Dart Game Apparatus with Sensor-Based Multimedia Feedback
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Solution Overview
Problem
The traditional dart game lacks an entertainment element, as all processes are simple and focused on scoring, leading to a need for increased engagement and interaction.
Innovation Solution
A dart game apparatus that provides individualized multimedia information, including audio and video, based on player inputs and events, using a combination of sensors, cameras, and network connections to enhance the gaming experience.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If simple scoring processes are used in dart game, then the game is easy to operate and understand, but the entertainment element and player engagement are insufficient
Solution Approach 1:
The patent combines multiple functions into the dart game apparatus: sensing unit for detecting dart hits, processor for calculating scores and determining game events, memory for storing multimedia information, and output unit for providing audio-visual feedback. This integration allows the simple dart throwing action to generate rich entertainment content without complicating the basic operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The processor acts as an intermediary that receives simple input signals from the sensing unit about dart hit locations, processes this information according to game rules, and generates complex output signals that trigger multimedia feedback. This mediator transforms basic scoring data into engaging entertainment experiences including sounds, images, and game events.
2Adaptability or versatility
If multimedia information is added to enhance entertainment, then player engagement increases, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The output unit is designed with multi-functionality, capable of providing various types of entertainment feedback including audio output, visual display, and haptic feedback through a single integrated component structure. This allows the apparatus to deliver diverse multimedia experiences without proportionally increasing overall device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The apparatus automatically determines game events and selects appropriate multimedia feedback based on the sensed dart hit locations and game state, without requiring manual intervention or complex external control systems. The processor autonomously manages the coordination between sensing, scoring, and multimedia output, simplifying the overall system architecture.
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AI summary
Disclosed is a dart game apparatus according to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure. The dart game apparatus may include: a dart target capable of accommodating a thrown dart pin; a sensing unit sensing a hit location of a thrown dart pin; a controller determining score information depending on each of one or more dart pins thrown by a first player based on information on the hit location, which is received from the sensing unit, determining the determined respective score information of the first player to be output in response to throwing of the respective dart pins, permitting a second player to throw the dart pins when it is sensed that a round of the first player ends, determining the score information depending on each of one or more dart pins thrown by the second player, comparing the determined respective score information of the second player with current score information of the first player, and determining whether the current score information depending on throwing of the dart pins of the second player is output in association with comparison result information based on a result of the comparison; and an output unit outputting the score information depending on the throwing of the dart pins and the result information of the comparison according to the control by the controller.