Patent ID: 11898826
Assignee: PHOENIXDARTS CO., LTD.
Field: Other special machines (Mechanical engineering)
Classification: CPC F  G | IPC F  G

Claim 0:
1. A dart game apparatus comprising:
a dart target having a plurality of score areas;
a sensor configured to sense a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target;
a display unit providing a display area surrounding the dart target; and
a controller determining an event effect based at least partially on the sensed hit location of the dart pin, and controlling the display unit output of the event effect at a time subsequent to the sensor sensing the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target;
a pre-event generation determination unit determining whether a predetermined event occurs at least partially based on progress information of a dart game which is currently in progress before the dart pin is thrown; and
a pre-event effect determination unit determining a location to which a pre-event effect displayed in the display area is output based on an event which occurs when the predetermined event occurs,
wherein the display area and the dart target occupy an entire front surface of the dart game apparatus and the event effect comprises a visual effect displayed over the entire front surface of the dart game apparatus.