Target apparatus including transmitting/receiving dart

A target apparatus comprising a target of the type into which a projectile of conductive material may be embedded with part of the projectile still protruding from the target, and an associated automatic scoring arrangement, the target being divided into a plurality of separate beds each associated with a predetermined score that can be obtained by a player or sportsman causing a projectile to become embedded in that bed, each bed incorporating electrically conductive means for applying an electrical signal which is specific to that bed to a projectile embedded in said bed, the apparatus further including an aerial or antenna for receiving electromagnetic radiation radiating from part of a projectile protruding from a bed, and means responsive to a received signal for determining the score attributable to the projectile from which the radiation is emanating.

A target apparatus including:

• a target in which projectiles may be embedded, said target including a target face, the target face being divided into a plurality of beds, the beds being formed from substantially parallel fibres that are, or have been treated to be, conductive at least on the outer surfaces of said fibres adjacent the face of said target, said fibres in each bed extending substantially normally to the target face and being insulated from the fibres in adjacent beds;
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• at least one transmitting/receiving projectile, said conductive fibres comprising a means for passing electromagnetically transmitted signals between a bed and said at least one transmitting/receiving projectile embedded in said bed.

A target apparatus comprising a target of the type into which a projectile of conductive material may be embedded with a part of the projectile remaining protruding from the target, and an associated automatic scoring system, the target being divided into a plurality of separate beds, each bed associated with a predetermined score that can be obtained by a player causing a projectile to become embedded in that bed, each bed incorporating electrically conductive means for conducting a signal so that a projectile embedded in said bed will act as a first antenna for electromagnetic radiation corresponding to said signal, said apparatus further including a second antenna for receiving said electromagnetic radiation, thereby comprising means responsive to a signal transmitted by one of said antenna and received by the other of said antennae for determining the score attributable to the projectile.