The present invention relates to a game system, and in particular to an online dart competition system.
In recent years, a dart game has developed into a worldwide leisure game, and male or female players of various ages can enjoy the dart game. Participants in the dart game usually need to gather in the same place to play and take turns throwing a dart on the same target surface. However, with the development of the communication technology, electronic dart game machine consoles have been developed, these electronic dart game machine consoles are connected in series through at least one host computer by means of the Internet so that the participants can overcome the limitations from time and place and participate in the dart competition in a remote mode. Specifically, two cameras are arranged on the electronic dart game machine console to separately shoot images of a target surface and a competitor, and remotely transmit the process and result of the game through a network. In addition, the electronic dart game machine console may electronically sense a hit point of a dartboard, thereby automatically summing up the scores and then providing a summary score for the competitor. However, the electronic dart game machine console is expensive in cost and large in size, a general consumer cannot afford it or it is difficult to put it at home, and therefore, it is usually arranged in an amusement place or other public places by an entertainment provider. Even so, a consumer cannot be online with others to enjoy the fun of the dart competition if it is inconvenient for the consumer to go out.
In view of this, for the deficiencies of the above-mentioned prior art and the prospect of the future market demand, the inventor proposes an online dart competition system, in order to effectively solve the above-mentioned problems, and the specific structure and the implementation thereof will be described in detail below:
An object of the present invention is that a dart player can participate a global dart competition against other in different place by merely two mobile devices capable of obtaining images of all players and dartboards and scores thereof when they are playing with traditional dart board without auto scoring function.
Another objective of the present invention is that a dart player and a remote competitor can see a screen showing player image, a screen of dartboard image and an actual score of each other and thereby a dart competition in a remotely online mode is achieved.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide a mobile device capable of capturing the dart player image and the dartboard when a dart player, the mobile device and a dartboard are not on one straight line.
Another objective of the present invention is to provide the mobile device externally connected to an image capturing module, so as to solve the problem that the mobile device cannot simultaneously turn on the front and rear cameras.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives, the present invention provides an online dart competition system, comprising: at least two mobile devices, any one of which comprises: a first image capturing module, configured to capture an dart player image from an dart player; a mirror, arranged in front of or beside the mobile device and configured to reflect or redirect a dartboard image of a dartboard; a second image capturing module, configured to capture the dartboard image from the mirror; a score input element, configured to receive a dart player score corresponding to the dartboard image either inputted manually by the dart player via a touch panel or other user input device, or received from a score sensing module; a display; a processor, connected with the first image capturing module, the second image capturing module, the score input element, and the display; and a wireless transmission module, connected with the first image capturing module, the second image capturing module, and the processor, wherein the wireless transmission module is configured to transmit the dart player score, the dart player image and the dartboard image to the other mobile device and is configured to receive a competitor score, a competitor image and a competitor dartboard image from the other mobile device; and wherein the processor executes an online match, league or tournament application and then simultaneously displays the dart player score, the competitor score, and at least two images of the dart player image, the dartboard image, the competitor image, and the competitor dartboard image on the display in a split-screen interface, and the online match, league or tournament application is configured to record the dart player score and the competitor score.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, each of the at least two mobile devices further comprises: a reflecting element, arranged in front of or beside the mobile device and reflecting the dartboard image to the second image capturing module.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the processor further includes a scoring module, recording and summing up a score of each dart on the dartboard.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the split-screen interface comprises a score field, and the online match, league or tournament application performs a first display mode and a second display mode, in the first display mode, the online match, league or tournament application displays the number of rounds, a score of each round, and a game count of the dart player and the competitor on the score field; and in the second display mode, the online match, league or tournament application displays the game count on the score field.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the online dart competition system further includes a cloud server, connected with the wireless transmission module of the at least two mobile devices and configured to receive, transmit, and record the dart player score, the competitor score, the dart player image, the dartboard image, the competitor image, and the competitor dartboard image and the score of each dart.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the online dart competition system further includes at least one media device, connected to the cloud server for the dart player score, the competitor score, and the images to be viewed.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the processor further includes an image processing module, configured to zoom, turn, or cut the at least two images and then combine the at least two images in the split-screen interface.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the first image capturing module is a front camera of the mobile device.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the second image capturing module is a rear camera of the mobile device.
In order to achieve the above-mentioned objectives, the present invention further provides an online dart competition system, comprising: an online dart competition system, comprising: at least two mobile devices, any one of which comprises: a first image capturing module, configured to capture an dart player image from an dart player; a second image capturing module, connected with the mobile device through a transmission cable and configured to capture a dartboard image from a dartboard and to transmit the dartboard image to the mobile device after capturing the dartboard image; a score input element, configured to receive a dart player score corresponding to the dartboard image either inputted manually by the dart player via a touch panel or other user input device, or received from a score sensing module; a display; a processor, connected with the first image capturing module, the second image capturing module, the score input element, and the display; and a wireless transmission module, connected with the first image capturing module, the second image capturing module, and the processor, wherein the wireless transmission module is configured to transmit the dart player score, the dart player image and the dartboard image to the other mobile device and is configured to receive a competitor score, a competitor image and a competitor dartboard image from the other mobile device; and wherein the processor executes an online match, league or tournament application and then simultaneously displays the dart player score, the competitor score, and at least two images of the dart player image, the dartboard image, the competitor image, and the competitor dartboard image on the display in a split-screen interface, and the online match, league or tournament application is configured to record the dart player score and the competitor score.
According to the embodiments of the present invention, the second image capturing module is a miniature camera or Webcam.
The present invention provides an online dart competition system, which is applied to a multi-person dart competition of at least two persons, by means of mobile devices communication with one another through a cloud, the competition can be broadcast live through videos or rebroadcast on the spot to other viewers, and the objective of being remotely online to perform the dart competition can also be achieved even if a professional dartboard with a network online function is not used.
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In an embodiment, the mobile devices 24 and 34 are both connected to a cloud server 40 via a wireless communication network. The mobile device 24 transmits a first dart player score and the images of the first dart player 20 and the dartboard 22 to the mobile device 34 through the cloud server 40, and the mobile device 34 transmit a competitor score and the images of the second dart player 30 and the dartboard 32 to the mobile device 24 through the cloud server 40. The first dart player score, the competitor score, and the images of the first dart player 20, the dartboard 22, the second dart player 30 and the dartboard 32 will be stored or temporarily stored in the cloud server 40. However, the present invention should not limited to the above-mentioned structure. In some embodiments, the mobile devices 24 and 34 may connected with each other via a wireless communication network and perform the aforementioned data transmission.
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The wireless transmission module 245 is connected to the first image capturing module 242, the second image capturing module 244, and the processor 249. To allow worldwide dart players to join a thrilling competition at home easily, an online match, league or tournament application 246 installed in the mobile device 24 and executed by the processor 249 is provided. The wireless transmission module 245 is configured to transmit the dart player score, the image of the first dart player 20, and the dartboard image 22 to the other mobile device 34 participating in a competition. In addition, the wireless transmission module 245 is configured to receive a competitor score, the images of the second dart player 30, and the other dartboard 32 transmitted by the other one (that is, the mobile device 34) of the mobile devices participating in a competition. The online match, league or tournament application 246 executed by the processor 249 is a dart competition application installed in the mobile device 24. The processor 249 is connected with the first image capturing module 242, the second image capturing module 244 and the wireless transmission module 245, and configured to selects at least two images from the images of the first dart player 20, the dartboard 22, the second dart player 30 and the dartboard 32 to simultaneously displays the same, dart player score, and the competitor score on the display in a split-screen interface. The at least two images displayed in a split-screen interface are selected and displayed according to a preset or the selection of the first dart player 20. In this embodiment, the mobile device 24 or 34 further comprises a storage device. The online match, league or tournament application 246 is stored in the storage device, executed by the processor, and displayed by the display. The online match, league or tournament application 246 is configured to record the dart player score and the competitor score.
The processor 249 further includes a scoring module 247 and an image processing module 248, wherein the scoring module 247 is configured to record and sum up a score of each dart on the dartboard 22. In the present invention, the score of the dart may be automatically counted or manually inputted on the user input device. Since the dartboard image 22 will be transmitted to the other competitor for being viewed, the other competitor can clearly identify a landing point of the dart and a deserving score, and in other words, even if the score is manually input, there is no doubt about cheating. The image processing module 248 is configured to perform actions of zooming, turning, cutting or the like on the images of the first dart player 20, the dartboard 22, the second dart player 30 and the dartboard 32 and put the same into a split screen.
Considering that when the mobile device 24 is placed between the first dart player 20 and the dartboard 22 and is located on the same straight line, the first dart player 20 may hit the mobile device 24 while throwing the dart, and therefore, the mobile device 24 must be placed at a position close to a side. As a result, if the first image capturing module 242 (that is, the front camera) directly faces the first dart player 20, the second image capturing module 244 (that is, the rear camera) cannot photograph the dartboard 22. In view of this, in the embodiment in
The mirror 26 may be installed on the mobile device 24 or connected to the mobile device 24 by utilizing a universal joint (not shown), so that the mirror 26 can be rotated at will to adjust the angle. Alternatively, the mobile device 24 and the mirror 26 are both fixed to at least one stand (not shown). There are other more methods for placing the mirror 26, which are all included within the scope of the present invention as long as the mirror 26 is arranged in front of or beside the mobile device 24 and can reflect or redirect the dartboard image 22 into the second image capturing module 244.
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The present invention may further utilize external score sensing modules 45 to sense the scores on the dartboards, and
By means of the online dart competition system provided by the present invention, dart players all over the world may easily participate in, without having an expensive electronic dart machine console with an online function, the online dart competition with dart players in other regions through the online match, league or tournament application installed on respective mobile devices to be online with the cloud server. In addition, the front and rear cameras and lens glass of the mobile devices themselves are further utilized to simultaneously capture the images of the dart player and the dartboard, and the images are broadcast, without additionally erecting a camera on the dartboard, live through the cloud server. Moreover, even if certain mobile devices are only provided with a single lens or cannot simultaneously turn on the front and rear cameras, the present invention may also make the mobile devices be externally connected to one Webcam or miniature camera, and the photographed images are uploaded to the cloud server through the mobile devices. Through the online dart competition system of the present invention, multiple persons may be integrated to form a plurality of competition modes such as regional battle, network battle, regional league, remote league, regional tournament and remote tournament, and the competition may even be open to the viewers, such that the viewers can remotely view the competition in a mode that the media device is online with the cloud server. Therefore, the present invention may save the cost of purchasing the expensive electronic dart machine console with the functions of being online, image capturing and live broadcast, and even if only a traditional wood or plastic dartboard is hung on a wall, as long as the lenses of the mobile devices and the internally installed online match, league or tournament applications are combined, the dart player may easily battle with others in an online mode through a simple dartboard at any place.
The above mentioned is only the preferred embodiments of the present invention and is not intended to limit the scope of the implementation of the present invention. Therefore, any equivalent changes or modifications made according to the features and spirit described within the scope of the present invention should be included within the claims of the present invention.