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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Dec. 23, 1982
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Development Finance Corporation of New Zealand, Auckland, NZ;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
273 / ; 273 / ; 273 / ; 273 / ;
Abstract
Electronic arrangement for detecting and identifying individual balls in a table ball game involves the use of two or more distinct code elements embedded in the balls. When applied to a pool table, the balls landing in the pockets are conveyed by inclined ducts to an electronic detector coupled to a scoring device. The detector recognizes the resonant frequency of each code element and compares the codes detected with the combination of codes assigned to the different balls. The application of the invention to Kelly Pool and Poker Pool is described.