Dartboard camera unit

A method of recording play of a darts game using a camera unit, the camera unit being mounted to a wall as a singular unit adjacent a dartboard fastened to the wall, the camera unit comprising a primary camera, a secondary camera, and a support frame including a support arm extending substantially horizontally with respect to the wall, the primary camera and the secondary camera being attached to a proximal end of the support arm, the method comprising:

• capturing, using the primary camera, image data including a darts player using the dartboard, wherein the primary camera is positioned a radial distance of less than 700 mm from a bullseye of a play surface of the dartboard and captures a throw line region including at least 1 meter in width at floor level, the throw line region being located horizontally 2.37 meters away from the dartboard;
• capturing, using the secondary camera, image data including the play surface of the dartboard, wherein a line extending between the bullseye of the play surface and the secondary camera is at an angle greater than 30° with respect to the plane of the play surface;
• and
• wirelessly transmitting, by the camera unit, the image data captured by the primary camera and the secondary camera and/or data derived from the image data, captured by the primary camera and the secondary camera,
• wherein the primary camera, the secondary camera and the support frame supporting the primary camera and the secondary camera do not obstruct the play surface of the dartboard in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the play surface of the dartboard;
• and
• wherein a view of the primary camera of the throw line region is not obstructed by the secondary camera or the support frame.

A dartboard assembly comprising:

• a wall;
• a dartboard fastened to the wall;
• and
• a camera unit mounted adjacent the dartboard and fastened to the wall, the camera unit being configured to be mounted or unmounted as a singular unit and comprising:
• a primary camera and a secondary camera;
• a support frame supporting the primary and secondary camera relative to one another such that the primary camera will capture a darts player using the dartboard and the secondary camera will capture a play surface of the dartboard, wherein the support frame comprises a single arm extending outwardly with respect to the wall, the primary camera and the secondary camera each being attached to the arm to be positioned forward of and offset relative to the dartboard;
• and
• a wireless interface module arranged to wirelessly transmit image data captured by the primary camera and the secondary camera, and/or data derived from the image data captured by the primary camera and the secondary camera,
• wherein the camera unit is mounted adjacent the dartboard such that:
• the primary camera is positioned a radial distance of less than 700 mm from a bullseye of the play surface of the dartboard;
• the primary camera, the secondary camera and the support frame do not obstruct the play surface of the dartboard in a direction perpendicular to a plane of the play surface of the dartboard;
• a line extending between the bullseye of the play surface and the secondary camera is at an angle greater than 30° with respect to the plane of the play surface of the dartboard;
• the primary camera captures a throw line region including at least 1 meter in width at floor level, the throw line region being located horizontally 2.37 meters away from the dartboard, and
• the view of the primary camera of the throw line region is not obstructed by the secondary camera or the support frame.