped with sixteen player control panels to provide the possibility of requesting the player’s right to move and an indication of the provision of the move, the judge’s control panel, while the controller outputs connected to the inputs of the players' panels and the judge’s panel, the controller inputs are connected to the outputs of the players’s panels and the judge’s panel.

The claimed invention consists of the following elements and nodes:

- programmable controller with multi-channel digital input-output port;

- two indicators of the players' running time displayed on the monitor;

- 16 player control panels;

- one control panel of the judge.

The following is a more detailed description of each of the elements and nodes of the claimed technical solution.

The programmable controller provides communication with each of the elements and nodes of the claimed device and is a programmable logic device based on a microprocessor, having:

- multi-channel digital input-output port;

- the keyboard.

The controller outputs are connected to the inputs of the players ’panels, the referee’s panel and the monitor, the controller inputs are connected to the outputs of the players’ panels and the judge’s panel. A computer with a multi-channel digital input-output device can be used as a controller.

The programmable controller replaces several nodes of the prototype, namely, a power supply unit, a timing pulse generation unit, an information processing unit that is connected via a clock switch to means for indicating the time of opponents, means for indicating the next move of a remote opponent, an information transmitting and receiving unit, input- the output of which is connected to the information processing unit. Moreover, in the claimed technical solution, the above nodes and elements are programmatically controlled differently, since they are designed to play with 16 players.

The players ’running time indicators are a monitor with the image of the readings of two hours (white teams and black teams respectively) and provide a countdown of the game. The monitor input is connected to the controller output.

Player control panels provide a request for the right to move, an indication of the provision of a move and a signal to signal the completion of a move.

Player control panels have the same design and include:

- a chess clock switch in the form of a button;

- progress indicator, made in the form of LEDs.

The judge’s control panel provides control of the beginning and end of the game and includes:

- switches to control the game in the form of a button;

- game status indicators in the form of LEDs (time has started, time is stopped).

The claimed technical solution is illustrated by Fig., Which shows a block diagram of an automated chess clock for the game Chesbol, where:

1-8 - control panels of the white team players;

9-16 - control panels of the players of the black team;

17 - the control panel of the judge;

18 - programmable controller; "

19 and 20 are time indicators of the white team and the black team, respectively, displayed on the monitor.

The claimed device operates as follows.

In accordance with the rules of the game, eight control panels 1-8 use a team of white pieces to control the game, eight control panels 9-16 use a team of black pieces.

The table shows information about which verticals of a chessboard each player controls using their remotes (see Fig. 1).

Indicator 19 indicates the playing time of the white team.

Indicator 20 indicates the playing time of the black team.

In the initial position, the chess pieces are placed on the board in accordance with the classical rules. The judge, using the remote control 17, sets the initial game time on the indicators 19-20 clock and, using the remote control 17, monitors compliance with the rules of the game.

Each player of the white and black teams owns one remote control and has the right to make a move only on the corresponding vertical above.

The game starts with the move of white pieces on the signal of the “Start” referee from the judge’s remote control 17, and the countdown of the game for the white team starts on indicator 19, which (indicator 19) records the time spent by the player of the white team on the move.

At the same time, it should be noted that each player of the white team has the same right to make a move, but with one limitation: he can only walk with pieces standing on his vertical at the current time. White players who decide to make a move click on the switch of their remote control from the number 1-8. The controller 18, having received a signal from the active console 1-8, provides the right to move by transmitting a signal to turn on the indicator on the remote 1-8, from which the first request for the right to move came. The player, seeing that the indicator of giving him a turn on on his remote control 1-8, makes a move of one of the white figures located on his vertical, and then presses the switch on his remote control 1-8. Upon the fact of the last press, the controller 18 stops the countdown on the white team indicator 19 and starts the countdown on the 20 indicator, thereby giving Black the right to move.

Black’s move sequence is similar: the player declares a move by pressing a switch on the 9-16 remote controls, controller 18 provides the right to move by transmitting a signal to turn on the indicator on the 9-16 remote control, from which the request first came. The player who received the right makes a move of one of the black pieces located on its vertical and reports its end by pressing the switch 9-16, after which the controller 18 stops the countdown on the indicator 20, starts the countdown on the indicator 19, thereby again providing White team move.

Further, the game continues in a similar manner by successive moves of white and black pieces. The judge, if necessary, during the game can stop the game by pressing the “Stop” button on the remote control 17, after which the controller 18 stops the countdown on the indicators 19-20 and does not accept requests for moves from the remote controls 1-16. The game continues after the judge presses the “Start” switch on the remote control 17.

The game ends in the following cases:

- one team checked another;

- there was a draw according to the rules of chess;

- one of the teams ran out of time.

Thus, from the foregoing, it can be concluded that the applicant achieved his goals and the claimed technical result, namely, he created an automated chess clock for the game Chesbol, which has a special device for controlling the game for the referee and all 16 players of the teams, which makes it possible:

- manage the start and end of the game by a judge;

- limit (decrease) the time for players to access the chess clock time switch;

- provide the ability to request a player’s right to move;

- provide the ability to grant the right to move to one of the players;

- provide the ability for the player to receive an indication of the provision of a move.

The claimed technical solution meets the criterion of "novelty" presented to the invention, since the applicant has not identified technical solutions from the investigated prior art that have the claimed combination of essential features.

The claimed technical solution meets the criterion of "inventive step" for inventions, as it is not obvious to a person skilled in the analyzed field of technology.

The claimed technical solution meets the criterion of "industrial applicability" of the invention, as it can be manufactured on standard equipment using well-known materials and parts.

Claims (1)

Automated chess clock for the game Chesbol, containing a programmable controller with a multi-channel digital input-output port, two players progress time indicators, the inputs of the players progress time indicators connected to the controller outputs, characterized in that the clock is equipped with sixteen player control panels to provide the right to request the progress and indications of the provision of the move, by the judge’s control panel, while the controller’s outputs are connected to the inputs of the players ’panels and the judge’s panel, the controller’s inputs The peers are connected to the outputs of the player’s consoles and the judge’s console.

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