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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 31, 1993
Filed:
Apr. 09, 1992
Masahiro Tsujita, Osaka, JP;
Telesystems Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An automatic bowling scoring system comprises the first video camera for taking an image of player's throwing form, the second video camera for taking an image of pins, display means for displaying at least the image of the player's throwing form, the image of the pins and a picture for a game, and game advancing device for advancing the game according to state of a fallen down pin. The picture is a red pin one, a slot machine one, a parcheesi one or the like. With the red pin picture, when a pin corresponding to the red pin picture is fallen down a premium is given to a player. With the slot machine picture, when specified pins are fallen down a slot machine game is started to give a premium to the player. With the parcheesi picture, the parcheesi game is performed for each throwing.