| US 7,582,022 B2 | ||
| Bowling game apparatus with pin toppling device and ball detector | ||
| Yasushi Ochi, Izumisano (Japan) | ||
| Assigned to BLD Oriental, Ltd., Izumisano-shi, Osaka (Japan) | ||
| Appl. No. 11/572,497 PCT Filed May 26, 2005, PCT No. PCT/JP2005/009646 § 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Jan. 23, 2007, PCT Pub. No. WO2006/011289, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 02, 2006. |
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| Claims priority of application No. 2004-215425 (JP), filed on Jul. 23, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0287549 A1, Dec. 13, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A63D 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 473—54 [473/64] | 20 Claims |
| 1. A bowling game apparatus utilizing a bowling ball, comprising:
an approach area where a player carries out bowling actions;
a lane extending from said approach area and on which the bowling ball bowled by the player rolls;
a plurality of pins arranged and placed on an end of said lane opposite said approach area;
a pin toppling means for toppling each of said plurality of pins individually;
a ball detecting means for detecting the bowling ball rolling down said lane; and
a control means for actuating said pin toppling means on the basis of a detection signal from said ball detecting means, said
actuating being timed to collision of the bowling ball with said plurality of pins, to topple preestablished pins among said
plurality of pins,
wherein said control means comprises:
a first processing section for determining, on the basis of handicaps established in accordance with the player's skill level,
in which frames of a game to actuate said pin toppling means; and
a second processing section for monitoring the progress of the game and actuating said pin toppling means when the game reaches
the frames determined by said first processing section.
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