Digital Target Display Ring for Adaptive Electronic Dart Games
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional electronic dart boards are limited in their ability to adapt to various games and provide a fixed numerical display, restricting their functionality and interactive experience, whereas existing modifications do not allow for reconfiguration or dynamic graphical changes based on game selection and events during play.
Innovation Solution
A multifunctional electronic dart board equipped with a digital target display ring (DTDR) that can display varied graphical images and sounds, allowing users to customize and reconfigure games, including novel options, by using a microprocessor and input devices to update graphics and scores in real-time.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed numerical display is used on electronic dart boards, then the device structure remains simple and manufacturing is easier, but the adaptability to various games and interactive experience is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies the dynamics principle by implementing a digital target display ring that can dynamically change its graphical content based on different game selections and events during play. The display transitions from static numerical values to dynamic graphical images that adapt to various game modes, thereby improving versatility without permanently increasing structural complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent implements universality by designing a single electronic dart board system that can support multiple game types through software configuration rather than requiring different hardware configurations. The digital target display ring serves multiple functions by displaying different graphical images for different games, making the device universally adaptable to various game rules and formats.
2Adaptability or versatility
If static numerical values are displayed on the target area, then the display arrangement remains consistent and easy to manufacture, but the number of possible games is limited and reconfiguration is not possible
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional mechanical approach of physically changing target graphics with a digital display system. Instead of manufacturing different physical target faces for different games, the system uses a digital target display ring that can be programmed to show different graphical images, thereby enabling reconfiguration without increasing manufacturing complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent applies parameter changes by modifying the display content parameters of the target area through software control. The digital target display ring can change its displayed graphical images by altering display parameters such as image selection, positioning, and configuration, allowing the same physical device to support multiple game variations without physical modification.
3Adaptability or versatility
If the display arrangement is fixed in the standard 20, 1, 18, 4 sequence, then the board structure remains simple and reliable, but the game variety and user customization options are restricted
Solution Approach 1:
The patent makes the display configuration dynamic by allowing the digital target display ring to change its graphical arrangement based on selected game modes. The display can transition from the standard numerical sequence to various graphical configurations appropriate for different games, enabling game variety without permanently complicating the display structure.
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AI summary
The present invention features a dart board comprising a digital target display ring (DTDR) surrounding a target area. The DTDR is operatively connected to a controller with a microprocessor, wherein said microprocessor is configured to (a) receive an input signal from an input device when the input device is actuated, and (b) generate an output signal to the DTDR for the DTDR to display a unique graphic according to pre-programmed commands for the actuated input device.