US 2012/0256373 A1 · Portable electronic scoreboard for officiating a sporting game

Abstract

A portable scoreboard system comprising of a microcontroller running a software algorithm that keeps score of a sports game and officiates the game to ensure fair play according to the rules of the sport. The official rules of all the sports are stored in the device memory. The updating of the score is carried out with wireless remote control modules worn by the players and/or users. The score is only updated when the algorithm has confirmed no game rule violations. The real time score information is then displayed on the scoreboard panel plus appropriate audio sounds are played. Game related scores and user settings are stored into memory on a real time basis and can be retrieved externally for post-game analysis.

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A portable scoreboard system comprising:

a memory means operative for storing standard official game rules and score point award rules of a plurality of sports games;
an input module operative for selecting a particular game from said plurality of sports games to be monitored by said system, and for entering winning points into said system while playing said particular game;
a microcontroller connected to said memory means and said input module, said microcontroller including a logical algorithm operative to correlate winning point entries from said input module with said official rules to determine fair play of said sports game without violation according to said official rules;
a display means connected to said microcontroller for showing a visual display on a scoreboard in real time game progress information and score display according to said score point award rules.

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Portable electronic scoreboard for officiating a sporting game

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Portable electronic scoreboard for officiating a sporting game

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