Timeline Display for Multi-Referee Scoring Transparency
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current scoring systems in competitive games, such as boxing, rely on subjective referee evaluations, leading to transparency issues and potential biases, making it difficult to confirm the accuracy and fairness of scoring decisions.
Innovation Solution
A judgment monitoring system that includes input devices for referees, a relay device, and a monitor device to collect and display the timing of each referee's inputs on a timeline, allowing for real-time transparency and comparison of scoring decisions.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a plurality of referees perform subjective evaluations and input scores, then scoring decisions can be made, but transparency and fairness of the scoring process cannot be confirmed
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by automatically recording the timing of each referee's input operations before the scoring process concludes. This creates a permanent timestamped record that can be reviewed later to verify the sequence and timing of scoring decisions, ensuring transparency without interfering with the real-time scoring process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback by displaying the recorded timing information and input sequences back to referees and spectators through visual output. This allows all parties to verify the scoring process objectively, confirming that scores were entered at appropriate times and by authorized referees, thereby enhancing transparency and trust in the scoring system.
2Loss of information
If referee input timing is not recorded, then the scoring system is simple to operate, but it is difficult to understand the reasoning behind scoring decisions
Solution Approach 1:
The system applies self-service by automatically generating and recording the timing information without requiring additional manual effort from referees. The timing data is captured automatically by the system's clock and recording mechanisms, eliminating the need for referees to manually log timing information while still providing comprehensive transparency about the scoring process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system replaces manual tracking of scoring reasoning with an automated electronic timing and recording system. Instead of relying on referees to remember or manually record when scores were entered, the system uses electronic timestamps and automated data capture to preserve the reasoning behind scoring decisions, reducing operational complexity while enhancing transparency.
3Reliability
If subjective evaluation by multiple referees is used, then scoring can be performed, but incorrectness and unfairness may occur
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary action by establishing a standardized recording framework that captures essential timing and identification data for each referee input. This preliminary structure is put in place before scoring begins, ensuring that all subsequent scoring actions are automatically recorded with proper metadata, thereby improving reliability without adding complex analysis tools during the scoring process.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms that allow supervisors and spectators to review the recorded timing and sequence of referee inputs. This objective feedback enables verification of scoring accuracy and detection of potential biases or errors, improving the reliability of multi-referee scoring while maintaining a relatively simple system structure that relies on automated recording rather than complex real-time analysis.
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AI summary
A method for causing a computer to execute a process, the process includes receiving an input operation from each of a plurality of referees in a match of a competitive game; specifying, based on the input operation, a referee who performs an input, a first input or a second input, and a plurality of players in the match; generating a first image including middle areas and small areas, the middle areas being assigned for each player of the plurality of players, the small areas being assigned to each of the plurality of referees for each of the middle areas and being provided to be arranged along a timeline indicating a progress of the match; and adding, in the first image, an index indicating the first input or the second input to a position determined by the specified player, the specified referee, and a timing related to the input operation.