Dart game with programmable displays
AssigneeArachnid, Inc.
InventorsPaul F. Beall, Eugene G. Harlan
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Abstract
In an electronic dartboard game having a visual display for providing players with game scores and the like, an apparatus for providing a customized image on the visual display when the electronic dartboard game is not in use is provided having, a processor operable in first or second modes. The first mode is responsive to game conditions for providing scoring information and the like to the visual display. The second mode is responsive to a manual input device for providing a customized image on the visual display. Additionally, there is provided an apparatus for transferring the processor from the first mode to the second and returning the processor to the first mode after the customized image has been entered.
Claims10
An electronic target game for automatically tallying and displaying the score of a game, wherein projectiles are thrown at a target board, said electronic target game comprising:
- a display;
- said target board comprising a plurality of moveable segments mounted to a switch martrix such that each segment is associated with at least one switch of said switch matrix such that movement of a segment activates at least one switch;
- a processor means responsive to the activation of the switches of said switch matrix in both a first mode and a second mode;
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- a means for placing said processor means in either said first mode or said second mode;
- said first mode responsive to activation of the switches of said switch matrix for providing game condition information to said display;
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- said second mode responsive to activation of the switches of said switch matrix for providing a customized image to said display when said electronic target game is not tallying and displaying said score of said game.
An electronic dartboard game for automatically tallying and displaying the score of a game wherein projectiles are thrown at a target head and for displaying a customized image comprising:
- a visual display operable in a first or second mode;
- input means for alternatively receiving scoring data or for entering customized image data, said display displaying said customized image when said electronic dartboard game is not tallying and displaying said score of said game;
- a first means responsive to game conditions to store said game conditions for display on said visual display;
- a second means responsive to said input means for programming a customized image for storing said customized image for display on said visual display;
- means for switching said visual display between said first and second modes;
- said first mode responsive to said first means for providing game condition information;
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- said second mode responsive to said second means for providing said customized image.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.