Wireless electronic table game scoreboard
AssigneeMedal Sports (Taiwan) Corporation
InventorKevin Chunhao Tsai
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Abstract
A method of operating an electronic basketball scoreboard apparatus is disclosed. The method includes receiving a game parameter; operating a basketball game based upon the received game parameter; receiving a first indication of a ball passing through a first basketball hoop; receiving a second indication of a ball passing through a second basketball hoop; determining a first score of the basketball game based on the first indication from the first score sensor; determining a second score of the basketball game based on the second indication from the second score sensor; recording video of the basketball game; transmitting the recorded video; and transmitting the first score and the second score.
Claims20
A method of operating an electronic basketball scoreboard apparatus including an electronic scoring system having at least a processor, the method comprising the steps of:
- transmitting a communication link to a user device from a data transmission module of the electronic scoring system to initiate the communication link with the user device before receiving at least one game parameter;
- receiving, in the data transmission module from the communicatively coupled user device, the at least one game parameter;
- operating, via the processor, a basketball game based on the received game parameter;
- receiving, by the processor from a first score sensor, a first indication of a ball passing through a first basketball hoop affixed to a backboard having a camera;
- receiving, by the processor from a second score sensor, a second indication of a ball passing through a second basketball hoop affixed to the backboard;
- determining, via the processor, a first score of the basketball game based on the first indication from the first score sensor;
- determining, via the processor, a second score of the basketball game based on the second indication from the second score sensor;
- recording, via the camera, video of the basketball game;
- generating, based on the first and second score, a graphical overlay and overlaying the graphical overlay onto the recorded video;
- transmitting, from the data transmission module to the user device, the recorded video;
- updating, in response to an indication from one of the first sensor and the second sensor, the graphical overlay;
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- transmitting, in real-time, from the data transmission module to the user device, the graphical overlay.
A system for operating an electronic basketball scoreboard apparatus including an electronic scoring system and a processor, the processor executing the steps of:
- transmitting, from a data transmission module of the electronic scoring system to a user device, a prompt signal to download an application configured to enable user selection of at least one game parameter;
- receiving, in the data transmission module from the communicatively coupled user device, the at least one game parameter;
- operating, via the processor, a basketball game based on the received game parameter;
- receiving, by the processor from a first score sensor, a first indication of a ball passing through a first basketball hoop affixed to a backboard having a camera;
- receiving, by the processor from a second score sensor, a second indication of a ball passing through a second basketball hoop affixed to the backboard;
- determining, via the processor, a first score of the basketball game based on the first indication from the first score sensor;
- determining, via the processor, a second score of the basketball game based on the second indication from the second score sensor;
- recording, via the camera, video of the basketball game;
- generate, based on the first and second score, a graphical overlay and overlaying the graphical overlay onto the recorded video;
- transmitting, from the data transmission module to the user device, the recorded video;
- updating, in response to an indication from one of the first sensor and the second sensor, the graphical overlay;
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- transmitting, in real-time, from the data transmission module to the user device, graphical overlay.
An electronic basketball scoreboard apparatus, the apparatus having at least a processor which executes the steps of:
- receiving, in a data transmission module from a communicatively coupled user device, available game parameters consisting of a game type selection and a time limit selection;
- operating, via the processor, a basketball game based on the received game parameter;
- receiving, by the processor from a first score sensor, a first indication of a ball passing through a first basketball hoop affixed to a backboard having a camera;
- receiving, by the processor from a second score sensor, a second indication of a ball passing through a second basketball hoop affixed to the backboard;
- determining, via the processor, a first score of the basketball game based on the first indication from the first score sensor;
- determining, via the processor, a second score of the basketball game based on the second indication from the second score sensor;
- recording, via the camera, video of the basketball game;
- generate, based on the first and second score, a graphical overlay and apply it to the recorded video;
- transmitting, from the data transmission module to the user device, the recorded video;
- updating, in response to an indication from one of the first sensor and the second sensor, the graphical overlay;
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- transmitting, in real-time, from the data transmission module to the user device, the graphical overlay.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.