Patent ID: 8578920
Filing Date: 2013-11-12
Classification: F41A,F41B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A paintball reservoir hopper apparatus for capturing imagery of play action and for supplying paintballs to a connected paintball marker, said hopper comprising: (a) a paintball reservoir hopper exhibiting a forward end away from a player using said hopper, a rear end facing toward a player using said hopper, left and right lateral side portions, a top portion and a bottom portion, said reservoir hopper having: (b) at least one camera integrated into said reservoir hopper, powered by said one or more batteries and positioned to capture images from at least one of a forward direction, a left lateral direction, a right lateral direction and a rear direction, said at least one camera receiving power from said one or more batteries; (c) recordable storage media associated with said camera that is able to store captured images for later analysis and playback; and (d) an image display located at said rear end of said hopper and electrically associated with said at least one camera to permit the display of images captured by said at least one camera.