US 5,857,912 AGranted

System for playing on several dart game apparatuses set up remotely from one another

AssigneeNSM Aktiengesellschaft

InventorsBernd Freitag, Andreas Buchholz

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Abstract

The subject matter of the invention is a system allowing play on several games machines, in particular coin-operated machines, set up remotely from each other. The system comprises at least two games machines (2A, 2B) set up in different locations (A, B) and connected by a bi-directional connecting line (14). The games machines (2A, 2B) each have a target face (62) where the darts land and a device for detecting and displaying the position of a "hit" on the target face. The system also includes computers (6A, 6B) for processing, evaluating and transmitting data. A number of transmitter and receiver units are mounted outside the target face (62); their connecting paths across the target face (62, 70) form a raster and are intersected by darts landing on the target face. The raster is provided with co-ordinates, and data on the co-ordinate values of points at which the darts strike can be transmitted to another games machine for hit location and display.

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Dependent claims

A system for playing on several, coin-operated dart game apparatuses set up remotely from one another the system comprising,

having at least two game apparatuses (2A, 2B) set up in two different locations (A, B).
having a bidirectional connecting line (14) between the game apparatuses,
respectively having a target (62) subdivided into segments for receiving darts,
having an arrangement for detecting and displaying a hit position of a dart on the target,
having a computer (6A, 6B) for processing, evaluating and transmitting data,
having a number of transmitter elements and receiver elements which are fixedly arranged outside of the target, with the transmitter and receiver elements having connecting paths which form a raster over the target (62) and being intersected at a point by a dart landing on the target,
wherein coordinate values are associated with the raster,
wherein the values of the coordinates corresponding to the dart landing intersecting points are provided for a data transmission to another game apparatus for detecting and displaying a hit position.

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