US12392586 - Dart game apparatus and dart game system providing event effect
The patent describes a dart game apparatus that includes a dart target with score areas, a sensing unit to detect dart hits, and a display unit that provides visual effects based on the hit location. The controller manages the display and event effects, incorporating touch sensors to enhance player interaction and game dynamics.
Claim 1
- A dart game apparatus comprising: a dart target having a plurality of score areas; a sensing unit sensing a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target; a display unit providing a display area surrounding an outline of the dart target, provided in a body structure of the dart game apparatus, and outputting a variable screen, the variable screen displaying various visual effects, the display unit comprising a touch sensor to detect at least one of a touch pressure, a touched position and a touched area in the display unit; and a controller including a processor configured to control at least one process of the dart game apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program with encoded commands configured to cause the processor to perform a process, wherein the controller: controls the display unit at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target sensed by the sensing unit; controls the display unit at least partially based on the detection of at least one of a touch pressure, a touched position and a touched area in the display unit sensed by the touch sensor; determines an event effect to be displayed and a location where the event effect is displayed in the display area at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target; determines, pre-event generation, whether a predetermined event occurs at least partially based on progress information of a dart game which is currently in progress before the dart pin is thrown; and determines a location of a pre-event generation effect to be displayed in the display area is output based on an event which occurs when the predetermined event occurs. a dart target having a plurality of score areas; a sensing unit sensing a hit location of a dart pin in the dart target; a display unit providing a display area surrounding an outline of the dart target, provided in a body structure of the dart game apparatus, and outputting a variable screen, the variable screen displaying various visual effects, the display unit comprising a touch sensor to detect at least one of a touch pressure, a touched position and a touched area in the display unit; and a controller including a processor configured to control at least one process of the dart game apparatus and a non-transitory computer readable medium including a computer program with encoded commands configured to cause the processor to perform a process, wherein the controller: controls the display unit at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target sensed by the sensing unit; controls the display unit at least partially based on the detection of at least one of a touch pressure, a touched position and a touched area in the display unit sensed by the touch sensor; determines an event effect to be displayed and a location where the event effect is displayed in the display area at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target; determines, pre-event generation, whether a predetermined event occurs at least partially based on progress information of a dart game which is currently in progress before the dart pin is thrown; and determines a location of a pre-event generation effect to be displayed in the display area is output based on an event which occurs when the predetermined event occurs. controls the display unit at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target sensed by the sensing unit; controls the display unit at least partially based on the detection of at least one of a touch pressure, a touched position and a touched area in the display unit sensed by the touch sensor; determines an event effect to be displayed and a location where the event effect is displayed in the display area at least partially based on the hit location of the dart pin in the dart target; determines, pre-event generation, whether a predetermined event occurs at least partially based on progress information of a dart game which is currently in progress before the dart pin is thrown; and determines a location of a pre-event generation effect to be displayed in the display area is output based on an event which occurs when the predetermined event occurs.
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