Methods and apparatus for automated bocce measurement and scoring
OwnerGregory J. Seitainventor
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Abstract
Systems and methods for measuring distances between a pallino and one or more bocce balls on a bocce court. More particularly, one or more cameras are mounted above the bocce court which detect the position of the bocce balls and the pallino and use one or more algorithms to make a distance measurement from each bocce ball to the pallino. These distances can then be sorted from closest to furthest such that scoring results can instantly be shown on a monitor mounted in or near the bocce court. A scoring function can keep track of a cumulative score, round by round, until a team or player is declared the winner.
Claims18
A method of measuring distances between two or more balls on a bocce court, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing one or more cameras, each of the one or more cameras positioned above the court and configured to image at least a portion of the bocce court;
- obtaining an image of the bocce court from at least one of the one or more cameras;
- calculating, using the image, a distance between two of the balls on the bocce court.
A system for distances between two or more balls on a bocce court, the system comprising:
- one or more cameras configured to be positioned above at least a portion of the bocce court and further configured to obtain an image of said portion of the bocce court;
- a processor in communication with the one or more cameras, the processor configured to calculate, using the image, a distance between two or more balls on the bocce court.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.