TWI744172B - Smart base and operating method thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a smart base and operating method thereof. The abovementioned smart base mainly comprises a body, a processing module, at least one power and at least one photosensor. The processing module comprises a processor, at least one mechanical sensor, at least one sound receiver and a transmitter. This invention works via comparing signals between the mechanical sensor and the at least one sound receiver, therefore to determine safe or out of a baseball game.

Description

Smart package and its operation method

The present invention relates to a smart base bag and an operating method thereof, in particular to a smart base bag and an operating method thereof that can automatically/assistedly determine whether to go up or out.

Among all kinds of ball sports, the characteristic of baseball is that it needs to use the base bag as the basis for judging out of the game in the rules of the game. Therefore, in a baseball game, the role played by the base bag plays an important role.

However, whether the base bag is touched or not will affect the team's on-base or not, which in turn affects the scoring and victory of the entire game. Therefore, when various mechanisms for judging whether to go on base are not well established, the referee's experience and evidence can only be used to determine whether the runner is out or not, which will have a certain impact on the fairness of the game.

With the progress of the times, people gradually began to use technology-assisted methods to complete related refereeing assignments. For example, a camera will be used to replay the game to confirm whether the runner is on base, or is knocked out or blocked.

However, in addition to the need to gradually search for the correct time information of the video after playback, this method is time-consuming and labor-intensive. Sometimes, due to poor viewing angle or the wrong position of the camera, it will have a considerable impact on the results of the referee. And hindrance.

Therefore, the current technology-assisted methods urgently require technical means other than photography to confirm relevant referee disputes in a more accurate manner.

The main purpose of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems mentioned in the prior art. Accordingly, the present invention provides a smart package and its operating method. The smart package mainly includes a body, a processing module, at least one energy supply module, and at least one optical sensor. The processing module includes a processing unit, at least one mechanical sensing unit, at least one radio unit, and a transmission unit.

The processing module is embedded in the body, and the at least one mechanical sensing unit is connected with the processing unit. Further, the at least one radio unit is connected to the processing unit, and the transmission unit is connected to the processing unit or the at least one mechanical sensing unit. The at least one energy supply module is connected with the processing module. Finally, the at least one optical sensor is connected to the transmission unit.

Wherein, the processing unit compares the signals of the at least one mechanical sensing unit and the at least one radio unit to determine whether to go up or out.

Further, the operation method of the smart package of the present invention is mainly composed of the following steps. Firstly, step (A) is performed to provide the aforementioned smart package and enter the standby state. Then, step (B) is executed, the at least one mechanical sensing unit senses at least one touch signal, and triggers the at least one optical sensor to generate and send an image information to a server.

Then execute step (C), the processing unit confirms whether the at least one radio unit receives the at least one sound signal, and if so, execute step (D1), the processing unit compares the at least one touch signal and the appearance of the at least one sound signal Time, judge on base or out; if not Step (D2) is executed to confirm whether or not to be touched or blocked through the image information and the at least one touch signal, and to determine whether to go on or out of the game. After step (D1) and step (D2) are over, return to step (A).

The above brief description of the present invention is intended to provide a basic description of several aspects and technical features of the present invention. The brief description of the invention is not a detailed description of the present invention. Therefore, its purpose is not to specifically enumerate the key or important elements of the present invention, nor is it To define the scope of the present invention, it merely presents several concepts of the present invention in a concise manner.

10: Wisdom Base Pack

100: body

200: Processing module

201: Processing Unit

202: Mechanical sensing unit

203: Radio unit

204: Transmission Unit

300: Energy supply module

400: Optical sensor

500: server

600: Central Control Center

M: Touch signal

S: Sound signal

V: image information

Figure 1 is a system architecture diagram of an embodiment of the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a schematic diagram of the application of the embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of various signal or information sources according to an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a flowchart of the operation method of the embodiment of the present invention.

In order to understand the technical features and functions of the present invention in detail, and implement them according to the content of the invention, the specific embodiments disclosed in the figures are further described in detail as follows.

First of all, the various connection relationships mentioned in the embodiments of the present invention are not particularly limited to wired, wireless, electrical, physical, or specific connection methods. The connection between the components or the signal transmission involving digital/analog conversion or analog/digital conversion is also subject to various embodiment requirements that can be changed, which is not specifically described in this article. All connection modes that can achieve the functions or effects required by this embodiment should fall within the scope of the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 1, which is a system architecture diagram of an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the smart package 10 of the embodiment of the present invention may be composed of the architecture in FIG. 1. The wisdom of this embodiment The base package 10 mainly includes a main body 100, a processing module 200, an energy supply module 300 and at least one optical sensor 400. In this embodiment, the processing module 200 includes a processing unit 201, at least one mechanical sensing unit 202, at least one radio unit 203, and a transmission unit 204.

Furthermore, the processing module 200 of this embodiment is embedded in the main body 100. The processing module 200 is mainly used to process various natural signals that the main body 100 may receive, including mechanical force, sound, or optical images. In this embodiment, in order to be able to process multiple signals quickly, the processing unit 201 can select an advanced clock calibration function processor (Advanced Clock Calibration Central Processing Unit, ACC CPU), a GPS real-time clock processor, or a combination thereof.

Further, the at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 is a pressure sensor, an acceleration sensor or a combination thereof. In this embodiment, at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 is connected to the processing unit 201. When the at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 is selected as an acceleration sensor, it can be implemented with a multi-axis accelerometer according to the direction requirements, which is not limited by the present invention.

Similarly, the touch threshold of at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 can be set according to the needs of the user. For example, if it exceeds N kg, it is judged that the runner intends to go to base, and if it is less than N kg, it is judged that the runner intends to steal the base. The present invention is not limited.

Further, at least one radio unit 203 is also connected to the processing unit 201. In this embodiment, the sound receiving unit 203 is a microphone. In this embodiment, the microphone of the radio unit 203 can be built-in filters and other electronic circuits with anti-noise function, so that the radio unit 203 can select the decibel threshold value of the received sound, or filter out background noise ( For example, the voice of the audience that affects the referee, etc., is not limited by the present invention.

Next, the transmission unit 204 of this embodiment is connected to the processing unit 201 (indicated by the dashed line) or at least one mechanical sensing unit 202. In this embodiment, the connection mode between the transmission unit 204 and the at least one optical sensor 400 is not limited to a wired connection or a wireless connection.

In this embodiment, the transmission unit 204 mainly includes at least one millimeter wave antenna. Through millimeter wave transmission technology (such as 5G), it is possible to quickly trigger (Trigger) directly or indirectly (through the processing unit 201) when at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 receives the touch signal M (refer to FIG. 3 first). At least one optical sensor 400 can record image information V (refer to FIG. 3 first).

In this embodiment, based on enabling the smart package 10 to operate, at least one energy supply module 300 is provided to connect with the processing module 200. In this embodiment, the at least one energy supply module 300 is a commercial power supply, a battery, or a combination thereof. Furthermore, the use of batteries can be used as a concept of backup power in addition to avoiding the limitation of the movement range of the mains power. In addition, the energy supply module 300 can also be used with the wireless charging technology and city power, so that the smart bag 10 can be placed in a specific location on the warehouse/yard for charging when it is not in use, which is not limited by the present invention.

Specifically, when the energy supply module 300 in this embodiment is used as a battery, it may be a rechargeable battery. For example, lithium ion batteries, lithium polymer batteries, lithium iron batteries, aluminum batteries, or various solar batteries can be used, and the present invention is not limited.

Specifically, in the present embodiment, when the image information V is unusable, the processing unit 201 can compare the signals of the at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 and the at least one radio unit 203 to determine whether to go up or out. More specifically, the signals received by the at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 and the at least one radio unit 203 are analog signals, which can be transformed through analog/digital conversion. Into a specific two-strand waveform. Basically, this embodiment can compare the successive appearance times of the waveforms to quickly know whether the block or touch kill is successful, and then determine whether the runner is on base or out.

Based on the foregoing, at least one optical sensor 400 of this embodiment is further connected to the server 500. As can be seen from FIG. 1, the optical sensor 400 can be embedded in the main body 100 or disposed outside of the main body 100. Depending on the user's requirements for images, the present invention is also not limited. The function of the server 500 is to serve as a storage medium for important video clips. Specifically, because the optical sensor 400 of this embodiment adopts a camera, the memory in the optical sensor 400 will continuously wash out old image records to save new images. Therefore, how to correctly capture the key images and upload them to the server 500 (such as a cloud server or a hard disk) for storage in a wired/wireless manner is the most important thing.

In order to better understand the causes and consequences of the above-mentioned embodiment, please refer to FIG. 2, which is a schematic diagram of the application of the embodiment of the present invention. In Figure 2, it can be seen that this embodiment is applied to the first base bag. At the same time, there are a total of two optical sensors 400 observing the situation of the first base smart package 10 from different angles. Through the use of two optical sensors 400, in addition to reducing visual blind spots, it is more important to generate stereo vision. In a possible embodiment of the present invention, through stereo vision or even an optical sensor 400 equipped with Lidar, the actual position and distance of the runner's movement can be accurately measured, and various image calculations are further used. Ways (such as YOLO algorithm, etc.) to assist referees in the game.

Accordingly, the two optical sensors 400 are also connected to the processing module 200 in the body 100 of the smart package 10. Furthermore, the aforementioned server 500 is actually controlled by the central control center 600. Furthermore, the central control center 600 can be a control center composed of a computer and a screen. In addition to being able to read various parameters of the processing module 200, it can also make optical sense. The key images recorded and stored by the detector 400 are replayed for review for the purpose of assisting the referee. In addition, it can also be used to edit the essence of sports event media, which is not limited by the present invention.

Please refer to FIG. 3, which is a schematic diagram of various signal or information sources according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 specifically shows what kind of information each of the mechanical sensor unit 202, the radio unit 203, and the optical sensor 400 of this embodiment can receive. Among them, the signal mainly sensed by the mechanical sensing unit 202 is the touch signal M. In this embodiment, the touch signal M is not only a simple mechanical energy analog signal converted into a digital signal, but also the touch signal M contains time information, for example, the order of referees.

Similarly, the main signal received by the radio unit 203 is the sound signal S. The sound signal S in this embodiment also carries time information, and the main source of the sound signal S is the sound made by the glove when the defending player receives the ball. host. For example, when there is a dispute about whether to block or not, you can compare the touch signal M caused by the runner with the sound signal S and touch signal M caused by the defending player. The chronological order of the signal waveforms can be used to determine the runner Base or out or not.

In the situation in FIG. 3, the image information V captured by the optical sensor 400 can also be clearly seen. In this embodiment only, the image information V is mainly captured through a time stamp, which includes the first period image before the occurrence of at least one single touch signal M and the second period image after the occurrence of at least one single touch signal M. In other words, in this embodiment, when a runner steals a base and causes the mechanical sensor unit 202 to receive a single touch signal M, the optical sensor 400 will be activated immediately and the current recorded segment 3 seconds before The (first period image) and the image fragments 1 second after the occurrence of the trigger signal M (the second period image) are captured and sent to the server 500 for storage.

According to this, when a dispute arises from theft of a base, the server 500 can immediately send the disputed image information V to the central control center 600 for judgment at a rapid speed, which greatly saves the time and difficulty of searching for historical records. Of course, the time lengths of the images in the first period and the images in the second period should be adjusted according to user requirements, and the present invention also does not limit the length of time.

Finally, please refer to FIG. 4, which is a flowchart of an operation method of an embodiment of the present invention. As shown in Fig. 4, this embodiment is mainly implemented based on the aforementioned embodiment of Figs. 1-3. First, this embodiment will execute step (A) to provide the smart package 10 mentioned in the previous embodiment, and enter the standby state. Then, step (B) is executed. The at least one mechanical sensing unit 202 senses at least one touch signal M, and triggers the at least one optical sensor 400 to generate and transmit an image information V to a server 500.

Step (C) is executed again, the processing unit 201 confirms whether the at least one radio unit 203 has received at least one sound signal S, and if so, step (D1) is executed, and the processing unit 201 compares at least one touch signal M and at least one sound signal S The time of appearance, judge on base or out. If otherwise, perform step (D2), confirm whether it is touched or blocked through the image information V and at least one touch signal M, and judge whether it is on or out of the game. After step (D1) and step (D2) are over, return to step (A).

According to this embodiment, the sound signal S received by the radio unit 203 is usually subject to the judgment of whether the blocking is successful or not. Of course, various judging methods related to the role of the smart base package 10 can be adjusted according to requirements. Taking step (D2) as an example, even if the sound signal S is not received, it may be caused by missing the ball in the blocked state or the receiving volume is too low. Therefore, the final judgment is still supplemented by the image information V. When the image information V is insufficient, the mechanical sensing unit can also be used The sensitivity of 202 and the radio unit 203 is increased, and the timing of occurrence of the sequence of events is determined through the waveform record with time information, which is not limited by the present invention.

In summary, although the present invention has been disclosed in the above embodiments, it is not intended to limit the present invention. Those with ordinary knowledge in the technical field to which the present invention belongs can make various changes and modifications without departing from the spirit and scope of the present invention. Therefore, the protection scope of the present invention shall be subject to those defined by the attached patent application scope.

10: Wisdom Base Pack

100: body

200: Processing module

400: Optical sensor

500: server

600: Central Control Center

Claims (10)

A smart package includes: a body; a processing module embedded in the body, the processing module includes: a processing unit; at least one mechanical sensing unit connected to the processing unit; at least one radio unit, and The processing unit is connected; a transmission unit is connected to the processing unit or the at least one mechanical sensing unit; at least one energy supply module is connected to the processing module; and at least one optical sensor is connected to the transmission unit ; Wherein, the processing unit compares the signals of the at least one mechanical sensing unit and the at least one radio unit to determine whether to go up or out. The smart package according to claim 1, wherein the processing unit is an Advanced Clock Calibration Central Processing Unit (ACC CPU), a GPS real-time clock processor, or a combination thereof. The smart barrier package according to claim 1, wherein the at least one mechanical sensing unit is a pressure sensor, an acceleration sensor, or a combination thereof. The smart package according to claim 1, wherein the at least one radio unit is a microphone. The smart barrier package according to claim 1, wherein the transmission unit includes at least one millimeter wave antenna. The smart package according to claim 1, wherein the at least one optical sensor is a camera, a camera, or a combination thereof. The smart package according to claim 1, wherein the at least one optical sensor is further connected to a server. The smart package according to claim 1, wherein the at least one energy supply module is city power, battery or a combination thereof. An operating method of a smart barrier package includes: (A) providing the smart barrier package as described in claim 1 and entering a standby state; (B) the at least one mechanical sensing unit senses at least one touch signal and triggers The at least one optical sensor generates and sends an image information to a server; (C) the processing unit confirms whether the at least one radio unit receives the at least one audio signal, if yes, execute step (D1), if otherwise execute Step (D2); (D1) The processing unit compares the occurrence time of the at least one touch signal and the at least one sound signal to determine whether to go up or out; and (D2) confirm the touch and kill through the image information and the at least one touch signal Or banned or not, judge on base or out; among them, step (D1) and step (D2) are over and then return to step (A). The operation method of the smart package according to claim 9, wherein the image information is captured through a time stamp, and the time stamp includes a first period image before the occurrence of the at least one touch signal and the image after the occurrence of the at least one touch signal. A second period image.

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