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Apparatus for judging the order of arrival of racers at a goal in a race and the time taken for the race, having a plurality of line sensor cameras

  • US 5,671,010 A
  • Filed: 05/17/1995
  • Issued: 09/23/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/20/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An apparatus for judging the order of arrival of racers at a judging criterion line in a race and time taken for the race, said apparatus comprising:

  • at least two line sensor cameras disposed opposite to each other over said judging criterion line so as to pick up images of moving objects passing through said judging criterion line;

    a memory unit for storing respective video signals supplied from said respective line sensor cameras successively in time series;

    an operating unit for specifying ranges of said respective video signals to be stored in said memory unit and specifying ranges of signals to be read out of said respective video signals stored in said memory unit;

    readout means for effecting scan conversion on all or a part of video signals specified by said operating unit out of said respective video signals stored in said memory unit and reading out resultant video signals; and

    video monitor means for simultaneously displaying said respective video signals from said respective line sensor cameras read out by said readout means.

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