Swimming race system, swimming race method, method of managing water quality, and display apparatus

• US 9,539,469 B2
• Filed: 12/19/2014
• Issued: 01/10/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, So-la, Na, Dong-jin, Lee, Dong-seok, Choi, Hyun-mook
• Primary Examiner(s): RICHMAN, GLENN E
• Application Number:
  US14/577,395
• Publication Number:
  US 20150209614A1
• Time in Patent Office: 753 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0638 Displaying moving images of recorded environment, e.g. virtual environment
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/0647 Visualisation of executed movements
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2071/065 Visualisation of specific exercise parameters
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/802 Ultra-sound sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/803 Motion sensors
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/806 Video cameras
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/836 Sensors arranged on the body of the user
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/89 Field sensors, e.g. radar systems
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 31/00 Swimming aids teaching swimming A63B69/10 - A63B69/14; life-saving in water , e.g. life-buoys, life-belts, B63C9/00
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/12 Arrangements in swimming pools for teaching swimming or for training
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0622 Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/14 Digital output to display device ; Cooperation and interconnection of the display device with other functional units
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/1446 display composed of modules, e.g. video walls
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/147 using display panels
• CPC Class Codes: G06V 40/23 Recognition of whole body movements, e.g. for sport training
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2370/02 Networking aspects
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/08 Biomedical applications
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/003 to produce spatial visual effects

Abstract

A display system comprising a user terminal apparatus configured to transmit a swimming image to a display apparatus, the display apparatus configured to reproduce the swimming image received from the user terminal apparatus, and a sensing apparatus configured to sense, while the user is swimming, user location information in real time, and transmit the sensed user location information to the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus. The user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus displays swimming information of the user based on the received user location information.

Claims

1. A display system comprising:

a user terminal apparatus configured to transmit a moving image of a swimmer to a display apparatus;

the display apparatus configured to be installed on at least one of an inner wall of a swimming pool and a floor of the swimming pool, the display apparatus being configured to reproduce, underwater, the moving image of the swimmer received from the user terminal apparatus; and

a sensing apparatus configured to sense, while a user is swimming, user location information of the user in real time, and transmit the sensed user location information to the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus,

wherein the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus is further configured to display swimming information of the user based on the received user location information.

2. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the sensing apparatus includes at least one selected from the group consisting of a camera configured to capture a location of the user, a magnetic field sensor configured to sense a magnetic tag worn by the user, and an ultrasonic sensor configured to sense an ultrasonic wave reflected from a body of the user.

3. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus is further configured to calculate one or more swimming statistics of the user based on the received user location information, and to display the calculated swimming statistics.

4. The display system as claimed in claim 3, wherein the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus is further configured to calculate comparative data by comparing one or more swimming statistics corresponding to the moving image of the swimmer selected by the user input with the one or more swimming statistics of the user calculated based on the received user location information, and to display the calculation result.

5. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the swimmer is a second user different from user.

6. The display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the display apparatus comprises:

at least one display unit configured to display an image;

a transparent member configured to cover a front of the at least one display unit; and

a frame unit configured to affix to the transparent member, forming an inner space between the transparent member and the frame unit.

7. The display system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the at least one display unit is configured to be installable into the inner space formed between the transparent member and the frame unit.

8. The display system as claimed in claim 7, wherein the at least one display unit is further configured to be removable from the inner space.

9. The display system as claimed in claim 6, wherein the transparent member comprises at least one of tempered glass and reinforced plastic.

10. A display system comprising:

a user terminal apparatus configured to transmit a swimming image to a display apparatus;

the display apparatus configured to reproduce the swimming image received from the user terminal apparatus, the display apparatus comprising;

at least one display unit configured to display an image,

a transparent member configured to cover a front of the at least one display unit, and

a frame unit configured to affix to the transparent member, forming an inner space between the transparent member and the frame unit;

a sensing apparatus configured to sense, while a user is swimming, user location information in real time, and transmit the sensed user location information to the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus; and

a leak sensor configured to detect water permeating into the inner space,

wherein the user terminal apparatus or the display apparatus is further configured to display swimming information of the user based on the received user location information,

wherein the at least one display unit is configured to be installable into the inner space formed between the transparent member and the frame unit.

11. A display system comprising:

a waterproofed display configured to be installed on at least one of an interior wall and a floor of a pool;

a sensor configured to sense, while a user is in the pool, a location of the user in real time; and

a controller configured to control the waterproofed display and the sensor, and to change an image of a swimmer displayed on the waterproofed display based on the sensed location of the user.

12. The display system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to control a movement of the image displayed on the display apparatus based on the location of the user.

13. The display system as claimed in claim 11, wherein the controller is further configured to calculate one or more swimming statistics based on the location of the user and to control the display apparatus to display the one or more swimming statistics.