Patents Assigned to Industrial Design Electronic Assoc., Inc.
  • Missed hit and player proximity detection system for electronic projectile game
    Patent number: 4807887
    Abstract: A novel missed-hit detection and player proximity detection system for an electronic, automatically scored projectile target game apparatus wherein the scoring system thereof is automatically deactivated whenever a player comes within a proscribed distance range from the game and wherein the impact of a projectile which misses the target, yet strikes the front of the game registers as a non-scoring "missed-hit" and is deducted from the number of remaining throws in that round.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 1, 1987
    Date of Patent: February 28, 1989
    Assignee: Industrial Design Electronic Assoc., Inc.
    Inventors: Donald P. DeVale, Douglas W. Adams, Robert W. Van Naarden