# US 2018/0021657 A1 · System and method for displaying a baseball batter count > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2018/0021657 A1 - Document ID: US20180021657A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 15/656,395 - Filed: 2017-07-21 - Published: 2018-01-25 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-22 - Inventors: Joe Martin Ploegman - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20180021657A1 ## CPC - A63B 71/0669: {Score-keepers or score display devices} - A63B 71/0622: {Visual, audio or audio-visual systems for entertaining, instructing or motivating the user} - G09G 5/02: characterised by the way in which colour is displayed {(details of colour display specific for CRTs G09G1/28; specific for flat matrix panels other than liquid crystal displays G09G3/2003; specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - H04N 21/42204: {User interfaces specially adapted for controlling a client device through a remote control device; Remote control devices therefor (constructive details of casings for the remote control device H01H9/0235; user interfaces for controlling a tuning device of a television receiver through a remote control H03J9/00; remote control of peripheral devices connected to a television receiver through the remote control device of the television receiver H04B1/205)} - H04N 21/4312: {involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations} - H04N 21/4316: {for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window} - H04N 21/47: End-user applications - A63B 2102/18: Baseball, rounders or similar games - G09G 2320/0666: for control of colour parameters, e.g. colour temperature - G09G 2340/14: Solving problems related to the presentation of information to be displayed - H04N 21/42209: {for displaying non-command information, e.g. electronic programme guide [EPG], e-mail, messages or a second television channel} - H04N 21/478: Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application - H04N 21/812: {involving advertisement data (advertising per se G06Q30/02)} - H04N 21/8133: {specifically related to the content, e.g. biography of the actors in a movie, detailed information about an article seen in a video programme} - A63B: APPARATUS FOR PHYSICAL TRAINING, GYMNASTICS, SWIMMING, CLIMBING, OR FENCING; BALL GAMES; TRAINING EQUIPMENT (apparatus for passive exercising, massage A61H) - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION ## Abstract A method for depicting a batter count box on a display is provided. The method includes the steps of employing a plurality of pixelated sections, with the plurality of pixelated sections including a pixelated balls section and a pixelated strikes section within the batter count box. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for depicting a batter count box on a display, the method comprising the steps of: employing a plurality of pixelated sections, with the plurality of pixelated sections including a pixelated balls section and a pixelated strikes section within the batter count box. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the count box comprises an area on the display that includes the plurality of pixelated sections. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pixelated balls sections are arranged horizontally in the batter count box. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pixelated strikes sections are arranged vertically in the batter count box. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein at least one of the plurality of pixelated sections include a color. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pixelated balls sections include a first color, and the plurality of pixelated strikes sections include a second color. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the count box includes an advertisement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the count box includes a logo of a baseball team. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pixelated balls sections and the plurality of pixelated strikes sections are arranged either horizontally or vertically in the batter count box. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the plurality of pixelated balls sections and the plurality of pixelated strikes sections are illuminated sequentially to depict a batter count. ### Claim 11 A method for depicting a batter count box on a display, the method comprising the steps of: employing a plurality of pixelated sections, with the plurality of pixelated sections including: a pixelated balls section arranged horizontally in the batter count box, the pixelated balls section including a first color; and a pixelated strikes section arranged vertically in the batter count box, the pixelated strikes section including a second color. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the count box comprises an area on the display that includes the plurality of pixelated sections. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the count box includes an advertisement. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the count box includes a logo of a baseball team. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the plurality of pixelated balls sections and the plurality of pixelated strikes sections are illuminated sequentially to depict a batter count. ### Claim 16 A non-transitory machine readable storage medium having stored thereon a computer program for depicting a batter count box on a display, the computer program comprising a routine of set instructions for causing the machine to perform the steps of: employing a plurality of pixelated sections, with the plurality of pixelated sections including a pixelated balls section and a pixelated strikes section within the batter count box. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the plurality of pixelated balls sections are arranged horizontally in the batter count box. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein the plurality of pixelated strikes sections are arranged vertically in the batter count box. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The non-transitory machine readable storage medium of claim 16, wherein at least one of the plurality of pixelated sections include a color. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The method of claim 1, wherein the count box includes an advertisement.