Patent ID: 6017278
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
A computerized bowling system for use with a bowling lane having plural pins, wherein a bowler rolls a ball down the lane to knock the pins down, the system comprising:automatic bowling lane equipment for automatically handling the pins, the automatic bowling lane equipment including a sensor for automatically sensing which pins have been knocked down by each roll of the ball, the automatic bowling lane equipment resetting the lane after the bowler bowls a frame; anda computer arrangement coupled to the bowling lane equipment, the computer arrangement outputting a set of predetermined pin fall objectives,wherein the computer arrangement automatically indicates when a bowler has successfully bowled a predetermined pin fall objective in the set, and wherein the quantity of pins the bowler knocks down with each roll of the ball is compared with a subset of a predetermined pattern for a possible match; and further wherein the outcome of the game is determined by the attainment, through the skill of the bowler in knocking down certain quantities of pins, of a combination of more than one subset match such that the combination establishes a particular arrangement, according to predetermined rules.