Automatic information system for the organization of gymnastic competitions

An automatic information system for the organization of gymnastic competitions, intended to collect and process the individual scores awarded by the judges to each competitor, to facilitate and accelerate the judging procedure, to keep the record and score, as well as to provide for visual display of the current and final results of a competition and to send this information to a computer (6) controlling a luminous score board (7), comprising, for each event of an all-around gymnastic competition, judges' panels (1) and a superior judge's panel (2) intended for manual input of scores for individual exercises of a competitor, a luminous display unit (3) for displaying the number of the competitor and the points he or she has socred, and, for two events, namely, beam and floor exercises, a stop watch (4) for determining the duration of an exercise as performed by a competitor and the amount of points to be deducted, whereby the competitor and judges are informed as to the time competitor has spent so far and deductions are automatically made for exceeding the prescribed time limit;

• an interface (5) intended for feeding the information provided by the judges into said computer (6) and connected to said computer (6) controlling said luminous score board (7) and having its output connected to a printer;
• a scorer's panel (9) intended for the input and storage of the competitor's number and his or her final score and connected to said luminous display unit (3);
• a group of outputs (10.sub.1, . . . , 10.sub.n) of said scorer's panel (9);
• a digital printer (11) for printing the record and score for each competitor;
• a processor (12) intended to calculate the average and final scores awarded to a competitor, to store the current information on the progress of the competition, and to send it to said interface (5) to control said judges' panels (1), superior judge's panel (2) and scorer's panel (9), said luminous display unit (3), said digital printer (11), the processor being connected to all said units, and, for events, namely, beam and floor exercises, to said stop watch (4);
• groups of inputs (14.sub.1, . . . , 14.sub.n ;
• 16.sub.1, . . . , 16.sub.n ;
• 18.sub.1, . . . , 18.sub.n ;
• 21.sub.1, . . . , 21.sub.n ;
• 42.sub.1, . . . , 42.sub.n) of said processor (12);
• groups of outputs (13.sub.1, . . . , 13.sub.n ;
• 15.sub.1, . . . , 15.sub.n ;
• 17.sub.1, . . . , 17.sub.n ;
• 19.sub.1, . . . , 19.sub.n ;
• 20.sub.1, . . . , 20.sub.n, 41.sub.1, . . . , 41.sub.n) of said processor (12);
• an intercommunication unit (22) which is switched off while a competitor is executing an exercise;
• intercommunication lines (24);
• said intercommunication unit (22) being linked, through said intercommunication lines (24) with said judges's panel (1) and superior judge's panel (2);
• said judges' panels (1), superior judge's panel (2), scorer's panel (9), processor (12), luminous display unit (3), printer (11) and intercommunication unit (22), in each event of an all-around gymnastic competition, as well as said stop watch (4), in two events, namely, beam and floor exercises, making up a specialized digital device (25) intended to collect subjective initial information on an individual competitor from the judges of a particular event of the all-around competition, to process this information, to display the score of each competitor on the luminous score board (7), and to keep the record and score for each competitor, each of said digital devices being connected to said interface (5);
• a master judge's panel (28) providing for intercommunication with the judges of all events of the all-around gymnastic competition for displaying digital information from each said specialized digital device (25);
• and a dispatcher's panel (32) through which the dispatcher calls individual competitors in all events of the all-around gymnastic competitor, said dispatcher's panel being connected to all said specialized digital devices (25) and ensuring intercommunication with said master judge's panel (28), scorer panels (9) and technical service posts (39) in the gymnasium.