Patent ID: 8234070
Filing Date: 2012-07-31
Classification: F41J

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for registering a scoring event comprising: a scoring area; a sensor, positioned in proximity to said scoring area, adapted to detect the scoring event, the scoring event resulting from the presence of a projectile in said scoring area, and to determine a path of the projectile while in said scoring area; a time tracking device adapted to keep track of time; a location detection device adapted to identify a location of said scoring area; a reference direction device adapted to identify a reference direction; a memory; and a controller, coupled to said sensor, said time tracking device, said location detection device, said reference direction device, and said memory, said controller adapted to determine, based on said path of the projectile and said reference direction, an angle of incidence, with respect to said reference direction, of the projectile, said controller adapted to determine a time of the scoring event in cooperation with said time tracking device and said sensor, said controller adapted to determine a location of the scoring event in cooperation with said location detection device and said sensor, and said controller adapted to record, in said memory, said occurrence of the scoring event, said angle of incidence, said time of the scoring event, and said location of the scoring event.