RU2796332C1 - Device for playing hybrid sport games - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: sport devices.

SUBSTANCE: invention is related to devices intended for playing hybrid sport games, such as chess boxing, chess tennis, etc. A device for playing hybrid sport games, consisting of two sports disciplines, one of which is chess, contains individual devices designed for the exchange of chess-related audio messages between players. Moreover, each individual device has a block for receiving an audio message and a block for decoding it, connected to a display device that provides playback on its display of a chess move pronounced by the player. At the same time, each individual device contains a wireless communication module that ensures the interaction of players in order to play chess during competition t in another sports discipline included in the hybrid sport.

EFFECT: enabling interaction of players.

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Description

The invention relates to devices designed for playing games in hybrid sports, such as chess boxing, mine tennis, etc.

At present, all kinds of sports competitions have become quite widespread, held in such hybrid sports that combine chess and some other chosen sport. Most often, boxing, tennis, ping pong are used as the latter.

The disadvantage of all known hybrid sports lies in their general construction. It is based on the independent game of chess, which is simply interspersed with independent play in a different form. So, according to the rules of the World Chessboxing Organization, a fight consists of 11 rounds, and in each round there is either a boxing competition or a chess game. This reduces the spectacle of the competition, since at a higher level of play in any kind of hybrid sport, the overall result becomes quite predictable. In addition, an athlete is not tested for his ability to play chess under conditions of physical and mental stress inherent in another type of competition. But this is the main characteristic of an athlete, which is of interest to most fans of hybrid sports. And the watchability of such fights is quite low due to the lack of a general picture of the competition. This is explained by the lack of temporal integrity of the entire competition - each duel in a hybrid sport takes place separately according to its own rules, related only to its own time.

Another drawback is the poor pairing of chess with many other sports, such as running, hockey, biathlon, cross-country skiing. The disadvantages of known hybrid sports also include the lack of total time allotted for such competitions. For example, in shahpong - biathlon, consisting of parties in table tennis and blitz in chess - first they play, as a rule, table tennis, and then chess blitz. It also reduces the interest of sports fans in watching them due to the often large difference in the duration of competitions in each sport. A person can play several hours in one form and lose in a few minutes in another, namely, chess.

The objective of this invention is to eliminate the above disadvantages, as well as to create a device that expands the range of hybrid sports.

The tasks are solved due to the fact that the device for playing games in hybrid sports, consisting of two sports disciplines, one of which is chess, contains individual devices designed for the exchange between players of sound messages related to chess, and in each individual device a unit for receiving an audio message and a unit for decoding it is installed, connected to a display device that provides playback on its display of a chess move pronounced by a player, while the unit for receiving an audio message and its decoding unit are interconnected, and each individual device contains a wireless communication module that provides interaction players for the purpose of holding a game of chess during a single combat in another sports discipline included in a hybrid sport.

The technical result of the invention is the emergence of a new sport that requires an athlete to be able to play chess under conditions of physical and mental stress inherent in another type of competition. Another technical result is to expand the range of hybrid sports.

Other features and advantages of this invention will become clear from the detailed description, as well as from paragraphs 1-8 of the claims.

The invention is illustrated by the attached drawings, in which:

fig. 1 shows a general view of an individual device;

fig. 2 is a functional diagram of an individual device;

fig. 3 depicts a connection diagram of additional means included in an individual device;

fig. 4 shows a personal device in the form of a smartphone;

fig. 5 shows the venue for the game of sham tennis;

fig. 6 depicts a game play flow in a hybrid sport.

In describing the best embodiments of this invention, and for the convenience of its further consideration, all abbreviations in brackets after one or more words will refer to their initial letters. In addition, all terms used in the description are either generally accepted in the scientific and technical literature, or are used in official sources.

In FIG. 1 shows a general view of an individual device (ID) 1 made in the form of a case 2, which has a strap 3 for wearing it on the rune of a player of a hybrid sport. A display is installed on the front wall of the case, on the front surface 4 of which text or an image is displayed. On the same wall there is a confirmation signal button (CSP) 5, intended for confirmation by the player of a hybrid sport of the information displayed on the front surface 4, extracted from the sound message pronounced by the player.

In FIG. Figure 2 shows a functional diagram of the DUT 1. In this diagram, the number 6 denotes a speech signal receiving unit (BPRS) containing a microphone (Mk) 7 and an analog-to-digital converter (ADC) 8 connected to it. The latter, in turn, is connected via a bit bus (RSh) 9 with a speech signal decoding unit (BDRS) 10 into text. A detailed description of the means of BPRS 6 and BDRS 10, as well as the principles of their operation, is set out in many works, for example, in patent RU 2466468 "System and method of speech recognition". These tools consist, in particular, of such nodes as a block for analyzing and normalizing the frequency spectrum of a speech signal; a unit for determining the presence of acoustic features and generating a sequence of symbols denoting groups of phonemes; a block for decoding a sequence of characters into text; text storage device; block of acoustic features of groups of phonemes; vocabulary module. From other sources describing the operation of the BPRS 6 and BDRS 10, but already at the software level, we can note the patent RU 2764675 "Remote control", issued to the author of this invention. The speech signal decoding unit is connected by means of the RSH 11 to the display device (UO) 12, which provides playback on its display (D) 13 of the chess move pronounced by the player. The specified communication is carried out through the input device (IC) 14, which is included in the U About 12. The latter, in turn, is connected through the output device (USV) 15 and RSH 16 to the wireless communication module (MBS) 17, which ensures the interaction of the players in order to conduct them playing chess during a competition in another sports discipline included in a hybrid sport. Management of means D 13, UV 14, USV 15, is carried out using a microprocessor (M) 18, which has an internal memory (EP) and is connected to these funds via an internal bus (VB) 19. confirmation signal (FSP) 20 pronounced by the player of the chess move, indicated on D 13. The formation of the confirmation signal, expressed as a positive pulse, taken from the inverse output of the T-flip-flop 21, and transmitted over the communication line (LS) 22 to the UV 14, is made after double pressing by the player on the PCB 5. In this case, the open contact 23 associated with it is briefly closed and a pulse is removed from the inverse output, which, after entering the input of the SW 14, causes a permanent indication on D 13 of the chess move pronounced by the player. Its indication before pressing KSP 5 is, for example, intermittent and changes an unlimited number of times to a new move when it is repeated. If the move is repeated correctly, then the intermittent indication changes to a constant one. It can be seen that in the initial position, there is a logical zero at the inverse output of the T-flip-flop 21, as a result of which the LED 24 is turned off due to almost zero voltage at the output of the inverter 25. Thus, in the process of fixing the move made by the player, the LED 24 lights up for a short time, which is convenient the indicator of the activated confirmation mode of the spoken word. The formation of a confirmation signal for a chess move uttered by a player can also be carried out after sound impact on the Mk 7 by the player. In this case, the FSP 20 must be made in the form of a sound radiation receiver, consistent with the UO 12. If a sound radiation receiver is used as the FSP 20, then a signal to confirm the sound fragment can be given by an appropriate voice command, for example, in the form of a spoken word " Yes". To exclude false positives from other sounds, either a speech signal recognition unit can be installed in the FSP 20, or the corresponding program can be installed in the VP.

In FIG. 3 shows the connection diagram of additional tools that expand the capabilities of the DUT 1, made according to the scheme of FIG. 2. In it, after the player's words to move a piece or pawn to D 13, only the text decoded in BDRS 10 is displayed, for example, the move "d5-d6", which is transmitted by MBS 17 to another participant. It can be seen that in this version of PS 1, the chess game can be played blindly. If there is a computing device (CD) 26 in the MD 1, used in the design of chess according to the patent EA 010330 "A device for playing advanced chess and a method for using it", designated in the description of the patent as a service computer (OBK), and having such means such as a virtual playing field shaper (FVIP) 27, a virtual chess piece shaper (VSHF) 28, a virtual chess clock shaper (FVCCH) 29 and a virtual display device shaper (VVDO) 30, the game takes place on a virtual field D 13. All these tools performed at the software or hardware level and associated with the CU 12 through the HC 14. The control time T (T>0) on the virtual chess clock is set using the graphic buttons displayed on the D 13 by means of the FVShCh 29. It can be noted that when moving pieces and pawns on the virtual playing field, VU 26 has the same tools as discussed in this patent. Only instead of a keyboard that gives out text information of a chess move, BDRS 10 is used, connected instead of HC 14 (as in Fig. 2) to the input circuits of VU 26. In addition to moving virtual pieces, the function of controlling virtual chess clocks can also be assigned to VU 26 - their voice start and stop. As an example of the implementation of MBS 17, the figure shows its simplified block diagram. This module belongs to the AVM-200 family of modules developed by the Korean company "Airlogic". Among the recommended applications for this module are all devices using the wireless technology with the marketing name "Bluetooth". The module includes a power amplifier 31, a low noise amplifier 32 and an antenna switch 33 connected through a band pass filter (BPF) 34 to the antenna 35. The low noise amplifier 32 is a controllable two stage amplifier. The power amplifier 31 is made three-stage with analog control. The commands for all operations in this module are generated in the internal control unit (VBU) 36. The design features of the module include the presence of an external generator and a recording unit 37, designed to record all text information confirmed by the PCB 5. Both elements are connected to the VBU 36, and the module itself is placed in a shielded case.

In FIG. 4 shows an image 38 that appears on the screen 39 of a smartphone 40, for example, the brand "Galaxy S3" of the company "Samsung Electronics", after calling the application installed in it, designed to use the smartphone as DUT 1. At the same time, the ADC 8 included in it, BDRS 10 and UO 12 are made at the software level. In addition, the MBS 17 built into the smartphone uses the electromagnetic radiation of the Wi-Fi standard (802.11 b/g specification). As an example, the image 38 includes a playing field 41 created by the FVIP 27, and a field 42 created by the FVDO 30, and designed to display text information taken from the output of the speech signal decoding unit.

In FIG. 5 shows the venue for the game of shanktennis. It includes a tennis court 43 - a rectangular tennis court - and at least two outdoor scoreboards (HT) 44, for example, brand TE-120-160x104e from the company "Distablo". This scoreboard has an embedded processor (VSP) connected to an internal Wi-Fi module coordinated with MBS 17. This scoreboard also comes with software that can display any information received from the DUT. The screen size of this scoreboard is 2500×1650 mm, which is quite enough to read the chess position from anywhere on court 43.

The operation of the device for playing games in hybrid sports is carried out in accordance with the scheme of the algorithm shown in Fig. 6. The practical implementation of this algorithm is carried out using standard software, as well as special programs (SP), which are stored in the internal memory of such tools as IM 1, smartphone 40, IT 44. Work begins after step 45 is completed to create a start signal, as a result, a virtual chess clock is started, formed by the FVShCh 29 and displayed both on D 13 and screen 39, and on IT 44. The start signal in hybrid sports can be given by the judge of the competition. During step 46, the player can compete in one of the following sports: boxing, tennis, running, swimming, equestrianism, golf, curling, billiards, speed skating, shooting, archery, weightlifting, hockey, football etc. In team sports (hockey, football, curling), if predetermined players have k (k>1) individual devices, the choice of a chess move can be organized in two main ways. The first is reading the move of only one player of the team. At the same time, its selection is made randomly by connecting NT 44 only to MBS 17 of one ID 1. To do this, NT 44 contains a random number generator N (N>0) from a given number stored in ID 1. Moreover, each of these numbers is MBS IP address 17, for example, N=192.168.0.1. If the owners of PS 1 are five players, then the specified choice is made from five addresses stored in its memory. The second way is to read the move from all PS 1 and then select the most frequently occurring move in NT 44 by means of VSP. We note the places of possible locations of NT 44 for some sports disciplines. In boxing, outside the ring. In running and speed skating, several HT 44s can be installed in the stadium along the outermost running track. In golf - in several places of the golf course. The further work of the algorithm depends on the rules related primarily to the end time of the competition. If, for example, the chess game is finished first ("Yes" in condition 47) and there will be no continuation ("No" in condition 48), then step 49 is performed to determine the results of the entire competition.

If, after the end of the chess game, the duel in another sport is over after some time ("No" in condition 50), then step 49 is also performed to determine the results of the entire competition.

We now give a specific example illustrating the described invention. Assume that a game of pit tennis is played between the first player and the second player on the court 43 using the above-described smartphone 40 device. Moreover, the screen image 38 consists of a playing field 41 with virtual figures and a field 42 designed to display the current score in tennis, which is entered into the HT 44 by an assistant referee. This account falls into field 41 of the smartphone also via a wireless channel of the Wi-Fi standard. The control time T=10 min was set for both players on the virtual chess clock, reflected both on D 13 and NT 44. Let's assume that the game is played according to the following rules. The game ends when one of the following situations occurs on the chessboard - checkmate, stalemate, three-time repetition of the position. After that, according to the current score in tennis, its winner is determined. And then, based on the total score in two disciplines, the final result is displayed on NT 44. Before the game, a toss was held, as a result of which the first player received the white pieces and the right to the first serve. So, after the draw, the referee's whistle was blown, which started the virtual chess clock, and the first player said four words into the microphone of the smartphone 40, denoting the first pawn move - e2 e4, after which he served the ball. After the spoken words, all NT 44 displayed the chess position that the second player saw, and after he took the serve, he made a response move with the black pawn - e7 e5. Since the rules did not define the order of moves and ball serves, all chess moves in the course of a tennis game were made at arbitrary points in time. On the 28th move, with a tennis score of 1:2 in favor of the second player, the first player announced a checkmate to him. After that, the chess clock was stopped, and on two NT 44, following the results of the competition in two disciplines, a draw was recorded with a total score of 1:1.

The invention can be used to create new sports, such as chess hockey, chess football, chess running, chess biathlon, chess billiards, chess basketball, requiring players to simultaneously play chess and another sport. However, because of this simultaneity, an additional advantage of new sports is their temporal integrity.

Claims (8)

1. A device for playing games in hybrid sports, consisting of two sports disciplines, one of which is chess, characterized in that it contains individual devices for exchanging sound messages related to chess between players, and each individual device has a block receiving an audio message and its decoding unit connected to a display device that provides playback on its display of a chess move pronounced by a player, while the audio message receiving unit and its decoding unit are interconnected, and each individual device contains a wireless communication module that provides interaction between players and for the purpose of playing chess during a single combat in another sports discipline included in a hybrid sport. 2. The device according to claim. 1, characterized in that each individual device contains a virtual playing field shaper and a virtual chess pieces shaper. 3. The device according to claim. 1, characterized in that each individual device contains a driver of the virtual display device. 4. The device according to claim. 1, characterized in that each individual device contains a virtual chess clock generator. 5. The apparatus of claim. 1, characterized in that each wireless communication module is associated with a certain number of screen display devices installed at the venue for the competition in a hybrid sport. 6. The device according to claim. 1, characterized in that each individual device contains an audio message recording unit. 7. The device according to one of paragraphs. 1-6, characterized in that the individual device is made in the form of a smartphone. 8. The device according to one of paragraphs. 1-6, characterized in that the individual device contains a signal generator connected to the wireless communication module for confirming the chess move pronounced by the player, indicated on the display of the display device or on the screen display device installed at the venue of the hybrid sport competition.

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