Flight Path IP Ltd

Electric Shuffle IP Limited

Stephen Moore

Jason Dale

Paul Barham

A scoring system is disclosed for a shuffleboard tablehaving a sliding surfaceon which a puckcan be thrown. A camerais arranged to point in a directionthat is angled relative to the normalof the sliding surface. A puckcan be thrown and a computercan detect a moving object within a throwing zone. The computeranalyses whether the detected moving object corresponds to a valid puck. When all pucks are stationary on the sliding surfacethe computercan calculate a score.

Shuffleboard scoring system

A method is disclosed for automatically scoring a game of darts. The method involves obtaining an image of a dartboard () using three cameras (), detecting a visual disturbance in the image, and identifying a validly thrown dart if the visual disturbance includes a moving phase with a maximum temporal duration and successive images of the dartboard which exhibit differences. The visual disturbance should also include a stationary phase when the dart has been embedded in the dartboard (). The method also includes calculating a score for the validly thrown dart based on its stationary position relative to the dartboard. A lighting system for a dartboard is also disclosed where a LED strip light () is provided around a circumference of the dartboard and three spotlights () are provided above the dartboard.

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Wimbledon, United Kingdom

Stephen Moore