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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7857317 | Game machine and game method A game machine is provided with a target, a CRT, a card reader and a cash-box on a front face. A player inserts his own ID card into the card reader. The CRT displays information concerning a game and has a function of a game display when a game adopting darts is ex... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7361083 | Multimedia system and method for remote monitoring or refereeing in dart machines A system and method which comprises a plurality of amusement machines (i.e., video games, flipper games, pinball machines, prize dispensing games, arcade games, electronic darts, kiddie rides, pool tables, golf games, basketball games, billiards, redemption games, s... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7258344 | Electronically-scored game providing audible feedback and method of use An electronically-scored game comprises an electronic controller and at least one sensor operatively connected with the controller, the at least one sensor adapted to detect at least one activity associated with the game and to generate a signal. A memory stores inf... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7213724 | Table tennis ball delivery device A table tennis ball delivery device adapted to be secured to or adjacent the side of a table tennis table for directing a ball to a player upon the activation of a switch by the player. The device includes a chamber for carrying a supply of table tennis balls, a bal... | 05/08/2007 |
| 7204489 | Collapsible corrugated target for tank gunnery practice This invention is a new-type, full-scale, tank-target silhouette for use in tank gunnery practice with the main gun of a tank. The new target employs lightweight sheet material that is corrugated in the manner of an accordion-door (or pleated) configuration to produ... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7194900 | Collision reaction force measurement apparatus A collision reaction force measurement apparatus has a collision surface receiving a collision of a portable electronic device and a measurement part measuring a collision reaction force occurring when the portable electronic device makes the collision against the c... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7179179 | Device for improving pitching performance An air mattress has a resilient front panel, an opposed rear panel and at least one interior panel extending therebetween dividing the mattress into ball and strike chambers. A ball air valve attached to the rear panel at the ball chamber activates in response to a ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7165746 | Vibration motor primary flight control actuator The invention provides an actuator for a control surface (7), in particular for a primary flight control of an aircraft, the actuator including a main actuator (3) in a main control line (1) for actuating the control surface (7), the actu... | 01/23/2007 |
| 6975859 | Remote target control system A remote target control system utilizes a telephone as an input device to enable remote control of targets. Preferably, the telephone is in the form of a cordless handset and a base unit so that the user can activate the remote control system from a substantial dist... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6837495 | Electronically interactive target game An Electronically Interactive Target Game to be played indoors by children, wherein the target is a flexible sheet hung on a wall or attached to a portable stand; and has mural-like artwork on the sheet portraying characters playing an action sport. A projectile cor... | 01/04/2005 |
| 6823992 | Tool carrying and storage case A storage and carrying case includes semi-rigid spaced end panels and a semi-rigid bottom panel all joined together by means of a fabric over layer and a fabric under layer which are stitched together by a binding which also connects to front and back panels to form... | 11/30/2004 |
| 6669477 | System and method for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles A time-difference process and apparatus for scoring supersonic aerial projectiles, such as military aircraft air-to-ground strafing projectiles fired at a strafe target, by detecting and measuring the acoustic shock waves propagated by the projectiles. Th... | 12/30/2003 |
| 6367800 | Projectile impact location determination system and method An impact location determination system (20) includes a damage resistant strike plate (22) having a planar surface (26) adapted to be impacted by a projectile (28). Pressure sensor assemblies (55) are embedded in the strike plate (22) and detect a pressur... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6196844 | Integrated target system The present invention concerns the integration of laser engagement systems such as the MITS and MILES laser systems with standard two dimensional silhouettes, thereby creating a silhouette which can be defeated by laser fire. A laser enhanced silhouette a... | 03/06/2001 |
| 6109614 | Remote sensing apparatus of supersonic projectile A remote targeting apparatus and method comprising surrounding a projectile target with a sensor array, computing projectile impact data, transmitting the data receiving the data at a controller; and displaying information corresponding to the data. RF tr... | 08/29/2000 |
| 5944317 | Shock wave scoring apparatus employing dual concentric curved rod sensors This invention is an automatic gunnery system, responsive to airborne acoustic shock waves produced by a projectile passing through a target area. The invention relates specifically to the "hit" location of the said projectile for the condition when the f... | 08/31/1999 |
| 5908194 | Sport target device and method A durable, rigid, low-cost device to sense an impact of a ball over a wide area and to provide response to a user that said impact has occurred. The sensing mechanism is a low-cost acoustic sensor, acoustically coupled to an essentially single sheet of pl... | 06/01/1999 |
| 5883569 | Impact-responsive signal transmitting device A mobile object with circuitry which transmits a signal upon impact of the object. The signal is received by a receiver which generates a sound in accordance with the signal. The occurrence of an impact can be detected by the contacting of conductive laye... | 03/16/1999 |
| 5806848 | Apparatus for determining a speed of a projectile An apparatus for determining a speed of a projectile uses control logic and a single acoustic sensor connected to the control logic. The control logic includes a pulsing clock. The control logic starts the clock upon receiving a first signal from the acou... | 09/15/1998 |
| 5648752 | Dart game electronic scorekeeping device A dart game electronic scorekeeping device including a case. The case has an upper surface and a periphery formed of a pair of opposed side edges, an upper edge, and a lower edge. A game switch selection mechanism is extended through the case for allowing... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5478077 | Object collision point detecting apparatus An apparatus for use in training or playing in various shooting games, such as for a golf approach shot, baseball batting, or gun shooting. A target screen is provided opposite to a shooting point from which a ball or the like is shot out. Four microphone... | 12/26/1995 |
| 5447315 | Method and apparatus for sensing speed and position of projectile striking a target A method and apparatus is disclosed for sensing the position and speed (force) of a projectile striking a target of arbitrary size and shape. The strike produces an acoustic shock wave which travels outward from the point of impact, striking several acous... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5447436 | Apparatus and method of magnetically coupling acoustic signals into a tactical engagement simulation system for detecting indirect fire weapons To simulate the output of a laser to a Multiple Integrated Laser Engagement ystem (MILES), an electronic circuit having a PLL subcircuit and a microprocessor is used to detect an acoustic signal having a predetermined frequency and pulse rate. Upon detecti... | 09/05/1995 |
| 5403017 | Target lifter with impact sensing This is a commercial capable heavy lifter capable of rotating or levering large objects up and down by remote control. When used to so raise and lower targets on a firing range, the target can be dropped automatically when the target receives one or more ... | 04/04/1995 |
| 5401033 | Dart game with random target number generator A dart game and a method of controlling a dart game wherein numbers corresponding to targets to be aimed at by a player are randomly generated throughout the play of the game until a predetermined number of target values have become fixed by being marked ... | 03/28/1995 |
| 5346210 | Object locator system An object locating system, especially for use in locating a gaming ball in the game of football, utilizes a series of three sensors positioned on one side of a football playing field and a calibration source positioned on the other side. The calibration s... | 09/13/1994 |
| 5314195 | Dart game A dart game includes a target board (22) with segments which are movably mounted between radial ribs (24) and concentric ribs (26) to receive the darts. Each segment has a switch which is actuated when a dart hits the segment and which is connected to a h... | 05/24/1994 |
| 5207579 | Antipersonnel training mine An acoustic training mine simulator system for use with the pre-existing tiple Integrated Laser Engagement System (MILES). The MILES, located on a target, responds to the acoustic output of said mine simulator upon simulated detonation. The MILES acousti... | 05/04/1993 |
| 5095433 | Target reporting system A target reporting system utilizes a flexible target sheet having a target image thereon. Preferably, the sheet is positioned in a substantially planar configuration. A plurality of sensors affixed to the target sheet are arranged for detecting vibrations... | 03/10/1992 |
| 5092607 | Ballistic impact indicator A ballistic impact indicator, for alerting a marksman that a bullet has struck a target, includes a vibration sensor mounted to an adjustable clamp for removably securing the vibration sensor to target board. The vibration sensor is electrically coupled b... | 03/03/1992 |
| 5029866 | Apparatus and method for determining projectile impact locations This invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining projectile impact locations and, in a specific application, to determining a golfer's performance in using a particular club, such as a specific iron. The apparatus has an array of a plural... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5025424 | Shock wave scoring apparatus employing curved rod sensors This invention is an automatic gunnery system, responsive to airborne acoustic shock waves produced by a projectile passing through a target area. Curved elongated acoustic energy conductors are located adjacent to one side of said target area with acoust... | 06/18/1991 |
| 4955967 | Electronically scored dart game with missed dart detection system A detection system for detecting darts which have missed the target in an electronically secored dart game is comprised of first audio sensor circuitry located proximate to the dart board target for detecting sounds created when a dart strikes either the ... | 09/11/1990 |
| 4898388 | Apparatus and method for determining projectile impact locations This invention relates to an apparatus and method for determining projectile impact locations and, in a specific application, to determining a golfer's performance in using a particular club, such as a specific iorn. The apparatus has an array of a plural... | 02/06/1990 |
| 4885725 | Position measuring apparatus and method The position of a projectile travelling at a supersonic velocity is sensed by two triangular arrays of transducers 10,11 which are located below and close to the plane of a target area 14 through which the projectile passes. Signals from the transducers a... | 12/05/1989 |
| 4865329 | Retainer means for use with a hit sensor A retainer for use with a hit sensor in firing exercises with targets that are interechangeably arranged at a remote distance is formed with a piezoelectric element which within a recess of a clamping device is embedded in a molded insulating material and... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4807887 | Missed hit and player proximity detection system for electronic projectile game A novel missed-hit detection and player proximity detection system for an electronic, automatically scored projectile target game apparatus wherein the scoring system thereof is automatically deactivated whenever a player comes within a proscribed distanc... | 02/28/1989 |
| 4805159 | Acquistion of a projectile trajectory past a moving target The minimum distance between a passing projectile and a training (dummy) target is ascertained by means of four shock wave responsive transducers in the target, two of which are aligned with the target's propagation and the transit time differential of re... | 02/14/1989 |
| 4743032 | Multiple target mechanism A mechanism is disclosed for presenting a multiplicity of targets to a shooter in a firing range. The mechanism has a plurality of generally planar targets, each attached to a crank arm which, in turn, is attached to an actuating device. The device has an... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4662845 | Target system for laser marksmanship training devices A target system for laser marksmanship training devices is comprised of one or more photodetectors mounted on a target and sensitive to one or more pulses of the operating wavelength of a laser beam simulating the projectile of a weapon. An amplifier incr... | 05/05/1987 |
