Games using tangible projectile – Bowling – Handling of pin or pin representation
Patent
1996-08-30
1998-12-01
Harrison, Jessica
Games using tangible projectile
Bowling
Handling of pin or pin representation
A63F 922
Patent
active
058429298
ABSTRACT:
An instant replay system for a bowling scoring system is disclosed in which a video clip of a bowler's approach and deliver of a bowling ball and a video clip of the bowling ball subsequently entering a pin-fall area are filmed, compressed, and stored in a memory device, such as a hard drive. The instant replay system includes a controller for receiving user requests from a user input terminal of the bowling scoring system and for responding to such user requests by selecting a stored video clip and controlling playback of the selected video clip on a display monitor of the bowling scoring system. In this manner, a user may request that the replay video clip be played in at any selected rate, that the controller freeze the display on a specific video frame, and that the controller fast-forward or rewind the video clip. Further, the user may request the replay of any previously stored video clip by specifying the bowler, game, frame and ball of which the video clip is taken. The instant replay system may be networked to similar systems associated with other lanes of the bowling center and networked to a shared video server. The video server may transfer any one or more requested video clip to a VCR for transfer to a video tape at the request of a user entered at a scoring console. Further, the video server may transfer a selected video frame to a printer in response to a user's request.
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MacPherson David
Moody Erick R.
Phee Thomas G.
Sias William
Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corporation
Harrison Jessica
O'Neill Michael
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