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

Claim 12:
13. A bowling system, comprising:
a plurality of non-contact optical sensors which are configured to emit a light beam, the plurality of non-contact optical sensors are arranged along a length of a bowling lane and which are structured to track a position of a bowling ball as it is rolling down the bowling lane when its emitted light beam is broken by the bowling ball;
a lighting system configured to light the bowling lane in predetermined arrangements tracking the bowling ball as it rolls down the bowling lane, as the bowling ball is tracked by the one or more non-contact optical sensors as its light beam is broken by the bowling ball; 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 a lighting system control which controls to the lighting system to light the bowling lane as the bowling ball is tracked by the bowling ball breaking the light beam of the plurality of non-contact optical sensors,
wherein the plurality of non-contact optical sensors are provided on a side and along a length of the bowling lane and each of which are structured to emit the light beam toward the bowling lane and based on the break of the light beam, provide a signal to the electronic control system which uses the signal associated with breaking of the at least one light beam as detected by any of the plurality of non-contact optical sensors to detect a position of the bowling ball.