Patent ID: 6551205
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: A63B

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:a target having one or more designated areas; and circuitry operable for notifying a user when a moving object is in proximity to the one or more designated areas, wherein the moving object has been thrown by the user at the target, wherein the target comprises one or more surfaces having the one or more designated areas, wherein the notifying circuitry includes one or more sensors operable for detecting which of the one or more designated areas is nearest in proximity to the object, wherein the one or more sensors detect an impact of the object on one of the one or more surfaces, wherein one or more sensors are piezo film sensors, wherein the one or more surfaces include first and second parallel mats of flexible material mounted in a frame, wherein the first mat has a hole there through providing access to the second mat, wherein the first mat includes the first designated area and the second mat includes the second designated area, wherein an impact of the object in proximity to the second designated area occurs when the object passes through the hole and impacts the second mat.