Patent ID: 7582022

Claim:
A bowling game apparatus utilizing a bowling ball, comprising: an approach area where a player carries out bowling actions; a lane extending from said approach area and on which the bowling ball bowled by the player rolls; a plurality of pins arranged and placed on an end of said lane opposite said approach area; a pin toppling means for toppling each of said plurality of pins individually; a ball detecting means for detecting the bowling ball rolling down said lane; and a control means for actuating said pin toppling means on the basis of a detection signal from said ball detecting means, said actuating being timed to collision of the bowling ball with said plurality of pins, to topple preestablished pins among said plurality of pins, wherein said control means comprises: a first processing section for determining, on the basis of handicaps established in accordance with the player's skill level, in which frames of a game to actuate said pin toppling means; and a second processing section for monitoring the progress of the game and actuating said pin toppling means when the game reaches the frames determined by said first processing section.