Patent ID: 7247101
Filing Date: 2007-07-24
Classification: A63D

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for billiards practice, billiards comprising a billiard table having railings, the table having at least one billiard ball disposed thereon, a monitoring device positioned along one of the railings, the monitoring device having disposed therein a controller with memory, a program stored within the memory, the program having a plurality of data structures commanding and controlling the apparatus, the apparatus having a transmitting device and at least a pair of receiving devices to establish a field of view focused onto the table, the apparatus comprising: a) at least one communication data structure receiving at least one signal from at least one of the receiving devices, the receiving devices being responsive to a signal emitted by the transmitting device and reflected by the billiard ball; b) at least one responsive data structure transforming said at least one signal into indicator data; c) at least one determining data structure interpreting said indicator data to determine the position of the billiard ball within the field of view; and d) at least one broadcast data structure transforming said determined position of the billiard ball into a positional indicator of the billiard ball within the field of view.