System and method for providing a table game
AssigneeThrowMotion, Inc.
InventorsAditya Dayal, Thomas Grimm
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Abstract
A system and method for providing a table game are disclosed. According to one embodiment, an apparatus comprises a playing field, a ball launcher mechanism launching a ball into the playing field, and the ball launcher mechanism allows a first player to select one or more attributes affecting a ball trajectory. The apparatus further comprises a ball striker mechanism controlling a ball striker. The ball striker placed at a distance from the ball launcher mechanism in the playing field has a bat to hit a ball launched by the ball launcher mechanism and is controlled by a second player. One or more sensors are placed in predetermined locations in the playing field. The electrical signals generated by the one or more sensors are used to update a status of a game.
Claims35
An apparatus, comprising:
- a playing field having a surface and a perimeter area;
- a ball
- a gutter along the perimeter area of the playing field, the gutter comprising a ball detection sensor that detects the ball in the gutter;
- a boundary wall outside the perimeter area of the playing field, wherein the boundary wall directs the ball into the gutter;
- a ball wherein the ball is not in contact with the surface of the playing field when launched from the ball launcher mechanism and above the surface of the playing field for a significant portion of a trajectory of the ball launcher mechanism launching the ball, wherein the ball launcher mechanism allows a first player to adjust at least one attribute of a plurality of attributes affecting a trajectory of the ball, wherein the plurality of attributes comprises a launch angle, a lateral angle, a ball speed, a ball spin, a ball length when the ball first contacts the surface of the playing field, number of bounces to a predetermined location and time to reach the predetermined location;
- a processor that receives a signal from the ball detection sensor and determines if a run has been scored with the signal;
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- a ball launcher sensor of the ball launcher mechanism that detects when the ball launches.
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