KR20150137672A - Method and apparatus for measuring the speed of dart pin to provide the user and computer-readable medium thereof - Google Patents

Abstract

Disclosed is an apparatus for a dart game to provide a result to a player after measuring a throwing speed of a dart pin. The apparatus for a dart game comprises: a speed measuring unit which measures the speed of the dart pin at any period or a time point in time from a throwing time point of the dart pin to a reaching time point on a dart board; a controlling unit which loads dart game data including speed information, and generates feedback information including the measured speed; and a display unit which displays the feedback information.

Description

[0001] METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MEASURING THE SPEED OF DART PIN TO PROVIDE THE USER AND COMPUTER READABLE MEDIUM THEREOF [0002]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a dart game apparatus, and more particularly, to measure the speed of a dart pin and provide it to a user.

In general, a dart means "small arrow", and the score is given by throwing an arrow-shaped dart pin to the target of the centrifugal number with a number. Darts have the advantage of being able to enjoy darts in the form of arrowheads, and anyone, anywhere, anytime, with a dart target. In recent years, the development of a variety of game methods and scoring methodology has evolved into a world-class leisure, enjoying the game easily and without a man or woman.

In general, dart players must participate in the game at the same time and place to enjoy darts. However, according to the development of communication technology, participants participating in a dart game at a remote place so that participants of the dart game can participate in the game beyond time and space restrictions, and can transmit their play result or play process remotely through the communication network Dart game devices have been developed. These electronic dart game devices electrically sense the point where the dart target is hit, and can automatically score and provide the score to the player.

Such a dart game generally does not measure and utilize the projected speed in spite of the fact that it is a game of throwing a projectile (for example, a dart pin) unlike another projection game (for example, baseball).

Thus, in order to enhance the entertainment aspect in playing a dart game, there may be a need in the art to measure and utilize the speed of the projected dart pin.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been devised in response to the above-described background art, and is intended to measure the speed of a dart pin in a dart game apparatus and utilize it.

The present invention is intended to provide a player with new types of information in playing a dart game by measuring the throwing speed of a dart pin and using it.

The present invention is able to provide more variety of dart game modes by utilizing the throwing speed of the dart pins so as to allow the player to enjoy enhanced dart games with an entertainment aspect.

The present invention is to provide a player with new types of information in playing a dart game by measuring the throwing speed of a dart pin and providing comparison information with other players.

The present invention is intended to provide players with new types of information in playing dart games by measuring the throwing speed of the dart pins and providing the player's past records and comparison information.

An electronic dart game device capable of measuring the speed of a dart pin and providing the measured speed to a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention for realizing the above-mentioned problems is disclosed. The apparatus includes a speed measuring unit for measuring a speed of a dart pin at an arbitrary section or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dart board, A control unit for generating feedback information including a speed, and a display unit for displaying the feedback information.

Also disclosed is a method for measuring and providing a speed of a dart pin to a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The method includes the steps of: measuring the speed of a dart pin at an arbitrary time or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dartboard; loading the dart game data including the speed information; Generating feedback information to include the feedback information, and displaying the feedback information.

Additionally, a computer-readable medium is disclosed that stores instructions for a computer to measure the speed of a dart pin and provide it to a user, in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention. The instructions include instructions for causing a computer to measure the speed of a dart pin at any time or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dartboard, And to generate feedback information including the measured velocity, and instructions for causing the computer to display feedback information.

The present invention can provide a dart game device that measures the speed of a dart pin in a dart game device and utilizes it.

The present invention can provide a new type of information to the player in playing a dart game by measuring the throwing speed of the dart pin and using it.

By utilizing the throwing speed of the dart pins, the present invention can provide a wider variety of dart game modes, allowing the player to enjoy an enhanced dart game with an entertainment aspect.

The present invention provides a new type of information to a player in playing a dart game by measuring the throwing speed of the dart pin and providing comparison information with other players.

The present invention provides a player with a new type of information in playing a dart game by measuring the throwing speed of the dart pin and providing the player's past records and comparison information.

1 shows a block diagram of a dart game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 2 shows a perspective view of a dart game device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 3 shows a conceptual diagram of a dart game network including a plurality of dart game devices and a server according to an embodiment of the present invention.
4 shows a display unit of a dart game apparatus for displaying feedback information according to an embodiment of the present invention.
5 shows a display unit of a dart game apparatus for displaying feedback information according to another embodiment of the present invention.
Figure 6 illustrates a method for measuring and providing the velocity of a dart pin to a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.
FIG. 7 illustrates a method for measuring and providing the velocity of a dart pin to a user according to another embodiment of the present invention.

Various embodiments are now described with reference to the drawings, wherein like reference numerals are used throughout the drawings to refer to like elements. In this specification, various explanations are given in order to provide an understanding of the present invention. It will be apparent, however, that such embodiments may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known structures and devices are provided in block diagram form in order to facilitate describing the embodiments.

The terms "component," "module," system, "and the like, as used herein, refer to a computer-related entity, hardware, firmware, software, combination of software and hardware, or execution of software. For example, a component may be, but is not limited to, a process executing on a processor, a processor, an object, an executing thread, a program, and / or a computer. For example, both an application running on a computing device and a computing device may be a component. One or more components may reside within a processor and / or thread of execution, one component may be localized within one computer, or it may be distributed between two or more computers. Further, such components may execute from various computer readable media having various data structures stored therein. The components may be, for example, a signal (e.g., a local system, data from one component interacting with another component in a distributed system, and / or data over a network, such as the Internet, Lt; RTI ID = 0.0 > and / or < / RTI >

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

The terms "dart" and "dart pin ", as used herein, are often used interchangeably. Further, the terms "player" and "user ", as used herein, are also often used interchangeably. In addition, the terms "point" and "region ", as used herein, are also often used interchangeably.

1 is a block diagram of a dart game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

The dart game apparatus 100 includes a dart target 110, a sensing unit 120, a speed measuring unit 125, a user input unit 130, an output unit 140, a camera unit 150, a network connection unit 160, A user recognition unit 170, a memory 180, a control unit 190, and the like. The components shown in FIG. 1 are not essential, and a mobile terminal having more or fewer components may be implemented.

Hereinafter, the components will be described in order.

The dart target 110 may include a score board in which a bullseye is located at the center, a concentric circle centered on bullseye, and a score board divided into straight lines extending radially from the bullseye and having individual scores assigned thereto. A plurality of holes through which the tip of the dart can be inserted may be disposed on the score board.

The dart target 110 may include a display 142 described below to variably change the score arrangement of the dart target 110 and the shape of the scored regions. In this case, the dart target 110 may include a light-transmitting touch pad stacked on the display 142, and may have a touch screen shape.

The sensing unit 120 can sense the play of the dart game player performed on the dart target 110. [ The sensing unit 120 may sense the hit position of the dart pin so as to evaluate the play of the actual game player. The sensing unit 120 may sense an area of the dart target 110 in which a dart hit by the game player hits the dart. The sensing unit 120 may electrically convert the score corresponding to the area where the dart is plugged and transmit the score to the controller 190. [

The speed measuring unit 125 can measure the speed of the dart pin at any time or point in time from the throwing point of the dart pin to the point of arrival of the dart board. A dart game device can measure the speed of a dart pin using an optical sensor, a piezoelectric element, or a camera. In addition, the velocity of the dart pin can be measured by methods other than the above-mentioned optical sensor, piezoelectric element, and camera, which can be easily obtained by those skilled in the art. A more detailed method of measuring the speed will be described later.

The user input unit 130 receives a user's input for controlling the dart game device 100. [ The user input unit 130 may include a key pad, a dome switch, a touch pad (static / static), a jog wheel, a jog switch, and the like. The user input unit 130 may also include a camera 151, ..., 153, a microphone, or the like.

The user input 130 may also include a short range communication module (not shown). The user input unit 130 may include a local communication module (not shown) of the network connection unit 160. When the user input unit 130 includes the local communication module of the network connection unit 160, the user input unit 130 may be configured to receive the user input inputted by the external console device. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

For example, when the user input unit 130 performs near-field communication using infrared communication, the external console device may be an infrared remote controller. Alternatively, when the user input unit 130 performs short-range communication using the Bluetooth function, the external console device may be a mobile device including a Bluetooth module. The mobile device including the Bluetooth module may be, for example, a smart phone including a Bluetooth module.

A user can select a dart game method, a number of dart game players, a dart game play method, and the like through the user input unit 130. For example, the user can select the number of dart game players, the dart game play method (zero-one game, cricket game, etc.), and the dart game method (one-player, network play, etc.) through the user input unit 130.

The user input unit 130 receives a voice or an operation through the user's camera 151, ..., 153 or microphone, and converts the voice or the operation into an input signal . For this purpose, known Speech Recognition or Motion Recognition techniques may be used.

The output unit 140 is for generating an output related to a visual, auditory or tactile sense. The output unit 140 may include an audio output unit 141, a display 142, an illumination unit 143, and the like.

The sound output module 141 can output audio data received from the network connection unit 160 or stored in the memory 180 in a game sound effect, a game operation guide, a game method description, and the like. The sound output module 141 also outputs an acoustic signal related to a function (e.g., a game sound effect) performed in the dart game device 100. [ The sound output module 141 can also output a sound from a game player or a third party using another dart game device 200 (see FIG. 2) received via the network connection unit 160. [ The sound output module 141 may include a receiver, a speaker, a buzzer, and the like.

The display 142 displays (outputs) information to be processed in the dart game device 100. For example, when the dart game device 100 is in the game play mode guidance mode, the display 142 may output a selectable game play mode. When the dart game device 100 is playing a game, the display 142 may display the score sensed by the sensing unit 120 or may display the scores of the other dart game devices 200, 2), or a video image of a third person.

The display 142 may also display the dart game data including the velocity information generated by the control unit, the feedback information including the velocity of the measured dart pins. A more detailed description will be given later.

The display 142 may be a liquid crystal display (LCD), a thin film transistor-liquid crystal display (TFT LCD), an organic light-emitting diode (OLED), a flexible display ), And a three-dimensional display (3D display).

Some of these displays may be transparent or light transmissive so that they can be seen through. This can be referred to as a transparent display, and a typical example of the transparent display is TOLED (Transparent OLED) and the like.

There may be two or more displays 142 depending on the implementation of the dart game device 100. [ For example, in the dart game apparatus 100, a plurality of displays may be spaced apart or arranged integrally on one surface, and may be disposed on different surfaces, respectively. For example, the display 142 may include a display 142 disposed at an upper end of the target 110, a display disposed at a lower end of the target 110, or one of the displays 142 . However, the position in which the above-described display is disposed is only an example, and the display may be placed at various positions for design needs or visual effects.

The touch sensor may be configured to convert a change in capacitance, such as a pressure applied to a specific portion of the display 142 or a specific portion of the display 142, to an electrical input signal. The touch sensor can be configured to detect not only the position and area to be touched but also the pressure at the time of touch.

If there is a touch input to the touch sensor, the corresponding signal (s) is sent to the touch controller. The touch controller processes the signal (s) and then transmits the corresponding data to the controller 190. Thus, the control unit 190 can know which area of the display 142 is touched or the like.

The lighting unit 143 outputs a signal for notifying the occurrence of an event of the dart game apparatus 100. [ Examples of events that occur in the dart game device 100 include identification of the dart game player, hit of the dart, change of the dart game player, and end of the game. The illumination unit 143 may include an LED (Light Emission Diode) to inform the user of the occurrence of an event through the blinking of the LED.

The LEDs may be disposed on the back surface of the dart target 110, and may be blinked according to a blinking pattern stored in advance according to the occurrence of an event. For example, one or more LEDs may be assigned to each portion of the dart target 110. The assigned LEDs are disposed on the back of the dart target 110 and can be disposed in a direction toward the outside of the dart game device 100. [ When the LEDs emit light, the light emitted by the LEDs may pass through the dart target 110 made of a transparent or semi-transparent material to transmit a visual output to a user. Alternatively, the light illuminated by the LED may transmit a visual output to a user through a gap present in the dart target 110.

The output unit 140 may output a signal for informing occurrence of an event in a form other than a video signal or an audio signal, for example, a vibration.

The camera unit 150 includes a plurality of cameras 151 to 153. Image frames processed by the cameras 151 to 153 are stored in the memory 180 or transmitted to the network connection unit 160. [ Lt; / RTI > At least two cameras 150 may be provided depending on the use environment.

At least some of the cameras of the camera unit 150 are arranged to photograph image frames including the dart target 110 and some of the cameras are arranged to photograph image frames that are directly related to the game rules in the dart game play . For example, the camera may be arranged to photograph a throw-line that throws a dart to capture an image frame that is directly associated with a dart game rule. The plurality of cameras 151, ..., 153 included in the camera unit 150 may be arranged so that at least a part of the image frames are superposed and photographed.

When the camera unit 150 includes one camera, the camera is capable of capturing at least a portion of the dart target 110 and an image frame (e.g., a throw-line in a dart game) that is directly associated with the game rule A panoramic camera which is arranged so as to be able to shoot all of them.

The network connection unit 160 includes one or more modules that enable wireless communication between the dart game apparatus 100 and the wired / wireless communication system or between the dart game apparatus 100 and the network in which the dart game apparatus 100 is located .

The network connection unit 160 may include a wired / wireless Internet module for network connection. WLAN (Wi-Fi), Wibro (Wireless broadband), Wimax (World Interoperability for Microwave Access), HSDPA (High Speed Downlink Packet Access) and the like can be used as wireless Internet technologies. Wired Internet technologies include XDSL (Digital Subscriber Line), FTTH (Fiber to the home), and PLC (Power Line Communication).

The network connection unit 160 may transmit data to and receive data from an electronic device including a short distance communication module located in a relatively short distance from the dart game device 100, including a short distance communication module. Bluetooth, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), infrared data association (IrDA), Ultra Wideband (UWB), ZigBee, and the like can be used as a short range communication technology.

The network connection unit 160 can detect the connection state of the network and the transmission / reception speed of the network.

Data received via the network connection 160 may be output via the output 140, stored via the memory 180, or transmitted to other electronic devices in the vicinity via the local communication module.

The user recognition unit 170 recognizes unique information of a user at a remote location using radio waves by using RFID (Radio Frequency Identification) technology, which is a kind of local area communication technology. For example, a user may have a card containing an RFID module, a mobile terminal, or a unique dart game equipment, e.g., a personal dart equipment that he owns. Information identifying the user (e.g., a personal ID of a user registered in a database server (DB (see FIG. 2), an identification code, etc.) may be recorded in the RFID module held by the user. The dart game device 100 identifies a dart game player playing with the dart game device 100 by identifying the RFID module possessed by the user and stores the database for the identified dart game player Update, or accumulate new data.

In addition to the RFID technology, the user recognition unit 170 may include various technologies (e.g., a local communication technology such as Bluetooth, etc.) capable of transmitting and receiving user's unique information in a contact / non-contact manner. The user recognition unit 170 may include a biometric data identification module for identifying biometric data (voice, fingerprint, face) of a user in cooperation with a microphone, a touch pad, and the camera unit 150 of the user input unit 130 .

The memory 180 may store a program for the operation of the controller 190 and temporarily store input / output data (e.g., a phone book, a message, a still image, a moving picture, etc.). The memory 180 may store data on vibration and sound of various patterns outputted when a touch is input on the touch screen.

The memory 180 may be a flash memory type, a hard disk type, a multimedia card micro type, a card type memory (e.g., SD or XD memory), a RAM (Random Access Memory), SRAM (Static Random Access Memory), ROM (Read Only Memory), EEPROM (Electrically Erasable Programmable Read-Only Memory), PROM A disk, and / or an optical disk. The dart game device 100 may operate in association with a web storage that performs the storage function of the memory 180 on the Internet.

The controller 190 typically controls the overall operation of the dart game device 100. For example, in the case of a dart game, the score sensed through the sensing unit 120 is aggregated for each game participant, and the aggregated score is transmitted / received to / from another dart game apparatus 200 connected via a network, Record game wins / losses, scores according to the result. In addition, the dart game data is loaded and compared with the speed of the measured dart pins and summed to generate feedback data. A more detailed description will be given later.

The control unit may perform a pattern recognition process for recognizing an operation input, a handwriting input, and the like, which are performed on the touch screen or the camera, as characters or images. In addition, the controller may perform speech recognition using a STT (Speech-to-Text) function that can recognize a voice input through the microphone as a character.

The various embodiments described herein may be embodied in a recording medium readable by a computer or similar device using, for example, software, hardware, or a combination thereof.

According to a hardware implementation, the embodiments described herein may be implemented as application specific integrated circuits (ASICs), digital signal processors (DSPs), digital signal processing devices (DSPDs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), field programmable gate arrays May be implemented using at least one of a processor, controllers, micro-controllers, microprocessors, and other electronic units for performing other functions. In some cases, The embodiments described may be implemented by the control unit 190 itself.

According to a software implementation, embodiments such as the procedures and functions described herein may be implemented with separate software modules. Each of the software modules may perform one or more of the functions and operations described herein. Software code can be implemented in a software application written in a suitable programming language. The software code is stored in the memory 180 and can be executed by the control unit 190. [

2 is a perspective view of a dart game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

2, the dart game apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention may be formed by mounting the components shown in FIG. 1 in the housing H. A dart target 110, a display 142, an illumination unit 143, an acoustic output unit 141, a camera unit 150, and a user recognition unit 160 may be disposed on the front surface of the dart game apparatus 100 .

The dart target 110 may be positioned so that it is centered at a position that matches the rules of the dart game (e.g., 5 feet 8 inches from the ground in a vertical direction). The illumination units 143-1 and 143-2 may be disposed in various portions of the dart game apparatus 100 to transmit visual effects to the players of the dart game apparatus 100. [

For example, the illumination unit 143-1 may be disposed on the side surface of the dart target 110 and may serve to illuminate the dart target 110 with illumination. The lighting unit 143-1 can also output a preset lighting effect according to the event of the dart game. In addition, the illumination unit 143-1 can output lighting effects of various colors.

The illumination portion 143-2 may extend in the vertical direction along the protrusion of the front surface of the housing H. Like the lighting unit 143-1, the lighting unit 143-2 can output a preset lighting effect according to an event of a dart game, and can output lighting effects of various colors.

The illumination unit 143-3 may be disposed on a side portion of the user recognition unit 170. [ The lighting unit 143-3 can output a preset lighting effect according to an event of the dart game, and can output lighting effects of various colors. In particular, the illumination unit 143-3 may output a lighting effect for an event related to the user recognition unit 170. [

Alternatively, the dart game device 100 may be selectively connected to the dart game device 100 and may include a dart plate P extending in the horizontal direction. The dart plate P may further include an illumination unit 143-4. The dart plate P may be integrally coupled to the dart game apparatus 100 or may be detachably attached thereto.

When the dart plate P is integrally or selectively attached to the dart game device 100, the dart plate P can be electrically connected to the dart game device 100. [ The illumination section 143-4 of the dart game device 100 may be disposed along the outer periphery of the dart plate P as shown in Fig. The dart plate P may be extended at one end to the position where the throw line should be positioned according to the distance of the throw line from the dart target according to the rules of the game. The illumination unit 143-4 may be disposed at a position corresponding to the throw line.

Although not shown in FIG. 2, the illumination unit (not shown) may be disposed on the backside of the dart target 110 to illuminate the illumination effect in the user direction. The illumination unit (not shown) may include a combination of different illumination elements assigned according to each segment making up the dart target.

The housing H of the dart game device 100 may include a display 142 disposed in a user orientation. The display 142 displays information necessary for the user (for example, an aggregated score, information of the player in play, score required for clearing the game, information of the opponent player other than the player, etc.) according to the progress of the dart game can do. The display 142 can display a visual effect according to an event as the dart game progresses. For example, if the user consecutively matches the bullseye of the dart target 100 to the three dart draw opportunities, the display 142 may display a pre-stored video corresponding to the event. The moving picture may be stored in the memory 180 of the dart game apparatus 100 or received from the server through the network connection unit 160. [

The display 142 can operate in conjunction with the illumination units 143-1, 143-2, 143-3, and 143-4 and the sound output unit 140 to provide the user with visual and auditory effects have. In other words, when a predetermined event occurs, the display 142, the illumination units 143-1, 143-2, 143-3, and 143-4, and the sound output unit 140 can display a lighting effect, And a sound effect can be output together.

2, the display 142 is shown disposed at the lower end of the dart target 110, but the number and location of the display 142 may be varied.

The user input unit 130 may be configured as a key pad button, as shown in FIG. However, as described above, the user input unit 130 can be configured in various ways including a touch screen. The user can operate a key button of the user input unit 130 to select a mode of the game he / she wants to play.

The sound output unit 141 may also be disposed on the front surface of the housing H of the dart game apparatus 100 to output sound. The number of the sound output unit 141 and the position in which it is disposed may also be variously changed.

The camera unit 150 may be mounted on the upper portion of the housing H of the dart game apparatus 100, as shown in FIG. The camera unit 150 may include a dart target 110 and one or more cameras 151, 152, ..., 153 capable of shooting a throw line. The image photographed through the camera unit 150 may be transmitted to the memory 180. [ According to the embodiment, only a part of the moving images captured by the camera unit 150 may be finally stored in the memory 180 or may be transmitted to the server (not shown) through the network connection unit 160.

2, the user recognition unit 170 may be disposed on the front surface of the housing H of the dart game apparatus 100 and may include a short distance communication module. The user can complete the user authentication by bringing a card for recognizing the user near the user recognition unit 170. [

2 and the above description of the external appearance of the dart game apparatus 100 are merely given as examples for explanation, the dart game apparatus 100 according to the present invention is limited by the appearance shown in Fig. 2 It is not.

3 is a conceptual diagram of a game network including a dart game apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention.

3, the dart game apparatus 100 used by the first game player P1 is connected to one or more servers (a media server (MS), a relay server (RS), a dart game server GS).

A plurality of dart game players can enjoy the dart game in the same space at the same time using the same first dart game device 100. [ However, when the first dart game player P1 and the second dart game player P2 located at a remote location are to participate in the dart game, the second dart game device 100 may be used to connect one or more servers Game server 100 can communicate with the first dart game device 100 by connecting with the first server 100 (e.g., the media server MS, the relay server RS, and the dart game server GS). The first dart game device 100 and the second dart game device transmit and receive information via one or more servers (a media server (MS), a relay server (RS), a dart game server (GS) Information can be transmitted and received between the devices 100 and 200 directly.

The dart game may be performed in a different place at which two dart game players P1 and P2 play at the same time, or two dart game players P1 and P2 may play at different places at different times, (DB) in order to decide whether to win or lose.

The media server MS can store the dart game play videos of the dart game players P1 and P2 stored by using the camera or microphone stored in the dart game devices 100 and 200. [ The media server (MS) can be included in the DB server (DB).

A relay server (RS) connects communication between a plurality of dart game devices (100, 200). The relay server RS may form a communication network between a plurality of dart game devices 100 and 200 located at a remote location to form a peer-to-peer (P2P) network.

The game server GS exchanges information between the dart game devices 100 and 200 (the score obtained by each game player, information for communicating with each game player) ), Or to transmit / receive information necessary for the progress of the dart game, and to control the dart game devices 100 and 200. [0064] The dart game server GS can aggregate the winnings and losses of the darts game, the scores of the respective darts players 100 and 200, and transmit them to the DB server.

The DB server can store personal information of each of the dart game players 100 and 200, win / loss and ranking information of a game, score information of each game, or a replay movie by game. The DB server can store the information by each user. The DB server can assign a unique code to each user and manage user-specific information using the unique code. The unique code can be stored in an RFID module (an RFID module or an RFID module stored in a mobile terminal) owned by each user. Accordingly, the game devices 100 and 200 can identify each game player through the included user recognition unit 170. [0050] The DB server may also assign a unique code for identification to each of the dart game devices 100 and 200 and manage the dart game data for each of the identification codes assigned to the dart game devices 100 and 200 .

The game player can access the web server WS by using the mobile device 300 (including the mobile device, the cellular phone, the PDA, the PDP, or the like with the built-in mobile communication function) or the PC 400. The web server WS may be connected to the mobile devices 300 and 400 using the Internet or an intranet. Also, the web server WS may be connected to the dart game devices 100 and 200 as well. The web server WS is connected to a DB server (DB), and can provide the dart game data stored in the DB server to the dart game player.

Hereinafter, the rules of a typical dart game and the stats of the players related thereto will be described.

A dart game that can be performed by the dart game apparatus 100 according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a 01 game (zero circle game), a cricket game, a count-up game, .

01 The game is played by alternating between two teams (or two players), drawing a dart on a dart target in a round. One round includes three dart draws. The objective of the game is to have the sum of the points of each round reach the target score (score of 100 or 1000 units, which generally ends at 01, such as 301, 501, 701, 901, 1101, 1501, etc.). The target score and play round may be arbitrarily adjustable depending on the number of participating players.

The cricket game, like the 01 game, will perform a round by throwing three darts in the first round. In the case of a STANDARD cricket game, it can be done using only the fire area in the center of the dart target and the 20, 19, 18, 17, 16 and 15 point areas. If you mark the cricket number 3, it will be marked with your position. If you hit more than 4 marks, the score corresponding to the number will be added to compete the score. Here, the double area and the triple area of the dart target can be calculated as 2 marks and 3 marks, respectively. If the opponent of the player also marks the cricket number 3 while the cricket number is marked with his or her position, the cricket number is considered to be closed, and the score may not be added any more. The object of the game may be to obtain a high score until the end of the stipulation round, or to close all of the cricket numbers and achieve a higher score than the opponent.

A count-up game is a game that will win if you earn high points within a given round.

In addition to the above-mentioned games, various types of games can be played by the dart game device 100, and the play mode of the dart game device 100 is not limited by the game method described above.

The player's stat can be defined according to the game rule independently of the count-up game, the cricket game, and the win or loss of the 01 game.

For example, Points Per Dart (PPD) can be calculated in a 01 game by dividing the total score the player scored by the number of dart draws.

Alternatively, the Marks Per Round (MPR) may be calculated by calculating the number of marks marked by the player per round. For example, in a cricket game, if a player makes three dart throws in one round and hits 15 triple, 19 single, and 20 double fire respectively in three dart throws, the MPR is (3 + 1 + 2 ) / 1 = 6.00 (MPR).

In the following round, if the player makes three dart draws, mark fail, 18 double and 20 hit respectively, MPR will be (3 + 1 + 2 + 0 + 2+ 1) / 2 = 4.5 (MPR) .

These PPD and MPR can be stored as personal data of the player as stats of the player or the player. Alternatively, the average score of the player per game in the count-up game, the record of the player's highest score per game, and the like can also be stored as the player's stat.

The dart game device 100 can play the dart game and transfer the game record per player to the game server GS or the DB server DB in accordance with the mode. The game server GS or the DB server DB may calculate the player-specific PPD and / or MPR according to the game record and store it as a cumulative PPD and / or MPR stat of the player. In addition, the game server GS or the DB server DB can individually store the game record of the player. For example, in a 01 game, a count-up game, or a cricket game in which the player has played before, the player can record information about the segment portion of the dart hit on each dart draw. The game server GS or the DB server DB may store such player's cumulative (average) PPD and / or MPR data, top PPD and / or MPR data.

The game server GS or the DB server DB may be two physically separated servers. Alternatively, the game server GS and the DB server DB are one physically integrated server, and may be classified according to roles performed in the server. Also, as described above, one server can perform both roles of a game server GS and a DB server DB.

The game server GS or the DB server DB may store the player's individual stats and may give the player a rating (or rating) according to the stats.

Hereinafter, a method of measuring the throwing speed of the dart pin by the dart game device will be described in more detail.

The dart game device can measure the throwing speed of the dart pin using an optical sensor. The speed can be measured as the time taken to move at any two points. The optical sensor senses the presence of a dart pin at any two points in the throw path of the dart pin. Data on when the optical sensor senses the presence of the dart pin can be communicated to the controller. The distance between the two points at which the light sensor senses the throwing path of the dart pin may be preset. The control unit compares the point at which the optical sensor senses the dart pin, and can calculate the time that the dart pin moved between the two points. When the distance between the two points detected by the optical sensor is preset, the moving time and the distance between the two points can be known, so that the dart game device can calculate the moving speed of the dart pin.

The dart game device can also measure the speed of the dart pin by the way that the optical sensor senses the dart pin at any one of the throw paths of the dart pin and the dart board senses the arrival of the dart pin.

Further, the dart game device can measure the throwing speed of the dart pin using the piezoelectric element. A piezoelectric element is an element that generates an electrical signal in accordance with deformation. The piezoelectric element can be located at the back of the segment of the dart target 110 and can convert the pressure at which the segment of the dart board is pressed into an electrical signal. The dart game device can measure the speed of the dart pin by the pressure generated when the dart pin reaches the dart target 110. [ When the dart pin reaches the dart target 110, the piezoelectric element can generate an electrical signal proportional to the amount of impact transmitted by the dart pin. Therefore, the intensity of the electric signal generated by the piezoelectric element and the velocity of the dart target 110 are proportional to each other. The control unit can measure the intensity of the electrical signal. Accordingly, the controller 190 can calculate the velocity of the dart pin based on the measured electrical signal intensity, based on the proportional relationship between the intensity of the measured electrical signal and the velocity of the dart pin. At this time, the dart game device can receive the information such as the weight of the dart pin in advance for speed definition accuracy.

Further, the dart game apparatus can measure the throwing speed of the dart pin using a camera. The camera built in the dart game device can shoot the movement path of the dart pins. The camera can take at least two specific points in the movement path of the dart pins. Then, the control unit 190 analyzes the photographed image and can know the position of the dart pin at the time of photographing. The control unit analyzes two or more photographed images to know the moving distance of the dart pins. The shooting time interval may be predetermined if the camera shoots at least two or more specific points in the movement path of the dart pins. Thus, the control unit can know the moving distance of the dart pin during the predetermined time interval. The control unit may measure the throwing speed of the dart pin based on the movement distance of the dart pin between the predetermined photographing time interval and each photographing time analyzed through the photographed image. The control unit can calculate the moving distance of the dart pin during shooting based on the position of the dart pin at the time of photographing and calculate the moving speed of the dart pin based on the preset photographing time interval.

Hereinafter, a dart game device for measuring the speed of a dart pin according to an embodiment of the present invention and generating feedback information based on the measured speed and providing it to a user of the dart game device will be described in detail.

The control unit 190 of the dart game apparatus can load the dart game data including the speed information. The control unit 190 may generate feedback data including the dart game data and the velocity data measured by the velocity measurement unit 125. [

The dart game data may be stored in the memory of the dart game device or the game server.

The dart game data includes the average throwing speed of the famous dart player, the average throwing speed of the dart game player, the hit rate according to the throwing speed of the dart game player, the speed information of the highest hit rate during the dart game flare, The speed information having the highest hit rate, and the record information of the previous match of the flare. It may also include a record of other previous dart games that include throwing speed information of the dart pins.

4 shows a display unit of a dart game apparatus for displaying feedback information according to an embodiment of the present invention.

Hereinafter, the hit rate may be a hit rate for a high score dart score area (for example, a double bull, a triple ring area) in the case of a casual dart (for example, a count-up game) Further, in a game such as a 01 game or a cricket game, an appropriate dart score area corresponding to each situation (for example, in the case of 01 game, in order to make a score in which the ending points of 101, This means a proper dart game area, for example, a hit rate of 17 points for a triple ring area if the current score is 50 points).

According to an embodiment of the present invention, the dart game device may compare the average throwing speed 420 of the famous dart player with the measured speed and provide it to the user as feedback information. The display of the dart game device can provide the user with the difference 450 between the name of the famous dart player, the average throwing speed of the flare, and the speed of the dart game player. For example, at this time, if the throwing speed of the dart game player is faster than the average throwing speed of the famous dart player, the speed difference may be displayed in red color, or the speed difference may be displayed in green color in slow color. In addition, a representation method such as a dark red color as the speed difference becomes larger may be used. In addition, the difference in speed can be displayed using difference in saturation, lightness, and the like. The above-described method is merely an example, and an appropriate method for visualizing the difference in speed can be used.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the dart game device may include the average throwing speed information 430 of the dart game player, the speed information of the highest hit rate during the play of the dart game player, At least one piece of information can be displayed. If the measured speed is faster than the average throwing speed, the average speed may increase and the average speed may be displayed in red. If the measured speed is close to the highest hit rate, the measured speed can be displayed in green. In addition, the difference in speed can be displayed using difference in saturation brightness and the like. The above-described method is merely an example, and an appropriate method for visualizing the difference in speed can be used.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the dart game device can provide hit rate information according to the throwing speed information and the speed of the dart game player. It is possible to compare the hit rate of the measured dart game player against the previous hit rate according to the hit rate information according to the speed of the dart game player in the dart game data. In this case, when the dart is hit, the previous hit rate is displayed in green because the hit rate against the current speed is increased, or the hit rate against the current speed is decreased when the dart is not hit. In addition, the chan- nel rate can be displayed using differences in saturation brightness and the like. The above-described method is merely an example, and an appropriate method for visualizing the hit ratio can be used.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the dart game device may receive a predetermined speed from a user in advance or load a game record of a famous dart game player including speed information. An additional score in the dart game can be provided according to the speed 410 that the user has entered in advance and the matching degree of the speed measured in the dart game. Further, it is possible to provide an additional score in the dart game based on the matching degree of the average throwing speed of the famous dart game player selected by the user with the measured speed. In this case, the setting speed or the average throwing speed of the famous dart game player selected by the user may be displayed on the display unit of the dart game apparatus (410). The additional score may be displayed (460) in addition to the dart game score.

5 shows a display unit of a dart game apparatus for displaying feedback information according to another embodiment of the present invention.

According to another embodiment of the present invention, the display unit of the dart game apparatus can display the hit rate information for each speed section of the dart game player. The hit rate information for each speed segment can be displayed by the shading difference for each speed segment. For example, a speed interval with a higher hit rate may be displayed in a lighter color (510), or a speed interval with a lower hit rate may be displayed (530) in a darker color. The above description is merely an example, and suitable methods of representing the hit ratio information per speed section are also included in the scope of the present invention.

As described above, the feedback information can be displayed in the form of at least one of numbers, colors, and graphs.

Figure 6 illustrates a method for measuring and providing the velocity of a dart pin to a user in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the invention, the method may be performed, for example, by a dart game device. In addition, the dart game device may manage at least one group of dart game devices, and may communicate with the dart game device and / or the server through the transmitter and the receiver.

Also, each step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 6 is not essential and some steps may be omitted or added as needed.

The dart game apparatus 100 measures the speed of the dart pin at an arbitrary time or point of time from the throwing point of the dart pin to the point of arrival of the dart board through the speed measuring unit 125 (610). At this time, the velocity measuring unit 125 may include a camera, an optical sensor, or a piezoelectric device as described above. The dart game apparatus 100 can measure the throwing speed of the dart pin through the speed measuring unit 125 in the above-described manner.

The control unit 190 of the dart game apparatus 100 loads dart game data including the speed information (620). As described above, the dart game data includes the average throwing speed of the famous dart player, the average throwing speed of the dart game player, the hit rate according to the throwing speed of the dart game player, the speed information of the highest hit rate during the dart game flare, Speed information of the highest hit rate of the dart game flare, and record information of the previous game of the flare. It may also include a record of other previous dart games that include throwing speed information of the dart pins.

Further, the control unit 190 generates feedback information including at least one of the dart game data and the measured speed (630). As described above, the feedback information includes information on the comparison between the average throwing speed of the famous dart player and the measured throwing speed of the dart game player, comparison information of the hit rate information and the measured speed according to the speed of the dart game player, Speed information or comparison information between the speed information and the measured speed at which the hit ratio was high during playing the dart game player.

The display device 142 of the dart game device 100 may display the feedback information (640). The feedback information can be displayed in the manner of FIG. 4 or FIG. 5 described above. Feedback information can be expressed in the form of numbers, colors, graphs, and the like. It can also be expressed in a way that visualizes and displays other numerical information.

FIG. 7 illustrates a method for measuring and providing the velocity of a dart pin to a user according to another embodiment of the present invention.

In one embodiment of the invention, the method may be performed, for example, by a dart game device. In addition, the dart game device may manage at least one group of dart game devices, and may communicate with the dart game device and / or the server through the transmitter and the receiver.

Also, each step of the flowchart shown in FIG. 7 is not essential and some steps may be omitted or added as needed.

The dart game apparatus 100 can receive the throwing speed information from the dart game player through the player input unit 130 (710). At this time, the dart game device may provide information on average throwing speed of general players to help input of the dart game player.

The dart game apparatus 100 may receive an input for selecting a famous dart player from the dart game player through the player input unit 130 (720). In this case, the control unit 190 of the dart game apparatus 100 may load the throwing speed information of the known dart player (720).

The dart game device 100 measures the speed of the dart pin at an arbitrary time or point of time from the throwing point of the dart pin to the point of arrival of the dartboard through the speed measuring unit 125 (730). At this time, the velocity measuring unit 125 may include a camera, an optical sensor, or a piezoelectric device as described above. The dart game apparatus 100 can measure the throwing speed of the dart pin through the speed measuring unit 125 in the above-described manner.

The control unit 190 of the dart game apparatus 100 may compare the throwing speed information input from the dart game player or the throwing speed information of the loaded famous dart player with the measured throwing speed of the dart game player (740). In this case, the control unit 190 determines whether the throwing speed information input from the dart game player or the throwing speed information of the loaded famous dart player coincides with the throwing speed of the measured dart game player, whether the measured throwing speed of the dart game player is faster And slowness.

The control unit 190 of the dart game apparatus 100 may provide an additional dart game score to the dart game player based at least in part on the comparison result (750). In this case, the additional score may be provided in the form of providing an additional score if the set speed or the loaded speed matches the measured speed, or providing an additional score if the measured speed is higher. It may also be done in such a way that the score is scored when the measured speed is slower than the set speed or the loaded speed. The speed 410 and / or the loaded speed 420 set on the score display screen 460 may be displayed together as described above.

Those of ordinary skill in the art will understand that information and signals may be represented using any of a variety of different technologies and techniques. For example, data, instructions, commands, information, signals, bits, symbols, and chips that may be referenced in the above description may include voltages, currents, electromagnetic waves, magnetic fields or particles, Particles or particles, or any combination thereof.

Those skilled in the art will appreciate that the various illustrative logical blocks, modules, processors, means, circuits, and algorithm steps described in connection with the embodiments disclosed herein may be embodied directly in electronic hardware, (Which may be referred to herein as "software") or a combination of both. To clearly illustrate this interchangeability of hardware and software, various illustrative components, blocks, modules, circuits, and steps have been described above generally in terms of their functionality. Whether such functionality is implemented as hardware or software depends on the design constraints imposed on the particular application and the overall system. Those skilled in the art may implement the described functionality in various ways for each particular application, but such implementation decisions should not be interpreted as causing a departure from the scope of the present invention.

The various embodiments presented herein may be implemented as a method, apparatus, or article of manufacture using standard programming and / or engineering techniques. The term "article of manufacture" includes a computer program, carrier, or media accessible from any computer-readable device. For example, the computer-readable medium can be a magnetic storage device (e.g., a hard disk, a floppy disk, a magnetic strip, etc.), an optical disk (e.g., CD, DVD, etc.), a smart card, But are not limited to, devices (e. G., EEPROM, cards, sticks, key drives, etc.). The various storage media presented herein also include one or more devices and / or other machine-readable media for storing information. The term "machine-readable medium" includes, but is not limited to, a wireless channel and various other media capable of storing, holding, and / or transferring instruction (s) and / or data.

It will be appreciated that the particular order or hierarchy of steps in the presented processes is an example of exemplary approaches. It will be appreciated that, based on design priorities, certain orders or hierarchies of steps in processes may be rearranged within the scope of the present invention. The appended method claims provide elements of the various steps in a sample order, but are not meant to be limited to the specific order or hierarchy presented.

The description of the disclosed embodiments is provided to enable any person skilled in the art to make or use the present invention. Various modifications to these embodiments will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art, and the generic principles defined herein may be applied to other embodiments without departing from the scope of the invention. Thus, the present invention is not intended to be limited to the embodiments shown herein but is to be accorded the widest scope consistent with the principles and novel features presented herein.

Claims (11)

As a dart game device,
A speed measuring unit for measuring a speed of a dart pin at an arbitrary section or time point of time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dartboard;
A control unit for loading dart game data including speed information and generating feedback information including the measured speed; And
A display unit for displaying the feedback information;
And the dart game device. The method according to claim 1,
The dart game data includes at least one of an average throwing speed of a famous dart player, a hit rate information according to throwing speed of the dart game player, an average throwing speed of the dart game player, speed information at which the hitting game player has the highest hit rate during the play, A speed information in which the player's best hit rate is high, and record information of a player's previous game,
Dart game device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the feedback information includes a comparison result of the average throwing speed of the famous dart player and the measured speed,
Dart game device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the feedback information includes hit ratio information according to a speed of the dart game player and comparison information of the measured speed,
Dart game device. The method according to claim 1,
Wherein the feedback information includes at least one of an average throwing speed information of a dart game player, speed information at which a dart game player has a highest hit rate during the play, and the measured speed information,
Dart game device. The method according to claim 1,
A control unit for providing an additional dart game score based on the speed information previously input to the player of the dart game apparatus or the average speed of the famous dart player selected for the player of the dart game apparatus and the matching information of the measured speed;
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Dart game device. The method according to claim 1,
In the display unit, the feedback information is displayed in at least one of a number, a color, and a graph.
Dart game device. CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A method for measuring and speeding the speed of a dart pin,
Measuring a speed of the dart pin at an arbitrary time or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dartboard;
Loading dart game data including speed information and generating feedback information including the measured speed; And
Displaying the feedback information;
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A method for measuring the speed of a dart pin and providing it to a user. As a computer readable medium,
The computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer to measure the speed of a dart pin and provide it to a user,
A command for causing the computer to measure a speed of the dart pin at an arbitrary time or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dart board;
Instructions for causing the computer to load dart game data including speed information and to generate feedback information including the measured speed; And
Instructions for causing the computer to display feedback information;
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Computer readable medium. CLAIMS What is claimed is: 1. A method for measuring and speeding the speed of a dart pin,
Receiving the throwing speed information from the dart game player or receiving input from the dart game player to select a famous dart player and loading the throwing speed information of the player;
Measuring a speed of the dart pin at an arbitrary time or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dartboard;
Comparing the throwing speed information input from the dart game player or the throwing speed information of the loaded famous dart player with the throwing speed of the measured dart game player; And
Providing an additional dart game score based on the comparison result;
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A method for measuring the speed of a dart pin and providing it to a user. As a computer readable medium,
The computer readable medium having stored thereon instructions for causing a computer to measure the speed of a dart pin and provide it to a user,
A command for causing the computer to receive the throwing speed information from the dart game player or to receive the input for selecting the famous dart player from the dart game player and to load the throwing speed information of the player;
A command for causing the computer to measure a speed of the dart pin at an arbitrary time or point in time from a throwing point of the dart pin to a point of arrival of the dart board;
A command for causing the computer to compare the throwing speed information inputted from the dart game player or the throwing speed information of the loaded famous dart player with the throwing speed of the measured dart game player; And
Instructions for causing the computer to provide additional dart game scores based on the comparison results;
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Computer readable medium.

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