Patent ID: 11925853
Assignee: QUBICAAMF EUROPE S.P.A.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A bowling system, comprising:
a plurality non-contact optical sensors which are configured to detect a position of a bowling ball as it is rolling down a bowling lane by emitting a light beam;
a lighting system configured to light predetermined locations within a bowling centre in predetermined arrangements; and
an electronic control system which receives signals from the plurality of non-contact optical sensors, determines a position of the bowling ball on the bowling lane and provides signals to the lighting system to light the predetermined locations within the bowling centre in the predetermined arrangements,
wherein the plurality of optical non-contact sensors each of which are provided on a side and along a length of the bowling lane and each of which are structured to emit a light beam toward the bowling lane and provide a signal to the electronic control system when the light beam is broken by the bowling ball, and
wherein upon the bowling ball breaking the light beam emitted from the plurality of non-contact optical sensors toward the bowling lane of any of the plurality of non-contact optical sensors, the non-contact optical sensor which had its light beam broken provides the signal to the electronic control system which uses the signal to detect a position of the bowling ball as it rolls down the bowling lane.