KR20020024760A - Bowling Center Mangement Equipment Network System - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention is to install a network system for the management and operation of all lanes installed in the bowling alley by one person working at the front, and also to increase the satisfaction of the bowlers by providing advertising and various animations. Regarding a bowling alley management device using a network to

A server computer for embedding various 3D animation programs and advertisement programs so as to be transmitted to a client computer for display through a LAN and displaying the same, and collectively controlling each client computer;

A client computer connected to the server computer through a LAN to download and operate a 3D animation program and an advertisement program, and operate a bowling system by its own control or a bowling system under the control of a server computer;

A hub for relaying the server computer and the client computer to allow mutual communication;

And a table controller connected to the client computer to transmit data on the bowling pins.

Description

Bowling center management system using a network {Bowling Center Mangement Equipment Network System}

The present invention relates to a bowling alley management device using a network, and in particular, to install a network system so that a single person working in front of the management and operation of all lanes installed in the bowling alley, and also provide advertising and various animations It relates to a bowling alley management apparatus using a network characterized in that to increase the satisfaction of the bowlers.

Conventional bowling automatic scorer management system is installed to operate separately by installing a table with a keyboard, etc. for each lane, the operator resides in each table or a few tables, and operate the keyboard installed in each table if necessary So the bowling game had to make the game lucky.

If you install a table with a different operating system in each lane and arrange operators, you will not only have a lot of labor and facility costs, but also a small amount of space in the part where the customer waits during the game due to the score management table. There is a problem that can limit the activity of the loser, and the state of each lane is not known at one place but only at the table installed in each lane.

In addition, since most of these bowling auto-scalers are dedicated systems using 8-bit or 16-bit microcontrol chips, programs have been created based on simple graphics to provide only a still image, which does not attract the attention of the bowlers.

The present invention is to solve the problems described above, it is an object of the present invention to provide a system that can drastically reduce labor costs by allowing one person working at the front to manage and operate all lanes installed in the bowling alley. .

In addition, the advertisement program is installed in the bowling system so that users can enjoy watching bowling at the same time while watching advertisements, and provide various animations during the bowling game to increase the satisfaction of the bowlers.

As a means for achieving the above object,

The present invention includes a server computer for embedding a variety of three-dimensional animation program and advertising program to be transmitted to the client computer via LAN to display as necessary, and collectively control each client computer;

A client computer connected to the server computer through a LAN to download and operate a 3D animation program and an advertisement program, and operate a bowling system by its own control or a bowling system under the control of a server computer;

A hub for relaying the server computer and the client computer to allow mutual communication;

And a table controller connected to the client computer to transmit data on the bowling pins.

1 is a block diagram of an advertising system using a PC network.

2 is an internal system configuration diagram of a lane desktop PC.

3 is a flowchart of an animation display process displayed on a bowling alley overhead monitor.

4 illustrates an embodiment of an animation display.

5 is a flowchart of a display process of an advertisement displayed on a bowling alley overhead monitor.

Figure 6 is an embodiment of a flash banner advertisement displayed on the overhead monitor.

Explanation of symbols on the main parts of the drawings

10: server computer 20: client computer

30: hub 40: table controller

50: monitor

Hereinafter, the present invention will be described in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

1 is a basic configuration of the present invention, as shown,

A server computer 10 having various 3D animation programs and advertisement programs embedded therein for transmission and display to a client computer through a LAN as necessary, and collectively controlling each client computer;

A client computer 20 connected to the server computer through a LAN to download and operate a 3D animation program and an advertisement program, and operate the bowling system by its own control or the bowling system under the control of the server computer;

A hub 30 for relaying the server computer and the client computer so that mutual communication can be made;

It is configured to include a table controller 40 connected to the client computer 20 for transmitting data on the bowling pin.

The bowling system of the present invention configured as described above is a system capable of automatic score counting and total system integrated management, various bowling competitions, various animation expressions, and advertisement functions, and a client computer for each part establishes an intranet through a hub. It was.

This system configuration can be divided into a server computer 10, which is a main control part, and a client computer 20 that operates according to the command of the main control part and simultaneously performs an operation according to its own control command. Lanes can be controlled.

Table client 40 is connected to the client computer 20, respectively, and is designed to operate scorecards, animations, banner advertisements, etc. based on the pin data detected by the table controller 40. .

In addition, the data transmitted to the client computer 20 by the table controller 40 is transmitted to the 29-inch overhead monitor 50 installed per lane and displayed to the outside to display scorecards, animations, banner advertisements, etc. Make it visually recognizable.

The client computer 20 can be installed in a number of systems by the environment of the bowling alley, each client computer 20 is connected to the intranet through the server computer 10 and the hub 30 which is a central computer, each system is There is a mutual organic interaction.

In addition, the client computer 20 avoids the general computer operation of using one monitor per computer, and as shown in FIG. 2, three video cards are built into one computer to monitor and manipulate the operator. Drives a 29-inch overhead monitor with ads.

The above technique takes advantage of the multi-screen control capabilities supported by Windows 98.

Meanwhile, various animations are provided to the client computer 20 in order to add interest to the game management of the ballers. The animation file used at this time has a large capacity, so that the video format can be displayed within a reasonable time without affecting the game operation. Like the Internet, the MPEG 1 (MPEG 1) format, which is a standard format for video storage and playback, was used.

In addition, the client computer 20 is a system that manages and manages the game running scores of the ballers, and has data on scores and images of each baller, which is managed and operated with a database in each client.

The main functions of the client computer 20 are basic functions such as player registration, player deletion, score correction, etc. In addition, other game operations such as selection of a game method and change of screen display according to the situation of each lane are performed. You can control additional features for a fun bowling game.

The animation displayed on the overhead monitor 50 is a three-dimensional effect, and three different pictures are displayed according to the number of pins that have fallen.

In addition, the advertisement part is displayed as a banner-type advertisement as in the embodiment of FIG. 6, and a method of sequentially replaying several advertisement files of a general GIF format on Visual Basic is adopted.

In addition to the production method of the advertising file can be produced using the video technology of the flush, the method of displaying the advertisement is displayed on the entire screen when the player is not registered, as shown in the flow chart of Figure 5, when the player is registered As shown in FIG. 6, the bowler enjoys bowling in various forms such as an animation image, a banner, and a flush banner at the bottom of the game score.

The client computer 20 may be operated independently, or may be operated more efficiently through linkage with the server computer 10.

Therefore, the animation program and the advertisement program can be stored in the server computer 10 in the form of a file and downloaded to the client computer 20 as necessary to change the contents of the screen displayed at regular intervals.

In the present invention, since the client computer 20 is controlled by using the server computer 10, it is easy to modify the contents of the file, so that the conversion of the animation file or the advertisement is very easy.

This is in contrast to having to re-install all new files inside the client computer 20 inside the bowling alley even if the screen of the conventional bowling system wants to maintain a fixed state for a long time and change the program. In the present invention, the server computer 10 After saving the file that you want to convert to the client computer 20 through the network only need to transfer the data, it is very easy to convert the animation and advertisement files.

In addition, each client computer 20 stores its own data, such as the scores of the ballers in each lane when the game is operated in registration, and the time and number of games at the end of the game of the ballers, and delivers them to the server computer 10 at the same time. Since it is configured and operated, the safety of data management can be greatly improved.

That is, since the server computer 10 and the client computer 20 communicates through the network using the hub 30 as a medium, such as a LAN, the server computer 10 separately from its own database as each situation occurs. It is possible to easily transmit and receive data with the predefined communication command of 10).

Therefore, in principle, the server computer 10 can remotely control all the basic functions related to the game operation, in which case the client computer 20 can operate the game even if no separate operation personnel are arranged.

The table controller 40 and the client computer 20 communicate with each other by a serial communication method called RS232C, and after the baller throws, a reasonable time is determined according to the characteristics of each bowling alley machine to determine the presence of a pin. The score is then sent to the server computer at the table using a serial communication line.

In this case, the serial communication line transmits data through an RS-232 to RS-422 conversion card as shown in FIGS. 10 and 11 in consideration of noise and distance during transmission.

The server computer 10 is operated in one or a plurality in consideration of the characteristics of each bowling alley in the overall system configuration, and is a system that secondaryly manages data generated from a plurality of client computers 20 as a database.

The server computer 10 may also have a plurality of monitors from time to time, and the video material additionally installed and operated mainly serves as a score board that displays the progress of each game during the operation of the competition, It can also be used as a guide for various advertisements and announcements.

The server computer 10 may control each client computer 20 directly or indirectly, and may perform basic functions such as lane registration and deletion and score deletion of each baller.

In addition, the bowlers of a specific lane can be moved to another specific lane, and this function is also a basic function for complying with the bowling game rules that a subsequent game must be played in a separate lane after the end of a game when the bowling tournament is operated.

As described above, the present invention introduces a variety of animations and advertising techniques to the bowling alley scorer that simply displays the game score. to provide.

Claims (1)

A server computer for embedding various 3D animation programs and advertisement programs so as to be transmitted to a client computer for display through a LAN and displaying the same, and collectively controlling each client computer; A client computer connected to the server computer through a LAN to download and operate a 3D animation program and an advertisement program, and operate a bowling system by its own control or a bowling system under the control of a server computer; A hub for relaying the server computer and the client computer to allow mutual communication; And a table controller connected to the client computer to transmit data on the bowling pins.