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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 4142236 | Electronic scorecard for golf An electronic scorecard for golf includes a keyboard having keys or switches representative of the digits 0-9 and commands. A preprogrammed microprocessor is responsive to manipulation of the keyboard to store in memory golf course data and player scoring... | 02/27/1979 |
| 4140314 | Bowling pin detection system An acoustic pin detecting and locating device is disclosed, comprising a linear array of transducers mounted on each kickball wall. A microprocessor sequentially energizes each transducer with a short burst of high frequency pulses; the reflections from s... | 02/20/1979 |
| 4131948 | Electronic bowling scoring system with bus communication between manager console and lane score consoles An automatic bowling scoring system is disclosed including a central manager's console unit linked in over a plurality of communication buses with a plurality of lane score processors having printing and CRT display monitor units. The manager's console se... | 12/26/1978 |
| 4130871 | Bridge game scoring and display computer An electronic computer for computing and displaying the scores of the parties engaged in conventional games of Bridge receives inputs before each hand of the winning bid, the party winning the bid, and whether the winning party is doubled or redoubled; an... | 12/19/1978 |
| 4129299 | Apparatus for hit scoring targets A target scoring apparatus for detecting hits on a target regardless of location of the hits and inhibiting the effect of hits on the target holder assembly which includes the location of a sensor on the target holder assembly to inhibit the signal which ... | 12/12/1978 |
| 4092727 | Bowling scorer Scorekeeping means for computing bowling scores is provided having positionable input switches, one for each possible ball to be rolled, for recording ball-by-ball pinfall, strikes and spares; a computing device selectively energized to calculate individu... | 05/30/1978 |
| 4025900 | Race tally apparatus An apparatus for tallying the finish results of a plurality of racing members includes for each one of the racing members a sensor having properties for providing an electrical signal in response to the arrival of the associated racing member at a finish ... | 05/24/1977 |
| 3974483 | Time-shareable automatic bowling score computer An automatic scoring system for the game of bowling utilizing 30 scratch memories arranged in 10 successive groups of three, corresponding to the three possible score additions in each of ten successive bowling frames. Input information in the form of suc... | 08/10/1976 |
| 3959640 | Computer and display system for scoring athletic events Score inputs are provided from remote locations from a number of judges who individually score the contestants. A central operator at a control console enters for each event the position, degree of difficulty and athlete identification numbers. In accorda... | 05/25/1976 |
