WO2000009221A1 - A hit recording device - Google Patents
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- WO2000009221A1 WO2000009221A1 PCT/SE1999/001340 SE9901340W WO0009221A1 WO 2000009221 A1 WO2000009221 A1 WO 2000009221A1 SE 9901340 W SE9901340 W SE 9901340W WO 0009221 A1 WO0009221 A1 WO 0009221A1
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- hit
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A63—SPORTS; GAMES; AMUSEMENTS
- A63B—APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT
- A63B69/00—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports
- A63B69/02—Training appliances or apparatus for special sports for fencing, e.g. means for indicating hits
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- the present invention relates to a hit recording device for a participant in a fencing contest in which sword-like fencing equipment is used, said hit recording device being of the kind defined in the preamble of Claim 1.
- One object of the present invention is to provide a hit recording device with which one or more of the aforesaid drawbacks are avoided.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a hit recording device that enables the use of a sword-like fencing instrument with which a hit is not only recorded when the tip of the instrument strikes a hit sensing surface, but also when the hit sensing surface is struck by a sharp edge or a long-edge of the blade cf said instrument.
- Another object of the invention is to provide a device that can be carried bv respective contestants. Still a further object of the invention is to provide a device with which the risk of an erroneous hit recording is minimised.
- the exposed surface of the hit recording device is formed by two electrodes that are each connected to a respective current potential.
- the electrodes are configured and disposed so as to be spaced narrowly apart across essentially the whole of the exposed surface area.
- the fencing implement includes an elongated blade which is electrically conductive along its length.
- the tip of the fencing implement has a width which is greater than the distance between mutually adjacent electrode parts. The fencing implement is thus able to bridge two narrowly separated electrode-parts in said surface area, either with an edge of the blade or with its tip.
- the recording device is provided for recording short-circuiting of the electrodes by the fencing implement.
- the recording device and the electrode current supply source are carried by the fencing equipment and the recording device may include a number of lamps that are extinguished one after the other with each recorded hit.
- An acoustic signalling device may emit an audible signal in conjunction with a hit recording.
- the recording device will preferably include a locking device which functions to prevent the recording of a further hit over a predetermined time period, for instance for a period of one second, after a hit has been recorded.
- the device may include a separate indicating lamp which is caused to light-up over the duration of this blocking period. When all of the relevant hit recording lamps have been extinguished, the signal emitter can emit a corresponding acoustic signal.
- a special lamp which is caused to light-up when all hit lamps have been extinguished. It will be obvious to the person skilled in this art that alternatively the lamps may initially be switched off and then ignited consecutively as each hit is made in order to indicate the aforedescribed events.
- the two electrodes forming said hit surface are elongated and extend in mutually parallel and spaced relationship in a meandering path that extends between two mutually opposite edges of the hit area and that changes direction through 180° at two other edges that are generally perpendicular to the two first mentioned edges.
- the electrodes may be carried by a rigid insulator, which also affords mechanical protection to the wearer.
- the equipment may also include a protective helmet.
- This helmet may conveniently carry the indicator lamps concerned, the acoustic alarm, and possibly also the power source.
- the clothing included in the equipment may have the form of a protective vest or waistcoat which carries a hit surface of the aforesaid kind in a central region on the chest side and the back side of said vest.
- the equipment may include sensors for sensing the resistance between the electrodes and for enabling a hit to be evaluated positively, even when the hit area is wet or moist for instance.
- the spacing between the electrodes will be at most about 1 mm, with said electrodes carried by a generally rigid insulating plate.
- Fig. 1 is a schematic illustration of fencing equipment according to the invention, and also shows a sword-like fencing implement.
- Fig. 2 illustrates the hit recording surface and its electrodes .
- Fig. 3 illustrates diagrammatically a signal circuit used with the fencing equipment.
- a protective vest or waistcoat 1 which is intended to be worn by a participant in a fencing contest, for instance a fencing tournament.
- a fencing implement 2 in the form of a sword which includes a handle 21 and an elongated, generally straight blade 22 that consists of electrically conductive material. Alternatively, the sword may include electrically conductive material solely along a substantial part of its length.
- the blade 2 includes a tip 23 that has a smallest width b.
- a hit surface 3 is provided centrally on the front of the vest 1.
- the hit surface 3 is comprised of two electrodes 31, 32 each being connected to its respective current source terminal (not shown) and carried on the protective vest 1, for instance.
- the hit sensor 3 is connected electrically to an indicator panel 5, which may be carried by a helmet 6 that forms part of the protective equipment and which shall be worn by the wearer of the protective vest or waistcoat 1.
- the panel 5 includes a number of lamps 51, 52, 53 all of which are illuminated at the start of a contest. When a hit on the sensor area 3 is detected, the first lamp 51 is extinguished. A second recorded hit causes the second lamp 52 to be extinguished and a third hit causes the third lamp 53 to be extinguished.
- the equipment will also conveniently include a buzzer 7 which audibly indicates that a hit has been recorded.
- the equipment also includes a blocking device which functions to prevent the recording of a further hit within a predetermined time period after a hit has been recorded. The blocking device thus prevents several hits being recorded over a given period of time, for instance when the blade 22 lies against the surface of the hit area 3.
- the equipment may conveniently include a separate indicator lamp 8 which is kept ignited during the blocking period.
- the equipment may also include a special indicator lamp 9 which ignites when a predetermined number of the hit indicating lamps 51-53 have been extinguished.
- both electrodes have a comblike configuration with mutually parallel pins, said combs being nested in each other with their pins lying in respective gaps between adjacent pins of the other comb.
- the resultant gaps between the electrodes will thereby spread across essentially the whole of the hit area 3 while the distance between adjacent electrodes will, at the same time, always be less than a predetermined distance that is smaller than the measurement t of the tip of the fencing implement 2. For instance, when the combined width of the electrode pins and the width of the gaps therebetween is slightly smaller than the size t of the tip of said implement, the electrodes will always be short-circuited when the tip 23 of the instrument 2 hits the surface 3 at any place thereon.
- the configuration of the electrodes illustrated in Fig. 3 is only an example of an embodiment at present preferred. It is conceivable to arrange the exposed surfaces of the electrodes as patches disposed over the hit area 3.
- one terminal Vcc of the power source is connected to one electrode, while the other terminal GND of the power source is connected to the other electrode via a resistor R.
- a voltage Vsens is taken out between the resistor R and the electrode connected thereto.
- a comparator 55 is arranged to compare the voltage Vsens with an adjustable reference voltage Vref so as to deliver a hit indicating signal when Vsens is greater than Vref.
- the hit signal is passed to the indicator 5 via a blocking device 56 which is adapted to prevent further hits being recorded on the indicator 5 for a given period of time after a hit signal has been delivered.
- the blocking device 56 is also adapted to ignite the aforesaid indicator lamp 8 for the duration of this blocking period.
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Priority Applications (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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EP99943556A EP1105192A1 (en) | 1998-08-10 | 1999-08-06 | A hit recording device |
AU56627/99A AU5662799A (en) | 1998-08-10 | 1999-08-06 | A hit recording device |
Applications Claiming Priority (2)
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SE9802696A SE512586C2 (en) | 1998-08-10 | 1998-08-10 | Hit registration equipment for participants in fencing matches |
SE9802696-6 | 1998-08-10 |
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PCT/SE1999/001340 WO2000009221A1 (en) | 1998-08-10 | 1999-08-06 | A hit recording device |
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EP (1) | EP1105192A1 (en) |
AU (1) | AU5662799A (en) |
SE (1) | SE512586C2 (en) |
WO (1) | WO2000009221A1 (en) |
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FR2869448A1 (en) | 2004-04-27 | 2005-10-28 | Aeva Sarl | Contact for fencing weapon e.g. epee, has sheath and sensor disposed to form front end of weapon, and connected together electrically when front end of weapon comes into contact with metallic surface |
FR2927543A1 (en) * | 2008-02-14 | 2009-08-21 | Sogecoq Sarl | Carrier stroke detecting and visualizing device for e.g. fencer, has chest protector forming detection zone of valid strokes connected to transmission device for transmitting signal corresponding to alarm displaying device |
GB2448674B (en) * | 2006-03-30 | 2011-07-20 | Denis Parton | Sword targets |
ITGE20100080A1 (en) * | 2010-07-22 | 2012-01-23 | Fabio Ferrari | HELPFUL ELECTRONIC PRESIDIUM IN THE GAME OF "TAKE" AND THE "BEACH RUGBY" GAME. |
CN103252074A (en) * | 2013-05-27 | 2013-08-21 | 无锡威豪体育器材有限公司 | Electronic kid fencing vest |
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DE2532692A1 (en) * | 1974-08-02 | 1976-02-12 | Anvar | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR WIRELESS MONITORING OF FENCING FIGHTS |
DE2533877A1 (en) * | 1975-07-29 | 1977-02-03 | Georg Neuber | Hit indicator for competition fencing - has detector unit capable of differentiating between hits made on different materials |
US5802607A (en) * | 1995-10-20 | 1998-09-08 | Triplette; Walter W. | Fencing jackets made from electrically conductive threads |
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- 1998-08-10 SE SE9802696A patent/SE512586C2/en not_active IP Right Cessation
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- 1999-08-06 WO PCT/SE1999/001340 patent/WO2000009221A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
- 1999-08-06 EP EP99943556A patent/EP1105192A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1999-08-06 AU AU56627/99A patent/AU5662799A/en not_active Abandoned
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DE2532692A1 (en) * | 1974-08-02 | 1976-02-12 | Anvar | ELECTRONIC DEVICE FOR WIRELESS MONITORING OF FENCING FIGHTS |
DE2533877A1 (en) * | 1975-07-29 | 1977-02-03 | Georg Neuber | Hit indicator for competition fencing - has detector unit capable of differentiating between hits made on different materials |
US5802607A (en) * | 1995-10-20 | 1998-09-08 | Triplette; Walter W. | Fencing jackets made from electrically conductive threads |
Cited By (7)
Publication number | Priority date | Publication date | Assignee | Title |
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FR2869448A1 (en) | 2004-04-27 | 2005-10-28 | Aeva Sarl | Contact for fencing weapon e.g. epee, has sheath and sensor disposed to form front end of weapon, and connected together electrically when front end of weapon comes into contact with metallic surface |
GB2448674B (en) * | 2006-03-30 | 2011-07-20 | Denis Parton | Sword targets |
FR2927543A1 (en) * | 2008-02-14 | 2009-08-21 | Sogecoq Sarl | Carrier stroke detecting and visualizing device for e.g. fencer, has chest protector forming detection zone of valid strokes connected to transmission device for transmitting signal corresponding to alarm displaying device |
ITGE20100080A1 (en) * | 2010-07-22 | 2012-01-23 | Fabio Ferrari | HELPFUL ELECTRONIC PRESIDIUM IN THE GAME OF "TAKE" AND THE "BEACH RUGBY" GAME. |
CN103252074A (en) * | 2013-05-27 | 2013-08-21 | 无锡威豪体育器材有限公司 | Electronic kid fencing vest |
CN111888746A (en) * | 2020-07-22 | 2020-11-06 | 中国联合网络通信集团有限公司 | Block chain based scoring method and device, terminal equipment and storage medium |
CN111888746B (en) * | 2020-07-22 | 2021-10-01 | 中国联合网络通信集团有限公司 | Block chain based scoring method and device, terminal equipment and storage medium |
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AU5662799A (en) | 2000-03-06 |
SE9802696D0 (en) | 1998-08-10 |
SE512586C2 (en) | 2000-04-03 |
SE9802696L (en) | 2000-02-11 |
EP1105192A1 (en) | 2001-06-13 |
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