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Tokyu Car Corporation

Univert Inc.

Hiroshi Kokubo

Kinji Tsuboi

A clocking system for measuring running speeds such as split time or lap time for a plural number of track runners like racehorses at each one of a plural number of clocking positions provided at predetermined intervals along a running course or track toward a goal position. The clocking system fundamentally includes: a trigger signal transmission means provided at each one of the clocking positions and adapted to release a trigger signal toward a narrow signal receiving zone; a passing signal generating means carried by each runner and adapted to produce a passing signal specific to a particular runner at each clocking position upon reception of the trigger signal; and a measuring means provided either at each clocking position or on each runner and adapted to register a time reading for each runner upon reception of the trigger signal or passing signal. The measuring means can be arranged to include a sensor or a number of sensor means for collecting physical data of the runner during a run on an exercising track in addition to and in relation with the clocking operation.

Clocking system for measuring running speeds of track runners

When an induction coil which is supplied with an alternating current to output an induction current is moved along patterns formed on a data recording sheet, the magnitude of induction current generated in the induction coil changes in accordance with changes in the patterns. The change in the magnitude of the induction current is detected by a read device to thereby read information contained in the data recording sheet.

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Kyoto, Japan

Hiroshi Kokubo