Tournament refereeing digital display apparatus

• US 20070021219A1
• Filed: 06/23/2005
• Published: 01/25/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 06/23/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tsung-Shan Wu
• Original Assignee: Tsung-Shan Wu
• Inventors: Wu, Tsung-Shan
• Application Number:
  US11/159,258
• Publication Number:
  US 20070021219A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 463/47.100
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2220/833 Sensors arranged on the exercise apparatus or sports implement
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2225/50 Wireless data transmission, e.g. by radio transmitters or telemetry
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/102 Boxing
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 2244/104 Judo
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 69/02 for fencing , e.g. means for indicating hits
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0605 Decision makers and devices using detection means facilitating arbitration
• CPC Class Codes: A63B 71/0616 Means for conducting or scheduling competition, league, tournaments or rankings
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/052 Targets comprising a plurality of electric contacts, each corresponding to a discrete target section and being actuated by the movement thereof F41J5/056 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/056 Switch actuation by hit-generated mechanical vibration of the target body, e.g. using shock or vibration transducers
• CPC Class Codes: F41J 5/06 Acoustic hit-indicating systems, i.e. detecting of shock waves F41J5/056 takes precedence

Abstract

Tournament refereeing digital display apparatus has a transmitting terminal equipped with a pressure sensor, a control circuit, and a transmitting circuit; and a receiving terminal equipped with a wireless receiving circuit, a control circuit, and a display. The transmitting apparatuses are set at the specified zones on the player'"'"'s bodies, and the sensitivity of the sensor is adjusted according to the regulations of the game. When one of the specified zones is effectively hit with the predetermined force, a signal is delivered to the receiving terminal. After the signal is treated at the receiving terminal, it is converted to a information of score date and displayed on the display terminal. In this version, the tournament can be carried out with a fair and reliable automatic umpire thereby encouraging people willing to participate in the game.

Claims

1. A tournament refereeing digital display apparatus comprising at least a transmitting terminal equipped with a pressure sensor, a control circuit, and a wireless transmitting circuit;

a receiving terminal equipped with a wireless receiving circuit, a control circuit, and a display;

wherein when said pressure sensor is hit at the exact position with a force reaching the predetermined value, said pressure sensor delivers a signal to trigger said transmitting terminal control circuit, which in turn sends a signal to said wireless transmitting circuit, which converts said signal into a radio frequency signal and transmits it to said receiving terminal;

after receiving said radio frequency signal, said wireless receiving circuit at the receiving terminal converts said radio frequency signal into a trigger signal and sends it to said receiving terminal control circuit, which in turn delivers a signal to said display to show an effective score;

said refereeing digital display apparatus is applicable to various tournament by setting said two transmitting terminal circuits and said pressure sensor at the specified zones on the player'"'"'s bodies and adjusting the sensitivity of said pressure sensor according to the regulations of individual games to display different hit scores respectively.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a displacement sensor is replaceable for said pressure sensor.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is applicable to referee Japanese fencing (Kendo) by setting said two transmitting terminal circuits and said pressure sensor at the specified zones on the player'"'"'s bodies and adjusting the sensitivity of said pressure sensor according to the regulations of Japanese fencing to count and display hit scores.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is applicable to referee Korean Judo by setting said two transmitting terminal circuits and said 5 pressure sensor at the specified zones on the player'"'"'s bodies and adjusting the sensitivity of said pressure sensor according to eh regulations of Korean Judo to count sand display hit scores.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is applicable to referee boxing by setting said two transmitting terminal circuits and said pressure sensor at the specified zones on the player'"'"'s bodies and adjusting the sensitivity of said pressure sensor according to the regulations of boxing to count and display scores.

6. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein said apparatus is applicable to referee karate by setting said two transmitting terminal circuits and said pressure sensor at the specified zones on the player'"'"'s bodies and adjusting the sensitivity of said pressure sensor according to the regulations of karate to count and display scores.