Information-presentation structure with smoothened impact-sensitive color-changed print area

An information-presentation (“IP”) structure comprising:

• an object-impact (“OI”) structure having an exposed surface for being impacted by an object during an activity, the OI structure comprising a variable-color (“VC”) region which extends to the exposed surface at a surface zone having a boundary and normally appears along the surface zone largely as a principal color during the activity, the VC region responding to the object impacting the surface zone at an impact-dependent (“ID”) object-contact (“OC”) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by providing a general characteristics-identifying (“CI”) impact signal if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the CI impact signal identifying an ID threshold criteria-meeting (“CM”) area where the impact meets the threshold impact criteria in the surface zone and general supplemental impact information for the impact;
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• a color-change (“CC”) controller responsive to the CI impact signal, if provided, for determining whether the supplemental impact information meets supplemental impact criteria and, if so, for (i) producing a representation of an ID print area from a representation of the CM area by at least smoothening its perimeter and (ii) providing a general CC initiation signal which designates a location in the surface zone for the print area such that it at least partly encompasses, at least mostly outwardly conforms largely to, and is largely concentric with the OC area, an ID portion of the VC region responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as changed color materially different from the principal color.

An information-presentation (“IP”) structure comprising:

• an object-impact (“OI”) structure having an exposed surface for being impacted by an object during an activity, the OI structure comprising a variable-color (“VC”) region which extends to the exposed surface at a surface zone having a boundary and normally appears along the surface zone largely as a principal color during the activity, the VC region responding to the object impacting the surface zone at an impact-dependent (“ID”) object-contact (“OC”) area spanning where the object contacts the surface zone by providing a general location-identifying (“LI”) impact signal if the impact meets threshold impact criteria, the LI impact signal identifying an ID threshold criteria-meeting (“CM”) area where the impact meets the threshold impact criteria in the surface zone;
• object-tracking control apparatus for tracking movement of the object over the exposed surface;
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• a color-change (“CC”) controller responsive to at least the LI impact signal, if provided, (a) for (i) producing a representation of an ID print area from a representation of the CM area by at least smoothening its perimeter and (ii) providing a general CC initiation signal which designates a location in the surface zone for the print area such that it at least partly encompasses, at least mostly outwardly conforms largely to, and is largely concentric with the OC area, an ID portion of the VC region responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as changed color materially different from the principal color if the tracked movement indicates that the object is expected to impact the OC area or (b) for providing the initiation signal if the tracked movement indicates that the object impacted, or is expected to impact, the OC area, the ID portion of the VC region then responding to the initiation signal, if provided, by temporarily appearing along the print area largely as the changed color.