Automatic scoring system
Abstract
Abstract AN ELECTRONIC SCORING SYSTEM FOR SCORING VEHICLES IN A PLURAL LAP RACE ON A RACE TRACK INCLUDING A TELEMETRY TRANSMITTER ON EACH VEHICLE TRANSMITTING DISTINCTIVE SIGNALS IDENTIFYING THE VEHICLE, TELEMETRY RECEIVERS FOR RECEIVING SIGNALS FROM THE TRANSMITTERS WHEN THE VEHICLES ARE IN A SELECTED RECEPTION RANGE ZONE NEAR THE FINISH LINE, VEHICLE COUNTERS ACTIVATED BY THE RESPECTIVE RECEIVERS FOR REGISTERING THE LAPS COMPLETED BY EACH VEHICLE, A LEAD LAP COUNTER FOR REGISTERING THE IDENTITY OF THE LEADING VEHICLE AND THE LAPS COMPLETED, LOGIC CIRCUITRY FOR STORING CERTAIN OF THIS REGISTERED INFORMATION, AND PRINTERS FOR PRODUCING A FIRST PRINTOUT AFTER EACH LAP OF THE VEHICLE NUMBER BY POLE POSITION, THE LAPS COMPLETED AND ELAPSED TIME, AND A SECOND PRINTOUT AFTER EVERY TENTH LAP OF THE ORDER OF THE VEHICLES.
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- 👤 Eugene Emerson Clift
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