Display unit for bowling alley
AssigneeTelesystems Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Tsujita
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Abstract
The display unit includes a plurality of display devices provided in a unit of one lane or a plurality of lanes and each incorporating a wall surface corresponding to the unit and covering the pin setter above the lane as their respective display surfaces, and a display controller for controlling the display according to specified states such as a pin state after a bowl, a score counting state of the bowling game, or a state of a game other than the bowling game which is run based on the pin state or the counted score.
Claims10
A display unit for a bowling alley having a plurality of lanes, the display unit comprising:
- a plurality of light emitters provided at a ceiling portion, or its peripheries, positioned above each of the plurality of lanes;
- and
- a light emitter drive controller configured to control the plurality of light emitters across the plurality of lanes according to a specified pin state of bowling pins in at least one of the plurality of lanes, wherein
- said plurality of light emitters extends substantially along a length of the plurality of lanes.
A display unit for a bowling alley having a plurality of lanes, an approach area corresponding to each of said lanes, and a pin setter corresponding to each of said lanes, the display unit comprising:
- a plurality of display devices each having a support and a display surface, wherein each display device is associated with at least one of said lanes and at least one of said corresponding pin setters;
- and
- a display controller for controlling display contents of the plurality of display devices according to a specified pin state, wherein
- said support is located beside said at least one associated lane and proximate said at least one associated pin setter,
- said display surface is located proximate to said associated at least one pin setter,
- said display control is configured to cause said display contents of at least two display devices to form a combined image, and
- said display device masks said at least one associated pin setter from view by a bowler standing in said approach to said associated lane.
A display unit for a bowling alley having a lane, the display unit comprising:
- a plurality of light emitters provided at a ceiling portion, or its peripheries, positioned above the lane;
- and
- a light emitter drive controller configured to control the plurality of light emitters according to a specified pin state of bowling pins, wherein the plurality of light emitters extends substantially along a length of said lane, and the light-emitter drive controller controls a display of a light-emitting pattern of the light emitters by controlling a switching of the light emitters between a light-emitting state and a non-light-emitting state.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.