Bowling Game Playable in Separate, Remote Locations

摘要

A bowling game including at least two spaced apart bowling lanes, the bowling lanes each including two cameras, a screen and a scoreboard such that a first bowling lane includes a first camera and a third camera, a first screen and a first scoreboard; and a bowling lane includes a second camera and a fourth camera, and a second screen and a second scoreboard, wherein the game further includes at least one controller which controls the images from the cameras such that the first screen displays images from the second camera and the fourth camera and the second screen displays images from the first camera and third camera, and wherein the first camera captures images of the play at the first lane, the second camera captures images of play at the second lane, the third camera captures images of the first scoreboard and the fourth camera captures images of the second scoreboard; such that the first screen displays images of the play and scoreboard at the second lane and the second screen displays images of the play and scoreboard at the first lane.

主权项

1. A system for playing a bowling game in at least two spaced apart bowling lanes, said system comprising:
a first optical camera adapted to capture images of a first bowling play at a first bowling lane; a second optical camera adapted to capture images of a second bowling play at a second bowling lane; a first scoreboard at said first bowling lane being adapted to display scores achieved by the first bowling play; a second scoreboard at said second bowling lane being adapted to display scores achieved by the second bowling play; a third optical camera at said first bowling lane being adapted to capture images of said first scoreboard displaying scores achieved by the first bowling play; a fourth optical camera at said second bowling lane being adapted to capture images of said second scoreboard displaying scores achieved by the second bowling play; a first screen at said first bowling lane being adapted to display images captured by said second and fourth optical cameras; a second screen at said second bowling lane being adapted to display images captured by said first and third optical cameras; and a first controller being programmed to rewrite images from respective said optical cameras to respective said screens.