Wireless Dartboard Scoring With Optical Dart Position Tracking
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing dart-throwing game scoreboards lack wireless communication capabilities and real-time monitoring of dart positions and scores, limiting player interaction and scoring accuracy.
Innovation Solution
A dart throwing game system with a dartboard and a monitor assembly that tracks dart positions and scores wirelessly, using cameras, laser beam emitters, and a control circuit to facilitate communication with a display for real-time scoring and player interaction.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a traditional scoreboard is used for dart-throwing games, then the structure is simple and easy to manufacture, but it lacks wireless communication capabilities and real-time monitoring of dart positions and scores
Solution Approach 1:
The system is divided into separate functional modules: a monitor assembly with cameras and laser beam emitter for tracking, a scoreboard for display, and wireless communication components. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function efficiently while maintaining overall system reliability through modular design.
Solution Approach 2:
Wireless communication acts as an intermediary between the monitor assembly and the scoreboard, enabling real-time data transmission without physical connections. This intermediary mechanism ensures accurate score transmission while simplifying the overall system architecture by eliminating complex wired interfaces.
2Adaptability or versatility
If wireless communication and real-time monitoring are added to the scoreboard, then player interaction and scoring accuracy are enhanced, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The monitor assembly serves multiple functions: it tracks dart positions using cameras, determines scoring zones using laser beam emitters, and transmits data wirelessly to the scoreboard. This multi-functionality enhances player interaction and scoring accuracy while avoiding the need for separate dedicated devices for each function.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements real-time feedback by continuously monitoring dart positions and immediately updating the scoreboard with current scores. This feedback mechanism enhances player interaction by providing immediate results and enabling dynamic gameplay adjustments, while the automated feedback process reduces the need for manual intervention.
3Measurement precision
If cameras and laser beam emitters are used to track dart positions, then measurement precision is improved, but the device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The camera system and laser beam emitter are integrated into a single monitor assembly that also houses the wireless communication components. This merging of functions reduces the overall number of separate devices needed, simplifying the monitoring system while maintaining high measurement precision through the coordinated operation of optical tracking and laser zone detection.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
Enables real-time wireless scoring and player interaction, enhancing the gaming experience by accurately tracking dart positions and displaying scores on a wall-mounted display.
Implementation Method 1
A flight is coupled to the back end of the shaft and is capable of gliding each dart through the air after being launched from the hand of the user
Implementation Method 2
A laser beam emitter is coupled to the front wall and is actuated to emit a laser beam towards a center of the front surface of the dartboard
Data Source
AI summary
A dart throwing game system for wirelessly communicating with multiple players includes a dart throwing game including a dartboard having a front surface and a plurality of darts being removably couplable to the dartboard. A monitor and scoreboard assembly monitors the dart throwing game and displays a score from the dart throwing game and is wirelessly communicable with at least one other assembly. The monitor and scoreboard assembly comprises a monitor tracking a position of each dart on the dartboard and recording the score of the dart throwing game. A display is mountable to a wall and receives the score from the monitor, wherein the display displays the score of the dart throwing game.