Pin fall detecting system
AssigneeQubicaAMF Worldwide, LLC
InventorsRoberto Vaioli, Joel Forbes
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Abstract
The present disclosure relates to a string bowling machine and, more particularly, to a string bowling machine provided with a hybrid pin fall detection mechanism for detecting fallen pins after ball impact. The pin fall detection system includes: a vision system positioned to detect a fallen pin; and a machine pin-string sliding detection system to detect movement of individual strings attached to individual pins and which is used in tandem with the vision system to accurately determine which pins of the individual pins have fallen after a throw of a bowling ball.
Claims20
A pin fall detection system comprising:
- a vision system positioned to detect a fallen pin;
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- a machine pin-string sliding detection system to detect movement of individual strings attached to individual pins and which is used in tandem with the vision system to accurately determine which pins of the individual pins have fallen after a throw of a bowling ball.
A system comprising:
- a vision system positioned to view a plurality of pins at an end of a bowling lane;
- a machine pin-string sliding detection system configured to detect movement of individual strings attached to individual pins;
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- a control system that is in communication with the vision system and the machine pin-string sliding detection system, the control system receiving data from the vision system and the machine pin-string sliding detection system as to which pins of the plurality of pins each of the vision system and the machine pin-string sliding detection system have detected to be fallen and which reconciles the data to determine which pins have fallen.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.