Patent ID: 7175182
Filing Date: 2007-02-13
Classification: F41J

Abstract:
1. An automatic score dartboard assembly, comprising: a base; a circular dartboard attached to the base and having a thickness, an outer edge and a front face divided into multiple score segments; a support attached to the base around the circular dartboard at a specific distance from the outer edge of the dartboard and having a height larger than the thickness of the circular dartboard and an inside surface; at least one imaging element with a specific field of view attached to the inside surface of the support higher than the front face of the dartboard to obtain an image of the front face of the circular dartboard; and a main control circuit having an image processor and a memory device connected to allow two-way communication, wherein the image processor is connected to the at least one imaging element to periodically obtain an image of the front face of the circular dartboard, and the memory device stores at least one baseline front face image to compare with each new image obtained from the at least one imaging element to determine a dart's score.