# US 2014/0151965 A1 · Scoring system for archery

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- Number: US 2014/0151965 A1
- Document ID: US20140151965A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 14/131,018
- Filed: 2012-05-25
- Published: 2014-06-05
- Earliest claimed: 2011-07-07
- Inventors: Mihaly Garas
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140151965A1

## CPC

- F41J 3/0004: {Archery targets}
- F41J 3/02: Indicators or score boards for arrow or dart games {(F41J5/00 takes precedence; timetables, lists or forms for shooter enlistment B42D15/0066)}
- F41J 5/02: Photo-electric hit-detector systems {(comprising a light-emitting device for simulating the firing of a gun F41G3/2622; detecting by optical means G01V8/10)}
- F41J 5/06: Acoustic hit-indicating systems, i.e. detecting of shock waves (F41J5/056 takes precedence)
- F41J: TARGETS; TARGET RANGES; BULLET CATCHERS {(targets for shooting or hurling games A63F9/0204)}

## Abstract

The subject of the invention is a scoring system for archery, which is capable of detecting the scores in an electronic manner, and it is suitable for evaluation and displaying the obtained data. The system according to the invention contains arrow catch (1), which is provided with detector unit (3) that detects the impact of arrow (2) and determines its position, and also contains a processing and evaluating unit (4) which is in wired or in wireless connection, and a display unit (5). It is characterised by that, the detecting unit (3) is established as the frame or in the frame of the arrow catch (1), and the detectors (22) or distance meters (30) used for determining the position of arrows (2) in the target (6) are mounted on the position detecting carriages (13, 14) that move in X-Y directions, the driving of which is made by one of the known methods along the X-Y coordinates linearly along respective straight lines, and preferably a step counter, encoder (15) is used for accurately determining the position of the movement along the straight line, which gives the position on the basis of pulses counted in proportion to the movement. In one preferred embodiement of the system according to invention a number of arrow catches (1) are used, together with a number of associated detecting units (3), as well as one or more display units (5) belonging to the detecting units (3) are used.

## Claims

### Claim 1

Scoring system for archery, which is suitable in archery for detecting the scores in an electronic manner, including the evaluation and displaying of data obtained, and the system contains arrow catch (1), which is provided with detector unit (3) that detects the impact of arrow (2) and determines its position, and also contains a processing and evaluating unit (4) which is in wired or in wireless connection, and a display unit (5),
characterised by that,
the detecting unit (3) is established as the frame or in the frame of the arrow catch (1), and the detectors (22) or distance meters (30) used for determining the position of arrows (2) in the target (6) are mounted on the position detecting carriages (13, 14) that move in X-Y directions, the driving of which is made by one of the known methods along the X-Y coordinates linearly along respective straight lines, and preferably a step counter, encoder (15) is used for accurately determining the position of the movement along the straight line, which gives the position on the basis of pulses counted in proportion to the movement.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, a number of arrow catches (1) are used, together with a number of associated detecting units (3), as well as one or more display units (5) belonging to the detecting units (3) are used.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the driving of position detecting carriages (13, 14) in X-Y direction is made by means of belt, rack and pinion or spiral shaft, and the linear guidance (25) is ensured by long groove, or rod, or rail.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the driving of position detecting carriages (13, 14) is made with common drive jointly with a single motor (23), or independently of each other, separately with two motors (23).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the position detection applied in the detecting unit (3) takes place on the basis of reflection, and/or with the principle of object reflection, and/or with distance measurement.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the determination of the lateral position is made with the magnetic physical principle, or with stepping motor (23).

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the position data of one or more arrows (2) already in the target (1) are considered during the operation of the system as earlier local data for detecting a new position, and the detection and scanning of the new position takes place upon the impact of the new arrow (2).

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the mechanical and sound wave generated by the impact of the arrow (2) in the arrow catch (1) is detected by the sound and/or vibration detector (27), and the signal of this sound and/or vibration detector (27) initiates the new position scanning.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

System according claim 1, characterised by that, the detecting unit (3) of the system is combined with position finding process based on the detection of sound and/or vibration, for which purpose sound and/or vibration detectors (27) are installed at a number of points of the detecting unit (3), which provide additional information about the area where the last arrow (2) has impacted the arrow catch (1), where preferably four sound and/or vibration detectors (27) are used, and from the signal provided by them the time is determined that has elapsed from the impact until the sound or vibration reaches the sound and/or vibration detectors (27), and then distance data are calculated by means of triangulation method considering the known size of the target (6), which determine and improve the accuracy of the position of the last shot after comparing them to the data obtained with optical scanning.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

System according to the claim 9, characterised by that, the time periods (t0, t1, t2, t3) elapsed from the impact until the sound wave (SW) or vibration reaches the various sound and/or vibration detectors (27) are used from among the signals obtained by the sound and/or vibration detectors (27) about the sound and/or mechanical wave caused by the impact of the arrow (2), for improving the accuracy of determining the position, preferably the position of the arrows (2) being in the covered zone.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

System according to claim 10, characterised by that, the sound and/or vibration detectors (27) are installed in the detecting unit (3) in symmetric or asymmetric way at the various points of the detecting unit (3).

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the process of positioning the target (6), evaluation of scores, determination of position and display are made as follows:
in the first step the equipment of the system are switched on, put into operation, then the target (6) is placed on the arrow catches (1),
then target (6) is centred, during the process of which the location and centre of the target (6) is determined relative to the arrow catch (1), and this points gives the reference point that corresponds to a given physical point of the target (6) detected and scanned electronically, in the given case to the centre of target (6),
the centre of the target (6) is marked during the centering process with a spike by pushing the spike in the middle of the target, or by pointing an arrow (2) to the centre of the target (6), and then a reading process is initiated with the pushbutton located on the detecting unit (3), during which process this position is memorized by the system as a reference position, and this information is send by the detecting unit (3) to the processing and evaluating unit (4) as basic data,
in the next step the type of the target (6) is selected on the processing and evaluating unit (4) in order to determine the tape of target (6) to which the shooting will be made,
this is followed by the shootings, the data evaluation and the displaying.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the detecting head is mounted on the position detecting carriage (13, 14) contains a detector (22) or distance meter (30), which is moved in one direction, and various methods are used for determining the distance, for instance infrared detector, laser or sound radar.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the detecting head contains one or more, or in the given case three detectors (22) or distance meters (30) on the position detecting carriage (13, 14), moved in one direction, and the two or more detectors (22) are shifted relative to one another, therefore, they provide different signals about the inclined position of the arrow (2) that has impacted in the arrow catch (1), which are converted to distance to determine the location of impact more accurately.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

System according to claim 1, characterised by that, the sound and/or vibration detector (27) is used in the detecting unit (3) for detecting the impact, which is in direct fixed connection or in indirect mechanical connection with the target catch (1).