Bowling game apparatus with pin toppling device and ball detector
AssigneeBLD Oriental Co., Ltd.
InventorYasushi Ochi
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Abstract
Bowling game apparatus allowing even children of little strength to obtain high score by strikes and spares. The bowling game apparatus comprising an approach as an area where players roll a ball, a lane extending from the approach and on which the ball the players bowl rolls, a plurality of pins arranged and placed on the end of the lane and trough-like gutters is further provided with pin toppling means (20) for overturning several pins individually, bowling ball detectors (35) for detecting a ball rolling down the lane, controllers (41), (45) for timing the actuation of pin toppling means (20) to the collision of the ball with the pins on the basis of a detection signal from bowling ball detector (35) to overturn previous selection from the pins.
Claims20
A bowling game apparatus utilizing a bowling ball, comprising:
- an approach area where a player carries out bowling actions;
- a lane extending from said approach area and on which the bowling ball bowled by the player rolls;
- a plurality of pins arranged and placed on an end of said lane opposite said approach area;
- a pin toppling means for toppling each of said plurality of pins individually;
- a ball detecting means for detecting the bowling ball rolling down said lane;
- and
- a control means for actuating said pin toppling means on the basis of a detection signal from said ball detecting means, said actuating being timed to collision of the bowling ball with said plurality of pins, to topple preestablished pins among said plurality of pins,
- wherein said control means comprises:
- a first processing section for determining, on the basis of handicaps established in accordance with the player's skill level, in which frames of a game to actuate said pin toppling means;
- and
- a second processing section for monitoring the progress of the game and actuating said pin toppling means when the game reaches the frames determined by said first processing section.
A bowling game apparatus utilizing a bowling ball, comprising:
- an approach area where a player carries out bowling actions;
- a lane extending from said approach area and on which the bowling ball bowled by the player rolls;
- a plurality of pins arranged and placed on an end of said lane opposite said approach area;
- a pin toppling means for toppling each of said plurality of pins individually;
- a ball detecting means for detecting the bowling ball rolling down said lane;
- and
- a control means for actuating said pin toppling means on the basis of a detection signal from said ball detecting means, said actuating being timed to collision of the bowling ball with said plurality of pins, to topple preestablished pins among said plurality of pins,
- wherein said ball detecting means is configured to detect the ball's longitudinal and widthwise position on said lane,
- wherein said control means comprises:
- a first processing section for determining, on the basis of the widthwise position of the ball as detected by said ball detecting means, which pins to topple, and
- a second processing section for actuating said pin toppling means to topple the pins determined by said first processing section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.