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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 1993
Filed:
Jul. 02, 1991
David L Mowers, Muskegon, MI (US);
Santo A Lamantia, Woodridge, IL (US);
David J Mueller, Naperville, IL (US);
Bruce N Alleshouse, Wilmette, IL (US);
Victor S Barczyk, Upland, CA (US);
Gerald A Pierce, Redwood City, CA (US);
David C Wyland, San Jose, CA (US);
Lawrence E Demar, Chicago, IL (US);
Paul G Dussault, Barrington, IL (US);
Brunswick Bowling & Billiards Corp., Lake Forest, IL (US);
Abstract
A bowling center system includes a plurality of lane pair control systems each including a pin setting device for each lane, a pin setter control unit, a game scoring control unit, a bowler input station and a pair of overhead display monitors. A manager's control system provides accounting control over the bowling center system and is operable to communicate with a selected game control unit as necessary. A plurality of remote terminals are provided associated with selected ones of the lane pair control systems. Each remote terminal system includes a keyboard and a display monitor. The remote terminal operates under the control of the game unit to allow a user thereof to enter requests for video displays. The video displays include, the example, ball trajectory displays which illustrate the path of the ball in the bowling lane, or dynamic displays, such as for training, generated by video source devices associated with the manager's control system.